In 1959, Xu Shiyou, then commander of the Nanjing Military Region, was anxious for his mother. After obtaining the organization's permission, Xu Shiyou finally embarked on the road home.
When Xu Shiyou rushed home with joy, he found that the door of the house was closed and there was a lock on the door. After inquiring around, I learned that my mother had gone up the mountain to cut firewood. Xu Shiyou was about to go up the mountain to look for it, but he saw his mother, whom he had not seen for many years, coming from a distant hillside, carrying a large bundle of firewood.
Seeing his thin mother, Xu Shiyou was very unhappy in his heart. He quickly ran up, took the firewood, "pounced" and fell to his knees, crying bitterly, saying: "Mother, you are so old and still go to the mountain to cut firewood, when the son's heart is too sad!" ”
As a senior general of our party, why has Xu Shiyou not seen his mother for many years? What is the story of the kneeling general and his mother in the street?
To answer these questions, we must start with the tragic life of General Xu Shiyou.
First, when the family changed dramatically, the general knelt three times
Xu Shiyou was born in 1906 in Xujiawa, Xinxian County, Henan Province, in the Dabie Mountains region. The grandmother saw that this little grandson was full of joy, and in order to get the children and grandchildren to fill the hall, she gave him the milk name "You get". In the old China at that time, in order to feed a family,
Father had to work hard.
But even so, life is still very poor.
When Xu Shiyou was thirteen years old, his father, who had worked all his life, died of tuberculosis. Before dying, my father said to my mother: "In order for the family of more than a dozen people to survive, give your sister to others, you can also exchange a few money to save the lives of the whole family..."
The father called the children to the bed again and said, "You must remember that your mother has suffered a lot in order to raise you.
When you grow up, you must honor her well
。 His father's words were deeply imprinted in Xu Shiyou's young heart.
A few days later, Xu Shiyou, who had just returned from working in the fields, saw two traffickers coming to the house with a few oceans to lead his sister away, he pulled his sister over, "pounced" and fell to his knees in front of his mother, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Mother, we can't send my sister away, this is pushing her into the fire pit!" If eight of our brothers and sisters have to sell one, then sell me! ”
Xu Shiyou's words were like a dagger, deeply piercing his mother's heart
The mother pulled up Xu Shiyou, who was kneeling on the ground, and said sadly: "Child, the mother promises you that our whole family will starve to death, and will not give away our sister, and if we want to die, our whole family will also die together!" ”
In this way, the mother took on the burden of the family alone. In order to support her eight children, she had to work harder. And the young Xu Shiyou in order to help his mother share the pressure,
Often rush to work
。
Once, Xu Shiyou went out to dig wild vegetables, because the wild vegetables on the nearby mountains had been picked up by hungry villagers, and he had to go farther away. When he returned, it was already dark, and when he reached the entrance of the village, Xu Shiyou saw his mother waiting for him in the cold wind.
Looking at his haggard mother, Xu Shiyou was sad, he knelt on the ground and cried to his mother, saying: "Mother, no matter whether I have a career in this life, I will definitely honor you!" ”
Xu Shiyou entered the Shaolin Temple of Song Mountain to learn martial arts from an early age, and not only learned eighteen martial arts, but also practiced the art of flying cornices and walking on the wall.
Small local fame. On weekdays, he loves to fight unevenly, which inevitably causes trouble.
At the age of 16, the son of the local bully Li Jingxuan, who was bullying Xu Shiyou's eldest brother with the power and power of the family, was beaten by several people. Xu Shiyou, who was angry, punched and punched, driving the dog's leg away. However, Li Jingxuan's son still did not spare, and Xu Shiyou came forward with two punches. The Li family was vulnerable and fell to the ground, his head just hit the stone, and blood flowed immediately.
Li Jingxuan reported to the officials to arrest Xu Shiyou, and Xu Shiyou, who had run into a catastrophe, had to flee overnight.
Later, Xu Shiyou joined the Communist Party of China. In the army, Xu Shiyou has made many military achievements,
Led the famous Jute Uprising, also
The first revolutionary armed forces in the Dabie Mountain area were formed. The spark of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries was ignited in the jute area of the Dabie Mountains. The county seat of Huang'an was conquered and a bright revolutionary red flag was planted. The fierce fire of the revolution gradually took on a burning trend and burned in the Eyu-Anhui region.
