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Introduction
In the winter of 2016, several journalists from all over the country made a special trip to Xinxian, Henan.
They came this time to make a follow-up interview with Xu Guang, an advanced figure in ", two studies and one practice, one," said.
Speaking of Xu Guang, many people may feel unfamiliar with him, but when it comes to his father, everyone must be well-known. That is General Xu Shiyou, who has made great achievements in .
After arriving at Xinxian , Xu Guang's second son Xu Daolun personally received everyone. When the reporter suggested that he wanted to go to Comrade Xu Guang's former residence to take a look, he did not refuse.
But when the reporters walked along the Xiaohuang River all the way to Xu Guang's former residence, everyone was very surprised.
Although I have known for a long time that Xu Guang is a very honest Communist Party member, it is still hard for everyone to imagine that the son of a founding general lived in such a dilapidated and narrow house: in a small unit with 660 square meters, most of which were equipped with furniture from the last century. The floors of the kitchen and bedrooms were still rough cement floors, and some furniture had even been broken and painted.
was already suffering from cancer in Xu Guang's later years and had not improved his living environment. Xu Daolun explained to the reporters:
"Although my father was not rich in material resources, the spiritual wealth he left me has benefited a lot!"
Xu Guang's residence
As the founding general Xu Shiyou's eldest son , why is Xu Guang so poor? What kind of person is he?
Poverty and generous
From Xu Guang’s 4 children that I can remember, I only feel that my father Xu Guang is , clean and breeze .
Even in the eyes of others, Xu Guang may have a dazzling halo such as the "son of the founding general", but his children have never seen any special features of their father.
In the memory of his daughter Xu Daojiang, his father always wore white casual clothes, which was left by Xu Guang after he transferred from the navy.
Xu Guang was born in 1929 in Xujiawa, Chengmagang Township, Macheng County, Hubei Province (now Hepu Village, Tianpu Township, Xinxian County, Henan Province).
At that time, there was no re-dividing of administrative areas here, and Macheng County was still the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base of the Red Army .
Not long after Xu Guang was born, his base was occupied by the Kuomintang army. As a general, Xu Shiyou had to leave with the Red Army and go to Sichuan and Shaanxi.
My father had a task. Xu Guang, who was only 3 years old, lived a displaced life with his grandmother and mother.
Xu Guang, who has been struggling since childhood, has traveled to many places until the founding of New China, was able to reunite with his father Xu Shiyou. After
, Xu Guang joined the army and achieved the position of ship in the North Sea Fleet. was the first batch of naval officers with bachelor's degree in our army.
Xu Guang trains very hard and never fears death when fighting. No one in the army knows that Xu Guang, who can sacrifice his life, would be the eldest son of founding general Xu Shiyou.
It was not until 1958 that Xu Shiyou found his eldest son Xu Guang, hoping that he could accept the transfer and go home to take care of his elderly and sick grandmother on his behalf that his comrades in the army realized that the captain who lived with him day and night had such an extraordinary origin. After returning home, Xu Guang was still wearing the navy casual uniform.
After going out to work every day, Xu Guang was wearing a shabby blue cloth top and white-washed "Dequoliang" military pants. He held a box of the cheapest cigarettes in his hand and rode a bicycle to the county.
Later, because the child was hospitalized, Xu Guang had no extra savings and had no choice but to sell the bicycle to pay the medical expenses. After the
bicycle was sold, Xu Guang even had to walk to and from get off work because he couldn't afford the extra money and bought another one.
Xu Guang's thrifty life has lasted until his old age since he can remember.
On Saturday morning in 2010, Xu Guang, who was already 81 years old, broke his cloth shoes that he had been wearing for a long time. He walked on a cane and went to the shoe repair stall opposite the old Xinhua Bookstore in Xinxian County, Xinyang City, Henan Province.
happened to be the case, Yang Guizhi, who was the secretary of the Xiangshan Lake Management Office of Xinxian County at the time, also came here to repair shoes, so she saw this scene:
A tall and thin old man wearing glasses and wearing an old pair of liberation shoes , and was carrying a pair of half-old thousand-layer cloth shoes in his hand, and was walking slowly with a cane.
