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On January 4, 1966, the elderly Xiong Jinding , who lives in Beijing, celebrated their 80th birthday. On this day, the children and grandchildren came from all over the country to celebrate their birthdays.
There are many children and grandchildren in the house. The old man Xiong Jinding should have shared family with his wife Zhu Duanshou, but since he received the call together in the morning, Xiong Jinding has been distracted.
He kept looking out in the yard, and his wife insisted on cooking in person regardless of the opposition of her children. Until 7 o'clock in the evening, the two old men walked to the door quickly.
The one standing at the door was Premier Zhou. He was holding two bottles of Shaoxing Huadiao wine in his hand and wishing Xiong Jinding a birthday with a smile on his face.
What is the identity of this old man Xiong Jinding? Why did Premier Zhou take his time to celebrate his birthday in person?
Premier Zhou came to celebrate his birthday in person
January 4, 1966, early in the morning of Xiong Jinding's 80th birthday, his children and grandchildren came to the house where he lived in Beijing early. Everyone came to celebrate his birthday happily, and the laughter in the yard could be heard outside the alley.
After breakfast, the children were playing in the yard, and their children accompanied Xiong Jinting and their wife Zhu Duanshou to talk and chat in the room. At this time, the phone rang, and the nearest daughter Xiong Changsu answered, but the other side did not directly indicate their identity, but asked Xiong Jinting to answer the phone.
Xiong Jinting answered the phone and hung up after just a few simple words. Then he possessed himself and said something to his wife sitting next to him. His wife was a little surprised, but soon she looked down, as if nothing had happened.
But after noon, the two old men acted very abnormally. Xiong Jinting did not sit in the room anymore, but instead sat in the yard with a small chair. At first, his children thought he wanted to watch the children play, but found that his eyes were always looking out the door.
Before, when the children came over, he was all about playing with the children. This time he just sat next to him and looked absent-minded. Zhu Duanshou's behavior was also a bit abnormal. In the past, as long as her children came, she would not enter the kitchen and enjoy leisure. This time, she insisted on cooking a few special dishes in person despite the children's opposition.
The parents' performance made the children confused, and they didn't understand what was going on until 7 pm. At about 7 o'clock, Xiong Jinding and Zhu Duanshou walked to the door at the same time. The children followed him out and were shocked when they saw the person standing at the door.
The one standing outside the door was Premier Zhou and his chief guard. Premier Zhou was also carrying two bottles of Shaoxing Huadiao wine in his hand. It turned out that the old couple had been looking forward to it for a day was Premier Zhou. Xiong Jinding and Zhu Duanshou hurriedly invited Premier Zhou to the house, and dinner only began.
Premier Zhou handed the wine to Xiong Jinding and told him that he was borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. These two bottles of Huadiao old wine were given by Deng Xiaoping before. Premier Zhou also told Zhu Duanshou that she would have a good drink with Xiong Jinding today. Her craftsmanship was outstanding when she was in Shanghai before. She had to try it again after so many years.
After saying this, Premier Zhou took out a letter and handed it to Xiong Changsu. This was the proof material written by Premier Zhou to her. Xiong Changsu has been diligent since he started working, but has never been able to join the party. The reason is that there is a man named Xiong Xiaosan in the family materials he once submitted.
This Xiong Xiaosan is the child of Xiong Jinding and his ex-wife. He once served as the commander of the famous party. Although Xiong Changsu had never seen this brother, he was influenced by him and could not join the party. After Premier Zhou learned about it, he wrote a letter of proof for her to hand it over to the leader.
Premier Zhou and Xiong Jinding were drinking and drinking. Zhu Duanshou also served a few special dishes. Three old friends ate and chatted. The hours passed quickly. They talked about a lot of things, and what they felt most was the glorious years that had been side by side.
gave everything for " Xinhua Daily "
In 1937, Xiong Jinding came to the Nanjing Eighth Route Army Office and wanted the leader to assign him some tasks, but the leader's response was to ask him to wait for notification at home. He thought he was no longer valued, so he left in disheartened.
Unexpectedly, he received a notice of work soon, requiring him and his wife Zhu Duanshou to start the "Xinhua Daily" under the direct leadership of Premier Zhou. Xiong Jinding served as the general manager of the newspaper, and Zhu Duanshou became the section chief of the distribution department.
In order to devote one's wholehearted work, the couple sent the children to their hometown in Changsha and fostered them at their relatives' home. The broken mountains and rivers and the turbulent situation made the two of them join the torrent of the War of Resistance.
At that time, it was during the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China. Xinhua Daily was the only newspaper that could be publicly issued in the National Government District. The Kuomintang apparently agreed to the Communist Party to issue newspapers, but it made many small moves behind their backs.
First they sent spies to the newspaper to smash the business department, and then found a reason to arrest the newspaper boy on the street. Although these problems were solved one by one by Xiong Jinding, the newspaper still faced one of the biggest problems, that is, paper shortage.
If there is no paper for publishing newspapers, no matter how good the articles and marketing strategies are, they are all empty talk. At that time, the War of Resistance had broken out and big cities fell. Areas that could produce paper such as Sichuan were already monopolized by the Kuomintang, and even if they had money, they were hard to buy.
