Since ancient times, it has been an extremely glorious and happy thing to return home, but after a founding major general returned to his hometown with his wife, he found that the major general still had a "wife" in his hometown, what should I do? There is a tear-jerking story behind this incident.
This incident happened to the founding major general Yi Yaocai, among the hundreds of founding major generals, General Yi Yaocai's fame is not great, but his experience is quite legendary. Yi Yaocai is a native of Taihe County, Jiangxi, he joined the agricultural movement at the age of twelve or thirteen, and in 1930, Yi Yaocai, who was not yet 14 years old, joined the Red Army.
Before the Red Army arrived in Jiangxi, Yi Yaocai lived a life of oppression like many children from poor families, when he was 11 years old, his parents raised money for him to marry a girl who fled the famine, Zhang Feng'e, as a child daughter-in-law, and the young Yi Yaocai just regarded the other party as a big sister.
After that, Zhang Feng'e lived in Yi Yaocai's home, Zhang Feng'e was very hard-working, and was deeply loved by Yi Yaocai's parents, and later the Red Army came to Jiangxi, Yi Yaocai's parents actively supported the Red Army, Yi Yaocai was also affected to join the revolution, and later he joined the Red Army.
After Yi Yaocai joined the Red Army and left his hometown, the enemy fought back frantically, many Red Army family members were killed by the enemy, Yi Yaocai's parents were also unfortunately killed, fortunately Zhang Feng'e escaped by hiding in the neighbor's house, after the enemy left, Zhang Feng'e lived alone in Yi's house, and waited for Yi Yaocai to come back.
Yi Yaocai, who became a soldier of the Red Army, learned that his parents had sacrificed, and strengthened his determination to do the revolution.
On the Long March, Yi Yaocai almost died several times, when he crossed the Dadu River by force, there was no time to lay the bridge plank, each soldier carried a wooden plank forward, while laying the bridge while crossing, and at the same time had to fight with the enemy, some soldiers unfortunately fell off the bridge due to bullets and disappeared into the turbulent river.
When crossing the grassland, Yi Yaocai almost died on the vast grassland, due to mosquito and fly bites and long-term malnutrition, many soldiers suffered from malaria, some frail soldiers did not survive and sacrificed, Yi Yaocai almost died of illness on the grass due to high fever and convulsions.
Thanks to the help of his comrades-in-arms and his tenacious faith, he walked out of the grassland alive, and after arriving in northern Shaanxi, Yi Yaocai entered the Kang University to study, during the Anti-Japanese War, Yi Yaocai served as the chief of the combat section of the 358 Brigade of the 120th Division, and also served as the chief of staff of the Jinchaji Division.
Under the mediation of his comrades-in-arms, Yi Yaocai married Fan Jingyang, who was engaged in medical work in Jinchaji, and the two went through the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War together, and during the Liberation War, Yi Yaocai successively served as the brigade commander and deputy commander and deputy commander of the column.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Yi Yaocai was appointed commander of the Qingdao Naval Base, in 1953, Yi Yaocai took his wife Fan Jingyang back to his hometown to pay tribute to his parents, this is the first time Yi Yaocai returned to his hometown after more than 20 years, in his hometown he met Zhang Feng'e, who is nearly 40 years old, she has not married and lives alone.
Yi Yaocai and Fan Jingyang treated her like a sister after learning about Zhang Feng'e's situation, knowing that Zhang Feng'e was in difficulty, Yi Yaocai and his wife Fan Jingyang would send money to Zhang Feng'e every year, and they insisted on it for decades, and Yi Yaocai died of illness in 1990 at the age of 76.
In accordance with Yi Yaocai's instructions before his death, part of his ashes were scattered in the sea of Qingdao, where he lived for a long time, and part of his ashes were buried next to his mother's cemetery in his hometown, Zhang Feng'e died of illness in 1998, and the villagers buried her next to Yi Yaocai's cemetery, treating her as the Yi family.