Liao Chengzhi wanted to eat meat in his later years, but his wife wouldn't let him, he pointed to the door and said, "Who do you see coming?".
At 8 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1981, Chen Xiangmei, the representative of the United States and the wife of General Chennault, was greeted in the Taiwan Room of the Great Hall of the People. Liao Chengzhi and his wife were also invited to attend the meeting.
During the meeting, ** kept smoking, and the cigarette butts were piled up with ashtrays. Liao Chengzhi, who saw it in his eyes, couldn't help but ask *** for a cigarette.
** smiled and said to Chen Xiangmei: "Your uncle has 'tracheitis', do you know?."”
Chen Xiangmei asked suspiciously, "Isn't my uncle very good?"How can you get 'tracheitis'?”
**Pointing to Liao Chengzhi's wife, Jing Puchun smiled and said: "My wife is strict, and I only gave him 3 cigarettes a day, and I am not allowed to smoke more." Now he comes to me and asks me for cigarettes, you see his addiction is similar to mine, but I don't care, I smoke three packs a day. ”
Jing Puchun also smiled and said to Chen Xiangmei: "These two people like to be funny together." ”
So, is Liao Chengzhi a strict wife?What is the relationship between him and his wife Jing Puchun?
In 1917, Jing Puchun was born in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province. Her father, Jing Hengyi, was a well-known educator in China, along with Liao Zhongkai and Chen Shuren during the Great Revolution. Interestingly, in the 30s of the 20th century, Jing Hengyi and He Xiangning lived together in Guangyufang in Shanghai. Jing Hengyi's family lives in Building 7, while He Xiangning's family lives in Building 8. Jing Hengyi knew that He Xiangning was weak and sick, so he instructed his daughter Jing Puchun to take care of her.
One day, Jing Puchun went to He Xiangning's house and saw a young man with a polite and scholarly demeanor. He looked a little fat, but he spoke very funny, which made He Xiangning laugh.
He Xiangning introduced to Jing Puchun: "This is my nephew, he just came to see me and is about to leave." ”
Jing Puchun nodded shyly. She didn't know that this "nephew" was He Xiangning's son, Liao Chengzhi, who was then the Propaganda Minister of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the Secretary of the Party of the All-China Seamen's Federation of Trade Unions!
At that time, Liao Chengzhi had just returned to Shanghai from Moscow. Since Shanghai was in the midst of the White Terror, Liao Chengzhi rarely went home in order not to cause trouble for his mother. Even when he went back occasionally, he repeatedly instructed his mother not to reveal their parent-child relationship to outsiders. Therefore, when he and Jing Puchun met for the first time, He Xiangning lied about a kind story.
On the evening of March 28, 1933, He Xiangning had just laid down to rest, when he suddenly heard a quick knock on the door. She opened the door and saw two French patrols with loaded guns and handcuffed Liao Chengzhi among them. It turned out that Liao Chengzhi was told a secret when he went to Wufu Lane on Shanxi Road for a meeting, and was arrested by the Kuomintang Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau and the British patrol. In order to deliver the news in time, Liao Chengzhi pretended to agree to lead the way to arrest people, but deliberately led the patrols to the residence of his mother He Xiangning.
He Xiangning was shocked when she saw her son: "What crime did my son commit?"Why did you arrest him?She immediately sent someone to inform Jing Hengyi, and soon after, Jing Hengyi arrived accompanied by Jing Puchun, but Liao Chengzhi had been taken away by the patrol.
He Xiangning explained to Jing Hengyi: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Jing, I didn't tell you before, the young man just now is my son 'Fat Boy' (Liao Chengzhi's milk name), and his name is Chengzhi. The purpose of his return is to tell us that he has ** and we must try to get the news out there. ”
Only then did Puchun understand that Liao Chengzhi was He Xiangning's son, and suddenly realized why Aunt Liao was smiling so happily that day.
