On the evening of May 1, 1959, on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square, ** took the staff to enjoy the May Day fireworks show. When the first fireworks light up the sky, the crowd ** appeared a girl with pigtails, and she walked straight to ***
Uncle Zhou, hello, I'm Song Qin. The Prime Minister smiled, looking a little surprised, "Oh, it's you, girl, are you here to find your father?" Song Qin straightened his back and looked at the prime minister seriously, "No, I'm here to find you!" ”
The Prime Minister's hearty laughter infected the people around him, and everyone turned their attention to this brave girl.
With two months to go before graduating from high school, I want to apply to a good university. Can you recommend it for me? Her big eyes shone with a sly light that made one feel pity.
Looking at this energetic girl, a fatherly smile is revealed. "So which university do you want to apply to? "My dad said that cutting-edge technology is used most in the military field, and I want to apply for a military university. ”
Okay, ambitious. You can try Uncle Chen's Kazakh military industry. *nodded appreciatively. "However, Uncle Chen, I don't recruit girls. The girl smiled mischievously, it turned out that she had come to complain to ***.
Haha, you little ghost, you know? I'll fight for you. This year, the Kazakh military industry will definitely recruit girls. On September 1, Song Qin successfully put on a military uniform and became the first batch of female high school graduates recruited by the Kazakh military industry.
On October 19, 1935, Zhong Yuelin overcame all difficulties and dangers and arrived at Wuqi Town, a revolutionary base in northern Shaanxi, with the Red Army, announcing that the Chinese Red Army had successfully completed the 25,000-mile Long March and arrived in Yan'an after a year.
Soon after, He Zizhen worked as a matchmaker for Zhong Yuelin.
He Zizhen smiled and said to Xiao Zhong: "There is a special person I want to introduce to you." Xiao Zhong was a little nervous, he saw that the little sisters around him who were the same age as him had already found a partner on the Long March, but he was still worried about personal problems.
Who is this person? Xiao Zhong asked curiously. "His name is Song Renqiang, and he is the political commissar of the Red Army University. He Zizhen said. "It's him! Xiao Zhong couldn't help but blush when he heard this name.
As a female officer engaged in political and ideological work, he has always had a special affection for Song Renqiang, who is also engaged in political work. Without waiting for He Zizhen to continue speaking, Xiao Zhong couldn't wait to ask, "When can we meet?" ”
In that special era, the feelings of young people were based on the same political ideology and the same world outlook, and they tied the knot in northern Shaanxi after being witnessed by comrades and leaders in the army.
After graduation, Zhong Yuelin came to work in Yan'an Radio, while Song Renqiang served as the director of the Political Department of the 129th Division, fighting for the anti-Japanese front.
Due to the regulations of the army, except for a few senior leaders who can bring their family members with them, no one else is allowed to accompany them on the front line. For the thoughts of her newlywed husband, Zhong Yuelin decided to go to *** to ask for help.
** Looking at Zhong Yuelin with a smile, he did not refuse her request, but asked humorously: "Comrade Xiao Zhong, are you afraid that Song Renqiang will find a beautiful female student on the front line?" ”
No, he promised me that he would never do anything to be sorry for me. Zhong Yuelin blushed and explained, "I'm just worried about his safety. ”
How long do you think your husband hasn't been in touch with you? "Ask solemnly, tossing the extinguished cigarette butt into the ashtray. "It's been about a month and I haven't heard from him. "
Zhong Yuelin replied with a hint of grievance. "So, he's in ** now? "Ask. "I'm not sure either. "Zhong Yuelin's tears had already begun to roll down.
Don't worry, I'll ask them to send a telegram to the front to help you find him. "Immediately signaled the secretary Ye Zilong to send a telegram to the front. In September 1938, after some twists and turns, Zhong Yuelin finally found her husband's residence in Hanjiazhuang, outside Nangong City.
In September 1940, Song Qin was born in the 129th Division Field Hospital in Liao County, Shanxi Province. She is the first child of Song Renqiang and Zhong Yuelin. At that time, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had entered a phase of stalemate, and as the supreme leader of the southern Hebei region, Song Renqiang received an order from his superiors to lead the troops from Taihang Mountain to Hebei.
During the special period, Xiao Song Qin was born only one month ago, and he had to embark on the road of resistance with his parents. The military career was difficult, and Song Qin was wrapped in a quilt by his parents and handed over to the soldiers to carry on their shoulders.
