"Mom, my son is here to see you."
A 60-year-old man who was clean and tidy and dressed like a government official knelt down in a dilapidated private house. The old man looked at the old woman in front of him and burst into tears. He couldn't help himself. The 74-year-old woman looked happy and looked at the long-awaited acquaintance in front of her, but she couldn't make any sound. It turned out that she was a deaf-mute, but her excited gestures were trembling up and down, telling her what she had difficulty speaking. miss.
What is the unknown story between this slightly strange "mother and son"?
Old lady Ming Deying - Resistor in a hard life
This deaf-mute old lady is an ordinary farmer in Yinan County, Shandong Province. Her name is Ming Deying. 1911. She was born into a poor family in Andi Village. Due to the difficult living environment at that time, her mother passed away when she was very young, and her stepmother raised her. At first, Ming Deying was a healthy little girl, but after a serious illness, poor medical conditions caused her to lose her hearing and speech abilities.
At that time, the corrupt Qing Dynasty had withdrawn from the stage of history, and the Republic of China had been established. However, various historical problems left by the Qing Dynasty still existed. The government of the Republic of China did not actively solve these problems. Therefore, the bottom people of China at that time Still in dire straits. In the turbulent social environment where warlords were fighting at that time, 30-year-old Ming Deying had to leave home to make a living and beg in the villages for a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps out of God's mercy, Ming Deying accidentally went to Henghe Village, Ma Muchi Township. At that time, the villagers still had enough food. They rescued Ming Deying, who was dying of starvation, and matched her with Li Kaitian, a bachelor in the village. In this way, Ming Deying settled down in Henghe Village. The villagers also found a job as a tombkeeper for the couple. Ming Deying and his wife barely made a living by relying on this job and reclaiming wasteland.
Although life was difficult, it was fortunate that it was stable. However, this peaceful atmosphere was broken by the Japanese soldiers who entered the village to raid the village. After World War I , Japan, regardless of face, used the connivance of the "international community" at the Paris Peace Conference as a source of confidence to forcefully replace Germany and inherit Germany's rights and interests in Shandong, China. The Japanese acted recklessly in Shandong, and the people dared not speak out in anger. However, after the outbreak of the all-out anti-Japanese war, the Japanese became even more unscrupulous, and Shandong bore the brunt of their attacks. The Yimeng Mountain area of where Ming Deying is located is the base area for many anti-Japanese heroes. Therefore, Japan conducts heavy raids every year, making the already suffering people even worse.
Little Eighth Route Army Zhuang Xinmin - A Spark that Starts a Prairie Fire Will Never Go Out
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, all parts of Shandong responded actively. In the face of the Japanese army's heavy weapons raids, the Eighth Route Army fearlessly dealt with it. In 1940, Zhuang Xinmin, as an ordinary Eighth Route Army health worker, followed the large troops to participate in the breakout and transfer battle. However, the enemy was too vicious, and our army paid a heavy price. Zhuang Xinmin, who was only 18 years old, also He was seriously injured in the battle and lost contact with the main force. Zhuang Xinmin, who was seriously injured, held on for a breath and stumbled away from the enemy. When he reached Henghe Village, he finally couldn't hold on and passed out.
Li Kaitian at the entrance of the village saw a person lying on the road from a distance. He hurriedly walked over and found that it was a young Eighth Route Army soldier. He ignored the threats of the Japanese "Eighth Route Army will kill without mercy" and killed the unconscious Zhuang Xinmin. Carry it home. At that time, Ming Deying happened to be taking care of her child. When she saw her husband carrying someone on his back, she hurriedly came over to lend a hand and gently placed the injured Zhuang Xinmin on the kang.
Just when the couple didn't know what to do, several Japanese soldiers who were chasing Zhuang Xinmin arrived in the village. The Japanese soldiers spoke fiercely in words that Ming Deying and his wife could not understand. But they knew in their hearts that they must be chasing Zhuang Xinmin. That injured little Balu. Looking at the bright bayonets of the Japanese soldiers, Ming Deying and his wife were not afraid at all. They calmly pointed the direction to the Japanese soldiers, saying that the person you were looking for ran away from there. When several Japanese soldiers saw this, they did not embarrass the couple and hurriedly chased after them.
Ming Deying and his wife, who were well aware of the cruelty of the Japanese, knew that they would never give up. In order to prevent the Japanese soldiers from returning and finding Zhuang Xinmin, the couple kept moving to nearby caves, ravines outside the village and other places. In this way, Zhuang Xinmin escaped the capture of the Japanese soldiers, but at that time he was so angry that he couldn't swallow anything at all.
Looking at Zhuang Xinmin who was getting weaker, Ming Deying could not care about anything else. Ming Deying, who was in the lactation period, untied her clothes and fed Zhuang Xinmin with her own milk. The moistening of milk made the comatose Zhuang Xinmin react. Ming Deying and his wife were delighted to find that the corner of Zhuang Xinmin's mouth twitched, which proved that Zhuang Xinmin had hope of living.
