In 1987, Lai Zhangsheng, a teacher from Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, happened to read an article "Memories of Tang Yizhen Martyrs".
He was deeply shocked by one of the words: "Martyr Tang Yizhen had two children, the first girl, Ye Ping, was born on December 30, 1931, and was fostered in Yandu during the Long March.
If she were still alive, she would be 50 years old now. ”
After Lai Zhangsheng came to his senses from the shock, he immediately wrote a letter to the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), expressing his opinion: "My mother may be your daughter ......Although there is no mention in the letter, why is Lai Zhangsheng so sure of his identity?
What kind of twists and turns did his mother have? Is it really ***'s daughter? In search of answers, Lai Zhangsheng read this article and wrote a letter to find his relatives.
One day in July 1987, Lai Zhangsheng was busy with his work, when suddenly, Huang Yuxiang, who was in charge of managing the reference room, approached him and asked him to read an article in the second series of "The Red Flag of the Wind Exhibition" published by the Fujian People's Publishing House in 1982 - "Memories of the Martyr Tang Yizhen".
Do you look at the description in this article, like your mother? ”
It turned out that Lai Zhangsheng and Huang Yuxiang were neighbors, and their stories have been connected ever since. When Lai Zhangsheng's mother lived at Huang Yuxiang's house, Huang Yuxiang heard about the legendary experience of Lai Zhangsheng's mother.
She always remembered, and stumbled upon this book while sorting out the books in the reference room. She immediately gave it to Lai Zhangsheng, hoping to help him understand his life experience.
Although Lai Zhangsheng didn't believe it, he still flipped through it out of politeness, but he didn't expect to see what shocked him. It turned out that what was written in this article was exactly the same as his mother's experience!
Lai Zhangsheng learned from his mother that his mother was indeed fostered during the Long March, and the pheasant capital mentioned in the article was also the capital where his mother lived. This discovery surprised and moved Lai Zhangsheng, and also gave him a deeper understanding of his mother's life experience.
After reading an article about his mother, Lai Zhangsheng found that all kinds of clues in the article pointed to his mother as the daughter of the martyr Tang Yizhen and ***.
His instincts told him that this might be the truth. In order not to let his mother have regrets, and also to solve the doubts in his heart, he decided to write a letter to ***.
However, he felt a little disappointed that he had not received a reply to his letter after it was sent in July. Just when he almost gave up hope, the people of Jiangxi Province and the son of *** came to the door and carried out a detailed check with him.
After more than 50 years of separation, Lai Zhangsheng's mother "Yeping" finally reunited with her father***. On that day, the old gentleman lost his former calmness, held his daughter's hand tightly, and tears fell silently, which is the best annotation of the family relationship between father and daughter.
So, how did the father and daughter separate in the first place? Looking back, it was a time when children suddenly lost contact. Time has to go back to December 30, 1931, when Tang Yizhen, the wife of ***, was working in the revolutionary area of Yeping District, Ruijin, and happened to give birth to a daughter, so she named the child Yeping.
However, the revolutionary situation gradually became tense, and after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement campaign, the Red Army launched a major strategic shift, that is, the Long March.
** Decided to temporarily separate from Tang Yizhen, because Tang Yizhen was pregnant and could not move with the army. In order to let her daughter be properly cared for, Tang Yizhen entrusted the child to her reliable friend Zhang Dewan, hoping that he could take the child to the countryside outside Ruijin for foster care.
After Zhang Dewan led the child away, Tang Yizhen successfully gave birth to a son and named him "Xiaoding". However, she had to return to the battlefield soon, leaving the child in the Fan family, who had taken care of her.
From then on, Tang Yizhen continued to fight among the guerrillas until January 1935, when her team was surrounded and she was also captured. But with her wit, she managed to escape.
Due to the exhaustion of the long period, Tang Yizhen's physical exhaustion, coupled with her unfamiliarity with the terrain, she fell into the hands of the enemy again at dusk on January 30 and was severely tortured.
The enemy tried to ask her to reveal the location of the Red Army's assembly, but she resolutely refused to give in, and no matter how tortured she was, she refused to tell the truth. In the end, the young female Red Army soldier Tang Yizhen died heroically at the age of 26.
After the end of the Long March, due to the restrictions of communication conditions, ** did not know that his wife had passed away. It wasn't until 1943 that he learned about his wife from He Yi, and the news shocked him.
He later recalled: "Since then, I have never been able to shed tears again, whether it is a happy event or a sad event. Although his wife died, he learned from He Yi that they had two children, one of whom was left in foster care at a local villager's home.
Their daughter was adopted by a man called "Good Mother" and lived in Huichang at first, then moved to Jiangkou in Ganxian County, where she has not been heard from since. ** Always wanted to find his children, but the times were turbulent and the revolutionary situation was urgent, and he had no chance.
