In the early summer of 1965, General Liu Yalou's condition became increasingly serious. On his deathbed, he made a final exhortation to his wife Zhai Yunying:
"Finally, I want you to be a strong, upright person, like Gorky said 'capitalized man'!"
▲ General Liu Yalou and Ms. Zhai Yunying
Liu Yalou experienced ups and downs in his early years, and after joining the revolution, he had already put life and death aside. The war of blood and fire made Liu Yalou grow into a tough guy and a fierce general. However, when Liu Yalou was dying, the only person who could not be relieved was his beloved wife Zhai Yunying.
Zhai Yunying is 18 years younger than Liu Yalou and is a beautiful woman of mixed Chinese and Russian descent. Although Zhai Yunying is strong and resolute, in Liu Yalou's heart, she is a tender and watery wife. After all, the more the husband stands tall, the more he takes care of his beloved woman. This is especially true of Liu Yalou.
Liu Yalou's acquaintance with Zhai Yunying began in 1945.
At that time, Liu Yalou was invited to attend a mass meeting held by the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, at which the mass representatives accused the Japanese army and the traitors of the crimes, and Zhai Yunying was the most brilliant speaker at the meeting.
Liu Yalou, who was sitting in the audience, looked at this girl of Russian descent, and listened intently to her tearful and loud speech, and could not help but sincerely admire. While listening to the speech, Liu Yalou handed a note to Han Guang, secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee who was also at the venue- "Words are reasonable, words are affectionate, and words are powerful." ”
▲ Liu Yalou in the 40s
Next, Han Guang briefed Liu Yalou on the girl's situation: her name was Zhai Yunying, she was a teacher at Xianglujiao Primary School, a women representative and an advanced worker in Dalian. Her father is from the Northeast, her mother is Russian, and she is also a bitter girl.
It turned out that Zhai Yunying's father was named Zhai Fengqi, who went from the northeast to Russia in 1911 to earn a living. During his time in Russia, Zhai Fengqi lived a life of hunger and cold, and later threw himself into the workers' revolution, participated in the "October Revolution", and became a soldier of the Red Army. After being wounded on the battlefield, Zhai Fengqi became acquainted with the Russian girl Anna, zhai Yunying's mother. After Returning to China with his family, Zhai Fengqi once again threw himself into the revolution in his homeland, but in 1942 he was arrested by the Japanese gendarmerie and tortured to death.
After the sacrifice of Zhai Yunying's father, her mother Anna took up the burden of raising a woman alone, and Zhai Yunying grew up in such an environment.
Although Liu Yalou has a history of marriage, he has become a bachelor who needs to be organized and cared for when he meets Zhai Yunying. Han Guang, secretary of the Dalian Municipal CPC Committee, who was also at the venue, saw that Liu Yalou was quite appreciative of Zhai Yunying, and he had the heart to be a matchmaker for the two.
Han Guang as a matchmaker for Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying (1946)
Han Guang was very frank and direct: "Major Wang, are you interested in her?" [Press: Liu Yalou pseudonym Wang Song when working in Dalian]
Liu Yalou heard Han Guang's question, first nodded, and then shook his head.
In fact, Liu Yalou did take a fancy to Zhai Yunying, but he also had great concerns in his heart. First, the previously failed marriage made Liu Yalou dare not welcome a new love affair; second, Liu Yalou has been marching south and northern wars over the years, and there is always the possibility of dying in battle; third, Zhai Yunying in front of him is young and beautiful, only eighteen or nineteen years old, but he himself is already a 35-year-old person.
However, the enthusiastic matchmaker is not only Han Guang. At the critical moment, Wang Xiping, then secretary of the Dalian County CPC Committee, once again introduced Zhai Yunying to Liu Yalou.
After the meeting, Wang Xiping said to Liu Yalou: "Yunying is a good girl! She gave lessons to primary school students during the day, and used her time to run literacy classes for workers at night, and every time she was evaluated, Yun Yingke was on the list! ”
▲ Zhai Yunying
Seeing that Liu Yalou still had concerns, Wang Xiping said very cheerfully: "I think you two are quite suitable, and age is not the main issue." ”
Wang Xiping is very decisive in doing things, after all, Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying are also Lang Cai's female appearance, which was originally a pair created by heaven and earth. So, a blind date arranged by the county party secretary began.
The ancients often said that beautiful women love heroes. For Zhai Yunying, Liu Yalou is a great hero who stands tall in the sky.