Yang Guizhi didn't know Xu Guang at first, but when she saw the old man holding a pair of cloth shoes that had already worn torn soles in her hand, she was still extremely surprised.
Because she feels that no matter how poor the elderly are, they will not be worn out of the soles of their shoes, and they still have to repair them! So I naturally felt a little more pity for this poor old man.
Seeing Yang Guizhi showing a surprised expression, Xu Guang patiently explained:
"This pair of cloth shoes is made by hand, and they are sewn with stitches and threads. They are comfortable to wear. They have been wearing them for a long time. I have become used to wearing them."
"I came here this time to add a layer of sole to the shoes so that I can wear them on rainy days." When repairing shoes, Xu Guang also chatted with the old man who repaired shoes, and asked him how the other party's business was like this year and whether the harvest in the field was good.
After repairing the shoes, Xu Guang took the shoes and left the shoe repair stall. The old man next to him turned his head and whispered to Yang Guizhi:
"Little girl, I guess you don't know who this person is yet? He is General Xu Shiyou's son!"
Looking at the old man's back as he left, Yang Guizhi was extremely shocked. Although she only met one fate, she remembered it for a lifetime and benefited a lot.
Xu Guang's residence
However, such a person who has to repair the soles of his shoes and has been poor all his life, seems particularly generous in the face of some things.
In the 1990s, with General Xu Shiyou's deeds, more and more people knew about it. Many tourists came to Xinxian, Henan to worship the general's tomb of Xu Shiyou.
Seeing that more and more tourists, the Xinxian County Government considered developing General Xu Shiyou's hometown and into a tourist attraction in Xinxian, adding a portion of fiscal revenue to Xinxian.
After Xu Guang learned about it, he felt that this could indeed bring benefits to the people of Xinxian County. While he was happy, he also took the initiative to donate his former residence to the Xinxian Government for free.
This house was lived in by his father Xu Shiyou. Although he was already under Xu Guang's name, he thought that he could increase income for the people, so Xu Guang gave it to the Xinxian Government very readily.
Xu Guang (first from left)
In fact, Xu Guang could sell his house to the government to improve his financially struggling life, but he did not attach any conditions.
When working in the county, Xu Guang once encountered a tall beggar by chance.
This person used to be a soldier, but he liked to enjoy himself, but was not willing to work. Therefore, after he was discharged from the army, he not only had no good future, but he became a beggar.
After seeing this, Xu Guang found the other party and gave him some money. During the winter, Xu Guang was worried that he would not have money to buy cotton coats, so he sent a set of thick cotton mattresses.
colleagues all felt that Xu Guang was a little overly sympathetic to such a beggar who was unwilling to support himself.
But only Xu Guang knew that both of them had served as soldiers. Even if they were not at the same time, they still had a friendship with comrades. Xu Guang really had no choice but to watch him starve to death and freeze to death.
is even more unimaginable. This is not just an isolated case. Xu Guang has squeezed out the "surplus" from his personal salary for many years and sponsored the descendants of the Red Army, with an amount of more than 4.1 million yuan, and more than 5,130 people.
The loving and strict father
In the education of children, Xu Guang also strictly follows the way his father Xu Shiyou educates himself, and does not lose his principles while loving.
Xu Daolun said in an interview that in his youthful memory, his father has always been tall and gentle.When he was young, Xu Daolun was not like other boys. He had a poor bones and often got sick at any time.
In order to make his son strong, Xu Guang took advantage of his son's holiday to propose a solution, and he made a deal with Xu Daolun.
asked Xu Daolun to go to the mountain to chop wood every day, and then buy it himself at a price twice the market price, and all the money he earned belongs to Xu Daolun alone.
Xu Daolun was very excited after hearing this because the firewood on the market was five cents per pound, but if he went up the mountain himself, he could sell it to his father one cent per pound.
