preface
On June 22, 1985, at the door of Li Lisan's house, an elderly man of Russian descent over seventy years old was looking at his photo.
He looked at her, two eyes, like two pools, deep and deep.
She, too, looked at him, whispering words of thought in her mouth.
Figure 丨 Li Lisan
"You've been gone for 18 years..." He said, straightening out the photo and letting the river of memories flow slowly in his heart...
Li Lisan's transnational love
"Li Lisan", this is a name that was once popular during the revolutionary period.
However, it is such a popular figure, but forced to helplessly, in a foreign country and anonymity for 15 years. But it was also during this period that Li Lisan met his true love, which can also be regarded as the loss of the east and the harvest of mulberry.
Li Lisan went to the Soviet Union in 1930, where his best friend was Yang Song, who worked in the Communist International. The two often chatted together, and Yang Song felt that Li Lisan was alone in a foreign country, and his life was also hard, hoping to help him find someone to take care of him.
In 1933, Yang Song invited Li Lisan to his home as a guest, but unlike in the past, yang Song also invited his female companion, a very beautiful Russian girl Kolava, accompanied by Kolava's good friend Lisa.
In Russia at that time, the love story between Chinese men and Russian girls often occurred, Chinese men liked the beauty and fashion of Russian girls, and Russian women liked the gentleness and delicacy of Chinese men.
Two beautiful Russian women appeared in front of Li Lisan, and Li Lisan took a look at Lisa. But the first time they met, Li Lisan didn't leave much of an impression on Lisa.
In addition, Li Lisan's Russian was not very good at that time, and the communication between the two was not smooth, so they did not say too much that day. But Li Lisan was full of confidence.
He believes that love is much simpler than politics. Every day, he invited Lisa, Jansson, and Corava to his house to party, and they talked together, went out boating and traveling together.
Gradually, a year later, an inexplicable relationship developed between Li Lisan and Lisa. Lisa later wrote in her memoirs: "I would not have imagined at the time that this man named Li Ming would step by step enter my life and turn my fate upside down. At that time, Li Lisan changed his name to Li Ming, which meant abandoning the dark and turning to the light, and changing his bones.
In the autumn of 1934, Li Lisan was tasked by the Comintern to set up a secret traffic station in Almaty, and he did not know how long he would go. When Lisa learned about it, she cried sadly at the thought of being separated from the person she liked.
After saying goodbye to Lisa, Li Lisan left in a hurry. The two were separated for more than half a year, and at this time, Lisa learned from others that Li Ming was Li Lisan.
The name Li Lisan, as early as 9 years ago, has been engraved in Lisa's heart.
When Lisa's father was three years old, she committed suicide by taking poison under pressure. After her father's death, she has been dependent on her mother for her life, and her life is very urgent. Until she was 7 years old, the mother and daughter fled to Moscow, and their mother bribed a box of apples to a small house of 8 square meters, and the mother and daughter have lived here ever since.
Lisa first recognized Li Lisan when she was 11 years old, and she first saw Li Lisan's picture from the pictorial newspaper that her brother subscribed to.
Li Lisan in the pictorial newspaper is dressed in a robe, standing on a high podium, his arms extended to the front, and the whole person looks very excited, full of strength and ambition.
The first time Lisa saw this photo, she was deeply impressed by Li Lisan in the photo: a real revolutionary agitator should be like this, with such great power!
Later, Li Lisan's experience Lisa was also heard. After graduating from the seven-year school, Lisa worked first as a technical editor at the Khabarovsk (Boli) Border Region Publishing House, and was later transferred to the Border Region Publishing House in Vladivostok.
Lisa felt that she was alone in a foreign country, and she inevitably felt lonely in her heart, and she wanted to return to her hometown too much. In 1933 she returned to Moscow as she wished, so there was a story with Li Lisan later.
Therefore, when he learned that Li Ming was Li Lisan, at this time, there were three Different Periods of Li Lisan in her heart, and these three Li Lisan together were so admirable and so painful.
In Lisa's mind, Li Lisan is like a treasure ore full of infinite unknowns that is always worth exploring. This also strengthened her determination to follow Li Lisan all the time, and she had to wait for Li Lisan's return at home.
