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One day in 1978, the Lijiang Labor Reform Tea Farm in Chaling, Hunan Province, welcomed a guest in a suit and leather shoes.
The person who came was richly dressed, had an extraordinary temperament between gestures, and spoke Cantonese that the locals could not understand, and opened his mouth to find a woman named Dong Hui.
Everyone in the tea house knows that Dong Hui is Pan Hannian's wife, and Pan Hannian has passed away a year ago, so they have speculated about the identity of the guests.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw Dong Hui, the person who came stepped forward excitedly, and said half distressed and half comforting: "Sister Hui, you have suffered all these years, come back to Hong Kong with me!" ”
It turned out that this guest was Dong Huiyuan's brother in Hong Kong, and he came here to bring his sister who was in the tea farm to settle in Hong Kong.
However, in the face of her brother's invitation, Dong Hui refused without hesitation, and said very firmly: "No, I won't go, I will wait for that day to come!" ”
So, why did Dong Hui refuse the invitation to return to Hong Kong to settle down? What exactly is she waiting for?
On April 14, 1977, in Changsha Hospital, Hunan, a generation of spy king Pan Hannian was about to come to the end of his life.
Just when Pan Hannian was dying, his wife Dong Hui suddenly rushed to the hospital, and saw his wife dragging his sick leg all the way, Pan Hannian, who had been running out of time, was moved in his heart.
In order to reassure his wife, Pan Hannian forcibly cheered up, pretended to be better, asked his wife questions, and comforted him vigorously: "Don't worry, I will definitely go back, I have to wait for that day." ”
However, not long after Dong Hui left the ward, Pan Hannian could no longer support it, and when Dong Hui came to the hospital bed again, Pan Hannian was speechless, and the husband and wife looked at each other, both of them burst into tears, and in the blurred tears, Pan Hannian stopped breathing and died suddenly.
After Pan Hannian's death, his wife Dong Hui took care of his funeral, and Pan Hannian's ashes were buried in a cemetery in Changsha, and a stone tablet was erected in front of the tomb, on which were written "Xiao Shu'an's Tomb".
After burying her husband, Dong Hui returned to the Lijiang Labor Reform Tea Farm where they lived together, and the hut where her husband used to be accompanied by her was a clear pot and cold stove at this time, looking at the traces of the two living together, Dong Hui saw the injuries, and her already sick and weak body was even more tormented.
Soon after Pan Hannian's death, Dong Huiyuan's family in Hong Kong learned the news, and they wrote to Dong Hui asking her to return to Hong Kong for reunion, but Dong Hui refused one by one.
After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, the country began to open up to the outside world, and Dong Hui's brother, who served as the chairman of Dao Heng Bank in Hong Kong, traveled thousands of miles to the Lijiang Labor Reform Tea Farm in Hunan to take his sister back to Hong Kong.
Seeing Dong Hui, who was haggard and embarrassed and judged two people in the past, his brother was distressed, and he sincerely persuaded Dong Hui:
"Sister Hui, over the years, you have suffered a lot with Han Nian, your parents and family are looking forward to you, and the second elder has been calling your name when he died, and now that Han Nian is gone, you should go back to Hong Kong with me, it's time to take care of your body and recuperate."
My brother told the thoughts of his family and made people cry, but Dong Hui did not change her mind, she rejected her brother's invitation, and said categorically: "No, I won't leave, I will wait for that day to come!" ”
What Dong Hui said about waiting for that day is no different from Pan Hannian's last words before his death, this "that day" that makes Pan Hannian and his wife so persistent actually refers to rehabilitation.
In April 1955, Pan Hannian, who had come to Beijing to attend a conference, was suddenly arrested and imprisoned in Gongdelin Prison, and a month later, Dong Hui, who had no idea, was also implicated because of her husband and was also imprisoned in Gongdelin Prison.
When Pan Hannian was arrested, the charge given above was "internal traitor", but from 1955 to 1963, it was examined for eight years, and no evidence of Pan Hannian's collaboration with the enemy was found.
In 1962, Chairman Mao made a loose speech at the 7,000-person conference, in which Pan Hannian's name was specifically named, so in January 1963, the court sentenced Pan Hannian to 15 years in prison for the non-existent crime of "internal rape", but soon after he was released on parole, and he and Dong Hui were transferred to work in the Tuanhe Labor Reform Farm in Daxing County, Beijing.
The days in Tuanhe Farm were one of the few happy times for Pan Hannian and his wife, without prison and endless censorship, Pan Hannian and his wife were divided into two houses, and they could usually fish and plant flowers, visit relatives and friends, or go to the city to shop, and their lives were quite quiet and leisurely.
But the good days have not passed for a few years, in 1966, with the full advent of the ten-year movement, Pan Hannian was involved in a bigger political storm, in May 1967, adhering to Jiang Qing's will, the public security department arrested Pan Hannian again in prison for no reason, and even Dong Hui also suffered.
After the uninterrupted interrogation, the special case team did not ask anything from Pan Hannian's mouth, but still sentenced Pan Hannian to life imprisonment and expelled him from the party forever.
In 1975, Pan Hannian, who had been detained for nine years, was suddenly sent to the Lijiang Labor Reform Tea Farm in Chaling, Hunan, where his wife, Dong Hui, was also sent here.
The couple met again after many years, and their hearts were half sad and half happy, and the Pan Hannian couple, who were already in their last years, settled down here.
A year later, the central government took measures to arrest the Jiang Qing clique in one fell swoop, ending the 10-year political movement, which rekindled the flame of hope for the long-wronged Pan Hannian and his wife, who were looking forward to the day of rehabilitation.
At the end of 1976, Pan Hannian was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and a few months later, his condition worsened, and he was transferred to a hospital in Changsha, Hunan, where he finally died.
Before Pan Hannian died, he once said to his wife, "I will wait for the day when Beijing rehabilitates him", and Dong Hui always kept this sentence in mind.
After Pan Hannian's death, she returned to the Laogai Tea Farm alone, refused her family's invitation to take her back to Hong Kong to settle down, and dragged her sick body to run around wholeheartedly for Pan Hannian's rehabilitation.
However, like Pan Hannian, Dong Hui finally failed to see that day, and in February 1979, Dong Hui died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage in the Laogai tea field.
It was not until August 1982 that under the joint efforts of Chen Yun, Liao Chengzhi, Deng Yingchao and many other veteran comrades, Pan Hannian's unjust case was finally rehabilitated.
On April 15 of the following year, six years after Pan Hannian's death and four years after Dong Hui's death, the central government transferred the ashes of Pan Hannian and his wife from Changsha, Hunan to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.
After watching Pan Hannian's death, his wife Dong Hui refused to settle in Hong Kong, do you have anything to say in front of the screen? Feel free to leave your views in the comment section.
Resources:
CNKI "Dong Hui - Pan Hannian's Wife in Distress" - Yan Qi
CNKI "The Life and Death of Pan Hannian and Dong Hui" - Fang Su
CNKI "The Last Days of Pan Hannian and His Wife" - Deng Junsheng
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