What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
"Sixty years ago, Hu Zhijun gave a modest gift to Ben's future. Rong Ma has made outstanding achievements in his life and will be brave and exemplary. ”
Dong Zhujun tearfully gave a poem to bid farewell to his old friend Song Shilun, and this deep revolutionary friendship that lasted for half a century finally came to an end with the death of Song Shilun.
First acquaintance on the beach
The wind of the South Mountain has scattered the valley piles, the water of the North Sea has flooded the tombstones, and many things have changed dramatically, and countless people have come and gone. One is a strong business woman, the other is a general with great achievements, what kind of fate makes the original world difference between the two people become half-life friends, the time back to the Shanghai Beach in the 20s and 30s of the last century.
Dong Zhujun, a rich woman in shanghai business, when she was young, her family was poor, forced to live in the Qinglou, Dong Zhujun, who made a living by selling and singing, has always had a spirit of not accepting defeat in her bones, and she is not willing to commit herself to the Qinglou, and has been looking for opportunities to escape from the magic cave. Kung Fu paid off, and two years later, she pretended to be ill and escaped from the fornication. He married Xia Shi, a revolutionary he met in the Qinglou. Later, he went to Tokyo Girls' Higher Normal School in Japan to study.
In 1917, Dong Zhujun, who graduated from university, returned to China at the strong request of her husband Xia Shi. However, Xia Shi, who was dismissed from public office at that time, became addicted to drugs, and the relationship between the husband and wife deteriorated sharply, and in 1929, five years after separating, Dong Zhujun formally filed a divorce agreement with Xia Shi in Shanghai.
After the divorce, Dong Zhujun raised four children alone, and in order to maintain his livelihood, Dong Zhujun sold his property to start a business.
Successfully founded Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant and Jinjiang Tea Room. Due to the well-run business, many gangsters and celebrity politicians are the guests of Sichuan restaurants. The famous comedian Chaplin visited Shanghai and once tasted crispy duck at the Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant.
After the liberation of Shanghai, Dong Zhujun followed the instructions of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Party Committee, based on the original team of jinjiang two stores, founded the Jinjiang Hotel, and donated all his property to the state, leaving only some books and four treasures of literature.
Song Shilun was a student of the fifth term of the Whampoa Military Academy, and in 1927, the Nationalist government staged a coup d'état, and he was arrested as a "suspect". He was imprisoned in Guangzhou Prison.
Released from prison 3 years later, the penniless Song Shilun looked around for the party organization, but the situation was tense, the underground party organization was seriously damaged, a large number of party members were persecuted, and a small number of party organization members secretly lurked down and did not move in order to preserve their strength.
Today's hotel
The desperate Song Shi took turns to fall to Shanghai Beach, and when he met Li Tangcai, an underground party member who was also a friend of the enemy, Li Tangcao immediately wrote a letter to Song Shilun and asked him to go to the Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant to find someone. This person is the owner of the Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant, Dong Zhujun.
When Song Shilun, who was emaciated and had a sick face, appeared in front of Dong Zhujun, she was still startled. However, after hearing that Li Tangcao had introduced him, he immediately took Song Shilun into a secret room.
After closing the door, Dong Zhujun revealed his identity, at that time, Song Shi was shy and restrained, and he still had doubts about Dong Zhujun's status as a businessman, after all, the people who dealt with jinjiangchuan restaurants were not military dignitaries, or local three religions and nine streams, such a mixed place of bosses, what was the character of the boss lady? The bookish Song Shilun quietly put a question mark in his heart.
Song Wheel of Time
Dong Zhujun, who has been groping in the commercial sea for many years, already knows it in his heart. There was no whisper about the ragged but unruly young man in front of him. After quickly reading the introduction letter brought by Song Shilun, Dong Zhujun did not say a word, immediately turned around and went out, and half an hour later, a paper bag full of banknotes was stuffed into the rag bag that Song Shilun carried with him.
"What else do you need?" Dong Zhujun asked the young man with concern, and she who had experienced a dilemma deeply understood the state of mind of Song Shilun at this time.
"No" has not been cared for for for a long time, Song Shilun's heart is warm and abnormal at this moment, and the care from strangers is like a glimmer of light, illuminating his desire for a better life.
In the alleys of Shanghai, Dong Zhujun stood in front of the window on the second floor, watching the young man's back leave. It was already twilight, and the afterglow of the setting sun faded into the dark gray clouds.
We met again twenty years later
"After the clouds parted, the water flowed for ten years." What people never expected was that after a hurried parting in the summer of 1929, it was twenty years after the next meeting.
At the beginning of 1950, Dong Zhujun, who was already the general manager of the Jin Jiang Hotel, was invited to attend the annual meeting of workers, peasants, and entrepreneurs organized by the Shanghai Municipal Government.
After greeting each other, Song Shilun's expression was slightly excited, and he held Dong Zhujun's hand and trembled slightly.
"Mr. Dong, do you remember me?"
Dong Zhujun looked doubtfully at the commander of Ji Yu Xuan Ang in front of him, with some sense of déjà vu, "You are"
"It's me!" Elder sister, Song Shilun who went to Jinjiang Chuan Restaurant twenty years ago to ask you for financial support! I'm here to thank you today! ”
"The old people are separated by rivers and seas, and they are separated by mountains and rivers several degrees. At first glance, I turned over my dreams and asked each other about my years. At this time, Dong Zhujun was surprised by the wonder of fate, and when he was in a hurry, the young man who looked like a scholar had grown into a tree in the sky.
"Good, good, great, I didn't think I'd have a chance to meet again." Dong Zhujun sighed for a moment.
"Yes, it is great to see each other again, thanks to your financial support, I will have me today, thank you"
"Where, where, but a small force." Can't talk about thanks."
In fact, the desperate Song Shilun returned to his hometown in Hunan province by relying on the funds funded by Dong Zhujun, pulled a team, fought with the enemy, and later the team grew stronger, went to Jinggangshan, joined the tide of revolution, and fought in the south and the north until the founding of New China.
Dong Zhujun
After this meeting, Song Shilun and his benefactor Dong Zhujun quickly became friends, and Song Shilun also gave Dong Zhujun a Japanese saber captured during the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Song Dynasty went to the battlefield again. Five years later, when the two met again, Song Shilun had already been awarded the rank of general.
After retiring from the Jin Jiang Hotel, there was one more person on the Dong family's dinner table. Song Shilun, who was not at ease with Dong Zhujun's body, visited this big sister who was seven years older than himself every three to five minutes by rubbing rice. In Dong Zhujun's heart, he had already treated the high-powered general as a relative.
In 1991, at the age of 84, Song Shilun died of illness in Shanghai. Dong Zhujun gave a poem in tears, and six years later, Dong Zhujun died of illness at the age of 97.
There is an old Chinese saying that "suffering sees the truth", and true friends are often not the people who enjoy themselves with you, but the people who are willing to lend you a helping hand when you are struggling.
"Know people in trouble, know horses in mud." In the era of war, everyone was wise to protect themselves, and dong Zhujun, as a celebrity on the beach, did not care about his own safety at a critical juncture, and quickly rescued the communists. If it were not for her generosity, there would be no Song Shilun today. It is really in response to the sentence "Fang Xi Zuo Ming Lord, long resignation success." ”