Speaking of family style, we cannot but say that the red family style, because of the inheritance of the red family style, the children and descendants of the founding generals have maintained a hard and simple style, and they have mixed the hard and simple style into bits and pieces of life. Also because of this home style, they never use public cars in their lives, and they have never had any sense of privilege in their hearts, which is the influence of the hard and simple red home style on them.
Chen Xiaolu's family portrait
It is hard to imagine that the marshal's son actually wore an old-fashioned shirt for several years, did not wear new clothes when he was a student, and picked up two brothers to wear the rest of the clothes, and what is even more unimaginable is that he spent 16 yuan on two years of enlistment, which only bought daily necessities such as soap and towels, and an old military uniform was worn for a year, washed and yellow, yellow and washed. In his later years, he wrote that it was his father who passed on to him the hard and simple family style that affected his life! Who is he? He was Chen Xiaolu, the younger son of Marshal Chen Yi.
The legend of Chen Xiaolu
Chen Xiaolu was born in the Liberated Area of Shandong in 1946, but as soon as he was born, he was "disliked" by his mother, so his mother threw him outside the door and joked: I don't want this child, who wants who to pick it up! Why? The reason is that their family has given birth to two boys before, the mother's third child is eager to give birth to a girl, did not expect that the third child in the family is still a boy, all said that it is better to count than not count. Therefore, Chen Xiaolu's mother, Zhang Qian, threw him at the gate, and later, under the repeated persuasion of the elder sisters in the compound, her mother softened her heart and brought Chen Xiaolu home again.
This name was given to him by his father, Mr. Chen, and the word "Xiao Lu" is alluded to in the Confucian classic "Mencius": Climbing the Eastern Mountains and Xiao Lu, Climbing Mount Taishan and Xiao Tianxia, the background at that time was that the People's Liberation Army was in a situation of equal power with the Kuomintang army on the battlefield in Shandong, and Mr. Chen hoped that the birth of his son would bring good luck to the People's Liberation Army, and also hoped that his younger son: the knowledge reached a high level and could be integrated and far-sighted.
Since he was a child, Mr. Chen has set strict demands on Chen Xiaolu, and Mr. Chen has always said that the red family style of communists is arduous and simple, and they insist on self-reliance and serving the people. Chen Xiaolu was never allowed to sleep lazily, Chen Xiaolu was a child who lay in bed, but he did not expect his father, Mr. Chen, to run to his room and pull him out of the bed, and said to him sternly: He slept late at a young age, what will happen in the future?
From an early age, his father taught Chen Xiaolu to play the hard and simple style of the People's Liberation Army, and for this reason taught the three brothers (plus the younger sister who was born later): You must not have the bad style of any cadre's children. The brothers all took the bus to school, even the clothes and school bags, Chen Xiaolu did not use them to pick up his two brothers. An old-fashioned shirt with an old style and a big style, Chen Xiaolu wore it for two or three years, and he didn't even wear a watch before high school.
Chen Xiaolu's career in the army
His father always told them the story of the hardships and simplicity of the Red Army and the New Fourth Army, and the hard and simple style was also inherited by their brothers. In his eyes, his father had never troubled the public family and the organization in his life.
Chen Xiaolu was a teenager, his father Chen Laozong liked to teach him to play Go, because Marshal Chen Yi's hobby was to play Go, at first Chen Xiaolu could not play his father, and then he frantically studied the game of Go, with the continuous progress of his Go skills, his father was not his opponent at first, and every time he played against him, he relied on regret.
Chen Xiaolu's career in the army
Chen Xiaolu visited his father, who was seriously ill
Chen Xiaolu's academic performance has been good, but once he reached the third year of high school, he encountered a special period of ten years, Chen Xiaolu's college entrance examination dream was shattered, coupled with the development of the situation, his father Chen Laozong was also affected by a lot of impact, once he went home Chen Xiaolu saw that his father was a lot older, coupled with the torture of illness, Chen Xiaolu wanted to help his father share his worries. Later, at the suggestion of the premier, Chen Xiaolu chose to join the army and chose to exercise himself in the army.
In fact, in the eyes of his father, Mr. Chen, he never wanted Chen Xiaolu to be a soldier, and he hoped to choose the future according to Chen Xiaolu's own preferences, but the change was always faster than planned. Chen Xiaolu was successfully enlisted as a soldier under the arrangements of the premier and others. On the day of his disastrous troops, Chen Xiaolu came to his father in a brand-new green military uniform, and his father looked at him and smiled slightly, as if he saw his heroic appearance in the past, and instructed his son to say a few words. However, the mother Zhang Qian did not trust her son and gave Chen Xiaolu 100 yuan, but after two years, Chen Xiaolu only used 16 yuan.
