Liu Siqi and Mao Zedong's father-son relationship: childhood shouting dad, married at 19 to Guanying, remarried at 32

In the Spring Festival of 1938, in Yan'an, a wonderful drama was being staged. Mao Zedong watched from the stage, his heart was y touched, his nose was sore, tears wet his eyes.

On the stage, a little girl of about 7 or 8 years old, tattered clothes, she tore her lungs and cried out loudly, "Mom, Mom ......", her revolutionary mother was just crushed by the enemy on the car. In a burst of ear-splitting sirens, accompanied by the little girl's cries, the mother's back disappeared forever. This is a very touching scene in the play "Outcast", which really brought to life the little actor on stage.

Mao was touched by the memory of his wife Yang Kaihui's arrest and murder, and the loss of his own three children to motherhood and wandering in Shanghai. Years later, the youngest son Shilong has not been found,...... how can such a scenario not let him heartbroken sadness, he felt incomparably sorry for the children, looking at the stage of this poor little girl, Mao Zedong could not help but call her off the stage, and kindly asked: "Little friend, what's your name ah? "

"My name is Liu Siqi," the little girl replied, looking at the kind and gentle elder in front of her. Mao Zedong liked Liu Siqi's performance so much that he let her play it again.

At this point, Liu Siqi's mother, Zhang Wenqiu, came over, and the two old comrades met again.

The meeting in 1927 was once again in front of Zhang Wenqiu's eyes. The 24-year-old and her 30-year-old husband, Liu Qianchu, had only been married for three days when Mao Zedong and his wife, Yang Kaihui, met the couple. The old comrades were very happy and excited to see each other, and they talked happily, and the atmosphere was very cordial.

At that time, Mao Zedong already had three sons: Mao Anying, Mao Qianqing, and Mao Qianlong, and he smiled and blessed the happy couple, saying, "Others wish you an early birth, but I hope you will give birth to a thousand children early and often. When you give birth to a girl child, we have to 'pair in-laws', I have 3 boy children na!"

A decade has passed, this decade has happened too many things.

Yang Kaihui sacrificed for the revolution, Liu Qianchu also sacrificed for the revolution ......

March 2, 1930, Zhang Wenqiu in Hubei gave birth to a beautiful and lovely daughter Liu Siqi, which is her and Liu Qianchu's only child.

Zhang Wenqiu told Chairman Mao that the child's father, Liu Qianchu, died in Shandong in 1931. The name "Siqi" is not only the meaning of "see Yin Siqi", but also Liu Qianchu for his daughter, so that she remembers the Shandong Qilu land, this mom and dad have worked in the place. Unfortunately, he died without seeing his daughter one side. Chairman Mao listened to the stunned, forcibly endure the pain to Liu Siqi said: "Are you willing to do my daughter? I'll be your father." He also said to Zhang Wenqiu, "This is the offspring of a martyr, take good care of her and nurture her." Mao Zedong from then on recognized Liu Siqi as his own righteous daughter, and the next day he took his righteous daughter to his own home, let her often come to the house to play, he loved this child.

Although Liu Siqi often played at Mao Zedong's house, her first encounter with Mao was when she was 16 years old, in 1946, when she met Mao for the first time. The first thing that struck her about Mao was that he was handsome, dressed in a straight Soviet-style uniform and riding a high horse. He also spoke fluent Russian and was very talented. In 1948, at the age of 18, Liu Siqi, emerged as a beautiful and dignified woman. She went to Xibaipo to visit her mother, and it was here that she and Mao Anying met again, a handsome and spirited young man. The two of them hated each other, and Mao and she had endless topics to talk about, and they had a long conversation until 11 o'clock at night. The next day, Mao went to Liu Siqi to confess his love. Liu Siqi felt that Mao is the son of the President, studied, know Russian, English, while he is only junior high school education, and his age difference is 8 years, do not feel appropriate, some scruples, and hesitation.

When Mao Guanying saw this, he said to her, "Your father died, and my mother died. When you were a child, you were in jail with your mom, and I was in jail with my mom when I was 8 years old. There is no difference between us, we are all bitter melons on a vine. ...... We have the **** same language." Liu Siqi listened and thought of himself accompanying his mom to jail before he was born. Never met his father left him at the age of 34, and in 1938 and his mother was arrested and imprisoned for eight years, in front of the eyes of this big brother experienced the same hardship and full of trials and tribulations of childhood, a loss of a father's love, a loss of a mother's love ....... It was fate that made the two hearts mingle, depend on each other, put down their worries, and decided to commit to life. They naturally fell in love, and such love contains warmth and strength.

