Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou
preface
Xu Shiyou does not smoke, people's impression of him is only drunk as fate, if it were not for the secretary Sun Hongxian hiding cigarettes was discovered by Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou himself told this story, it is estimated that no one will know,
Xu Shiyou not only smoked in the past, but also had a great addiction to smoking, and he successfully quit smoking because of a bet with Han Xianchu.
Secretary Sun Hongxian
In December 1973, Sun Hongxian was transferred to Xu Shiyou's secretary.
Being able to be Xu Shiyou's secretary is both glorious and a little afraid for Sun Hongxian, after all, Xu Shiyou in the "legend" has a bad temper, "light is scolding, heavy is beating people, and he once killed several wives and guards." ”
Although I don't know why there were such unreliable rumors, Sun Hongxian at that time was indeed a little cautious, worried that Xu Shiyou would take out a gun and kill himself as soon as he was unhappy.
Before leaving, the comrades-in-arms who sent Sun Hongxian away also said to him very badly, "Take care of yourself," which made Sun Hongxian's heart go up and down.
On December 29, Sun Hongxian reported to Guangzhou Lingering Garden No. 7, which is Xu Shiyou's residence in Guangzhou, according to the requirements of the organization.
Pictured by Sun Hongxian and Xu Shiyou
Xu Shiyou happened to be away from home at that time, and Ma Shousheng, a secretary from the Nanjing Military Region, received Sun Hongxian, who told Sun Hongxian some basic information about Shiyou, and Sun Hongxian slowly relaxed.
Ma Shousheng said,
"Don't look at Commander Xu usually see a smiley face, in fact, people are still quite humorous, life is very simple, of course, you make a mistake, he will also criticize you, but don't go too far into your heart, he does not remember revenge... Commander Xu likes to seek truth from facts, so don't be clever in front of him, and don't know how to pretend to understand. ”
Chatting and talking, I heard the sound of the engine from far and near. Ma Shousheng whispered, "The chief is back," and Sun Hongxian's heart mentioned the throat eye again.
Entering the house was a tall, somewhat chubby old man, who looked tough, his eyes were sharp and energetic, and his bearded cheeks were glowing blue, giving Sun Hongxian an unprecedented deterrent.
Ma Shousheng led Sun Hongxian to Xu Shiyou and introduced him, Sun Hongxian gave Xu Shiyou a military salute, and Xu Shiyou also returned one.
And then they sat down and started talking.
"Whose man?"
"Looking back at the long story,
A native of Haiyang County, Yantai, Shandong
。 Sun Hongxian was still a little nervous, speaking in dialect but answering Xu Shiyou's inquiry as officially as possible.
, what 'look back at the long talk', talk to me without pretending to be Sven.
"Yantai counts the Jiaodong area, that place I am more familiar with than you, fought for more than ten years, it is not an exaggeration to say, I have traveled every inch of Jiaodong."
Then he talked about the large and small villages and terrain of Jiaodong, as well as his own combat experience and the people he met, and his eyes were full of affection, as if he had returned to the war-torn years.
Xu Shiyou's feelings for Jiaodong are particularly deep, and he can't stop when he says it, and the villagers and elders in Jiaodong are also familiar with Xu Shiyou, so Sun Hongxian slowly put down his guard.
"How much culture do you have?" Xu Shiyou suddenly changed the subject.
"The culture is not high, high school graduates."
"I'm also an intellectual, don't be fake modest." How old are you? Are you married? ”
At this time, Ma Shousheng, who was standing nearby, interjected, "Comrade Sun Hongxian is almost 26 years old, and the headquarters has approved him to go back to get married, and he obeys the arrangement, so the marriage date is postponed." ”
Xu Shiyou glanced at Sun Hongxian, "Mother Bazi, I knew at a young age that I would marry my daughter-in-law, and I didn't show up!"
I was thirty-five or sixteen years old
？！”
Sun Hongxian knows that Xu Shiyou is joking, but he still complains in his heart that you are married for the third time at the age of thirty-six.
Pictured xu Shiyou and Tian Pu
It turned out that Sun Hongxian had just bought good things before receiving the transfer order, and was ready to return to his hometown in Shandong to marry his fiancée, and even the round-trip ticket was in his hand.
After Xu Shiyou finished speaking, he threw Sun Hongxian and Ma Shousheng upstairs, and Ma Shousheng smiled at Sun Hongxian, "Passed the examination!" ”
Sun Hongxian was a little puzzled, chatted for half an hour, Xu Shiyou not only did not praise himself, but also lost himself for half a day, how to pass it.
