Fu Ya and Chen Geng raised four young sons after their death, and their last words required Chen Geng and Wang Genying martyrs to be buried together.

On March 16th, 1961, General Chen Geng broke down from constant overwork and was treated in a Shanghai hospital. He had a premonition that he was running out of time. Before he died, he called his wife Fu Ya and said to her, "I have two things I am afraid you can't stand. One, I'm dying! Second, your menopause is not good! " Chen Geng forced out a smile and always insisted on his humorous nature: "Your hair will turn white if you brush it!"

Chen Geng wanted Fu Ya to relax, but she couldn't bear to be too sad, while Fu Ya's tears kept falling.

the year Chen Geng left, Fu Ya was 43 years old.

Twenty-one years ago, Chen Geng and Fu Ya met for the first time. He also used such a naughty tone to attract Fu Ya's attention.

In 194, Fu Ya's art troupe went to perform in the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. In Panlong Town, Wuxiang County, Shaanxi Province, she and the female members borrowed props from Wang Zhitao, the training minister of Anti-Japanese University, and happened to meet Chen Geng, who was recovering from his illness there. Fu Ya overheard Chen Geng joking with the comrades around him: "When I was injured in Huichang battle, I really wanted to shoot myself. Thinking that I'm still young and I can still fight for * * * capitalism, I'll pretend to be dead ... "

Fu Ya couldn't help but take a look at Chen Geng. Chen Geng is handsome and uninhibited, he can talk and laugh at any time and place, and he is unrestrained and witty. In front of him, there is no hurdle. Speaking of bloody battles, he still maintains "Chen Geng humor". Chen Yi once said that Chen Geng is a piece of glass, which can be seen clearly from the inside out. He also said that Chen Geng is a magnet, funny and optimistic, which can unite everyone to make a revolution.

This is the first time that Fu Ya met Chen Geng. Chen Geng's simple, frank and generous temperament left a deep impression on Fu Ya. Chen Geng met Fu Ya for the first time, and it was love at first sight.

Fu Ya later learned that this was actually arranged by Wang Zhitao and his wife Wu Jing. At that time, Chen Geng was recovering from illness, and Wang Zhitao asked him how he was doing. Chen Geng felt that everything was fine but he lacked a wife. Wu Jing, a classmate of Fu Ya, arranged this "borrowing props" in order to find opportunities for two people to get to know each other.

After that, Chen Geng began to attack Fu Ya. Instead of directly looking for Fu Ya, he went to all his comrades-in-arms who were close to Fu Ya to do their work, and let them talk about Chen Geng in front of Fu Ya.

Fu Ya suddenly felt that people around him were talking about Chen Geng's good future. It was really like the thunder, and Fu Ya, who was cautious, could guess why.

Fu Ya thought that Chen Geng would be a good marriage partner. He went to a military school and has cultural accomplishment; Worked in the urban white area, not moved by wine and color; Have been arrested and not wavered; Fighting, not afraid of sacrifice; Especially for his wife, martyr Wang Genying, he said that he would keep the festival for three years. As he said, Fu Ya could feel Chen Geng's loyalty to love.

On March 8th, 1939, Wang Genying, the wife of Chen Geng, was killed by the enemy's bayonet in a struggle against mopping up. Always fearless of any danger, Chen Geng, who was optimistic and lively, became reticent. He poured his hatred of losing his wife into the battle and fought one beautiful battle after another. As a result, when the Japanese raided and retaliated against the Eighth Route Army, they posted a special slogan on their armored vehicles-"Specially hit the 386 Brigade".

Comrades around Chen Geng all hope that he can find the right girl as soon as possible and start his life again.

On that day, just after Fu Ya's performance, Chen Geng asked her to meet alone. He said very sincerely, "I have many friends, boyfriends and girlfriends. Would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Fu Ya turned down Chen Geng very politely, because Fu Ya actually had a fiance in his hometown, that is, his cousin. Chen Geng didn't force Fu Ya, but reminded Fu Ya that "political direction" was very important.

