Chairman Mao sighed to Feng Yaosong: another child like a "Camel Xiangzi"
As a personal guard next to Chairman Mao, Feng Yaosong's cultural level is not high, and the family is also very miserable. In the old society of Hangzhou, Feng Yaosong's family relied on his father's rickshaw to support the family. Despite such difficult conditions, Feng Yaosong's father taught him to read for two years, and then sent him to the roasted food on Dongjie Road. Store learns to do business.
Picture: After the liberation of Hangzhou, the People's Liberation Army marched on the Baidi of West Lake
On May 3, 1949, when Hangzhou was declared liberated, Feng Yaosong's heart immediately brightened: "The sky in the liberated area is the sky of the people" , The people can finally be the masters!" He immediately plunged into the vigorous socialist construction trend. The following year, the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Bureau went to the Hangzhou Labor Union to select public security personnel. Feng Yaosong begged the then Director Yi Chengzhu to be elected. He finally sighed and said to Feng Yaosong, who was only 16 at the time, "Okay." Well, you kid looks quite clever, just leave you here!"
Soon after, Feng Yaosong entered the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Bureau to work. Only then did he know that Chairman Mao often went to Hangzhou to rest and relax. At the meeting, how much his heart desires to be able to work alongside Chairman Mao! Fortunately, after a few years, the opportunity finally appeared. On New Year's Day in 1954, Wang Fang, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department, took Feng Yaosong to Beijing to participate in the Second National Public Security Conference.
Picture: On January 31, 1954, Chairman Mao and Wang Fang inspected the Qiantang River
. They just arrived in Beijing. Chairman Mao’s guard chief Li Yinqiao and life secretary Luo Guanglu came to pick up the station. When Wang Fang said to Feng Yaosong earnestly: "Xiao Feng, you must protect Chairman Mao, and don't let our 30 million fathers and villagers in Zhejiang disappointed!" Feng Yaosong was overjoyed.It turns out that Director Wang Fang brought himself to Beijing to allow himself to work alongside Chairman Mao!
After bidding farewell to Director Wang Fang, Feng Yaosong got in the car heading to Zhongnanhai. The car quietly passed by Zhongnanhai, the Yi Niantang and other important places, and finally reached the Juxiang Bookstore where Chairman Mao lived. It's 11 o'clock in the evening. Feng Yaosong was first arranged in a nearby room, and Li Yinqiao, the head of the guard, signaled him to write a "letter of determination" on the spot, and he himself wanted to go in and report to Chairman Mao. Picture: Mao Zedong and Li Yinqiao (first from left) together Now grabbing a pencil, it is heavier than grabbing a stone, but he still tries to make sure that the handwriting is neat and square. When Li Yinqiao came back, Feng Yaosong handed his "Book of Determination" to Chairman Mao. It read: "I will protect Chairman Mao at the expense of myself."
Li Yinqiao saw him The written "Book of Determination" smiled slightly: "Haha, it is worthy of being in a private school for two years, and I can write a sentence completely, but there are two typos in this sentence." Then, Li Yinqiao Shaking his black hair coolly, and then said to Feng Yaosong: "Let’s go, let’s meet Chairman Mao."
Picture: Chairman Mao is reading a book on the sofa
Feng Yaosong is leaving Entering Chairman Mao's study, I found that the lights here are very bright, although it is dark, but the lights here are like daytime. But what surprised Feng Yaosong most was that there were books everywhere, whether it was on the shelves, on the table or on the bed, it was the first time Feng Yaosong saw so many books. Due to the dazzling lights, Feng Yaosong couldn't help but tears in his eyes. Observing Chairman Mao through his tears, he found that Chairman Mao's body seemed to be exuding a dazzling luster.
"Chairman, the new guard has arrived." Li Yinqiao whispered to Chairman Mao who was reading.
Feng Yaosong quickly wiped his tears at this moment, and then quietly looked at Chairman Mao after the "light dissipated". I saw him wearing a gray Chinese tunic suit, a burly figure, a pair of round-mouth cloth shoes, and a very simple dress.
"Um..." Chairman Mao is still reading. "What's your name?"
Hearing Chairman Mao's question, the young Feng Yaosong was so nervous that he didn't know what to say, and he was deadlocked in place like a puppet.
Chairman Mao thought he had a low voice, so he asked again. Seeing that Feng Yaosong still did not answer, Chairman Mao put down his book, walked gently to his side, and then rubbed his hair a few times with his generous and powerful hands: "Sure enough Baby."
Picture: Chairman Mao and the guards around him
After hearing such kind words from Chairman Mao, Feng Yaosong reacted and raised his head to stare at Chairman Mao, and then instinctively. Cried out: "Chairman Mao!"
