When they arrived at the gate, the two were stopped by the guards. Cen Yunduan immediately explained to him: "Hello, I am Chairman Mao's 'daughter' in Guangxi, come and see him." Back to 1951, that year, Cen Yunduan was 12 years old. At that time, she was still called "Cen Rongdu

Introduction

came to the front of the gate, and the two were stopped by the guard. Cen Yunduan immediately explained to him: "Hello, I am Chairman Mao's 'daughter', come and see him."

Become acquaintance due to dancing

Who is Cen Yunduan? How did she become Chairman Mao’s “daughter”?

Chapter 2 Go back to 1951, that year, Cen Yunduan was 12 years old, and at that time she was still called "Cen Rongduan" , and was studying at Babuyun Primary School. Because she was good at dancing, she was absorbed by the Art Troupe of the 145th Division of the 49th Army of the Guangxi People's Liberation Army. Not long after

enlisted in the army, Korean War broke out. Due to the situation, Cen Yunduan was transferred to the military health team. Later, the 49th Army was ordered to be transferred to the northeast, and Cen Yunduan followed the large army to the northeast.

She participated in the Northeast Military Region Advanced Nurse Training Class and studied here for several years.

Just when Cen Yunduan was about to become a qualified medical worker, in 1954, after a transfer order was issued, she was transferred to the Shenyang Military Region Air Force Art Troupe and became a dancer.

In 1958, Cen Yunduan was selected and transferred to the dance team of the Art Troupe of the Air Force Political Department and came to Beijing from the Northeast.

At that time, 19-year-old Cen Yunduan was also very eye-catching among the beautiful girls. She had no arrogance at all, but was particularly hardworking and easy-going.

Not long after, Cen Yundun received a special task: go to Zhongnanhai to dance with the main leaders of the central government.

dance activity was brought to Yan'an in 1937 by Smedley. Because it can move muscles and bones, and entertain the body and mind, Zhongnanhai continued this activity.

and dance together are mostly selected from the military literary and artistic units in Beijing.

Before Cen Yunduan was selected, most of the experienced comrades were experienced old comrades. Later, when everyone got married, they had children, and young comrades like Cen Yunduan took the lead.

Cen Yunduan will always remember the night when she first met Mao Zedong. At that time, she and a few young sisters came down to Zhongnanhai under the guidance of an old comrade.

walked to the vicinity of Yinian Hall, and there was an antique house next to it, which was the venue for the dance party.

Cen Yunduan obediently sat on the chair, waiting nervously and curiously for the appearance of the central leaders. After a while, Liu Shaoqi and his wife Wang Guangmei came, followed by Zhu De and Kang Keqing.

When Mao Zedong appeared, the audience burst into applause. He waved to everyone with a smile, and walked to the sofa and sat down.

Cen Yunduan was so excited that he couldn't even blink his eyes, and kept staring at Mao Zedong's every move. Afterwards, the music started, and the old comrades of the art troupe stood up generously and invited the central leaders to dance.

Mao Zedong was dancing very hard, and he communicated with his dance partners while dancing, and he burst into laughter from time to time.

Looking at Mao Zedong's kind smile, Cen Yunduan's nervousness was eliminated by half.

It was time for rest, and an old comrade brought Cen Yunduan to Mao Zedong: "Chairman, this is the new comrade from our group, and she will invite you to dance later."

Mao Zedong glanced at Cen Yunduan: "Little comrade, where are you?"

Cen Yunduan's nervousness just disappeared came back immediately, "Report to Chairman, I am from He County, Guangxi," Cen Yunduan said in a low voice.

"I'm a little old man! What's your surname?"

Cen Yunduan was worried that her Mandarin was not very standard and could not explain the word "Cen", so she picked up Mao Zedong's broad palm and wrote the word "Cen" carefully on it.

Mao Zedong immediately understood, "Oh, it's Cen, it seems that there is no such surname among the Baijia surname?"

Mao Zedong's tone was a little uncertain, as if he was not fully sure. As expected, when he saw Cen Yunduan at the dance for the second time, Mao Zedong corrected this statement, saying that the surname "Cen" was among the hundreds of surnames.

Later, Mao Zedong asked Cen Yunduan's name again. She told Mao Zedong that her name was "Cen Rongduan". After hearing this, Mao Zedong smiled, "Rongduan? It doesn't seem to be very informative. It should be called Yunduan. Like Caiyun, fly to the sky to be a god."

