Eldest son Xu Guang
Friends who are familiar with Xu Shiyou's personality should know that Xu Shiyou will definitely not be a kind father.
Xu Shiyou has 3 sons and 4 daughters, and Xu Shiyou is very strict with them, especially for the eldest son Xu Guang.
Xu Guang became a soldier as early as the early 1950s, because of his diligent study and outstanding achievements, he was selected as the first ship commander of our navy, and in 1956 he began to serve as the deputy captain of the Yichuan of the North Sea Fleet. According to this momentum, Xu Guang's future is immeasurable, but Xu Shiyou suddenly called his son back, because Xu Shiyou's mother was already old at that time, her health was getting worse and worse, Xu Shiyou was on official business, had a heavy responsibility, and could not leave, so he had to let his son go, in Xu Shiyou's view, this is a matter of course.
Xu Guang joined the army very early, but until the 1980s, he was only a cadre at the deputy regiment level, but Xu Guang never dared to complain in front of his father. Because he had said a word or two before, his father immediately asked him sternly: How many times have you been injured? How many times have you been a daredevil? Have you made any great contribution to the people? You give me honest work...
Xu Shiyou took a gun to the street
Xu Shiyou and his wife Tian Pu had 6 children together, and their names were all given by Xu Shiyou, so it always sounded like that was not the case.
The eldest daughter was called Xu Jingfu, because when she was born, Xu Shiyou was fighting in a place called Jingfu Mountain; the second daughter was born in Sangyuan Village, so her name was Xu Sangyuan; the third daughter was born in Huashan, called Xu Huashan; the two sons, one named Xu Jianjun, the other called Xu Yuanchao; Xu Shiyou also had a younger daughter, named Xu Jingjian, because when she was born, the country was carrying out large-scale economic construction work.
When the eldest daughter Xu Jingfu (renamed Xu Li) was still young, she experienced a "thrilling" thing:
At that time, new China had not yet been founded, and the young Xu Jingfu and Nie Guorong, the son of General Nie Fengzhi (the founding lieutenant general), were shopping together in a county town controlled by our army.
The children were hungry and had no money, so when they saw what they wanted, they introduced each other to each other to the boss: "This is Xu Shiyou's daughter... This is Nie Fengzhi's son..." When the boss heard this, out of respect for their father, he would always warmly entertain them.
Later, Xu Shiyou learned of this and scolded: "This rabbit cub who broke discipline...", and then carried his pistol to the street to find people. After Xu Jingfu "experienced this disaster," he no longer dared to report to his home.
Xu Shiyou's youngest daughter, Xu Jingjian, was specially sent by her father to serve as a soldier in Dabie Mountain when she grew up, and before leaving, Xu Shiyou specially instructed her: You can't tell others that your father is Xu Shiyou! Because he was afraid of letting others guess, he specially changed his daughter's name: Tian Xiaobing.
"Tian" is the surname of Xu Shiyou's wife Tian Pu, and "Xiao Bing" is Xu Shiyou's hope for his daughter: he hopes that she can become a small soldier in a down-to-earth manner.
Amiable grandpa
Xu Shiyou did not allow his children to sleep late, and when they were around, Xu Shiyou always woke them up early and them in their own yard. They never buy new clothes, the clothes are sent by the troops, the boss wears them first, they can't wear the second, and then the old three and the four...
Xu Shiyou also never gave his children any precious gifts, when one of his daughters got married, Tian Pu sent two silk quilts to her as a "dowry", Xu Shiyou knew and said with a straight face: "Engage in bourgeois that set..."
In his lifetime, General Xu Shiyou basically had nothing to do with the word "loving father", but in his later years, Xu Shiyou became very fond of children, especially his two little granddaughters. At that time, Xu Shiyou's ears were not good, other words could not be heard clearly, and they had to be repeated several times, but the voice of his granddaughter going upstairs and calling his grandfather was always very real.
According to the recollections of the staff around Xu Shiyou, every time he knew that his grandchildren were going to come to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum No. 8 to see him, he would be happy for several days, and he would boast to people after seeing people.
Xu Shiyou would leave some delicious food for his grandchildren, such as his favorite twist flowers and fritters when he was a child, but times have changed, and the children have stopped eating these things, so Xu Shiyou instructed the staff to buy some chocolate.
Xu Shiyou once brought back some cane roots from Guangzhou, thinking of planting sugarcane for his grandchildren to eat, once, sugarcane had not yet grown into children and clamored to eat, Xu Shiyou actually took a car and went to Nanjing to buy sugarcane. Such a thing is really eye-opening for the staff.