Deng Ken's last wish was to be buried at sea, and not to say goodbye to the body
At 5:01 p.m. on October 15, 2017, Deng Ken, a famous veteran of China's Red Army, died of illness in Shenzhen at the age of 106. Before the old man died, he put forward three requirements for his family, namely: no mourning hall, no wreaths, and no farewell ceremony for the body.
He hopes that after his ashes are cremated in Shenzhen, they can be scattered into the sea, so as to learn from his admired brother ***. **'s ashes have also been scattered into the sea.
Deng Ken, also known as Deng Xianxiu, was born in 1911, 7 years younger than ***, ranking third. Although they are brothers, in the eyes of ***'s daughter Maomao, their appearance is obviously different, and the most obvious difference is their height, Deng Ken is much taller than ***.
In addition, Deng Ken has worked as a journalist and cultural worker, and appears to be polite and polite; He believes that "reading is not confined to every word of the book, and does not read dead books", which is in line with the spirit of "not only books, not only top, but only realistic".
Although the two brothers have many things in common, such as their commitment to the revolution, their regular life, optimism and cheerfulness, and their strict demands on their children, there are still significant differences in their appearance and personality.
Deng Shaochang, the father of ***, is a progressive scholar, graduated from Chengdu Political Science and Law School in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and participated in the "Road Protection Movement". During the Xinhai Revolution, he joined the revolutionary army and became the commander of the recruit training camp.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Deng Shaochang served as the director of the county Youth League Training Bureau. He had an upright personality and was unwilling to go along with the gentry, so he was often ostracized, and soon lost his official position. In order to avoid retaliation from the gentry, Deng Shaochang went to Chongqing alone for refuge.
The Deng family is a solid family in Guang'an, with an ancestral 40 acres of land, and the family originally lived without worry. However, there was no news from Deng Shaochang for a long time after he went to Chongqing, so the landlords and gentry united to oppress the orphans and widows of the Deng family.
The Deng family had a very difficult time because of this, and Xiaoping's mother lived with several children.
Although Deng Mu Dan was born in a famous family, she still firmly protected her son's dignity in the face of her snobbish in-laws. She ran for her son's small wishes, but was ruthlessly rejected.
However, Tan Shi was not discouraged by this, she chose to return to her own home, use her own efforts to support the family, and no longer ask her in-laws for help. Her steadfastness and tenacity allow her to never compromise in the face of difficulties.
Deng Ken was still young and did not understand the disputes between adults. When he got home, he was still clamoring for meat. Dan resolutely took one of his silver bracelets, bought two catties of meat, and also brought back two little piglets, and decided to breed it himself and no longer rely on others.
The tenacity and perseverance of the Dan family have had a profound impact on the *** sisters and brothers. Deng Ken later recalled: "My mother was a person with a strong will, and Xiaoping and I both inherited this gene from her. ”
Deng Shaochang is good friends with the landlord surnamed Liu, and he will ask him for help with some things at home. But after Deng Shaochang left home, rumors spread that Liu heard that Deng had passed away and thought that the good days of the Deng family had come to an end, so his attitude changed suddenly.
Once during the Chinese New Year, Dan asked Liu to write Spring Festival couplets, but he wrote a couplet that ridiculed the Deng family. The illiterate Dan took it home and was discovered by ten-year-old Xiaoping, who angrily tore up the couplet and went to buy red paper to rewrite it.
Although Xiaoping's handwriting is crooked, his backbone makes Deng Ken remember it deeply.
In 1918, after Xiaoping was admitted to Guang'an County High School, the family's financial situation became more and more strained. Fortunately, in August of the following year, Chongqing business people and celebrities jointly donated more than 20,000 yuan to establish Chongqing Work-Study Preparatory School in France, which provides young students with the opportunity to go to France for work-study.
After Deng Shaochang learned of this, he immediately called Xiaoping to Chongqing and provided him with this rare opportunity.
Deng Shaochang's life in Chongqing was very difficult, he didn't make any money, and he didn't have extra money to send home, but he still cared about his Xiaoping brothers in his heart.
As a revolutionary, Deng Shaochang knew that if China wanted to change its backwardness, it must learn from the strengths of foreigners. Therefore, he made up his mind to send Xiaoping, the most important son, to study abroad.
However, this decision was not supported by the Dan family, after all, she is just an uneducated housewife, a mother who loves her son, and the thought of letting Xiaoping, who is only a teenager, go to "Fanbang" thousands of miles away to study and work at the same time, she is really relieved, how can she bear it?