"Well, what is your name?" Chairman Mao continued to ask tirelessly.
"My name is Feng Yaosong."
"Is it the ‘Feng’ in Kaifeng, Henan?" Chairman Mao asked his surname carefully.
"No, it's the envelope of a letter." Feng Yaosong was nervous and didn't realize that the two "seals" were actually the same word.
"Haha." Chairman Mao laughed happily, and then put his hand on the button of Feng Yaosong's clothes: "No matter how many letters you have here, you won't see them unless you open them. These two are the same word, do you understand?"
Feng Yaosong deeply realized that his cultural level is far inferior to Chairman Mao, so he nodded with a seemingly understandable expression.
"What did your family do before?" Chairman Mao asked about Feng Yaosong's family.
Picture: Illustration of a rickshaw driver in Lao She's novel "Camel Xiangzi"
"Well, my father went out to pull a rickshaw, and my mother did not work at home."
Chairman Mao's nose was sour, and he immediately said . : "It's another child like'Camel Xiangzi'..." Chairman Mao may have such associations because he has only read Lao She's novels recently. "Then, what did you do yourself?"
"Before the liberation of Hangzhou, I worked as an apprentice in a local dim sum shop. After liberation, I entered the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Bureau to study. Later, Director Wang Fang I brought it to Beijing."
"That's it." Chairman Mao thought about it, and then said to him: " We are all serving the people, and I have to deal with many major national issues by myself, which leads to some of my own life. Little things are often too busy, so if you help me, it can be regarded as indirect "serving the people." What do you think of this revolutionary division of labor? "
"I do!" Feng Yaosong nodded excitedly.
"Well, from now on, we will compare and see, who is better for the people!" Chairman Mao smiled and shook Feng Yaosong's hand.
Feng Yaosong warms the feet of Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao: You did a good job
After Feng Yaosong came to Zhongnanhai Juxiang Bookstore, he found that besides Chief Li Yinqiao, there were three other personal guards. They were separate It is Li Liancheng, Zhang Xianpeng and Tian Yunyu. Among these people, only Feng Yaosong is from the south, the others are from the north, and only Feng Yaosong is from the south, and he is also the youngest of all the guards.
Picture: Chairman Mao is instructing documents
For Feng Yaosong,To be Chairman Mao's personal guardian means to establish an extremely intimate relationship with Chairman Mao. The so-called "close body" is to protect Chairman Mao’s safety every step of the way, and to take care of Chairman Mao’s daily life. Therefore, compared to other people, Chairman Mao’s daily life is left in their hearts. Deeply imprinted. You know, even Chairman Mao’s two daughters, Li Min and Li Ne, they only go home once a week after school and live with their parents for one night. So compared to Chairman Mao’s children, they are personal guards. On the contrary, the relationship with Chairman Mao is closer.
At the beginning, Feng Yaosong was in charge of the day shift, and Zhang Xianpeng, the guard for the night shift, said to him: "You have to pay attention, Chairman Mao didn't sleep last night." Nervous, Chairman Mao did not sleep, it may be because of something major. In this case, Chairman Mao will often work all night for days and nights without sleeping. In this case, Chairman Mao's mood fluctuates greatly. For the sake of Chairman Mao's health, the guards must be responsible for persuading Chairman Mao to maintain his sleep and eating habits without affecting Chairman Mao's work. This job requires not only loyalty and enthusiasm, but also needs to seize the opportunity, otherwise Chairman Mao will lose his temper.
Picture: Chairman Mao and Feng Yaosong photo
Feng Yaosong walked into Chairman Mao’s Juxiang Bookstore a little nervously, and found that Chairman Mao was working all night in the study today, piled up two piles on Chairman Mao’s desk. Stacks of documents are all as high as a mountain. Chairman Mao is accustomed to holding a cigarette in his left hand and a pen in his right.
He gently came to Chairman Mao's desk, and then picked up the ashtray on the desk. Feng Yaosong took a closer look, good fellow, the weight of these cigarette butts is enough for their four personal guards to smoke for a day. At that time, New China had not yet popularized smoking that is harmful to health, but Feng Yaosong also knew that Chairman Mao smoked too much and his throat was uncomfortable. In order to make Chairman Mao smoke less, Feng Yaosong also quietly learned from the leader of Li Yinqiao, and put Chairman Mao’s cigarette box. The cigarette inside was broken into two sections and then inserted into Chairman Mao’s cigarette holder.
Wait until Feng Yaosong comes back after cleaning up the soot,He found that Chairman Mao was habitually picking up a teacup to drink water. According to the previous regulations, the guard should add water to Chairman Mao's teacup every hour, but now...Oh, there is no water! Chairman Mao raised the empty cup without drinking water, so his eyes fell on Feng Yaosong's face, and then put the teacup on the table, and the table made a heavy noise. Feng Yaosong was startled, and hurriedly reached out to get a cup on Chairman Mao's table.
