In 1971, ** just returned to Zhongnanhai after completing the inspection work in other provinces, and then Wu Zhong, commander-in-chief of the garrison, came to Zhongnanhai to discuss things.
After the conversation, Wu Zhong wanted to leave after saluting, not disturbing *** to restBut *** suddenly remembered something, stopped Wu Zhong and askedHow is Comrade Mute doing now?
Wu Zhong laughed and said to ***: ".Prime minister, rest assured, the military region takes care of the lives of the mute old-timers!
That's when I put my mind at ease.
Who is this "dumb comrade"?Why did *** and the military district take such good care of him?
The real name of "Comrade Dumb" is Xiong Shipi, but compared to this name that was only verified after his death, the name "Comrade Dumb" is much louderAt that time, many old Red Army soldiers who had experienced the Long March knew about this man who was disabled and determined to join the Red Army.
A mute is called mute because he was born unable to speakBorn in 1894 in an ordinary peasant family in Luding County, Sichuan Province, the mute would cry and scream when he was born, so his parents didn't notice anything wrong
But as the mute grew up, by the age of three he was able to run around, but he still couldn't speak, and the parents realized that their son was mute and couldn't speak by nature.
The mute, who was originally very favored at home, fell out of favor in an instant, and with the birth of his younger siblings, the mute had a lower sense of presence at home, and was only called as a hard labor with strength.
Such a blinded life is unbearable even if it is as simple and kind as a mute, hard-working, and resentfulSo when he became an adult, the mute left home while his family was not paying attention and began a wandering life
Although the mute can't speak, his brain is not stupid, because he has been discriminated against by his family and the people in the village for many years, he is very vigilant, and he can accurately distinguish between good and bad people than ordinary peopleAfter leaving home, he came to the county seat to find a job for himself
All these years of hard work at home have allowed the mute to develop a good strength and good cooking skills, but he has traveled all over the restaurants in the county, and no family wants a cook who can't speak, so he kicked him out without letting the mute show his skills.
So the dumb man went around looking for hard work to do, and when he was lucky, someone was willing to recruit him to work, and he could sell his strength for a few days to make some money, and when he was unlucky, he didn't work for a month, and the dumb man could only beg to fill his stomach.
But not everyone in the county looks down on the dumbAn underground party member often greeted the mute and told him about the revolution that the Communist Party was underway
From the mouth of this well-wisher, the mute learned that there was such a party in the world that united the vast number of poor people and fought for their rights, and not only did he yearn for it very much, but he asked this underground party member with gestures how to find them.
At that time, it was 1935, the Red Army was on the Long March, and the underground party members pointed to the west and said to the mute: ".I don't know the exact location, but the party is on the Long March, and you may see them when you go west.
With the guidance of this kind man, the mute immediately packed all his belongings, put on his shabby bag, and left his hometown without any nostalgia.
In 1935, the Red Army's Long March team came to Sichuan, and after the Battle of the Dadu River, it was about to climb over the first snow-capped mountain it encountered, Jiajin Mountain.
However, the geographical environment of western Sichuan was complicated, and the Red Army had been walking between various mountains, rivers and valleys for a long time, and gradually lost the ability to distinguish the surrounding environmentI didn't know how to get to Jiajin Mountain, so I sent a few scouts to explore the way, and it would be better if I could find locals who were willing to be guides
However, the local people have become frightened birds in the long years of warAs long as they saw the people in military uniforms, they thought that they were going to arrest them to join the army or to loot the supplies in their homes, and they all went around far away, and the scouts tried to invite a fellow to lead the way, but they couldn't find anyone
At a loss, one of the scouts suddenly spotted a man running towards them from the rocky beach on the other side, In the wilderness, he suddenly saw a living person running towards him, and the scout instantly became vigilant, and shouted to the man after setting up the gunWho is it?Register your name!
The mute man could not speak, and when he saw the Red Army soldiers set up their guns, he knew that he had been misunderstood by them, so he immediately stood where he was, and then expressed to the scouts in the distance with an exaggerated gesture that he was looking for the Red Army.
The scout did not understand what he meant, and thought that the dumb man was using some new way to convey the message to the enemy, so he rushed over and pushed him to the ground, and then escorted him back to the camp.
Although he was **, the dumb man was not angry, he neither shouted nor struggled, but very obediently followed the scout to meet the head of the Red Army.
As soon as the chief saw the mute, he was shocked by the sparkle in the eyes of this middle-aged man who was dirty and tattered, and immediately concluded that the person with such a determined and radiant look must not be an enemy, and then let go of the mute, sit down and try little by little to understand what the mute wants to say.
The dumb man drew up one after another, and finally it took a lot of effort for the chief to understand that this mute wanted to stay in the ranks of the Red Army and make a revolution together, and he couldn't help but be very moved in his heart, so he asked: ".Comrade dumb, what can you do?
After listening to this, the dumb man made the action of carrying things and stir-frying, saying that he could carry things for the Red Army and cookAfter the chief saw it, he smiled, patted the dumb man's shoulder, and said, ".Comrade mute, then from today you will be a member of our Red Army!
The mute who had experienced countless rejections since he was a child couldn't help but burst into tears when he heard this, and on the Long March after that, he led the way for the Red Army and transported things for the Red Army, although he couldn't speak, he quickly became one with the soldiers.
In 1936, the Red Army ended the Long March and arrived in northern Shaanxi, and the mute came to the northwest of the motherland for the first time, so he was very interested in the customs hereAfter seeing the northern Shaanxi cuisine that he had never seen, he also found a farmer to study, so that he could change the food for the hard-working soldiers
There is absolutely nothing to say about the mute's skill, and the warriors soon fell under the mute's cooking, and some of the chiefs even said: ".When I go out to fight, I can't eat the food made by the dumb man for a few days, and I don't even have a taste for food!
In this way, the dumb once again captured the favor of the showers with his cooking skills, andIn the following ten years, no matter how far the revolution progressed, the mute diligently fought with the soldiers, and regarded the army as his most inseparable home
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the mute was also in his fifties, and the displacement in the early years and the hard work of the revolution later made the mute's body no longer as healthy as beforeTherefore, in gratitude for the various contributions made by the mute during the revolution, he was given a less tiring job in Beijing
The mute was overjoyed to learn that the party still needed him, and began to work diligently again.
When the title was conferred in 1955, although the mute did not have any military position in the army, in order to show his gratitude to the mute for helping the Chinese revolution, the rank of second lieutenant was awarded to the mute with the exception, after the first end, the dumb also saw *** and *** and was praised by *** as ".An example of the party and the state
The mute, who has experienced so many hardships since he was a child but has never shed tears, touched the badge on his chest at this time, and burst into tears.
A few years later, the mute officially retired from his post, but in order to take care of him, ** specially asked the garrison to take more care of the elderly, and the mute has also become the object of competition among the soldiers in the garrison area because of his legendary experience, and they all want this heroic old man to have a comfortable old age.
In 1983, the "dumb comrade" died in Beijing, and in order to commemorate his contributions, he was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, it is worth mentioning,In addition to the mute's real name, the mute's tombstone is also engraved with the words "comrade mute", which is both cordial and missful