<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Author: Ivory Mountain Boys</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > do not engage in the specialization of eating red peppers</h1>
Long March through the meadows. When distributing food, the guards managed to get an extra 20 red peppers. Chairman Mao sternly ordered him to retreat, solemnly pointing out: "We are the Red Army, how can we, as leaders, be special?" ”
As a Native of Hunan, Chairman Mao was very fond of eating red peppers, especially from his hometown. When he was in Ruijin, Jiangxi, in order to make Chairman Mao eat peppers, He Zizhen once looked around for him. Once, because of the matter of eating chili peppers, Chairman Mao also sent a fire to He Zizhen. It was the height of summer, and He Zizhen had a hard time finding chili peppers and fried a large bowl for Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao ate several meals in a row and was reluctant to eat them all. He Zizhen took the bowl and smelled it, and found that the pepper had changed somewhat, so he dumped the rest.
At lunchtime, Chairman Mao couldn't find the peppers anywhere, and He Zizhen told him that he had dumped them. When Chairman Mao heard this, he immediately became furious and threw away all the rice bowls in anger. He Zizhen was very aggrieved, ran out angrily, and did not return home until the evening. Later, after Chairman Mao knew that he was wrong to blame He Zizhen, he said to her: "You know that I like to eat chili peppers, and it is a pity to throw away the strange." The taste has changed, and you can eat it when you cook it! It can be seen from this that without the chili pepper, Chairman Mao has reached the point where the food is not sweet.
Chairman Mao once said that it is not revolutionary not to eat chili peppers, and to eat chili peppers is a revolutionary faction. Even Chairman Mao, who is so hot-hearted, was able to abandon his food and drinking hobby at a very moment, and he would definitely not ignore principles and engage in specialization because of this.
In May 1930, Chairman Mao went to Jiangxi to conduct investigations and studies. During the day, he held meetings, approved documents, went to the countryside to chat with his fellow villagers, and wrote articles at night, but the local living conditions were not good, and every meal was boiled with green vegetables, and Chairman Mao ate the same as ordinary soldiers. Due to the lack of oil and water, Chairman Mao lost a lot of weight after some days. The guards and fighters around him looked in the eyes and hurt in their hearts, and they were very anxious.
One day, the guard Wu Jiqing learned from the cook that Chairman Mao liked to eat chili peppers very much, and if there were any chili peppers, he could eat more rice. So I ran around, searching door to door, and finally found dried peppers that were dried red in front of the window of a fellow villager's house, which was exactly the roasted dried red pepper that Chairman Mao liked to eat. Wu Jiqing was overjoyed, knocked the door, and as soon as the fellow came out, he said straight to the point: Our chief loves to eat chili peppers, I don't know if your chili peppers can give me a little? After the fellow listened, he very happily picked a string of bright red peppers and gave it to Wu Jiqing. Wu Ji rushed back and fried a plate of fragrant chili peppers with the cook.
When it was time to eat, Wu Jiqing deliberately added some more rice, served the dishes, and happily sent them to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao was intently grading the documents, and when he saw that there was an extra plate of red peppers in the food he brought, he asked, "Where did you get this pepper?" Wu Jiqing replied triumphantly: "I asked for the old cousin." ”
When Chairman Mao heard this, he stood up and walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said to him: "After joining the army, did the company commander tell you the 'three major disciplines and eight points of attention'?" Wu Jiqing was a little confused and replied, "No."
Seeing this scene, Chairman Mao kindly said to Wu Jiqing: "Comrade Wu Jiqing, we cannot blame you for this matter, mainly because we have not publicized the party's policies enough for the new fighters, and education has not kept up." Tell your company commander in a moment, ask the chief secretary to send the pepper money from my food bill to the fellow villagers, and apologize to the people. Later, Wu Jiqing did as Chairman Mao had instructed.
In 1935, when Chairman Mao led the Red Army through the meadows, there was a shortage of grain, and peppers were even more a treasure. When distributing food, the guards around him managed to get 20 more red peppers for Chairman Mao, who loved spicy food, and when Chairman Mao learned of it, he strictly ordered him to return them. The guards disagreed, and Chairman Mao solemnly pointed out: "We are the Red Army, how can we, as leaders, be special?" The guards couldn't do anything, so they did so and returned the peppers they had received.
Chairman Mao's honest and honest character has been best embodied in such trivial matters as eating chili peppers and not engaging in specialization, and it still has profound educational significance for the vast number of party members and leading cadres today.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > the story of sheep racks and horse meat</h1>
The guard Wang Qijiu found a pair of sheep racks in the lama's temple and gleefully wanted to improve the chairman's food. When Chairman Mao found out, he said, "It turned out that you violated the discipline of the masses, and you took it somewhere and sent it somewhere!" ”
On June 2, 1935, under the command of Chairman Mao, the main force of the Red Army crossed the Dadu River and then entered the Tibetan area. Because of the Kuomintang's false propaganda, many Tibetan compatriots went into hiding. The Red Army troops could not find food or salt and were almost out of food.