As a baby who has just completed a month, Song Qin will cry when he is hungry and peeing, which is normal in peacetime, but in that special era, every cry may put the troops in danger of being exposed.
In order to cooperate with the troops' march, every time she performed a special mission, Zhong Yuelin would cover her daughter's mouth and nose with a quilt and wait for the troops to pass safely before uncovering. As the troops marched to the Hebei Plain, the battle situation became more and more tense, Song Renqiang and his wife Zhong Yuelin discussed and decided to foster the child in a family home, and then take it back to his side when the war was over and the conditions permitted.
Zhong Yuelin looked at Song Qin, who was only five months old, with tears in her eyes, and although her heart was full of reluctance, she still reluctantly agreed to her husband's suggestion. With the child in his arms, he walked into an ordinary farmer's house and knocked on the wooden door.
The door creaked open, and a simple farmer looked at them with a puzzled face. Song Renqiao got straight to the point and directly showed the other party that he was the Eighth Route Army and needed their help with a task.
Seeing that it was the Eighth Route Army, the vigilance of the croppers immediately disappeared, and they warmly invited them into the house. Song Renqiang had been mentally prepared for the possibility of rejection before he came, but he didn't expect that the other party would immediately agree after hearing his request.
Now that the devils are raging, our Eighth Route Army sacrificed our lives to protect the hometown, although I can't fight with the devils with real swords and guns, but I am willing to do my best to help you. Leave the child to me, and I will take care of him as if he were my own.
Although my abilities are limited, I promise to do my best. This is a little careful, you can take it, you're welcome. When the day was about to dawn, Song Renqiang took his wife and bowed deeply to the two of them, took the child, kissed and kissed, and then reluctantly left.
Four years later, as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression drew to a close, Song Renqiao's work stabilized, and he finally saw his daughter again. However, the skinny little girl in front of him, whose face was stained, surprised him.
Even though he had imagined his daughter countless times in the past four years, he was still a little overwhelmed by what she was looking for. Song Qin looked at the strange man in front of him with red eyes and outstretched hands, looking very restrained.
The father and mother she was talking about had passed away two years ago, so why did a father she didn't know suddenly appear. Song Renqiang's heart was full of guilt, and he held back his tears, trying to make his daughter believe that he was her father.
This seven-foot man, who had bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, couldn't control his emotions at the moment. He looked at his daughter's puzzled eyes and felt deeply remorseful.
He knew that he needed more time and effort to make his daughter accept him as a father and let her feel the warmth of home again.
Song Renqiao was deeply trapped in the contradiction of the family and the country, and no one could solve his worries. Song Qin couldn't face her biological father for a long time, and it wasn't until her adoptive father passed away that she began to understand her father's hardships.
Although she returned to her biological parents, she spent most of her time in a nursery school. There, she met many children who had the same experience, and the teachers at the nursery were all front-line fighters, and their favorite thing to do was to tell the children stories about fighting devils, and Song Renqiang's name often appeared in the stories.
Gradually, Song Qin began to understand why her father wanted to give her to her adoptive parents, and this understanding made her respect her father's decision even more.
Song Qin was fond of many stories of the Anti-Japanese War, especially the heroic scenes of the fierce battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army. Whenever he heard the news that our soldiers had died due to the enemy's advanced **, he always stood up indignantly, clenched his fists, and asked the teacher: "Why can't we bombard the enemy with artillery?" ”
The teacher touched his head regretfully and told him: "We are not strong enough, we do not have advanced ** and artillery." The teacher continued: "The future of China is pinned on you, children, you must study hard, build more and better ** and artillery, so that the enemy who invades us will flee in the wilderness, and reduce the sacrifice of our soldiers." ”
Hearing these words, Song Qin secretly vowed: We must study hard, create China's advanced ** for the motherland, resist the invasion of the enemy, and let more children have a beautiful home.
In 1949, as the secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the chairman of the provincial government, and the political commissar of the military region, Song Renqiang made great contributions to supporting the battle of crossing the river. He led hundreds of thousands of Anxi migrant workers to deliver military rations and raise boats to cross the river, actively preparing for the liberation of the whole of China.
In April of the same year, he assisted Comrade *** to take over the work of Nanjing City, and went all out to prepare for the liberation of the whole of China. In June, according to the suggestion of Comrade ***, Song Renqiang established the Southwest Service Group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and resolutely advanced to the southwest.
