In the 1980s, an old farmer surnamed Guo in Shanxi was desperate and went to the government to collect debts, and he took out an ancestral IOU: the Eighth Route Army borrowed 11 million yuan. How could the Eighth Route Army owe super

In the 1980s, an old farmer surnamed Guo in Shanxi was desperate and went to the government to collect debts, and he took out an ancestral IOU: the Eighth Route Army borrowed 11 million yuan. How could the Eighth Route Army owe a huge sum of money? What is the inextricable relationship between this and the old farmer? 

The story also begins during the War of Resistance.

In 1940, the iron hooves of the Japanese Kou stepped into Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army came to Shanxi to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle. Originally, the Eighth Route Army was fighting in a difficult environment, but not long after entering the territory of Shanxi, it was cut off by the Japanese army to transport materials.

As soon as the road was cut off, food, guns and ammunition could not be transported, and the Eighth Route Army was trapped deadly.

At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the base area of the Eighth Route Army was in turmoil, and the logistics supply was even more pitiful, and each person could only eat less than 300 grams of grains or millet per day, as well as a small amount of wild vegetables.

Under such a food supply, the Eighth Route Army also had to train every day with heavy loads and go into battle to kill the enemy.

How much food is 300 grams?

About 3 packs of Chef Kong braised beef noodles.

With the current amount of food people eat, they eat more than that much a day.

Hungry and hungry, with an army still to march and fight, how can the Eighth Route Army survive?

The grain supply could not keep up, and the Eighth Route Army had to rely on digging wild vegetables and cutting tree roots to fill its hunger, and one by one it was so hungry that its face was yellow and dizzy.

Some people will say that you can ask the people for help. It is true that the common people always have food to eat, but the purpose of the Eighth Route Army is to "not take a needle and a thread from the common people", preferring to endure hunger and hunger than eat the grain of the common people.

The common people were very distressed to see the Eighth Route Army fighting for the people in blood and still not being able to fill their stomachs. The people saved money and gave their eggs, rice, and vegetables to the Eighth Route Army, but they were all rejected one by one.

Soon, the embarrassment of the Eighth Route Army was seen by a rich local businessman. The Merchant earned a fortune with his brilliant mind and stored a lot of grain.

This rich merchant's surname is Guo, yes, he is the grandfather of the farmer surnamed Guo mentioned at the beginning.

At this point in the story, you may have guessed that the huge amount of IOUs was left by this rich merchant to posterity.

But how did this IOU come about, the specific details, please continue to read down.

When Guo Fushang learned that the Eighth Route Army was trapped by the devils, he was furious and decided to deal with the enemy with the Same Enemy as the Eighth Route Army.

Astragal Kwok returned home and said that he intended to give generously and contribute to the idea of contributing to the country, and with his family, his proposal was supported by the whole family.

Guo Fushang immediately set out to find the base area of the Eighth Route Army, collected 11 million French dollars to hand over to the Eighth Route Army as military expenses, and expressed his willingness to donate his own fields and factories to alleviate the difficulties of the Eighth Route Army.

In the face of this great gift, the Eighth Route Army still categorically refused. The Eighth Route Army thought that they were difficult, and the people were also difficult, even if Guo Fu merchants were rich, but so many assets were given to the Eighth Route Army, how could they live!

The Eighth Route Army still said: "Do not take a needle and a thread from the common people", and resolutely do not accept the financial support of Guo Fushang.

However, Guo Fushang insisted on his own ideas, and he was determined to hand over the materials to the Eighth Route Army to show his patriotism, otherwise he would stay in the Base Area of the Eighth Route Army and not leave.

The Eighth Route Army's enthusiasm for seeing Guo Fushang could not be shirked, so it had to accept this money, but the Eighth Route Army's criterion of "borrowing and repaying" remained unchanged, and it absolutely did not take the people's things in vain.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army wrote down an IOU: "The Eighth Route Army borrowed 11 million yuan", stamped the official seal and solemnly handed it to Guo Fushang, and said: "After the victory of the War of Resistance, take this IOU to the Communist Party, and then you will definitely return all the money." ”

Sure enough, with the financial support of Guo Fushang, the Eighth Route Army came out of the predicament.

Later, the Guo family fell in the middle of the road, and Guo Fushang left a last word before his death: "Unless one day is really desperate, you can go to ask for this huge amount." ”

As a descendant of the Guo family as a farmer, if his wife had not been sick and had no money to see, he would not have taken out the yellowed IOU and asked for a debt in front of the government.

In the end, it was verified that the IOU was true, and the local government also returned the money to the Guo family. This amount of money is equivalent to 80,000 yuan, which is also a huge amount of money at that time. And it is precisely this 80,000 yuan that solves the difficulties of the Guo family.

@Danxin said

Uncle Dan was shocked by the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, they came from the masses, and then walked into the masses, if it were not for Guo Fushang's insistence on donating, the Eighth Route Army would rather starve to death than accept this money, although it was later accepted, but it would also have to be returned. This is the style of the Communists in keeping their promises!

At the same time, the story also made Uncle Dan think of a sentence: but do good deeds, do not ask about the future.

Guo Fushang helped the Eighth Route Army out of the quagmire, and it was this act of kindness that left a way for his descendants to live, if there was no 80,000 yuan in arrears, how could Uncle Guo's wife get treatment?

Perhaps, this is the best interpretation of the reward of good and good.

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