She woke up from her coma once again, and her weak eyes looked at the medical staff and medical equipment standing at the head of the bed, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in her heart.
Having already understood that life and death have a destiny, she shook her head helplessly and asked the people around her in a weak voice: "Where is Xiao An?" How come I didn't hear Xiao Ann singing? It seems that I am really bad, I want to hear Xiao Ann sing. ”
The maid who had been accompanying her hurried downstairs to find "Xiao An" and said to him, "Go quickly, my wife wants to hear you sing!" ”
Xiao An did not dare to delay, immediately picked up her favorite moon flower, rushed upstairs a few steps, stopped in front of her hospital bed and whispered hello to her.
As soon as she saw the flowerpot in Xiao An and Xiao An's arms, a smile flashed between her eyebrows, and she nodded slightly: "Xie... Thanks, thank you. ”
After a pause, she called the maid to get ice cream for Xiao An and asked Xiao An why she hadn't sung recently. Xiao An quietly wiped away her tears, walked out of the bedroom, walked to the position where he often sang, opened his mouth, and choked up a few times.
The people around her saw the situation and gently encouraged Xiao An to sing again, and An Yi reassured her heart. Xiao An tried to suppress her inner grief and softly sang her favorite song every day. On the hospital bed, the corners of her lips showed a faint smile, signaling the others not to make a sound, so that she could hear more clearly.
She is Song Qingling, who is about to come to the end of her life, and she has experienced ups and downs in her life, and when she is dying, she is still worried, as if she has left some worries that have not been completed.
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"Xiao'an", whose real name is An Maocheng, is a florist at Song Qingling's apartment in Beijing, who is usually responsible for greening, raising Song Qingling's favorite pigeons and boilers, and occasionally serving.
His temperament is loyal, even if he is tired at work, he never shouts half a voice of hard work. Therefore, Song Qingling gradually became obsessed with this young man.
In 1971, An Maocheng's second son was born, and the news reached Song Qingling's ears, and she immediately asked the maid to give him a small package when An Maocheng left work, and ordered An Maocheng to go home and look at it again.
An Maocheng went home and opened the package, which contained a baby dress, a blanket and a 9-foot cotton cloth, and a note written by Song Qingling to congratulate Xiao An Xi and your son, which made the An Maocheng family extremely moved.
On the eve of the Spring Festival of the following year, the maid found An Maocheng again and revealed to him that Song Qingling planned to help him raise a child, and An Maocheng was very surprised and immediately understood that Song Qingling wanted to help him alleviate the trouble of financial constraints.
But An Maocheng knew very well that at that time, Song Qingling's economic conditions were not good, and if he helped him raise children, it would really cause economic difficulties to the old lady, and it was An Maocheng who tried to suppress the choking and refused to the maid:
"Aunt Xingbao, I thank the chief for his kindness, my salary is really enough to support a family, please say sorry to the chief on my behalf."
Unexpectedly, the next afternoon, Song Qingling personally went downstairs to find An Maocheng, and was very unhappy to "reprimand" him: "You little An! How not to seek truth from facts, you have a salary of 40 yuan, two children and the elderly, where can the burden be light! ”
An Maocheng smiled and firmly rejected Song Qingling again.
Waiting for the weekend, An Maocheng, who was preparing to go home from work, suddenly found a bulging bag on the handlebar of his bicycle, he opened it curiously, and found that it was two bags of milk powder and 1 kilogram of white sugar, and a note with Song Qingling's handwriting attached, saying that it was for the children.
An Maocheng's tears couldn't help but slide down his eyes, and he hurriedly took the small bag to Find Song Qingling's secretary and asked him to deal with it. The secretary read Song Qingling's note and smiled and asked An Maocheng to accept it.
After that, Song Qingling sent a "small gift" to An Maocheng, which made An Maocheng very nervous. When his wife saw the situation, she taught An Maocheng a way to refuse: An Maocheng found the maid Zhong Xingbao and told her that her child would vomit as soon as she drank milk powder, and asked the chief not to break the fee in the future.
Zhong Xingbao smiled, as if he saw An Maocheng's careful thoughts, and then said to An Maocheng: "I told the chief, the chief did not speak for half a day, only said that Xiao An has a heart!" ”
In January 1973, when An Maocheng's grandmother fell into death, An Maocheng grew up next to his grandmother and had a deep affection for her grandmother.
After Song Qingling learned of this, the special secretary visited the old lady and personally handed an a large paper bag to An Maocheng and instructed An Maocheng to take it to the old man and open it again.
An Maocheng listened to Song Qingling's words, rushed to the bed of his unconscious grandmother with a paper bag, and gently told his grandmother that Song Qingling had brought something for her.
The old grandmother tried to open her eyes and watched As An Maocheng and his wife opened the paper bag, revealing many fine oranges and apples, as well as a note from Song Qingling that read, "I wish your grandmother a speedy recovery."
A line of tears quietly flowed from the grandmother's cloudy eyes, and she nodded her head with effort. That night, the old man, who had been through many vicissitudes, muttered "Song... Song...", long death.
