An old yellowed photo, the people's leader Mao Zedong smiled kindly, with Comrade Sun Peijun written on the right, and Chairman Mao's autograph on the left. Such a precious signature photo was collected in the hands of a peasant woman in Changsha.
The peasant woman saved this photo very well and often took it out and wiped it carefully. The reporter asked her who Sun Peijun was. The peasant woman replied with a smile: "It's my daughter."
"Then why did you have a self-signed photo of Chairman Mao?"
The peasant woman put away her smile, her eyes slowly drifted away, and sighed: "We have suffered a lot in the years we spent with Kaihui..."
It turned out that the peasant woman was named Chen Yuying, who was once the nanny of Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui. Her daughter Sun Peijun had communicated with Mao Zedong many times. The chairman cared about Sun Peijun as a daughter, and once sighed to the staff: "My daughter and I (referring to Chen Yuying) are old friends."
But why did she, as a nanny, have Mao Zedong's autographed photo? How did Sun Peijun become an old friend of Mao Zedong?
Picture | Chairman Mao’s handwritten photo
All of this has to start from the winter in 1926, Changsha...
1. We will be a family in the future
1926 Changsha ushered in a cold winter that was rare in ten years. Wanglu Garden has been bleak for days, and the already dilapidated mud road is now even more muddy and difficult to walk.
A rural woman was carrying a bulging package and wearing a thin cotton jacket. She was trembling in the cold wind. She stretched out her right hand, which was red-cold, and knocked on the gate of No. 1, Wangluyuan.
After a while, Mao Zedong, wearing a cotton gown, opened the door. The woman asked in a trembling voice, "Sir, I am here to apply for a nanny."
Seeing the other party in such a embarrassed look, Mao Zedong led the person into the room without saying a word. Seeing this, Yang Kaihui tacitly poured a cup of hot tea over.
The woman held the hot tea with tears in gratitude and kept thanking Yang Kaihui.
Mao Zedong asked about the woman's family situation briefly, then nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Sister Sun, stay."
"Mr. Mao, am I passing now?"
Yang Kaihui immediately stood up, held Mr. Sun's hand, and said, "Sister Sun, you have arrived at my house, we will be a family in the future."
"We are not landlords, and the other is not local tyrants, but ordinary people. We are looking for a nanny just because my husband really doesn't have time to take care of our three mothers, and the fetus in my belly is about to be born. Please come here just to be a companion with me and help the boss." Yang Kaihui explained.
When Mrs. Sun heard this, she was so moved that her eyes were red.
Sun’s real name is Chen Yuying. She was born in a poor family in Changsha. She was sent to be a child bride since she was a child. When she was 10 years old, she went out to work. Every employer treated her as a servant and criticized her in every way. Meeting employers like Yang Kaihui and Mao Zedong was really a "blessing for ten generations."
Chen Yuying doesn't know at this moment that the Mr. Mao in front of her will become a great man who will change the world in the future. She will also go through a period of ups and downs and unforgettable years with Yang Kaihui!
At that time, there were many nannies who came to Mao Zedong's house to apply for jobs, but they fell in love with Chen Yuying, who was a plain-looking and clumsy-mouthed. Chen Yuying didn't understand why. Yang Kaihui smiled and explained, "Sister Sun, Runzhi and I were attracted by your big feet and short hair!"
Hearing this, Chen Yuying smiled embarrassedly. There were very few women like her who were not bound feet. Anyone who did not lack males at home would let the girl bind her feet in order to marry a good family in the future.
Chen Yuying didn't bind her feet because her family was too poor when she was a child. She had to work in the fields since she was a child. The food at home was unable to support an idle person who didn't work. As for her hair, she later married and cut it short for the convenience of work.
Yang Kaihui held her big belly with one hand and stroked Chen Yuying's temples with the other, and said gently: "The hair of the foot is something that binds and oppresses women in feudal society. A woman with big feet and short hair like you is so energetic!"
Chen Yuying blushed embarrassedly after being praised by Yang Kaihui. Unexpectedly, the big feet that she had always been ashamed of became a symbol of progress in Yang Kaihui's mouth. After saying this, she was considered a half-progressive person.
