Wang Guangmei visited *** hometown
In 1983, Wang Guangmei expressed a wish to her son Liu Yuan: "I want to go back to Huaming Building to see." "Huaming Building is located in Ningxian County, Changsha, Hunan, with beautiful scenery and is the hometown of ***.
Liu Yuan was confused by his mother's thoughts, he only knew that the last time his mother and father returned to Hunan Huaminglou was more than 20 years ago, and he never returned home once during his tenure, why did Wang Guangmei want to go back to his hometown this time?
Reading is reasonable, and the revolution saves the country. —The starting point of Wang Guangmei's legendary lifeIn 1945, Wang Guangmei graduated from the Graduate School of Science of Fu Jen University with a master's degree in science.
In the course of her master's studies, Wang Guangmei established contact with the underground party organization in Beiping and had contacts with Cui Yueli, the leader of the school's working committee. During this period, she was influenced by advanced revolutionary ideas.
Help our party reach an armistice agreement with the Kuomintang and the United States. Wang Guangmei understands that this is an extremely important mission that requires her to be proficient in English and politically reliable.
At this time, Zheng Jiemin, chief of staff of the Communist Party's 18th Group Army, director of the Second Department of the Military Command Department of the Kuomintang Military Commission, and Robertson, the US chargé d'affaires in China, were both in Beiping, which made the completion of the task more challenging.
However, Wang Guangmei firmly believed in it, accepted this mission, and began her new life journey.
Most of the Kuomintang ** have overseas study experience and are good at foreign languages, and the Communist Party is now in dire need of such talents. After receiving this glorious mission, Wang Guangmei was excited and worried, and she was a little hesitant in her heart.
She is familiar with the terminology of high-energy physics, and is not familiar with military and political terms, can she be up to this difficult task? At the same time, she also thought of the permission of the University of Michigan in the United States, and her long-standing "dream of studying to save the country".
However, after much deliberation, she chose to go to the report and thus officially began her work in the party.
As soon as Wang Guangmei found a sense of feeling in the work environment, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the armistice agreement and the CPPCC agreement. At this time, the Kuomintang army had already begun a full-scale offensive on the liberated areas.
Wang Guangmei's Beiping Military Dispatch Department has already existed in name only, and many military cadres of the CPC delegation have left Beiping one after another. In October 1946, ** sent someone to ask Wang Guangmei about his thoughts on future work, and after careful consideration, Wang Guangmei decided to say goodbye to his parents and go to Yan'an.
In Yan'an, Wang Guangmei and *** met for the first time, and tears slipped uncontrollably. On this day, Wang Guangmei had lunch with Long Feihu, the security staff officer of ***, and Long Feihu casually mentioned that there was a dance party in Yangjialing in the evening and invited everyone to participate.
I thought that Wang Guangmei was not very interested in the ball, but that night, she unexpectedly participated, and ** was also present. Seeing Wang Guangmei, Long Feihu greeted her warmly and introduced her to ***, so the fate of the two was intertwined.
Although Wang Guangmei knew that *** was the leader of ***, she did not have a deep initial impression of him. However, when she became Mrs. Liu and read Anna Louise Strong's description of ***, she gained a deeper understanding of him.
Strong describes *** dancing as both scientifically accurate and unexpectedly unrestrained, as refined as his essays.
Wang Guangmei couldn't help but laugh after hearing ***'s words, she felt that it was like"2+2=4"All the same, straight to the point. For Wang Guangmei, she is both a mentor and a friend.
It wasn't until around the March Eighth Festival in 1948 that the two met again in Xibaipo and confessed their feelings to Wang Guangmei. He is 23 years older than Wang Guangmei, has children, and is busy with work, but he still said to Wang Guangmei seriously: "You can think about it." ”
Wang Guangmei felt that ***'s confession was very special, he didn't say that he was good, but that he was bad, but Wang Guangmei thought it was very interesting.
Although she has a deep respect for ***, Wang Guangmei's reserve makes her not immediately respond to his feelings. She simply said: "I don't care about age, but the gap between our political levels is a bit big." ”
However, after several dates and exchanges, they quickly established their feelings for each other in Xibaipo. On August 21, 1948, the chief guard of ** came to help Wang Guangmei carry his luggage, although they did not deliberately prepare, but the colleagues of the foreign affairs team made a big cake for the couple, the wedding was very simple, only *** and other leaders were present.
While everyone was eating the cake, they also expressed their blessings to the newlyweds.
In his secretarial career, Wang Guangmei not only did her duty at work, but also regarded the children as her own children, and took care of his health until he successfully recuperated his stomach disease.
In 1961, Wang Guangmei accompanied *** back to his hometown to conduct rural research, which was also the first time she returned to her in-law's house after marriage. However, shortly after the end of the research, ** left this world forever in the middle of the night on May 3, which was also the last time he returned to his hometown.
Although they had reached a consensus to go home and see, that wish would never come true.
The mountains and rivers of Huaminglou, the grass and trees, all made Wang Guangmei feel surprised and kind. Here, it is the land where *** was born and grown. In her memory, this is the first time that *** introduced her to the production and living tools of her hometown, explained the local customs and habits, and told her about his childhood experience and family situation.
The next day, ** returned to his hometown as usual, and people found him returning home with his wife. When the villagers saw Wang Guangmei, they were so surprised that they couldn't speak for a long time, they didn't expect that ***'s wife would be so radiant, beautiful and generous, and take care of ***'s work and life.
In the eyes of the villagers, the two of them are a loving couple.
After visiting the local people, ** and Wang Guangmei only have a little time to visit relatives and friends. They returned to Zhao Jiachong to visit his sister Liu Shaode.
