We all know that the great man who fought all his life for the cause of China's liberation lived a very frugal life, and even after the founding of New China, he also adhered to the style of life without extravagance and waste. When the birthdays of other big people arrive, they always have to celebrate with a big feast, but the great people don't like this set. In his lifetime, only at the age of 71, he held a public banquet at which 4 special guests were invited. What is even more strange is that at the banquet, the great man also said that "the tail is cocked high", so who is this sentence to say? Let's take a look at it today!
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >, frugal great man</h1>
Diligence and frugality have always been the traditional virtues of our Chinese nation, and our great people have carried forward this traditional virtue to the extreme. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a shortage of living materials, and frugality was sometimes forced by life, but after the liberation of New China, with the improvement of living conditions, many people were not like during the War of Resistance, even if things were broken, they were reluctant to lose them.
But the great man, whether during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or after the founding of New China, has always adhered to his frugal style of life. Great men are not greedy, never waste or eat much, and most of the staple foods are rice mixed with soybeans and red beans, or flour mixed with buckwheat flour, sorghum flour or corn flour and coarse grains. The vegetables eaten are also common amaranth, hollow cabbage, cabbage, bitter melon, lotus root, etc., and even wild vegetables such as purslane, goji berry tip, and ground vegetables that are not cared for.
In terms of dress, the great man also does not pay attention to gorgeous and good-looking, there is only one requirement, practical. He had a pajama, which was sewn at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which accompanied the great man until the death of the great man, and when the posterity sorted out the relics, he found that the dress had been patched with 67 patches, the collar of the pajamas had long been worn out and replaced with a new one, and the sleeves were no longer the same. The great man's face towel is also old, and the rough edges next to it have long been scattered, but the great man is still reluctant to lose it. The great man also has a pair of leather shoes that have been worn for more than ten years, which are very well maintained, and it can be seen that the owner is very protective of it on weekdays.
Why would such a frugal great man unusually hold a birthday party?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > second, a birthday party made with your own fees</h1>
On October 16, 1964, a major event occurred in China. In the Lop Nur region of Xinjiang, after a loud explosion, a huge black cloud in the shape of a mushroom appeared in the air, and the day was recorded in history, and China successfully exploded the first atomic bomb. This success has made my country one of the few states that possess nuclear weapons and has greatly strengthened its military strength to finally free itself from the nuclear-weapon threat posed against it by other countries. The great man who learned of this news was naturally overjoyed and decided to use his birthday to reward the great heroes of the atomic bombing.
However, the great man who does not take a needle and a thread from the masses is unwilling to use the money of the CPC Central Committee to run the banquet, but since he wants to invite guests, he must let the guests who come to the banquet eat well, and this money is certainly indispensable. The great man had actually prepared it long ago, and over the years he had published many articles in newspapers and periodicals, and he had always kept these fees, had not been used, and could be used as funds for banquets.
The problem of this funding is solved, but how to draw up a list of guests? The successful detonation of the atomic bomb is just a good opportunity, over the years, China's rapid development is the result of the joint efforts of many working people, and great people want to take this opportunity to eat and chat with these working people. Therefore, the great man invited representatives of workers, farmers and soldiers—four special guests, namely Xing Yanzi, Dong Jiageng, Wang Jinxi, and Chen Yonggui.
And what did they do to have such a special honor, to be invited by a great man to attend a great man's birthday party? Let's start with Xing Yanzi!
Of these four special guests, only Xing Yanzi was a woman, but her contribution to the construction of new China was not lost to any of the men present here. She was born in 1941 and is a native of Baodi, Tianjin. At the age of 17, she had just graduated from high school, gave up the opportunity to stay in the city to work, and resolutely decided to respond to the call of the Party Central Committee and return to her hometown of Baodi County to lead the people in her hometown to carry out reforms.
She set up kindergartens to liberate the women in the village, increased the labor force, and later led these women to form a "swallow commando" to engage in production in the countryside. She carried out hard labor in the countryside, used her wisdom, greatly used the local geographical characteristics, and fully mobilized the peasants' enthusiasm for production. Not only in her village, but also throughout the country, the slogan of learning "Iron Maiden" has arisen.
In 1961, Dong Jiageng, who had just graduated from high school, faced two completely different life choices, one was to go to Peking University for further study, so that his future was undoubtedly bright; the other was to choose to return to his hometown to work as a farmer, this road was not only difficult, but also may not be able to achieve results, but also face the criticism of many people. However, dong Jiageng still chose the road of returning to his hometown for the sake of rural construction in New China.
Dong Jiageng, who returned to his hometown, immediately showed his skills, making full use of his agricultural technology to make "the first industrial reform within agriculture" in his hometown. The reform was so successful that he not only increased the yield of grain, but also realized his dream of growing cotton in the water village. It is gold that always shines, and his example has also inspired many young intellectuals to return to their hometowns to help their hometowns develop.
In 1960, China discovered the Daqing oil field, and Wang Jinxi, who heard the news, led the 1205 drilling team to hurry from Yumen. The environment here is very difficult, there is no road materials to reach, there is no food and no house for them to live, but Wang Jinxi and others have the determination to take down the big oil field and have not flinched.
They spent three days and three nights, pulling by hand, carrying on their shoulders, using crowbars, and using everything they could use to erect a derrick with a height of 38 meters and a weight of 22 tons on Daqing. Wang Jinxi led his team to work day and night, and after five days and five nights of struggle, he finally drilled the first injection well in Daqing. In the days that followed, they worked day and night, especially Wang Jinxi, who was still holding on to his post after being sick and injured, and it was Wang Jinxi's "iron man spirit" that inspired generations of oil workers.
After Chen Yonggui became the director of production in Dazhai Village, in order to live up to the trust of the people and organizations, he led the villagers to open up land and build land to increase grain production. Chen Yonggui established a rural production cooperative in the village, actively did the ideological work of the common people, and also led the villagers to rescue the crops affected by the disaster at different levels, thus reducing the disaster situation in Dazhai Village.
These four special guests, who have no special background, are people who have done real good things for new China and the people, and it is understandable that they were invited by great people to participate in the banquet.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" > third, to be a person with a tail between their legs</h1>
At the banquet of the great man, everyone could not help but be a little restrained, as if to see everyone's nervousness, the great man talked to everyone cordially, saw that the great man was so approachable, and everyone relaxed a lot.
When asked about Chen Yonggui, the great man suddenly became serious and said, With achievements, don't your tail. Some people have too high a tail, to hold the tail to be a person, to make a little achievement do not warp, make two, three, four points do not warp. In fact, the words of the great man were not aimed at anyone present, but just wanted to warn everyone not to make a little achievement and get carried away, and not to forget the original intention in order to continue to develop.
The vision of great people is always long-term, and their hearts are far firmer than those of ordinary people. Just as great people have always insisted on their own thrifty life style, they must often remind themselves in their hearts about this point of humility.
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