In Qiyang, Hunan Province, there is such a poor peasant family. The child's father died early, and the mother alone could not support the two children to study. What to do? According to the most common method, it can only be to give up one child and devote himself to the study of another child.
After weighing it up, the mother decided to sacrifice her brother, so that his brother would give up the opportunity to study and sell firewood to work as a coolie to earn money for his brother to study.
The older brother is called Tao Ziqiang, and the younger brother is called Tao Zhu. It is undeniable that Tao Ziqiang read better than his brother, so his mother chose him to continue his studies. However, Tao Ziqiang is self-reliant, but he is not self-reliant, and he has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, he has a cowardly personality and lacks the hard bones of manhood.
What about his younger brother Tao Zhu? In order to provide for his brother's education, he did the hardest work, and his brother could eat white rice, but he could only drink radish tassel soup at home.
Later, Tao Zhu also left his home, was admitted to the Huangpu Fifth Phase, embarked on the road of revolution, participated in the Nanchang Uprising and the Guangzhou Uprising, organized and led the "Xiamen Prison Robbery", rescued a large number of party members and comrades, caused a sensation in the whole country, and became an outstanding revolutionary.
What about brother Tao Ziqiang? He also joined the Party and participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising. The two brothers added a piece and participated in the three famous uprisings led by our Party, and the brothers were not divided. Later, Tao Ziqiang was sent to the White Zone to do underground party work and was unfortunately arrested.
However, Tao Ziqiang was afraid, he was afraid that the enemy would torture him, he was afraid of bloody sacrifice, he defected, he became a traitor to the revolution. Tao Ziqiang's essence is not bad, the rebellion is only to survive, did not betray his comrades, he became the county magistrate of the Kuomintang.
After decades of bloody storms, the revolution was victorious, and Tao Zhu became a mature revolutionary, he was the deputy director of the Political Department of the Fourth Field Army, followed the Four Wild Army south, and later served as vice premier, with considerable achievements.