<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="162" > preface</h1>
Photo of Liu Shaoqi with his eldest son Liu Yunbin and eldest daughter Liu Aiqin
On June 17, 2020, Liu Shaoqi's eldest daughter Liu Aiqin died of illness, and her dying wish made people tearful, looking back on her life can be described as going through ups and downs, her father is Liu Shaoqi we know well, and her mother is the revolutionary martyr He Baozhen.
Liu Aiqin was sold as a child bride since she was a child, and it was not until she was 11 years old that she was finally rescued by Zhou Enlai, but after this, her life was not good, and in her later years, she also said that if she was born in an ordinary family, then wouldn't this life have to be so hard?
But even so, Liu Aiqin has never complained, and she has never dared to forget what her father said: We never fight with others, we must serve the people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="165" > Liu Aiqin was sold as a child bride</h1>
In April 1927, Liu Aiqin was born, and in that turbulent era, her arrival did not make Liu Shaoqi and He Baozhen feel very happy, but there was more worry in their hearts.
At that time, He Baozhen was not just an ordinary mother, but she also insisted on her revolutionary cause, she was born in a poor family in Hubei, she had been living a life of frugal food and clothing since she was a child, and when she was 10 years old, her father directly sold her to the landlord's family as a maid.
Figure He Baozhen
During this period, as long as the young lady is reading and reading, He Baozhen can also stay aside to accompany her, she especially cherishes such an opportunity, and also learned a lot of knowledge, and then with the help of others, He Baozhen successfully entered the local girls' primary school.
In 1918, He Baozhen was directly admitted to the ideal school with her own efforts, after which she fell in love with reading in addition to studying, and many newspapers and periodicals that promoted progress deeply affected her thinking.
In 1919, the May Fourth Movement broke out in full swing, and He Baozhen, encouraged by everyone, also joined the movement, and in order to show her determination, she did not hesitate to cut off her long hair and participate in the demonstration with them.
At the beginning of 1922, He Baozhen became a member of the youth league under the introduction of Zhang Qiuren, and at that time, the principal of their school, Ouyang Jun, always liked to make small moves, as far as possible to seek benefits for themselves, and even often suppressed those young students who were progressive in their thinking.
Figure Zhang Qiuren
After some time, He Baozhen and others decided to launch a student movement to give Ouyang Jun a warning, but what they did not expect was that Ouyang Jun not only did not panic at all, but also took the opportunity to directly expel them.
At that time, He Baozhen felt very confused, for a while there was no idea, helplessly could only turn to Chairman Mao and Yang Kaihui husband and wife, after coming to Changsha, Hunan, she accepted the arrangement to continue her studies, here He Baozhen not only did not need to consider tuition and living expenses, but also got the help of many people, she was very grateful to Chairman Mao, and studied harder.
One day, He Baozhen and Yang Kaihui were having a heated discussion, when suddenly a man knocked on the door and came to visit, saying that he wanted to see Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao heard that he immediately came out to meet him, and the two of them chatted very happily in the study.
Figure Yang Kaihui
Yang Kaihui smiled and said, "This person is Liu Shaoqi." ”
He Baozhen's heart was very excited, and then he said: "Liu Shaoqi, I really know, is it the one who led the strike before?" Looking at him was quite young. ”
Yang Kaihui replied jokingly: "Are you so excited that you have thoughts about people, he should be in his early twenties this year, a few years younger than Runzhi." ”
He Baozhen immediately shook his head: "So young and so capable, maybe he will be a big person in the future." ”
Yang Kaihui smiled and said, "You are working so hard now, and you will not be able to do it in the future, I see that the meal has been almost prepared, let's sit down and eat together." ”
He Baozhen was very happy, hurriedly stood up and went straight to the study, he listened to Liu Shaoqi's insights, and he had been fascinated, and under Yang Kaihui's reminder, she finally came back to her senses and called them out to eat.
Figure Liu Shaoqi
Chairman Mao took the lead in opening his mouth and said, "Shao Qi, let me introduce you to you, she is He Baozhen, and she is also a revolutionary female comrade. ”
After this, the contact between He Baozhen and Liu Shaoqi slowly increased, and in the process, the two of them also had a good feeling for each other, and soon after, they formally established a romantic relationship.
In 1923, under the witness of relatives and friends, He Baozhen and Liu Shaoqi entered the palace of marriage, the scene was very lively, everyone sent sincere blessings, and then the couple continued the revolutionary cause, during which she followed her husband around the country and participated in many sports together, but in that situation, their lives became more difficult.
In 1927, Liu Shaoqi's eldest daughter Liu Aiqin was born, when Liu Shaoqi was engaged in secret activities, and He Baozhen had always been with him, as a mother, she definitely wanted to accompany her children at all times, but the situation at that time was too dangerous, and she could only entrust Liu Aiqin to a worker's family.
It wasn't long before Ho was directly arrested by the enemy for revealing her identity, during which she was tortured and executed by shooting a year later.
