Chapter 91 7. Luo Ronghuan's love for children

Before this anti-"mopping up" campaign, Luo Ronghuan's daughter was born, because at that time the troops were marching from Baodugu Mountain to the Tanma (Tancheng Matou) area in the south, and this daughter was called Nanxia. During the anti-"mopping up" campaign in May, one night while marching, before crossing the blockade, Xiao Nanxia, ​​who was lying in a basket, suddenly burst into tears.In the silence of the night sky, the cries of the children were particularly ear-piercing, and they were likely to be heard by the enemy and affect the transfer of troops. Luo Ronghuan, who usually seldom loses his temper, was annoyed at this moment.He sternly told his wife that Xiao Nan must be stopped from crying!so as not to expose the target.

His wife, Lin Yueqin, picked up her daughter and put her to sleep before the troops moved on and passed the blockade smoothly. Xiao Nanxia is Luo Ronghuan's second child. The first child, Luo Dongjin, was born on the way to Shandong in 1938.Luo Ronghuan and Lin Yueqin were married before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. In 1937, Luo Ronghuan was 35 years old and had already experienced many battles. He became the director of the Political Department of the Red Army's rear. One evening in the spring of this year, just after dinner, Luo Ronghuan rode a big white horse and ran towards Yanhe, and the guards hurried to keep up.Luo Ronghuan turned around and said to the guard with a smile: "I'm going to practice horse riding by the river, so you don't have to follow." The guard was puzzled like many people: Luo Ronghuan came down from Jinggang Mountain, so he can't ride a horse?

In fact, Luo Ronghuan can ride a horse. The reason why he "practices riding a horse" every day is to date his beloved. After the Xi'an Incident, Red University students were assigned jobs one after another. In January 1937, the "Red University" moved to Yan'an with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Luo Ronghuan served as the director of the Political Training Department of the Red Army's rear. By this time, the civil war had largely ceased.Various organs in Yan'an successively implemented the system of resting on Sundays.Luo Ronghuan's comrades in various units, such as Luo Ruiqing, Zhang Aiping, Feng Wenbin, Mo Wenhua, Xu Jianguo, etc., often go to the rear political department to find Luo Ronghuan every Sunday.They either set up a dragon gate array around the stove, or took a walk by the Yanhe River.

These Red Army cadres were all about 30 years old at this time, and the war had delayed their love and marriage.At that time, both the Yan'an Anti-Japanese University and the Party School already had some unmarried lesbians, and they naturally became the targets pursued by unmarried gay men. During the Spring Festival, Xu Jianguo married Liu Guilan, who was studying at the party school.Xu told Liu Guilan that many of his old comrades, including Director Luo Ronghuan, were not married.Liu Guilan felt that Luo Ronghuan was sophisticated and honest, and she and her classmate Lin Yueqin were a very suitable pair.They discussed it and proposed to Luo Ronghuan.Luo Ronghuan felt embarrassed.Feng Wenbin volunteered to accompany Luo Ronghuan to the meeting.Everyone considered that lesbians are thin-skinned, so they decided not to speak out to Lin Yueqin.So Liu Guilan invited Lin Yueqin to visit her home on Sunday.

When Lin Yueqin went, she saw all the guests in the cave, among which Feng Wenbin was the most active.He took the initiative to talk to Lin Yueqin, asking about Lin's family situation, personal experience, temper and hobbies, etc.Lin Yueqin thought that he belonged to the organization department, and she didn't forget to check the situation of the cadres during the break, so she answered them one by one generously.She also noticed that there was a cadre in his 30s wearing glasses sitting at the side very restrainedly during the banquet, not saying a word, just laughing hilariously. Afterwards, every time Lin Yueqin went to Xu Jianguo, she found that although the guests often changed, the comrade wearing glasses was always present.Lin Yueqin also knew that he was the director of the rear political department.

The Yanhe River has thawed, and the wind doesn't hurt my face any more.Although the mountains on both sides of the strait are still bare, spring has quietly arrived in Yan'an.Liu Guilan felt that the time was ripe to challenge Lin Yueqin.In fact, Lin Yueqin already had a vague premonition at this time.When she learned that Luo Ronghuan was a college student and had gone through the harsh test of the Jinggangshan struggle, she had already shed the habits of the petty bourgeoisie. conditions are met.Feng Wenbin and others resigned one after another, and Luo Ronghuan and Lin Yueqin spent more and more time alone.