This fire caused the Kuomintang warlords a headache and hated the "Red Bandit Leader" Xu Shiyou to the bone. As a result, Xu Shiyou became the main target of arrest by the Kuomintang "Qingxiang Regiment." Li Jingxuan, the leader of the "Qingxiang Regiment," shouted:
If you can't catch Xu Shiyou, then arrest his mother and ask him!
”
Xu Mu knew that her two sons had participated in the revolution, and the "Qingxiang Regiment" would certainly not let her go. In order to escape the persecution of the "Qingxiang Regiment" and save her life, her mother and her family hid in the mountains. A few days later, my mother went down the mountain to inquire about the news, and was recognized by the "Qingxiang Regiment" and unfortunately arrested.
In order to force Xu Shiyou's mother to reveal the whereabouts of her son, the bandit leader used punishment and beat him with a leather whip, but
She gritted her teeth and refused to reveal half a sentence
When he learned that his mother had been arrested, Xu Shiyou was furious. He wrote a letter to Li Jingxuan, which was paid as "Xu Shiyou, captain of the artillery team.". Li Jingxuan was very scared, because he was well aware of Xu Shiyou's temper, so he quietly let Xu Mu go.
Hearing that his mother had been released, Xu Shiyou was still worried about his mother in his heart, so he rushed home to visit him overnight. Meet your mother
Bruises
Xu Shiyou threw himself into his mother's arms with great pain, cried bitterly, and said, "Mother, it is the son who is not filial piety, which tires you and makes you suffer." ”
The mother was very calm: "Son, my mother knows that you are doing a good job, to save the poor, and I will not stop you." After a short night of reunion, Xu Shiyou hurried back to the army. Continue to serve the revolution.
Once, the army won a big victory, reorganized near Xu Jiawa, and led Wang Shusheng to let Xu Shiyou go home to see his wife and mother, as well as his newborn son. Xu Shiyou, who had been away from home for a few months, returned home full of joy, and as soon as he entered the house, he was stunned: the family's house was burned down.
The family built two thatched huts between the ruins
。 Xu Shiyou stepped forward and grabbed his mother's hand, his eyes full of tears, "Mother, I let you suffer!" However, the mother did not show any pain, but gently wiped the tears from Xu Shiyou's face.
One night in 1932, the troops camped near Xu Shiyou's hometown of Xu Jiawa, and Xu Shiyou was given the opportunity to return home to visit his family.
At dawn the next day, Xu Shiyou came to his mother's bed and said softly, "Mother, I should leave, you don't have to get up." The mother put on her clothes and got out of bed, and shoved a small pocket of eggs on the table into his hand: "Again, my mother boiled a few eggs after you fell asleep last night, and you took them on the road to eat." ”
And Xu Shiyou did not reach out his hand to pick up: "Mother, I am young and strong now, my body is very good, I don't need to eat eggs, you still keep it to supplement your body!" ”
The mother did not speak and stuffed the egg into her son's arms.
Xu Shiyou couldn't bear it any longer, crying and saying, "Mother, it is the son who is not filial piety, so that you have suffered so much." I have read books for several years and know the way to honor my parents, but..." Speaking of this, Xu Shiyou bowed his head sadly.
"Son, I don't blame you for my mother, although my mother has not read a book, but my mother knows that since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to complete, and my mother hopes that you will be loyal." Because filial piety can only be for the mother, but loyalty can save all the suffering people in the world. When the bad guys are beaten away, you will come back and honor me. ”
Just as he was about to step out of the gate, Xu Shiyou suddenly turned around and cried and said, "Mother, my son doesn't know when he will come back, please accept the child' worship!" ”
Kneeling on the ground as he spoke, he said.
I promise that Shiyou will not be able to serve my mother well when she is alive, and I will be buried by your side after death, accompanying you day and night.
After saying that, he got up to wipe away his mother's tears, and resolutely turned and left the house.
After Xu Shiyou left home, he left for a few years. With
The ranks of the revolution grew gradually
The revolutionary activities in the Eyu-Anhui Border Region became more and more active, which made the Kuomintang reactionaries very bitter, and they sent people to raid Xu Shiyou's home many times.
