One day in 1950, Xu Jiping prepared a meal at home to welcome her husband Wang Xun, who returned from a business trip in Beijing, both of whom were revolutionaries during the war, and now Wang Xun has achieved the post of minister of supply, and now that new China has been founded, the couple who have experienced hardships are still as loving as ever. Not long after making the meal, Wang Xun arrived home, but compared to the happiness of the previous reunion, Xu Jiping found that her husband this time was a bit abnormal.
Only to see Wang Xun pull Xu Jiping to sit down and say solemnly, "I have a secret that I have never told you." ”
Looking at her husband's slightly guilty expression, Xu Jiping was a little flustered in her heart, and Wang Xun did not give Xu Jiping a chance to speak, and directly said the secret: "In fact, my real name is Mao Zequan, and I am Mao Zedong's cousin. ”
"What?" Hearing her husband's words, Xu Jiping felt unbelievable, how did her husband come back from a business trip and become Chairman Mao's cousin? This really made her not know how to answer the phone for a while.
Mao Zequan and Xu Jiping
Looking at Xu Jiping's reaction, Mao Zequan thought that his wife was blaming himself for not being honest, so he hurriedly explained: "At first, I was afraid that others would take special care of me because I was Mao Zedong's cousin, so I changed my name to Wang Xun, and later I gradually got used to this identity, when I knew you, we were both in the army, so I didn't say it, I hope you don't get angry." ”
In the face of Mao Zequan's seriousness, Xu Jiping suddenly laughed out, she understood her husband's practice of hiding his name, but she was more curious about why her husband suddenly chose to confess this time.
After some questioning, Xu Jiping learned that Mao Zequan had gone to Beijing this time to meet Chairman Mao and had spoken out about the concealment of his identity, and only after Chairman Mao encouraged him that the husband and wife should be honest with each other did he make up his mind to tell the story.
Xu Jiping smiled and said, "You can rest assured, I am not angry with you, and even if I knew it now, I would not have used the identity of Chairman Mao's sister-in-law to 'swindle and deceive'." “
In his wife's ridicule, Mao Zequan smiled embarrassedly and took his wife's hand and sat down at the table to enjoy the delicious food.
So as Chairman Mao's cousin, what are Mao Zequan's unusual experiences in life?
Mao Zequan
In 1909, Mao Zequan was born in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, and as the second eldest in the family, he was adopted from childhood to his childless uncle Mao Yizhi. Although his uncle loved him a lot, but the conditions at home were too poor to provide him with school, so Mao Zequan herded cattle in the village when other children went to school.
Mao Zequan's father was a cousin of Mao's father, but when he was born, Mao zedong was 16 years old, and in the second year of his birth, Mao Zedong left his hometown to study in Xiangxiang.
When he was a child, Mao Zequan's thinking was relatively simple, and his favorite thing to do every day was to lie on the back of an ox and look at the scenery in a daze. If you are older, you will work in the fields like everyone else in the village, or go to long-term work to earn some money to subsidize your family.
I originally thought that my life would continue like this, until one day, the cousin who was 16 years older than himself returned to his hometown to mobilize the people in the village to participate in the revolution, and after preaching the revolutionary ideas, Mao Zedong deliberately went to Mao Zequan's side and asked him if he understood.
Mao Zequan, who had not read the book, naturally knew nothing, so Mao Zedong patiently told him again in the most popular words, and told him that he would set up a peasant night school here, hoping that he would come to participate.
The content of Mao Zedong's speech made Mao Zequan's heart full of yearning for the revolution, and later after the establishment of the night school, he often went to class, and during the period of study, Mao Zequan's knowledge level and ideological consciousness have been greatly improved, and at the same time, it has laid the foundation for him to participate in the revolution in the future.
Since 1927, Mao Zequan has been working as a communication worker in the peasant association in the Shaoshan Special Area, and his real participation in the revolution was in 1937, when Mao Zequan returned from Nanjing not long ago, and he met his cousin's son Mao Yuanyao at home.
At that time, Mao Yuanyao was already a communist, although he was his own descendant, but both in speech and thought were very progressive, so when Mao Zemin wrote back to ask him to go to Shanghai to participate in revolutionary work, Mao Zequan offered to go with him, in addition to Mao Zedong's other cousin Mao Zeqing.
Chairman Mao
However, not long after the departure, the domestic situation suddenly became extremely severe, especially in Shanghai, which was plunged into chaos. After much thought, the three decided to change their plans and go to Yan'an, the revolutionary base area.
Compared with Mao Yuanyao's sophistication, Mao Zequan seemed relatively ignorant, but his yearning for revolution in his heart was still very strong, especially when he learned that Mao Zedong, whom he had admired since childhood, was also in Yan'an, and his heart was even more irrepressibly excited.
