When Song Shilun heard what Huang Hua said, he immediately became happy: "I still owe someone a pen. It has been more than 20 years. Go buy one for me and let me pay off this debt. I will thank you very much." "

In 1975, Huang Hua of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was preparing to go to the United States to take up a post. Before leaving, he made a special trip to visit Song Shilun at his home.

While the two were chatting, Huang Hua took the initiative to ask: "Old Song, did you ask me to bring something back over there?"

"I have to bring it, I have to bring it."

Picture | Song Shilun General

Song Shilun When Huang Hua said this, he immediately became happy:

"I still owe someone a pen. It has been more than 20 years. Go buy one for me and let me pay off this debt. I will thank you very much." "

Huang Hua smiled and nodded in agreement. Later in the United States, he actually bought a dark red Parker pen for Song Shilun. After Song Shilun got it, he looked around and couldn't put it down, and then he returned After moving home, he gave the pen to his wife Zheng Xiaocun.

A simple gift moved Zheng Xiaocun very much. She did not expect that Song Shilun would still remember this incident after so many years.

Zheng Xiaocun did not use this pen, but kept it properly. Only when her husband was not at home, Zheng Xiaocun would take it out to express his love for him...

General Song Shilun had three marriages in his life. His first wife, Zou, was in an arranged marriage. The two had a daughter, Song Lanying. However, during the revolutionary war years, Song Shilun took the initiative to divorce in 1927 in order not to hurt his family. By 1941, while Song Shilun was working as a teacher at the Military and Political College, he met his second wife Zheng Jisi.

Zheng Jisi and Song Shilun lived together for 26 years, but unfortunately died of illness in 1967. Just before his death, Zheng Jisi made a request to Song Shilun:

"I hope you can take care of my sister and bring her to Beijing."

Song Shilun knew very well the meaning behind his wife's words. He was already an old man over sixty years old, how could he take care of others. His wife was worried about him living alone, so she asked her sister Zheng Xiaocun to come to Beijing to take care of him. The deeper meaning below is that she hoped that Song Shilun could marry his sister...

Song Zhixian: Jisi's mother has noble moral character, high political quality and ideological cultivation. I am so blessed.

Song Zhixian, formerly known as Song Lanying, was the general and first general of Song Dynasty. The daughter of his wife Zou, The marriage between General Song Shilun and Zou should be an arranged marriage. In January 1927, Song Shilun joined the Communist Party of China. In April, the Kuomintang authorities caused the "April 15th Massacre" in Guangzhou. Because of his "communist ties", Song Shilun Suspect" and was sentenced to one year in prison.

Probably because he was afraid of causing trouble to his family, Song Shilun took the initiative to divorce his wife.

It was not until 1941 that Song Shilun married his second wife Zheng Jisi.

Zheng Jisi is not only an outstanding cadre of the party, but also a famous "virtuous wife".

Picture | Song Shilun, Zheng Jisi and their daughter Song Chongshi

Although Zheng Jisi gave birth to a daughter Song Chongshi soon after their marriage, when Song Lanying came to Beijing from Shanghai to reunite with her father, Zheng Jisi did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, he took care of Song Lanying as if he were his own daughter. It was at this time that Song Shilun felt that his daughter's name was not loud enough, so he changed her name to Song Zhixian.

In November 1950, Song Shilun led his troops into the DPRK to participate in the war. Song Zhixian also signed up to join the volunteer army with his stepmother Zheng Jisi.

However, Song Zhixian ultimately failed to go to the Korean battlefield.

When she first arrived in the Northeast, the car carrying Song Zhixian suddenly overturned, and her waist was broken. She stayed in the hospital for several months. She really couldn't go to the front line, so she had to come back.

After returning home, Zheng Jisi took meticulous care of Song Zhixian. Song Zhixian later suffered from gallstones. After the operation, his physical condition was not very good. Zheng Jisi stewed chicken soup and ginseng soup every day. She used her allowance to go to the vegetable market to buy crucian carp and meat for her to eat. As long as her daughter had it, she would give it to Song Zhixian. Even if her daughter didn't have it, Zheng Jisi would find a way to give it to her.

"Lanying endured too much hardship when she was a child, and her constitution is poor. She needs more nourishment to be healthy."

After Song Zhixian's health improved, Zheng Jisi arranged for her to study in school to improve her cultural level. He also personally taught her revolutionary principles and improved her Under Zheng Jisi's meticulous care, Song Zhixian quickly reached the level of a junior high school student, and later joined the party and became a national cadre.

