【Revolutionary Relics Story】A pack of kumquat cakes

During the reform and training of the Red Fourth Army in Xinquan, Member Mao often took time to go deep into the company and the countryside to carry out investigations and studies, and worked day and night to draft the resolution of the Ninth Party Congress of the Red Fourth Army. Committee member Mao was very skillful in conducting investigations, and the story of "a pack of kumquat cakes" that occurred at the Guanzhuang Peasants' Investigation Committee is still widely circulated among the masses.

It was a day at the end of mid-December 1929, when the north wind was howling and silver frost was everywhere. As soon as Committee member Mao had breakfast, he invited three comrades to walk together to Guanzhuang Village, which is five miles away from Xinquan, to hold a peasant investigation meeting.

On that day, Commissar Mao was dressed in a gray military uniform, wearing a large bucket hat, wearing a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and wrapped his legs around his legs, and was dressed like the other three comrades, without any specialness. When he came to Guanzhuang to "Report to the Ancestral Hall of the First Gong(Ashamed Mountain Shrine)", more than a dozen peasants who had already attended the meeting still thought that he was an ordinary Red Army soldier, so they uninhibitedly started a family routine with him. In a moment, Lao Yang, chairman of the Farmers' Association, walked in and shouted happily: "Commissioner Mao, you came early!" As soon as everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that the amiable and approachable person in front of them was Member Mao, the party representative of the Red Fourth Army. At this time, everyone wanted to show respect to Commissar Mao, some handed him a fire cage, and some sent him roasted sweet potatoes. A sister-in-law surnamed Rao immediately turned around and returned home, taking a packet of kumquat cakes that she was going to leave her mother's house and offering it to Commissar Mao. Committee member Mao asked everyone to talk about their understanding of the revolution and their views on the Red Fourth Army, but everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they were a little uncomfortable. When Commissar Mao saw this, he casually picked up a piece of kumquat and said, "This sweet and fragrant kumquat cake is like the territory of our country, and now imperialism wants to divide it up. The peasant representatives who attended the meeting said in unison: "Yes! Commissar Mao waved his powerful hand and said, "Yes, we want to protect it." Because this kumquat is planted by our farmers, the kumquat cake is the common fruit of our workers and farmers. However, the Kuomintang reactionaries wanted to give this kumquat cake to foreign dog robbers for partition, and we could not agree. We in the Communist Party are going to mobilize the broad masses of workers and peasants, and unite to overthrow the reactionaries who are traitors seeking glory and to drive out the dog bandits who want to eat this kumquat cake! Everyone listened to Commissar Mao's simple revolutionary doctrine and expressed their support for the Communist Party's proposition that they should love their own Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

Then, Commissar Mao asked enlighteningly: "How do you love the Red Army?" The peasants present could not answer for a moment, and Member Mao said cordially: "The military and the people are originally family members, and when you see that the Red Army has done something wrong, such as not observing discipline, infringing on the interests of the masses, and wasting crops, you must boldly put forward opinions and seriously criticize them, so that we can correct our shortcomings and maintain the good work style of the troops." In doing so, we are truly loving the Red Army! Then, Member Mao said, "I have come to ask you for your opinions today. When the peasant deputies present saw that Commissar Mao was so sincere, they began to talk without restraint. This said that the Red Army contingent was really good and led the peasants to fight down local tyrants and divide up the land; the one who praised the Red Army was really strict in discipline, taking political lessons and exercises every day, and also taking time to help the masses carry water and sweep the floor. Sister-in-law Rao finally said: "Let me make a suggestion: The comrades of the Red Army get up early every day and go dark, and they have no free time for a moment, they are too tired, if they are tired and bad, how can they fight the enemy?" Committee member Mao listened, then swept the kumquat cake in his hand, and said humorously: "Sister-in-law, accept your opinion, we must love the soldiers, and tell them to pay attention to the combination of work and leisure, but we must also practice the ability to kill the enemy and eliminate the enemy as soon as possible, so that we can protect this kumquat cake from being divided up by warlords and lackeys and imperialism!" Committee Member Mao's words made everyone happy.

In the evening, when the wind and frost stopped for a while, and when Commissar Mao and others left Guanzhuang Village, more than a dozen peasant representatives kept sending him to the mouth of the village. Afterwards, the peasants present at the meeting all praised Commissar Mao for his real ability, and a piece of kumquat cake not only propagated the revolutionary principles, but also seduced many of our heartfelt words.

National cultural relics protection unit: Guanzhuang Farmers Investigation Association former site - Shame Mountain Ancestral Hall

Comprehensive editor: Cultural Tourism Longyan Source: Xinquan Training Memorial Hall is based on "The Story of Mao Commissar Zhu Junchang in Western Fujian - Kumquat Zan"