Picture: In 1954, Chairman Mao was drinking tea in Hangzhou
"Cough." Chairman Mao coughed, Feng Yaosong had to take his hand back carefully, only to see that Chairman Mao had already taken the lead in grabbing the teacup. In his own hand, and then looked into the cup. After that, he put down the red and blue pencils that he used to handle official duties, and then stretched out three fingers to dig out the remaining tea in the cup and put it in his mouth. This action of digging the tea seemed to have been developed. A habit was made in one go.
Waiting for Chairman Mao to put the teacup back on the table, Feng Yaosong hurriedly helped Chairman Mao change the tea.
At the end of the day on duty, Feng Yaosong curiously asked Chief Guard Li Yinqiao and said: "Does Chairman Mao think that the tea is not brewed enough? He eats tea twice a day."
Li Yinqiao smiled: "What's all the fuss about? As early as in northern Shaanxi, Chairman Mao was used to eating tea. Chairman Mao once said to us:'Since eating tea can play a refreshing role, it is a shame to throw it away in vain.'
Picture: Chairman Mao Mao and Li Yinqiao together
Once again, Feng Yaosong was in charge of the night shift. The sky just darkened, and Feng Yaosong, who was standing next to Chairman Mao, noticed that Chairman Mao’s feet were moving from time to time. The ground slapped the ground. At first, Feng Yaosong thought that it was only Chairman Mao who had been sitting for a long time and did not move. He planned to move his steps in this way, but as the number of times he slapped the ground more and more, Feng Yaosong had a move in his heart and ran to take a look. Thermometer in the house.Broken, now the temperature of Chairman Mao’s Juxiang Bookstore is only 13 degrees Celsius .
At that time, even in the Juxiang Bookstore where Chairman Mao was located, the temperature was not high in winter, and the indoor temperature was often unable to reach 20 degrees Celsius under the inadequate heating conditions at the time. Under the black sky outside, Feng Yaosong thought for a while, and thought of a way to keep Chairman Mao’s feet warm. He picked up two warm water bags and got two bags of hot water back, and then he was at the desk next to Chairman Mao. Leaning over, gently put two warm water bags on Chairman Mao's feet.
Feng Yaosong was about to get up and leave, only to find Chairman Mao raised his head. It was a warm and kind face like winter. He quietly looked at the hardworking figure of the guard, his lips twitched and said to him: "Thank you, you did a great job."
When Chairman Mao thanked him, Feng Yaosong's eyes suddenly moistened.
Chairman Mao said to Feng Yaosong: If I don’t work hard to serve the people, I will fall behind you.
Generally speaking, Chairman Mao eats dinner very quickly, and this day is no exception. After he finished the meal, he prepared to walk to the desk with the newspaper. At this time, Feng Yaosong thought of the health doctor’s request and hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold the chairman’s arm: "Chairman, please go for a walk with me in the yard."
Picture: Chairman Mao Smoking photo in 1954 (restored picture)
"Hmm..." Chairman Mao hummed a very long nasal sound. "You are also the "three fires for new officials"." Although there was a little reluctance in the words, he still followed Feng Yaosong to the yard for short-term activities.
Chairman Mao in this rare activity time,His favorite exercise is simple deep breathing. He thinks this can relax his body. He walks while doing regular deep breathing exercises following the rhythm of the pace.
After a while, Chairman Mao asked Feng Yaosong: "How many minutes have passed now?"
Feng Yaosong took out his pocket watch to confirm the time: "It's only five minutes, and five minutes are left. ” Each time Chairman Mao’s activity is the standard ten minutes.
So in the remaining five minutes, Chairman Mao chatted with Feng Yaosong. He first stood in the cold yard rubbing his hands, and then asked: "I said Xiao Feng, you know what animal speed is among animals. Is it the fastest?"
"Well... if it counts for flying, it should be Dayan?" Feng Yaosong was not sure.
Picture: Swift flying at high altitude
"You are not right, in fact, the fastest flying creature is called Swift, also known as mountain swallow." Chairman Mao was enthusiastic. Said.
"What is the animal that flies the highest?" Chairman Mao asked again.
"It should be an eagle? Ah wrong..." Feng Yaosong scratched his head.
"Wrong again, the highest flying is not an eagle, it is a eagle, do you know how to write an eagle?" Chairman Mao knew that Feng Yaosong did not recognize many words, so he wrote this stroke by stroke in his palm Character. "Do you know that birds like eagles can fly on Mount Everest?"