Liu Siqi lived in Xibaipo for nearly a month, the flowers before the moon and the leisurely walk let Liu Siqi really feel, Mao Anying is so different. He is sunny, kind, enthusiastic, loyal to the cause of the revolution, speak humorously and interestingly, from Shaanbei vernacular to classical poetry wonderful words. Liu Siqi's admiration for Mao Anying was so great that she was determined to be with him forever.

The new China was founded in 1949, and the country celebrated. 15 days later, Mao Zedong presided over the simple but grand wedding of Mao Anying and Liu Siqi. The reason why they chose to get married after the founding of the country, Mao said he wanted the country first and then the individual. With the double happiness of the country and the family, the Mao family hadn't had a wedding for many years, and Mao Zedong was so happy that he gave them a black overcoat, which he wore during the Chongqing negotiations, as their wedding gift, saying, "This is the clothes that Shanying wears during the day to protect himself from the cold, and covers the quilt at night so that Siqi will have a share in it as well." He also said, "Dad owes you and your relatives so much, as long as you are happy, I have no regrets." This is a father's deep blessing to his children.

In the year of his marriage, Mao Anying was busy working most of the time, living in factories, going to Hunan, and working as an interpreter ...... for the Soviet ambassador. When he learned that the United States wanted to use North Korea as a springboard to invade China, war-mongering MacArthur made the U.S. army of more than 70,000 people landed in Inchon, the safety and security of North Korea determines the safety and security of China, Mao Guanying did not hesitate to propose to go to North Korea to fight. Mao's determination was so great that he was the first to sign up for the volunteer army. At that time, many people expressed their disapproval. Mao Zedong's family had already made great sacrifices for the revolutionary struggle and was full of loyalty, and everyone advised Mao to stop Mao from going to such a dangerous place. Mao Zedong said categorically, "Who asked him to be Mao's son! If he doesn't go, who will?"

At that time, Liu Siqi had appendicitis and had just been operated on in the hospital. Mao Guanying how to let her worry, he decided not to tell her the news, just finished handling the work at hand Mao Guanying rushed back to the hospital, he took care of Liu Siqi two days and two nights, and then busy to work. One night, he hurriedly went to the hospital, only said that he "to go to a faraway place on business, in the absence of this period of time, if she does not receive a letter do not worry, because of the inconvenience of transportation, communication is not convenient". He also explained that he would visit his father every week, take care of his brother Mao Anqing, and asked Liu Siqi to insist on completing his studies, and then turned around and left. The newlyweds just one year anniversary of her, although there are a thousand reluctance, but she knows that her husband has his career, there are more important tasks to be accomplished, as a wife must support him. Liu Siqi has been sent to the door of the ward building, but the winter night is too cold, Mao Guanying worried about his wife's cold and let her go back. Liu Siqi was reluctant to part with him and insisted on watching him get on his bicycle before returning. Mao Guanying walked a few steps, suddenly turned back, he saw his wife has been standing there to see himself, he turned around and bowed y. Then stride disappeared into the night, the tall back is very determined. 90 degrees of bowing, so that Liu Siqi feel a hint of strange, very incomprehensible, before the business trip he was never like this, but she never thought that this farewell will be forever.

After Mao Guanying left, she repeatedly recollected over and over again, the scene on the day of separation, she felt, Mao Guanying heart must have something to hide from her, but there are some things, she knows that she should not ask.

At the headquarters of the Volunteer Army, Mao Guanying was the Russian interpreter for Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai. At that time, the military adviser was the Soviet ambassador to North Korea, Razovayev, when there is a new combat program and some of the problems, he will discuss with Mr. Peng, the language barrier communication difficulties, Mao Guanying's fluent Russian greatly come in handy. In addition to translation, if there is free time Mao will also serve as a secretary, management of Mr. Peng's telegrams.

