Zhao Erlu and Xiao Ke were both founding generals, and the two had known each other long before the Red Army's Long March.
When he was in the first column of the Red Fourth Army, one was the leader of the teaching team, and the other was a party representative.
During the war years, in an environment where bullets and bullets rained down and their lives could be lost at any time, Zhao and Xiao formed a deep friendship.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Erlu and Xiao Ke's homes were very close, only a five-minute walk, so the two families often walked around each other.
After Zhao Erlu and his wife Guo Zhirui died one after another, their stepdaughter Zhao Jiajia regarded Uncle Xiao Ke's house as a "homecoming".
Xiao Ke told his eldest son Xiao Xinghua to care about his sister Zhao Jiajia. At a party, Xiao Xinghua suddenly stared at Zhao Jiajia and asked:"Do you smoke big cigarettes?".”
So, how did Zhao Jiajia answer?
After the Long March arrived in northern Shaanxi, Zhao Erlu studied at the Red Army University, and Guo Zhirui studied at the Yan'an Communication School.
One day, Guo Zhirui's leader talked to her and said that he wanted to introduce Zhao Erlu to her and ask her for advice.
Before this, Guo Zhirui knew Zhao Erlu. Maybe it was asked too suddenly, Guo Zhirui saidShe disagreed, because Zhao Erlu's eyes were small.
After hearing this, the leader of the media couldn't help but smile.
Not long after, they got married. After marriage, the relationship between the two is very good.
According to Zhao Jiajia's recollection,Parents have not blushed in decades.
Having said that, there is one thing that makes Guo Zhirui feel sad.
In 1937, Zhao Erlu and Guo Zhirui were ordered to come to Jinchaji. Soon, their first child was born, a baby boy.
Due to the war, the couple discussed and fostered the child in a local farmer's home.
At that time, the Japanese invaders frequently "swept up", crops could not be planted, and life was very bleak. As a result, less than 7 months after the birth of this child, he died due to a serious illness that could not be cured by medicine.
In other words, such a cruel environment, coupled with the brutal killing of the Japanese invaders, many children of the Eighth Route Army died in the Jinchaji base area.
Three years later, during the Hundred Regiments War, Zhao Erlu and Guo Zhirui were finally about to welcome their second child. But the situation at that time was still very grim, because there was no food and drink, so Guo Zhirui's body was very weak, and he had a difficult birth for two days and nights.
Heavy bleeding, combined with poor medical care, left healthcare workers feeling helpless.
At this time, Zhao Erlu got the news that he was on the front line to command the battle, and he took one last look at his emaciated and painful wife, and said to the medical staff:"Prepare her for the future. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Erlu rode away quickly.
Later, the child died after birth, and Guo Zhirui was lucky to pick up a life.
After many years, recalling this past, Guo Zhirui saidAlthough she has been fighting with the army for many years and has experienced countless life and death tests, she feels that she is a strong woman.
But at that time, I was still sad to hear my husband say that to the medical staff. However, she does not resent her husband.
Because she knows,In the eyes of the old revolution, what is more important.
In the later period of the Liberation War, Zhao Erlu and his wife discussed that they would adopt a child from the relatives of the two parties to form a big family.
So, Zhao Erlu chose the eldest brother's third son as his son, and Guo Zhirui chose the eldest sister's pregnant child as his daughter.
And this daughter is Zhao Jiajia.
In Zhao Jiajia's eyes, his father Zhao Erlu is a loving father. Just ask, how many of the adults in the common people will bend down to ride their daughters as horses?
But Zhao Erlu spoils children like this. Whenever he came home from work, as soon as Zhao Erlu put down his briefcase, he was "ordered" by his daughter:"Daddy, I'm going to ride a big horse. ”
The father and daughter had a lot of fun.
On days off, Zhao Erlu will also take his daughter to the homes of some old comrades-in-arms as guests. I often go to Xiao Ke's house.
When Zhao Erlu and Xiao Ke were young, they were like-minded. During the break from the battle in the base area, the two would occasionally drink some wine, and the appetizer was small dates.