At Yang Kaihui and Mao Zedong, Chen Yuying felt the dignity and confidence of being a human being for the first time. Over time, she also regarded Yang Kaihui, Mao Zedong and the three children in her family as her relatives.
pic | Yang Kaihui
As the revolutionary situation changed, Mao Zedong's family's life became more difficult. Chen Yuying took the initiative to cancel his salary and took out the money he saved to supplement the family's income. Mao Zedong was deeply moved when he found out.
When the neighbors found out, they all praised Yang Kaihui and said, "Xia Gu, it's really rare that your family has hired such a good nanny!"
Hearing this, Chen Yuying stood up and said, "No, don't say that, meeting an employer like her is my blessing."
I thought life would be like this, but unfortunately, it still came.
It was October 1930, a morning with a bleak autumn wind. Yang Kaihui took care of Mao Anying all night as usual. As soon as she fell asleep, the door of her home suddenly was knocked.
Chen Yuying was worried about waking up Yang Kaihui, so she ran out and opened the door. Unexpectedly, there were a large number of Kuomintang soldiers and Yang Kaihui's mother tied up in various shapes standing outside the door.
Seeing this scene, Chen Yuying panicked and hurriedly closed the door and stood up to confront the officers and soldiers.
At this moment, Yang Kaihui walked out. When the captain of the "Shutdown Communist Volunteer Team" saw that the main leader had come out, he pushed the soldier away and said with great power, "It's nothing, please come with us to Changsha!"
After saying this, the captain waved his hand and tied up Yang Kaihui without saying a word. Chen Yuying beside him was also pressed to the ground.
Yang Kaihui exclaimed when she saw this, "Let her go! She is just my nanny, why are you catching her?"
Captain smiled and pulled Chen Yuying's hair and said, "The nanny of the Communist Party is naturally the Communist Party, and the little Communist Party inside is also taken away for me!"
The noise at No. 1 Wanglu Garden attracted neighbors to watch. Seeing that the Kuomintang officers and soldiers took the child away, the neighbors asked, "It's just catching the adults! What's the matter with the child!"
"That's right, what do the child know so young! "
Hearing these comments, the captain shot into the sky and said viciously to the crowd: "Whoever talks nonsense, I will cut off his tongue!"
An old man with backbone in the neighborhood stood up and said righteously: "Then let's send Xia Gu for a ride, it's not illegal!"
Just like that, the neighbors found two wheelbarrows . The weak Yang Kaihui sat in the car holding Mao Anying, while the wife Sun sat in a car behind, followed by more than 40 enemies with live ammunition.
In the end, Yang Kaihui, Chen Yuying and Mao Anying were imprisoned in the prison of Changsha Security Command together.
In prison, the enemy used all the cruel punishments to torture Yang Kaihui, but never asked a word, and then turned to threaten Chen Yuying. Although Chen Yuying is a rural woman with no education, she has been with Yang Kaihui for four years and has long possessed the revolutionary spirit. No matter how the enemy threatens and tempts her, she has never revealed a single word.
A month after Yang Kaihui died heroically, the party organization rescued Chen Yuying and Mao Anying. Mao Anying was sent to Shanghai by the organization, and Chen Yuying was monitored by the Kuomintang reactionaries everywhere. In desperation, she had to go back to her hometown to hide.
Picture | Yang Kaihui took a photo with Mao Anying and Mao Anying
2. If you have any difficulties, just tell me
In 1950, Yang Kaihui's mother, Old Lady Yang, on the 80th birthday, Mao Zedong specially sent Mao Anying back to Hunan to celebrate the old lady's birthday, and told him to find Chen Yuying's family and pick them up to attend the old lady's birthday.
At No. 1, Shengxi Garden, Changsha, Mao Anying met Chen Yuying's family as he wished. Chen Yuying brought his 8-year-old daughter Sun Peijun to the old lady's birthday party. Unexpectedly, after so many years, Chen Yuying's body was still so healthy. Mao Anying was extremely excited and held Mrs. Sun's hand and refused to let go for a long time.
