Zhou Bingde broke down and cried goodbye to Deng Yingchao
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We appreciate your support! Introduction On July 11, 1992, Deng Yingchao, the wife of a pioneer of China's women's movement, a proletarian revolutionary, and a famous social activist, passed away in Beijing.
According to her will, her secretary Zhao Wei and niece Zhou Bingde were in charge of her funeral.
When Zhou Bingde hurried to Babaoshan to say goodbye, when he was sorting out the relics of his seventh mother, Deng Yingchao, he found that there were still a few dried flowers hanging on the wall of her bedroom, and he couldn't help but burst into tears and broke down and cried.
Although *** has been dead for 16 years, their love is still alive and beautiful. The friendship between their husband and wife, like those dried flowers, travels through time and space to express their lovesickness.
On the wall of the West Flower Hall in Zhongnanhai, there are already those dried flowers, which are Deng Yingchao during the Geneva Conference in 1954, when he saw the begonia flowers in the West Flower Hall in full bloom, and folded one to ***
It's her soothing, and it's her lovesickness as a wife. ** Knowing its meaning, he selected butterfly flowers and peony flowers in Geneva to give back to Deng Yingchao. Deng Yingchao sealed it in a photo frame, which became one of their best love memories.
Although they are often separated from each other due to their busy work schedules, and only rely on letters, their love has never changed.
When two people fall in love, in addition to words and letterheads, they often fold flowers to express love and share the beauty of life. Just like the blooming lotus flower that Deng Yingchao sent to *** in April 1947, with the poetry of "sending you some spring flowers".
And when *** was in the Northeast in January 1950, Deng Yingchao sent daffodils brought from Chongqing to Beijing, so that the two could find small fun and surprises in letters and life.
In a letter dated July 6, 1942, he described the wildflowers he had collected and hung on the wall with small grapes during his recuperation in Chongqing.
These flowers became part of their love memories, with their laughter and sweetness.
The vase hanging on the wall seems to have a story of its own. On July 12, ** recovered from illness and was about to be discharged from the hospital, and he revealed to Deng Yingchao in the letter that the vase, which had been forcibly fixed to the wall, was suddenly broken.
In a joking tone, he said, "I'm cured, the vase is broken, and we can finally go home." These bits and pieces about flowers are recorded in the letters of the two of them, as if recording their love for many years.
**After her death, whenever she saw the begonia flowers blooming in the West Flower Hall, Deng Yingchao would always unconsciously think of her husband. This kind of deep friendship also makes the people of the whole country yearn for it, and Zhou Bingde, the niece of **, is even more emotional.
When she was sorting out Deng Yingchao's relics, she couldn't help but break down and cry when she saw the dried flowers on the wall. Because of his love for the younger generations and his emphasis on the family, he is affectionately called "Uncle", and Deng Yingchao is respectfully called "Seventh Mother".
This is Deng Yingchao's supreme status and weight in her niece's heart, and it is also her deep emotional sustenance.
On the road of revolution, although ** and Deng Yingchao did not have children of their own, they treated their nephews and nieces as if they were their own flesh and blood. Especially ***'s niece Zhou Bingde, who not only witnessed the deep love between them, but also received their love.
** once shared her love experience with Zhou Bingde as her marriage education. He believes that an ideal lifelong companion requires not only like-mindedness, but also the ability to withstand the challenges of the revolutionary road.
Facts have proved that ** and Deng Yingchao's views are completely consistent. In the article in memory of ***, Deng Yingchao once mentioned: "You (referring to *** once said, even if you see that I can persist in the revolution, I also see this point of yours. This is the most reliable cornerstone and guarantee of long-term love. ”
This passage profoundly reflects their deep understanding and firm belief in each other.
We were brought together by common ideals and the revolutionary cause, and later discovered many common hobbies. This concept of love has had a profound impact on Zhou Bingde's view of mate selection.
Zhou Bingde remembered that she spent more time in contact with her seventh mother, Deng Yingchao, than with her uncle. Because he was busy with national affairs, Deng Yingchao spontaneously took on the responsibility of educating future generations.
Zhou Bingde believes that Uncle *** belongs to the "public" and "everyone", in contrast, the seventh mother Deng Yingchao cares more for the younger generation. In Deng Yingchao's letters to Zhou Bingde, she always begins with "Dear Bingde".
The niece has been with her since she was 12 years old and she treats her as if she were her own daughter. The correspondence between the two includes a discussion about work and life choices, as well as a homely chat.
When Zhou Bingde got married in 1964, Deng Yingchao personally came to congratulate him and said with a smile: "Can I still not attend my daughter's wedding?" ”
In 1974, Zhou Bingde was transferred back to Beijing from the mountainous areas of Guizhou, but before that, she insisted on obeying the organization's assignment and did not officially return to Beijing until she received an order to be transferred with the army. During this period, many people advised her: "Isn't it just a matter of one sentence to transfer back to Beijing?" ”
However, she received *** education since she was a child and knew that she was just an ordinary person and needed to abide by organizational discipline. After returning to Beijing, ** asked her if she was transferred back because of her own relationship, but Deng Yingchao explained with a smile that she was a family member of a military and that she was transferred with the army.
This little incident reflects the strict role that *** plays in the family, while Deng Yingchao shows more of a loving side.
In the year or two after the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of people claimed to be relatives of ***. ** There is a large family, and there are more than a dozen cousins of his generation.
