The name of "ugly mother" is ugly Zigang. She is really not beautiful. A pair of small eyes, blinking when talking, always pouting unnaturally, speaking authentic Hunan dialect. It is difficult for Mao Zedong to communicate with others except that she can understand it once.
Ugly Zigang's fate is quite rough. Her father died shortly after her birth, and her family was extremely poor. Fortunately, her mother was open-minded and sent her to school under great economic pressure. From 65438 to 0926, Ugly just passed the training of nurses and was assigned to work in the Fourth Rear Hospital.
Not long after, the lively and cheerful Ugly Son was just selected as a propagandist in the Political Department, during which she met her husband Yu, and they became partners under the matchmaking of Chen Yi.
After marriage, Yu sneaked back to Nanchang to work as the principal of Nanchang 2 1 primary school. 1930 August, arrested on. At this time, Ugly just got pregnant with their second son. Just three days before giving birth, Yu died heroically outside Hue Gate in Nanchang. The 25-year-old ugly son was in great pain and insane.
With the help of her family and countless well-intentioned people who sympathize with her, Ugly just came out of the shadow of her husband's death, and gradually realized that only * * * can save China, so she participated in the activities of party organizations many times. 1938 joined the China * * * organization and went to Yan 'an with her two children.
Her arrival solved a big problem in Mao Zedong.
At that time, Mao Zedong was discussing the establishment of a kindergarten with Health Minister Fu Lianzhang.
Although the good news of victory keeps coming from the front, no one cares about the descendants of the soldiers. Some children were sent to their fellow villagers' homes, while others were sent to relatives' homes. Those children's grades are very poor, so it's not surprising that they died and lost.
Yan 'an Nursery School was established under this background. Focusing children in nurseries can help parents who are at the front line of the Anti-Japanese War to work with peace of mind. To Mao Zedong's headache, the director of the nursery has never found a suitable candidate.
Although this small director has neither money nor power, the burden on this person is very heavy. She must be a caring woman, hardworking and educated, and it is best to know some medical knowledge.
Just when Mao Zedong and Fu Lianzhang were nowhere to be found, the ugly Zigang came into their sight. Ugly son just wanted to go to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. A few days after arriving in Yan 'an, Fu Lianzhang knocked on her door and explained her purpose.
As a staunch member tempered by the revolutionary fire, Ugly just happily accepted the post of director: "I was rescued by the party from the ocean of suffering, and everything was subject to the arrangement of the party."
From 1940 to 1963, Ugly had just worked in this position for 23 years.
At first, the nursery had only six caves and seven children. Later, the scale expanded and there were 20 caves. From drawing drawings to designing renovation plans, finding migrant workers and raising funds, everything needs ugly son to do it himself.
She ran to the cave again and again and several pairs of shoes were worn out. At that time, the conditions in Yan' an were extremely difficult, and materials and migrant workers needed to be solved by themselves. If you have no materials, you can sell useless things and buy materials. If you can't afford workers, all the staff will go into battle together, sift the ash, mix the mud and go to the roof. Regardless of male or female cadres, everyone will roll up their sleeves and work hard.
Ugly son just often fights day and night on the construction site and sleeps day and night, just to repair the cave quickly and let dozens of children stay happily.
In fact, taking care of children is a great responsibility. These little dolls who are still nursing and can't even walk well, a negligence may cause serious consequences. Each staff member can only take one or two children at most, plus administrative management and food cooking. The lack of manpower and funds made Ugly just sleepless all night.
What's more, Ugly just fears that his child will get sick. Due to the economic blockade of the Kuomintang, medicine is very scarce in Yan 'an. Every year in the popular season, ugly children are afraid of being infected with poor immunity.
There was no vaccine at that time, and prevention could only rely on simple physical isolation. Ugly son just had to go to collective occasions and be isolated from the outside world in order to protect his children. But under her careful care, no child was knocked down by the epidemic, and the children of local villagers, including adults, died of infectious diseases every year.
Fortunately, Soong Ching Ling sent a batch of vaccines to prevent infectious diseases through overseas fundraising. Although the number is small, it is enough to make Ugly just excited. Later, in order to thank the overseas Chinese and American citizens in Los Angeles for their generous donations, the Central Nursery was renamed Los Angeles Nursery.
