1993 At the end of winter, 89-year-old Zhang Huilan finally failed to hold back his pain and closed his eyes forever.
Before she died, she expressed her last wish in a trembling voice: she hoped to be buried next to her husband Yang Hucheng after her death.
Children in Zhang Huilan know that the families of martyrs are not allowed to be buried in the martyrs cemetery after their death. However, in order to repay their mother's kindness, the children carefully put forward this "illegal" requirement to the Shaanxi government.
It wasn't long before the Shaanxi government agreed to this request, so why did the Shaanxi government make an exception for Zhang Huilan? What kind of story does she have?
He is from Sun Town, Pucheng, Shaanxi Province, and his father Zhang is a Chinese medicine practitioner. He runs a small pharmacy at home.
Yang's mother, Sun Yilian, is also from Sun Town. Later, she married in Ganbei Village, ten kilometers away from home, and gave birth to Yang.
When he grew up, Yang Hucheng joined the revolutionary ranks very early and was treated in Zhang's drugstore, so they became close friends.
19 14, Yang Hucheng, who retired from the army and returned to his hometown for one year, was forced to leave home because he called villagers to kill his bully Li Zhen, which angered the government that had enemies with Li Zhen.
Yang's departure brought a great blow to Sun Yilian, who suddenly collapsed and had to return to her family to cultivate herself.
After learning about Sun Yilian's situation, Zhang will bring some medicine to visit and chat with Sun Yilian from time to time.
But Zhang is alone after all, and he is also busy with the pharmacy. Therefore, he later asked his daughter Zhang Huilan to send medicine to Sun Yilian instead of him.
Teenage girls are full of vigor and vitality, and Zhang Huilan is smart and capable. Sun Yilian likes Zhang Huilan very much.
One day, Sun Yilian talked with her family about Zhang Huilan and was full of praise: If only Huilan could be my wife.
Somehow this sentence reached Zhang's ear. Zhang has always admired Yang, and being able to kiss her is simply icing on the cake.
19 16 years, Zhang sent the ignorant to the Yang family and said to Sun Yilian: If you can't be a wife, you can be a daughter, but you can't be a servant girl.
With Sun Yilian's love for Zhang Huilan, how can she be wronged as a servant girl?
The following year, Sun Yilian asked his youngest son Yang to call Yang Hucheng, who had become the commander of the left-wing detachment of Shaanxi Army, home.
Yang Hucheng never imagined that his mother would find a daughter-in-law 1 1 years younger than himself, and he already has a wife: Luo.
Yang Hucheng and Luo Yu are married on 19 16 and are in the process of getting married.
As for the marriage, it was unilaterally agreed by her mother, and Yang refused at first.
But Yang underestimated his mother's love for him. I didn't expect Zhang to marry his little daughter even though he knew he was married.
Faced with the obsession of his mother and friends, he had no choice but to marry Zhang Huilan.
19 19, Zhang Huilan, who was only 15 years old, married Yang Hucheng, who was 26 years old.
After marriage, Yang failed to treat her as a wife. Coupled with the tight war, the two did not get along for a long time. Yang returned to the army.
Yang returned to the army and wanted to continue to take Luo to war, but he didn't expect Luo to be pregnant.
At the same time, Yang Hucheng also received an order from his superiors: lead the troops to Yulin in northern Shaanxi as soon as possible.
Luo, who was pregnant, could not go to Yulin with the troops. After much deliberation, Yang decided to send Luo back to his hometown, so please take care of him.
As Yang's mother, Sun Yilian is naturally happy with Luo's arrival, but on the other hand, she is also worried about whether Luo and he can live in peace.
The actual situation is that she not only has no complaints about Luo's arrival, but also welcomes her like Sun Yilian.
As soon as Luo entered the room, he invited her to sit down and served tea as usual: Sister, please have tea.
The attitude is obviously beyond Luo's expectation. He froze, or Sun Yilian reminded him that Luo had just accepted this cup of tea.
Luo spent the whole pregnancy under the careful care of her.
1922 In the middle of the last month, Luo and Yang successfully gave birth to their first son.
The family was very happy and wrote to Yang as soon as possible.