Due to ***'s daily management, he has almost no time to deal with family affairs, and most of these things are handled by Deng Yingchao. In the cold winter of 1961, Zhou Baozhang's clothes and bedding were stolen in the unit, and he could only write to his uncle and seventh mother for help, and Deng Yingchao immediately packed and sorted out 12 pieces of clothing and sent them to him.
However, Deng Yingchao's love for her children and nephews does not mean doting. She attaches great importance to the education of "public and private", and teaches children not to have a sense of privilege from an early age.
One year, when the nephews and nieces needed to take the bedding home for the holidays and dismantle and wash it, they wrote to Deng Yingchao hoping to send a car to pick it up, and Deng Yingchao asked a comrade to pick it up by bicycle and hired two tricycles to help carry it.
After the red princess Sun Weishi and *** Deng Yingchao took a group photo and returned to the West Flower Hall, she solemnly pointed out: "The car is the work of your uncle by the state, and you children should not enjoy it." ”
In addition to nephews and nieces, ** and Deng Yingchao also adopted many orphans of martyrs, and cared for these children Deng Yingchao for decades. Sun Weishi, the daughter of martyr Sun Bingwen, is one of their adopted children.
In late April 1958, Sun Weishi was hospitalized due to illness, Deng Yingchao was still worried after visiting the hospital, she wrote several letters in a row to care about Sun Weishi's condition, repeatedly told her to look at her condition correctly, and more urgently hoped that she could cooperate with **, encouraging Sun Weishi to take care of his body and accumulate strength.
This letter shows Deng Yingchao's selfless maternal love. The children of other revolutionary comrades-in-arms, although they have no nominal relationship with the *** family, they are also loved and cared for by *** and Deng Yingchao.
After the heroic death of revolutionary martyr Li Shuoxun, his son Li Peng grew up under the care of his mother, and later continued his studies at his aunt's house in Chengdu. In 1939, Deng Yingchao took him to Chongqing with Li Peng's consent, and soon after he was sent to Yan'an, where he spent a long time studying and growing up.
** and Deng Yingchao are known as "Uncle Zhou" and "Mother Deng", and are deeply loved by children. Deng Yingchao is full of enthusiasm for the care and education of the younger generations, and her meticulous and gentle help solve many family problems, and she has always struggled on the front line and done her best for the country and the people.
This loving couple cooperates tacitly in public and private affairs, which not only protects the affairs of the country, but also pays attention to the growth of the younger generations. As staunch materialists, they have an indifferent attitude towards life and death, and as staunch communists, they are also undaunted in the face of death.
Picture: Deng Yingchao sorted out the clothes for *** As early as the founding of New China, they agreed to sprinkle the ashes on the mountains and rivers of the motherland. Became one of the first signatories of the cremation proposal.
When *** passed away, Deng Yingchao, as his wife, also showed a strong side. The death of the Prime Minister shocked the whole country and saddened the whole country. But Deng Yingchao complied with ***'s last wish and asked his relatives to stick to their posts.
Zhou Bingde was on a business trip in Shanghai, and after learning the news from the radio, he received a telegram: If you are not working in Beijing, you should not return to Beijing to attend the funeral, and you should not affect your work. She returned to Beijing after work to mourn and found Deng Yingchao waiting for her in the living room of the West Flower Hall.
She hugged Deng Yingchao and cried bitterly. Deng Yingchao hugged Zhou Bingde, did not cry, and constantly encouraged her to "turn grief into strength".
Deng Yingchao, the wife of ***, couldn't help crying bitterly when the body was about to be cremated, and her deep love for *** was moving. After the death of ***, Deng Yingchao still faces life positively and does not shy away from talking about the topic of death.
In July 1982, she wrote a letter to *** to avoid being unable to arrange the aftermath clearly because of confusion in her later years. Regarding his will, Deng Yingchao humorously expressed that he was afraid that he would be confused in his later years and would not be able to express his meaning clearly.
At the end of his life, Deng Yingchao always put the party and the country in the most important position in his heart.
Deng Yingchao has her own unique views on "euthanasia", which she believes is a materialist point of view. Although she experienced many revolutions in her youth, this left her body with a lot of diseases.
She suffers from more than a dozen diseases such as heart disease, gallstones, and sequelae of tuberculosis, and has even undergone several major surgeries. Even when she was seriously ill, she repeatedly asked for euthanasia, not wanting to waste the country's manpower, financial resources and medical drugs.
She once joked that she was a patient in all departments in Beijing because her condition was so complex that it sometimes even affected her eating and drinking.
Pictured: Zhou Bingde talks to Deng Yingchao in a wheelchair in 1992. Even if her physical condition is so bad, Deng Yingchao still said that she has no negative emotions.
Especially when thinking of the close relationship with ***, she will say: "As long as I think of our close comrades-in-arms, I feel that there is inexhaustible energy, and I want to better serve the people with my remaining energy and residual heat." ”
In 1989, when Li Peng went to visit Deng Yingchao in the West Flower Hall, she was already very weak, but she still said: "I am now an old, weak, sick and disabled person, and I only have a little residual light and heat to serve the people." ”
When she was seriously ill and hospitalized in 1991, Deng Yingchao was most concerned about the party's work and the people who had suffered from the floods, and even said to those who came to visit her: "You are busy with work, so don't come to see me again in the future." ”
Deng Yingchao often said to the people around him in his later years: "Life will eventually end, but the spirit will last forever." Her only "sense of ceremony" is that after her death, she used the urn used by *** that year and wore the clothes she wore to attend the *** memorial service.
In 1992, after Deng Yingchao died of illness, her ashes were scattered in Tianjin Haihe by her niece Zhou Bingde according to her will.