Cen Yunduan was amused by Mao Zedong. At this moment, the music continued to sound. Cen Yunduan followed the old comrade's appearance just now, bent down to invite Mao Zedong to dance. Mao Zedong nodded and walked to the dance floor with her. When dancing, Cen Yunduan carefully avoided Mao Zedong's feet, for fear of stepping on the other party. Mao Zedong saw Cen Yunduan's care, so he simply started a family conversation with Cen Yunduan to divert her attention.

"Your surname is Cen, is it Zhuang ? There is a Qing Dynasty official named Cen Chunxuan , and he is Xilin County . Do you know?"

Cen Yunduan's attention was indeed diverted, "I am not Zhuang, I am Han . When I joined the army, my ethnic component was Han."

As for Cen Chunxuan, Cen Yunduan also honestly told Mao Zedong that he did not know him and might not be the same branch as him.

But Mao Zedong became interested in this matter. During the break, he found Cen Yunduan again, ", you should be the Zhuang tribe, and you must be the Zhuang tribe. If you don't believe it, you can go back and ask your parents."

After returning to the art troupe, Cen Yunduan couldn't wait to send a letter to his father, asking about the ethnic composition of the family, and Cen Chunxuan mentioned by Mao Zedong.

Shortly after, my father replied. In the letter, my father told her some information:

It turns out that although the place where she was born was a Han ethnic area, her ancestral home was in Nanjiang Village, Gui County, which was a mixed residence of the Zhuang and Han ethnic groups, and her ancestors were indeed Zhuang ethnic groups.

As for Cen Chunxuan, his father couldn't say whether his family had anything to do with him, but what is certain is that Xilin County is a Zhuang district, and Cen Chunxuan himself is indeed a Zhuang tribe.

He once served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty. There is also a general temple in his hometown that enshrines Cen Zhongshu . And this Cen Zhongshu is the ancestor of the Cen surname in Guangxi. From this point of view, Cen Yunduan may really be a branch with Cen Chunxuan.

After knowing these situations, when he went to Zhongnanhai, Cen Yunduan said happily, "Chairman, you are right, my ancestors are really Zhuang people."

Mao Zedong laughed, "I said you are Zhuang people, you don't believe it, look at me right!"

happened to Zhou Enlai was also next to him, and he also said to Cen Yunduan, "Little kid, it's nothing wrong with saying that he is Zhuang people. Zhuang people have produced many big figures. In our socialist country , Zhuang people, Han people and all ethnic minorities are equal."

Later, Cen Yunduan had more and more opportunities to dance with Mao Zedong, and she and Mao Zedong became more and more familiar with each other. Mao Zedong had read many books and knew too much about Guangxi history that Cen Yunduan didn't know.

He said that the people of Guangxi are the people with the most revolutionary struggle spirit. The Datengxia Yaomin Uprising broke out in the Ming Dynasty, and the Taiping Heavenly Peasant Uprising broke out in the Qing Dynasty. During the Great Revolution, Guangxi, like Hunan, was also the "vanguard" of the peasant movement.

He also told Cen Yunduan intermittently about his life, saying that the reason why he held a dance party was because the General Office of the Central Committee saw that the central leaders were too busy with work and lacked exercise, so he used the dance party to force everyone to exercise.

After a long time, Cen Yunduan saw that Mao Zedong was no longer a noble figure, but like his kind and kind elder.

Once, Cen Yunduan asked Mao Zedong to dance. During the dancing process, Mao Zedong told her that he would meet with foreign guests later.

While resting, Cen Yunduan saw Mao Zedong's hair messy, and she naturally walked behind Mao Zedong, "Chairman, your hair messy, you're all angry, I'll help you smoothly."

Mao Zedong lowered his head slightly to help Cen Yunduan help him sort his hair. He hummed the song composed with "Manjianghong" as the lyrics, "I was angry and rushed to the crown, leaning on the railing, the rain stopped, looking up..."

Cen Yunduan has been dancing in Zhongnanhai until in 1966. Later, she got married and was transferred to the People's Liberation Army Chunlei Art Troupe and went to Xinjiang.

Return to Zhongnanhai

During this period, Cen Yunduan missed Mao Zedong from time to time, and missed the days when he danced with him in Zhongnanhai. In the second half of 1973, Cen Yunduan missed him deeply and tentatively wrote a greeting letter to Mao Zedong.

letter, she told about her experience and recent situation after leaving Zhongnanhai, and expressed her wish to go back to Zhongnanhai to see Mao Zedong.

"For eight years, whether at the foot of Tianshan or on the banks of the Xiwan River, I miss you very much, and I really want to see you. "

And her signature is "Your Guangxi daughter Cen Rongduan".

Not long after, Wang Hairong, who helped to transfer the letter, replied to her, saying that the letter had been transferred to Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong remembered her and asked him to say hello to Cen Yunduan.