12 days later, when Yang learned that Luo Pingan had given birth, he wrote a letter to go home and named his eldest son.
Two years later, Yang learned from a letter from home that he was ready to call his father, and he was eager to see his son.
Luo thought that his son had never seen his father since he was born, so he wanted to listen to Yang's advice and take his son to find his father.
But at that time, many counties north of Pucheng were under the control of Beiyang warlords, and the road to Yulin had to pass through places with many bandits such as Yan 'an, Suide and Mizhi.
It's impossible to see Yang and his mother only by Luo. At this time, Zhang Huilan stood up and offered to accompany him.
Settled down at home, took Luo, and set off.
Although Zhang Huilan has never been out of the city, she is also very considerate and bold. Zhang Huilan thought that since the road to the north was dangerous, he made a detour.
Two women and a young child first arrived in Shanxi eastward, and then from Hancheng Meiyukou eastward to Jinnan.
Then go north along the Fenhe River, pass through Taiyuan and other places, and finally enter Yulin smoothly.
Under your care, it took Luo and his mother nearly a month to see Yang safely.
Seeing his son, Yang did not forget to thank him.
After all, if there were no care and companionship from mother and son in these two years, Yang would not be carefree in this position.
After living in Yulin for a few days, I bid farewell to Yang.
Although Yang stayed, she still felt uneasy about her mother-in-law Sun Yilian.
So under the escort of two soldiers arranged by Yang, he returned to Pucheng.
Two years later, Luo was pregnant again.
Unlike the situation when the eldest son was born, Luo gave birth to the baby on the way to Guanzhong with the army.
The birth of her daughter Yang hurt Luo's vitality and her body suddenly collapsed. Seeing this situation, only reluctantly left Luo and his mother in Donglibao, Sanyuan County.
Unfortunately, Luo was diagnosed with highly contagious tuberculosis. In order to prevent his son from being infected, Luo sent him back to Pucheng, where he was taken care of again.
Speaking of it, Zhang Huilan's life is full of bitterness. Before he lived a stable life for two years, he had to force himself to take all ages with him to avoid being hunted down.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/926, Yang Hucheng led 5,000 people into Ancheng District to jointly resist Song Jun, a town of 100,000 in Liu Zhenhua, together with Li Huchen, the Shaanxi governor stationed here.
Xi 'an, with Yang and Li Huchen in the seat, is not so easy to win.
In order to win, Liu Zhenhua sent people to Yang's hometown to look for Sun Yilian, but it was always in vain.
Because I have brought two people to Donglibao, Sanyuan County, and I have joined Luo.
Sadly, Luo's condition has not improved, but has become more serious. He coughed up blood and thought he would leave at any moment.
Luo believes that Donglibao is still not an absolutely safe place.
Luo said, it's too small. I sent her to a villager's house. You take your mother-in-law to save people and keep running as far as possible.
As for me, leave it alone. At that moment, I knew for myself that I would never go back to Tiger City.
There is nothing you can do about Luo's illness. All she can do is follow Luo's advice and continue to avoid her mother-in-law and her husband.
10, Yang Hucheng, who was struggling to stay in Xi 'an, finally got the support of Feng Yuxiang and Yu Youren, and victory was just around the corner.
Zhang Huilan returned to Donglibao with two generations. The four-year-old didn't know that this would be the last time he saw Luo.
One day, Luo heard the news that he was building a fortress outside the city to prepare for the last fight.
Luo was so worried about Yang who was still in the city that he fainted when his mood fluctuated too much.
When she woke up, Luo clearly knew that her life had come to an end. After she entrusted her two children to Zhang Huilan in one breath, she gave up the ghost.
165438+1October 27th, Xi 'an was finally safe after more than eight months. However, in this war, more than 30,000 soilless bones appeared in the lotus pond in Xi 'an.
After mourning the hero's soul, Yang Hucheng, who was ashamed, took Cao Runhua, a staff officer, and two orderlies to live in seclusion in a friend's house in Fuping County.