Ma Shousheng explained,
"Commander Xu is this kind of temper, more polite to people he doesn't like, but he is not willing to say more, for those he likes, he thinks of teasing you, or sending you a nickname or something, Commander Xu chatted with you for half an hour, indicating that he appreciates you."
In this way, Sun Hongxian became Xu Shiyou's secretary, and he looked down every day and did not look up.
However, Sun Hongxian is still a little curious, how did he choose himself? Later, he heard about the process of Xu Shiyou's selection of secretary, and then he suddenly realized how he was chosen.
Before Xu Shiyou came to the Guangzhou Military Region to take up his post, the organs of the Military Region began to help him pick a secretary, and Xu Shiyou only had a few requirements, "1. Be young and educated, have a bit of a literate level, and have experience working in the organs; 2. Be honest, loyal, and reliable; 3. If the first two are available, it is best to be a Shandong person." ”
The organs of the military region have repeatedly screened and selected suitable young officers throughout the military region.
Among all the candidates selected, Sun Hongxian is not the best.
Probably because he was young and a native of Shandong, he was ranked first on the list
Naturally, he was also the first person to be reported to Xu Shiyou.
Before the reporter had finished reporting Sun Hongxian's situation, Xu Shiyou interrupted the other party, "Okay, no need to talk about it, just him." ”
"However, he has only been a soldier for more than four years, and I don't know if he can do it, and there are still many people behind him, so I'll report to you again."
"If it doesn't work, I'll see him, and that's it." Therefore, Xu Shiyou only listened to one person, and he made up his mind and set Sun Hongxian.
The story of Xu Shiyou and Han Xianchu's bet
Sun Hongxian, who came to Xu Shiyou's side,
It was found that Xu Shiyou loved to drink, but did not smoke
However, many of the staff around him are smokers, but they will not swallow the clouds in front of Xu Shiyou.
One day at noon, Sun Hongxian was busy with the work at hand, and when he looked up and found that he was alone in the office, he thought about having a smoking addiction, so he lit a cigarette and continued to read the documents while smoking.
Suddenly, he heard Xu Shiyou's sonorous and powerful footsteps in the corridor, and his heart panicked,
Hurriedly hid the cigarette that was too late to extinguish into the desk drawer.
Just after closing the drawer, Xu Shiyou came in, he smelled the smoke in the office, so he did not leave after the task, and continued to pace in the office.
This can make Sun Hongxian anxious, although his body is facing Xu Shiyou, but his eyes peek at the drawer where the cigarette is hidden from time to time.
Xu Shiyou looked at Sun Hongxian, "Fat man (Sun Hongxian nickname),
Don't take the cigarette out yet, you want to burn my desk?
”
Sun Hongxian hurriedly took out the cigarette in the drawer and pressed it out, and then obediently stood, waiting to be criticized.
Unexpectedly, Xu Shiyou not only did not criticize him, but told him a story that was rarely mentioned.
"Smoking is not a bad thing, if you want to smoke, you can smoke it openly, you don't have to hide like a thief,
I used to smoke, several packs a day.
Sun Hongxian's somewhat confused expression did not escape Xu Shiyou's eyes.
Figure 丨Han Xianchu
"Don't believe me? It was the time of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the headquarters was set up in the tunnels, it was dark all day, there was no sunlight, and people were panicked, so when there was no battle, everyone kept smoking, and I smoked more than others, and I lit eight cigarettes at the same time, six in the mouth, and one nostril in each one. A pack of cigarettes was smoked almost twice. ”
Sun Hongxian listened curiously, not expecting Xu Shiyou to tell himself about this "past" that no one knew.
"I told you how I quit, Han Xianchu and I bet, he saw that my addiction to smoking is too big, said that I Xu Shiyou can't leave smoking for a day, and said that if I quit smoking, he will invite me to drink Moutai wine." Fine wine and cigarettes, of course, I am a beauty wine, I thought 'quit quitting, don't smoke is not finished', and then I never smoked another one. ”
After saying that, Xu Shiyou smiled hesitantly,
"It really makes sense to win this meal."
Sun Hongxian listened to the story of Xu Shiyou quit smoking, and also knew more about him, that is, perseverance and patience from the outside that are more difficult to see.