Cen Yunduan knew that Mao Zedong still remembered her and was satisfied. However, he did not know that the title "Guangxi daughter" touched Mao Zedong, who was already in his twilight years.

Once, Mao Zedong met Zhao Shuqin and sent an invitation to Cen Yunduan through her.

Zhao Shuqin and Cen Yunduan were both dancers of the Air Affairs Art Troupe. She was 7 years younger than Cen Yunduan and entered Zhongnanhai in 1962. After

entered Zhongnanhai, Zhao Shuqin met Cen Yunduan. Later, Cen Yunduan went to Xinjiang, but Zhao Shuqin stayed in Beijing and often went to Zhongnanhai to meet Mao Zedong.

That day, Mao Zedong suddenly asked Zhao Shuqin about Cen Yunduan, "Xiao Zhao, what's your relationship with Cen Yunduan? Are you still in touch now? "

Zhao Shuqin was a little surprised, "Why did the Chairman suddenly think of Cen Yunduan? ”

Mao Zedong took out the letter Cen Yunduan wrote to her, “You wrote a letter to Xiao Cen, and you said I would invite her to Zhongnanhai as a guest. Her lover is in Beijing. When she returns to Beijing to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, wouldn’t she come to see me? "After

, Zhao Shuqin asked Cen Yunduan about the address and wrote a letter to her as Mao Zedong said.

After receiving Zhao Shuqin's letter, Cen Yunduan was overjoyed. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1974, Cen Yunduan returned to Beijing with his lover and children.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Shuqin took Cen Yunduan with her Return to Zhongnanhai again. When the guard of informed Mao Zedong, he said, "The Chairman's Guangxi 'daughter' Xiao Cen came to visit."

Mao Zedong quickly notified the guards and asked them to come in. Then, Zhao Shuqin and Cen Yunduan came to Mao Zedong's residence - the swimming pool.

As soon as he walked into the door, Mao Zedong heard the noise, he quickly stood up, "My Guangxi 'daughter' is here to see me! "

Cen Yunduan came forward excitedly and grabbed Mao Zedong's hand, "Hello, Chairman, I have been away from you for eight years. I have been missing you and want to see you again. "

Mao Zedong smiled, "We finally met again. "

Cen Yunduan helped Mao Zedong sit down. Looking at his gray hair, Cen Yunduan realized that Mao Zedong was really old. She asked, "Chairman, are you in good health? "

" I'm in good health, thank you," then he asked Cen Yunduan, "Xiao Cen, I finally came here and stayed with Xiao Zhao for a few days, and I happened to talk to me. "

Cen Yunduan couldn't find it. So, she and Zhao Shuqin lived in Zhongnanhai for 5 days to spend the New Year with Mao Zedong.

At this time, Mao Zedong was already 81 years old, but what he cares most was how the people were doing. He kept asking Cen Yunduan about the development of Guangxi and the production work of the people. Cen Yunduan answered the situation he learned one by one.

Like 16 years ago, Mao Zedong was still very interested in history.This time, Mao Zedong told Cen Yunduan about the history of Guangxi.

He mentioned Comrade Wei Baqun, the leader of the Guangxi peasant movement, and said that he was an outstanding son of the Zhuang people and a good cadre of our party.

also talked about the Datengxia Yaomin Uprising mentioned earlier. At that time, Cen Yunduan did not hear the three words " Datengxia " with a Hunan accent. Mao Zedong wrote it in his pen and asked Cen Yunduan if he knew this place.

Cen Yunduan is honest and said that he had been in Guangxi for a short time and lacked historical knowledge. He did not know where Datengxia is, nor did he know about the Yaomin Uprising of Datengxia.

Mao Zedong simply told Cen Yunduan this history from beginning to end and told her,

"From this history, we can know that our party and government must implement ethnic policies and care about the vital interests of ethnic minorities in order to gain the support of the broad masses of people."

After talking about "Da Tengxia", a long time has passed, and Mao Zedong went back to his bedroom to rest. Cen Yunduan looked at the piece of paper with the words "Da Tengxia" written in the trash can, and carefully picked it up.

Later, she sought the consent of Mao Zedong's secretary Zhang Yufeng and brought the piece of paper back to Guangxi.

Before leaving Zhongnanhai, Cen Yunduan said goodbye to Mao Zedong. She reluctantly said to Mao Zedong, "I will come to Beijing to visit your elderly every year from now on."

may be afraid that young people will delay their work for this. Mao Zedong immediately said, "It's busy with work and the road is far away. It's better to come once every three years."

