In the midsummer of 1950, when the guest house of the Huaqiao Road Military Region in Nanjing was full of people, a man dressed as an ordinary cadre hurriedly walked in with a large backpack and a gift bag with "Beijing specialty" written on it.
The man ran straight into the family building, and the neighbors greeted him one after another: "Wang Xun is back, how is Beijing?" Did it go well? ”
The man named Wang Xun smiled and exchanged a few words with everyone, then ran back to the house without looking back, and as soon as he entered the house, he said to his wife excitedly: "Jiping, I'm back, do you know who I met in Beijing?" ”
While cooking, his wife asked, "Who is it?" ”
**！I saw *** in Zhongnanhai
Xu Jiping raised her head suddenly, looked at Wang Xun in surprise, and was stunned for a long time before stammering and asking, "*But your level has no chance to meet ***!" ”
You tell you the truth, what is your relationship with ***! ”
Wang Xun replied embarrassedly: "* It's my cousin......."”
What is Wang Xun's identity? Why did he hide his identity from his wife?
Mao Zequan is 16 years younger than ***, and his father Mao Xisheng is the younger brother of ***'s father Mao Shunsheng, so ** and Mao Zequan are real cousins.
**When he left Shaoshan Chong to study, Mao Zequan was still an infant baby, and the stories about his cousin*** were all heard from adults.
Like ***, Mao Zequan is also very persistent in reading and learning culture, but it's a pity that his father left early, and the family can't even afford to eat, so he can't afford to study.
As time went by, Mao Zequan became more and more yearning for the outside world, he longed to become a revolutionary like his cousin, and he was unwilling to succumb to spending his time in a small mountain village, so he had the idea of running down the mountain.
After a big quarrel with his family, Mao Zequan sat alone on the ridge and watched the moon, the misty Mao Moon was full of mystery, and the sparse moonlight shone on Mao Zequan's face, teasing the young man's restless heart.
That night, Mao Zequan packed his bags and left his hometown.
After going down the mountain, Mao Zequan went straight to Nanjing and took refuge with his uncle Mao Xian. At that time, Mao Xian was an investigator in Nanjing, and after Mao Zequan came, he appointed him as his commissioner.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Mao Xian died of illness, and Mao Zequan, who had no relatives in Nanjing, remembered his idol who made a revolution in Yan'an - cousin ***
Mao Zequan was decisive, and without saying a word, he followed his nephew Mao Yuanyao, who was engaged in underground work, to Yan'an.
Seeing that his family members had come to join the revolution, he was indescribably happy, and immediately arranged Mao Zequan, Mao Yuanyao and others to study at the ** Party School, and after a year of study, Mao Zequan's thinking has made great progress.
After graduation, Mao Zequan joined the Communist Party of China, ** was very happy, and talked to him: "Zequan, although we are brothers, but, don't do things in my name, we must be more low-key and humble!" This sentence has always been remembered by Mao Zequan, always cautious in words and deeds, strict with himself, and strive not to embarrass the "third brother of the chairman".
Because of his outstanding performance, Mao Zequan was arranged to work at the Yansi Military Station of the New Fourth Army, and Yuan Guohua, director of the Political Department, immediately found him to talk to him after knowing Mao Zequan's identity.
Comrade Mao Zequan, your work performance during this period has been very good, and the organization is very satisfied. ”
Hearing this, Mao Zequan was very happy and immediately saluted Yuan Guohua to express his gratitude.
Yuan Guohua nodded, and then said: "However, considering your identity, in order to better carry out your work, the organization suggests that you can change your name to protect both yourself and the organization." ”
Mao Zequan thought about it again and again, and decided to change his name to Wang Xun and enter the Fanchang Military Station as Wang Xun to work.
Here, Wang Xun met Xu Jiping, an accountant of the Ministry of Supply, and the two soon fell in love, got married and had children.
As the cousin of ***, Wang Xun has always been very low-key and modest in the army, and has worked in the logistics department for most of his life.
After the battle of crossing the river, Xu Jiping followed the troops to Ningbo with a big belly, her husband Wang Xun's logistics department was stationed in Zhangqiao Town, and the couple lived in a local people's house with their children.
After the child was born, the organization suddenly asked Mao Zequan to report to the Logistics Department of the Nanjing Military Region, and Xu Jiping could only hold her infant daughter and follow her husband all the way to Nanjing, where she lived in the guest house of the Nanjing Huaqiao Road Military Region.
Wang Xun was appointed director of the production department of the Nanjing Military Region, and Xu Jiping was the deputy chief of the financial section, and since then he has settled in Nanjing.
In the spring of 1950, Wang Xun entered the East China Military Region in Nanjing, when the revolutionary situation had gradually stabilized, Wang Xun changed his name back to "Mao Zequan", and it was not until this time that Xu Jiping knew her husband's real name.