After telling his story, Xu Shiyou then took Sun Hongxian to open the shabu, "Some people have drunk a lifetime of wine, lost a lifetime of ugliness, some people have smoked a lifetime of cigarettes, burned a lifetime of hands, Sun Fat Zi wants to burn the table, does not want to burn hands." ”
As he spoke, he wandered out of the room.
Since it comes to Xu Shiyou and Han Xianchu making a bet, we have to talk about Han Xianchu as a person.
Jiang Qing once said, "There are two hegemons in the army, one is Xu Shiyou and the other is Han Xianchu. ”
Someone asked Xu Shiyou,
Who was the person he most admired
Xu Shiyou didn't even think about it,
Let's just say it's Han Xianchu
，
"Because he has courage and strategy, and he doesn't want to die in a war, there is no battle in this world that Han Xianchu can't win!"
Han Xianchu's origin is similar to Xu Shiyou's, they were born in a very poor peasant family, in order to survive, Han Xianchu begged for food, and also let people go to cattle, worked as a worker, and a child who was not yet 10 years old suffered a lot.
When he was 12 years old, his father gritted his teeth and sent him to a private school for a year, and at the age of 16, he knew why the poor people were desperately trying their best, or they did not have enough to eat and wear, so he mobilized more than a dozen young men in the village and embarked on the revolutionary road.
Han Xianchu entered the guerrilla group in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, because he brought people with him, and his performance was particularly good, and the leader of the guerrilla group said that he would let Han Xianchu be the leader of these people.
Picture 丨 guerrillas
Han Xianchu said shyly, "I have not been a leader, nor have I been on the battlefield, but now let me carry it, I am afraid that I will not be able to command." ”
The other party laughed, "You can't learn it, some of your combat experience in the future is,
As long as you are really strong, they will definitely obey you.
However, the people brought by Han Xianchu were basically half-sized children, had never been on the battlefield, and did not have a correct understanding of fighting, they looked at the large knives and sticks in their hands, and felt dissatisfied, "Why don't we have guns?" ”
The leader of the guerrilla group said to everyone, "Comrades, many of you do not have guns in your hands, and you cannot wait for your superiors to give them to you, but you must take the initiative to ask the enemy for them." ”
The guerrillas attacked the Red Gun Society, which was raised by the landlords and local tycoons, who had better weapons and organizations, and were usually more arrogant, saying that they could not enter the sword and gun.
Some of the unknown guerrillas were frightened, and they did not dare to think about being able to defeat the Red Gun Society.
They ran forward for less than two steps, then ran back, and many of them were hit by the guns of the Red Gun Society. Han Xianchu shouted,
We are revolutionary fighters
You can't die under the guns of the Red Gun Society and fight with them! ”
As soon as the words fell, several shots were fired in a row, killing 3 enemies, "Who said they couldn't get in!" kill! ”
Picture 丨 Red Gun Society
The morale of the team members was finally aroused by Han Xianchu, and several members of the team grabbed the gun from the hands of the Red Gun Society, and fired at the Red Gun Society, and the red gun would flee into the wilderness, and more than a dozen guns were captured.
In the autumn of the same year, the guerrillas were reorganized into independent battalions, and Han Xianchu, a teenager, was appointed platoon leader.
So Han Xianchu went from a stinking child to a well-known "whirlwind general" step by step.
In the past few decades of military career, he has won the admiration of Xu Shiyou with his "strength", including the appreciation and weight of too many people.
A drink that I can't quit for the rest of my life
Although Xu Shiyou successfully quit smoking,
But wine, he may not be able to quit for the rest of his life.
Xu Shiyou's love in this life is to drink, after the founding of New China, people's lives slowly became richer, Xu Shiyou tasted Maotai and has been addicted ever since.
Especially in his later years, Xu Shiyou, most of the remuneration was used to buy wine, drink every day, three meals a day, in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner must be eaten with wine, if there is no wine, he can not eat.
Picture 丨 Moutai bottle
After the age of 70, Xu Shiyou was restricted from drinking alcohol due to health problems.
His healthcare practitioner would restrict him to drinking, supervising him to drink only four small glasses a day
When the four cups arrived, he took the bottle away without mercy and made Xu Shiyou depressed.
Once, Xu Shiyou said a good word, wanted to reform the health doctor, relax the rules, let himself drink a few more drinks, the other party did not eat this set, still insisted.
Xu Shiyou scolded angrily, "You dare to take my wine bottle, you roll me!" ”
"Roll and don't let you drink more, this is a task given to me by my superiors, I must complete it, and I am also responsible for your health."