Yang's "disappearance" has attracted the attention of both sides. On the one hand, it is the family members who have been waiting for Yang's return for a long time, and on the other hand, it is the Kuomintang government that still needs Yang to go into battle to kill the enemy.
In order to make Yang do his duty faithfully, Yu Youren, commander-in-chief of Shaanxi National Army, ordered all newspapers to report Luo's death and articles about Yang's mother's search for a child.
Sure enough, at Luo's funeral, Yang Hucheng appeared in a black robe, and he threw himself on the coffin with incredible regret.
Yu Youren also attended the funeral, but his main purpose was to hope that Yang would return to the team.
So the elegiac couplet he sent read: "There is a spirit to carry forward yang hu for me, so it is hard to think of you and mourn Roland."
After the funeral, Yang was once again entangled. The country needs him, and so do his relatives. Neither side can give up.
And Yang has a big stone in his heart, that is, if he goes to war again, can he guarantee that the tragedy of An's 30,000 bones will never happen again?
Luo has passed away, and Yang, who has a mountain of troubles, can only talk to him.
Yang thought he couldn't give him any useful advice, but what he didn't expect made him feel enlightened.
After understanding Yang's worry, he cried and said, "My father misjudged someone and thought you were a hero, but in fact you are a coward!
Will you be chilling if the 30 thousand dead people know? Aren't we girls bumping around to make you feel at ease in the war?
I'm stupid. If only Sister Perrin were still alive. She can tell you in two or three sentences.
The words hit Yang's heart verbatim, as if he had met his estranged wife for the first time.
From 65438 to 0927, Yang Hucheng became the commander of the 10th National Army, where he met Xie Baozhen who was doing propaganda work in the 10th National Army at that time.
Two people who loved each other fell in love quickly and got married in Taihe, Anhui Province within a year of knowing each other. Shortly after the marriage, Xie Baozhen gave birth to Yang Zhengya, the second son of Yang Hucheng.
However, shortly after his birth, this son was left in Nanjing because of Yang Hucheng's transfer of troops, and entrusted to a subordinate named Hu of Yang Hucheng to look after him.
At 1929, the focus of Yang Hucheng's work shifted to Jiaodong. Zhang Huilan and others in Donglibao are in danger of being surrounded by bandits.
To be on the safe side, the party decided to leave Tongguan and take refuge in Yang.
However, Sun Yilian is too old to travel long distances and visit relatives with her youngest son Yang.
When they came to Juxian with two children and stood in front of Yang, both sides were very excited.
There is still no opinion on Xie Baozhen's appearance, because she can see that Xie Baozhen takes good care of Yang, which is enough.
After living in Juxian for ten days, Yang decided to let the deputy commander and chief of staff go out to inspect.
Thinking that Zhang Huilan, Zheng Min and Zheng Kun haven't seen this country well, I want to take this opportunity to take the mother and son to enjoy it.
But in that war-torn era, where can Zhang Can enjoy happiness with a clear conscience?
Zhang Huilan and his party went to Nanjing first. She heard that Xie Bao's first child was fostered here because Yang was busy with work, so she wanted to see it.
Zhang Huilan's heart was broken when he saw a poor baby with a high fever and diphtheria.
Zhang Huilan took care of Yang Zhengya in the hospital for several days, but the child still couldn't escape the fate of death.
No matter how sad Zhang Huilan is, he still can't put off the party. Zhang Huilan quickly cleared up his mood and took the children to Shanghai.
They were almost robbed again in Shanghai. For safety reasons, the group moved again and went to Hangzhou.
Just as Hang Cheng entered the rainy season, Sheng Min, who grew up in the dry north, could not adapt to the humid environment and even infected her lungs.
Zhang Huilan had to take two children back to find Yang, and the husband and wife sent the rescuer to Qingdao for treatment.
If you want to take care of sick people, Gu is very difficult to take care of, so Yang gave him to Xie Baozhen to take care of, and he must immediately go into battle.
In September, Yang needed to lead troops to Nanyang, Henan. After all, it's inconvenient to take my daughter Zheng Kun, and people are at peace, so I sent Zheng Kun to Qingdao.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/930, Yang temporarily settled down and had a second son with Xie Baozhen.