In order to convince his mother, Deng Shaochang arranged for his 8-year-old brother Deng Ken to carry out a "mission", in which he locked himself in his room without eating or drinking, and "threatened" his mother that if he did not agree to let his brother go, he would not eat again.
In order to find his brother who has been away from home for many years, Deng Ken decided to publish a missing person notice in the "Current Affairs News". He wrote: "Deng Xixian's brother, my brother has come to Shanghai, and I hope to see the newspaper to meet at No. 57, Puqingli, the intersection of La Peide Road, Saposai Road, the French Concession, and the younger brother will repair first. ”
This missing person notice reveals Deng Ken's determination and expectation, and he hopes that his brother will see this notice and contact him as soon as possible. Although Deng Ken, who had just arrived in Shanghai, knew nothing about this cosmopolitan metropolis, he persevered in his search for his brother's traces, showing a deep brotherhood and tenacity.
A short afternoon, Deng Ken was quietly reading, when suddenly, a man wearing a top hat and a long gown walked into the room. This person walked straight up to Deng Ken and asked, "May I ask if Deng Xianxiu lives here?" ”
Deng Ken raised his head and instantly recognized the figure of this person, and the familiar figure was the brother he thought about day and night*** Although the two brothers have not seen each other for many years, the appearance of the elder brother has always been in his mind, so he definitely did not admit his mistake.
Seeing his brother's arrival, Deng Ken immediately rushed forward, hugged *** tightly and shouted loudly: "Brother, I'm going to repair first!" Don't you know me? ”
** also hugged Deng Ken tightly, he saw the notice of Deng Ken's registration in the newspaper, and told him: "You pack up, leave this place immediately, and come with me." ”
In Shanghai in the early thirties, the White Terror was enveloped, and Kuomintang agents used "missing person notices" to trap the Communists. Xiaoping was anxious to let Deng Ken go with him, in order to prevent Deng Ken from falling into the clutches of the spies.
Deng Ken, under the influence of his brother, also joined the revolutionary ranks, but a few months later, Xiaoping received an order to go to the **Soviet District of Jiangxi, and Deng Ken stayed in Shanghai.
This separation also strengthened Deng Ken's determination to revolutionize.
In the following ten years, the two brothers were separated and did not have the opportunity to reunite. From 1939 to 1940, Deng Ken was transferred to Yan'an and studied at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University for more than a year.
At that time, Comrade Xiaoping, who was the political commissar of the 129th Division, was commanding the Anti-Japanese War on the front line, and the two brothers still failed to see each other. It was not until 1945, when Xiaoping came to Yan'an from Taihang Mountain to participate in the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, that the two brothers were able to reunite.
However, after a brief reunion, Kodaira returned to the front line.
Deng Ken was transferred to work in the Northeast during the Liberation War, and after the liberation of the country, he was transferred to Sichuan and served as the commissioner of the Southern Sichuan Administration. It was in this process that he met his lifelong partner.
When Deng Ken arrived at the South Sichuan Branch, a woman named Ding Hua was also transferred from East China to Sichuan to serve as the secretary of the district party committee and head of a district in Fushun County. Due to historical reasons, bandits in Sichuan were very rampant before the liberation, killing a large number of cadres and masses and robbing the collected grain.
In such a harsh environment, a certain district of Fushun County has done a very good job in collecting grain and suppressing bandits, and has become a model for the Southern Sichuan Branch.
With an attitude of learning, Deng Ken came to this district of Fushun County, hoping to learn from the experience of grain collection here. However, the secretary of the district party committee and the head of the district who received him was a beautiful little girl under the age of twenty with a pistol in her waist!
How did a little girl accomplish such a difficult task in this bandit's den in Fushun County? Deng Ken was full of admiration for this little girl, and at the same time curious.
When Ding Hua saw Deng Ken for the first time, he saw him wearing a yellow tweed tushan, a pair of black leather shoes, his white and pure face revealed a bookish atmosphere, and he was tall and handsome, and he couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
She never expected that Commissioner Deng, who was working vigorously and resolutely, would be the man in front of her who looked like a scholar!
Ding Hua recalled how he felt when he first met Deng Ken: "I have never felt so shocked by the bandits! "It's a pity that there was no camera left at that time for Ding Hua, the eighteen-year-old female district chief, to wear a pistol to her waist.
In this way, the two young revolutionaries slowly came together, and they admired each other like guests, and experienced decades of ups and downs together.
**After joining the revolution with Deng Ken, the care of the elderly in the family and the care of the fields could only rely on their younger brother Deng Shuping. Later, Deng Shuping found Deng Ken.