Xu Shiyou was out of luck, he directly began to play a rogue, grabbed the bottle of wine into his mouth, like a child, the staff was frightened, anxious to grab the wine back.
The staff locked up all the wine and sent someone to guard it, so Xu Shiyou began to play psychological warfare with everyone, he took advantage of the staff busy or turned around, felt the bottle from under the bed, drank two mouthfuls of pleasure, saw the other party return, and immediately hid.
If he was discovered and wanted to confiscate the "evidence of incriminating crimes", Xu Shiyou pitifully said to the staff who were many years younger than himself, "Child, let me drink two sips, I will drink one less sip." ”
For the sake of Xu Shiyou's body, everyone can not be soft-hearted, strengthen surveillance and search, so find out half a bottle of wine hidden under the sofa, the staff asked how to bring in, Xu Shiyou hey hey did not answer, never betrayed the "accomplice".
The medical staff was very anxious about Xu Shiyou's body, "Commander Xu, your physical condition, drinking alcohol is equivalent to eating arsenic, you can't do this." ”
After Xu Shiyou listened, he still didn't think so,
"Arsenic is arsenic, it's okay, I have good resistance to poison."
In order to drink, Xu Shiyou probably couldn't care about anything.
Once, after Xu Shiyou came out of the bathroom, he was pale and confused, and the medical staff did not feel right, so they entered the bathroom to check and saw that there was a military coat inside.
The medical staff came over in confusion and touched it in their pockets, and sure enough, there was a bottle of wine inside.
Xu Shiyou, who was exposed, would only smirk, anyway, the wine was already in the stomach, no matter what the other party said, he didn't care.
afterward
Xu Shiyou's liver disease is getting worse and worse
He was often unconscious, he could no longer eat, his body was puffy, and there were many bleeding and ecchymosis on his lower limbs, even so, he still couldn't forget Maotai.
As long as Xu Shiyou wakes up, he will beckon the staff to bring "wine" over.
It was just an empty bottle of Moutai without any wine
。
Xu Shiyou affectionately touched the empty wine bottle, opened the bottle cap, and tried to bring the bottle mouth close to his nose.
Greedily absorbing the smell of wine inside
For a long time, he did not want to give up, he could only use such a special way to live a drinking addiction.
And Moutai is indeed a "good medicine" for Xu Shiyou.
The pain caused by the later stage of the disease is unbearable for many people, even Xu Shiyou, who is not afraid of death or pain on the battlefield, is a bit unbearable.
His relatives and friends dipped some Moutai with chopsticks and dripped two or three drops into his mouth, and a miracle occurred, and Xu Shiyou, who was restless because of pain, instantly became quiet.
Later, there was a continuous high fever, the lips were swollen, chapped, and had been trembling uncontrollably, and the cracks began to bleed.
The medical staff rubbed him with strictly sterilized water for injection and applied him with moisturizing ointment, whichever was useless.
Later, with a cotton ball soaked in Maotai, rubbed back and forth on his lips several times, both to wet the lips, but also to disinfect, which is too much in line with Xu Shiyou's heart, Xu Shiyou, who has been unconscious for several days, closes his upper and lower lips, and actually smashes the bar to taste.
On October 22, 1985, Xu Shiyou died at the age of 80.
Because Xu Shiyou's application for burial has been approved, Xu Shiyou's body will be transported back to his hometown of Dabie Mountain.
Since you returned to Dabie Mountain and returned to your hometown,
According to the customs of Dabie Mountain, some funeral goods can be placed in the coffin.
Picture 丨 Moutai wine in front of Xu Shiyou's tomb
When he died,
There are also more than 40 bottles of Moutai in the Nanjing residence
Some people proposed to be buried all together, some people proposed to put half of it, his wife Tian Pu did not agree, he knew that although Xu Shiyou loved to drink, but the essence was frugal, so much wine buried in the ground could not be drunk, Xu Shiyou himself would certainly not agree.
After consultation, it was finally decided,
Symbolically put a bottle
In this way, Xu Shiyou will not waste both "some drinking",
The rest was given to Xu Shiyou's relatives and friends before his death.
In addition to wine, there is also a small white glass wine glass, which is the most commonly used small wine glass by Xu Shiyou before he died, hoping that Xu Shiyou can still drink small wine and be satisfied with wanton laughter even if he goes to another world.