After that, He Xiangning, Jing Hengyi and others ran around in order to rescue Liao Chengzhi, and they fought the basis of reason, and finally succeeded in releasing Liao Chengzhi. In order to protect Liao Chengzhi from falling into the hands of Kuomintang spies, He Xiangning decided to lock him up at home, so that Liao Chengzhi and Jing Puchun had more opportunities to communicate.
At that time, Jing Puchun was only 16 years old, full of youthful vitality, like a flower about to bloom, which made Liao Chengzhi deeply fascinated. Liao Chengzhi is talented, proficient in several Chinese, and has a talent for painting. One day, he specially drew a quick portrait of Jing Puchun, which amazed Jing Puchun, and the two quickly fell in love.
However, after Puchun's brother learned that his sister was in love with Liao Chengzhi, he strongly objected, thinking that Liao Chengzhi was a member of the Communist Party and could be imprisoned at any time, worried that his sister would be involved. In mid-July 1933, his brother asked to go back to his hometown in Zhejiang to live temporarily for a period of time, although Jing Puchun understood that this was his brother's plan, but he had no choice but to obey his brother's order, bid farewell to Liao Chengzhi with tears, and returned to his hometown.
In August 1933, Liao Chengzhi's sister Liao Mengxing (a member of the Communist Party) secretly handed him a cigarette with a notice of "going to the **Soviet area" according to the organization's arrangement. For the sake of the future of the Chinese revolution, Liao Chengzhi resolutely bid farewell to his mother and went to the Soviet area. Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Jing Puchun, who was still in his hometown, in which he wrote:
If you really love me, please wait for me for another two years!
After receiving the letter, Puchun hurried to Shanghai, hoping to see his lover again before he set off, but in the end he failed to do so. Since then, the long wait has begun, and it has been a full 4 years. In the past 4 years, Liao Chengzhi wrote many letters to Jing Puchun, but all the letters were withheld by Jing Puchun's brother, and she did not receive a single one.
In the autumn of 1937, she finally received a letter from Liao Chengzhi to Pan Hannian, in which Liao Chengzhi said that he was about to go to Hong Kong to organize the Hong Kong office of the Eighth Route Army and hoped that she would also accompany her.
After receiving the letter, Jing Puchun was overjoyed, but Pan Hannian asked puzzledly: "Why haven't you replied to Chengzhi for a long time?"He's in a hurry!”
Jing Puchun was taken aback: "Why, Chengzhi actually wrote me a letter?"”
Yes, he said that he had written to you many times and sent telegrams, but he had never received a response from you, so I sent the letter myself this time. ”
At this time, Jing Puchun realized that her brother must have withheld the letter. She hurriedly found He Xiangning and planned to go to Hong Kong together. He Xiangning smiled after seeing her and said, "You came just in time, I have already purchased a ticket to Hong Kong tomorrow, and I will leave later." ”
Jing Puchun hurriedly said: "I haven't bought a ferry ticket yet!."”
He Xiangning comforted: "It's okay, with my ** identity, you can take a boat together." ”
In January 1938, Liao Chengzhi finally reunited with Jing Puchun in Hong Kong. The two haven't seen each other for more than four years, and Jing Puchun's face has hardly changed, but he looks thinner and more handsome. Liao Chengzhi held her hand and said, "Apu, did you deliberately not reply to my letter?"I write letters and send telegrams, why don't you ignore me?”
Jing Puchun explained: "It must be my brother who withheld the letter, and he and my mother have always disagreed with me waiting for you." They say that you are a communist, and even if you do not die on the battlefield, you are the object of wanted when you come back. If you marry such a person, you can only be a widow in the future!”
Liao Chengzhi asked again: "What about Uncle Jing's attitude?"”
My father has always supported me, and he said that you are an aspiring youth after the revolution. Having a son-in-law like you is the glory of the family. ”
Great!Liao Chengzhi hugged Jing Puchun tightly.