Zheng Jisi always cared for Song Zhixian meticulously. Once she met Du Kun, the wife of General Li Tianyou, and the two talked about Song Zhixian's situation. Zheng Jisi said with deep feeling:

"Lan Ying, this child, has been lost since childhood. I should give her more love for my parents.”

Picture | General Song Shilun spoke at the Academy of Military Sciences

Song Zhixian saw everything his mother did and was deeply moved in his heart. After Song Shilun came back from North Korea, Song Zhixian happily said to his father:

"Mom is so good to me."

Song Shilun touched his daughter's head lovingly and said:

"That's because we have a good relationship as husband and wife."

After hearing this, Song Zhixian didn't quite agree with his father's attitude. Later, when she talked about her stepmother, she said something like this:

"My father said that Jisi's mother was so kind to me because they had a good relationship as husband and wife. I don't think that's entirely true, but also because Jisi's mother is of high moral character. I am so blessed to have high political quality and ideological cultivation."

It is said that in a family, it will be difficult for the stepmother and her ex-wife and children to get along, but there is no barrier between Zheng Jisi and Song Zhixian. Living in harmony has become a popular story.

Regarding the age of Zheng Jisi, various sources of information show different results. Some say it was 1914, while others said it was 1916. However, there is no doubt that when the two got married, Song Shilun was much older than his wife Zheng Jisi.

Zheng Jisi’s real name is Zheng Hui, and he was born into the Zheng Zhisheng family, a prominent family in Shanwei, Guangdong.

Zheng Zhisheng started from scratch, and gradually accumulated tens of millions of dollars, becoming a well-known wealthy family in Shanwei area. Not only that, Zheng Zhisheng himself was also an enlightened gentry, who often helped those in need and those in need, and also taught his children to be patriotic. Zheng Jisi was born in such a family and received a good education at an early age. When Zheng Jisi was a teenager, he was admitted to Shanghai Normal School and changed his name to Zheng Jisi while studying at school. Two years later, he worked as a handyman at Guangdong Sun Yixian Hospital and was admitted to Yixian Hospital Higher Nursing School.

Picture | In 1974, Song Shilun inspected

at the Academy of Military Sciences. During the September 18th Incident in 1931, Zheng Jisi and his cousin Zheng Zheng (Zheng Zhisheng’s children and grandchildren) participated in the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Movement. Around the same time, Zheng Jisi served as He became a nurse and instructor of the underground liaison station of the Guangdong Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, and was influenced by the revolutionary ideas of the Communist Party of China.

also won unanimous praise from everyone because of Zheng Jisheng's beauty and generosity, coupled with her active participation in the revolution.

In 1935, Zheng Jisi, as a backbone of students, participated in the 129th Student Movement. In the same year, he risked his life and actively participated in the rescue of a large number of revolutionary patriots such as Qu Mengjue (who served as Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee after the founding of the People's Republic of China). In July 1936 In August, Zheng Jisi joined the Communist Party of China. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in China in July 1937, Zheng Jisi worked as a nurse at Tongji Hospital in China, responsible for the party's underground liaison and protection tasks.

Although Zheng Jishu was born into a noble family, she does not have the squeamishness and nobility of those wealthy ladies.

There is no doubt that she is a woman of the new era. She has a very clear plan for her life. The will to fight for the revolution is also very firm, and the party spirit, principles and spirit are also very high.

Song Chongshi: No matter how angry his father was, he always followed his mother's advice at home

Zheng Jishi arrived in Yan'an in October 1937 and provided huge help for the construction of public health and nursing in Yan'an. In May 1938, Zheng Jisi was selected into the National Anti-Japanese War and served as the instructor of the fifth team of the third brigade.

In 1941, Song Shilun met Zheng Jisi in Yan'an.

There are not many stories between Song Dynasty and Zheng Jisi, just like most marriages in that era. In order to express his love for his wife, Song Shilun specially gave Zheng Jisi a Browning pistol seized on the battlefield.

In May 1941, Zheng Jisi was transferred to the Eighth Route Army Clinic as political coordinator .

Although both of them are busy with their revolutionary undertakings, Zheng Jisi not only continues his ideals, but also takes care of his family.

In 1944, the daughter of Song Zhilun and Zheng Jisi was born. At that time, Yan'an was carrying out the "Seeking Truth from Facts" movement. Song Zhilun named his daughter Song Chongshi.