A few days later, Song Qingling's secretary Zhang Jue quietly found An Maocheng and tangled to reveal one thing to him: Song Qingling had slammed her door and told her something, but this matter must wait for Song Qingling to be informed of after a hundred years.
An Maocheng did not force Zhang Jue to disobey Song Qingling's orders, but only put the matter in his heart and secretly pondered. He did not expect that he would wait for this "secret" for 8 years.
One day, An Maocheng, who was tired of work, sang his favorite movie interlude in the courtyard, not thinking that his singing voice was heard by Song Qingling.
An Maocheng was startled, and quickly stopped speaking, looking at Song Qingling nervously. Song Qingling didn't seem to notice his nervousness, and smiled and asked An Maocheng why he didn't sing?
An Maocheng explained that he was singing to relieve his boredom, and Song Qingling nodded, encouraging An Maocheng to continue to sing loudly, trying to make her hear the song upstairs.
Since then, An Maocheng has begun the experience of singing emotionally in the garden from time to time.
In May 1981, An Mao became the last time Song Qingling sang a song, and the terminally ill Song Qingling was very happy, and after listening to An Maocheng's singing, he asked to eat dumplings.
The chef hurriedly cooked 8 dumplings stuffed with cabbage that Song Qingling's favorite vegetables, and Song Qingling ate 3 of them and fell into a long-term coma.
A few days later, Song Qingling, who had never opened his eyes again, said goodbye in a coma. Half a year after her death, Zhang Jue returned to Song Qingling's former residence, found An Maocheng, who was the deputy director in the former residence and took care of the former residence, and asked him with a serious look whether he remembered what he had said to him that year.
An Maocheng nodded, saying that Zhang Jue had said at that time that he would not inform song Qingling of this matter until a hundred years later.
Zhang Jue's eyes turned red unconsciously, and he answered slowly: "So I will tell you now, in 1973, when the chief sent his secretary to visit your very ill grandmother, the chief knocked on my door and told me that she dreamed that your grandmother came to Houhai to find her." Your grandmother, please, please, be sure to look after you like your grandmother, and wait a hundred years later for her to tell you about it. ”
An Maocheng did not listen to Zhang Jue's words, that is, he could not help but burst into tears. Memories are like movie clips, frame by frame flashing in front of his eyes, two old people who have never met have loved him for half a life in the same way, such a deep friendship, how can he not have mixed feelings, very sad?
Who would have thought that the "secret" that Song Qingling had been hiding for 8 years and 10 months was just an old grandmother's deep concern and worry about her grandson in her dream?
As the chief song Qingling, did not live up to the "entrustment" of the old grandmother, carefully took care of An Maocheng for more than 8 years, and was afraid of bringing a psychological burden to An Maocheng, let people hide this matter for 8 years, until she died, only to inform An Maocheng of this matter.
Her thoughtfulness and care are indeed touching.
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Of course, the staff who are sincerely treated by Song Qingling are not only An Maocheng, Li Yan'e is also one of them, and song Qingling cares and loves them deeply.
In 1912, Li Yan'e was born into a poor family. Her parents died when she was young, and she grew up with her uncle and worked as a boatman with him.
At the age of 16, Li Yan'e married a man who did not do his job under the control of her uncle. After marriage, she could not bear the abuse of men, angrily ran away from home, and went to Shanghai to join her fellow villager Tan Ma.
Mama Tan worked as a nanny at Song Qingling's house and had a relationship with Song Qingling.
In 1927, when Song Qingling returned to Shanghai, Mama Tan introduced Li Yan'e to Song Qingling, informing her of her unfortunate life and suffering, which aroused Song Qingling's sympathy and left Li Yan'e, which began the friendship between the two for more than half a century.
Song Qingling is nearly 20 years older than Li Yan'e, because she has never treated Li Yan'e as a maid, but has great respect for her, often talks to her about the truth, and regards Li Yan'e as her most trusted person.
Over time, the importance of Li Yan'e around Song Qingling became known to outsiders. Dai Kasa intended to spy on Song Qingling's secrets, so he specially sent a female agent to approach Li Yan'e, hoping to find a breakthrough from Li Yan'e.
Unexpectedly, Li Yan'e was very alert, even if the female agent was "acquainted" with her in the rest of the month, she did not easily unload her heart to believe the female agent, and reported the matter to Song Qingling, listened to Song Qingling's advice, and immediately cut off contact with the female agent.
The news of the failure of the female secret agent's "mission" was transmitted back to Dai Kasa's ear, and the undead Dai Kasa had another plan, and a few months later, he once again sent a handsome male agent disguised as a driver to deliberately approach Li Yan'e and woo the true heart of Li Yan'e, who was alone.
Li Yan'e did gradually fall in love with the driver, but Dai Kasa obviously underestimated Li Yan'e's loyalty to Song Qingling, and after she confirmed her feelings, she did not make a private life with the driver for the first time, but told Song Qingling about this matter again, asking Song Qingling to inquire about the details of the person and make other decisions.