However, Xu Jiping didn't dare to think about *** at all, and simply thought that her husband happened to have the same surname as ***, after all, Wang Xun and *** don't look similar.
Since Yan'an, Mao Zequan has not been in contact with *** for 12 years, and has been self-reliant over the years, relying on his own efforts to get to where he is today.
In 1950, Mao Zequan went to Beijing on a business trip, and he didn't see the "third brother of the chairman" for so many years, so he missed it very much, so he took the initiative to contact Zhongnanhai.
Knowing that his cousin Mao Zequan was here, he was very happy and hurriedly invited Mao Zequan to Juxiang Book House to meet.
Zequan, there has been no news from you for so many years, what did you do? *Kindly and warmly asked.
Third brother, I changed my name to Wang Xun and have been working in our logistics department. ”
** nodded and complimented, "Very good!" The name is also very good, the king character is neat, unlike the Mao character, and there is a small tail. ”
Then, ** took Mao Zequan's hand and said to ** with a smile: "Mr. Chen, this is my younger brother, his name is Mao Zequan." ”
* laughed and said, "I already knew!" We met in southern Anhui and Yancheng. ”
Subsequently, ** asked about Mao Zequan's family situation again, and let Mao Zequan leave.
When they were separated, Mao Zequan looked at the kind and easy-going *** and felt very emotional, but he didn't expect the third brother to be *** or be as "down-to-earth" as before, which is really admirable.
After leaving Beijing and returning to Nanjing, Mao Zequan excitedly told Xu Jiping about the bits and pieces of his meeting with ***, Xu Jiping asked in surprise: "Your level has no chance to meet ***, what is the relationship between you and ***?" ”
Mao Zequan lowered his head embarrassedly and stammered, "* It's my cousin." ”
Xu Jiping never thought that her husband, who was very different from ***, was a cousin with the chairman, which means that she is also a member of the Mao family, and she must be cautious in her words and deeds in the future, and she must not embarrass the chairman.
In 1952, Mao Zequan was transferred to Beijing, and his family followed him to Beijing.
Xu Jiping was very nervous when she saw *** for the first time, and she prepared new clothes early, waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival to wear, and went to see *** with the best image
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, ** specially sent a car to pick up Mao Ze's whole family, thinking that Zhongnanhai, where the ** organ is located, would be very luxurious and exquisite, but Xu Jiping only saw faded eaves and stripped pillars along the way.
When the car arrived, ** was sitting in the pergola outside the Juxiang Book House reading a book, the chairman was wearing patched pajamas and a pair of old cloth shoes, leaning comfortably on the rattan chair, in a very good mood.
As soon as Mao Zequan got out of the car, he saw the chairman and shouted excitedly: "Third brother! Here we go! ”
**Immediately put down the books, stood up, strode towards Mao Zequan and the others, and then shook hands with Mao Zequan's family one by one.
When it was Xu Jiping's turn, ** asked with a smile: "This is Comrade Jiping, these years, you have bothered to take care of Zequan." ”
Xu Jiping shook his head again and again and said, "Chairman, this is what I should do." ”
The child also sensibly flocked to ***'s side and shouted sweetly: "Hello chairman, good uncle!" ”
Looking at these cute and sensible children, ** was very happy, pulled the children back to the pergola, and sat down.
The chairman asked about Xu Jiping's life experience, Xu Jiping, who was born in an intellectual family, was also a hot-blooded revolutionary youth, after joining the army in northern Jiangsu in 1941, he came to Yan'an, his two sisters were all members of the Communist Party, and his father was also a famous patriotic professor.
** nodded again and again with satisfaction, and then asked: "Jiping, you are a literate and well-born intellectual, how did you fall in love with Zequan's 'soil bun'?" ”
Xu Jiping lowered his head embarrassedly and said, "Zequan is very considerate to me, he is also a very good person, and his consciousness is also very high......”
Haha, that's good! A worker and peasant element, an intellectual, has truly achieved the transformation of intellectuals into workers and peasants, and the workers and peasants have become intellectuals, learning from each other's strengths! * said with a laugh.
Then, ** looked at Xu Jiping's face and said with concern: "Jiping, your body is very thin, is there any root cause?" ”
There is no serious illness, just frequent headaches. ”
** frowned and said: "I still have to go to the hospital to see, such a big family can't do without you, the 'mother-in-law'." ”
Mao Zequan also echoed on the side: "The eldest and the second were born when they were fighting, and they failed to recuperate for Jiping, and their health has been bad since then, and now there are many children and pressure, and Jiping is worried about spending money and is reluctant to see ......."”