In order to solve this problem, Xiong Jinding personally visited the origin of the paper. After searching from multiple sources, he finally found out that there might be a person's inventory of paper in his hand.
This man is a paper merchant. The reason why he still has paper is because he loves old poetry and calligraphy, and is very righteous, so he did not let the Kuomintang hoard all the paper in his hands. In order to buy the paper in his hands, Xiong Jinding tried every means to get close to him, and soon the two became familiar with each other.
This paper merchant named Wang Chisen was very consistent with the founding concept of Xinhua Daily and admired Xiong Jinding very much. When he learned that the newspaper was facing the dilemma of paperless use, he not only waved his hand and took out all the paper he had stored, but also helped Xiong Jinding contact other paper merchants with goods.
Although the current crisis has been temporarily resolved, Xiong Jinding understands that relying on others is worse than relying on himself. He wants to start a paper mill, and this idea coincides with Wang Chisen. The two immediately reached a cooperation. Xiong Jinding invested in Wang Chisen and worked together to establish the East Sichuan Paper Mill.
This move not only completely solved the paper problem of Xinhua Daily, but even the Kuomintang newspapers wanted to borrow paper. Although the paper shortage was solved, bigger problems followed one after another, and there were problems with the newspaper’s funds.
After the Southern Anhui Incident, the Kuomintang government stopped supplying the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, which made the newspaper that was not wealthy even worse. In order to keep the newspaper running, Xiong Jinding decided to reduce all expenses except work.
But no matter how other costs are compressed, the rice is always eaten. Xiong Jinding called on everyone to raise pigs and grow vegetables in their spare time, and try to be self-sufficient in the ingredients and no extra money is spent. Then the office funds were compressed, which saved a lot of money for newspapers and magazines.
But it is not a solution to save like this. Xiong Jinding began to look for entrepreneurs to cooperate. At that time, Ren Zongde, the director of Chongqing National Defense Power Alcohol Factory, and Xiong Jinding, were very close friends. Not only was the business department of Xinhua Daily opened in the alcohol factory, but the two also recognized the CCP’s propositions.
With the financial support of Ren Zongde, the Xinhua Daily is booming, not only gaining a large number of subscribers, but also overwhelming the newspapers founded by the Kuomintang, passing on the Communist Party’s anti-Japanese proposition to the people of the whole country.
Although Xiong Jinding deals with money all day long, his life is penniless. Even when he is at the most difficult time at home, he has never used a penny of public funds. And his ability to achieve so many achievements cannot be separated from his wife's support.
When Premier Zhou raised his glass to honor Zhu Duanshou, he also mentioned that his wife Deng Yingchao once praised Xiong Jinding and Zhu Duanshou as model couples within the party. Zhu Duanshou felt embarrassed when he heard Premier Zhou say this, while Xiong Jinding remembered the time when he and his wife got to know each other.
Premier Zhou is willing to be the "mooner" for the two of them
00. Xiong Jinding was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine in Changsha, Hunan in 1886. Later, it seems that he became a student of Xu Teli. Because of Xu Teli's influence, he was determined to serve the country after he became a student. He was already very close friends with Mao Zedong, He Shuheng and others in his hometown Changsha.
Xiong Jinding was already very insightful at a young age. He believed that those who achieve great things must have the support of economic entities. His proposal was unanimously recognized by the members of the Xinmin Society , and he naturally became the best candidate for fundraising.
In 1927, Xiong Jinding joined the Communist Party and engaged in underground work, and his immediate boss was the young and promising Zhou Enlai. Premier Zhou had a keen eye for heroes. At that time, he thought that he would become a sharp sword hanging over the enemy's head, so he arranged him in Shanghai to serve as the accountant of the Party Central Committee.
In order to cover up, he disguised himself as the boss of the "Fuxing Business" and ran the cloth yarn business in Changsha. After a long time, his comrades also jokingly called Xiong Jinding the boss Xiong like customers, and this title has also become a symbol of his identity.
No one could have thought that the address of the secret meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee was hidden on the second floor of the crowded business, and Boss Xiong, dressed as an inconspicuous ordinary businessman, turned out to be a Communist Party member with a hidden identity.
The business of Fuxing Business is getting better and better, but Premier Zhou’s concerns are increasing, because everything is going well in the development of this business, but there is a loophole, that is, the boss Xiong Jinding always runs this business alone.
A man in his forties suddenly opened a business, always alone, and there was not even a woman around him, which could easily arouse the enemy's suspicion. So Premier Zhou entrusted Hunan Provincial Party Committee to ask them to find a suitable partner for Xiong Jinding.
In the end, Zhu Duanshou, who is also from Changsha, was selected. She only knew to perform a secret mission, but she didn't know that she was going to pretend to be a couple with a strange man. This made her blush the moment she heard the task and quickly said that she was not married yet.
Xiong Jinding saw that Zhu Duanshou's concerns were false and immediately explained that they were fake. He was still a comrade in his heart, but he was just pretending to be outsiders. Then Zhu Duanshou felt relieved to carry out the task. Although they are fake couples, they act more loving than real couples in front of outsiders.