Liu Yalou joined the party at the age of 18, joined the army in the same year, and soon became an outstanding commander in the Red Army. During the Long March, Liu Yalou was already the commander of the First Division of the First Army, and in a series of battles such as crossing Chishui, crossing the Wujiang River, flying to capture the Luding Bridge, and forcibly occupying Lazikou, Liu Yalou was the pioneer; during his further studies in the Soviet Union, Liu Yalou also participated in the Soviet Red Army and fought against fascism on the front line.
In the face of such a hero, how could Zhai Yunying not be moved?
▲Liu Yalou during the Red Army period
With the mediation of Wang Xiping, the fire of love between Zhai Yunying and Liu Yalou burned up.
At this time, Liu Yalou also put aside his own concerns. When he learned that Zhai Yunying was worried that his mother would object because of the age gap between the two, Liu Yalou immediately expressed his willingness to go to see Anna (Zhai Yunying's mother) with Zhai Yunying first.
As mentioned earlier, Liu Yalou went to the Soviet Union to study and also participated in the Soviet Red Army. Such an experience gave Liu Yalou a natural advantage - proficiency in Russian and understanding of Soviet customs.
▲Liu Yalou's photo in the Soviet period
Although Anna has lived in the northeast for many years, she has a deep attachment to her hometown after all. As soon as Liu Yalou entered the door, he respectfully and enthusiastically called out to her, "Mama Sha! ”
"Mama Sha" is the Soviet honorific name for female elders, and Anna listened to the distant rural sounds and looked at the tall and spirited Chinese boys in front of her, so she enthusiastically pulled Liu Yalou to chat about home. Anna was very satisfied with Liu Yalou, and then The marriage between Zhai Yunying and Liu Yalou was logical.
On May 1, 1947, 36-year-old Liu Yalou married his 19-year-old mixed-race wife Zhai Yunying as he wished. The wedding was held in Dalian, and it was Han Guang who presided over the wedding.
The combination of Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying was held in the era of war. Before the honeymoon between the two was over, Liu Yalou was appointed chief of staff of the Fourth Field Army and set off for the battlefield of liberating northeast China.
Although Zhai Yunying is a capable and faithful woman, she is also a tender and watery girl who has a beautiful yearning for life after marriage. However, Zhai Yunying also understands her husband very well, knowing that Liu Yalou is not only her husband, but also a general with heavy responsibilities.
▲ Liu Yalou during the Liberation War
Liu Yalou, who has a thousand pounds, although he loves Zhai Yunying very much, he also feels guilty about his wife. Once, Zhai Yunying tentatively asked Liu Yalou if he could stay at home for a little longer, and as a result, Liu Yalou "reprimanded" Zhai Yunying: "There are so many troops waiting for me in the front, do I care for hundreds of thousands of people or to take care of you!" ”
Zhai Yunying burst into tears by Liu Yalou's loud voice. However, as a newlywed wife, she does not feel wronged, but feels that she should help Liu Yalou share more and should not cause trouble to her husband.
After that, Zhai Yunying became stronger and even reluctant to let Liu Yalou on the front line know about any trouble with him and his family. During Zhai Yunying's pregnancy, she once suffered from a strange disease, and her nasal cavity was always bleeding inexplicably. However, Zhai Yunying covered her illness tightly and did not let Liu Yalou know at all, and as a result, her illness became more and more serious.
▲ Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying
Fortunately, at that time, Luo Ronghuan's wife Lin Yueqin, after learning of the situation, quickly sent a telegram to the front line and informed Liu Yalou of Zhai Yunying's condition. Liu Yalou hurried home after settling down in military affairs, but when he saw Zhai Yunying, he found that his wife was already as white as a blank paper and extremely weak.
Liu Yalou hurriedly looked around for a famous doctor, and finally hired a German doctor, and after careful diagnosis and treatment, he snatched his beloved wife back from the ghost gate.
In Zhai Yunying's heart, Liu Yalou's weight cannot be replaced, she can disregard her own safety, but she will cry urgently because of her concern for her husband. Once, when enemy planes bombed Harbin, Liu Yalou beckoned everyone in the courtyard to go into the air raid shelter to take shelter, while he himself stood still in the courtyard, afraid that someone would not be able to dodge and cause casualties.