Hearing this, Xu Jiping hurriedly interrupted her husband's speech and said, "Don't worry, chairman, for the sake of the children, the two of us will also take care of ourselves." ”
At this moment, Ye Zilong walked in from outside, and hurriedly called out to him: "Zilong, there are many dolls today, you can't eat chili peppers, let the kitchen make scrambled eggs for the dolls to eat." ”
Ye Zilong responded, and then said, "Mr. Wang Jifan is here." ”
**nodded, turned his head to Mao Zequan and said, "Let's go in too, everyone is almost there." ”
Mao Zequan and Xu Jiping followed the chairman into the living room with their children, only to see the chairman's aunt and cousin Wang Jifan, his mentor Li Shuqing, and his childhood friend Zou Puxun all came.
Zou Puxun is Mao Zequan's own uncle, Xu Jiping hurriedly took the child to greet Zou Puxun, Zou Pushun looked at the child happily and said: "These little girls have grown so big." ”
Seeing that everyone was standing and talking, ** hurriedly beckoned: "Sit down!" Sit down! The dishes are going to be cold. ”
On the table are some common home-cooked dishes, including stir-fried dishes such as bitter gourd, eggplant, chili, and a pot of scrambled eggs.
During the meal, ** kept serving vegetables for everyone, and seeing that Xu Jiping was embarrassed to move the chopsticks, ** said several times in a row, asking Mao Zequan to pick up vegetables for his wife, and then he kept holding the two-and-a-half-year-old Mao Yuanping to feed.
After a lively meal, everyone sat on the sofa and chatted, the man smoked, and the woman and the child drank tea and ate apples.
5-year-old Mao Yuanling held a big apple, twisted and danced, and when she saw the chairman talking to everyone and ignored her, she got into the chairman's arms like a coquettish person and said: "Uncle, uncle, look at me, I'll dance for you!" ”
** smiled and said, "Okay, you dance for Uncle." ”
Then Mao Yuanling stood in the middle of the living room, while nibbling on apples, dancing with her hands, ** clapping her hands gently, and smiling kindly.
Mao Yuanping, who was two and a half years old, sat on the sofa, opened his eyes wide, looked at the chairman curiously, and said kindly: "Yuanping's eyes are very bright, and he is observing us, and the world in the future is theirs, and there is a time for them to study!" ”
After saying this, everyone laughed heartily, and hearty laughter came out of Fengze Garden in waves.
At the time of parting, ** asked Ye Zilong to distribute the fruits and sweets that he couldn't eat to the children, and then sent everyone out of the hospital all the way.
Mao Ze's family was the last to leave, and when they got into the car, the chairman suddenly asked anxiously: "Why is there a baby missing?" What about Yuanping? ”
Xu Jiping said with a smile: "When I was just talking, Yuanping fell asleep, and I put him in the car to sleep." ”
The chairman breathed a sigh of relief, watched Mao Zequan's family get into the car, and then instructed: "Zequan, if you have anything to tell the third brother, contact me more." ”
The car slowly drove out of Fengze Garden, ** stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched, refusing to leave for half a day.
In the autumn of 1954, Mao Zequan's mother Zou came to Beijing, and when the chairman heard about it, he hurriedly asked Zou Puxun and Mao Zequan to bring Zou to Zhongnanhai as guests.
A few days later, Ye Zilong drove to the compound of the logistics department to pick up people, and halfway through, Ye Zilong said excitedly: "Today is very lively, the chairman's children are back after a week." ”
After a while, everyone came to the *** house, the chairman was waiting at the gate of the courtyard early, Zou got out of the car, the chairman greeted him, and said respectfully: "Auntie, hello!" ”
The chairman helped Zou and walked up the stairs carefully, this year Zou was over 80 years old, still wrapped his little feet, and walked very unsteadily, ** helped her, and his movements were very careful.
Mao Zequan walked into the living room and saw that Zou Puxun, Qian Xijun, Mao Yuanyao's family, Wang Jifan and the children, the Wen brothers and others were already sitting together.
At dinner in the evening, Li Min, Li Ne and Mao Anqing's wife Shao Hua also came, Li Min was very lively and enthusiastic, pouring tea, serving fruits, greeting guests, and very sensible.
Due to the large number of people, there are two large round tables in the living room, one for adults and one for children, and there are still some home-cooked dishes, only one more braised pork knuckle.
The chairman likes to eat elbow skin very much, Ye Zilong first sandwiched a piece from the adult's table for the chairman, and the chairman ate it quickly, and then took a piece from the child's table, and the chairman also finished eating.
When chatting, ** pulled Zou and said to Mao Zequan, Mao Yuanyao and others: "My aunt is a good mother, I have suffered a lot in the old society, once I went back to Shaoshan to investigate, she saw that my cloth shoes were rotten, and made me a pair overnight, I still remember that the cloth shoes are really comfortable to wear." ”
On this night, Zhongnanhai was brightly lit and happy laughter was endless.
