Lenin: Look at the "dead" Bukharin from the loose buttons

One day in 1920, Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of The Soviets, met bukharin, a staff member, at the intersection.

Bukharin was in a hurry, and Lenin inadvertently caught a glimpse of the button in his coat pocket that was about to fall off, intending to inform, but turned around to find him gone. The next day, Lenin met Bukharin again, saw that the button was still crumbling, and wondered when he would find it, so he deliberately did not say a word. By the third day, the button had fallen off, but Bukharin still didn't notice it. It was another three days before Lenin saw that Bukharin's pocket was sewn with new buttons. Lenin sighed, patted Bukharin on the shoulder and said, "You are like a qualified Soviet!" ”

At that time, the Soviet government was seriously short of food supplies. In order to ensure the needs of subsistence, the People's Committee sent a number of collection teams to collect grain in the countryside. Lenin, seeing that Bukharin had been elected captain of a conscription team, remembered the button and could not help but frown: "Bukharin went from loosening the button to re-sewing it for six days, at least it shows that he is careless and sloppy, and such a person cannot be used." "The others felt that Bukharin was usually down-to-earth and had good character, but it was really unfair to be denied because he had dropped a button, so they did not accept Lenin's advice and still let Bukharin be the captain.

Half a month later, someone came to report: "After Bukharin went to the countryside, he only collected very little grain, and he was burned by the rich peasants because of poor care." Lenin said solemnly: "This could have been avoided, but I said earlier that he could not take on this heavy responsibility." The man hurriedly excused him: "In fact, it was an accident, the foundation of that village was not good..." Lenin listened quietly, and could not help but pick up a pen and draw on the paper. The people around them looked around curiously. Lenin drew a large black button with a line next to it: Every mistake must be a precursor, and if you do not care about small things, big mistakes will not be far away.

(Author: Zhang Shuning)

(Excerpt from Global People)