This sentence touched Fu Ya's heart.

Fu Ya began to participate in anti-Japanese demonstrations and fund-raising when he was in middle school, but his family was very opposed. Fu Ya ignored his family's views and resolutely took a younger brother and a younger sister to Yan 'an. Her original name was Fu Huiying, but it was later changed to Fu Ya. At that time, all the young people who came to study in Kangda changed their names, so as not to bring trouble to their families in Kuomintang-controlled areas.

Fu Ya was very fashionable and enthusiastic when she was young. She came to Yan 'an Cave from a big city. The living conditions were very different, but she survived without saying a word. She has a passion for revolution and saving the country. What does her fiance think?

Fu Ya wrote a letter to her fiance, hoping that he could come to Yan 'an together, but he refused. Fu Ya had some resistance to consanguineous marriage in her heart. Because of consanguineous marriage, her brother gave birth to two dumb children in a row. Fu Ya finally decided to give up his parents' engagement and chose like-minded Chen Geng.

The love between Chen Geng and Fu Ya hasn't gone through many twists and turns. Both of them are frank people, with attractive personalities and common ideals. Before getting married, Chen Geng made an agreement with Fu Ya to support Fu Ya's career, not to transfer Fu Ya to his side to work, and to really love her forever.

in February, 1943, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping decided to vacate a Westinghouse in the headquarters as a new house for Chen Geng and Fu Ya, and let them do the good thing quickly.

At the wedding, Fu Ya sang a Soviet folk song, and Chen Geng was always cheerful and told jokes to everyone. Luo Ruiqing, director of the General Political Department, privately said to Chen Geng, "You have found a good man."

After getting married, Fu Ya lived in the headquarters compound for only a few days, then moved to a farmhouse in nearby Shuangqu Village to continue his work, and sometimes he didn't come back until ten days later. Chen Geng never hides his miss for Fu Ya. Whenever he has time, he will wait by the river near the station. When someone asks him, he directly says to pick up his wife.

Compared with Chen Geng, Fu Ya is more reserved. In order to control his feelings and better devote himself to his work, Fu Ya quickly put away Chen Geng's letters and tried not to open them. Every time he leaves Chen Geng, Fu Ya will send Chen Geng a diary. Chen Geng has the habit of keeping a diary, and the diary he has finished will be kept by Fu Ya.

In 1945, Zhijian, a child from Chen Geng and Fu Ya, was born. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. Chen Geng were in Yan 'an, and the conditions were still very difficult. When Fu Ya was confinement, Chen Geng only had some milk and sugar specially provided. Chen Geng loathe to give up his wife, went to pick up coal ball himself, exchanged some money and bought rice to cook porridge for Fu Ya. He asked for help everywhere before finding a small pot of honey for Fu Ya. At that time, there were several old ladies in Yan 'an who were familiar with Chen Geng and his wife. There were red dates and brown sugar in the cave dwelling in Chen Shaomin of the National Federation of Trade Unions. Chen Geng took advantage of their absence to secretly get some. As a result, just after he got it, Chen Shaomin came back. Everyone knew that Chen Geng was playing tricks on his wife and gave him red dates and brown sugar while laughing at him.

Not long after, Chen Geng went to the front again, and Fu Ya didn't see Chen Geng for a long time. In the battle of Luoyang, Fu Ya took Zhijian all the way to find Chen Geng. Because the time of separation was too long, Zhijian saw that Chen Geng no longer knew him. He shouted "Where did this uncle come from" and kicked Chen Geng under the bed. Before the family of three had a good meal, Chen Geng advised Fu Ya to hurry back. It turns out that when the war was in full swing, when Fu Ya came, other family members would think about coming. In order to support Chen Geng's work, Fu Ya immediately packed his things and took his son back.