Picture | Song Shilun General

When Song Chongshi was born, the conditions in Yan'an were still very difficult. Zheng Jisi did not eat anything nutritious when she was pregnant, resulting in insufficient milk after childbirth. Her daughter Song Chongshi later suffered from rickets. , Faced with such a situation, Song Shilun felt very anxious. It happened that after Mr. Zhu heard about it, he gave the cow assigned to him by the organization to Song Shilun's daughter.

In this way, Song Chongshi grew up drinking milk, supplemented with enough nutrients, and the condition of rickets was resolved.

Song Shilun was so grateful to Mr. Zhu that when he talked about it many years later, he said with deep feeling:

"This is my daughter, she was raised by your cows!"

Zheng Jisi married Song Shilun Later, he became a "virtuous wife" praised by everyone.

Song Shilun has always had the reputation of a Confucian general. He has many works on military theory research, which is inseparable from his long-term engagement in military education after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Song Renqiong, Liao Hansheng and Zhang Zhen, the three founding generals, have written articles to evaluate He:

"He is not only a war general with outstanding merits, but also a military education and training expert, an outstanding leader in military science and technology research, and a profound scholar of military theory. He has made important contributions to the revolutionary war and the construction of our army. Contribution. "

However, Song Shilun's personality has nothing to do with the term "Confucian general".

Due to the death of his mother when he was two or three years old and the lack of maternal love, Song Shilun developed a character that was fond of fighting injustices. At that time, martial arts became popular in Liling. Song Shilun also wanted to learn, but his father was very opposed. The reason was that his son's palm prints were all through and he could easily hurt others. , so he only taught him medical skills, but Song Shilun went against his father's wishes and got up at night to practice martial arts secretly.

Picture | Song Shilun took a photo with Zhu De

Song Shilun was not only good at martial arts, but also liked drinking. For this reason, he formed a deep friendship with Xu Shiyou, who was also good at drinking.

Once, after drinking too much at my sister’s house, I walked home on a mountain road in the middle of the night. As a result, I entered a cave and fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, I found that I had slept in a tiger cave all night.

Later went to the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. Song Shilun said to everyone:

"I am a person who has slept in a tiger's den. I am not afraid of tigers, let alone the paper tiger of the United States."

During the war, Song Shilun liked to shave his head and open his chest. Lu Huai, with a gun on her waist, and a long red tassel on the gun.Because of this style and image problem, Song Shilun was criticized many times by his superiors, but he remained the same.

September 1948 Battle of Jinan .

Huaye originally arranged for Song Shilun’s Ten Columns to block the enemy’s reinforcements. Although Huaye’s Ten Columns enjoyed the reputation of “if the artillery can’t move, it must be the Ten Columns.” Let others eat meat all day long, while Shi Zong gnaws bones."

Under Song Shilun's strong request, Su Yu agreed to change Shi Zong's main attack.

Song Shilun’s personality is evident.

Because of his jealous personality, Song Shilun had a violent temper, and few people could make him surrender, with the exception of his wife Zheng Jisi.

Picture | After Song Shilun was discharged from the army, he dined with the soldiers

In that special era, Song Shilun was inevitably affected. Song Shilun, who had a strong personality, never bowed his head. In order not to worry his wife, Song Shilun would pretend every time he got home. She acted like nothing was wrong, but she and her husband had been together for many years. Zheng Jisi could not see into her husband's heart and tried her best to persuade him not to pay too much attention.

With his wife's persuasion, Song Shilun lost most of his anger.

When his daughter Song Chongshi recalled her father, she once said:

"No matter how bad-tempered my father was, he always listened to his mother's advice at home. If anything happened, he would discuss it with his mother and listen to her opinion."

"I hope you can take care of me." My sister"

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zheng Jisi was transferred to the Central Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He served successively as deputy director of the Heavy Industry Division of the Jiangsu Provincial Ministry of Industry, secretary of the Party Committee of the state-owned Nanjing Machine Tool Factory, deputy secretary of the Nanjing Supervisory Committee and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry. Deputy Director. Later, he was transferred back to Beijing and served as deputy director of the 12th Bureau of the Second Ministry of Machinery and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee.

Unfortunately, Zheng Jisi could not accompany Song Shilun to grow old together.

In 1967, Zheng Jisi was diagnosed with lung cancer by the hospital.