On the morning of November 25, 1950, at 9:00 am, misfortune struck near the volunteer command post in Daeyuk-dong. MacArthur launched hundreds and thousands of U.S. airplanes to attack. Mao Guanying, Cheng Pu, the director of the operations room, and several commanders in the command post were still at their posts, and they did not withdraw to the air-raid shelter. As a combat command authority, no matter how sinister the unexpected situation, it is necessary to hold their posts, 24 hours to deal with all operational matters, which is related to the key to victory or defeat, so Mao Guanying has been holding fast to this place, and did not hide to the air-raid shelter.

Dozens of U.S. napalm bombs fell around the office, and in the rolling flames Mao Guanying sacrificed himself. Comrades found a burnt case at the scene, a souvenir given to him by Mao Anying's mother-in-law. Mao Guanying is gone, 28 years of age, and his mother Yang Kaihui sacrificed at the same age.

Mr. Peng shed tears, trembling hand to write a telegram to Mao Zedong, he tore a copy and a copy of the paper in front of the eyes of the waste of paper balls piled up into a hill, a short telegram was written for more than an hour, each word is very heavy: "Today, the General Command of the Volunteer Army was bombed by enemy planes, Comrade Mao Guanying unfortunately sacrificed."

Mr. Peng and Mao Guanying love like father and son, Mao Guanying's sacrifice let him instantly aged a lot.

The secretary received a telegram could not bear to take to the President, he ran to seek the advice of Premier Zhou decided to temporarily conceal, Premier Zhou was afraid of Chairman Mao's day and night work body can not eat, for fear that his grief support can not. When he received the second telegram, Premier Zhou said: "Do not hide, always hide is not a solution, report to the President!" Chairman Mao's secretary Ye Zilong took the two telegrams into Mao's office.

Mao Zedong received the telegram, stunned, read for three or four minutes. The loss of a son in old age is a great sorrow in life. The people around him all held back their tears from crying out, no one dared to say a word, it was very silent. After about three minutes, Mao Zedong raised his head, no expression, his eyes are very red covered with tears, but did not flow down, he reached into his pocket to pull out cigarettes, touched for a long time, and finally pulled out the cigarette case. Hands trembling several times did not pull out a cigarette, and then finally pulled out a cigarette, and fumbled for a while but could not find matches, in fact, matches in front of him on the table ......, people around him in tears to help him light the cigarette, he inhaled a few puffs and said: "To fight will always die, who called him Mao Zedong's s son!" Mao Zedong treated his son's sacrifice with such open-mindedness that the crowd shed silent tears.

Mao did not let anyone tell Liu Siqi.

He and Zhang Wenqiu has been hidden from his daughter, do not bear to let the child, at such a young age to bear this pain, for fear that she fell into the heartbreaking torment, in addition to taking into account that she is still studying for fear of delaying her studies, the two old men discussed the decision to bear for her. The pain of the loss of the son fried scorched Chairman Mao's heart, he often in the middle of the night when no one, holding his son's photo crying, the guards in his bed when he cleaned up, many times found his pillow wet a large area.

Liu Siqi visited her father every week. Mao Zedong every see daughter-in-law will put down the work in hand, bear the grief, as if nothing happened to accompany her nagging, talk about Mao Guanying when he was a child, talk about the family sacrificed loved ones: talk about Guanying's uncle Mao Zemin, Mao Zechun, and Guanying's aunt Mao Zechun, Guanying's cousin Mao Chuxiong, and the Shaoshan Party branch of the Mao Fu Xuan ......, talk about Kaifuai mother The sacrifice of Kaihui's mother, her gentleness, kindness and strength. Speaking of Mao Anying he said, "Anying is a good boy, thoughtful, able to think independently of the problem."

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In her spare time, Liu Siqi repeatedly recalled and Mao Guanying together, the details of life in the trivial and beautiful accompanied her through the lonely every day, she looked forward to his return day after day.

She recalled how he used to take her hand and "go see if Dad is asleep". The father's bedroom is outside the dining room, the dining room door has a foot pad, if the foot pad is closed, we know that the father has gone to bed, they will hold hands and return; if you see the foot pad, we know that the father has not slept, will be happy to run into the chat with the father. Every time Dad sees them, he will be very happy, and they happily kibitzed.

Once Saturday night, she and Shanying went home to see their dad, which was also an appointment with her younger siblings, Shanying and Li Min. The family has a lot to say to each other, the shore Ying and younger siblings talk in Russian, very fluent with a kind of artistic beauty, but Liu Siqi and Dad do not understand. The father will be English, in English to interject, different languages mixed together very funny, make everyone laugh, the yard immersed in a sea of joy.

