On September 8, 1976, the night of late summer and early autumn was already a little chilly, and endless darkness enveloped the land. It was late at night, but no one in Zhongnanhai slept peacefully. In the room, medical staff come and go, with serious expressions, and an invisible hand tightly grips everyone's heart.
On this day, ** sent three urgent telegrams to inform the relevant leaders of ***'s physical condition.
The 83-year-old *** was lying in bed, sometimes awake, sometimes drowsy, and his physical illness tortured this once beautiful old man to the bone. Death came in the night, and despite the desperate efforts of the medical staff, they still failed to take back ***'s life from the hands of death.
In the early morning of September 9, ** exhaled his last breath and fell into a permanent sleep.
The people who guarded the chairman's side day and night seemed to have lost their souls in an instant, and they were all piled on the ground, and the room was filled with bitter weeping. There was one person in the crowd who cried the saddest, cried and fainted several times, and then sank into mourning after waking up, this person was ***'s confidential secretary - Zhang Yufeng.
Over the years, Zhang Yufeng has been accompanying the chairman in Zhongnanhai, and has been waiting for the chairman in his later years. In Zhongnanhai, only Zhang Yufeng dared to talk back to ***, and when ***'s eyesight deteriorated and he was unable to view confidential documents, he asked Zhang Yufeng to read it to himself. She and *** are not father and daughter, they are better than father and daughter.
How did Zhang Yufeng meet ***? Why do you trust Zhang Yufeng so much?
Zhang Yufeng was born in a poor peasant family, when she was a child, her family was particularly difficult, after Zhang Yufeng went to school for six years, the family could no longer afford to support her future tuition, and the sensible Zhang Yufeng gave up her studies and returned home.
The family's income from Bo Tian could not support the family's life, so Zhang Yufeng came out to look for work at a young age.
It happened that at this time, the Railway Bureau was recruiting, and 14-year-old Zhang Yufeng went with the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect to be hired. Since then, Zhang Yufeng has become a railway passenger attendant.
Because it was the first job in his life, although it was very hard and he had to face different passengers every day, Zhang Yufeng never complained. She followed the train through the land of the motherland every day, saw the customs and customs of different regions, and her face was always full of smiles, and she only saw the vitality and enthusiasm of youth.
It is precisely because Zhang Yufeng is conscientious and praised for her work that she quickly received the attention of the leaders.
In 1960, the Ministry of Railways went to Zhang Yufeng's train to select special train personnel, Zhang Yufeng was recommended by the leader, was successfully selected, and has since become the conductor of the special train for the first chief and foreign heads of state.
Soon, new opportunities came again.
** The special train needs a waiter, and the leader thought of Zhang Yufeng, and when he asked Zhang Yufeng about his wishes, Zhang Yufeng agreed without thinking about it. It is a great honor to be a waiter on the chairman's special train, and in this way, Zhang Yufeng was selected as a staff member on the special train.
From this time on, Zhang Yufeng was occasionally able to come into contact with ***
In her impression, ** is a tall and majestic old man with strong spirits.
While working on the special train, Zhang Yufeng met an honest and honest young man - Liu Aimin.
Liu Aimin's attitude towards work is the same as Zhang Yufeng's, he usually doesn't like to talk much, and he is obsessed with work.
Zhang Yufeng and Liu Aimin usually work together, and they have known each other since they came and went. In getting along, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up, so when Zhang Yufeng was 24 years old, the two held a wedding, officially became husband and wife, and had their own small family.
A year later, their child was born. Since both of them need to work, the child is entrusted to Liu Aimin's mother.
Because of work, Zhang Yufeng sometimes did not go home for several months in a row, and could not see her children, Zhang Yufeng was also very painful and thought about giving up, but with the encouragement and support of her mother-in-law and husband Liu Aimin, she still gritted her teeth and persevered.
The hectic and peaceful life was soon shattered again.
One sunny morning, Zhang Yufeng was cleaning the carriage when the conductor walked quickly and stopped in front of her. Without waiting for Zhang Yufeng to speak, the conductor said, "You go to Zhongnanhai today, and someone wants to see you." ”
Zhongnanhai? Isn't that where the chairman lives? Who wants to see me? What's the matter? Many questions drifted through Zhang Yufeng's mind.
But she didn't ask, she didn't even dress up, so she followed the conductor to Zhongnanhai.