The environment in which Chen Xiaolu was a soldier was deserted, and it was all saline and alkali land, and the living conditions were very difficult, but Chen Xiaolu kept in mind the red family style of hardship, simplicity, and self-reliance, and rushed to do any dirty and tiring work in the army. Because in his view, only by constantly sharpening and improving himself, no matter how hard and tired, you must adhere to the self-reliant family style, in order to stand higher and see farther. In addition, his father, Mr. Chen, gave him the biggest red family style is positive optimism, and in the face of the difficult and hard revolutionary years, his father once wrote "What is the meaning of the severed head today?" Entrepreneurship is difficult and difficult. This goes to Quantai to recruit the old department, and the banner is 100,000 yan luo", the words are full of revolutionary optimism. Revolutionary optimism and hardship and simplicity were the biggest red family style that his father gave Chen Xiaolu, giving him the courage to overcome the harsh environment in front of him.
Group photo of Chen Xiaolu with his father-in-law Su Yu and his wife
I don't know why Chen Xiaolu's first two years as a soldier have not been officially organized, he believes that things will be resolved one day! In the past two years, he has been wearing the uniform that has just been issued by the army, washing his hair yellow, yellowing and washing, before he left home, his mother gave him 100 yuan, he only used 16 yuan, or bought soap and laundry detergent and other daily necessities. When the comrades-in-arms saw that Chen Xiaolu was so hard and simple, they thought he was the son of a peasant family, and none of the comrades-in-arms thought that he was the son of a marshal. Later, Chen Xiaolu behaved better and better in the army, and the leaders of the unit gave him the formal establishment of the army and gave him a job, but the company never knew Chen Xiaolu's true identity.
In 1970, his father, Mr. Chen, was seriously ill, and Chen Xiaolu had to take a leave of absence to go home, and when he saw his father's old and thin face again, Chen Xiaolu did not know that in just a few years, his father, who had always been polite and elegant, was so old and tortured by illness. He walked quickly to his father's bed, held his father's hand tightly, and when his father saw his heroic appearance, as if he saw his own years of golden iron horses, his father smiled with relief. At the dinner table, his father, Mr. Chen, encouraged Chen Xiaolu to do a good job in the army and strive to make contributions to the country and the people's army. After the meal, he once again accompanied his father to play Go.
A group photo of Chen Xiaolu and his parents when he was a child
Chen Xiaolu returned to the army, and his father wrote him a picture: Hard struggle. He knew that his father wanted him to inherit the red family style. After returning to the army, Chen Xiaolu followed his father's instructions and struggled in the army. What he did not expect was that after half a year, his father's condition deteriorated further, and when he saw his father again, his father did not have time to explain the aftermath, and he regretted his death. His father only left him a picture of Go as a last thought.
Chen Xiaolu married Su Yu's daughter Su Huining
As the saying goes, the mother died three years later. Within three years, Chen Xiaolu lost both of his parents and was in a very sad mood, but fortunately, a kind and beautiful girl entered his world.
The girl's name was Su Huining, and she was also the daughter of General Su Yu. Su Huining brought him the unique tenderness and warmth of home between lovers, they also watched movies like many lovers at that time, Chen Xiaolu also came to Su Huining's home from time to time, helped Su Huining's mother to do housework, and talked about the military with his father-in-law Su Yu. In the end, the two married under everyone's blessing, and it was also counted as a new legend between Chen Yisuyu and the golden partner.
But in 1992, Chen Xiaolu, who was then a colonel, originally had a great future, but suddenly made a decision that surprised everyone: he resigned from the military and went to the sea to do business, at that time, everyone opposed Chen Xiaolu's decision, only his wife Su Huiling always supported her husband's decision. As for why he wanted to go to the sea to do business, Chen Xiaolu made this explanation afterwards: I am not suitable to be an official, or suitable for a little career, and I want to constantly challenge myself in the unknown field and make my career bigger and stronger to give back to society.
After years of hard work, Chen Xiaolu became an independent director of Jiangxi Changyun Co., Ltd., and in addition to working hard, he did not forget to contribute money to support the economic construction of the old revolutionary areas. After retirement, he and his wife moved back to the old house left by their old father-in-law Su Yu to spend their old age, and the two couples played the red family style of "hardship, simplicity and selfless dedication", insisted on hardship and simplicity in life, donated all the money they saved to the old revolutionary areas and children who could not afford to go to school, and have been giving back to the society with selfless dedication.