General Xu Shiyou, his eldest son Xu Guang, grandson Xu Daolun, granddaughter Xu Daojiang, and Xu Daohai
In order to make more money, Xu Daolun would go to the mountains to chop wood every day during the summer vacation. After a holiday hard work, Xu Daolun, who was originally thin and sick, grew muscles and earned a huge sum of money through his own labor.
is still kind to his son, and Xu Guang is even more gentle to his daughter. At that time, his daughter Xu Daojiang had to play table tennis at the sports center every day, but Xu Daojiang had to go to school every morning.
In order not to delay the school's courses, the two agreed that Xu Guang would ride his bike to take Xu Daojiang to the sports center to play basketball at five o'clock every morning, and then send her to the school at around seven o'clock. In this way, he could play basketball and not delay school.
In order to take care of his daughter, Xu Guang could only get up earlier than Xu Daojiang. After sending his daughter to school, Xu Guang had to hurry to ride a bicycle to work in the county. Even though he was very tired, Xu Guang never stopped.
In daily life, Xu Guang is very kind to his children, but once it involves matters of principle, Xu Guang will remember his father Xu Shiyou's way of dealing with things and will never tolerate them.
Because Xu Guang will always remember that it was a domestic self-defense battle, and the situation was very tense. His third sister was a member of the Air Force at that time, but because she had just gotten married and was on her honeymoon, she failed to return to the team in time.
When his father Xu Shiyou learned about it, he was furious and ordered the Air Force to immediately notify the third sister and ask her to rush back to the army within three days.
After receiving the notice, the third sister did not dare to delay for a minute and returned to the team quickly.
He always remembers his father Xu Shiyou's request and must not let his children be labeled as "children of high-ranking officials" and treats his children very strictly on matters of principle.
Xu Guang has four children in total, two of whom have worked in the army. He once wrote a letter to Xu Daolun, the second son who was about to retire at the time, telling him:
"You can't relax your studies, but you must work hard on your own skills and not cheat."
Xu Guang and his father Xu Shiyou
Therefore, in the army, both sons did not use their grandfather Xu Shiyou's influence in the army to help them improve . Instead, they successfully transferred their careers after they retired and became ordinary small staff.
Not only that, Xu Guang also educated his children that they should never use public services for private purposes, but also learn to repay society.
When Xu Guang was deputy director of the Standing Committee of the county people's congress , he had never used a public car and picked up his children.
Every time my eldest daughter Xu Daojiang returns home from Beijing, she has to take the bus for more than two hours. Even if she works hard, Xu Guang has never softened her heart.
After the second daughter graduated from normal school, she obviously had the opportunity to stay in Xinyang to work, but under the persuasion of her father Xu Guang, Xu Daohai finally chose to stay in Xinxian County, which was short of people, and shine in his position as a teacher.
and his wife are in harmony
Xu Guang can contribute in his position, be content with poverty, and educate his children to become talents, which is inseparable from the support of his wife Yang Dingchun.
Xu Guang and Yang Dingchun met under the introduction of their father.
At that time, Yang Dingchun was just a female teacher in his hometown elementary school. After the exchange, Xu Shiyou felt that this girl was honest and honest and could afford to be a family.
, under the arrangement of his father, the two met. As two equally gentle and humble people, Xu Guang and Yang Dingchun were soon attracted by each other.
After the two got married, Xu Guang returned to the army. His wife Yang Dingchun did not follow the army, but took care of her grandmother and two children in her hometown.
Yang Dingchun knew in his heart that if her husband did not retire from the army, he would definitely have a good future in the future. But Xu Guang's decision to give up returning to the army did not anger Yang Dingchun. Instead, she understood her husband very much.
The two of them support each other and take care of several children together. Although the family is not rich, Yang Dingchun still feels very happy to have such an upright husband.