Song Qingling quickly told Li Yan'e the "truth", and the sad Li Yan'e felt sorry for Song Qingling and thought that she had almost brought trouble to Song Qingling, so she assured Song Qingling that she would not find a partner in the future, and would remain single and take care of Song Qingling for the rest of her life.
Song Qingling smiled and touched Li Yan'e's head and comforted her: "Don't do this, if you meet the right person, you still have to marry someone." ”
In 1979, when Li Yan'e was nearly 70 years old, she unfortunately suffered from uterine cancer, and Song Qingling was very anxious, so she personally went to Shanghai to take Li Yan'e to Beijing, asked someone to take special care of her life, and invited the best doctor at that time to treat Li Yan'e.
Worried that Li Yan'e would not be accustomed to eating northern meals, Song Qingling tried her best to entrust people to buy fresh broad beans to supplement her nutrition, and instructed the people who took care of Li Yan'e to eat chicken and drink chicken soup every day.
In February 1981, Li Yan'e's condition deteriorated again. She seemed to have a premonition of her own death, specially saw Song Qingling's side, cried and held Song Qingling's hand for a long time, very afraid that after she left, no one would take care of the same old Song Qingling.
A few days later, Li Yan'e passed away. When her urn was delivered to Song Qingling's residence, the old lady in a high position disregarded her dignity and directly pressed her cheek to it, just as Li Yan'e was still alive, and gently kissed the urn.
At that time, Song Qingling was also terminally ill, and the road was not very stable, but she still insisted on personally handling Li Yan'e's posthumous affairs, designing a cemetery for Li Yan'e, personally holding Li Yan'e's urn, "sending" her to the car back to Shanghai, and following Li Yan'e's wishes before her death, allowing Li Yan'e to be buried in the Song cemetery and sleeping next to her.
More than 100 days after Li Yan'e's death, Song Qingling also passed away. According to her last wishes, relatives and friends buried her next to her parents and "accompanied" Li Yan'e forever.
Now, when future generations pay tribute to Song Qingling, they will see an identical tombstone next to her tombstone, which is Li Yan'e's cemetery. The two stood side by side, as if there had never been a difference between a national leader and an ordinary nanny.
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In addition to An Maocheng and Li Yan'e, there is also a regret in the heart of the elderly Song Qingling, who is her own sister Song Meiling.
Song Qingling and Song Meiling were the most intimate when they were young, and whenever Song Meiling had something on her mind, she would always confide in her second sister for the first time.
Unfortunately, different beliefs and values drove the two sisters to the opposite path, and they never saw each other again.
In his later years, Song Qingling lived alone on the mainland, often recalling his youth and missing his sister Song Meiling abnormally. One day, while walking after dinner, she suddenly asked her secretary a strange question: "Do you have relatives?" ”
The secretary froze and whispered "Yes", Song Qingling nodded, silently said "I have it too", and then looked into the distance and stopped speaking. With the news of the death of Song Ziwen, Song Xialing and other Song siblings, Song Qingling's thoughts about Song Meiling are increasing.
She found many channels and sent many letters to Song Meiling, hoping that Song Meiling could take the time to come to the mainland to see herself, and imagined how the mainland would entertain Song Meiling, where she should live, and so on, but Song Qingling did not know that what she was thinking was just her wishful thinking.
At the end of 1980, the 87-year-old Soong Ching-ling again asked Chen Xiangmei to help her bring a letter to Soong Mei-ling, telling her longing and hoping that Soong Mei-ling and the Kuomintang would return some documents of Sun Yat-sen.
Chen Xiangmei said: "The letter wrote about the feelings of missing, and hoped to arrange for the sisters to meet at a certain place. At the same time, it was also hoped that the Kuomintang would return some of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's documents to Mrs. Sun. When I left Beijing for Taiwan, my uncle Liao Chengzhi said to me: 'Mrs. Sun hopes that Mrs. Jiang will have a reply.' I personally handed the letter to Madame Jiang, but I did not reply to the letter, and when I went to inquire again, Madame said: 'Tell her, I know.' ’”
After Soong Ching Ling's illness became serious, her relatives gathered in Beijing and gathered around her. As we all know, Song Qingling is worried about Song Meiling. So he decided to send a telegram to New York to tell Song Meiling of the seriousness of her condition, hoping that she would return to China and see her again before her sister died.
A few days later, I finally received a reply telegram: "Send my sister to New York for medical treatment." family. Relatives were so surprised by this reaction that Song Meiling did not even sign her name on the telegram!
More than 5 months later, Soong Ching-ling died of illness, and the relevant departments specially issued an invitation to Song Meiling, hoping that she would come to the mainland to attend the funeral, but unfortunately, the Taiwan authorities did not make any response and directly ignored it.
According to the memoirs of the American female writer Emily Hahn (Xiang Meili), in a later conversation with Song Meiling, she learned that Song Meiling did not want to meet her sister for the last time, she was worried that if she really went to Beijing, it would be equivalent to betraying her deceased husband under the Nine Springs.