"Ah, I understand, I will write." Feng Yaosong retracted his palm and said blushing.
Picture: The second from the left is Feng Yaosong with clothes
"Speaking of which, I have a feeling." Chairman Mao knocked on the pocket watch in Feng Yaosong's hand. "I think your pocket watch made a mistake in the route, did you go back?"
"Report to Chairman Mao,My pocket watch never makes the wrong route, it's still early! Feng Yaosong signaled that Chairman Mao could be active for two more minutes.
So Chairman Mao started walking again, taking a step and counting the steps, and stopped abruptly when the count reached "one hundred and twenty", and then on time Back to the desk of Juxiang Bookstore.
"Chairman Mao. You should rest at night. "Feng Yaosong reminded kindly.
"I can't rest now." Chairman Mao habitually picked up a newspaper, then pointed his finger at the pile of documents on the table. "You serve so well, if I don't work hard to serve the people, I will fall behind you."
Chairman Mao instructed Feng Yaosong to bring himself shoes, and Feng Yaosong ran to the kitchen: Chairman Mao wanted to eat peaches
Feng Yaosong, a newcomer, was not accustomed to Chairman Mao’s dialect. Some jokes will be made because of a mistake. Once, Zhongnanhai called Chairman Mao to go to a meeting. At that time Feng Yaosong was on the day shift, so Chairman Mao asked Feng Yaosong to say: "Little Feng, go get me the shoes. Chairman Mao’s Hunan dialect is very heavy, and “shoes” were dumbly heard as “peaches” by Feng Yao for not knowing why.
Picture: Slippers and round-mouth cloth shoes worn by Chairman Mao
So Feng Yaosong hurried to the kitchen and found Master Hou who was in charge of cooking, and then said out of breath: "Quickly, Master Hou, Chairman Mao wants to eat peaches. "
"Peach? But where can I find this? "At that time, theoretically speaking, he was not at a meal, and this "strange request" of Chairman Mao caught Master Hou by surprise. A moment later,As if suddenly remembering, he ran out with a slap on his head, and soon he really found a big peach.
As a result, when Feng Yaosong hurried to the Juxiang Bookstore with a big red peach, Chairman Mao was lying on the bed and reading the book "The Songs of Chu".
"Chairman, this is the peach, here you are." Feng Yaosong panted and prepared to pass the peach over, but Chairman Mao put down the "Songs of the Chu" in his hand and stared at the peach in his arms for a long time.
Picture: Chairman Mao is reading a book
Suddenly, Chairman Mao couldn't help laughing. He laughed more and more happily while looking at Taozi and Feng Yaosong. Afterwards, Chairman Mao pointed to his right foot : "I mean'shoes', let you find the shoes." Only then did Feng Yaosong understand why Chairman Mao looked at him and smiled. His face blushed, and he could only stand aside in embarrassment and laugh. Later, Feng Yaosong found the big brown leather shoes that Chairman Mao wore when he went out, and this peach naturally made his belly "enjoy".
Feng Yaosong is a beginner in swimming and wants to climb ashore. Chairman Mao gave a big shot: Zhejiang people should spank if they don’t go swimming
Chairman Mao’s greatest hobby in life is swimming. To protect Chairman Mao, guards must learn to swim Just work. At the beginning, Chairman Mao took the guards to swim in a swimming pool in Beijing. He said to Feng Yaosong and others: "In the future, I will go to swim in so many rivers and lakes in China. You can't learn to swim."
Picture: Chairman Mao finished swimming and was waving to everyone
Chairman Mao ordered the guards to form a circle, and then he stood in the center of the circle. "The first lesson to learn to swim is to learn to hold your breath." Chairman Mao taught everyone to learn to swim with great interest. As if giving orders on the battlefield, he first ordered everyone: "Hold your breath!" Then he took the lead in burying his head in the water. inside.
After going back and forth several times, Feng Yaosong couldn't hold it anymore, and there was water in his nose, so he struggled to climb onto the shore.
When Chairman Mao saw this, he stretched out his big hand and half jokingly said: "Zhejiang people should spank if they don’t go swimming!" But Chairman Mao’s hand did not fall on his ass, but rather The remake is behind his back. Afterwards, Chairman Mao cleared his throat and said to everyone again: "Remember, don't breathe under the water with your nose, use your mouth. One, two, come again!"
Picture: June 1955, Mao The chairman and the guards are swimming in the Yangtze River
It is strange to say that under Chairman Mao's "accelerated education", several guards such as Feng Yaosong quickly learned to swim. Later, the guards such as Feng Yaosong followed Chairman Mao to swim in the Xiangjiang and Yangtze Rivers, and their swimming skills improved by leaps and bounds. As long as Chairman Mao went to swim, they would follow him together.
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