September 8, 1976, is the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar .
In this family reunion day, Chairman Mao, a great man of a generation, lies in bed and enters the countdown to his life. Li Min Guarding quietly in front of his father's hospital bed, the medical staff are also on standby at all times, the atmosphere in the ward is unusually solemn.
At this time Chairman Mao's body has been weakened to the extreme, but his consciousness has not been completely blurred.
He looked at Li Min, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't have the strength to speak. In the end, only slowly raised his hand, put his left index finger and thumb together, and made a circle.
Li Min didn’t understand what this meant. It wasn’t until a few years later when he packed up his mother He Zizhen’s belongings that he suddenly realized his father’s dying concerns...
Li Min and his mother He Zizhen and daughter Kong Dongmei
Winter 1936 In a dilapidated cave dwelling in Yan'an, Li Min was born . This is the ninth child of conceived by He Zizhen for Chairman Mao. Childbirth has become a burden for He Zizhen.
Deng Yingchao and others came to congratulate each other. After seeing the petite baby, they said with affection: "It's really a little Jiaojiao." Chairman Mao listened to it, and since then, "Jiaojiao" and "Jiaojiao" called the baby girl.
The birth of the little daughter has greatly enhanced the relationship between Chairman Mao and He Zizhen's husband and wife, but the conflict between the two is gradually exposed...
He Zizhen has high demands on herself, and she wants to go Further study and study, hoping that I can contribute to the revolution independently.
For this reason, He Zizhen did not know how many times he had quarreled with Chairman Mao, and the increasingly frequent quarrels between husband and wife gave her the idea of leaving.
He Zizhen
In September 1937, Chairman Mao, who had just returned to Yanan from the Luochuan meeting, received a white handkerchief from the guard.
has a line written on it: "Farewell from now on" , this is the farewell letter left by He Zizhen in the post-population. Chairman Mao was holding a white handkerchief, sad and silent for a long time.
He recalled the last quarrel between the two of them. He Zizhen said he wanted to leave. He persuaded and persuaded. He cried and cried. He didn't expect that He Zizhen could not change his mind in the end.
He Zizhen's departure completely opened an irreparable rift between the husband and wife.
Chairman Mao, He Zizhen and his wife
said that children are the emotional bond between parents, and the home of great men is no exception. Li Min grew up day by day and naturally became the "magpie bridge" between Chairman Mao and He Zizhen.
In 1941, Li Min was sent to the Soviet Union and spent a difficult time with his mother. She noticed that no matter where she went, her mother would bring a red blanket -the mother said that it was a blanket covered by her father.
Li Min is still young and still doesn't understand what a husband and wife are, but he has vaguely understood a truth: mother still cares about father.
Eight years later, Li Min returned to his father Mao Zedong and started school in Beijing, while He Zizhen stayed in Shanghai to continue recuperating.
The arrival of his daughter has added a lot of joy to Chairman Mao's life . The father and daughter spent an unforgettable time together in xiangshan .
Chairman Mao and his "Jiaojiao"
From his daughter, Chairman Mao learned that He Zizhen's life in the Soviet Union was not easy, and this was confirmed in He Zizhen's letter:
Chairman, I have returned to China and have been away for nine years. I don't know much about the domestic situation now. I just want to find a job first. When we were in the Soviet Union, our lives were more difficult than the Long March, but these have passed...
This letter is not long, but full of tenderness. It is a pity that came too late.
At this time Chairman Mao has a new family, and everything is a reality. The marriage of has already come to an end when she leaves.
Chairman Mao was very confused when he faced the letter from He Zizhen. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't talk about it.
Finally, the great man only wrote a few short lines as a reply: "Jiaojiao is very good by my side, I hope you take care of your body..." There is endless helplessness and melancholy between the lines.
Chairman Mao's father and daughter
In 1954, Li Min was 18 years old. It was when the girl was most sensitive and delicate. realized the concern of her parents for each other, and took the initiative to assume the role of "messenger" , travels between Shanghai and Beijing every winter and summer vacation.
the same year,The National People's Congress was held, and Chairman Mao's voice was transmitted from the radio of every household via radio waves.
Listening to the familiar Hunan accent, He Zizhen sat innocently for the whole night. The next day everyone did not see her getting up. As soon as she entered the room, she found fainted at the table , with a in front of her. Burnt out radio.
He Zizhen fell ill. After Li Min brought this news back, it was the first time he saw his father cry in front of him.
Chairman Mao is more than sixty years old. He has experienced too many separations of life and death, and lost more than a dozen relatives in the revolution. He Zizhen is a loved one for him, How can he bear to lose one more What about the blow of a loved one?
He Zizhen in his later years
Li Min saw his father, who was praised as a great man, shed tears. His nose was sour that he almost shed tears.
After Chairman Mao calmed down, he wrote a letter, found a yellowish white handkerchief, and asked Li Min to bring it to He Zizhen.
Soon, this letter and handkerchief were delivered to He Zizhen.
She looked at the familiar handwriting on the letter, at the words of concern, and the white handkerchief. She could no longer hold back the miss for 17 years, cried with her daughter ......
Chairman Mao His care is more effective than any medicine. He Zizhen concentrated on recovering from the illness, and his spirit and body gradually improved. At this time, she never dreamed that she would see Chairman Mao one day.
July 1959 , Chairman Mao went to Lushan for a meeting and learned that He Zizhen was also in Jiangxi, so arranged a secret meeting .
Chairman Mao is in Lushan
Meeting each other is not like a long-term memory. Once met, it was sad. After seeing each other for 22 years, the two did not seem so relieved. As a daughter, Li Min took all this in his eyes:
"Dad saw mom, mom also saw dad, but the result increased The nostalgia and concern for each other have increased each other’s worries, grief, and each other’s spiritual pain."
After He Zizhen passed away in 1984, when Li Min sorted out his mother’s belongings, he found out that carried the two people. The white handkerchief of love, also found a stack of yellowed letter paper, which were all letters from his father to his mother.
No one knows what is written in those letters, and Li Min has never opened it.
Later, her mother's friend Shui Jing told her that when she lived with He Zizhen, she had the honor to read a letter from Chairman Mao to He Zizhen, which started with and 桂妹 .
Li Min was curious and asked: "Why Guimei?"
Chairman Mao's father and daughter
Shui Jing explained that He Zizhen's original name is Guiyuan, because she was born in August 10th. Five , it was the time when , sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance and the moon were full of , that's why it had this name.
"Guimei...longan..." Li Min repeated these words in his heart,I couldn’t help crying---
The circle that his father made when he died 8 years ago, will be his last call to his mother? ......
The love of Chairman Mao and He Zizhen, a revolutionary couple, is profound. A white handkerchief, a red blanket, and a sound of "Guimei" are enough to see how deeply the two care about each other.
In the cruel revolutionary struggle, thousands of Chinese people survived under the protection of Chairman Mao, but "Guimei" lost her "runzhi" forever-this is undoubtedly a time Tragedy, and later generations will remember them forever.
Text/Mu Zhongqing
References: "Mao Zedong and He Zizhen", "Party History Expo", "True Feelings of Mao Zedong"
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