In January 1972, Marshal Chen Yi was already in very serious condition.
At this time, Chen Yi's three sons and youngest daughter were all guarding Chen Yi's side.
Chen Yi looked at his wife and four children, and said with great difficulty: "I'm afraid Dad is going to see Marx, Haosu, you three brothers must take care of your mother and sister." ”
Chen Yi's eldest son, Chen Haosu, nodded, and Chen Yi's youngest daughter couldn't cry......
1. Chen Yi's favorite youngest daughter
Chen Yi and his wife Zhang Qian have a total of 3 sons and 1 daughter, all three sons were born before the liberation, only the youngest daughter Chen Shanshan was born in 1950, this year, Chen Yi was 49 years old.
It should be said that among the four children, Chen Yi loves this little daughter Chen Shanshan the most.
Chen Yi left a lot of old historical photos in his life, among them, there are a lot of photos of Chen Yi and his daughter, in a photo taken in the sixties of the last century, Chen Yi's sons stood behind Chen Yi and his wife, but Chen Shanshan was taken by his father's arm to take pictures.
Chen Shanshan admired her father very much when she was very young, when Chen Yi asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up, Chen Shanshan told her father that she wanted to join the art troupe, so that she could not only fulfill her dream of joining the army, but also complete her dream of art.
In this regard, Chen Yi, who is dedicated to the country, hopes that his daughter can learn foreign languages, and Chen Yi told his daughter that the country is in urgent need of foreign language talents, and learning foreign languages well can contribute to the country.
Chen Shanshan is very sensible, she followed her father's advice, but unfortunately, with the advent of the sixties and seventies of the last century, Marshal Chen Yi was in a more and more difficult situation, and in 1968, Chen Shanshan could only go to a hospital in the Beijing Military Region as a nurse.
Second, the younger sister can only be separated after marriage
In 1971, with the help of Premier Zhou, Chen Yi, who was seriously ill, came to Beijing for treatment.
As Chen Yi's condition became more and more serious, all four of Chen Yi's children returned to their father.
In the last months of Chen Yi's life, Chen Shanshan was always by his father's side.
On December 26, 1971, Chairman Mao's birthday, Chen Yi asked his daughter to cook a bowl of noodles for herself.
Chen Shanshan was happy to be able to improve her father's condition, Chen Yi was eating noodles with difficulty, and told his daughter that today was Chairman Mao's birthday, and he wanted to celebrate Chairman Mao's birthday, Chen Yi told his daughter earnestly that without Chairman Mao, there would be no New China.
In an instant, Chen Shanshan burst into tears.
In January 1972, Chairman Mao suddenly appeared at the scene of Chen Yi's memorial service, Zhang Qian was moved to tears, Chairman Mao comforted Zhang Qian, Chairman Mao pointed out that Chen Yi is a good comrade.
After comforting Zhang Qian, Chairman Mao also talked with Chen Shanshan and other Chen Yi's four daughters, and Chairman Mao encouraged them to learn from Comrade Chen Yi and be useful pillars of New China.
A few months after Chen Yi's death, Zhang Qian was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer. At the same time, with the help and approval of Premier Zhou, Chen Shanshan had the opportunity to go to the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom to learn foreign languages, because her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Chen Shanshan did not want to go abroad at this time.
At this time, it was Zhang Qian who encouraged her daughter to go abroad.
From 1972 to 1974, in the past two or three years, Zhang Qian devoted almost all her energy to completing the last wish of sorting out Chen Yi's poetry collection.
As Zhang Qian's condition became more and more serious, Premier Zhou, Ye Jianying and other leaders personally instructed Zhang Qian to go to 301 Hospital for treatment.
Although sometimes her illness was so serious that she couldn't even sit up, Zhang Qian didn't give up the work of sorting out Chen Yi's poetry collection for a day.
In 1973, when Zhang Qian couldn't bear it, she asked a friend of Chen Yi's former to help her. Sometimes Zhang Qian dictated and asked a few children to sort it out.
In 1974, Zhang Qian called Chen Haosu and other three sons to her side before she died.
Zhang Qian looked at her three sons and said in a very solemn tone: "Don't be sad, I miss your father too." Haosu, you brothers, listen, after I leave, this family will depend on you. Your sister is not married yet, and only after Shanshan gets married, can the three of you brothers separate. ”
Chen Haosu clenched his mother's hand, nodded tearfully and said, "Mom, don't worry, we will definitely take good care of my sister." ”
3. Deng Xiaoping treated Chen Shanshan like his own daughter
It is worth mentioning that Chen Shanshan and her husband Wang Guangya met while studying in the United Kingdom. Coincidentally, Wang Guangya was also born in 1950.
In 1972, when Wang Guangya was working in the Great Northern Wilderness, he was suddenly summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and arranged to go abroad. Many of the students who went abroad in 1972 went on to become outstanding diplomatic talents on the mainland.
On the way to study in United Kingdom, Chen Shanshan and Wang Guangya knew each other and fell in love, and when they returned to China in 1975, the two had already confirmed their relationship. Later, Chen Shanshan became one of the few female ambassadors in China, and Wang Guangya became the executive vice minister of the mainland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
While Zhang Qian was ill, Deng Xiaoping, who had made a comeback, returned to Beijing in 1973.
After learning that Zhang Qian was seriously ill, Deng Xiaoping, who had a deep comradeship with Chen Yi, soon brought his wife Zhuo Lin to the hospital to visit Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian told Deng Xiaoping and his wife that the most reassuring thing for him was his youngest daughter Chen Shanshan, and hoped that after his death, Comrade Xiaoping could help take care of Shanshan.
Deng Xiaoping nodded solemnly, perhaps, from this moment on, Deng Xiaoping has regarded Chen Shanshan as his daughter, in fact, when Chen Yi was alive, Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping were neighbors, and Chen Shanshan and Deng Xiaoping's children also had a very good relationship.
In 1975, after Chen Shanshan returned from studying in United Kingdom, Chen Haosu took his sister to visit Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping invited the brothers and sisters to have a meal, Deng Xiaoping mentioned that Chen Shanshan should live in his own home, but for this proposal, Chen Haosu refused, Chen Haosu did not want to cause trouble to Comrade Deng Xiaoping, did not want to cause trouble to the organization.
Deng Xiaoping told Chen Haosu that he could come to him at any time if he had something in the future.
In addition to Deng Xiaoping and his wife, Premier Zhou and his wife are also very concerned about Chen Shanshan.
Before Zhang Qian's death in 1974, when Chen Shanshan returned to China to visit her mother, Deng Yingchao talked about the hope that Chen Shanshan could live with her.
In the Spring Festival of 1977, Chen Shanshan and Wang Guangya held a wedding. Before the wedding, Deng Xiaoping asked for the wedding many times and used his own salary, but the Chen Haosu brothers refused, they didn't want to trouble the organization.
In the end, the three brothers pooled money to hold a wedding for their sister.
In the 80s of the last century, Deng Xiaoping met Chen Shanshan on a diplomatic occasion, and Deng Xiaoping said with a smile that his family's Shanshan was getting better and better.
In 1997, when she learned the news of Deng Xiaoping's death, Chen Shanshan cried bitterly. After the death of his parents, Comrade Deng Xiaoping treated himself like a daughter.
Chen Shanshan did not disappoint her parents, and after the death of Chen Yi and his wife, Chen Shanshan became an outstanding diplomatic talent on the mainland, and she always kept the words of loyalty to the party and the people in her heart.