The daughter Sun Peijun, who was next to him, grabbed Chen Yuying's clothes timidly. After Mao Anying saw it, he lowered his body and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"
The girl replied with a red face, "Peijun..."
Mao Anying asked again, "How to write it?"
Chen Yuying took over the conversation and said, "As soon as our little Peipe was born, the Sun family went to draw a lottery, saying that this baby has the blessing of being a matchmaker, so we chose this name."
Mao Anying continued, "Peijun, is it good to come to Beijing to play when you have time in the future?"
Sun Peijun nodded embarrassedly.
In fact, Sun Peijun had already heard the story of Mao Zedong and Mao Anying from her mother, but when she really saw Mao Anying with her own eyes, she was so shy that she couldn't speak for a long time.
At this moment, a group of beggars rushed in. Not long after Changsha was liberated, many people were wandering on the streets and were homeless. They usually went to their houses to have dinner when they saw a banquet. No one criticized them on the wedding day and let them make trouble.
Seeing this, Mao Anying hurriedly pulled these beggars to the table and arranged candy to treat them to eat. Mao Anying sat at the same table with the beggars and said emotionally: "In the past, we were all poor people, and we were forced to do this by the old society. We are not destined to do so. Now the whole country is liberated and the working people are the masters of their own country. If we are from the countryside, go back to the village to divide the fields. If we are from the city, you can also find a job."
Hearing these words, the beggars thanked them and left. Mao Anying hurriedly stopped them, but these beggars who are used to eating and drinking on weekdays are not in the mood to eat again. They grabbed a few candies and left the banquet.
Picture | Mao Anying's Sun Peijun, who saw Mao Anying's actions, was deeply admired in her heart when she saw Mao Anying's actions. During the days when Mao Anying was in Changsha, he often brought Sun Peijun by his side, never leaving him.
At that time, Sun Peijun wanted to study at Changsha Yucai School, but did not meet the conditions, so he thought about going to a nursery school. However, it would cost a lot of money to go to a nursery school. Mao Anying specially reported this to the organization after returning to Beijing, and the organization agreed to help Chen Yuying send Sun Peijun to a nursery school. After
, Mao Anying wrote another letter to his uncle Yang Kaizhi , asking him to help with the handling. Finally, with the help of Mao Anying, Sun Peijun successfully entered the nursery school to study.
During the summer vacation of 1955, Sun Peijun wanted to follow his mother to visit Chairman Mao, but he did not go there for various reasons. Sun Peijun, who was a newborn calf, was not afraid of tigers, wrote a letter to Mao Zedong directly. Unexpectedly, Mao Zedong actually replied. In the letter, the chairman said kindly: "Comrade Peijun, I am very happy to receive your letter. You think it is okay to go to Beijing to take a look, but don't come this year, let's talk about it next year!"
Sun Peijun happily took the reply to his mother. Chen Yuying was so moved that she burst into tears after seeing this letter.
In 1957, Sun Peijun was about to graduate from junior high school. She likes singing very much and is good at singing. The teacher recommended her to apply for a music college, but Sun Peijun knows nothing about this, and her music vocational college is far away in Hubei. Sun Peijun dares not go alone, but she is not willing to give up. When she is in a state of anxiety, Sun Peijun decided to write a letter to Chairman Mao.
Photo | Chairman Mao
Unexpectedly, Chairman Mao, who was busy with all kinds of things, quickly sent a reply to Sun Peijun. In the letter, the chairman said kindly: "I heard that you graduated from junior high school. I am very happy. I should not come forward to going to school. Whether you can get into the school depends on the school. Even if you cannot go to school, you can stay at home to review your homework. In addition, 300 yuan is attached to your mother. If you have any difficulties, just tell me."
After receiving the reply, Sun Peijun listened to Chairman Mao's opinion and carefully reviewed his homework at home.
In June of the same year, Mao Zedong sent someone to take Chen Yuying to Beijing and saw this benefactor who once fought for his wife and children again. Mao Zedong held Chen Yuying's hand tightly and said emotionally: "Sister-in-law Sun, you are still like this after 30 years. It's great. You share the joys and sorrows with Kaihui. Today I saw you, it's like seeing her. You will be my family in the future!"