It was not until 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, that he served as the secretary of the Communist Party of China, the propaganda minister of the Communist Party of China, and the vice premier, and the country gradually settled down.
He immediately sent someone to look for it, but in the end he couldn't find it. Despite all the twists and turns, ** never gave up looking for his children, and the first to be found was his son who was fostered in the Fan family - "Xiaoding".
After Xiaoding was adopted, his name was changed to Fan Jiading. The adoptive parents did not hide his background, but told him the truth when Xiaoding was 15 years old and handed him Tang Yizhen's relics back then.
The relics are actually very simple, with only a blanket, a copper basin, and a blue cloth wrap. There are some blurred handwriting on this blue cloth package, and after soaking in bleaching powder, I can see clearly that the words "Tang Yizhen" are written on it, which is Tang Yizhen's pseudonym.
In the end, Fan Jiading met his father, who was very happy with this son and was very grateful to his adoptive parents. He even said that he would follow his wife's last wish and let his son follow the Fan family's surname.
Faced with this situation, the Fan family naturally would not agree. So, ** proposed a compromise plan: "This child is both the Lu family and the Fan family, so it's better to let him be surnamed Lu Fan......So, the son's name was changed to "Lu Fan Jiading", which further narrowed the relationship between the two families.
However, ** is relieved and a little worried, and his daughter Ye Ping is still missing. Lu Fan Jiading quickly noticed his father's emotions, and after questioning, he learned that he also had an older sister.
He decides to find his sister anyway. It's a pity that there is no news from "Good Mother" and Ye Ping. It wasn't until later that Lai Zhangsheng sent a letter that the family was reunited.
As for why *** didn't reply immediately, it was because he was working outside at the time and didn't see it in time. When he saw the letter, he immediately arranged things. In fact, it is also a coincidence that I haven't been able to find Ye Ping for so long.
The confession 53 years ago was unsuccessful, but the blood connection has not disappeared. Now, when we are reunited, everything is as if it were yesterday. The man who was once called a "good mother" was named Zhang Dewan, who gave Ye Ping motherly love when she was young, and Ye Ping always regarded him as a "good mother".
However, due to personal reasons, Zhang Dewan was forced to return to his hometown and entrusted Yeping to the villagers in the village. Because the villagers didn't know the word "Yeping", they all called her "Yeping", which is also the origin of her name.
Ye Ping's identity remained a mystery until a letter from Lai Zhangsheng revealed part of it. However, her identity became more difficult because her father, Zhang Dewan, was in poor health and died soon after.
No complaints, no regrets, Ye Ping first everyone and then the small family, although she reunited with her father after fifty-three years, she only had attachment to her father in her heart, and she did not complain. In the face of **, she said: "He knows that this is a sacrifice for the revolution, and I understand it." ”
During the revolutionary years, in order to accomplish the arduous tasks of the revolution, many heroes had to foster their children in the homes of ordinary peasants, which was very common at that time.
** is an example, when he led the army into Shandong in 1939 to open up an anti-Japanese base area, his wife Lin Yueqin gave birth to a son for him. However, the grim situation at that time left him with no time and energy to take care of his children, so he had to foster them in a villager's home.
It wasn't until two years later that the situation stabilized that he brought the child back. The most poignant thing is that due to the heavy tasks of the revolution, the whole family forgot Luo Dongjin's birthday, until 1989, when Liang Biye was sorting out his diary, he stumbled upon his relevant records, and only then did he know that Luo Dongjin's birthday was February 14, but at this time he was 40 years old.
For example, Chairman ***, his daughter Li Min was born in Shaanxi Province in 1936, due to the tense situation at that time, and He Zizhen was far away in the Soviet Union**, so when his daughter was less than four years old, he sent her to the Soviet Union to reunite with his wife.
At that time, Mao Anying and Mao Anqing were also in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen spent many cold Moscow winters alone with three children, and the young Li Min didn't know who his father was.
Once, when the brothers pointed to the *** statue in the school and told Li Min that this was their father, Li Min didn't believe it and said that her brother was lying to her. Because her mother never talked about it, it wasn't until later that she learned that what her brothers said was true.
However, many heroes die not long after they put their children in other people's homes.
China is committed to finding the families of martyrs and preventing the emergence of orphans, especially on April 2, 2021, when the "Public Service Platform for Martyrs to Find Their Relatives" was opened.
Through the power of big data and new **, the relatives and descendants of 61 martyrs have been found in a short period of time, which is the best commemoration of our selfless dedication and sacrifice of the martyrs.
Their deeds will always be remembered, they are our heroes, and their spirit will always inspire us to move forward.
Without these warriors, our lives would not be so peaceful and tranquil, and New China would not be so prosperous. Therefore, we should deeply remember their deeds and pay the deepest respect to them, and at the same time strive to learn from them in our daily lives, inspire each other and move forward together.