In the Chinese view of marriage, there has always been an unwritten rule of "being a good match".
In addition to this article, "same age" is also an important criterion.
Founding General Su Zhenhua , after decades of bloody storms, finally ushered in the birth of New China.
However, although he was invincible on the battlefield, his marriage path has suffered many ups and downs.
After the birth of New China, he was already in his forties, and was alone as a father and a mother, and raised six children to grow up.
It was not until 1959, when he was fifty years old that he met the person he liked and wanted to build a family again and start a new life.
However, the woman's parents disagreed with the marriage because the two were too different in age.
So what is the final outcome?
01 First marriage
1912, Su Zhenhua was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.
Although his ancestors have always been poor peasants and have not received much education, his father still named him "Zhenhua". hopes that he can contribute his meticulous efforts to the revitalization of the Chinese nation.
When he was young, Su Zhenhua was sent to a private school by his family for several years. When he was a teenager, he went home to farm to supplement his family's income.
Pingjiang County is a "heroic county" and "general county". In the history of the revolution, many magnificent battles have occurred and many well-known revolutionaries have been born. There are as many as 52 generals from Pingjiang alone, which shows the strong revolutionary atmosphere in the local area.
In the red revolutionary enthusiasm, Su Zhenhua joined the Children's League at the age of 14 and helped the revolutionary team complete a lot of work.
11936, the Xiangxi Uprising broke out, and Su Zhenhua eagerly hoped to join the army and serve the country and kill the enemy. But because he was too young and weak, he was eventually persuaded to return home and asked him to come back after two years.
2 years later, Su Zhenhua was 16 years old and finally realized his wish and officially joined Red Army .
However, after Su Zhenhua's parents learned about his military service, they were a little worried. It is right to serve the country, but if there is something wrong, how can the incense continue?
In order for the Su family to have successors, Su Zhenhua's family helped him find a marriage, hoping to continue his offspring.
Soon, a woman named Yu came to Su Zhenhua and became his wife. However, less than a month later, the organization asked for team transfer.
In this way, Su Zhenhua left his parents and his newlywed wife and devoted himself to the vigorous revolutionary cause.
In that era, communication was extremely underdeveloped. Su Zhenhua basically couldn't contact his home.
Later, when he was finally able to contact his family, his parents told him in a letter that after he left, the Kuomintang army frequently asked for trouble, saying that they were "communicating with bandits". They had to hide everywhere, and his wife, Yu, unfortunately caught a disease during this period of hiding from the east and west, passed away.
02 Talent with both civil and military
Su Zhenhua performed very well after joining the Red Army. He joined the Communist Party of China when he was 120 years old, and then served as a regiment-level cadre.
Su Zhenhua's personality is very strong and resourceful. He is not only brave in killing and fighting, but also hardworking and studious. He is a versatile talent in civil and military affairs. He has always been a model figure in the military.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Su Zhenhua was mainly responsible for the work of the Yan'an Anti-Japanese University. Later, the anti-Japanese situation became more and more serious. While serving as a civilian position, he returned to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
1955, the entire army was awarded the title. Due to Su Zhenhua's outstanding contributions in the revolutionary struggle, the organization decided to award him the rank of general. He deserves the honor of
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03 Re-establishing the family
The glory on the revolutionary battlefield made Su Zhenhua very honored.
However, this fierce man's marriage path is quite unhappy.
At that time, he was very sad when he first learned that his wife had passed away at home. In order to make him better, his comrades introduced him to a young woman who came to Yan'an to study, Meng Wei.
Meng Wei is very cheerful and loves to talk and laugh. When Su Zhenhua contacted him, he felt quite in love. So, under the blessing of his comrades, the two formed a revolutionary couple and went through the stormy revolutionary era together.
However, in 1954, his wife suddenly wanted to divorce him and said she was in love with someone else. Su Zhenhua tried every means to keep his wife, but she had decided to leave. Helplessly, he had to agree to the divorce.
After the divorce, six children lived with him. He was both a father and a mother, and had to complete the work assigned by the organization. Life was really not easy.
Wang Guangmei repeatedly persuaded him that he should start a new family. Even Chairman Mao specially talked to him, hoping that he would be braver and not be afraid of this and that, and boldly pursue his sweetheart.
Su Zhenhua then began to seriously consider the issue of remarriage.
Once, he went to see the performance of the art troupe and fell in love with a female soldier on the stage. The female soldier was named Lu Dylan.
He asked someone to express his feelings, but he did not get Lu Dylan's approval.
At the same time, Lu Dylan's parents also believe that Su Zhenhua has reached the age of knowing destiny, and his daughter is only 22 years old, and the age gap is too huge.
But Su Zhenhua did not give up, showed the enthusiasm for the revolution that year, and boldly pursued Xiao Lu. In the end, Xiao Lu was moved by Su Zhenhua's sincerity and glorious deeds and agreed to marry Su Zhenhua.
1959, Su Zhenhua and Lu Dylan officially got married. After marriage, the two were very happy, had two children, and became a happy big family with the previous six children.
11972, 60-year-old Su Zhenhua died suddenly due to illness. Lu Dylan gave all his inheritance to the children, leaving only the relics of his husband.
In 2012, Dylan Lu died at the age of 77.