At that time, the party school was set up in a church in Xiaobiangou, separated from the political department in the rear by a Yanhe River. When the Yanhe River swelled in spring, it was already difficult to ford, which became an obstacle for them to meet.Some comrades joked that Yanhe was the Milky Way, and Luo Ronghuan and Lin Yueqin were the Cowherd and Weaver Girl. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl needed a magpie bridge to meet each other, but there were no bridges in this section of the Yanhe River. If there is no floating water to cross the river, you have to rely on animals.Luo Ronghuan has a big white horse, and he rides it after dinner every day.The guards and grooms had to follow for the chief's safety. Luo Ronghuan sent them back with a smile every time.The officers of the Political Department asked the guards: "Where is Director Luo?"

The guard replied: "I went to practice horse riding." Everyone wondered: "Director Luo came down from Jinggangshan. Does he not know how to ride a horse?" Of course Lin Yueqin knew this most clearly.As soon as she saw the big white horse crossing the river, she quietly walked out of the school.As a result, their footprints were left everywhere under the Pagoda Mountain and on the banks of the Yanhe River. During the conversation, Luo Ronghuan talked about his family situation and experience in detail, and at the same time learned that although Lin Yueqin was 12 years younger than him, she already had a history of struggle for 8 years.During the Long March, she was the commander of the Women's Engineer Battalion of the Supply Department of the Red Fourth Front Army.Luo Ronghuan also learned through his old comrade-in-arms He Changgong that when the Red Fourth Front Army moved to Sichuan and Shaanxi and crossed the grassland three times, Lin Yueqin led a group of child brides and female soldiers who were born as maids to carry stretchers, deliver food and ammunition, and sew military uniforms... …do all kinds of work, and develop a good style of being loyal and active, hard-working, hard-working and plain, and strictly observing discipline.Luo Ronghuan is very pleased to have such a lesbian as a lifelong partner.

In May, the Shandandan on the cliffside bloomed, and under the reflection of the rising sun, they were as red as colorful clouds falling from the sky.In this beautiful spring, Luo Ronghuan is preparing for a wedding.Lin Yueqin used a Sunday to take out Luo Ronghuan's dog-skin mattress to dry in the sun, and washed his blanket with alkaline water, plus the sheets and quilt for the two of them, and this was their only bedding.Put together two planks, this is the bed.In addition to a black table, an old-fashioned wooden chair and a washbasin in the fellow's house, there is nothing else in the new house.

On May 16, 1937, the party's national representative conference closed. This day happened to be Sunday, so it was designated as a day of great joy.The comrades-in-arms came to help early. Song Yuhe, who was far away in Xi'an, brought half a bag of flour, and Luo Ronghuan asked the kitchen to help roll the noodles.The cooks installed pots and stoves and set up chopping boards in the yard.Some are boiling water, some are kneading dough, and they are constantly busy. At this time, the guard came to report that a guest had arrived.Luo Ronghuan came out and saw that it was Gan Weihan, political commissar of the 29th Red Army.In the early days of the Long March, he served as the head of the Organization Department of the 8th Army, and he and Luo Ronghuan were together almost every day.

This time Gan Weihan came to Yan'an from Dingbian to attend the National Party Congress, and after the meeting, he came to visit the old chief.The two greeted each other with an excited handshake. Seeing the cooks busy in the yard, Gan Weihan couldn't help asking strangely: "It's not a holiday today, what are you doing with so many noodles?" Luo Ronghuan replied with a smile: "Next article, welcome." Gan Weihan asked in surprise, "How did you know I was coming?" Luo Ronghuan replied: "I have information!" Gan Weihan shook his head suspiciously, then went into the room to have a look.The house was swept clean, and two planks were put together to form a wide bed.The blanket on top had just been removed and washed, exuding a faint fragrance after being exposed to the sun.According to past habits, Gan Weihan ordered the guards to move his saddle into the house. The guard was carrying the saddlebags, and as soon as he arrived at the door, Luo Ronghuan pointed to a room next door and said, "Put it there, clean it, and build a door." "What?" Gan Weihan thought to himself, Director Luo has changed a bit.He asked puzzledly, "Don't let me live with you?" Luo Ronghuan smiled and said, "Isn't the next door pretty nice!" "Long time no see. I'm going to report some work problems to you. It's easy to talk about living together!" "I'll talk about it tomorrow if I have something to say. Dinner is about to start, and the noodles are full." "Huh?" Gan Weihan was still confused.The comrades in arms pushed the door in and heard their conversation, and couldn't help laughing.Some made fun of Gan Weihan: "When someone gets married, you move your luggage in. How can you sing?" Gan Weihan suddenly realized, pointed at Luo Ronghuan and said, "Oh, that's what happened!" Luo Ronghuan pretended to be angry and said: "Little boy, don't talk nonsense!" Afterwards, Gan Weihan and his comrades ate noodles with relish.There is very little oil in the noodles, only a little cabbage and radish, but everyone still tastes delicious.