Chen Geng has been marching and doesn't even have a fixed address, so communication is very difficult. Every time I received a letter from Fu Ya, Chen Geng was like a treasure. He read it several times over and over again and took it with him. In 1951, on the Korean front, Fu Ya sent a letter to Chen Geng. He read it several times, saying that Fu Ya's letter made his "anxiety for half a month go up in smoke". When others laughed at him, he replied, "People laugh at me for being stupid, but I am happy."

With his own son, Fu Ya is happy and complete in his heart, although he is separated from Chen Geng. Apart from the war, what the couple are most worried about is that they have never heard from each other.

Zhifei is the son of Chen Geng and his first wife Wang Genying. At the end of 1933, Wang Genying was arrested and imprisoned. Zhifei was only 4 years old. Knowing that his mother was taken away by the spy, he was so scared that he cried. In the evening, Xiao Zhifei, who was used to sleeping with his mother, waited for her to come back, crying until midnight before she fell asleep.

Zhifei obviously has the best parents, but his childhood is shrouded in hunger and fear. He has been living with his grandmother and uncle's family, and his family loves him very much. During the war years, ordinary people had a meal without a meal, but they only ate porridge three times a day.

At the age of seven, Zhifei was sent to primary school by his uncle. Soon after, his uncle lost his job and Zhifei had to drop out of school. In order to make a living, Zhifei has to work as a newsboy. Every day at 4 o'clock, he has to get up and pick up 5 newspapers from the newspaper wholesale point. No matter whether it is cold winter or hot summer, he wears shabby clothes and sells them on the street, earning a few cents a day, which is often the living expenses of the family. Grandma has always comforted me, as long as mom and dad come back, he won't have to support his family at an early age. Zhifei waited all the time, and later he became a shoeshine boy.

In 1946, Chen Geng served as the commander of Taiyue Military Region. Under his repeated entrustment, the Shanghai underground organization finally found Chen Zhifei. At that time, Chen Zhifei was 17 years old. They informed Chen Zhifei's grandmother and uncle of Wang Genying's murder, and offered to bring Chen Zhifei back to his father.

When my father found it, the family was of course happy to know whether it was right or wrong. And Wang Genying has died, and the family can't help but grieve. Under this ambivalent mood, Zhifei went to Shanxi accompanied by his aunt. They passed through more than a dozen traffic stations all the way, and finally found his father Chen Geng's residence at Taiyue Military Command in Yunyang. Chen Geng wasn't at home that day, and the comrades handed Zhifei to Fu Ya personally.

This is the first time for Zhifei to meet his stepmother. He has just accepted the fact that his mother has passed away, and he must be uneasy at the thought of meeting Fu Ya. When Fu Ya heard a noise outside, she came out with her son Zhijian in her arms. She was so happy that she immediately killed a chicken for Zhifei to eat.

A few days later, Chen Geng came back, and Fu Ya stood at the door and asked him to come in and have a look. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his eldest son, who was almost as tall as himself, and he couldn't help crying. In the evening, the father and son slept on a kang and talked all night. Chen Zhifei couldn't understand the northern dialect. When Chen Geng was working underground in Shanghai, he deliberately studied Shanghai dialect, and he spoke very authentic. Chen Geng talked with Zhifei in Shanghai dialect, and the gap between Zhifei and his father immediately disappeared over the years.

Chen Geng told Zhifei the story of Wang Genying's sacrifice, and also told her that Wang Genying's photo was hung at the meeting place when the Seventh Party Congress was held in Yan 'an. A few days later, Chen Geng asked his son what he wanted to do, but he didn't hesitate to say that he wanted to be a soldier. Chen Geng personally wrote a letter to Cheng Fangwu, president of North China University (predecessor of Renmin University), and sent Zhifei to North China University to study. Chen Zhifei couldn't keep up. Teachers and classmates knew that he was a martyr's child, and they were making up lessons for him. A year later, he had already caught up with the progress.

Chen Zhifei lost his mother, and Fu Ya always loved him as his own son. Chen Geng and Fu Ya gave birth to four children, and Chen Zhifei was their respected eldest brother. Fu Ya is still thinking about her old mother in Wang Genying's hometown. She will mail the living expenses to the old man every month until his death. There are few girls in the family. Chen Zhifei's first child born after marriage is a girl. Chen Geng danced at that time and said loudly "I am a grandfather" several times.

