In 1988, when Comrade Cai Chang was dying, her relatives rushed to the hospital to wait by her side after hearing the news and accompanied her through the last journey of her life. At this moment, an old woman came to the hospital and asked to see Cai Chang for the last time, but the guard at the door immediately refused and did not allow the old woman to enter the cadre ward. In a hurry, the old woman revealed her identity, saying that she was Lai Yueming, and Cai Chang was an old acquaintance, and the two had fought side by side.
Lai Yueming's life experience is more tortuous, she was born in a rural family, since she was a child to live a hungry life, and later the village suffered a disaster, the grain was almost extinct, and her parents married her to the neighboring village Xie family as a child daughter-in-law in order to reduce the burden on the family. The Xie family treated her very harshly, often beating and scolding and belittling her, which made her feel lost and hopeless. The following year, a Red Army came to Lai Yueming's hometown, and the Red Army propaganda team immediately began to propagate red ideas and break feudal superstitions in various villages.
After listening to the speeches of the propaganda team members, Lai Yueming had an infinite affection for the Red Army, and she also wanted to participate in the revolutionary work, so she simply broke away from the evil Xie family, cut off her long braids, and signed up for the Red Army. Lai Yueming is not afraid of hardships, works hard, and is also very progressive in thinking, and the higher-level leaders attach great importance to her, so they arrange for her to study in the ** Soviet region to improve her ability and quality. But it's a pity that Lai Yueming was accidentally intercepted by the Kuomintang army in the process of going to the ** Soviet area, and in order to protect herself, she had to suspend her study mission and return to her original unit.
Soon after, after defeating the enemy, a main force of the Red Army temporarily rested in the Soviet area where Lai Yueming was located, and the party committee of the Soviet district organized a small theatrical evening for everyone's entertainment and pastime in order to comfort the soldiers. Lai Yueming had a good voice, so the chief arranged for her to sing to everyone on stage, and after Lai Yueming finished singing, a Red Army chief in the audience immediately reported warm applause and coaxed her to sing again.
Lai Yueming later learned that the head of the Red Army was none other than Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen's impression of Lai Yueming was very good, and after the party, he talked to her, and after Mr. Chen learned that she was from Jiangxi, he joked that there were many snails in Jiangxi and many snail girls. Lai Yueming was very disgusted with the title of "Tianluo Girl", so he angrily scolded Mr. Chen, but Mr. Chen was not angry, and said with a smile that Lai Yueming had a lot of personality.
Seeing this, Comrade Zhang Jizhi tentatively asked Mr. Chen if he liked Lai Yueming, and if he liked it, he could be a matchmaker between the two. Mr. Chen is not shy about falling in love, and he does have a good impression of Lai Yueming, so he asked Zhang Jizhi to ask Lai Yueming's opinion first. Zhang Jizhi is a cheerful person, and directly found Lai Yueming and said that Mr. Chen wanted to marry her as a daughter-in-law, Lai Yueming blushed all of a sudden, turned his head and ran away.
**After learning of this, Zhang Jizhi was called to seriously criticize him, saying that he was not in shape and did not handle things well. Subsequently, ** personally went out to have a formal conversation with Lai Yueming, asking her if she would like to marry Mr. Chen, Lai Yueming thought for a while and nodded. In 1932, Chen and Lai entered the palace of marriage and became revolutionary partners. Not long after the marriage, Mr. Chen was ordered to lead the troops back to the ** Soviet area, and since then he has been separated from Lai Yueming by two places.
In 1934, the Kuomintang army wantonly attacked the ** Soviet area, Lai Yueming was worried about the safety of Mr. Chen, so he risked his life and rushed to the ** Soviet area alone to visit Mr. Chen, and the two hugged each other tightly after meeting. In the same year, the main force of the 1st Front Army was transferred to the west, and Mr. Chen was left to lead the team to fight guerrillas, and Lai Yueming was sent to Ningdu to do underground work.
In 1935, Ningdu was heavily attacked by the Kuomintang army, the Red Army troops were scattered, Lai Yueming also lost contact with the party organization, she returned to her hometown in disguise in order to avoid pursuit, and now it was in troubled times, she could not survive alone, so she was forced to marry a shoemaker, barely begging for a living.
On the other hand, Mr. Chen had sent people to find Lai Yueming's whereabouts many times, but he was told that Lai Yueming had been killed by the enemy. Mr. Chen was heartbroken for a while and personally wrote a poem to commemorate Lai Yueming. During the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Chen married Comrade Zhang Qian under the introduction of his comrades-in-arms, and the married life of the two was very happy, which can be called a model couple.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lai Yueming learned that Mr. Chen was still alive, so he went to Beijing to visit him, and the two sat together and talked about many things, and finally said goodbye to each other as comrades. In 1972, Mr. Chen passed away, and Lai Yueming couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard the news. In 1988, Cai Chang was seriously ill, and after Lai Yueming heard the news, he immediately rushed to Beijing to visit this old comrade-in-arms. **Later, Lai Yueming was identified as a veteran of the Red Army, and a certificate was issued to her, and at the same time the civil affairs department was instructed to issue a subsidy to her on schedule to ensure that she had no worries about food and clothing.