A few days later, 30-year-old Liao Chengzhi and 21-year-old Jing Puchun held a simple wedding in the three castles of Weilisen, Hong Kong. In addition to Liao Zhongkai and He Xiangning's relatives in Hong Kong and Macao, there is also Song Qingling, who is called "uncle" by Liao Chengzhi. She gave the bride two pieces of exquisite silk and satin clothing, and personally put on a golden necklace for the bride, and the audience burst into warm applause.
After getting married, Liao Chengzhi couldn't take care of his newlywed and devoted himself to intense work. Jing Puchun often cooked nourishing "beautiful soup" for him and advised him to pay attention to rest. Liao Chengzhi insisted: "It's nothing, compared to the anti-enemy soldiers on the front line, we are still far behind!."”
On May 30, 1942, due to the betrayal of the traitor, Liao Chengzhi was again captured by the Kuomintang Central Command agents in Lechang County, Guangdong Province, and then secretly transferred to the Majiaba concentration camp in southern Jiangxi.
This is the seventh time Liao Chengzhi has been imprisoned, he has experienced inhumane torture in prison, suffering from lung disease, and described as emaciated, but he is determined not to bow to the enemy.
At that time, Chiang Ching-kuo was in power in Jiangxi, and tried to persuade Liao Chengzhi to submit as a "brother", but he resolutely refused. The enemy tried to use the "beauty trick" to send a young woman to lure him down, but he did not waver. The enemy couldn't help but sigh: "How beautiful that girl is!."took the initiative to send it to the door, but he was unmoved. Liao Chengzhi, a member of the Communist Party, is really unworldly, it's really incredible!”
Liao Chengzhi was ready to die at any time in prison, and he left a large number of poems expressing his calm attitude towards death. One of them is "Bepu Tsubaki" to his wife:
The flowing water has washed away the past, and this night will never be goodbye.
When you step into the door of the revolution, you must not belittle yourself.
The white hair is still vague, and it is not for the love of the children.
Qing is an outstanding among women, and she is not greedy for the name of false reputation.
The Liao family has many heroic souls, and the courtyard is heroic.
The heroes of the two generations are condensed and protect their innocence for a long time.
Liu also created a number of cartoons to satirize his enemies, the most famous of which was the "Plump Boy" cartoon reflecting his life in prison
In the painting, a busty boy picks out a pile of stones from a bowl with wide eyes while eating.
In this comic book scene, an obese man can only stand next to a wooden barrel and wipe his body with a towel.
In another cartoon, the fat man's bed is actually visited by many mice.
Later, through some ideological work, Liao Chengzhi successfully persuaded a prison guard to send the cartoons he created and a letter to *** in Chongqing at the time
After seeing Liao Chengzhi's paintings, he was outraged by the inhumane treatment he had suffered. He immediately reported to *** and made a solemn ** to the Kuomintang authorities, demanding the immediate release of Liao Chengzhi and other "political prisoners".
Jing Puchun, who received the news from her husband, couldn't help but cry bitterly. Since she learned the news of his **, she didn't know that he was being locked up in **, so she and her mother-in-law took their children to look around, and finally came to Guilin. When she finally received the letter, she found that it was a parting letter, which made her feel heartbroken.
Fortunately, under pressure from all sides, the Kuomintang did not take extreme measures against Liao Chengzhi in the end. In January 1946, after many negotiations and **, the Kuomintang agreed to release Liao Chengzhi. Liao Chengzhi came to Chongqing after being released from prison, and his longing for his wife was overflowing, but he didn't know where she was. So, he posted a missing person notice on "Xinhua**":
Pu: I miss you very much, are you in **?Please let me know the address as soon as possible and I will come immediately. ”
Jing Puchun, who learned of the missing person notice, quickly rushed to Chongqing, and the distressed couple finally reunited.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liao Chengzhi served as the director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office, the deputy director of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China, and the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China. Once, **gave Liao Chengzhi a call**, and he quickly went to the West Flower Hall to accept the task. He Xiangning, who learned of this, asked Liao Chengzhi's driver: "Did the fat boy tell you to hurry up?"”
