The author | Chai Hongye
Ning Er: Mother is really sorry that you did not fulfill your educational responsibilities. Because my mother resolutely waged the struggle against Manchuria and Japan, today she has reached the eve of sacrifice. Mother and you will never have a chance to say goodbye before you die. Hope you, Ning'er! Hurry up adults to comfort your underground mother! O my dearest child! Mother does not use a thousand words to educate you, she uses practice to educate you. When you grow up, I hope you don't forget that your mother died for the country! August 2, 1936 Your mother Zhao Yiman was in the car
This short family letter, with only 154 words, is a letter left to her 6-year-old son before the death of the party's outstanding daughter and revolutionary martyr Zhao Yiman (1905-1936). From her group photo with her two-year-old son before she was dispatched by the party organization to the northeast armed anti-Japanese battlefield in 1932 to her heroic righteousness, only four years have passed, but it has been four years since there was no news. And this short note was only delivered to her Ning Er in 1957, twenty-one years later. Because the name Zhao Yiman is the pseudonym she uses to carry out the struggle against the enemy. During the nine months he was wounded and captured, he was brutally tortured by the Japanese puppet army. In order to keep the secrets of the party and to protect her loved ones from the unexpected, she did not utter a word. It was not until after liberation, when the government confiscated and sorted out the top-secret archives of the Japanese puppet army, that the photos of Zhao Yiman's treatment in prison were compared with the photos of her holding Ning Er, and the true identity of the martyrs was known.
In the photo, Yi Man has a beautiful face and a resolute look in his eyes. Although the cute Ning Er gave her the gentleness unique to her mother, her slightly closed lips made people feel that her mood was not relaxed. Yes, how can a communist who swears to seek happiness for the toiling masses be at ease in the face of the enemy's aggression against the motherland and the ravages on the people? Ning Er sat obliquely on her lap, calm and innocent, and there seemed to be a hint of ignorance in her naughtiness. It is said that mother and son are connected, is it possible that little Ning Er senses that his mother is about to leave him and go to the battlefield between the White Mountains and The Black Water to destroy the invaders? Or did he have a vague feeling that his mother was about to embark on a new mission, just in a hurry to take a look at her baby? Perhaps Ning Er, who had just become accustomed to his mother's company, did not know that after taking a group photo, his heroic mother rushed to the most dangerous place in the motherland and where she was most needed.
Who in the cloud sends the Book of Jin? In the expectation of relatives, in the long separation, every day thinking, month by month, year after year, etc., what they are waiting for is a letter that has been sealed for twenty-one years. It was no wonder that her Ning Er cried when she received the letter.
At first glance, the letter read so calm, soothing, and natural, without the slightest hint of urgency or urgency. It is as if a mother in a different place, when she is entangled in trivial matters, she accidentally thinks of her son: he eats well, dresses warmly, is he happy? Are you unwell? Will you be reprimanded by your elders for being naughty? Is it wronged and has nowhere to tell? ...... In the evening, sitting at the table, my mind was full of the naughty and cute little figure of Aiko. Under the dim light, lay paper and ink, diligently teach, and chant.
Just thinking about it, this text message makes people cry, and every sentence makes people cry. This is a letter written by Yi Man to his son on the train to the execution ground!
Which mother does not love her child, which mother does not want to accompany her child all the time, leaving his every move, a smile and a smile in his memory, imprinted in his mind. However, when she had a premonition that she was about to die, this great mother, the heroic mother, in order to preserve the organization, save her relatives, and endure unlimited longing and reluctance, always in a pseudonymous manner, with an awe-inspiring demeanor, with a calm mood, and with sincere advice, wrote this short note that gave people the pain of the cone of hearts for her beloved son.
In this letter, which does not have the slightest sense of urgency and haste, it is enough to make people feel that Yiman, a petite and weak woman who joined the Chinese Communist Party at the age of 21, has long put her personal life and death aside when she devotes herself to the cause of national independence and the liberation of the people. In this short letterhead, a mother's regret for not being able to supervise her son's education from time to time is in this short letterhead; a mother expects her child to remember the shame of the mountains and rivers and the country has been broken, in this short letterhead; a mother expects her son to grow up to be able to witness her dear motherland and to recover the ambition and faith of the mountains and rivers.
However, the three exclamation points used in the letter express the fiery feelings of a loving mother who is extremely worried about her child and looks forward to her son's physical and mental health and growing up. Yi Man, like other mothers, could have found a stable job or be a housewife, with a warm family, with the love of her husband, in the naughty cuteness of her beloved son, accompanying her husband and son, and fulfilling the responsibilities of a wife and mother. She wanted to be intimate with her dearest son like other mothers, and like other mothers, she could hold her child in her arms, kiss and caress his pink little face, listen to his childish words, and watch him jump in front of and behind him. But she can't, she can't! The iron hooves of the Japanese invaders stepped into her lovely motherland, and its beast heart and claws were ravaging her motherland, trampling on her thousands of sisters, making children like Ning'er live in loneliness after suffering from the loss of their mothers and fathers, or being killed by the enemy. Pain, regret, reluctance and other complex feelings, perhaps only the mother can appreciate it. She gave up her children so that more children would not be abandoned!
The flames lasted for three months, and the family letter arrived at ten thousand gold. Every letterhead that comes from afar is a great comfort to relatives. It was only at the same time that some comfort was gained that new concerns rose again. Yi Man's family letter, on the other hand, went for twenty-one years. When Ning Er saw her mother's handwriting, they had been separated for twenty-five years, and the yin and yang were twenty-one years apart. The young child in the photo, who is embraced by his mother, has grown into a spirited youth. As her Ning Er said, he knew that his mother was an underground party and had gone to the revolution.
Only when there is a country can there be a home, and only when there is a country at home can it be at home. In the old China, where the country was broken, for the sake of national independence, for the sake of the liberation of the people, for children like Ning'er to have fathers and mothers, healthy and happy growth, even though the black clouds pressed the city, the longer the faith of Yi man and thousands of benevolent people, resolutely rushed to the front line of the anti-enemy, carrying the jade dragon to swear to slay the enemy.
Why is the battle flag picturesque, and the hero's blood stains her red; why is the earth always spring, and the hero's life blossoms!
(Images courtesy of the author)
About author:Chai Hongge, female, from Gu'an County, Hebei Province, born in 1967, working in Zhangdian District, Zibo City, Shandong Province. He is a member of the China Financial Writers Association, a member of the Shandong Provincial Essay Literature Association, a member of the Zibo Writers Association, and the vice chairman of the Zibo Network Writers Association. Some of his works are included in the prose collection "Looking Back" and "Song of the Silver Sea", and the prose work "Remembrance" was published in the Qilu Evening News "Shandong Financial Literature One Point" on April 8, 2019, and received 1.24 million hits.
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