As soon as Deng Shuping saw Deng Ken, he sighed with emotion: "Since you and your eldest brother left home, I have had a very difficult time at home, and now that you two have become big officials, I believe that our family's life will gradually get better." ”
However, Deng Ken said to him solemnly: "You don't have to think too much, I suggest that you go to the Southwest People's Revolutionary University and go on your own after graduation, don't expect me to give you an official position."
In the Communist Party, this approach does not work. Sure enough, Deng Shuping followed Deng Ken's advice and was successfully admitted to Southwest People's Revolutionary University, and was assigned to work in Liupanshui, Guizhou Province.
At work, Deng Shuping was diligent, hard-working, and finally became a party member and did a lot of practical things for the people of Liupanshui.
In June 1966, Deng Ken chose the land of Jingchu as his new home. Over the years, there have not been many opportunities to meet with his eldest brother, among them, a trip to Beijing in the early eighties gave Deng Ken the opportunity to spend an unforgettable time with his brother, which was also the longest time they had been together in decades.
Watching his brother work hard for national affairs, Deng Ken felt very distressed. In his impression, his brother was always full of energy and liked to communicate with people, and the villagers called him "Little Steel Cannon".
However, now, my brother has a lot of responsibilities and has fewer words, and he thinks about national affairs all day long. As a younger brother, what Deng Ken can do is to try not to cause trouble to his brother and not interfere with his work.
Therefore, after staying for a few days, Deng Ken refused Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin's retention and returned to Wuhan.
Deng Xianyan began to raise chickens and sell eggs in the 70s to improve family life. After the reform and opening up, he saw the spiritual needs of farmers after food and clothing were solved, and wanted to learn photography technology.
However, due to the large amount of money required to buy a camera and the need for a ticket**, he has not been able to realize this wish. However, his idea was supported by Deng Ken. Deng Ken took out money to fund Deng Xianyan to buy a camera, and accompanied him to the village to take pictures of the farmers.
Over the next few years, Deng Xianyan traveled to hundreds of villages in several surrounding counties, and his photographic skills and reputation grew, and his income increased dramatically.
After that, he used the income from photography to create a winery, got up early and greedy, rode a bicycle, went to the village to sell, and soon became one of the earliest local "10,000 households", so he was awarded the title of "Labor Prosperity Model" and "Double Civilization Wealthy Household", and was fortunate to participate in the Sichuan Province Wealth Commendation Conference.
Deng Ken admired his elder brother very much, and he firmly believed that in order to achieve the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people, it was necessary to take the road of reform and opening up, and there was no other way.
Deng Ken has been living in Wuhan since his retirement, and his three children are all working in other places, and the family rarely gets together.
Deng Ken is a man who loves life, and although he is retired, he lives a regular and fun life. He always carries his little grandson's ** on his body, and he will always laugh happily when he looks at his grandson's naughty appearance.
He said that his greatest wish is that his children and grandchildren can come to see him more often and enjoy family fun together. At half past six in the morning, Deng Ken would get up, run around the yard and listen to the news, and then return to the balcony to take care of his Junzi Lan.
From nine o'clock, he would read books and newspapers, especially biographies of historical celebrities and Sichuan opera. After retirement, he also began to learn calligraphy, especially"Dragons"Word. In his living room hangs a huge painting"Dragons"In the middle of the word, he said that he wanted to write a hundred large"Dragons"Words to meet Marx.
Deng Ken's life is full and meaningful, and his world is full of love and joy.
Deng Ye was influenced by his father, Deng Ken, and was also a scholar who was keen on learning and devoted himself to academics. His book "United ** and ** Discipline and Government" was named "2004 Recommended Book" by Southern Weekly, and the famous critic Lei Yi spoke highly of his scholarly demeanor and praised his objectivity and calmness beyond the limitations of ideology.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Comrade Xiaoping's birth in 2004, Deng Ken took Deng Ye back to their hometown of Guang'an and returned to the "Deng Family Compound". Seeing that the items used by his brother were still well preserved, Deng Ken sighed: "Comrade Xiaoping has devoted his life to the revolutionary cause and has never returned home. ”
In October 2017, Ding Hua followed Deng Ken's last wish and scattered his ashes into the sea with his children to fulfill his last wish. The sea of flowers is scattered, and the ashes are integrated into the ocean, carrying the memory and grief of the deceased.
However, Deng Ken had an unfulfilled wish, that is, he failed to accompany Comrade Xiaoping back to his hometown. When Deng Ken was seriously ill, he asked Ding Hua when he would be able to return to his hometown, but he only said two words: "I'm afraid." ”
He feared that he would disturb the people of Quang An. Although he failed to fulfill this wish, his spirit will forever remain in the hearts of the people of his homeland.