In Zhongnanhai, Zhang Yaoci, the head of the ** guard regiment, and Wu Xujun, the head of the ** guard, met with Zhang Yufeng, and after some understanding, Wu Xujun asked: "Would you like to come to Zhongnanhai as a waiter?" ”
Hearing this question, Zhang Yufeng's heart beat violently. Serving in Zhongnanhai *** can see *** every day is the dream of many Chinese! Her voice trembled, and she replied categorically, "I do!" ”
In this way, Zhang Yufeng officially entered Zhongnanhai in 1970.
Soon after, Xu Yefu, the confidential secretary next to **, passed away, and after the review and approval of **, Zhang Yufeng became the chairman's confidential secretary again. Unexpectedly, this work was 6 years, and Zhang Yufeng accompanied *** in the last time of his life.
After Zhang Yufeng entered Zhongnanhai, he saw that the once high-spirited *** was already full of white hair, his face was pale and haggard, and he was very weak, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
Once, a small cold caused inflammation of the bronchial tubes and coughing every night. However, he believed in doctors and did not believe in medicine, did not listen to doctors' instructions at all, did not take medicine, and often smoked, and as a result, his condition worsened and turned into lobar pneumonia.
Although the chief told him every day to smoke less, which is good for his health, as soon as the addiction to smoking came up, he couldn't help but want to take two puffs, and he had to cough for a long time after taking two puffs.
Zhang Yufeng saw it in her eyes and felt very sorry for the chairman, so she thought of ways to make the chairman smoke less every day. She often hid the chairman's cigarette, and couldn't find it for a long time, and called her to look for it, but she also pretended not to find it, and forced the chairman to lose his temper several times.
But Zhang Yufeng's temper is bigger than the chairman.
Because Zhang Yufeng was thinking about himself, the chairman had no choice but to give up, endure his addiction to smoking, and smoke a few less.
Zhang Yufeng didn't know about nursing or medicine, but in order to take better care of the chairman, she taught herself nursing while working. Under Zhang Yufeng's careful care, **'s body also began to improve day by day, which also made *** trust Zhang Yufeng even more.
However, Zhang Yufeng's temper is not small, and once she was angry and dismissed her.
One day Zhongnanhai came to the guests, everyone was busy greeting the guests with a smile on their faces, and Zhang Yufeng, as the secretary, should treat the guests warmly. But Zhang Yufeng put on a stinky face all day long, and when she saw Zhang Yufeng's appearance, she criticized her.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yufeng heard *** scolding herself, and her temper became even bigger, she kept frowning, staring at her big eyes, and justifying herself one sentence on the left and one sentence on the right. **Seeing that she didn't want to admit her mistake at all, her temper rushed up all of a sudden, her wrinkled face became red, she also stared, used all her strength, and shouted at Zhang Yufeng: "If you're not happy, just get out of me!" ”
Zhang Yufeng was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect *** to let her leave Zhongnanhai, but she quickly came back to her senses and returned in a louder voice: "Get out, get out, whoever doesn't let me go is a puppy!" ”
After speaking, he simply cleaned up and left Zhongnanhai without looking back.
After returning home, Zhang Yufeng felt very uncomfortable and stayed at home for more than 20 days and was reluctant to go out. During this period, Zhang Yaoci came to her and asked her to write an inspection to admit her mistake to ***, and this matter was over, but although Zhang Yufeng felt uncomfortable, she was very stubborn, she shook her head and refused, and she didn't write a word.
Until she found out that some of her clothes were left in Zhongnanhai, but she didn't want to go back to get them, so she would see the chairman again, so she called **to** chief Wu Xujun and asked her to send the clothes over.
Wu Xujun didn't pay attention to her request, but just said to her: "You wait at home, don't go anywhere, someone will take you back to Zhongnanhai later." ”
Zhang Yufeng knew that the chairman asked her to go back, but she didn't refuse this time, so she went around and returned to the chairman.
When she returned to Zhongnanhai and saw the familiar old man again, she deliberately acted calm and unconcerned, but *** smiled and took the initiative to say to her: "Work hard, work dutifully, and be on the verge of breaking out, you are really Zhang Fei's descendant, this time it is the second time to enter the palace, you should pay more attention in the future." ”
Zhang Yufeng looked at the kind *** like his father, spoke softly to himself, and cried out at once, and the struggles and grievances accumulated in his heart for dozens of days were released at this moment.
After that, Zhang Yufeng treated the chairman more conscientiously and better understood the chairman's thoughts, and she often didn't need the chairman to say anything, she could know the chairman's inner meaning.
