One day in December 1973, Sun Hongxian, who was working at the Guangzhou Military Region Headquarters, was very happy, because the next day he was going back to his hometown in Shandong to visit relatives. In more than 4 years since he joined the army, this will be the first time he has returned to his hometown, and the family has already arranged a new house for him, just waiting for him to go back and marry his partner.
But at this moment, the leaders of the military region headquarters came to talk to Sun Hongxian: "Comrade Sun Hongxian, you have been sent to serve as Commander Xu Shiyou's secretary, and you will report for duty on the same day, your marriage leave must be extended, your ticket will be refunded, and you will be ready to start a new revolutionary work." ”
Xu Shiyou. Xu Shiyou was previously the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and at the Politburo meeting just held this month, he proposed that the commanders of the major military regions across the country be transferred to each other, and Xu Shiyou was transferred to the Guangzhou Military Region as commander. Regarding this switch, ** put forward three requirements:
1.Give the order and go;
2.It is not allowed to bring secretaries and other staff members when they take office;
3.People move from house to house.
After Xu Shiyou took office in Guangzhou, he decided to choose a secretary for himself, and he also put forward several requirements:
1.Must be young and educated, with some literacy and institutional work experience;
2.Be loyal and honest;
3.If you have the first two items, it is best to choose Shandong people.
The cadre department of the military region then screened from among the qualified officers of the whole military region, and finally selected more than 30 people, because Sun Hongxian was the youngest and was from Shandong, so the cadre department put his name first, so he was the first to be reported to Xu Shiyou. As a result, as soon as the reporter finished reporting Sun Hongxian's situation, Xu Shiyou made a decision and said: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, it's him!."”
After hearing the news, Sun Hongxian's heart was mixed, as a soldier, of course, he had to obey orders, but this meant postponing the marriage;But he was a little excited to work under the prestigious General Xu Shiyou;But the excitement was quickly replaced by nervousness: it is said that Commander Xu had a very hot temper, and when they met, he would ask somethingWhat should I do if I can't answer it myself?......
On the afternoon of December 29th, Sun Hongxian saw Xu Shiyou for the first time, only to see Xu Shiyou's vigorous and light steps, less than 1.7 meters tall, purple face, under thick eyebrows, sharp eyes, freshly shaved beard lined his face blue, like a Bao Gong, he felt an unprecedented deterrent, immediately stood upright, and saluted Xu Shiyou with a standard military salute.
Xu Shiyou returned a military salute, and then started a family routine with Sun Hongxian: "* people?."”
Sun Hongxian replied respectfully: "Looking back, I am from Yantai, Shandong. ”
Xu Shiyou said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, what 'looking back at long words', you don't need to pretend to be Sven when you talk to me." Yantai belongs to the Jiaodong region, that place I am more familiar with than you, fought for more than ten years, it is no exaggeration to say, I have stepped on every inch of Jiaodong. ”
Sun Hongxian said: "During the Anti-Japanese War, my grandfather and my father participated in the militia led by you, carried stretchers, planted mines, and listened to your pre-war mobilization!”
After Xu Shiyou heard this, he immediately became happy, and his attitude towards Sun Hongxian became a lot closer, and he asked again: "How old are you?"Married no?”
A staff member replied on behalf of Sun Hongxian: "Comrade Sun Hongxian is 26 years old, and the Political Department directly under the headquarters has approved him to go back to get married, but he obeyed the organizational arrangements and postponed the marriage. ”
But after Xu Shiyou heard this, not only did he not praise Sun Hongxian, but said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, the young hairy child wants to be a daughter-in-law, and it is useless!."I didn't get married until I was thirty-five or sixteen!”
The first conversation between the two ended like this, and Sun Hongxian thought to himself: This Commander Xu really has a strong personality, but there is no lack of humor, and he is far from being as fierce as the legend.
Xu Shiyou and Sun Hongxian.
Xu Shiyou has a rule that anyone who enters his office must knock on the door or shout a report, and only enter with his permission. Sun Hongxian didn't know this rule at first, on the first day of work, he went to deliver documents to Xu Shiyou, and saw that Xu Shiyou was burying his head in reading the newspaper, and felt that it was inconvenient for him to disturb the chief, so he didn't shout the report, and lightened his pace and walked in quietly. Unexpectedly, Xu Shiyou severely criticized him: "Why don't you report it, sneaky, like a thief!."”