Later, Zhao Erlu often said:"Little jujube is a friend of liquor. ”The Zhao family all knew that Zhao Erlu was talking about Xiao Ke.
Because the two families move around diligently, the relationship between Zhao Jiajia and Xiao Xinghua is like brother and sister.
Siu Xinghua was born in 1939.
The reason why Xiao Ke and Jian Xianfo gave Xinghua this name is intended to express the wish of "the red star shining on China".
Xiao Xinghua was very naughty when he was a child, so he was inevitably scolded and beaten by his mother. In the early days of the Liberation War, the Zhao and Xiao families were close.
As soon as Guo Zhirui heard that there was movement in the Xiao family, he was busy pulling the rack.
Guo Zhirui shouted at Jian Xian Buddha in the loud voice of the people of northern ShaanxiHow many sons do you have, you can beat them up at every turn, I think you are blessed!
After the older Jian Xian Buddha heard this, his anger disappeared in an instant. She also felt weird, saidGuo Zhirui is Xinghua's "lifesaver".
If she heard other people's persuasion, she would always be more angry, but somehow, as long as Guo Zhirui came forward, her anger disappeared in an instant.
Maybe it's also because Guo Zhirui doesn't have biological children.
In the autumn of 1988, Guo Zhirui passed away with thoughts of his deceased husband. Since then,Zhao Jiajia regarded the Xiao family as her "home".
At that time, Xiao Ke was busy writing a book. Since the end of 1985, after Xiao Ke retired from the front line, he devoted all his energy to writing.
On the eve of the "August 1st" Army Day in 1988, Xiao Ke's "Bloody Luoxiao" was published. The book won Xiao Ke the Mao Dun Literary Award.
It is said that the first draft of ** is called "Luo Xiaojun", with 400,000 words, and Xiao Ke started writing it long before the "77 Incident".
Later, after many revisions, this great literary work was cast.
Zhao Jiajia once received two books from Uncle Xiao Ke, one is "Vermilion Red Army Side", and the other is "Bloody Luoxiao".
Time flies. In the blink of an eye, Major General Xiao Xinghua had retired from the leadership post of the Armed Police Cadre Academy.
After that, Zhao Jiajia had more time to relate to the old days with Brother Xinghua.
At a dinner table, Xiao Xinghua smoked cigarettes one after another, arousing Zhao Jiajia's addiction to smoking. She asked Xiao Xinghua for instructions, can she smoke a cigarette?
Xiao Xinghua said that people in their forties are not a big problem. Smoke it.
But then, he stared at Zhao Jiajia and asked"Do you smoke big cigarettes?".”
Zhao Jiajia hurriedly replied:"Don't smoke!The things that destroy the country and the species cannot be touched!”
After hearing this, Xiao Xinghua nodded:"Just hold the boundaries. ”
Then, the two talked a lot, and one of the topics was business. Zhao Jiajia asked him, didn't he do some business?
Xiao Xinghua waved his hand and said that he lived on his salary, and a thousand yuan a month was enough.
In this regard, Xiao Xinghua said:"Some people make a lot of money and end up wondering why, what's the point!”
He enjoys the feeling of being with old friends.
This can't help but remind Zhao Jiajia of an encounter with Xiao Xinghua in the early eighties.
It was winter, Zhao Jiajia was sitting on a bus, and when she drove to the traffic light, she saw a person wearing a shabby fur coat and riding an old motorcycle through the car window, much like a lumberjack in the Great Khing'an Mountains.
If you look closely, it turns out to be Xiao Xinghua.
Zhao Jiajia shouted to greet him, and at this time, the bus started, and Xiao Xinghua drove side by side with the car, one in the car and the other outside the car, asking each other about the situation at home.
"How is your mother?”
"Okay, how are your parents?”
Although it attracted a lot of strange glances, Zhao Jiajia didn't care.
They have inherited the deep friendship of the previous generation and the sense of responsibility to the country and society. As the children of two generals, they often get together and talk about the past and the present, and that feeling is sincere and pure.