After Song Shilun learned the news later, he suddenly became depressed. Zheng Jisi also knew that his disease could not be cured, so when her husband was still by her side, she explained in one word what was behind her. matter.

"You have to take good care of my sister for me."

Song Shilun didn't understand the meaning of his wife's words at first, and thought it was because his wife was worried about his sister.

Although Zheng Jisi and Zheng Xiaocun are sisters, they are very different in age.

Picture | Song Shilun took a group photo with agency personnel during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.

In the autumn of 1952, Song Shilun returned from the Korean battlefield and was transferred to the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Senior Infantry School principal and political commissar.

After returning home, Zheng Jisi smiled and introduced her sister Zheng Xiaocun to her husband. Zheng Xiaocun was only 13 years old at that time. She had just followed her parents to Shanghai from her hometown to prepare for school and lived in her sister's house.

Song Shilun thought that as a brother-in-law, he could not see his sister empty-handed, so he gave Zheng Xiaocun a pen he had with him.

"Just give this pen to your sister as a greeting gift. She will need it for school."

You must know that this is a Parker pen . At that time, it was considered a valuable gift. .

But later this pen was "confiscated" by my sister Zheng Jisi.

"You are still young and a student, so you don't need to use such a good pen. My sister-in-law is working now and needs a good pen. Do you think it would be better to give it to her?"

Zheng Xiaocun had to reluctantly take out the pen.

Later, Zheng Jisi considered that life in his hometown was difficult, so he simply took his sister to live with him in Shanghai.

Although Song Shilun was busy with work, he later met Zheng Xiaocun several times.

Picture | Song Shilun looked at the map on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea

Before his death, Zheng Jisi asked Song Shilun to take good care of his sister and hoped that her husband could take her to live in Beijing. Song Shilun only thought at first that his wife was worried about her sister, but later he I know that my wife's ultimate intention is to let him marry his sister so that they can have someone to rely on in the future.

After Song Shilun understood his wife's intention, he was immediately surprised. You must know that he is already over sixty years old, and Zheng Xiaocun is not yet thirty.

On December 27, 1967, Zheng Jisi died of lung cancer at the age of only 51.

According to Song Chongshi's recollection, when his mother Zheng Jisi passed away, she always hoped to see her husband again and have a final explanation for her husband. Unfortunately, Zheng Jisi did not wait until her husband arrived.

Zheng Jisi's death made Song Shilun very sad.

In the first two years after his wife's death, Song Shilun had no time to take care of him and lived a lonely life.

It was not until the summer of 1971, when Song Dynasty's situation improved slightly, that Zheng Xiaocun was brought to Beijing.

In the following years, although Song Shilun still had a difficult time, Zheng Xiaocun never left him, which moved Song Shilun very much.

In 1972, with the approval of the party organization, Song Shilun and Zheng Xiaocun officially became husband and wife.

This year, Song Shilun was 65 years old and Zheng Xiaocun was 32 years old.

The two people crossed the age gap, took care of each other, supported each other, and went through an unforgettable period.

Picture | Song Shilun

Not only did Zheng Xiaocun take care of Song Shilun, Song Shilun also tried his best to take care of his wife and family.

Later, when many old comrades saw Song Shilun, they would smile and say:

"Old Song, you are so lucky."

Whenever this happened, Song Shilun just smiled and said nothing.

Two years later, Song Shilun and Zheng Xiaocun's daughter was also born. By this year, the combined ages of Song Shilun and Zheng Xiaocun were exactly 101 years old, so Song Shilun named their daughter "Song Baiyi".

Although he fought all his life, Song Dynasty was very peaceful in his later years.

Once when he was seriously ill in his later years, his old comrade Qiao Shi came to visit Song Shilun. Looking at Song Shilun in a coma, the old man stepped forward and whispered into his ear:

"Mr. Song, I am Qiao Shi. You will be the guard when liberating Shanghai." When I was the district commander, I had just come out of the underground (referring to the transition from underground work to public work)..."

After hearing this, Song Shilun suddenly became energetic:

"I am about to go underground now..."

This was also the first thing Song Shilun had said soberly in a few days after he was seriously ill and in a coma. When Zheng Xiaocun heard this, he burst into tears with excitement.

On September 17, 1991, Song Shilun died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 84.

Song Shilun and Zheng Jisi lived together for 26 years, and lived with Zheng Xiaocun for another 19 years. It can be said that they were both happy.

He had outstanding military exploits throughout his life, and his marriage was also legendary, which makes people sigh with emotion.