Ugly son just gave his children a "love education". She goes to class every day to check on the children. If any child is found to be depressed, the nurse will immediately take him to the infirmary for examination. She often teaches employees not to beat, scold and physically punish children. The children know very well who cares about them most. As soon as they saw Ugly Zi Gang, they immediately rushed to hug her thigh and called her "Ugly Mom" sweetly.
At that time, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and others praised Ugly Zigang's contribution and respected this selfless woman.
Ugly child just gave all her maternal love to the children in the nursery, but neglected to take care of her daughter Ugly Song Liang.
Because Ugly had no time to take care of Liangliang, she entrusted her to a fellow villager. Ugly son just sends a little tonic from the government to his hometown every month.
During the break, Ugly just brought her daughter back, and nurse Zhou Guizhi took Liangliang to take a shower. As a result, she was shocked The child's body is nothing but bones, and even little ass has no meat. On the other hand, the child of that fellow villager is white and fat, and the place where the ugly son just went for supplements is very clear.
After repeated requests from everyone, Ugly just finally got her daughter back. Kang Keqing, Mrs. Zhu De, was very distressed when she visited the nursery. She gave Liang Liang half a catty of goat milk to drink.
Before long, Ugly Son will just rush to the central office overnight, give some food and non-staple food to the children and ask someone to look after them. Late at night, the nurse was hungry and went out to find something to eat. Shortly after she left, a group of big mice came out and regarded Liangliang as a delicious meal. Her arms and hands were bitten and bled, and a large piece of her nose was bitten off.
Ugly son just came back and held the child in his arms with love, but he didn't complain. Later, Zhou Song Liang, who had a long scar on his nose, became the senior attending physician in this hospital.
Although the nursery staff eat gruel, the children's food is the best in Yan 'an. Make sure every child has an egg, the food will never stop, and the menu will never repeat. Even small bowls for children should be boiled and disinfected in a large iron pot after each washing.
Ugly has just made countless efforts behind this food standard. She leads the staff to grow vegetables, corn, pigs, sheep and chickens, and grinds soybean milk, tofu and flour for the children. Children can not only eat fresh vegetables, but also drink goat's milk and eat pork, mutton and tofu.
By 1945, except for 10 children who had a mild cold, more than 90 children had not been ill for a whole year.
At that time, there were many wolves in northern Shaanxi, and there were several incidents in which children were taken away by wolves. Ugly son just found the wolf that broke into the nursery during a night shift. She chased for miles with a big stick. The wolf was so tired that he almost fell down. Fortunately, the wolf realized that this woman was not to be taunted and turned to leave.
/kloc-at the end of 0/946, Hu Zongnan attacked Yan' an, and the Los Angeles Nursery School was moved for three years.
At the time of evacuation, Ugly had just called a meeting of all the staff, told the nurses that they would rather sacrifice themselves than save the children, and personally demonstrated many actions, such as how to protect the children when the plane swooped and strafed, and what to do when the horse was frightened.
Once, a horse with two children slipped on a stone, and even the horse and the children were about to roll down the hill. A lot of people are anxious, only Ugly just jumped forward with another director, trying to pull back the beam on his horse.
The two men were dragged down the hill by horses. Because they have been holding on to the horse, the horse didn't roll and the children didn't fall out, and their lives were safe.
During the Great Transfer, the nursery was an important target of the enemy. Before that, they sneaked into the nursery and killed Xiao Huabei, the daughter of Marshal Liu Bocheng.
On the way out of Yan 'an, Ugly just stipulated that children should be responsible for their own food and drink. But when she heard that an army cadre was poisoned by the enemy, her heart immediately returned to her throat.
It happened that Liang Liang walked towards her mother. Ugly son just saw the shiny silver bracelet on his daughter's wrist and suddenly had an idea.
She made a pair of silver chopsticks with silver bracelets to test the children's food. This pair of silver bracelets is actually a wedding gift from her husband when Ugly just got married. Now, they become unremarkable chopsticks, guarding children's lives.
The March in the nursery is very difficult. Behind the child's ass, there are hundreds of thousands of regular Kuomintang troops chasing and exploding. The situation is very urgent. In this case, Ugly Son just didn't forget to give the child more nutrition and get an egg to eat.