This time, Zhang Yufeng returned to the chairman with joy, but after she gave birth to her second child, she hesitated.
In the winter of 1972, Zhang Yufeng was pregnant with her second child, ** was very happy when she knew, and specially explained that Zhang Yufeng did not have to do heavy physical work and took care of the fetus. Zhang Yufeng doesn't feel that he has become special, and still does his job as hard as before.
In this way, until a few hours before she gave birth, Zhang Yufeng was still working in Zhongnanhai.
On the evening of July 31, Zhang Yufeng felt labor pain in her lower abdomen, and ** sensed that something was wrong with her, and immediately sent someone to take her to the hospital.
The next day, Zhang Yufeng gave birth to a daughter smoothly, and the mother and daughter were safe.
Zhang Yufeng went home for confinement, so he sent someone else to take care of him*** Because he was not familiar with the chairman's temper, he couldn't take care of the chairman at all. ** also specially asked someone to bring a letter to Zhang Yufeng, instructing Zhang Yufeng to "come back as soon as possible".
Originally, Zhang Yufeng, who was weak after giving birth, was a little entangled in her heart, because her mother-in-law had something to do and returned to her hometown and couldn't take care of her, plus the child was too young, and she would miss and worry about leaving the child, so she hesitated to go back to Zhongnanhai to work.
But after she recovered her body, she immediately returned to Zhongnanhai, because she was also very worried about *** in her heart
** also became a lot happier because Zhang Yufeng came back, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "One death and one life is friendship." One poor and one rich is knowing the state of communication. One is expensive and one is cheap, friendship is seeing. ”
In 1974, ** suffered from senile cataracts, and could barely see anything in both eyes, Zhang Yufeng, as the chairman's confidential secretary, often had to read some confidential documents to ***. But Zhang Yufeng never leaked confidential information, she knew that all this information was a secret that affected the overall situation of the country, and she never forgot it when she heard it, never asked about the inside information, and never "made a statement" to the chairman.
**Knowing that Zhang Yufeng is conscientious and conscientious about her work, she trusts her very much, and also gives Zhang Yufeng the key to her personal safe. Zhang Yufeng also did not live up to the chairman's trust in her, and after the chairman's death, she handed over the key to the person the chairman had confessed.
The Spring Festival of 1976 was the last Spring Festival in the chairman's life, Zhongnanhai was not as lively as imagined, and his health was getting worse and worse, everyone was worried about him and had no intention of celebrating the New Year. **'s family did not accompany him, and Zhang Yufeng and the chairman's medical staff accompanied him through the last Spring Festival.
Sleep less and less, and even have a hard time getting up again. In the early hours of the morning, the sound of firecrackers to welcome the New Year sounded outside, and the chairman listened to the sound of firecrackers and watched the group of young people around him just care about surrounding him. Let Zhang Yufeng come to his side and tell Zhang Yufeng to take them out to shoot guns, and young people should also celebrate the festival.
After a while, the sound of firecrackers sounded in Zhongnanhai, and everyone listened to the sound of firecrackers with auspicious meanings, and finally had the appearance of the New Year, and they also smiled happily.
**Leaving in the golden autumn, Zhang Yufeng will never forget that day, the medical staff exhausted all kinds of rescue methods, and failed to save the chairman's life. One by one, the doctor signed his name on the list confirming death, trembling hands.
In the afternoon of the same day, the news of the death of *** was announced to the masses of the whole country, and the whole country mourned. Zhang Yufeng cried and fainted several times, and when she was a little sober, she sat in the room in a daze, but her tears couldn't stop falling.
For Zhang Yufeng, ** is like a father, who takes care of himself all the time.
** Died, Zhang Yufeng was like losing his soul.
After that, Zhang Yufeng's work in Zhongnanhai ended, and she was sent to work at the First Historical Archives of China. Due to the strong professionalism of this job, Zhang Yufeng had a hard time doing it, and soon after Zhang Yufeng applied to be transferred back to the original Ministry of Railways, became an ordinary cadre, and retired in a dull way.
**Treat the staff around you like relatives all your life, kind and natural. Zhang Yufeng won the unconditional trust of the chairman with his ability, and later many people speculated about Zhang Yufeng, but Zhang Yufeng never explained too much, just smiled, this kind old man never showed off his identity, and An An did his own work.
And Zhang Yufeng's spirit of being conscientious and sincere to others is worth learning from each of us.