In the second half of his life, Song Qingling devoted all his efforts and feelings to the cause of child welfare in China. She sees children as the hope of China's future, and although she does not respect flesh and blood, she regards thousands of children in her motherland as her own children.
Song Qingling
After Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen got married, they were pregnant, but in June 1922, Sun Yat-sen asked Chen Jiongming to rebel and shell the presidential palace, after Soong Ching Ling escaped from the presidential palace, he traveled for many days, due to fatigue and nervousness, the child in his womb could not be saved, and what made her even more desperate was that she could no longer get pregnant in the future.
But Song Qingling has always liked children, and there is an unwritten rule in her home, that is, the staff around her, as long as anyone has a child, they must hold her to see, and every newly born baby will receive a congratulatory gift from her: silk, cloak and small shoes, boys are blue, girls are red or pink, and the child's mother will receive an egg, milk powder and sugar.
Song Qingling and the children
Song Qingling has a guard named Sui Xuefang, he once served as a soldier in the northeast, the marksmanship is very accurate, and the person is very smart, driving, dancing are very proficient, Song Qingling likes him very much. When he got married, because he did not have a house, he and his wife lived in Song Qingling's apartment.
On December 18, 1957, Sui Xuefang's eldest daughter Sui Yongqing was born, according to the custom, Song Qingling asked him to hold the child to see himself, but Sui Xuefang was a father for the first time, he would not hold the child, and he was anxious, and he held the child to see Song Qingling, almost letting the child slip out of the swaddling.
After Song Qingling saw Sui Yongqing, the child not only did not cry, but also liked to giggle, she also unceremoniously sprinkled a bubble of hot urine in Song Qingling's arms, when Su Hu had a custom: when his children were first held in the arms of outsiders, they would urinate and pee, it would be clear that they had a relationship in their past lives.
Song Qingling likes this child very much, so as long as she has time, she will take the child to play, she often put a copper drum-shaped mahogany stool in reverse, and put Sui Yongqing in the wooden stool, as if standing in a stroller, very safe. Then Song Qingling pushed her and teased her.
Song Qingling hugged Sui Yongqing
Once Sui Yongqing accidentally sprinkled a bubble of urine on the carpet, dyeing the carpet dark, and later when Song Qingling's former residence was renovated, it was necessary to imitate the carpet as it was, and the staff thought that this urine stain was the unique color of the carpet, so they specially imitated this part of the carpet into a dark color.
In 1959, Sui Xuefang and his wife gave birth to a daughter, Sui Yongjie, who was busy taking care of the newborn, and Sui Yongqing was simply taken over by Song Qingling. Later, Sui Xuefang was unfortunately paralyzed by a stroke, and Song Qingling took Sui Yongjie to his side because of his many children and difficulties in life, and took on the responsibility of raising the two of them like a loving mother.
Sui Yongqing began to speak, how should she call Song Qingling? The secretary and other staff called her "chief", and the nanny who took care of her life called her "wife", but neither title was suitable for Sui Yongqing's identity, which made Song Qingling also difficult. Later, Sui Yongqing also followed the nanny to call Song Qingling "Wife", although Song Qingling felt inappropriate, she could not find another title to replace.
Song Qingling's home has always hung a portrait of her mother, Old Lady Ni, and when Sui Yongqing can speak, every time before dinner, Song Qingling will hold her to the statue of Old Lady Ni, and Sui Yongqing will ask, "Who is she?" ”
Song Qingling replied, "This is my mother." Then let Sui Yongqing call again, and Sui Yongqing shouted, "This is Mrs. Tai's mother." ”
The next day before dinner, Song Qingling took Sui Yongqing to the portrait of his mother and asked her who it was, Sui Yongqing couldn't remember what to call it for a while, so he casually replied: "This is My mother's wife!" ”
Everyone laughed at her, but Song Qingling said: "This title is so cute, you will call me 'Mother's Wife' in the future!" Since then, "Mother's Wife" has become Sui Yongqing's exclusive title under Song Qingling.
Although Song Qingling loved Sui Yongqing very much, he was worried that she would have a sense of superiority and lack of collectivist ideas, so he sent her to the China Welfare Society kindergarten he founded and led, and only took her home on the weekend, and she also prepared a small bed in her bedroom, as long as Sui Yongqing returned, he would live with her.
When she was a child, Sui Yongqing did not like to eat apples, and was still very afraid of the small goat raised in the apartment, Song Qingling fed the peel of the cut apple to the lambs raised at home in front of her, in order to inspire her, and since then Sui Yongqing began to eat apples, and no longer afraid of the little goats.
Once Sui Yongqing asked Song Qingling: "Mother and wife, you have been dressing yourself up beautifully all day, it is really beautiful!" Why? ”
Song Qingling replied: "Appearance is a person's first business card." Be sure to be clean and fresh, so that you can fully express the respect you deserve for others. Like flowers, beautiful blooms are not only for themselves, but also for the fragrance of others. Only by cleaning oneself can we love others, and respect for people must first start from the details of hygiene. These words made Sui Yongqing very inspired.
Sui Yongqing has been very beautiful since she was a child, and she can sing and dance, Song Qingling will focus on cultivating her talents in this regard, as long as there are guests coming, she will let Sui Yongqing sing, dance and play the piano for them.
Zhou Enlai, because he came often, also liked Sui Yongqing very much, and he often took Sui Yongqing's hand to the garden for a walk, hoping that she could become a pillar of material. It can be said that Sui Yongqing brought a lot of joy to the life of Song Qingling in his later years.