At that time, Liu Aiqin was not good, after living in this new family for a period of time, her new "father" was directly unemployed for some reasons, and even the family's livelihood was difficult to maintain, and when Liu Aiqin grew up a little, "mother" taught her some simple needlework and took her everywhere to make money.
Figure Liu Aiqin
But this is not the way to go, they decided to sell Liu Aiqin to a family as a child bridesmaid after discussion, only seven years old she was tortured in the new family after that, not only often white-eyed, but also need to bear the pain of flesh and skin, her childhood was very miserable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="173" > Liu Aiqin was rescued by Zhou Enlai</h1>
In 1937, Liu Shao strangely looked for Zhou Enlai, wanted to ask him a thing, and sincerely said: "Baozhen and I have given birth to three children over the years, the eldest son was sent back to his hometown to raise, the eldest daughter was fostered in a worker's family, and the second son was also directly entrusted to the landlady at that time, and now I don't know their whereabouts." ”
Zhou Enlai understood Liu Shaoqi's meaning, and shook his hand and said, "These three children are also suffering, rest assured, I will do my best to find them and personally hand them over to you." ”
Photo Premier Zhou
After this, Zhou Enlai not only sent someone to publish a search notice, but also entrusted THE CCP intelligence officers to help pay more attention to it and report it as soon as there was a little news.
According to Liu Shaoqi's recollection, after a period of searching, the intelligence officer learned that the worker's family had already sold the family's house because of livelihood problems, and then moved to other places, but it was difficult to determine where it was.
After Zhou Enlai learned about this situation, he directly handed over the task of searching for Liu Shaoqi's eldest daughter, Liu Aiqin, to an underground intelligence officer at that time, during which he had been pretending to be a "rickshaw driver", and after about two weeks, he finally found out the family's residence.
The intelligence officer did not dare to have a moment's delay, went directly to the home, and explained his identity and the main purpose of the trip, but at this time Liu Aiqin's adoptive mother could not help but cry, and told him all the experience of this matter, the adoptive mother kept saying that the family has always been friendly, the child must not bear the pain, do not worry too much.
After this, the intelligence officer continued to pretend to be a "rickshaw driver" to report to Zhou Enlai, who immediately said after learning about it: "We must take the child back, how much money does not matter, as long as she is safe and sound." ”
With Zhou Enlai's instructions, the intelligence officers came to the workers' families again, and under the leadership of their adoptive mother, they successfully found the place where Liu Aiqin was located, and after entering the door, the first thing they saw was a very emaciated little girl doing heavy work in the courtyard, even if her hands were shaking, she gritted her teeth and insisted.
After a while, Liu Aiqin found two people standing next to her, and when she saw her adoptive mother, she directly threw herself into her arms and cried: "Mom, why did you come to me now, are you really here to pick me up?" ”
The adoptive mother also blushed when she saw the situation, touched Liu Aiqin's head and said, "Child, I am here to take you away this time, you follow this uncle, he takes you home." ”
At that time, Liu Aiqin couldn't believe whether it was true or not, kept crying, and after a while he choked up and said: "I don't want to go with him, I haven't seen him at all, let's go home." ”
Under such circumstances, Liu Aiqin's adoptive mother could not say too much, so she had to agree for the time being, and said to the hostess of this family: "The first time the child sees her uncle, it is normal not to be familiar with it, and we want to take her back to live for a longer period of time." ”
The hostess replied with a very understanding look: "Liu Aiqin, but I spent money, this time looking at my uncle's face, I promised you to take her back, but also let her come back as soon as possible." ”
Before leaving, the hostess also specially took out a beautiful skirt, helped Liu Aiqin change it, and after a few words of instruction, watched them go, and then the intelligence officer immediately contacted Zhou Enlai, who said: "Be sure to personally send her safely to the Eighth Route Army office, if they accidentally leak the news, then this matter is not easy to handle, and may even affect the child." ”
After learning of Zhou Enlai's meaning, the intelligence officer directly communicated with Liu Aiqin and smoothly sent her to the Eighth Route Army office in Wuhan, Deng Ying waited at the door super early, she looked at this child very much, not only personally washed her face, tied pigtails, but also let her call herself "Deng Mother".
Zhou Enlai was busy with the matter at hand, and immediately rushed to see Liu Aiqin, in just a few days of getting along, they have become very familiar with each other, Deng Yingchao patiently told her about her own life, 11-year-old Liu Aiqin after learning that her mother has left, tears.
Zhou Enlai immediately comforted him: "You still have your father Liu Shaoqi, he will definitely love you twice, in addition, there are two brothers who have been waiting for you to go home, I have sent someone to inform them, in a few days you will be able to see." ”
Although Liu Aiqin was still very sad, after listening to Zhou Enlai's words, she was slightly relieved, and she couldn't wait to see her family.
