Chen Shiyu, the founding general of the People's Republic of China, participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, went to Jinggang Mountain, participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation, and made countless meritorious contributions. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Shiyu served as the commander of the engineering corps, with a high position, but he was very strict with his children, and it was strictly forbidden for them to be special under his banner. 
Chen Shiyu has four sons, Chen Renkang is the youngest, according to common sense, the youngest child in the family is the most loved by his parents, Chen Shiyu also loves Chen Renkang very much, but the requirements for Chen Renkang are also very strict. Chen Renkang wanted to be a soldier when he was 16 years old, and at that time Chen Shiyu was serving as the commander of the engineering troops, and Chen Renkang entered the engineering corps. In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Shiyu was paving the way for Chen Renkang by letting Chen Renkang enter the engineering corps, but in fact, Chen Shiyu was afraid that after his son entered other units, the leaders of the troops would give Chen Renkang special treatment for the sake of his own face. What kind of work did Chen Wenkang do after he came to the engineering unit?Every day on the construction site, he used a rake to mix mortar and pick cement, and the burden of more than 100 kilograms went back and forth dozens of times a day, and the worn skin on Chen Renkang's shoulder was just about to scar, and it was worn out again the next day. Once, Chen Renkang couldn't hold on anymore, so he wrote to his father, hoping to change his job, but Chen Shiyu refused and asked him to continue to exercise at the grassroots level. 
At the beginning of 1970, there was a major disaster in Yunnan, and Chen Renkang's unit was sent to the earthquake area for disaster relief. Chen Renkang performed heroically in the disaster relief, digging the rubble with both hands, even though his hands were bleeding, he still endured the pain and raced against time to save people. Because Chen Renkang knew that everyone in the engineering corps knew that his father was Chen Shiyu, and he couldn't embarrass his father!At the end of the 90s of last century, Chen Renkang went to a place for a meeting, and when he got into the car, he found that there were several police cars in front of him, and he instantly understood that this was a police car specially arranged for him by local leaders in order to tie him up. Chen Renkang was very angry, and immediately got out of the car, let the police cars in front of him leave, and did whatever work he had to do, he didn't need the police car to open the road. After all the police cars had left, Chen Renkang got into the car. Why did Chen Renkang get so angry?Because he felt that doing so was to engage in privilege and to seriously detach himself from the masses, and if his father Chen Shiyu was still alive, he would never agree to do so. 
In 1995, Chen Shiyu had several heart attacks, and Chen Renkang and other brothers had a hunch that this would be their father's last birthday, so they wanted to set up a few tables for a banquet and invite a few more people to celebrate his birthday. But after Chen Shiyu found out, he said angrily: "When did I, Chen Shiyu, do this?"Don't change my life's style because of this birthday!On Chen Shiyu's birthday, the family still ate the same meal as usual, but a jar of water was placed in the living room, which means that people should be innocent. On July 22, 1995, Chen Shiyu passed away at the age of 86. Under the influence of his father, Chen Renkang has been an ordinary cadre all his life, only taking his own salary, and never touching any other money. After his retirement, Chen Renkang did not sit idle, he joined a choir composed entirely of descendants of generals, and went to various places to perform voluntarily to promote the spirit of the Red Army to the masses.