When Chen Jiageng, an overseas Chinese in Nanyang, returned to China to express his condolences, Chiang Kai-shek was ready to wait and spend 80,000 yuan on a meal to entertain him, but *** was the opposite, just a simple two dishes and one soup.
On March 25, 1940, Chiang Kai-shek led thousands of officers, all wearing straight suits, brand-new coats, and new leather shoes to greet the distinguished guests who were about to get off the plane.
However, the distinguished guest frowned at the sight of such a scene, and greeted him with no joy on his face.
During his more than 60 days in Chongqing, Chen Jiageng was taken care of by the personnel of various organs arranged by Chiang Kai-shek every day, and invited him to banquets under various pretexts, sometimes more than once a day, and each time he prepared the best tobacco, alcohol, and delicacies.
In this regard, he once expressed his opinion in a newspaper in Chongqing: In the difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, it is more necessary to save unnecessary entertainment, but it has not achieved any effect.
At this time, the person in charge of the Communist Party of China in Chongqing also came to visit Chen Jiageng, and Chen Jiageng put forward a request that he wanted to go to Yan'an to visit ***, and after getting the telegram from ***, he was ready to leave for Yan'an.
Chiang Kai-shek was very shocked when he got the news, so he invited Chen Jiageng to attend the grand banquet, accompanied by Soong Meiling. During the banquet, Chiang Kai-shek pretended not to understand and asked, "Sir, are you going to **?"Chen Jiageng replied truthfully"If you have a car to go to Yan'an, you want to go too. ”
Chiang Kai-shek couldn't pretend anymore, but because he had no suitable reason to stop him, and he couldn't offend the God of Wealth, he said: "It's okay to go, but don't be deceived by it." ”
Chen Jiageng brushed his sleeves away, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek was too stingy, and treated him like a three-year-old child.
On the evening of May 31, Chen Jiageng's group arrived in Yan'an, only to see more than 5,000 people gathered at the south gate, this grand scene could not help but remind him of the grand welcome ceremony of the Kuomintang a few months ago, and his heart was a little dissatisfied.
However, when he opened the car door, he found that everyone was wearing old clothes full of patches and white and faded cloth shoes, and everyone's faces were filled with happy smiles, and the voices came and went: welcome, welcome, warm welcome, I felt very warm.
The next day, Chen Jiageng went to see *** accompanied by **, and saw *** from a distance, looking outside the cave and waiting. As soon as I saw him, ** enthusiastically stepped forward and shook his hands, saying that I had worked hard all the way, come into the house.
The two of them chatted about their daily routines, and then talked about some serious matters, and before they knew it was time for dinner, this time the reception could be called a big meal, two dishes and one soup, and it was very rare to have such a sumptuous dinner in the difficult revolutionary period.
Dried radish and Chinese cabbage were all grown at the door of his own home, and Chen Jiageng stared intently at the pot of fragrant chicken soup.
Said patiently: "I don't have the money to buy chickens, this chicken is the kind lady next door who knows that I have a distant guest to visit, specially prepared to send over, usually this chicken is a baby, even if her baby is sick and reluctant to kill, but also lay eggs to make money." “
Chen Jiageng, who ate a meal, choked up several times, and was very moved and a little sad.
Remembering the reception in the Kuomintang before, it was like heaven and earth, but this is what the revolution should be, this is the leader he wanted to support, and later, after consulting with all overseas Chinese, he decided to do his best to support the Communist Party.
After Chen Jiageng, an overseas Chinese in Nanyang, did not seek pleasure after doing business on his own, but cared about the country and the nation, and was bent on contributing his own strength to the cause of anti-Japanese resistance and fighting the war in his own way.
In the long river of history, there are countless such selfless figures, and it is precisely because of these people with a big pattern that the country is more prosperous and powerful. No matter how small a flame is, it can gather into an inexhaustible raging fire.