The source of this article is from the Longevity Record of Chinese and Foreign Celebrities, edited by Geng Hongsen of Huangshan Publishing House, published in December 2014, p. 207. However, in order to improve the readability of the article, there may be polishing of the details, please read sensibly, for reference only!
There is such an old man in China, who was born in the era of war and chaos, and has experienced several life and death since he was a child.
At the age of ten, he lived like a savage in the mountains like a savage, picking wild fruits to survive.
He has no extra clothes to avoid the danger in the mountains, generally speaking, this child must not live long, but who has lived to be 133 years old with the help of well-wishers!
In 1993, he was crowned the title of "King of Chinese Longevity".
When everyone thought that he must pay attention to health in his daily life, he just calmly said that he usually likes to smoke.
Is this the secret of his longevity? When we learn his story, everything will be understood.
The birth of the "King of Longevity".
On the 1993 Old People's Day, the 131-year-old Gong Laifa successfully won the honor of "China's Longevity King" and presented a certificate.
And after his incident was known by some outsiders, it was widely disseminated, and later even reporters from all over the country came to interview, and I felt that the threshold of my home was about to be trampled on.
The reason why these people came was nothing more than to see what this 131-year-old man looked like, and why he was able to live to this age.
It all starts with the old age of being served by 7 generations.
Gong Laifa is the oldest in their family, so he is naturally highly respected.
The children in the family would help Gong Laifa clean the yard every day and prepare two meals a day for him, and the rice he ate was a mixture of bread and rice, which sounded very healthy.
In the eyes of others, this is such a happy thing, but in Gong Laifa's heart, he is already old, and he can do some housework every day, but now that the juniors have robbed them of their jobs, they feel that they have nothing to do every day.
In order to have some fun for himself, he would occasionally wander around the village and up the mountains, and even sometimes when he was in a good mood, he would open his mouth to sing a few mountain songs.
Everyone in the village knew him, and he was considered an old man in the village at that time, so everyone was very respectful to him.
Because he was in a relaxed and happy mood all day, his physical condition was also very impressive. There is no tinnitus and dazzle, and even some minor illnesses have never been experienced, which is very enviable.
It is said that smoking is harmful to health, but this point does not interfere with Gong Laifa at all. In addition to hanging out and singing a few lines of songs, his favorite thing is to smoke dry tobacco.
Even if he is over 130 years old, he has never been sick, and he can even work in the field normally, responsible for feeding the pigs every day.
But there is always a day when people die, in 1995, Gong Laifa contracted pneumonia due to an accident, and died one day in March.
The death of his family should have been a sad event, but because Gong Laifa was 133 years old, he had already lived enough, not to mention that he should have been hanging by a thread when he was a teenager.
Childhood was ill-fated
Gong Laifa was born in 1862, and the birth of a boy in the family was a very happy event in those days.
But Gong Laifa was not so lucky, because his family was very poor, and his arrival increased the burden of the family's life. At first, Gong Laifa's father was reluctant to let go of this child.
But after all, having an extra mouth is also an expense, and when Gong Laifa was 6 months old, the family finally couldn't afford it, so he ruthlessly sent Gong Lai to the second family in Dabangling.
thought that Gong Laifa could live a good life in someone else's house, but when he was ten years old, Xiang Lao and his wife died suddenly, and he became lonely again.
Without his parents, he would have no home, at this time, because he was too young, and the life of every family in that era was not easy, the little Gong Laifa could only find his own way.
When you are hungry, you go up to the mountains to pick some wild fruits, dig some wild vegetables to survive, and after a long time, you will live directly in the mountains.
And he has been living in this forest in this way for four years, because he runs and jumps in this mountain every day, and over time his original clothes have become tattered, and can only serve the effect of covering his private parts.
In the eyes of many people in the village, Gong Laifa has been like a wild man all these years. However, his tragic childhood finally ushered in a turning point when he was 14 years old.
The turn of fate has a chance to live
After living in this mountain forest for four years as a "wild man", Gong Laifa met the person who saved him from fire and water - Xiang Liquan.
Xiang Liquan, who lived in Dabangling that year, because his family lacked a coolie, listened to the villagers talk about Gong Laifa's situation, and felt that he could find him to work for him.
This not only helped him, but also solved his own needs, Gong Laifa felt that it was also a good opportunity to follow Xiang Liquan after learning about Xiang Liquan's intention, and at this time Gong Laifa could finally say goodbye to the life of a "wild man".
Gong Laifa, who came to Xiangli's family, cherished this opportunity very much, not to mention that he was serious and responsible in his work, probably because he had been walking in the mountains all these years, he was energetic and physically strong all day long, and the most important thing was that he was still an honest child who would not steal and play tricks.
With Gong Laifa's help, Xiang Liquan's family situation has also improved, and he has since had three children of his own, all boys.
At this time, Xiang Liquan, who was a little superstitious, felt that it was all thanks to Gong Laifa, because of Gong Laifa's existence, he would go to him to work back then, and his name sounded quite auspicious.
In the first few years when Gong Laifa came, although he could only be regarded as doing things with money, he was actually still a child. After getting along with Gong Laifa and Xiang's family for many years, it feels like a family.
When Gong Laifa reached the age where he could talk about marriage, Xiang Liquan also actively wanted to help him manage it. But in Gong Laifa's opinion, it has been very troublesome for him to live in Xiangjia for so many years, and he is reluctant to think more about this kind of thing.
And he has no financial ability, and he will not consider who he wants to marry to live a hard life. It was for this reason that he never married.
When Xiang Liquan was 60 years old, he was already three generations of grandparents, and his family conditions were getting better day by day. didn't expect an accident to happen, so that Xiang Li's life was not long in coming.
Generally speaking, people usually explain their aftermath before they die, but Xiang Liquan is very worried about Gong Laifa, because he has no relatives in this world.
Xiang Liquan explained to his children and grandchildren that it was because of the arrival of Gong Laifa that their family has the current life, and now that he is gone, Gong Laifa is the old man in the family.
No matter what day it takes, the descendants of his family must have a grateful heart for Gong Laifa and provide for him.
Xiang Liquan said this, his children and grandchildren have also done it, and Gong Laifa lived to be 133 years old, and the 7 generations of the Xiang family have been like this for generations, and they have not slackened at all.
Even the old people in the village also called Gong Lai a "ancestor", and whoever has something difficult to choose in the family will also ask Gong Lai for advice and advice, which shows how noble his status is.
At first, you may wonder why the child who had no home and wanted to become a "wild man" became the "king of longevity in China".
Now that I have learned about Gong Laifa's life, I believe that this answer is also in everyone's hearts.
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