She often thought of the walks she took with her father, who was a soft-hearted person. When she saw the ants on the ground, she would lead them around; when she found a sparrow that was freezing to death, she would squat down and touch it with her hand to see if it had any breath, and then she would let her and her father take it to a warm house to save it.

A scene of sweet moments in Liu Siqi's mind a thousand times, turn nearly three years of time has passed. Volunteers are withdrawn back, recognize and do not know the heroes are back, only missing her shore Ying.

Unexplained premonitions came again and again, she was very afraid, decided to find Dad to ask for an understanding.

Liu Siqi came to Mao Zedong's office with a trembling heart and asked, "Dad, the people who went to North Korea are all back, why doesn't Shanying come back? What has happened?"

Mao Zedong then told Liu Siqi the news that Shanying had died two years ago. He said, "Children, you are the descendants of martyrs, you must be strong ......, shore Ying is not."

Liu Siqi heard the news dumbfounded, feel the whole sky is going to collapse, everything in front of them and then no color, she was in pain, bone-deep heartache let her feel the sky spinning all of a sudden fell to his knees in front of the sofa, bawling for a long time, but her shore Ying is too far away from the never call back. She couldn't believe it was true! She was not aware of the fact that her Kishorei had been dead for two years, eight months and eighteen days.

She knew that the most painful person is the father, the son is gone, the father has to bear the grief to the extreme heart to hide the fact from the daughter-in-law, but also smile and chat with her, talk about the son of the previous kinds of things. As the child's father, how difficult it should be ah, but Chairman Mao really hid the poor child.

In Liu Siqi's heartbreaking cry, Chairman Mao's hands were trembling, full of tears. The people around him touched his hand and told Liu Siqi, "Siqi, don't cry, Chairman's hand is cold." Only then did Liu Siqi come back to his senses. Lying on Mao Zedong's dad's lap, he sobbed and said, "Dad, don't be sad, I won't cry anymore." The two love love couple has been separated, her painstaking wait has gone down the drain.

She saw Mao Zedong's eyes looking straight ahead, did not say a word. Liu Siqi could not bear to cry any more, she shook hands with Mao Zedong to say goodbye, and felt that Mao's generous and warm hands had become stiff and cold.

In the days to come, Mao Zedong always guided Liu Siqi, said: "Wa, the war, always die, not because of the shore Ying is my son, should not be sacrificed for the people of China and North Korea, the sacrifice of the shore Ying is honorable ......". Liu Siqi y know that Mao Guanying even told her that he was going to North Korea to fight, she could not retain him, because he had a firm heart has long been flying to the battlefield, he wants to fight against the United States to defend the country!

In order to let the poor daughter-in-law out of the shadows, Chairman Mao sent Liu Siqi to the University of Moscow for further study.

He missed the child out of the house, often write to Liu Siqi, calling her "dear Siqi child", "daughter", "child", like the world's many fathers on the children's hopes and encouragement. The children's hopes, encourage children to study well, to strive for success.

In the end, Liu Siqi wanted to bring the body of Kishi Ying back to China for burial. She asked Mao Zedong, "Dad, why don't you ship Shanying's body back home, I don't even have a place to cry for him now." Mao Zedong shook his head and comforted Liu Siqi with tears in his eyes, saying, "I still say that there are still tens of millions of martyrs of the volunteer army buried in North Korea, and that there is no need to bury their bodies in green mountains. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

As a father who does not want to bury his son's body in his hometown? But staying in North Korea has a greater significance. Mao Zedong has been quietly treasuring Mao Anying's belongings: three shirts, a military cap, a pair of socks and a towel. Each of them was neatly folded and placed in a box. Whenever the weather is sunny, he will carefully take out, one by one under the sun to dry carefully.

Liu Siqi has always wanted to go to see her husband's resting place, but she was afraid, the heart is very contradictory, she did not want to believe that her husband left her, she waited for the scene in her mind that a thousand times: Shanying will suddenly one day call out her name and push the door.