Yang thinks it's time to take her son to settle down.
193 1 At the beginning of the year, Zhang Huilan came to Xi 'an with two children and settled in Imagination Mansion.
The following year, I finally married Yang for thirteen years and had my own child, Yang Zhengren, Yang's third son.
Unfortunately, with the Xi Incident of 1936, Yang Hucheng's mother was taken away by the enemy. Although she was saved, she was tortured physically and mentally.
After the Xi incident, Yang Hucheng's heart also sent out a dangerous signal after a long-term load.
At this time, Xie Bao was really busy saving the people and the middle school in Peiping, and Zhang Huilan was the only one who could help at home.
So, busy taking care of Yang, she neglected the health of her own son Zheng Ren.
Even if Zheng Min came back from Peiping, it would be too late to send his brother to the hospital as soon as possible.
Zhang Huilan can't stand it any longer. The death of her son left her in a state of mental confusion and trance.
In the face of Zhang Huilan who is getting thinner, Yang Hu, covered in iron, shed tears of guilt.
Xi's medical conditions are limited. In order to recover his health, Yang decided to let his eldest son and daughter take him to Beiping to see a doctor.
However, due to work reasons, he had to leave China with Xie Baozhen and his second son, Joe Cheng.
This farewell is the eternal separation between heaven and man.
The July 7th Incident happened in 1937, and Peiping was in danger. Although Zhang Huilan still hasn't recovered, Sheng Min decided to take his mother and sister back to Xi 'an.
One day, the rescuer happily said to Zhang Huilan with a newspaper: The whole country is resisting Japan!
On hearing the news of the war, Zhang Huilan miraculously woke up and asked Zheng Min: Where is your father? What about the bride (Xie Baozhen)?
Zheng Min told her that Yang has gone abroad with Xie Baozhen and Yang Zhengzhong and will be back soon. Get the answer Zhang Huilan settled down.
Later, she learned that Xie Baozhen put her four daughters in foster care at her parents' home before going abroad, and she took them to her side one by one, quietly waiting for the day of family reunion.
However, after all, I failed to wait for Yang's victory in the Anti-Japanese War.
As soon as Yang Hucheng and his party returned to China, they were controlled by the Kuomintang and put in prison.
1September 1949 17, Yang Hucheng was killed in Chongqing.
He was joined by Xie Baozhen, Yang Zhengzhong and his daughter Yang Zhenggui, who was born in prison eight years ago.
Zhang Huilan, who suddenly lost four relatives, fell ill again in grief, but this time, Zhang Huilan woke up again with an indelible thought.
The first thing I do after waking up is to build a cemetery for Yang. After selection, she finally bought seven acres of land on the west side of Dugong Temple in Quwei Township, Chang 'an County.
From 1950 to 1956, Zhang Huilan was almost alone in supporting many things, such as building roads, planting trees, digging drainage ditches and erecting monuments.
After the completion of Yang Hucheng Cemetery, the 20th anniversary of the Xi Incident came. Zhang Huilan decided to hand over the cemetery to the government for management, and finally renamed it "Yang Hucheng Martyrs Cemetery".
In addition to establishing her husband's graveyard, Zhang Huilan spent most of his later years in public welfare undertakings.
He not only bought government bonds to support the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but also funded the establishment of a nursery and donated the Sikuquanshu collected by Yang Hucheng to the library.
Since then, Zhang Huilan has been elected as a representative of Xi People's Congress for many times and served as a member of Xi and Shaanxi CPPCC. As always, he devoted himself to China and society until the end of his life.
Zhang Huilan worked hard all his life. As the one who spent the least time with Yang Sanren's wife, she didn't feel much love from her husband.
But this woman who cares about her country has no complaints. The successive deaths of parents, husbands and sisters did not crush her.
Zhang Huilan is like a typical representative of a military spouse. She swallowed all the hardships by herself, only to support her husband and serve her country.
Zhang Huilan's contribution is no less than that of her husband Yang Hucheng, who built the cemetery of Yang Hucheng. Naturally, the Shaanxi government will grant Zhang Huilan's children's request.
Zhang Huilan's name is worth remembering.
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