Chen Yuying hasn't seen Mao Zedong for so many years, and is also very emotional. He holds the Chairman's hand tightly and refuses to let go.
Then, Chen Yuying told Mao Zedong all the specific situation of Yang Kaihui's sacrifice. Mao Zedong wiped his tears while listening and said with a sob: "Kaihui is a good comrade, and Anying is also a good child. From now on, you can go to Beijing once a year to see the construction here, and come and see me..."
When Chen Yuying left, Mao Zedong gave her a self-signed photo with the name of his daughter Sun Peijun written on it. Chen Yuying carefully collected the photo. Even Sun Peijun himself had never seen it several times.
After Chen Yuying returned from Beijing, Changsha introduced new regulations to delegate some people who do not meet the conditions to return to their hometowns to support themselves.
At that time, Sun Peijun was already a substitute teacher in a private middle school and received a salary every month. His mother Chen Yuying also worked as a women's director in the street, and she had a living expense of 20 yuan a month.
Neither of them meets the conditions for delegation, but the people from the street office still asked them to go back to their hometown. Sun Peijun quickly wrote a letter to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao, who has always disliked to "spoken" directly, said in the letter: "I agree with your opinion, you can not go, but my letter is just a suggestion. You can use this letter to chat with comrades from the United Front Work Department of Hunan Province."
Unexpectedly, before Sun Peijun could get the letter to find comrades from the provincial party committee, someone had already come to her home and specifically told her that she was not a delegated person.
It seems that Mao Zedong was still worried, worried that Sun Peijun was young and couldn't handle it, so he called the comrades from the relevant departments. After this incident, Chen Yuying asked Sun Peijun to call Mao Zedong a "loving father" because Chairman Mao cared about Sun Peijun's life and study just like his father.
pic | Chen Yuying took a photo with his daughter Sun Peijun
3. We are old friends
In February 1958, Mao Zedong specially sent someone to take Sun Peijun to Beijing. Unexpectedly, the chairman who was busy with a lot of things always remembered Sun Peijun's wish to come to Beijing to take a look.
htmlOn the morning of February 3, the jujube in Zhongnanhai, Beijing was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly. Under the leadership of the staff, Sun Peijun ran and jumped to Juxiang Bookstore , and Mao Zedong had already been waiting here.When Sun Peijun arrived, Mao Zedong immediately stood up and took Sun Peijun's hand, and said kindly, "We have been communicating for so many years. Today we have only met for the first time today. We are still such a baby, but we are old friends."
Hearing this sentence, Sun Peijun blushed embarrassedly. Chairman Mao pulled Sun Peijun down and asked with concern: "Which school do you study in?"
Sun Peijun lowered his head and replied shyly: "Zhou Nan Girls' Middle School..."
Seeing her so shy, Chairman Mao deliberately asked, "Do you often speak in class?"
As soon as he heard this question, Sun Peijun lowered his head embarrassedly and said in a low voice: "I... just fear of speaking... I rarely speak. Sometimes I know the answer to the question, but I forget it when I stand up..."
Mao Zedong sighed and shook his head and said, "This problem is not good. You must speak actively in class, exercise your thinking ability, and try to speak more!"
Sun Peijun nodded vigorously, and Mao Zedong then asked, "What other extracurricular books do you buy besides textbooks? Are there any newspapers?"
Sun Peijun shook his head and said softly, "Mom said it takes a lot of money to subscribe to newspapers, and there is not so much spare money at home..."
Chairman Mao nodded and said thoughtfully: "Then I will send you some money to order newspapers and buy extracurricular books in the future."
