Chiang Ching-kuo: Eat hard
Chiang Kai-shek's niece, Jiang Xiaoyu, once recalled visiting Chiang's family.
Jiang Xiaoyu is the granddaughter of Chiang Kai-shek's brother, and Chiang Kai-shek has been very kind to this female doll since childhood, so this time Jiang Xiaoyu went to The Chiang Mansion as a guest, and the Chiang family was particularly attentive to her hospitality.
This dinner party is very grand, because considering that guests do not like to eat Western food, so Song Meiling specially prepared Shanghai cuisine, but this time it was originally a home-cooked dinner, and it was arranged by Song Meiling as a "high-end banquet".
Although it is a Chinese dish, the way of eating is according to the elegance of Western food, and there will be guards on both sides of the table who specialize in cloth dishes, who hold trays in their hands and gradually cloth dishes from Chiang Kai-shek.
The utensils for eating do not use chopsticks, but use Western-style forks and spoons, when eating, Song Meiling's habits come up, she likes to be very enthusiastic for guests to pick vegetables, afraid that guests are embarrassed to eat.
Sometimes because of her status here, the guest is not good to refuse out of respect, so she thinks that the guest has not eaten enough, so she will keep pinching, making the guest in a dilemma.
Even Chiang Ching-kuo, who was a guest, was "deeply affected", and Chiang Ching-kuo once recalled: "Sometimes I am obviously very full, but she is still constantly picking vegetables, remembering that she hates wasting grain, so she can only eat it hard." ”
In this regard, Chiang Kai-shek also expressed helplessness.
In fact, looking at Song Meiling's hospitality objectively, she can win over many people for Chiang Kai-shek, which shows her personal charm.
In 2003, when Song Meiling died in the United States, she was already 106 years old.
But would you be surprised if I told you that Song Meiling, who lived so long, was actually a cancer patient?
In 1967, Song Meiling was diagnosed with breast hyperplasia and underwent two surgeries, but neither surgery was able to completely remove the hyperplasia.
In just one year, the disease recurred again, and was officially diagnosed with breast cancer by doctors, at which point Song Meiling rushed to the United States for surgery.
This operation was successful, and in the decades since, breast cancer has not recurred, and it is worth mentioning that Song Meiling is 70 years old at this time.
In the world, there are many examples of cancer patients recovering, but it is rare for cancer patients like Song Meiling to live to the age of 106.
In fact, in addition to Song Meiling's daily exquisiteness, it is also very much related to her optimistic attitude.
People who have been in contact with Song Meiling, the biggest impression of her is probably that she is very "exquisite", so how much does Song Meiling pay attention to? She is not only particular about herself, but also very particular about others.
This kind of emphasis is first reflected in the issue of eating, and those who have eaten with Soong Meiling frankly can't stand it, and even her husband Chiang Kai-shek is very helpless.
When Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling had just married, the two often quarreled over the issue of eating.
When Song Meiling met Chiang Kai-shek, she had just returned to Shanghai from the United States, and her childhood was spent in the United States, so her eating habits were in accordance with the standards of Western food.
At that time, Song Meiling did not say that she had eaten, and even spoke Chinese, but later she invited Mr. Private School to teach her Chinese. Therefore, after the two got married, as a native Chinese, Chiang Kai-shek was naturally accustomed to eating Chinese food.
But Song Meiling is not used to eating Chinese food at all, at first the two will always quarrel because of this, and then the two simply take a step back - eat their own.
Because of Song Meiling's sake, after the family went to the guests, they couldn't eat enough, and the guests said bluntly that they couldn't stand it, which was not only manifested in the fact that there were no big fish and big meat to eat, but also because they ate too much and couldn't walk.
Song Meiling's kitchen does not have too much wine and meat, even if the guests come, the table is equipped with high-grade beef and milk, and when the guests eat, she must eat freshly equipped, the purpose of this is to ensure that the guests eat the freshest ingredients.
And in the process of eating, she is always afraid that the guests will not have enough to eat, so a strong sandwich dish, without any regard for the feelings of the guests, because of this reason, many guests heard that Song Meiling wanted to invite themselves, they were frightened and even refused.
Eat spinach raw to maintain body shape
In addition to being exquisite when entertaining guests, Song Meiling is even more exquisite in her own eating and drinking.
When Song Meiling was 60 years old, she still had delicate skin and a good figure, which was also inseparable from her good eating habits.
Song Meiling's breakfast is generally green vegetable salad or brioche bread, accompanied by a cup of milk or coffee, according to Song Meiling's neighbors recalled: "Song Meiling has a lot of research on vegetables, she especially likes to eat spinach raw, she believes that high temperatures will destroy the structure of vegetables, resulting in nutrient loss." ”
So for a long time, every time Chiang Kai-shek ate a big meal of big fish and meat, she ate a plate of vegetable salad raw, and even Song Meiling herself said: "I only need to eat half a kilogram of spinach every day, which is worth eating a bowl of braised meat to bring me nutrition." ”
In addition to paying attention to food, she must also drink mountain spring water, even if there is no condition to drink mountain spring water when going out, she must also order people to pick distilled water.