Chairman Mao, like the soldiers, ate the same food—barley noodles or wheat grains mixed with wild vegetables. The guards and fighters looked at it with sadness in their eyes, and always wanted to change the law to find chairman Mao something more delicious.
One day, the guard Wu Jiqing brought such a "meal" to Chairman Mao again, and an embarrassed expression appeared on his face. Chairman Mao saw Wu Jiqing's thoughts and said to him with a smile: "Now the whole army is eating barley mixed with wild vegetables, and we will also eat them." Didn't you hear that during pangu, the Shennong clan tasted hundreds of herbs in order to cure people's diseases? Today, in order to go north to resist Japan, we also have to suffer some hardships. Suffering is a glorious thing, and without today's suffering, there would be no victory tomorrow. Of course, only we can bear this suffering, because we are convinced that the revolution will succeed. ”
Chairman Mao's attitude of taking pleasure in suffering greatly infected the soldiers around him. He was not in good physical condition at the time, still suffering from dysentery, fortunately found early and received timely treatment, but his body was still very weak and needed more nutrition. The warriors wanted to find something nutritious for him to replenish his body.
One day, the troops arrived in the Tibetan town of Somo and lived in a lama temple. The next day, the soldiers were rummaging around in the temple for food, and the guard Wang Qijiu found a pair of sheep racks, and he cheerfully said to the other soldiers: "Find something delicious, improve the food for the chairman!" The other warriors were also very happy, talking about how to deal with the sheep rack. Chairman Mao heard movement in the other room and came over. He asked, "What are you arguing about, so hilarious?" ”
Wang Qijiu told Chairman Mao about the finding of the sheep rack. After hearing this, Chairman Mao was a little displeased and said, "It turned out that you violated the discipline of the masses, and you took it somewhere and sent it somewhere!" ”
Wang Qijiu listened to Chairman Mao's words and hurriedly put the sheep rack back. Chairman Mao said to the soldiers present: "How many times have I said that I want you to observe discipline. I know that you want to make me some good food to eat, but if the conditions do not allow it, you must not do this, especially when the masses are not at home..."
When Wang Qiqi returned from sending the sheep rack, Chairman Mao specifically said to him: "Comrade Wang Qijiu, don't do this again in the future, okay?" Wang Qiqi nodded, and with tears in his eyes, said, "I listen to the chairman!" ”
After entering the meadow, Chairman Mao found that the wounded and sick were short of food, and immediately instructed him to kill a few horses during the break and distribute the horse meat to the wounded and sick, but he himself insisted on eating barley mixed with wild vegetable soup and not a little horse meat.
The comrades in the adjutant's office were very worried about Chairman Mao's body, and while he was talking to the doctor, they examined the grain bags of the guards and soldiers and found that there was only a small amount of barley in them, so they insisted on leaving Chairman Mao with a two-finger-wide piece of horse meat. The guards quietly accepted it without Chairman Mao.
After arriving at the camp, while cooking, the warriors took out the horse meat and prepared to cook soup mixed with wild onions and wild vegetables. When Chairman Mao saw this, he rebuked him and said, "You have been ambushed again!" He knew the good intentions of the guards and soldiers, and did not blame too much. But he also commanded: "The horse meat cannot be eaten completely, and some should be left for Comrade Dai Tianfu." ”
Dai Tianfu, the youngest soldier in the guard squad, contracted malaria while crossing the Dadu River, and later insisted on climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing meadows, and his illness became more serious. Chairman Mao has always been very concerned about him. The soldiers comforted Chairman Mao that Dai Tianfu was sick and would definitely be able to get horse meat, and persuaded Chairman Mao to eat it. But Chairman Mao insisted: "It is better to keep some, in case he can't get the horse meat, he can't make up for it!" ”
At this moment, Zhong Fuchang, a hygienist who had been ordered to take care of Dai Tianfu, and a stretcher bearer returned with an empty stretcher. Zhong Fuchang reported to Chairman Mao the news that Dai Tianfu had died, and handed Chairman Mao a two-finger-wide piece of horse meat wrapped in paper, saying: "When Comrade Dai Tianfu is dying, let me give this piece of horse meat to Chairman Mao!" He said that he had nothing to worry about, only hoped for the success of the revolution, and asked you to take good care of your body. Let me also tell Wu Jiqing, Huang Yatang, Wang Qijiu, and other comrades in the guard squad to take good care of you. ”
Chairman Mao listened to these words and did not speak for a long time. In the middle of the night, he said to everyone bitterly: "Thousands of martyrs have heroically sacrificed for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese people. They see death as a homecoming, and no hardship or obstacle can stop them from moving forward. This spirit will surely move the people of the whole country and the people of the world to support our just cause. And this just cause is bound to triumph. ”
After saying that, he took off his hat, and the warriors also took off their hats and observed a moment of silence for The Blessing of Heaven.
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