Zhuang Xinmin recovered from his injury - drinking ice is difficult to cool the hot blood
At that time, when there was an extreme shortage of medical supplies, Ming Deying and his wife relied on their ancestors' methods to collect herbs from the mountains, carefully crushed them and applied them to Zhuang Xinmin's wounds. In order to prevent Zhuang Xinmin's wounds from becoming infected, Ming Deying and his wife took the trouble to clean his body and apply herbal medicines. At that time, the Japanese army entered the village and robbed almost all the food. Ming Deying and his wife originally lived by digging wild vegetables, but looking at the weak Zhuang Xinmin, the couple decided to stew the only two chickens at home to supplement Zhuang Xinmin. Body.
Under the careful care of Ming Deying and his wife, Zhuang Xinmin, who was seriously injured, gradually recovered, but his injury still required rest. Zhuang Xinmin did not want to drag down this poor family, so he tried many times to drag his weak body to catch up with the large army, but he was stopped by Ming Deying and his wife. Ming Deying and his wife took care of Zhuang Xinmin with all their heart. It was not until Zhuang Xinmin was almost recovered that Ming Deying and his wife let him leave and continue to fight for the revolutionary cause.
At the time of separation, the young Zhuang Xinmin knelt on his knees, tears flowing out uncontrollably, and cried:
"Mom, dad, the revolutionary cause needs me now, but I will never forget your great kindness in this life." No. When the war is over, as long as I am still alive, I will definitely come back to honor you."
The revolutionary cause is successful - Zhuang Xinmin rises step by step
The Chinese people are tenaciously united, the Japanese invaders are driven away, and the reactionaries are defeated and retreat to Taiwan. China was founded and the Chinese people stood up. At this time, the domestic war was finally over. Zhuang Xinmin relied on himself to become a member of the founding marshal Chen Yi, working in the prosperous Shanghai. After stabilization, Zhuang Xinmin never forgot the kindness of Ming Deying and his wife for a moment. However, due to his serious injuries at the time, he did not leave the address information of the couple when they parted. He had to keep sending letters to Yimeng Mountain District in Shandong, entrusting People they knew asked about the whereabouts of Ming Deying and his wife.
The hard work paid off, and in 1955 the address of Mr. and Mrs. Ming Deying was finally found. After Chen Yi heard about Zhuang Xinmin's deeds, Marshal Chen was very happy and praised Zhuang Xinmin's good qualities of not forgetting his kindness. And Zhuang Xinmin also rose with the tide, rising all the way to become a bureau-level cadre. Zhuang Xinmin could not leave Shanghai casually due to his own work restrictions. But how could he leave his benefactor alone? So he planned to bring Ming Deying and his wife to Shanghai. Unfortunately, Ming Deying had just recovered from a serious illness at that time, and the fatigue of traveling all the way was too much for her, so Li Kaitian came to Shanghai alone. Come and see this kid we haven’t seen for a long time.
When Zhuang Xinmin saw Li Kaitian, who was hunched over, he was filled with emotions and didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to let go of his hand for a long time. Zhuang Xinmin regarded Li Kaitian as his own father. He washed his feet personally at night and specially set aside time to accompany him to experience the prosperity of Shanghai. During this period, Zhuang Xinmin expressed his miss for his "mother" and younger brothers and sisters without hesitation, and hoped that they could come to Shanghai together.However, Li Kaitian, who had always faced the loess and turned his back to the sky, still could not adapt to the prosperity of the city, so he tactfully proposed to Zhuang Xinmin that he wanted to go home to accompany his wife.
Seeing this, Zhuang Xinmin couldn't keep him. When Li Kaitian left, he borrowed money from his colleagues and collected a thousand yuan. He hoped that Li Kaitian could use the money to improve his family's life first. He also bought many supplements for Li Kaitian. Take them back together. But the simple Li Kaitian did not accept the money. After all the refusals, he had to take out three hundred as travel expenses, and refused to accept the rest.
After Li Kaitian returned, Zhuang Xinmin still sent money and various nutritional supplements home from time to time. In 1985, 60-year-old Zhuang Xinmin finally embarked on a journey home.
"Mother, mother who saved my life, your son is back."
The gray-haired Zhuang Xinmin brought his son and grandson, and three generations of people knelt down in front of Ming Deying and Li Kaitian. Everyone was infected by this atmosphere, and no one was moved.
In 1995, 84-year-old Ming Deying passed away peacefully in her sleep. Zhuang Xinmin, who was far away in Shanghai, was filled with grief when he heard the news. He knelt on the ground and cried bitterly in the direction of Shandong. In order to let future generations remember the kindness of old man Ming Deying, Zhuang Xinmin enshrined his mother's memorial tablet in his home. Before Zhuang Xinmin died of illness, he called his descendants to his bedside and warned him not to forget Ming Deying. Deying, the Chinese red sister-in-law, also warned future generations to cherish their current peaceful life.
The touching story ends here. The Chinese people have experienced endless wars before they can have their current life. I hope that future generations will always remember the lofty ideals of the revolutionary martyrs and contribute their own efforts to building a better China.