In the end, the three of them came to Yan'an several times, and Mao Zedong happily received his relatives who came from afar, but in the process of chatting, he still said solemnly: "If you come to me as an important official, it is not possible, and I welcome you with open hands when you come to this revolution." ”
The three men who heard this smiled and said in unison, "That's where we came to join the revolution." ”
In this way, Mao Zequan stayed and was arranged to study at the Northern Shaanxi Public School. Throughout the study process, Mao Ze worked very hard, and was even sent to the Central Party School to study because of his excellent performance.
After graduating from school, Mao Zequan was fully qualified for revolutionary work in both ideological consciousness and work ability, so he was assigned to the New Fourth Army after graduation, and it was also at this time that he changed his name to Wang Xun.
However, Mao Zequan's revolutionary career did not shock the earth, and he did not even really go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy, and his work has always been in the logistics department, from the initial military station instructor to the later column supply department director, he has been working diligently for more than ten years.
The birthplace of Mao Zequan's love affair with Xu Jiping was also in the New Fourth Army where he worked, when Xu Jiping, a Shanghai girl, originally wanted to go to Yan'an to study revolutionary ideas, but because of the impact of the war on the front line, she temporarily came to the New Fourth Army as an accountant.
At that time, Xu Jiping was lively and beautiful, plus she was also an intellectual youth, and many single young men in the army had some admiration for her, including Mao Zequan, who had been promoted to vice minister of supply.
The two often meet because of their work, so in the day and night together, Xu Jiping also has feelings for the serious leadership of this work.
Unlike Mao Zequan's introvertedness, Xu Jiping is a person who likes to be brave to pursue, so she first expressed her love to Mao Zequan, and the two who were originally in love came together and married with the consent of the organization in 1943.
After marriage, because the two people have the same revolutionary ideas and goals, they always have endless words after work, plus they appreciate each other, so until the founding of New China, the couple is still very affectionate.
All along, Xu Jiping thought that her husband was an ordinary person like herself, although her husband later confessed that he was Chairman Mao's cousin, but Xu Jiping still felt a little incredible, until 1952 Mao Zequan was transferred to Beijing to work and took the family to Chairman Mao's home as a guest, Xu Jiping felt real.
The day before the meeting, Xu Jiping was so excited that she couldn't sleep, Chairman Mao had always been the image of a great man in her heart, and tomorrow she would go to his house for dinner as a sister-in-law.
When Xu Jiping saw Chairman Mao, she found that the leader of the country in her heart who was serious and magnificent was so approachable and very gentle and casual in her speech, which made her nervous heart relax.
Xu Jiping
When Chairman Mao knew that Xu Jiping was a high school student, he also humorously ridiculed: "Hello and evil are also high school students in Shanghai, how can you look up to Mao Zequan, a cowherd?" ”
Xu Jiping did not expect Chairman Mao to ask herself this question, so for a moment she did not know how to answer it, but Chairman Mao saw her embarrassment and asked herself: "This is a combination of intellectuals and workers, peasants, and soldiers. ”
Hearing Chairman Mao's explanation, Xu Jiping realized that the reason why a great man would be a great man was that in addition to his vision and knowledge, he also had a mind that ordinary people could not match.
In the end, the meal ended in everyone's laughter, and Xu Jiping's mood changed from excitement and nervousness before going to excitement and joy.
After this, Mao Zequan and his wife also met with Chairman Mao twice, including once when fathers and fellow villagers from their hometown came to Beijing to visit Chairman Mao, but because Chairman Mao was busy with official duties, mao Zequan was appointed to be responsible for receiving him. On that day, Xu Jiping's appearance was not good because of her headache, and the attentive Chairman Mao also asked her about her physical condition with concern and told her to go to the doctor.
At the third meeting, Chairman Mao did not forget this incident, and once again asked how she had been doing. Although this is only a small thing, it makes Xu Jiping's heart feel very warm.
In these three meetings, the only thing Mao Ze's family got from Chairman Mao was a group photo. As Chairman Mao's cousin, Mao Ze never used his name to benefit himself and his family, both in the revolutionary and peaceful years.
Mao Zequan family
The reason why Mao Zequan was clean and honest all his life was that in addition to the inheritance from Mao's family, there was also the sentence that Chairman Mao explained to him during the Yan'an period: "No matter what time, we must not flaunt our might in the name of Mao Zedong." ”
On March 7, 1989, 80-year-old Mao Zequan walked to the end of his life accompanied by Xu Jiping, and before leaving, he looked at his wife with reluctant eyes and said a sentence of great affection: "You are the person I am most reluctant to give." ”
Perhaps he missed Mao Zequan too much, and soon after Xu Jiping also passed away, this loving couple left a good story in the world.