Cen Yunduan was anxious, "Three years are too long, just come once a year later."

Mao Zedong was very happy. He stretched out his hand, "Then we hook up to the agreement. Whoever breached the contract will be fined 100 planes, 100 cannons, and 100 kilograms of pork."

Seeing Mao Zedong's childish expression, Cen Yunduan also joked, "I don't have airplane cannons, I still have 100 kilograms of pork."

Mao Zedong laughed after hearing this.

At the same time, Mao Zedong also gave Cen Yunduan a set of books. On the title page of the book, Mao Zedong wrote: "Mao Zedong gave it to Comrade Cen Yunduan. January 31, 1974."

In addition to the book, there is also 300 yuan. "Xiao Cen, this is the travel expenses for you to see me, you must accept it."

Cen Yunduan did not pretend to be polite, so she collected the book and the money, "Chairman, you must take care of your health, I will definitely come to see you again."

The promise of "dead young" halfway

After returning to Guangxi, Cen Yunduan went to see Wei Guoqing, the first secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as Mao Zedong's instructions.

In addition to bringing Mao Zedong's greetings to him, Cen Yunduan also "showed off" the book Mao Zedong gave him.

She pointed to Mao Zedong's inscription, "My original name was 'Cen Rongduan'. The Chairman said many years ago that I would use 'Cong Duan'. He said it's better to use 'Cong Duan'. You see, he wrote it in the book."

Wei Guoqing took it and looked at it. "The Chairman has changed it very well. You might as well change the name directly."

Cen Yunduan thought about it for a while, and "I thought the Chairman was joking at the time, but now I will correct it now!"

Wei Guoqing smiled, "That's right. I have received this set of books, but there are no inscriptions. The Chairman wrote the words for you personally. It seems that your treatment is not low!"

After hearing this, Cen Yunduan felt happy.

In July 1975, it was one and a half years since I last visited Mao Zedong. Cen Yunduan still remembered the agreement with Mao Zedong , so she bought a ticket and went to Beijing.

is the same as last time, but Zhao Shuqin first contacted Mao Zedong and then brought Cen Yunduan to Zhongnanhai.

This time, Zhang Yufeng directly introduced them into the swimming pool. At that time, Mao Zedong was lying on a big bed full of books. Cen Yunduan thought Mao Zedong had rested and whispered to pull Zhao Shuqin out.

Zhang Yufeng stopped her, "The Chairman is not sleeping, he is waiting for you."

Maybe he heard the sound, Mao Zedong asked, "Are Xiao Zhao and Xiao Cen coming?" while saying, Mao Zedong groping with his hands.

Cen Yunduan was shocked when she saw this scene. She hurried forward and grabbed Mao Zedong's hand, "Chairman, I am Xiao Cen, come and see you. Are your eyes invisible?"

Mao Zedong pointed to his own eyes, "I can't read books or approve documents in person. Everything has to be done by someone else."

Cen Yunduan tightened his hand nervously. Mao Zedong felt it, and he comforted him, "The doctor is preparing the surgical plan now. The operation will be done at the end of the month. "

Cen Yunduan shed tears in dismay, "Chairman, don't worry, you must trust the doctor, he will definitely let you see the light again."

Zhang Yufeng patted her on the shoulder, "The Chairman has no longer seen guests after his blindness. This time the Chairman agreed to meet you, which is an exception. . Maybe it's not easy for you to come from Guangxi."

Cen Yunduan felt even more uncomfortable. She obviously felt that Mao Zedong had less words after his blindness.

He even apologized to Cen Yunduan, "Xiao Cen Xiao Zhao, I'm a little too busy to take care of myself now, so I can't say a lot with you like in the past."

Speaking of this, Mao Zedong was also a little depressed,

"You came to me and reminded me of two ancient poems, "The Qi'er is under the tent of the wind and clouds, and there are many tears in front of the drum and horn lanterns." Xiao Cen, Xiao Zhao, you are the "Qi'er", but I am aging . These two sentences just reveal my current state of mind. "

Cen Yunduan comforted him with heartache, "Chairman, don't think so much, you will be better."

Mao Zedong nodded, "Don't be sad for me, I will be better."

Because Mao Zedong was not feeling well, Cen Yunduan and Zhao Shuqin left after less than a day. Before leaving, Cen Yunduan held Mao Zedong's hand, "Chairman, we have agreed. I'll come to see you when your eyes are well!"

Unexpectedly, on September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong passed away one year and two months after Cen Yunduan returned to Zhongnanhai for the second time.

That day, Cen Yunduan hugged the book Mao Zedong gave her and cried loudly.