People often say that "the height is not cold", so the chairman is particularly greedy for the fireworks in the world, and it is a very happy thing for the chairman to be able to sit together with his family like this.
One night in the spring of 1956, Mao Zequan received another letter from the chairman, asking him to take Mao Chunzhu, who had just come to Beijing, into Zhongnanhai to catch up with the old days.
When several people came to Zhongnanhai, the chairman had just woken up and was full of energy, and dinner had already been prepared in the kitchen, waiting for Mao Zequan to arrive.
During the meal, the chairman pointed to the tomatoes on the table and said, "I don't like to eat this thing, but the doctor said that it is nutritious, and I love eggs, but the doctor said that it is good to eat more, and then he said that it is not good to eat more, and I don't care about that." ”
After a brief greeting, ** asked Mao Chunzhu about the agricultural cooperation in his hometown, and the chairman asked solemnly: "Do the villagers like cooperation?" ”
Mao Chunzhu nodded and said, "I like it." ”
The chairman then asked: "What is the scope of each agricultural cooperative?" Or feed the pigs yourself? ”
Mao Chunzhu answered the chairman's questions one by one, and after chatting for more than an hour, the chairman changed the topic.
Chunzhu, is your mother okay? ”
Mao Chunzhu lowered her head and said, "She is very good, she helps us feed the pigs and chickens, but she is reluctant to eat the eggs, so she has exchanged them for money." ”
Hearing this, the chairman instructed with concern: "Chunzhu, take 200 yuan to buy them something delicious when you leave." ”
Mao Zequan stopped the chairman and said, "Third brother doesn't want it, we often send money back." ”
The chairman nodded and said, "Then let's take a group photo, I said before that we wanted to take a group photo, but it didn't work." ”
After that, the photographer walked in, Mao Zequan and ** Mao Chunzhu stood side by side, and Mao Yuanhui and Mao Yuanping stood in front of the chairman and took a picture.
This ** is also the only photo of Mao Zequan and the third brother of the chairman, although Mao Zequan has gone to Zhongnanhai many times to meet with the chairman, but the honest Mao Zequan has never made any requests to the chairman.
Mao Zequan's biggest regret in his later years was that he did not ask for a word from *** and kept it for collection.
With the passage of time, the relatives of ** gradually disappeared in the long river of history, and watching the family members leave one after another, the chairman felt very uncomfortable.
As he gets older, the more he feels attached to his family, but because of this status, he is destined to not be able to reunite with his family often.
Mao Zequan understands the chairman's intentions, and has always kept a distance from *** intentionally or unintentionally, and in the eyes of outsiders, they all think that the relationship between their cousins is not deep. In fact, it was not, when he died, Mao Zequan was grief-stricken, because he was too sad, and he went to the hospital twice.
**After leaving, the contact between relatives of the Mao family is becoming less and less, although there are many descendants of the word "far", but they are scattered all over the place, not much contact, the past family affection is as thin as fog, vaguely only in dreams.
But no matter where they are, the descendants of the Mao family will remember the teachings and dare not forget them for a moment.
Mao Zequan and Xu Jiping's six children have gradually grown up, as the descendants of the world, not only did they not enjoy half of the country's dividends, but even lived a more simple life than other children.
Mao Yuanhui remembers very well that when she was in school, other children had cars to pick them up, but her father always rode an old bicycle and squeaked on the street corner.
Mao Yuanhui didn't understand, obviously the chairman and uncle would send a car to pick them up to play, why couldn't they take a car when they went to school?
Mao Zequan explained: "Isn't it good to ride a bicycle? Not only can you exercise, but you can also enjoy the scenery, Yuanhui, didn't Uncle Chairman say, don't compare, even if you compare, you have to compare with your classmates to learn? ”
When Mao Yuanhui grew up, she entered a military factory in Liaoning to conduct research, and after the leaders learned her identity, they all hoped that she could "contact" Mao Yuanxin, the political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region.
Mao Yuanhui snorted coldly and said firmly: "Whether it is me or Yuanxin, we will not agree." The Mao family doesn't do things like climbing dragons and attaching phoenixes! ”
The rest of the children, like Mao Yuanhui, relied on their own efforts to work in the unit they wanted to go to, and lived an ordinary life in their ordinary positions.
Mao Zequan let his only son Mao Yuanjian join the army and went to the Sino-Soviet border in Xinjiang, until he changed jobs, the leaders of the army did not know Mao Yuanjian's true identity, it can be seen that in the army for many years, Mao Yuanjian has always been very low-key, and has never disclosed his identity.
As the descendants of the first generation, these children of the Mao family have always remembered the teachings of the chairman, never doing things in the name of the chairman, let alone doing things like climbing dragons and attaching phoenixes.
Whether in the war years or in the peace years, the spirit and quality of the Mao family are like a high mountain, setting an example for us.