2023-11-29 10:25:27
2023-11-29 18:25 United News Network comprehensive report In 1987, Taiwan allowed people to visit the mainland. The picture shows people queuing up to submit applications.Photo/File photo from United Daily News
In 1987, Taiwanese people were allowed to visit relatives in the mainland, giving veterans the opportunity to return to their hometown to meet their relatives. However, the suppressed emotions towards their homeland and the pain of separation are something others cannot understand. A few days ago, when a mainland netizen was sorting through her grandma’s belongings, she found a letter from a Taiwanese veteran. The other person was her grandma’s first love. She was sent to Taiwan to serve as a soldier during the war and was forced to separate from her lover. She had no choice but to start a family. It wasn’t until the veteran returned home to visit that the two of them opened up through letters. After the letter was exposed, it immediately sparked heated discussions among mainland netizens, with many people leaving messages saying, “I’m very sad following reading this.”
A mainland netizen posted on XiaohongshuexpressRecently, when I was sorting out my grandma’s belongings, I found a slightly damaged letter. I opened it and took a closer look. It turned out to be written by grandma’s first love. In fact, grandma often mentioned this person in front of her children and grandchildren. The whole family also knew grandma’s heart. “My grandma had a first love before she married my grandpa. But following they got engaged, my grandpa was caught working as a young man in Taiwan (he was in Jiangxi). My grandma’s stepmother forced my grandma to marry someone else as soon as possible, so my grandma Forced to marry my grandfather”.
When a mainland female netizen was sorting through her grandmother’s belongings, she accidentally found a letter from a Taiwanese veteran. Picture/Extract From the last line of the letter, it can be seen that this letter was written on November 30, 1988, which was also the year following Taiwan opened its doors to veterans to visit the mainland. After the Taiwanese veteran returned to the mainland to visit relatives, he wrote a letter to the netizen’s grandmother. In the letter, he first apologized deeply to the woman, pointing out that when he returned home empty-handed, he temporarily decided to visit the woman’s home to greet her, saying, “I’m very sorry, I hope Forgive me. I just went to your house to see how you are doing, and have no other intention. I am afraid that because you are engaged to me and have such a relationship with my family, I am afraid that you will be involved and suffer.”
The Taiwanese veteran said that he was very happy for his wife when she saw her family full of children and grandchildren. The two of them were in troubled times and had many things they mightn’t control. No one can blame them. “You are 100% right to marry, you are not wrong…because we Without getting married, you don’t have to wait for me… What’s more, we can’t contact you, and you don’t know if I’m still there, so how long can you wait? Can you keep waiting?” At the same time, he was also pleased that the other party had a happy family. Even though the two may not be able to see each other once more, the ending was happy. Before the final payment was made, he comforted the woman, “Don’t be sad.”
Grandma’s first love asked the woman not to be sad before signing the payment, believing that it was fate that the two of them were not destined to meet each other, which meant that they had no chance to wait for the next life in this life. …
The netizen said that she was very moved when she saw the letter, saying that in that era, everyone was small and powerless, and even choosing a relationship was a luxury. “But they are all trying to enlighten themselves and others, because no one is wrong. , who can you blame?”. He also said that modern people can choose where they live, the life they want, and can be with the people they like. They are really much happier than people in the past.
The post sparked heated discussions following it was exposed. So far, it has attracted more than 23,000 likes and accumulated more than 3,000 comments. Many mainland netizens have left messages saying, “I was going to sleep, but now I am crying very sadly”, ” My God, not many people might read and write in that era. This grandfather’s writing can make people see that he is a well-educated, gentle and kind-hearted person, especially the last sentence, “Don’t be sad.”, “This grandfather She was very rational and restrained, but she still wrote “Don’t be sad.” “Regret has always been the most romantic thing. This kind of love really makes people have mixed feelings. Love in that era was not always vigorous, but more… Love has no choice.”
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