In 1957, Chen Geng was hospitalized for myocardial infarction, and many veterans came down to see him. He told his comrades that one of his wishes was to return to Taiyue District, to see the folks there, and to thank them for their upbringing during those hard years, but at that time, he was unwell and the doctor did not allow him to travel far. Comrades suggested that he could go back in a sleeper when he was in better health. Chen Geng shook his head: "I don't want to go home with clothes on. If I want to go, I will go back and share joys and sorrows with my fellow villagers, just like in the war years." Just because of this disease, Chen Geng will never have a chance to visit the villagers in Taiyue District.

In 1959, Chen Geng suffered another myocardial infarction. At that time, he felt that his time was running out. The administrative department wanted to build a house for him, but he refused and added furniture. He also refused. He insisted that Fu Ya should not join the army, and she would not be the director in the office. He also repeatedly stressed that the children should never be picked up by bus.

In 1961, Chen Geng came to Shanghai on business, and his myocardial infarction recurred again. Fu Ya received a notice from the organization, asking her to take a vacation immediately to accompany Chen Geng to treat her illness. Fu Ya just arrived in Shanghai, Chen Geng called the first secretary of the municipal party committee, requesting to arrange Fu Ya to work immediately. In the last days of Chen Geng's life, Fu Ya was busy with investigation and research in Xuhui District, and had little time to take care of Chen Geng.

Chen Geng usually wears soldiers' clothes at home, and only wears cadres' clothes when he goes out. One year before his death, Chen Geng kept touching his chest because of chest pain. After a long time, his clothes and chest were already broken.

On March 15th, 1961, the day before Chen Geng died, as soon as Fu Ya entered the ward, Chen Geng said to her, "Fu Ya, it's my birthday. Please roll some noodles for me to eat." Chen Geng has never celebrated his birthday at home. This is the first, last and only time.

Chen Geng's teeth rattled when he was seriously ill and in pain. Even so, he remained humorous and cheerful, joking with his wife. Soon, Chen Zhifei and his younger brothers and sisters came to Shanghai. They looked at their father in a neat general's uniform and his face was serene.

Chen Geng was only 58 years old when he went. He will never smirk at Fu Ya again, nor make jokes with his children in his arms. Zhou Enlai thumped his knee and said, "He is only 58 years old, why did he leave us so early ..."

Many years later, Chen Zhifei mentioned that his father's death was still very regrettable: "At that time, there was no medicine to enlarge the crown like nitroglycerin. If we put it aside now, we can put stents in the coronary artery of the heart and do bypass surgery." Chen Geng, a founding general, has been at the front all the year round. During the war, he may not be able to lie down and sleep for a few days and nights. Chen Geng has several scars, large and small, and Fu Ya's eyes are wet every time he mentions them. They got the country's stability with a suit of injuries, and China's medicine could develop conditionally, but they passed away before the day when medicine developed and enjoyed the fruits of the revolution.

when Chen Geng left, Fu Ya was 43 years old and their youngest child was only 5 years old. Fu Ya was seriously ill, and before he recovered, he began to sort out Chen Geng's manuscript. Those diaries given to her by Chen Geng, which she took with her on the March in those days, were often wet when crossing the river, and Fu Ya basked in them several times. Now look again, the paper has become brittle and yellow, and the handwriting has been blurred, but this is the only thought that Chen Geng left for Fu Ya. She can only read these words and place her grief.

In the 198s and 199s, in order to write a biography for Chen Geng, Fu Ya interviewed Mu Xin, the editor-in-chief of Guangming Daily, and almost visited Chen Geng's comrades in arms. Fu Ya took a small tape recorder with him. After he came back, he sorted out the words on the tape recorder and wrote the most complete information word by word. Before Chen Geng's death, because of his work, he didn't spend much time with Fu Ya, and so did Chen Geng.