However, in order to take care of her husband, Zhong Yuelin had no choice but to leave Song Qin, who was in elementary school, and her youngest daughter in Beijing alone. Zhong Yuelin took the other children in the family to go south with Song Renqiao.
After graduating from primary school, Song Qin was arranged to study in junior high school at the Women's High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, when Song Renqiang and Zhong Yuelin had not yet returned to Beijing to work. Song Qin can only live with his sister on campus, and takes turns to live in the homes of Chen Geng, Dong Biwu and others on holidays.
Although the time with his parents was short, Song Qin's feelings for his father were both familiar and unfamiliar.
After Song Renqiang held a meeting in Beijing, he immediately rushed to his daughter's school. He sat on the bench in the communication room, nervous, wanting to be close to his daughter but not knowing how to break the silence.
He is a political cadre, but he feels powerless in the face of his daughter's problems. When his daughter, who was wearing a middle school uniform, appeared at the door of the communication room, he could barely recognize her, and her daughter had grown into a big girl.
He called out his daughter's nickname, opened his backpack, and took out many bags full of delicious things, hoping to bring happiness to his daughter.
Song Qin nervously walked into the communication room, only half a meter away from his father. Her father, Song Renqiang, told her that he would go back to the dormitory to clean up later, and he would take her to the West Building of Zhongnanhai for a few days in the evening.
Song Qin directly rejected her father's proposal, saying that she was still willing to live in the school, saying that she was not familiar with Zhongnanhai. Many years later, Song Qin recalled the lost eyes of his father Song Renqiao and felt deep remorse, because the war had isolated the normal emotions between father and daughter.
Song was transferred back to Beijing in December 1954 to help with government affairs.
Although Song Renqiao was very strict with his daughter's education, he insisted that his daughter eat in the school cafeteria, and only on holidays could she eat at home. He resolutely opposed his daughter's special treatment and demanded that she mingle with the children of workers, peasants and soldiers.
Song Qin has no opinion on her father's arrangement, she, like the children of other ordinary families, does not feel that she has any special identity, she only has learning in her heart and contributing to the country.
In 1959, when Song Qin graduated from high school, with enthusiasm for the country's national defense, she resolutely chose the top Kazakh military job in China as her path of study.
Because she knows that only on this platform can she better realize her ideals and develop high-end ** for the motherland.
Okay, you little ghost, you dare to sue me to your Uncle Zhou, who told you that the Kazakh military industry does not accept girls, this year, you are the first batch of female students in our Kazakh military industry. ”
Although in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Kazakh military industry did not open the authority to recruit female students, but Song Qin did not give up, she found *** and finally realized her wish.
Song Qin, a "red second generation", she has always remembered her father's teachings "draught and don't forget to dig wells". After graduating and being assigned to work in the Second Hospital of the Seventh Machinery Department, Song Qin understood and felt his father's hard work more and more, and the relationship between mother and daughter was heating up day by day.
In order to promote the construction of old areas, in 1990, Song Qin presided over the establishment of the China Association for the Promotion of Old Area Construction. In order to respect his father's last wishes, Song Qin insisted on contributing to the construction of the Chen Guanying Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in Daiwan Town, Linqing City for many years.
On April 12, 2021, the memorial hall was officially established, and Song Qin, as the "second generation of reds", visited the memorial hall and donated the books that recorded his father's life to the memorial hall to express his deep admiration and nostalgia for his father.
Song Qin revisited Yangzhuang and lamented the changes in the village. At the age of 82, she once again came to the former site of the South Hebei District Party Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yangzhuang Village, accompanied by Yan Hongtao, Secretary of the Town Party Committee.
Song Qin said that on the day of the inauguration ceremony of the restoration of the old red site, she came for the first time, and it has been ten years since then, and the appearance of Yangzhuang Village and the living environment have undergone great changes.
During the visit, Song Qin listened carefully to the introduction of the staff, and she said affectionately: "These cultural relics and historical materials of the Anti-Japanese War are hard-won and very precious, and they must be properly kept and fully utilized." ”
As the daughter of a famous general, Song Qin has always remembered her father's teachings, and in her limited life, she has devoted her infinite enthusiasm to the construction of the motherland. Even in 2022, Song Qin, who is still physically strong, is still active on the front line of promoting the construction of the old area and dedicating his life's energy to the motherland.