Figure Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="180" > Liu Aiqin finally met her father Liu Shaoqi</h1>
During these days in the office, Liu Aiqin was very happy, she felt the meticulous care of everyone, and also established a certain relationship with them.
At the beginning of 1938, when the people in the office were just about to go to Yan'an, Zhou Enlai thought of entrusting him to take Liu Aiqin with him, and before leaving, he specially instructed: We must hand over the child to Liu Shaoqi personally, and there must be no mistakes.
At that time, Liu Aiqin felt very reluctant in her heart, and even cried in Deng Yingchao's arms, and Zhou Enlai touched her head and gently comforted: "Child, your father Liu Shaoqi is already waiting for you in Yan'an, and we will meet later." ”
In this way, Liu Aiqin came to Yan'an under the arrangement, where she finally met her father Liu Shaoqi, and both of them were very excited in their hearts, and for a while they did not know where to start. The person next to him smiled and reminded, "Son, he is your father, call people." ”
Liu Aiqin only then opened his mouth, Liu Shaoqi saw the situation and immediately walked to her, took her hand and looked at it carefully, in fact, he had already learned about his daughter's experience from Zhou Enlai's mouth before, at that time he was very distressed, his heart was very guilty, and he shed two lines of tears when he thought about it.
Liu Shaoqi looked at his daughter and said softly: "It is my bad, all these years have made you suffer, and now that you have finally returned to me, I will definitely love you well." ”
In fact, in the process of searching for Liu Aiqin, Zhou Enlai also gradually inquired about the relevant news of Liu Shaoqi's eldest son Liu Yunbin, and soon after, he was also sent directly to Yan'an, seeing that the two of them had reached the age of school, so they sent them to Yan'an Security Education Primary School together.
Figure Liu Shaoqi's eldest son Liu Yunbin
During this period, Liu Aiqin worked very hard, not only the results have always been among the best, but also often praised by the teachers, Liu Shaoqi is very pleased in his eyes, often encouraging his daughter, Liu Aiqin felt unprecedented happiness.
A year later, Liu Aiqin and his brother Liu Yunbin went to the Soviet Union to continue their studies under the arrangement, where they met many friends and became very good friends.
Under the efforts of Liu Aiqin, she was admitted to the Moscow Technical School, and also met a boy on the day of the report, and in the process of slowly getting along, the relationship between the two gradually warmed up, and after a period of time, they were married in the Soviet Union.
In 1949, Liu Shaoqi came to the Soviet Union, and one day, when Liu Aiqin was having dinner with her husband, he picked up a newspaper and said, "This is my father, and you should meet him." ”
Photo of Liu Shaoqi and his daughter Liu Aiqin
However, due to the identity of the two of them, they were directly opposed by the families of both sides, and Liu Aiqin at that time was very sad, but he also had no choice but to endure the pain of separation from her husband.
Liu Shaoqi's requirements for his beloved daughter Liu Aiqin are very strict, she just returned from the Soviet Union, she dressed very foreign, and even let the personnel around her father help her buy a new dress, Liu Shaoqi after learning about this matter, can't help but get angry, he hopes that Liu Aiqin can understand that the money is not their own, but the people.
In fact, in the process of Liu Aiqin's growth, she and her father Liu Shaoqi did not get along much, so they both cherished the time together, and every time she could learn a lot from her father's education, motivating her to grow.
Figure Left one Liu Aiqin Left two Liu Shaoqi
Until 1965, Liu Aiqin's brothers and sisters finally successfully got together, and Liu Shaoqi was very happy at that time, laughing and saying to them: "It is really not easy for our family to sit together." ”
But such happy days did not last long, and then Liu Aiqin's family left her one by one, and even her husband chose to divorce at this time, when she could not bear such a blow at all, and washed her face with tears all day.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="186" > Liu Aiqin's last wish before his death</h1>
At the beginning of 1979, Liu Aiqin entered the Chinese Civil Police Officer University as a teacher, after which she not only translated a number of famous books, but also personally joined in the compilation of teaching materials, every Qingming Festival, she would go to the grave of her mother He Baozhen to talk to her, such a day was plain and fulfilling.
In fact, Liu Aiqin also once thought that if she was not Liu Shaoqi's daughter, but was born in a family of ordinary people, would she be able to suffer less, but this idea was only fleeting, she never complained, nor did she feel that her bumpy life was brought by her father.
In 2015, the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II, Liu Aiqin, 88, received an invitation to go to Russia to participate in the victory parade, when she dressed very smartly and wore a commemorative medal on her chest.
Liu Aiqin's later years can be described as full of children and grandchildren, she looks at a bunch of cute children who have been around her, feel very happy, and she often reminds children to be a kind person and a useful person.
On June 17, 2020, Liu Aiqin died of illness, and her last wish before her death was to donate her body as a medical research work after she left, because her father once said: We must be a low-key person, but also to be a person who is beneficial to society, and many people are in tears after learning about this situation.