Seeing that there was no way to stay at home, Xu Mu left her hometown with her two daughters and hid in the field to live by begging.
Second, the mother is heartfelt, and the mother and child are deeply in love
In the years of the revolution, mother and son met very few times. In 1949, when New China was just founded, Xu Shiyou, then commander of the Shandong Military Region, in order to better take care of his elderly mother.
Let her be blessed
He sent his son Xu Guang to take her to the army.
On that day, Xu Shiyou, who had always been busy with official affairs, finished handling all political affairs early and fidgeted in the office, anxiously waiting for his mother's arrival.
And when the mother appeared in front of him, Xu Shiyou was stunned - mother
My hair was almost out, my waist couldn't stand up straight, and I was trembling when I walked.
"Mother..." Xu Shiyou shouted and pounced, tightly holding his mother's thin hand, and fell to his knees in front of everyone on the ground.
At this time, the old mother burst into tears and lifted her son up: "Child, you are now a general, how can you kneel for an old woman in front of so many subordinates!" Xu Shiyou had long been unable to cry: "No matter how big an official I am, I am the son of my mother, I have suffered so much over the years, I owe you too much, let me kneel for a while, so that I can feel better in my heart." ”
This remark touched everyone present, and everyone turned around with tears in their eyes.
The winter in Jinan is unusually cold, which makes Xu Mu very unaccustomed. Xu Shiyou personally brought a brazier with charcoal fire, and did not let the guards do the work for him, and he also brought face wash water and foot wash water to his mother every morning and evening.
Who knew that my mother had only lived for a few days, and she wanted to leave Jinan and go back to her hometown in Henan. She said: "I'm not used to living here, and I'm not used to it. ”
Xu Shiyou was a little surprised: "Mother, what is going on that makes you look unhappy?" ”
"When the warriors enter the door, they shout reports, and they have to salute,
There are too many rules
。 ”
Xu Shiyou hastily explained: "The troops have the regulations of the troops. ”
But the mother still couldn't adapt.
At the same time, Xu Mu couldn't stand the tense atmosphere of carrying guns and live ammunition every day in the barracks, and it didn't take long for her to feel uncomfortable. Xu Shiyou and his wife Tian Pu persuaded her several times but still could not help the old man's home, so they had to send her back to her hometown.
In the winter of 1958, Xu Shiyou had been transferred to the Nanjing Military Region as commander. Once, taking advantage of the opportunity to survey the rear battlefield, accompanied by his secretary and others, he returned to his hometown to visit his mother, who was 78 years old at the time.
This is the first time Xu Shiyou returned to his hometown after liberation, too
Mother and son met for the last time before they were born
。 On that day, although the weather was very good, but the temperature was very low, the group set off from Nanjing and drove by jeep toward Henan.
Along the way, passing through the place where he once fought, Xu Shiyou was particularly happy, and everything in the past was still vividly remembered. he
Pointing to the mountains and rivers in front of you, he told the people around him about the scene of the battle here in the past.
When the car traveled to Futianhe Town, which was not far from home, Xu Shiyou excitedly said to the secretary: "It's not far from home, and the old man doesn't know that I want to come back to see her!" ”
"I don't know what my mother is busy with right now?" Xu Shiyou was not allowed to alarm the local government, so the car drove straight to the Xu family, which was located in the northwest of the town.
In the afternoon, the group arrived at Xu Jiawa, and Xu Shiyou walked toward several low tile houses under the hillside. Entering the house, Xu Shiyou saw that her mother was wearing a blue cloth coat, although she had lost a lot of weight, but she looked very energetic, and she was busy feeding the pigs!
Xu Shiyou could no longer suppress his excitement, and he was afraid of frightening his mother, so he gently shouted, "Mother, I have come back to see you!" ”
Xu Mu heard someone talking, hurriedly put down the work in her hand, and looked at Xu Shiyou, who had not been seen for a long time: "It is really my family that I have to..." Before she finished speaking, she choked up. Xu Shiyou hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother, and at this time he was like a child.
Mother Xu hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down and said, "I'll go and make some tea for you." Xu Shiyou wanted his mother to have a good rest, but he couldn't help her, so the mother and son went to work together.