Sun Peijun raised his head and said gratefully: "Thank you, Chairman! "
Faced with the gentle and kind Chairman Mao, Sun Peijun, who has always been shy and shy, gradually relaxed. The chairman then asked: "What homework do you like in school? "
Sun Peijun raised his head and thought for a while, and replied: "I like Chinese, history, music, and sports! ”
Mao Zedong nodded with satisfaction and replied: “You still have a few good subjects. All kinds of talents in our country need, and those who create, sing, dance, and scientific ones can contribute to the country! "
Unexpectedly, Chairman Mao and Sun Peijun chatted for more than an hour. The chairman felt a little tired and leaned on the sofa to rest. Seeing this, Sun Peijun walked around the room and accidentally walked into Chairman Mao's bedroom. She bent down and touched Chairman Mao's bed curiously. She found that the bed board was very hard and there was only a worn blanket on the bed.
Picture | Mao Zedong's bedroom
Sun Peijun asked loudly: "You are just sleeping in such a bed, aren't it cold? "
Mao Zedong closed his eyes and replied with a smile: "Then what kind of house do you think I should live in? "
Sun Peijun answered naively: "I don't know, but it should be better than this! "
After saying this, Chairman Mao suddenly sat up as if he had remembered something, and called his secretary Gao Zhi , asking him to take Sun Peijun to the street to buy a better and looser set of clothes.
It turned out that the chairman noticed during the conversation that Sun Peijun's clothes were small and a little unfit, so he asked the secretary to take him to buy clothes.
Sun Peijun has been playing in Beijing for half a month. Before leaving, she came to Mao Ze specifically Dong said goodbye, Mao Zedong took out 200 yuan and wrote another letter to her, asking her to go home and hand it over to her mother. From then on, Mao Zedong often sent money to Chen Yuying and his daughter. Even if he was busy, he would ask his secretary to make up for it in time.
Although Sun Peijun was not Mao Zedong's biological daughter, the chairman had treated him as his daughter. In the Chairman's later life, in addition to Li Min, Li Na, and Mao Anying, he also kept in mind Sun Peijun.
For Mao Zedong, Taking good care of Chen Yuying's family is to compensate Yang Kaihui for his debts. After Yang Kaihui's death, Chen Yuying has always protected Mao Anying, allowing the son who lost his mother to rely on in prison. Chairman Mao has always regarded the mother and daughter of the Sun family as relatives. Seeing them is like seeing Yang Kaihui.
In August 1958, Sun Peijun was successfully admitted to Zhongnan Yinshi. At that time, she happened to have something to go to Hongshan Hotel . As a result, she met Mao Zedong's secretary Gao Zhi here, and Mao Zedong happened to be here, so Gao Zhi took Sun with him. Pei Jun went to see Mao Zedong.
In 1960, Sun Pei Jun was about to graduate from a professional music college. Thinking that he was about to start working, he probably didn’t have much free time in the future, so he wrote a letter to Chairman Mao, proposing that he wanted to go to Beijing during the holidays.
At that time, Chairman Mao was preparing to preside over the Ninth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was very busy and had no time to entertain Chen Yuying and his daughter, so he had to reply: "If you have any difficulties, just tell me not to come to Beijing, I am very busy. "
This reply was very hasty, with only a short sentence, and Chairman Mao's handwriting was also very sloppy, but he insisted on squeezing out time to reply to Sun Peijun, and sent 100 yuan. A few days later, he presented the newly published "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" to Sun Peijun.
Unexpectedly, Sun Peijun never had the chance to see Chairman Mao again. In 1976, Mao Zedong passed away, and the whole country was mourning, and Chen Yuying and his daughter hugged each other and cried together.
For Chen Yuying, Mao Zedong was like a benefactor; for Sun Peijun, Chairman Mao was the guiding light of her life. Chairman Mao's death was undoubtedly a great blow to the mother and daughter.
Later, Chen Yuying died of illness. Before her death, she held her daughter Sun Peijun's hand and said with tears in her eyes: "I'm leaving, I'm going to see Kaihui, I'm going to reunite with Chairman Mao..."
Picture | From left: Sun Peijun, Mao Anying, Chen Yuying, Shao Hua were in front of Yang Kaihui's tomb
Hearing this sentence, Sun Peijun cried again.
The self-written photo of Chairman Mao, treasured by Chen Yuying, has been passed down to this day. Behind this precious signature photo is the deep friendship between Mao Zedong and Chen Yuying's family, and it also carries countless touching revolutionary stories...
