History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
Remember in "Shining Red Star", the little hero Pan Dongzi who fought with the big local tycoon Hu Hansan, risked his life to deliver salt to the guerrillas, and eventually became a Red Army soldier, and his prototype was Xu Guang, the protagonist of today's story.
On April 7, 1929, Xu Guang was born in Xujiawa, Chengmagang Township, Macheng County, Hubei Province. His father was xu Shiyou, the founding general of the country, and his mother was Zhu Ximing, Xu Shiyou's original wife. When Xu Guang was not yet three years old, his father Xu Shiyou left the Dabie Mountains with the Red Fourth Front and went to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area, and when he was young, he could only rely on his mother and grandmother for his life, and he also wandered around begging, and his life was very difficult.
In 1948, Xu Guang's grandmother found her son who had not been seen for more than ten years through Wang Shusheng, who was working in Macheng at that time, and Xu Guang also met his father. At that time, Xu Guangda could not read a few characters, and In order to train his son, Xu Shiyou sent him to the Fifth Aviation School and the Dalian Naval Academy. In this way, Xu Guang became one of the first naval officers with a bachelor's degree in China. However, his father Xu Shiyou let Xu Guang return to his hometown to build his hometown and perform filial piety for his grandmother. Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, the filial Xu Guang decided to return to his hometown xinxian to take care of his elderly grandmother.
For the next 40 years, Xu Guang has been rooted in Xinxian County, first working in the Armed Forces Department for 20 years, and then holding a leading position in the county after changing careers. During this period, there were many opportunities for promotion and transfer that Xu Guang refused. After being demobilized as soldiers, his two sons also returned to the new front and became ordinary staff. Xu Guang suffered from cancer in his later years, and in order not to waste the state's money, he even refused treatment and died. In stark contrast to his home, which still uses large cabinets from the 1970s, old sofas from the 1980s and old-fashioned televisions from the 1990s, he donated all his 200,000 yuan savings to the charity of his hometown after a lifetime of poverty.