After 72 years of waiting, Chi Yuhua poured her deep thoughts about her husband into her diary, firmly believing that he was still alive, waiting not only for a husband, but also for a heroic Red Army soldier.
When her husband parted, she said: "I didn't expect that the wait would be ten years." Who would have thought that this would be the passage of 72 years.
In the early spring of 1920, Chi Yuhua was sold by his father to a farmer surnamed Li in a neighboring village because of his poor family background, and became a child daughter-in-law. In that old society, the fate of child daughters-in-law was like grass on the side of the road, small and helpless.
Chi Yuhua works every day, collecting firewood, herding cattle, and picking wild vegetables, although he is young, his hands are already covered with calluses, and no one can complain about the pain in his heart. After a tiring session, she couldn't help but shed tears, and her kind friend Li Cailian handed over a handful of dried sweet potatoes at the right time, which made Chi Yuhua feel a trace of warmth.
Watching the childish "little husband" running away and sweating profusely, the grievances in Chi Yuhua's heart for so many days disappeared unconsciously. This hardship deepened the relationship between this young man and girl who were just beginning to fall in love.
Li Cailian grew up to study, and in 1928, in the Chinese New Year's Eve, he and Chi Yuhua became husband and wife. At that time, there were storms in various parts of China, and the storm of revolution swept the whole of China, and at the moment when the mountains and rivers were broken and the country was in turmoil, Li Cailian made a decision.
On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year in 1929, when the sky was bright, Li Cailian bid farewell to her newlywed wife and went with the Red Army to fight thousands of miles on the front line of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle.
In the years following her husband's departure, the harsh situation of struggle caused the husband and wife to get together less and leave more. Unfortunately, Chi Yuhua was illiterate, so she was unable to exchange letters with her husband, which made her feel very distressed.
So, she made a bold decision.
In 1933, Chi Yuhua walked hundreds of miles alone and took the only three silver dollars left in the family to her husband's place of work. Although she saw her lover, her comrades-in-arms quipped: I only saw Li Cailian.
Hearing her husband's words, Chi Yuhua's heart was dripping blood. She couldn't understand why her husband would avoid her and wouldn't even admit her identity in front of his comrades.
However, this matter soon reached the ears of ***, who served as the secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, and Comrade Cai Chang of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee. ** and Cai Chang were a model revolutionary couple at that time, and after the founding of New China, ** officials reached the national level.
In 1919, ** met ...... while going to France for work-study
** I met Cai Chang and his wife here, and they were full of care and love for the soldiers. However, when Li Cailian took her family privately, Cai Chang resolutely objected and arranged for them to live in the same room.
When Chi Yuhua saw Li Cailian, he immediately went up and beat his chest, and Li Cailian said to Chi Yuhua affectionately: "Now that the war ahead is tight, how can I, as a cadre, take my family with me at this moment for the sake of my children's personal feelings?"
Now how many Red Army soldiers have left their hometowns and left their wives and children, what will others think and think if I take you with me? "Cai Chang's decision shows her loyalty and determination to the revolutionary cause, and her actions set an example for the fighters.
In the photo with Cai Chang, Chi Yuhua calmed down and understood her husband's troubles. So she said to her husband, "I understand, don't worry, I won't trouble you." ”
Six days later, Chi Yuhua said goodbye to her husband and returned to her hometown of Xingguo. Before leaving, her husband Li Cailian packed a small item for her to look at when she got home. After returning home, Chi Yuhua opened the placket and found that it was a small and delicate square mirror.
A year later, that is, in 1934, the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" failed, and the news was flying all over the sky. Some people say that Li Cailian has been killed.
In order to find her husband Li Cailian, Chi Yuhua has been begging in the mountains of southern Gansu, and after a long period of hard work, she still has not found any trace of her husband. Although many well-wishers told her that Li Cailian had successfully broken through and followed the large army north in search of the main force of the Red Army, she did not believe it.
In fact, Li Cailian had written a letter to her in 1934 when the Red Army retreated, but due to various reasons, a lot of time had passed since Chi Yuhua received the letter.
Despite this, Chi Yuhua still insisted on waiting, and she dreamed countless times in her dreams that her husband was dressed in military uniform and rode back to Jiaofu Village to pick her up.
Although Li Cailian was alone in the empty room, she knew that her husband Chi Yuhua must still be waiting for her somewhere. Although the years passed, her happy time with her daughter made her feel comforted.
However, every Qingming Festival and Midyear Festival, she would feel lost and miserable because she didn't know if her husband was still alive and if she should burn paper money for him. But she still firmly believes that as long as she keeps hope, Ji Yuhua will return to her one day.
In Ji Yuhua's world, she is always full of endless regrets. Whenever she recalls the letter her husband left behind, her heart is pierced deeply. In order to make up for these regrets, she began to study culture and write diligently.
Gradually, she learned to keep a diary and write letters, which was the only thing she could do and how she could make up for her guilt towards her husband. However, tragedy befell this miserable woman again.
The sudden death of her daughter was a fatal blow to her. She almost broke down, didn't say a word all day, and worked desperately. Her parents and fellow villagers also persuaded her to remarry, but Chi Yuhua, who had a strong temperament, directly took out a pair of scissors and said sharply: "Don't worry, I won't marry anyone.
I just want to leave all my love and strength to my daughter. ”
With the mediation of the elders of the clan, Chi Yuhua solved the problem of burning the fire, and no one persuaded her to remarry again. In the 80s, people from the Party History Office personally went to her home to inform Comrade Li Cailian of the truth after the investigation, but she firmly denied it: "Comrade Li Cailian did not die heroically in Ruijin Tongbo Mountain. ”
Despite her old age, Chi Yuhua still insisted on writing a diary for her husband every day with trembling hands, and used the monthly martyr's pension given to her by the civil affairs department as her husband's living expenses.
On the monument of the martyrs' cemetery, the name of Li Cailian is engraved. The thick three diaries, countless letters, every word carries her deep longing for her husband.
However, these letters were destined to never be sent. In 2002, CCTV filmed a documentary "Old Mirror" for her, in front of the camera, when she mentioned her husband, she would always sing such a song: "Say wait for you, I'm not afraid that the iron tree will bloom and the water will flow backwards, and the water will turn over and turn around, I don't know when my husband will return!" ”
This is a song made up by the old man Chi Yuhua himself, singing a song of rejuvenating the country, and the sea is dry and rotten. People don't want to shred her dreams with a harsh reality, so they start weaving white lies to comfort her.
In 2005, the old man Chi Yuhua passed away in her sleep, and she was finally reunited with her husband. This is a story of love and perseverance, showing the persistent pursuit of love and the endless thinking of life and death.