Later, Song Meiling followed Chiang Kai-shek's defeat and retreated to Taiwan, Song Meiling still did not grievance her own food and drink, she liked to drink ginseng soup, and every time she asked to put a lot of ginseng to cook soup to drink.
It was not until later that Song Meiling heard that drinking ginseng soup would make her physique weaker, which slowly reduced the number of times she drank ginseng soup.
Eating and drinking so exquisite Soong Mei Ling, when he met Chiang Kai-shek, who liked to eat fried salted fish and pickled winter shoots, he must have been very unaccustomed to it, and Chiang Kai-shek later lived in Taiwan for a long time, so he missed his hometown cuisine very much, so he often asked people to buy him dried bamboo shoots.
For this, Song Meiling was very disgusted, so every time she had a big fight with Chiang Kai-shek because she saw dried bamboo shoots in the refrigerator, but Chiang Kai-shek loved to eat, but she couldn't do anything.
Song Meiling usually does not eat any spicy, greasy food, she attaches great importance to her body and external image, Song Meiling's health doctor once revealed:
She has to measure her weight every day, if the weight is a little overweight, she will immediately change her recipe, consume only a very small amount of vegetables and fruits every day to maintain nutritional balance, and when the weight is restored, she will eat a little steak.
It can be seen that song Meiling attaches great importance to health care at the same time, but also strict requirements for her own appearance, from this point of view alone, she can become the "first lady", but also worthy of a fierce role.
The "First Lady's" later life was also bleak
In addition to Song Meiling's luxurious life in eating and drinking, she is also criticized for her habit of "bathing with milk".
Song Meiling's habit is also very exquisite, people generally believe that the so-called milk bath is to pour milk into the bathtub, and then go into the soaking, in fact, the real milk bath is particularly exquisite.
After washing the skin with water, the milk is poured on the skin and massaged with professional techniques, the purpose of the massage is to let the milk penetrate into the skin and make the pores become delicate.
If the massage techniques are not professional, not only can not make the skin increase luster, but also destroy the stratum corneum, thereby causing skin diseases, for their own body, Song Meiling is quite protective, so every time when taking a milk bath is personally operated, do not let others serve.
Each time the milk used was more than two pounds, it can be seen that in that war-torn day, Song Meiling can still enjoy life so much, it is inseparable from the strong funds at home.
In order to facilitate bathing, Song Meiling has her own office at the Women's Association, which is equipped with a separate bathroom, and she will take a shower after each work before taking a lunch break.
Song Meiling's special treasure to her bathroom can be seen from a chat with Chen Jiyi, deputy director general of the Women's Association.
Once, after the work was completed, Song Meiling was preparing to go to the bath, chen Jiyi joked with her: "Madam, do you see that the other girls in the meeting do not have a bathroom to take a bath?" Maybe you give everyone a little benefit. ”
Song Meiling understood that Chen Jiyi meant to borrow his own bathroom. So she replied with great embarrassment, "Well... To get a larger bathhouse first, and then to repair a long water pipe, you see now the outside bombing every day, we can't take out so much spare money to get this ah. ”
It can be seen that Song Meiling is also a person who is unprofitable and unprofitable, as long as it is not related to her own interests, she does not care about it. It is precisely because Song Meiling is so greedy for enjoyment that the circle of noble ladies is competing to imitate.
In fact, for Song Meiling, who lived to the age of 106, the saddest thing is the sadness of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people, in just five years, her two grandchildren have passed away one after another, and in 1997, her son Jiang Weiguo also died of illness.
This year is Song Meiling's centennial birthday, and she has no choice but to watch her son leave, and the grief in her heart is incomparable.
After her relatives died one after another, her later life was actually very bleak, she moved to the United States to settle down, and then she no longer paid attention to any politics, nor was she keen to participate in those social activities, after all, she was old, even if she wanted to go, she was more than enough and insufficient.
Since then, Song Meiling has used painting and reading newspapers as a pastime in her later years, until 2003, when the 106-year-old Song Meiling finally closed her eyes.
After her death, Jia Qinglin also called the relatives of Song Meiling to express his deep condolences for the death of Ms. Song Qingling.
In fact, throughout Song Meiling's life, even though she was extravagant and selfish, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Song Meiling actively participated in the war of resistance against Japan, and in her later years, she also always expected national reunification and the prosperity of the motherland.
It can be said that she is an indispensable figure in the modern history of our country, and the victory of our country's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression cannot be said to be without the credit of Song Meiling. In fact, looking back at past history, whether it is the generals of the Nationalist Army or our Party, as long as they have made meritorious contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan, we should look at them objectively.
These thousands of soldiers in China have exchanged for us today's peaceful and prosperous world, and all we can do is remember history and work hard to become stronger, so as not to live up to the efforts of the martyrs!