Nurses use their children's rest time to buy eggs from ordinary people in some small villages without enemies. Sometimes they disguise themselves, mix with the villagers and buy some in the market. When cornered, they go to the Bird's Nest and touch pigeon eggs and catch the pheasant rabbits. In any case, it can improve the lives of children, and they all do.
1948 spring, the nursery trudged 1200 miles and came to Pingshan, Hebei. Hearing this news, many parents ran to the nursery to find their children.
On the way back, many children brought by their parents died prematurely, died of illness, were killed, and even suffocated because of too many covers.
Parents are not at ease until they see their children. You know, nurseries are either women or old people, and there are very few young people. It is almost certain that there will be an accident on the road.
When parents stood at the gate of the nursery, they were stunned by what they saw. What appeared in front of us was a large group of black, fat and strong children. The road was dark and sunburned, and the fat was because Ugly just led the staff to do their best to supplement nutrition for the children on the journey.
After such a difficult "Second Long March", more than 90 children not only grew up healthily, but also their faces were full of confidence. In contrast, their "ugly mother" has a sunken eye socket and a haggard face. However, when watching her parents hug and kiss their children, she was so tired that she couldn't help grinning.
With the reassurance of the nursery, parents can go to the front to wipe out the enemy and prepare for the liberation of China.
After the nursery entered Beijing on 1948, it moved to Manjuji compound, where the living conditions were greatly improved and the safety factor was greatly increased. Even so, Ugly Son just kept the practice of checking shops in the middle of the night. This habit accompanied her from Yan 'an to Beijing for more than 20 years.
Because the yard is big, Ugly just turns around several times every day and doesn't go to bed until two or three in the middle of the night. She is surprisingly meticulous about children.
Once, among hundreds of children, Ugly found at a glance that the shoes of a small class were put on backwards, and the shoes of his left foot were put on his right foot. She immediately took Aunt Xiao Ban to the office and called her careless. Let her take off her shoes and wear them backwards, and ask her if she is comfortable until her aunt admits her mistake.
After liberation, Ugly has just been busy with preschool education. Her rank is not low, and her salary is quite high, but she seldom spends a penny for herself, and most of the money is used to help her comrades and children around her.
No matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, Ugly just wears old military uniforms, and there is no plainclothes to change. Once I went to Zhongnanhai for a meeting, the weather was getting warmer. Because there is no sweater, she is too hot to change into a big cotton-padded jacket. She only has a good quilt, covered with an old military quilt. It has been mended many times, and it is too old to see the original appearance. I can't find anything of value in her house.
I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief when the children grew up and all the children in the nursery went to work, but Ugly just suddenly fell ill.
She had cancer, which was incurable at that time. Everyone else felt sorry for Ugly Zigang, but she continued to work after several operations, even busier than before. Because she knows that she doesn't have much time left, she wants to seize every minute and do more for her children.
After fighting the disease for five years, Ugly Zigang's body became weaker and weaker, and finally he couldn't support it and lay in the hospital bed.
The children who grew up under her care, as well as their parents, are grateful people. Many parents buy medicine for Ugly Son from abroad. The children of Ambassador Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also in the nursery. After learning that Ugly Son had just been seriously ill, he and his wife Zhu Lin bought a big bag of herbs from Indonesia and spent a lot of money. Ugly son has just been deeply moved.
1963 At the end of February, Ugly just obviously felt that the vitality of life was leaving her. She said to Secretary Zhao, who came to visit her in the hospital, "My illness can't be cured, so don't waste the country's money. I don't have to be buried in a coffin or cremated after I die. I just want to give my body to medical college for them to dissect and study. This is my last request ... "Secretary zhao listened, eyes ever-flowing.
As soon as Ugly changed her daughter's silver bracelet into silver chopsticks, she promised to buy her another pair. As a result, she didn't keep her promise until her death, because she left no legacy and all her wages were party dues.
At Ugly Son Gang's memorial service, many people came, wreaths filled with mourning halls, and Zhou Enlai wrote elegiac couplets in his own handwriting. Everyone can see and feel what an ugly mother does for her children. However, "ugly mother" can no longer hear the affectionate call of children.