On this day in 1948, a family in rural Shaanxi Province was particularly lively, the earthen wall outside the house was covered with red paper, and a man dressed in an ill-fitting wedding dress entertained guests in the crowd, his name was Zhanhui, and today was his wedding day.
More than half of the people in the village came to Zhanhui's house to watch the excitement for two reasons, the first was that they heard that his daughter-in-law was very beautiful, and they didn't believe that Zhanhui, a farmer in his 30s who was still working as a single, could marry such a beautiful daughter-in-law.
The second reason is that his daughter-in-law doesn't want a bride price, which makes everyone more curious, and some well-wishers tell Zhanhui to keep an eye on it, in case this woman is a liar!
But in Zhanhui's opinion, there is only such a mud house in his family, and the asset is a few acres of land in the village, which is barely enough to eat and clothe, and he feels that he has nothing worthy of being deceived by this beautiful woman.
So after the matchmaker introduced the two to each other and proposed that as long as Zhanhui married this woman, Zhanhui agreed to this family affair without having time to think about it, although he didn't understand why this beautiful woman fell in love with him.
Kebai picked up a young and beautiful daughter-in-law, Zhanhui had to wake up with a smile in his dreams, and in order to show his attention, he still did his best to hold a wedding for his daughter-in-law.
At night, when the guests were sent away and ready to enter the cave room, Zhanhui was poured cold water on him. This beautiful woman said that she could work in the field and was willing to do laundry and cook for Zhanhui, but she was unwilling to have sex with her.
Zhan Hui inevitably had a little disappointment on his face when he heard this, outsiders knew that he had married a beautiful daughter-in-law, but who knew that he and she only had the name of husband and wife, but thinking that he was 30 years old, if she wasn't willing to marry him, he might have to be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
So Zhanhui agreed to his wife's request, and he usually did not let his daughter-in-law do housework, and he was even more reluctant to work in the field.
Soon the two gave birth to their own love crystallization, and in a few years, this beautiful woman gave birth to 8 children for Zhanhui, and under the teaching of the two, the children also grew up very well.
Over the years, there have been almost no secrets between his wife and Zhanhui, and the two have never quarreled, but Zhanhui knows that his daughter-in-law's identity may be very unusual, although she is not much different from other peasant women in the early years, but after having children, her teaching of children shows her profound knowledge.
Since his wife didn't want to say it, Zhanhui wouldn't ask him, but Zhanhui finally knew the secret, and his wife explained her identity when she was dying, her real name was Zhang Chunlian, and she was a female spy of the military command.
It turned out that Zhang Chunlian was also born in a poor peasant family, she was really a hard-working person, her parents died one after another, and the family sold her to the landlord's family as a slave in order to have one less person to eat, and the landlord often scolded and insulted Zhang Chunlian, and she did all the dirty work.
Fortunately, in the end, Zhang Chunlian escaped with her own wisdom, in order to survive, she signed up for the study of the military school by chance, and after successfully entering the school, Zhang Chunlian studied very seriously, after all, only the more things she knows, she will not be arbitrarily manipulated, and she has slowly become a woman who is excellent in appearance and inside.
On this day, Mao Renfeng came to the school to select female agents, Zhang Chunlian was also one of the candidates, in the face of Mao Renfeng's question, she almost answered fluently, which can be said to stand out, so Mao Renfeng took her away to continue training.
For the smart and hard-working Zhang Chunlian, Mao Renfeng is not stingy to reuse, especially such a beauty, he will not be harsh, and Zhang Chunlian, who has lacked love since childhood, has always been eager to be recognized, so he also has a certain dependence on Mao Renfeng, and he is even more ruthless.
Zhang Chunlian thought that such days would go on like this, she didn't need a lot, as long as she could stay by Mao Renfeng's side all the time, as long as this person was willing to be gentle, she wanted her to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and she was also willing.
But Zhang Chunlian, who is capable and young and beautiful, is not taken to heart by Mao Renfeng, for him, women are like clothes, but they are just flags he plays with at will.
So when the lustful Dai Li noticed Mao Renfeng, a beautiful subordinate, Dai Li, who suddenly fell in love with Zhang Chunlian, just looked at her, and Mao Renfeng immediately offered her hands.
After Zhang Chunlian was assigned to Dai Li's subordinates, she finally recognized the reality at this time and no longer had illusions about anyone. She is usually responsible for using her beauty and wisdom to negotiate when Dai Lia is doing business, working as a secretary and bodyguard, and killing many Japanese.
Although she was a spy, she never extinguished her conscience, and Zhang Chunlian never killed her compatriots, and secretly helped the underground party comrades under the nose of the enemy.
Later, Dai Li, who discovered Zhang Chunlian's "traitor" behavior, was furious and immediately decided to execute Zhang Chunlian, but it was impossible for him to admit that his people openly "defected", so he decided to execute him secretly, but Dai Li died in the plane crash before he could act.
Zhang Chunlian, who escaped the catastrophe, had to return to Mao Renfeng's side under the call of Mao Renfeng, but seeing the persecution of the common people by the Japanese and the inaction of the Kuomintang, she was extremely disappointed in the military unification.
It happened that the Kuomintang was defeated and fled, and before retreating, Mao Renfeng ordered her to go back to Shaanxi to lurk, Zhang Chunlian understood that she had been abandoned by him and the Kuomintang, and not only that, but they also wanted to use her to do things for them in the end.
Frustrated, Zhang Chunlian decided to live under a different identity, so she fled to Zhanhui's village and asked the matchmaker to tell her about her homeless person, and no one would have thought that she would marry a peasant.
After marriage, her husband was too good to her, and she gradually wavered to accept her husband, and finally decided to live with her husband, but when she was dying, she was still afraid that her identity would be found out and affect her husband and children, so she chose to say it herself.
After Zhanhui heard such shocking news, he wanted to say to his wife: "I want to divorce you." But this thought was only for a moment, after all, he was just a small farmer, and he was too shocked and afraid.
Zhang Chunlian asked Zhanhui to take the initiative to report herself, so that their children might be able to avoid punishment, and Zhanhui agreed with tears in his eyes.
After his wife's death, Zhanhui took the initiative to confess and reported her, but he stated without prevarication that if he wanted to be punished, he was willing to take responsibility, and he and his wife were one.
And Zhang Chunlian actively resisted Japan during the anti-Japanese period, and did not act excessively, so there is no need to hold Zhanhui and his children accountable.