Xu Guang and his wife were in front of General Xu Shiyou’s statue
When Yang Dingchun was in her fifties, she suddenly suffered from severe emphysema . When it came to the attack, she could not take care of herself.
The family can’t afford to hire a nanny, so Xu Guang did it himself, and he would squeeze out time to take care of his wife Yang Dingchun while going to work.
. Xu Guang took all kinds of work such as making soup, washing clothes, and taking a bath for his wife. When Yang Dingchun's younger brother came to visit his sister, he was very moved when he saw Xu Guang washing clothes in the basin seriously.
The "three no" principle of cancer was proposed
In 2012, Xu Guang accidentally found a problem above his lungs during a test.
The children wanted to find an expert for him to take a look. For this reason, his daughter Xu Daojiang also specially invited two experts to her home in Xinxian.
Xu Daojiang originally thought that his father Xu Guang could not be convinced by professional doctors and went to a large hospital for treatment.
But unexpectedly, Xu Guang learned that two experts came to see him for treatment, so he directly refused the request. Instead, he said to his daughter:
"The expert should treat the people more. I will just check this disease in the county."
Xu Guang's later years (left)
could not resist Xu Guang's stubborn temper, and the expert could only return without success, but unexpectedly, it was this delay and missed the best treatment time.
After Xu Guang was persuaded day after day by day, he finally agreed to go to the Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region for examination and treatment, and found out that he had lung cancer.
After arriving at the hospital, Xu Guang repeatedly emphasized to his daughter Xu Daojiang:
"We must pay for this treatment, and we cannot add a burden to the county."
Xu Daojiang agreed to his father that in order to make Xu Guang feel more comfortable in the hospital, his daughter Xu Daojiang wanted Xu Guang to live in a department ward with better living and eating conditions.
But Xu Guang flatly refused, saying that he was an ordinary family and could not afford that much money.
For this reason, Xu Guang also put forward his own principles. Treatment is OK, but three points must be ensured:
does not require imported medicine, cannot be over-treated, and does not cause trouble for children.
After staying in the hospital for more than 20 days, Xu Guang urged to go home. His daughter Xu Daojiang advised his father to still receive treatment. Xu Guang instead said:
"I am so old and don't think so much. I just miss home, I miss Xinxian."
Xu Daojiang couldn't resist his father, so he had to agree to let him go home. However, he didn't expect that Xu Guang suddenly suffered a myocardial infarction less than a month after returning to Xinxian. He rushed from Xinxian to Wuhan for treatment overnight, but he could not save him.
When he was dying, Xu Guang kept holding his wife Yang Dingchun's hand tightly, as if he wanted to tell her that he didn't expect that he would take a step first and take good care of himself and his children.
Yang Dingchun choked and said to Xu Guang:
"Don't worry, I will live well, for you and for the children!"
Conclusion
Xu Guang, who had a poor and simple life, ended his life in a plain manner. Even as time goes by, perhaps not many people can remember him.
Xu Guang was actually not ordinary at all. As the first batch of captains of our army with bachelor's degree in , there was a bright future that could be seen at a glance waiting for him, but in the end Xu Guang was still eagerly devoted to the construction of his hometown.After returning to Xinxian County, Xu Guang never used his father's halo to seek half of his personal gain for himself. He just silently devoted 48 spring and autumn to his posts such as the deputy director of the armed forces department of county and deputy director of the county people's congress.
For 20 years, Xu Guang has been deeply rooted in the masses, traveling around the streets every day to understand the ordinary lives of grassroots people.
was the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of . When he was in the 1987 disaster rescue and disaster relief, he was seriously injured. After being sent to the hospital, he had more than a dozen stitches on his head and was unconscious for 3 days and 3 nights. After waking up, he immediately rushed to the front line of flood control.
As a descendant of the general, he is willing to be a commoner. This is the most unforgettable thing about being a descendant of General Xu Shiyou.
At the farewell ceremony of Xu Guang's body, countless fellow villagers came to the scene to send wreaths to this "most ordinary cadre in county " to express their deep remembrance.
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