▲ Harbin in 1946
At the same time, Zhai Yunying shouted at Liu Yalou at the entrance of the air raid shelter, asking him to quickly hide, and Liu Yalou, who could come from the rain of bullets and bullets, simply ignored it, or commanded everyone to dodge amid the roar of enemy aircraft. As a result, Zhai Yunying cried urgently, deeply afraid that Liu Yalou would have something to lose.
Seeing her husband in such a "crazy" state, Zhai Yunying was even more worried about Liu Yalou's safety. Finally, Zhai Yunying made a bold decision - to go to the front line to find her husband!
At the end of 1948, Zhai Yunying, who did not want to hide in the rear, resolutely embarked on the road to find Liu Yalou. At that time, the Pingjin Campaign had entered a critical period, and Liu Yalou was directing the battle on the Tianjin front. When Zhai Yunying approached Liu Yalou, the time for the general attack on Tianjin was getting closer and closer.
Finally, in early January 1949, Zhai Yunying met her husband in a courtyard in Yang Liuqing, and after Liu Yalou pulled his wife into the room, he turned around and deployed for battle before he could greet him.
▲ Liu Yalou before the Battle of Tianjin
Liu Yalou deployed the battle intensively, listened to the dynamics of the front line, and did not even have time to take care of Zhai Yunying. At that time, the guards moved in a camp bed and simply supported it on the kang, which was to settle Mrs. Liu.
Zhai Yunying had never been on the battlefield, let alone seen the command post before the war, but when she saw her busy husband, her heart was extremely solid. Zhai Yunying, who had been running all the way, was not sleepy, and sat on the edge of the bed to watch Liu Yalou busy until dawn and then from dawn to sunset.
The situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, Zhai Yunying had not yet figured out what was happening, and Liu Yalou had already commanded the army to conquer Tianjin. However, at this time, Zhai Yunying was even happier to see her husband safe on the battlefield.
After entering the era of peace, Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying had a very happy life.
▲ Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying went to Wuping for inspection in 1951
However, in the autumn of 1964, Liu Yalou fell ill, and he was very ill.
General Liu Yalou was a hero of the motherland and the people, and after learning the news of his illness, Zhang Xiaoqian, the medical hero at the time, was ordered to lead the entire medical team to examine him. As a result, Liu Yalou's liver situation immediately startled the internal medicine expert: the transaminases were as high as 300 units, and the liver was hard like a stone!
The weak Zhai Yunying was very worried about Liu Yalou's body, and Liu Yalou told the doctor frankly:
"Dr. Zhang, if I have an incurable disease and there is no way for 'God' to come down, then tell me quickly, and I will buy time to do a great job for the cause of the party and the people."
Dr. Zhang Xiaoqian also could not bear to immediately inform Liu Yalou of the real condition, but first comforted them that it was ordinary hepatitis, and must not be overworked and needed careful rest. Subsequently, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou successively gave instructions to make every effort to heal Liu Yalou and made the decision to let Liu Yalou rest for the time being.
▲ Liu Yalou reported to Chairman Mao on his work
However, because General Liu Yalou's condition was too serious, he was really weak. After learning of her illness, Liu Yalou asked the young Zhai Yunying to remarry, and on her deathbed, he also told her to be a person with capital letters as Gorky said.
However, Zhai Yunying only obeyed half of Liu Yalou's instructions: for the matter of remarriage, Zhai Yunying sternly refused and became a person with capital letters!
In the second year of Liu Yalou's death, Ye Qun fabricated the lies of Liu Yalou before his death and sent someone to let Zhai Yunying testify perjury. However, although Zhai Yunying is gentle, her heart is very strong, she is well aware of her husband's behavior and the tricks of Ye Qun and others, saying that "you can't make things up and frame good people."
▲ Leaf group
After learning of Zhai Yunying's words, Ye Qun was very angry and said that he wanted Zhai Yunying to "appreciate her strength.". However, after the widow, Zhai Yunying did not yield and was not afraid of threats and persecution at all. Because she always kept in mind her husband's exhortation at the time of his death—to be a person in capital letters like Gorky said.
▲Ms. Zhai Yunying visited the Pingjin Battle Memorial Hall
Zhai Yunying, who has Russian ancestry, has been pampered since marrying Liu Yalou at the age of 19, while also silently supporting her husband. The love story of Liu Yalou and Zhai Yunying is worthy of praise by each of us. What is worth respecting is that Zhai Yunying, who was originally well cared for, became more determined and strong after the death of General Liu Yalou, was not afraid of persecution, and kept the bottom line in the face of great right and wrong!