In the summer of 1935, Lisa finally waited for the day. On this day, she was reviewing her homework at home, when the phone rang on the side, and after Lisa picked up the phone, the familiar voice rang across from her, Li Lisan! Li Lisan is back!
The two were finally together, Li Lisan was very excited, he felt that everything he had experienced before was worth it, Lisa's heart was also happy, and the previous wait was worth it.
Li Lisan took good care of Lisa in every way, afraid that Lisa would be wronged a little. In the past, he always grinned widely and didn't pay attention to his speech, but since he was with Lisa, he had become much more delicate in terms of dress and speech.
Once, Li Lisan and Lisa went to the theater to watch a ballet performance, before going out, Li Lisan found two shirts from the closet, tried them many times in front of the mirror, and finally selected the blue one, and put a very straight wool coat on the outside.
Picture 丨 Li Lisan and Li Sha took a group photo
Lisa looked at today's Li Lisan very different from usual, the whole person looked extremely spirited, the clothes were also very fit and decent, and she couldn't help but show a happy smile.
Many years later, Lisa recalled this past and couldn't help but sigh: "He was very handsome that day, and I was very happy to be accompanied by such a handsome and personable man in such a high-end place as the theater." ”
In fact, Li Lisan did not know much about drama, drama, ballet, etc., nor was he interested, but for the sake of Lisa, he was willing to understand. Every time he went to the theater to see the performance, he watched it extremely seriously, and all this Lisa saw in her eyes and moved in her heart.
In addition, there are also great differences in living habits and traditional customs between the two. In Russia, men help women put on coats when they go out, let women go first when they enter the door, and men help women when they get on and off the bus.
But Li Lisan, who has a big grin since childhood, where will pay attention to these details, coupled with the fact that he does not understand these western etiquettes, which makes the two often misunderstand because of these small details.
Once, the two were waiting for the bus at the bus stop, and when the car drove in front of them, Li Lisan did not care about Lisa behind him at all, but went straight up on his own. Lisa saw that Li Lisan did not even turn his head back, and he was so angry that he stood still in the same place.
Picture 丨 Li Lisan's family of three
When Li Lisan found that Lisa had not followed, the car door was already closed. There was no way, after sitting on the ground for a while, Li Lisan hurriedly got out of the car and ran back to the place where the two were waiting for the car just now, at this time he did not know that he had already upset Lisa.
Running to Lisa, she asked with a puzzled face, "Why don't you get in the car?" Lisa looked at Li Lisan's stupid look and felt angry and funny.
For the matter of being with Li Lisan, almost all the people around Lisa opposed it, and they urged her to think twice. But Lisa wasn't impressed at all, she knew what she was doing now and what she wanted.
He knew how lonely and miserable Li Lisan's life was before he knew himself. And I, before I fell in love with Li Lisan, I often didn't understand what the meaning of life was, and I had no interest in everything around me.
But Li Lisan reawakened her hope for life, so she often said to Li Lisan: "If we can meet earlier, how good it would be!" ”
After a year of dating, Li Lisan felt it was time to propose to Lisa. If the marriage proposal is successful, this will be Li Lisan's fifth marriage.
Before meeting Lisa, Li Lisan had a total of 4 marriages and had two sons and three daughters. For these past emotional histories, he also confessed to Lisa unreservedly, and it was his frankness and truthfulness that made Lisa very moved, and she naturally knew what kind of person Li Lisan was.
But for Li Lisan's marriage proposal, Lisa was still very hesitant. It is not because of Li Lisan's complicated past, but she is worried that Li Lisan will return to China one day sooner or later, and what will she do when the time comes?
But Li Lisan's true feelings about herself were so touching, in the end, Lisa was still touched by Li Lisan's warmth and sincerity, and agreed to Li Lisan's marriage proposal.
Lisa's family did not agree at first, but seeing that Li Lisan had true feelings for Lisa, he did not stop it anymore, but when Li Lisan formally proposed marriage to Lisa's mother, Lisa's mother confessed: "But you know, my daughter does not have any dowry!" ”
After Li Lisan listened, he smiled and said, "That's the best, I don't have anything, that is, two proletariats." ”
In this way, in February 1936, the two were officially married, and on the same day, Li Lisan invited Chen Yun, Zhai Qiubai's wife Yang Zhihua and a dozen other Chinese friends to set up a table of happy wine, and everyone cooked together.
