Among the founding fathers of the mainland, Peng Dehuai can be said to be famous for not smiling, his rigorous style makes many people feel an invisible pressure in front of him, but Chen Geng, who has a humorous personality, has never had any pressure in front of him, and only Chen Geng can make Peng Dehuai rarely smile.
What's more worth mentioning is that Chen Geng deceived Peng Dehuai four times, but he was never criticized by Peng Dehuai, but caused Peng Dehuai to laugh again and again, and helped Peng Dehuai solve his lifelong events.
Two deceptions at the dinner table
Chen Geng's two of the deceptions to Peng Dehuai happened at the dinner table. The first time was on the way of the Long March, in 1935, Peng Dehuai came to Zunyi with the Long March team, and when he was stationed in Zunyi, a party was held one night.
At this time, Chen Geng found that Peng Dehuai was still sitting at the dinner table with a serious face, so Chen Geng prepared two bowls of "wine", walked in front of Peng Dehuai, and toasted Peng Dehuai.
After handing one of the bowls of wine to Peng Dehuai, Chen Geng drank all the "wine" in his hand, seeing that Chen Geng was so bold, Peng Dehuai had to learn from Chen Geng, and also drank the wine in the bowl, and drank the whole bowl of wine in one go, Peng Dehuai couldn't help but feel a little drunk.
Immediately, Peng Dehuai looked at Chen Geng in front of him, but found that Chen Geng's face was still as usual, Peng Dehuai couldn't help but have a little doubt, and saw that there was still some "wine" at the bottom of Chen Geng's bowl, so he dipped some of his fingers and put it in his mouth, but found that there was no smell of wine.
It was only at this time that Peng Dehuai realized that he had fallen for Chen Geng, and Chen Geng was actually drinking a bowl of water. However, Peng Dehuai also knew that Chen Geng was joking with himself, so he did not blame Chen Geng, but scolded Chen Geng with a smile.
The second time Chen Geng deceived Peng Dehuai at the dinner table occurred during the War of Resistance Against Japan. In 1939, Peng Dehuai came to Chen Geng's 386 Brigade to inspect the work, and after Peng Dehuai's arrival, Chen Geng arranged a bowl of stewed radish in white water for Peng Dehuai, and then quickly turned around and left.
Seeing Chen Geng leave so quickly, Peng Dehuai couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, thinking that Chen Geng had something important to hide from him, at this time Chen Geng's guards still stayed in place, so Peng Dehuai asked Chen Geng's guards, wanting to know from the other party what Chen Geng was doing, hearing Peng Dehuai's question, Chen Geng's guards didn't dare to answer, but just looked at a closed room.
Peng Dehuai walked to the door and pushed open the door, only to see Chen Geng sitting inside, holding a chicken leg in his hand to eat with relish, and in front of Chen Geng, there was also a roast chicken. Seeing this scene, Peng Dehuai couldn't help but start to reprimand Chen Geng, and after reprimanding Chen Geng, Peng Dehuai sat down and picked up the roast chicken in front of Chen Geng and feasted on it.
Soon, all the remaining roast chicken entered Peng Dehuai's belly, but after eating the rest of the roast chicken, Peng Dehuai found that a chicken leg in Chen Geng's hand was still not finished.
It was not until this time that Peng Dehuai realized that Chen Geng actually wanted to make himself eat something good, but he was afraid that he would be rejected if he proposed it directly, so he took great pains to act in such a play. After discovering Chen Geng's careful thinking, Peng Dehuai couldn't help laughing and scolding Chen Geng again.
Falsifying personal experience to deceive Peng Dehuai
The journey of the Long March can be said to be extremely difficult, and many comrades unfortunately contracted diseases under harsh conditions. In August 1935, Premier Zhou also unfortunately fell ill, and the condition was somewhat serious, since Premier Zhou's illness, Peng Dehuai was worried day and night, and could not rest well at night.
Seeing this situation, Chen Geng was very worried about Peng Dehuai's body, thinking that if Peng Dehuai continued like this, his body was likely to be dragged down, so Chen Geng found Peng Dehuai and told the other party that he had worked in a hospital when he was lurking in Shanghai, and had rich medical knowledge.
After seeing Chen Geng, a medical professional taking care of Premier Zhou, Peng Dehuai was also a lot relieved, and it was not until Premier Zhou's body fully recovered that Peng Dehuai learned that Chen Geng was a complete layman in medicine and did not know how to take care of patients at all.
deceived Peng Dehuai to go on a blind date
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the anti-Japanese generals and soldiers on the mainland had a very hard time, and in order to let everyone relax appropriately, the party organization would also hold some entertainment programs in a timely manner.
In the autumn of 1938, Peng Dehuai, who had just returned to Yan'an from the front, was invited by Chen Geng to watch a volleyball match held by female comrades. Peng Dehuai was reluctant to go, but in the end, he couldn't bear Chen Geng's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and agreed.
In the process of watching the game, Chen Geng has been observing Peng Dehuai's expression, and his eyes have also looked at the field with Peng Dehuai.
After the game, Chen Geng asked Peng Dehuai what he thought of the game, and Peng Dehuai did not hesitate to praise the female player he had been paying attention to, after hearing Peng Dehuai's praise, Chen Geng immediately said that the female player's name is Pu Anxiu, who is still single, and has always admired Peng Dehuai very much.
Hearing Chen Geng say that the other party was still single and admired him very much, Peng Dehuai finally reacted and found that this volleyball game was not simple.
It is true that this game was actually held by Chen Geng for Peng Dehuai, and the essence of the game was actually a blind date carefully arranged for Peng Dehuai.
It turned out that Peng Dehuai had expressed the idea of not forming a family anymore because of the failure of his marriage and the severity of the war situation at that time, but Chen Geng did not want to see Peng Dehuai alone all the time, so he painstakingly arranged this volleyball game to choose a good match for Peng Dehuai. In the end, under Chen Geng's matchmaking, Peng Dehuai and Pu Anxiu tied the knot.
Although Chen Geng deceived Peng Dehuai four times, every time he deceived Peng Dehuai, in the face of such a subordinate who really cared about him, no matter how big Peng Dehuai's temper was, he could never really get angry. At the same time, during the days when they fought side by side in the revolution, the two also formed a deep friendship.