This kind of longing tormented her for more than 8 years, and one day in 1956, Liu Siqi proposed to her father that she would go to sweep the grave of Mao Anying. The father said, "Good, I'm in favor of it. I want to see him too, but I can't go to see him. My son, you are his dearest person, it is most suitable for you to go and sweep his grave as a martyr. There are a few requirements you should remember: no fanfare, everything should not be reported; you should not alarm the Party and government of North Korea; please ask the Military Commission to make arrangements on how to go". Chairman Mao finally also said: "your round-trip travel expenses and all expenses, all reimbursed by Dad."

Liu Siqi, along with his half-sister, Liu Shaohua, Mao's wife, and comrade Shen Tong, came to the Chinese People's Volunteers' Martyrs' Cemetery in Hincang County, North Korea. A white round tomb with a tombstone in front of the front of the "tomb of the martyrs of Mao Guanying", the tomb was moved in the fall of 1955 from Daeyuk-dong.

Liu Siqi touched the cold marble tombstone, tears came out of their eyes, at this time she suddenly realized that her shore Ying is really leaving her gone. She and her sister Shao Hua kneeling in the cemetery to cry, Liu Siqi tears, more than 8 years of longing out: "Shanying, I came to see you, but also on behalf of the father to see you come, the past so many years to come, I came too late ......"

Pro leave the cemetery When I left the cemetery, Liu Siqi cried and held a handful of soil at Mao Anying's grave, carefully wrapped it in a handkerchief and held it tightly in both hands close to her heart. In her heart, Mao Guanying is the pain of her life, but also the pride of her life! Then she slowly circled around the entire martyrs' mausoleum to express her deep condolences to all the volunteer martyrs.

Shen Tong made a report to Chairman Mao on this tomb-sweeping, and Chairman Mao was very satisfied with it. He said to Shen Tong, "It's been 8 years since the sacrifice of Shanying, and Siqi isn't too young, so she can't be alone anymore, and she should find a suitable person to form a new family.

Under Chairman Mao's constant encouragement, Liu Siqi finally came out from the shadow of losing her lover, she completed all the courses in the university, and was assigned to work in a certain department of the Military Commission's Engineering Corps.

Chairman Mao couldn't bear the thought of Liu Siqi being lonely all the time. One day, he said to Liu Siqi, "Shanying has passed away for a long time, you are still young, find someone to marry earlier."

But Liu Siqi heart has been thinking of Mao Anying, on the remarriage of the matter she resolutely do not agree, in the Chairman of Mao's painstaking and repeated persuasion: "Siqi ah, your future days are still long, can not be like this over a lifetime. As the saying goes, the young couple will be companions in old age. In the future, when you are old, you will need a companion. If you don't have a companion in your old age, it's so sad!" "I know you have deep feelings for Shining. But to look to the door to keep the festival, to be faithful to one's life, this is all feudal stuff, Shanying will not approve of it, and dad will not approve of it either. You're young and living alone like this, dad's heart is disturbed and sad. Let dad find you a date!" , Liu Siqi finally nodded his head under his father's repeated persuasion.

Chairman Mao personally led the line, in February 1962, Liu Siqi and Air Force Academy instructor Yang Maozhi wedding. Chairman Mao sent his blessing, he wrote two poems: "Bu Suan Zi - Wing Plum" and "Seven Melodies - and Comrade Guo Moruo" to Liu Siqi as a souvenir. On the day of the wedding, he asked Ye Zilong to send 300 yuan to accompany the dowry gift, so that Liu Siqi could buy her favorite things. He lovingly joked to Liu Siqi: "Do not alienate the father-son relationship in the future, you are not my daughter-in-law, or my daughter!" . Liu Siqi renamed Liu Songlin, in the care of Chairman Mao, all sadness has become the past.

Liu Siqi married life happy, there are four children, two sons and two daughters, all successful. She named her eldest son "Yang Xiaoying", in order to remember her Shiying. Although Mao Guiying sacrificed many years, Liu Siqi mention him or full of tears, let people moved.

Liu Siqi to Mao Zedong arranged everything is very satisfied, forever grateful to accompany, encourage their own out of the difficult situation of his father.

The father-in-law advised his young daughter-in-law to remarry, and as a major wish to make this happen, the world's largest, long history, and how many people? But Chairman Mao did it, his charisma is moving and admirable. Liu Siqi lost her father at a young age and her husband at a young age, but Chairman Mao gave her the deepest fatherly love in the world. In her life path, with this great enlightened father and how happy and lucky!