Here's a touching story: In 1968, in a remote village, an 85-year-old woman died silently in a dark and dilapidated cowshed.
She was unaccompanied, without children, relatives or friends, and her body was not found until three days later. Because of the special status of the old woman, the kind-hearted villagers did not dare to blatantly hold a funeral for her, so they could only secretly find a broken straw mat and bury her hastily on the hillside.
Such stories make people feel deeply sad, and they also make us cherish the people and things around us even more.
Many years later, Liang Qichao's children searched for the old woman's body, and people learned that this ordinary and great woman was Liang Qichao's concubine Wang Guiquan.
Liang Qichao is famous for organizing and initiating the "Book on the Bus" incident in Beijing, and after that, he continued to promote the reform of the law, issued a series of edicts to change the law by removing the old and replacing the new, vigorously implemented the new policy, and became a figure of the year in history.
However, behind a successful man, there is always an ordinary and great woman, she is his wife Li Huixian, and Wang Guiquan is just Li Huixian's dowry maid.
Liang Qichao's marriage can be called a good story, although his wife Li Huixian was born in a family of eunuchs, she was not pampered because of wealth. The Liang family has been farming for generations, and when they got married, they didn't even have a decent place to live, so they could only borrow a small room in the office surnamed Liang.
However, Li Huixian has no complaints, she is virtuous and capable, filial to her in-laws, and also helps Liang Qichao take care of her younger siblings. Their story, full of tenacity and sacrifice, is a testament to the power of true love and affection.
Li Huixian is the hero behind Liang Qichao, she is responsible for handling the affairs of the family, so that Liang Qichao has more time to study. She understood her husband's worth and potential, and did not hesitate to sell his dowry to support his academic pursuits.
Her insight and vision made her Liang Qichao's right-hand man, and she courageously led her husband to advocate for women's emancipation, supporting and encouraging his cause. When Liang Qichao encountered difficulties, she stepped forward and bravely faced pressure and danger.
Li Huixian's wisdom, courage and unwavering support for her husband have become important factors in Liang Qichao's success.
Liang Qichao sighed that having such a virtuous wife was really a blessing for him in his third life. Therefore, he was full of gratitude to Li Huixian and never had the idea of marrying a concubine. However, Li Huixian felt pain because she gave birth to her eldest daughter Liang Sishun in the third year of marriage, but she never gave birth to more children for the Liang family.
In 1897, Li Huixian gave birth to a son, but unfortunately, the child died a month later. After another four years, Li Huixian gave birth to a son again, named Liang Sicheng.
However, Liang Sicheng has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and in order to make the Liang family's incense more vigorous, Li Huixian suggested that her husband marry Wang Guiquan as a concubine.
Wang Guiquan was born in poverty, and was trafficked by traffickers after the death of both parents. Although she was eventually adopted by the Li family and treated kindly, her life did not improve because of it. When Li Huixian married her to Liang Qichao, she did not resist, because Liang Qichao was very good to her and even let her read and write.
However, Liang Qichao's goodness cannot be compared with the love between Li Huixian and his wife. Because Liang Qichao was busy founding the "Monogamous World Association", he didn't even give her an official identity and title.
Wang Guiquan's love for Liang Qichao is selfless, even though she gave birth to seven children for him, she did not seek any status. When the Wuxu Reform failed and the imperial court began to arrest the Restoration, Liang Qichao was forced to flee to Japan with his family.
Wang Guiquan followed closely behind, and she quickly learned Japanese and became Li Huixian's right-hand man in managing household chores. Wang Guiquan is not only hardworking and capable, but also very kind.
When Li Huixian was sick and couldn't take care of housework, Wang Guiquan bravely took on all the affairs of the family and took care of her and Li Huixian's children carefully.
Li Huixian's son was seriously ill, and she was reluctant to stay in the hospital day and night. But her daughter also suffered from diphtheria, and because she could not take care of two children at the same time, she unfortunately passed away.
In 1924, Li Huixian died of breast cancer, Liang Qichao also faded out of the political stage, and Wang Guiquan became the only partner in his life who knew cold and hot. However, even though she has given a lot, before Liang Qichao's death, she was still not duly recognized, so that many people did not know about her existence.
After Liang Qichao passed away, Wang Guiquan raised many children alone. She is optimistic and cheerful, always smiling, and devotes all her energy to the children, teaching them to read and write, and teaching them the principles of life.
Many years later, the children recalled Wang Guiquan and felt her kindness. Liang Qichao's eldest son, Liang Sicheng, said affectionately: "Mother is a clear-minded, sensual, rational, and very kind person. ”
It is because of Wang's diligence and tenacity that the children have achieved outstanding achievements in adulthood, and three of the nine children have become academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Despite the family's financial difficulties, Leung's mother, Wang Guiquan, did her best to help him win the opportunity to study in the United States. However, studying in the United States required a lot of money, so Wang Guiquan had to sell the only property in the market, borrow money from an old friend, and finally scrape together $400.
After the children grew up and went their separate ways, Wang Guiquan spent his last years at home alone. When Liang Sili returned to China after the founding of New China, Wang Guiquan was already full of gray hair, but she still greeted her son in the bitter cold wind.
However, a storm is brewing, and the mother and son, who have just been reunited, have to be separated again.
After 1966, Wang Guiquan was repatriated to his hometown due to Liang Qichao's involvement, and spent the rest of his life in a dark and dilapidated cowshed. The children were unable to reach out to save their mothers because of their own plight.
No one knows how Wang Guiquan's final days were, and when she was found again, she had died alone in the cowshed. Wang Guiquan did not leave any relics when she passed away, and the villagers could only secretly take a broken straw mat and hastily bury her on the hillside because of her special status.
When the children were finally able to return to the countryside to look for Wang Guiquan, they found that her resting place had been razed to the ground, and it was impossible to find her bones, so they could only imagine, kneel in place and cry.
Although Wang Guiquan lived in obscurity all her life and could not even leave her ashes when she died, her selfless love was deeply imprinted in the hearts of her children. In 1995, Liang Sili and his siblings planted a mother tree for Wang Guiquan at the Liang Qichao cemetery.
This whitebark pine is planted on the east side of the tomb of Liang Qichao and his wife Li Huixian, symbolizing that the three of them are reunited in another world.