Xu Shiyou carefully looked at the home he had not seen for a long time. On weekdays, the old man lived a simple life, except for a dining table, a few stools and a cabinet for clothes, there was only one bed left in the house, and there were old mosquito nets full of patches, and there were no valuable belongings.
When the villagers heard that Xu Shiyou, who had become a "high official," had returned to the village, they all came to visit. Seeing that the villagers were so enthusiastic, Xu Shiyou asked the secretary to go to the neighborhood to buy a pig, and after slaughtering it, he made several dishes to entertain the villagers.
After two nights at home, Xu Shiyou hardly left the house.
He wanted to spend more time with his mother, and every night, the lights in the house would be on until late at night. In the past two days at home, Xu Shiyou has proposed several times to take his mother to live in the city. But my mother always said, "It's good to be at home, the days in the city are too idle, I'm not used to living." ”
Time always passes quickly, and Xu Shiyou, who is busy with official duties, is leaving his hometown. Before leaving, Xu Shiyou held his mother's thin hand tightly and could not speak for a long time. In the end, he only said to his mother: "Mother, I will come back to see you..."
And what he couldn't imagine was that this hurried parting was a farewell.
Third, the eldest son returns to his hometown to perform filial piety on behalf of his father
Xu Shiyou very much wanted to take her mother to her side to do filial piety, but she refused every time she could not adapt to city life, and not being able to fulfill filial piety became a piece of Xu Shiyou's heart disease.
At this time, Xu Shiyou thought of his son Xu Guang. When Xu Guang was a child, Xu Shiyou left home to travel with the army, and the heavy responsibility of raising his son fell on the shoulders of his mother.
The young Xu Guang had to go around begging and wandering with his grandmother, which also made his relationship with his grandmother particularly good.
After returning to Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou sent Xu Guang to the Dalian Naval School. After more than ten years of training by the state, Xu Guang has transformed into an excellent naval officer.
At this time, Xu Guang's future is immeasurable, if he can continue to stay in the army, then Xu Guang will definitely have a bright future.
But at this moment, Xu Shiyou called Xu Guang: "I am indeed loyal and filial in this life, so you can go back to your hometown to take care of your grandmother for me." ”
Xu Guang was well aware of his father's thoughts and difficulties, so he happily agreed to his father's request
He immediately handled the transfer of jobs and returned to his hometown of Xinxian County, Henan. Before leaving, Xu Shiyou excitedly shook his son's hand and said, "Da'an, you are really my good son!" ”
Since then, Xu Guang has given up his beautiful future,
Back to his hometown, he dedicated his life to his hometown,
It also solved Xu Shiyou's worries and allowed him to better devote himself to the construction of new China.
4. The general has passed away and is loyal and filial
One day in 1965, Xu Shiyou was inspecting the front line of Coastal Phong when he suddenly received a telegram from his home saying that his mother was seriously ill. However, at this time, he had important official duties, and could only send a telegram to tell his son Xu Guang that he would take his grandmother to Nanjing Hospital for treatment, and he would rush back after he finished his work.
However, before Xu Shiyou could rush back to Nanjing, his mother was already gone. When she learned that her mother kept shouting her breast name before she died,
Xu Shiyou, who was over the age of flower armor, burst into tears and knelt down in front of his mother's portrait.
Xu Shiyou once told his mother that he would be buried with her after death, and he would always accompany his mother to make up for his previous filial piety due to being busy with work. Therefore, Xu Shiyou has always insisted on being buried after death.
One day in 1979, Xu Shiyou wrote a letter to his son in Xinxian County: "Use the 50 yuan I sent you to buy me a coffin to fulfill the promise I made to your grandmother-
Live to serve the country, and guard your parents after death
Just after the New Year of 1985, Xu Shiyou's health deteriorated. He again applied to the Central Committee for burial, and in the end, Comrade Deng Xiaoping instructed:
Only this time, not the next example
。 This also counts Xu Shiyou's last wish - to be buried next to his mother and filial piety after death.
Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to complete, but General Xu Shiyou has achieved loyalty to the country before his death and filial piety to his parents after his death. This iron-boned tenderness deserves the admiration of future generations.