The next day Li Lisan followed Lisa back to Lisa's mother's house and fried a table of Chinese food for them, which they praised.
A lifetime of mutual encounters
After marriage, Li Lisan gave her a Chinese name according to the harmonic sound of Lisa's name, named "LiSha". In this way, the Russian girl Lisa has since become the Chinese daughter-in-law Li Sha.
After marriage, Li Lisan took Li Sha to Sochi for a honeymoon, and the couple ate together every day, traveled together, climbed mountains together, walked together, talked about the world together, and imagined the future together...
But the last thing Li Lisan wanted to do was to accompany Li Sha to the sanatorium to dance, because at that time, neither of them was too good in physical fitness, and later received special care from the sanatorium.
Every time the nursing home held a dance party, Li Sha was always the most popular female dance partner, and Li Lisan could not dance, and often sat on the side and watched Li Sha dance with other boys.
But fortunately, the nursing home later held a dance class for those of them who could not dance, after Li Lisan signed up, in addition to accompanying Li Sha every day, he went to the dance class to learn to dance, and slowly became more and more skilled in dance, and later became a hardcore "dance fan".
Sometimes Li Sha was so tired that she didn't want to go to the dance party, and Li Lisan had to go to the dance hall to have an addiction. He said that dancing can make you happy, and that beautiful melody can make you forget all your troubles.
After the honeymoon, the two returned to Moscow and began a life of chai rice oil and salt.
At that time, Li Lisan's main job was to edit and sponsor the Chinese newspaper "National Salvation Times" funded by the Comintern, and he was busy with manuscripts and revisions every day. In addition, he also had a very secret mission, that is, to compile and translate codes for secret communications between the Communist International and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In 1943, his love crystal with Li Sha was finally born, and in August 1943, Li Sha gave birth to her eldest daughter, Yingna. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China in 1945, his desire to return to China grew stronger.
In June, he submitted an application to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China through Guo Moruo, who visited the Soviet Union. At the end of August, he was finally notified that he had agreed to return home.
Li Lisan happily hugged his wife, but for Li Sha, of course, she was happy for her husband, but more than that, she was panicked. She didn't want to be separated from her husband, she wanted to be able to follow him.
The former residence of Li Lisan is located in Fujian Wei Village, Liling Township, Liling County, Shengjiao City, Hunan Province
After Li Lisan returned to China for 20 days, he sent a letter to his wife Li Sha, reporting on his recent situation, and there was some money and goods in it.
After Li Lisan returned to China, he was arranged to work in Harbin, and people around him saw that he was single and became a red bride, but he would tell the love story of his life and death with Li Sha over and over again every time, telling people that his heart could not tolerate other women.
On October 6, 1946, Li Sha successfully arrived in Harbin, and the two who finally reunited seemed to be more affectionate than before, Li Lisan hired a Russian kitchen lady for Li Sha, Li Sha ate well every day, slept well, and soon gained 20 pounds. Every time someone asks, she says: This is happiness fat!
In August 1949, they moved into their new home in Beijing, Li Lisan also held important positions in the North China Bureau of the Central Ministry of Industry and other relevant units, and Li Sha also entered the newly established Beijing Russian Language Institute.
Li Sha and Li Lisan's mother were also later taken to Beijing, where the two old men enjoyed their old age.
The relationship between the two was becoming more and more stable, and it was really like they had said before, and nothing could separate them except death.
Yes, that's what they say and that's what they do. No matter how much suffering they experience and how dangerous the situation they face, their hearts are always together, and their hearts are always thinking of each other.
On June 19, 1967, Li Lisan was lying weakly on the bed and could not move, but he still held Li Sha's hand with all his strength and said two words: "Take care!" These were the last two words he said to his wife.
On June 22, 1967, Li Lisan passed away. On March 10, 1980, the central government decided to hold a memorial service for Li Lisan, and when Li Sha learned of it, she made a request, that is, she hoped to hold it on the day of her 66th birthday. Therefore, Li Lisan's memorial service was postponed for another 10 days. On March 20, Li Lisan's memorial service was held at the Zhongshan Hall in Beijing.
In her later years, Lisa was asked in a chat with a friend: "If you could start your life again, what would you change?" Lisa pondered for a moment and then replied, "I don't want to change anything, it's part of my destiny, I don't want to change anything I've been through." ”