The two walked a long way to see their sister, ** grabbed Wang Guangmei and introduced her: "This is your brother and daughter-in-law, sister." Liu Shaode saw his younger brother and sister-in-law after decades of separation, but he was just stunned, as if he was petrified.
However, when she reacted, she burst into tears. The cry led to Lu Xinxiu, the niece in the house, who said with red eyes: "Uncle, aunt, you are finally back, my father passed away last year, and my mother is now delirious because of sadness and illness......”
In 1960, a year before ** and Wang Guangmei returned to their hometowns, her brother-in-law Lu Ruilin wrote a letter to *** to reflect the plight of family life. When Wang Guangmei learned about it, she immediately sent 60 yuan to her sister and brother-in-law.
However, Lu Ruilin died shortly after receiving the money, which made Liu Shaode grieve excessively due to the death of her husband, and his mental state was up and down after a serious illness. ** Shocked by this bad news, she could only comfort her niece, but Wang Guangmei couldn't help crying.
This experience of returning to their hometown left a deep impression on the poor life of the villagers in Huaminglou.
Wang Guangmei's homesickness: "I want to go back to Huaminglou to see" Wang Guangmei was born in Tianjin, grew up in Beijing, her father served as the first in the agricultural and commercial department during the Beiyang ** period, her mother was born in a wealthy merchant family in Tianjin, graduated from Beiyang Women's Normal University, the fourth brother is a radio expert, set up a secret radio station in the Battle of Lugou Bridge to keep in touch with Yan'an, and served as the vice minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry after the founding of New China.
There are a total of 7 Communist Party members in the Wang family, except for the eldest brother, who died young, the remaining 11 brothers and sisters are all Communist Party members. Wang Guangmei has lived a prosperous life since she was a child, and she is a talented girl who grew up in the imperial city.
Therefore, when his mother said that she was going back to Huaming Building in Ningxiang, Hunan, Liu Yuan was both puzzled and worried.
Liu Yuan asked Wang Guangmei why she wanted to return to her hometown in person, but Wang Guangmei just shook her head quietly and did not answer. This worries Liu Yuan, who speculates that his mother may be missing his father.
Twenty-two years later, Wang Guangmei has returned to her hometown, the hometown of *. She first came to the former residence of ***, carefully examined and stroked the ** and items inside, which carried her endless thoughts.
Then, she invited some leading cadres and ancestors in her hometown to talk, and when she heard that the living standards of the people in Ningxiang had generally improved, she showed a gratifying smile: "Along the way, I have seen that the lives of the villagers have improved, there are new houses everywhere, and everyone is dressed beautifully, which is all thanks to the party's good policies." ”
Is the rookie coming? Sure enough, it was Lu Xinxiu, the niece she had seen back then, who entered the house, and she came to visit from Zhao's house.
Wang Guangmei was in a particularly happy mood when she saw her niece Lu Xinxiu, she enthusiastically got up and held Lu Xinxiu's hand and asked, "Xinxiu, are you okay?" Lu Xinxiu's voice was loud and replied frankly: "As long as my aunt is healthy, there will be no problem!" ”
Wang Guangmei listened, her eyes couldn't help but moisten, she nodded again and again, and said gratefully: "I'm fine, thank you for your concern." As early as 1979, Wang Guangmei wrote to Lu Xinxiu to report his safety: "I am in good health now, there is no major problem, and the four children are also healthy and happy in their respective growth processes." ”
In the letter, Lu Xinxiu asked Wang Guangmei for his opinion on whether to repair the tomb of the Liu family. Wang Guangmei replied that instead of repairing, we should use our strength in production to improve our material and cultural living standards.
She understands that ** will also care about the lives of the people. After returning to her hometown, Wang Guangmei returned to Huaminglou four times, and her hometown became a knot in her heart.
Since the opening of the memorial hall in 1988, every time she returns to her hometown, Wang Guangmei will go to pay homage to the bronze statue of ***, and has donated relics and ** to the memorial hall many times, expressing her deep nostalgia for Comrade ***.
In 2003, Wang Guangmei, accompanied by her children, returned to Huaming Building, and still did not forget to carry the flower basket and bow to the bronze statue of ***. **Most of the items displayed in the memorial hall were donated by Wang Guangmei to commemorate and inherit the spirit of Comrade ***.
In front of this dying old woman, the bronze statue of ** has become a silent shadow wall, isolating her from the world. Her eyes were full of concentration and affection, as if she was staring at her husband, comrades-in-arms, and herself became part of the statue.
At this solemn and sad moment, Wang Guangmei turned around and waved to everyone, as if leading everyone to worship her mother-in-law. Mother-in-law Lu, the biological mother of **, died as early as 1931, and Wang Guangmei only saw this kind old lady in the portrait of her mother preserved by ***.
However, the portrait of this mother-in-law is now preserved in the *** Memorial Hall, displayed in his former home, as if quietly telling the story of the past.
Every time Wang Guangmei returns to Huaming Tower, it seems that she is following the footsteps of the villagers, paying attention to the lives of the villagers, visiting relatives and friends, and worshiping her mother. In 2003, she still did not change this tradition, went to her mother-in-law's grave, cleaned up the weeds with her own hands, and offered pines and cypresses and fruits to remember this ordinary and great mother.
Whenever she came to her mother-in-law's grave, she would say to the people around her, "Shaoqi is very filial to his mother. It was this respectful remembrance, coupled with the plight of women Wang Guangmei saw when she first came to Huaming Tower in 1961, that she devoted herself to the poverty alleviation program initiated by the Chinese Population Welfare Association in her later years.
This project expresses Wang Guangmei's love for poor families and women in distress around the world, and she named it "Happiness Project".
These references include "Wang Guangmei's Six Returns to Ningxiang Huaming Building", "Party History Expo" and "History is Written by the People - ** Comrade Memorial Hall", etc., all of which provide important materials for us to understand history.