Zhou Enlai and Sui Yongqing and Sui Yongjie
One day, when Sui Yongqing was having lunch with Song Qingling, she found her particularly happy, and she asked: "Yongqing, do you know what day it is today?" ”
Sui Yongqing replied, "Today is October 25th. ”
Song Qingling told her: "Today is my wedding day! Then she took out a photo of Sun Yat-sen's youth and showed it to Sui Yongqing.
Sui Yongqing joked, "Wow! Mr. Sun was so handsome when he was young, I also went to chase! ”
Song Qingling replied very proudly: "Then you are late, you have already caught up with me." This man is mine, you can't chase him! ”
Sometimes, Song Qingling would stare at Sui Yongqing for a long time, and then say to her: "You really look like MeiLing when you wear a skirt, she and you are thin and long, Meiling's sister belongs to the chicken, you also belong to the chicken, and the people who belong to the chicken are not fat, not like me." Your figure is very good-looking, Mei Ling's figure has always been good, and her appearance in the cheongsam is very good-looking. ”
At this time, her eyes were full of affection and affection, and her thoughts seemed to fly far away. Sui Yongqing knew that her mother's wife must be thinking about her family again, and she was actually very lonely in her later years.
Although Song Qingling was reluctant to do so, Sui Yongqing grew up. In April 1972, at the request of Song Qingling, Sui Yongqing was recruited as a literary and artistic soldier by the General Political And Labor Corps. In 1977, when Sui Yongqing was performing in the next unit, he unfortunately broke his kneecap and had to operate immediately, Song Qingling personally wrote to her health doctor Gu Chengmin at Beijing Hospital, asking him to find a doctor to operate on Sui Yongqing, and under her arrangement, Sui Yongqing finally recovered smoothly.
After Sui Yongqing recovered from her injury, she transferred to the Beijing Film Studio as a drama actor, where she met the actor Hou Guanqun and quickly fell in love with him. Hou Guanqun was 14 years old, and Song Qingling originally did not approve of Sui Yongqing falling in love with her, but at her insistence, she could only agree.
In 1980, Sui Yongqing and Hou Guanqun were officially married, and Song Qingling, who was already 87 years old, specially asked someone to accompany her to the store to buy some good clothes and give them to her adopted daughter as a wedding gift, and she also issued an invitation to some close friends to participate in the marriage ceremony in her personal name, and personally handled the marriage for Sui Yongqing.
Song Qingling and Sui Yongqing (left)
On August 1, before Sui Yongqing got married, Song Qingling hugged her and cried and said to her: "If he beats you, come back and divorce immediately." What I hate most is domestic violence, no matter whether a man hits a woman, a woman can't beat a man, this is a step not to give in. You divorce, divorce right away, you come back, come back to me. ”
In early 1981, Sui Yongqing, who was filming outside, heard that the family's old nanny Li Yan'e died of illness, and Song Qingling personally performed the funeral for her and began to have a low-grade fever intermittently. She was very worried, and sent several greeting letters to Song Qingling in a row, trying to alleviate Song Qingling's loneliness.
On May 20, 1981, When Song Qingling was seriously ill, Liao Chengzhi went to visit her, and when talking about Sui Yongqing and Sui Yongjie, she said to Liao Chengzhi: "I watched you grow up, you watched them grow up, Sui Xuefang is also your friend, you have to take care of these two children." ”
Liao Chengzhi
At that time, Sui Yongqing was filming in Fujian, and she received a telegram from Song Qingling: "See the newspaper and return quickly." She knew that something had happened at home, so she immediately rushed back to Beijing, at this time Song Qingling's consciousness was already very vague, but she heard Sui Yongqing call her "Mother's Wife", immediately opened her eyes suddenly, gently touched her cheek, and said in a weak voice: "My child, my little baby, you can come back..."
Song Qingling made detailed arrangements for the objects and money behind her in her will, she left 5,000 yuan for Sui Yongqing and 10,000 yuan for Sui Yongjie, and the money given to their sisters was the most in the inheritance, which shows how much care and love Song Qingling poured into them!
Sui Yongqing did not disappoint Song Qingling, her acting career is very successful, in 1981, she played the heroine of the film "Sea Prisoner" was a hit, she also became the cover character of popular film magazine with this film, in 1988, she played the heroine in the TV series "Dragon's Mouth Big Copper Kettle", and was nominated for the best actress at the 8th Chinese TV Series Golden Eagle Award.
Sui Yongqing was on the cover of Popular Cinema
In 2005, Sui Yongqing played Tu Jiaojiao in the TV series "Little Fish and Flowers", which is also a character she recently played in the TV series, which left a deep impression on the audience.
In recent years, Sui Yongqing has also gradually reduced her workload and begun to treasure and sort out Song Qingling's living collections, and she has become a collector.
On January 25, 2006, Sui Yongqing donated two cultural relics donated by Song Qingling to the former residence of Song Qingling in Beijing. He Luli, vice chairman of the National People's Congress, presented her with a donation certificate at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
On May 29, 2011, Sui Yongqing held a special cultural relics exhibition "Legacy of Love and Long Stay - Sui Yongqing Tibetan Song Qingling Cultural Relics Exhibition" in the former residence of Song Qingling in Shanghai, she exhibited for the first time a batch of precious objects that Song Qingling gave her at different times, at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Sui Yongqing made a heartfelt and long-term gratitude speech to her "mother's wife" Song Qingling.
Sui Yongqing, like his adoptive mother Song Qingling, adopted a little boy and raised him to adulthood, which can also be said to be a kind of love transmission!
Sui Yongqing, who is now over sixty years old, is still in a very good state, she is planning to write a memoir about Song Qingling, has written more than 100,000 words, the book for the first time revealed a lot of rare past that even the nanny did not know, should soon be able to meet with everyone.
I hope Sui Yongqing can live happily ever after!