The two have been together for a long time, and they know each other well and soon they fall in love with each other. Xiong Jinding is attracted by the kindness and perseverance of the young Zhu Duanshou, and Zhu Duanshou also appreciates Xiong Jinding's maturity, steadyness and talent. However, due to work, neither of them takes the initiative to say it.
Premier Zhou saw the two of them and wanted to help them. He first found Zhu Duanshou, hoping that she could become the real boss of Fuxing Business, become Xiong Jinding's wife and revolutionary partner, and not just act in front of outsiders.
Although Zhu Duanshou likes Xiong Jinding, the two are 22 years apart after all, so they are still a little worried. Premier Zhou understood Zhu Duanshou's thoughts and told him that although Xiong Jinding was older than her, he had a young heart.
Zhu Duanshou was very happy about Premier Zhou's words. His ability to take the initiative to match them means that Xiong Jinding is indeed a trustworthy and trustworthy person, so he nodded shyly. In this way, Premier Zhou personally acted as a matchmaker and the two officially became husband and wife. In the years after
, Boss Xiong and the boss lady managed the Fuxing business in an orderly manner. At that time, most of the funding for our party's activities came from business, and the Fuxing business developed and grew, not only operating cloth business, but also hotels, money shops and other businesses, raising a lot of funds for the party's activities.
Shanghai is shrouded in the white terror of the Kuomintang. A large number of underground personnel chose to leave Shanghai and go elsewhere to seek development because the work was really difficult to carry out. However, Xiong Jinding and his wife returned soon after evacuation.
Although Shanghai is dangerous, it is the most important hub for underground transportation. The agents lurking around the enemy cannot leave Shanghai simply like them. They are carrying important intelligence and facing the threat of their lives. Someone must contact the organization and require a lot of funds.
In 1933, the traitor betrayed our party’s confidential intelligence, so He Long’s family was arrested. The Kuomintang spies also set up many ambush waiting for people who had contact with He Long’s family. Xiong Jinding did not get any abnormal information and was ambushed while delivering supplies to them.
After Xiong Jinding went out, Zhu Duanshou felt very uneasy. After the news of his arrest in the police room came back, she tried every means to rescue him, but Xiong Jinding had just been rescued, and Zhu Duanshou was also arrested. She insisted that it had nothing to do with the underground party.
There is no evidence that the enemy can prove Zhu Duanshou's identity. She was acquitted eight months later, but Xiong Jinding was not so lucky. After four years of lawsuit, she was still not successfully rescued, but was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
1937, Mao Zemin was sent to Shanghai to receive assistance from Comintern . Before leaving, Premier Zhou personally found him and told him to rescue Xiong Jinding. With the active promotion of the organization, Xiong Jinding finally ended the prison disaster and reunite with his wife and children.
1941, the third anniversary of the founding of the Xinhua Daily, Premier Zhou celebrated with the members of the newspaper. Last party, Premier Zhou asked Zhu Duanshou where his children were. Zhu Duanshou said that they were fostered in their relatives in their hometown. Premier Zhou felt a sore nose. How could a mother be willing to separate from her flesh and blood? This is all for the work of the party.
Premier Zhou asked Zhu Duanshou to take the children back, and he would send someone to Yan'an to study. After that, the couple worked together to overcome one difficulty after another. It was not until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that the two reunited with the long-standing children.
After the founding of New China, Xiong Jinding applied not to hold a position, but he made countless contributions to the country. The central government decided to let him serve as a job that suits his contribution but does not work hard, so he became the vice president of Chinese Red Cross .
The couple who worked hard for the country for 30 years finally had time to live their own lives. They worked diligently until they retired and lived in a yard in Beijing, writing and writing poems every day, just like they had dreamed countless times, living a stable and ordinary life. When the birthday party ended, Xiong Jinding also agreed with Premier Zhou that when Premier Zhou celebrated his 80th birthday, he would go there in person and drink, chat and celebrate his birthday together like this time. Premier Zhou was also very happy and asked Zhu Duanshou to come with him at that time. She would never be able to eat enough of the dishes she cooked.
It’s a pity that neither of them could wait until that day. When Xiong Jinding was seriously ill in 1973, Premier Zhou also sent his own exclusive doctor. After Xiong Jinding was admitted to the hospital, Premier Zhou went to visit him in person, but he was old and had no medical treatment. He died soon after. Before his death, he left a sentence for Premier Zhou:
sighed that I have left joyfully, I wish you always protect your struggle.
ending
Xiong Jinding was still worried about the country and the people until his death. Premier Zhou looked at his words and knew that he hoped that he could persevere to the end in a critical period of China's development, and continue to work hard for the people and for the future of the new China.
Premier Zhou kept the notes left by Xiong Jinding for him properly, and always kept the advice of his old comrades in mind. At this time, Premier Zhou was already suffering from cancer, but he carries too many responsibilities and hopes. He is always considering the country and the people, and never has selfish intentions.
At the birthday party that year, the conversation between the banquet not only included three people's memories of the past, but also brought them a revolutionary youth in a peaceful and prosperous era. Time will not go back, but the contributions they made will always remain in people's hearts.
