On the evening of July 13, 1942, the Eighth Route Army's office in Chongyan was crowded, ** emotional, his face was pale, and he questioned his wife Deng Yingchao, not moved by the persuasion of the staff next to him. Deng Yingchao was silent, and tears kept flowing. After that, ** stopped scolding, put on white clothes, put on black veil, walked straight to a house, and called out in a loud voice: "Father, your unfilial son has come to visit you."
This excitement was due to the fact that three days ago, his father Zhou Shaogang died of a sudden illness, but Deng Yingchao did not inform him for a long time, which caused conflicts between husband and wife. **Born in March 1898 in Huai'an County, Jiangsu, from a declining official family. He had a difficult childhood, he was sent to foster care as a child, and his uncle died young. The family was in a state of decline, and his mother and stepmother died one after another, leaving him with his father Zhou Shaogang and two younger brothers. When he was 12 years old, he went to Shenyang in Northeast China with his uncle Zhou Yigeng to study.
In the struggle between his studies and the revolution, he did not give up his filial piety because of the pursuit of his career. On January 8, 1918, ** learned the news of his uncle's death while studying in Tokyo, Japan, he wrote: "I only hate that I am overseas, and I can't go back to help my fourth uncle and godfather do something." On July 28 of the same year, ** made a special trip back to China and spent a week with his father to express his longing for his uncle and father. After that, he studied in Japan, France, and Germany for more than ten years.
After returning to China in 1924, he went to Guangzhou Huangpu Military Academy to serve as the director of the Political Department, becoming one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China. Due to his busy schedule, ** rarely reunites with his father Zhou Shaogang. Zhou Shaogang has been displaced all his life and lived a hard life, but he "never hindered his son's devotion to the revolution, and he supported it in his heart". In 1931, Zhou Shaogang risked great danger in Shanghai to help with communication and liaison work. Subsequently, due to the continuous expansion of the White Terror, father and son had to separate.
In May 1948, Zhou Shaogang was deeply in the hands of the enemy in his hometown of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, so he deliberately went to Hankou to take refuge at *** At this time, ** was participating in the second council held by the All-China Association of Literary and Art Circles to Resist the Enemy. Upon hearing the news of his father's imminent arrival, ***, who was the deputy head of the Political Department of the Military Council, decided to ask the participants for leave. "Because my old father will arrive in Hankou at ten o'clock tonight, I will be absent. The Japanese invasion caused us losses and misfortunes, and also forced my old father to come south.
Life and death are all due to the aggression of a violent enemy. And this kind of life and death clutch has strengthened our unity!Farewell!* After saying this, the attendees gave him a thumbs up and sent him away with sustained applause. The father and son reunited after a long absence, hugged each other and cried, confiding in each other about the ups and downs of the past few years. Zhou Shaogang decided to live with his son and daughter-in-law, and the family will never be separated. In 1940, the families of Zhou Shaogang and other staff members of the Eighth Route Army Office moved to Chong**yan, and they have never left this place since.
** Busy with work, unable to spend more time with his father, but he instructed the staff to spend more time with the elderly. After discussing with his wife Deng Yingchao, he decided to let his father watch the gate and send and receive letters in the Eighth Route Army's office stationed in Chong**yan, so as not to be lonely. Zhou Shaogang gets along well with his young colleagues and is very loved. However, the world is impermanent, and on July 10, 1942, **'s father died of illness in Chongqing. For the sake of ***'s body, Deng Yingchao didn't tell him immediately. After he was discharged from the hospital, he found that everyone around him seemed to be hiding something from him.
**After learning the news of his father Zhou Shaogang's death, he was grief-stricken, dressed in linen and filial piety, crying silently, and the scene was moving. He buried his father in the cemetery of Xiaolong Kanfuyuan Temple donated by Ms. Rao Guomo, and deeply felt the affection and care in the condolences of *** and other colleagues. When he went out on patrol, he also cared for his friend Pan Zinong in detail, and even when he was grieving, he could empathize with the sadness of others. All this shows the highest quality and personality charm.
Therefore, ** did not deliberately blame his wife Deng Yingchao, and Deng Yingchao did not have ulterior motives to deliberately conceal the news of his father's death. During that specific period, Deng Yingchao, who was his wife and the main leading cadre of the Communist Party of China, always considered the overall situation and hoped to tell him the news of his father's death later. **It is not surprising that he will lose his temper because of this, after all, the father and son have a deep relationship, so under the impulse, it is inevitable to lose his temper.
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