The driver could only admit: "The chief said, **Wait, urge me to drive faster!."”
During the meal, He Xiangning rebuked Jing Puchun, accusing her of not taking good care of the fat boy. Jing Puchun felt aggrieved and even shed tears. After Liao Chengzhi learned about this, he smiled and comforted Jing Puchun, which made her cheer up from her grief.
In 1966, Liao Chengzhi was hit by an attack, and in order to protect him, he was asked to live in the Central South China Overseas Affairs Office and be isolated from the outside world in the name of writing and censorship. The only person who can visit him is Jing Puchun, who only has the opportunity once a week.
Every time I went to visit Liao Chengzhi through Puchun, I had to go through several bus transfers. She always goes with clean clothes and brings back clothes that need to be washed. As she took the bus more often, she also figured out some "tricks" to crowd the car: after the car came to a stop, quickly stand near the door, so that as soon as the door is opened, it is relatively easy to get on the bus, and it is easier to find a seat.
As time passed, He Xiangning never saw her son, and she asked Jing Puchun: "Where did the fat boy go?"Why haven't you seen him for so long?Jing Puchun could only say perfunctorily: "Chengzhi is too busy with work and has no time to go home." ”
At first, He Xiangning still believed it, but no matter how busy a person is, it is impossible not to go home for a long time!Jing Puchun had to make up that Liao Chengzhi had gone abroad, and sometimes she even said: "Mom, there's news from the fat boy!."There are delegations that have come back from abroad, and they have seen Fat Boy in the embassy!This kind of life has been insisted on by Puchun for 5 years.
For everything his wife has paid, Liao Chengzhi is grateful. In 1972, with the care of ***, Liao Chengzhi finally resumed his work. In order to win back the lost time, his work is even busier, and he has to meet many overseas Chinese and foreign guests every day. However, due to overwork, he suffered from a disease in which two of the three blood vessels were blocked, and the remaining one was only 20% patency.
In March 1980, Liao Chengzhi went to the United States to undergo a successful heart bypass surgery. Although the operation was very successful, given that Liao Chengzhi was already in his old age, the doctors placed special emphasis on Jing Puchun's strict control of his diet and rest.
In order to ensure Liao Chengzhi's health, Jing Puchun began to strictly manage his smoking and diet. For Liao Chengzhi, quitting smoking is barely acceptable, but as a person who likes fatty meat, Jing Puchun strongly restricts his intake of high-fat foods, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.
Once, when Liao Chengzhi was entertaining foreign guests, Pu Chun personally attended to supervise his diet. Jing Puchun, who was sitting directly opposite Liao Chengzhi, suddenly heard him pointing to the door and saying, "Apu, who do you think is coming?"As soon as Pu Chun turned around, Liao Chengzhi immediately quickly picked up a piece of fat and put it in his mouth. After seeing that he had been fooled, Jing Puchun stared at Liao Chengzhi angrily, but he could only smile and say, "I ate shallots just now." ”
On June 10, 1983, due to illness, Liao Chengzhi passed away in Beijing at the age of 75. This sudden parting made Jing Puchun grief-stricken. In the article of reminiscence, she wrote: "50 years of love and half a century of ups and downs came together in front of my eyes full of tears, which was both vague and clear and abnormal. ”
On September 20, 1997, Jing Puchun died of illness in Beijing at the age of 80. Liao Chengzhi's daughter Liao Ming expressed her feelings about her mother's death: "My old mother passed away, and as a regular companion, I should have been the most sad, but inexplicably, I was very calm. This is because I see my mother's departure as a reunion between her and her father, who is a spirit in heaven, after 14 years of separation. ”