After that, Sun Hongxian learned a lesson, as long as he entered Xu Shiyou's office, he would shout a report first. At this time, Xu Shiyou was a little old, and his ears were also a little back, and the voice of shouting the report should be moderate, too loud or too small would cause him unhappiness. Once Sun Hongxian shouted several "reports" before entering the door, and Xu Shiyou was reading the documents and didn't hear them, so he criticized: "You are grunting, like a mosquito." ”
Another time, Sun Hongxian shouted a "report" in a loud voice, probably because the voice was too loud, which frightened Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou looked up at him sharply and said, "What are you yelling at?"Want to scare me?I'm not afraid of shells in front of me**, I'm still afraid of you?”
Sun Hongxian also felt that the voice of shouting the report just now was too loud, and he also felt a little embarrassed.
After Xu Shiyou arrived in Guangzhou, he lived in No. 7 Lingering Garden, which was originally the place to receive the head of the **, surrounded by water on three sides, and behind the building was a lush bamboo forest, and the scenery was very beautiful. But after Xu Shiyou moved in, he gathered all the staff and said: "The bamboo forest behind the building is enclosed to raise chickens, fish are raised in the water, the lawn is opened to grow vegetables, and a shed is set up on the roof to raise pigeons. ”
Sun Hongxian and the others were shocked when they heard this, they didn't believe anything, Xu Shiyou wanted to destroy such an elegant environment to grow vegetables and raise chickens. In February 1974, after Xu Shiyou went to Hainan Island to inspect the troops, Sun Hongxian led all the staff to do it, they pulled out those beautiful flowers and plants, turned the ground several times, and finally planted cabbage, peppers, eggplants and other vegetables.
More than 20 days later, Xu Shiyou came back from Hainan, and after he saw the vegetable garden that Sun Hongxian and others had taken care of, he said very happily: "Okay!."Good!Good!But he immediately put forward his opinion: "Growing vegetables without fertilizing is tantamount to fooling around." Fertilization is best done with farmyard fertilizer. ”
So Sun Hongxian had no choice but to take a few guards to push a dung truck to collect feces in various public toilets in Guangzhou, and then push it back to the camp to water vegetables. After seeing this scene, the people couldn't help but be very curious: in the past, it was all dung trucks that entered the barracks to collect dung, but now why do people take the initiative to pull dung into the barracks?
In the summer, the vegetables in the Lingering Garden No. 7 grow very well, but the vegetable field is watered with dung, and after being exposed to the sun, the dung water is steaming and smelly.
One day, a head of the military region came to visit Xu Shiyou with his wife, and the vegetable field was the only way for them to enter the door. When the chief passed by the vegetable patch, he could still resist the stench, force his composure, and his steps were still calm, but the lady obviously could not bear it, she took out her handkerchief and covered her nose, and then trotted across the vegetable patch.
Unexpectedly, this scene happened to be seen by Xu Shiyou, and he severely criticized the chief's wife: "You stinky bourgeois element, you think you are clean, and you are also a belly of!."”
From then on, the people who came to Xu Shiyou's house as guests did not dare to make rash moves when passing by the vegetable patch, they all held their breath, and showed a look of pity while walking.
In the autumn of this day, the vegetable field really ushered in a bumper harvest, and Xu Shiyou and the staff were not only more than enough for themselves, but he also gave the remaining vegetable baskets to the head of the military region and the security personnel to share. Xu Shiyou also said happily: "Look, fiddling with vegetables is much more affordable than fiddling with flowers and plants, what kind of fart is elegant, can elegance be eaten as a meal?"”
Xu Shiyou and the vegetables he grows.
Unknowingly, Sun Hongxian has been working by Xu Shiyou's side for more than 3 months, and because he is busy with work, he has long forgotten about going home and getting married. One day when Sun Hongxian was walking with Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou took the initiative to say to him: "Fat man (Xu Shiyou's nickname for Sun Hongxian), what are you always following me around, why don't you hurry home and marry your daughter-in-law!."”
Sun Hongxian was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked for leave to return to his hometown and married his partner.
Soon after, Sun Hongxian's wife, Shin Kuiying, came to the army to visit relatives. After Xu Shiyou learned about it, he decided to invite their husband and wife to dinner at noon, and personally came to the kitchen to tell the master: "Stir-fry a few more good dishes at noon today, which should be salty and in line with the taste of northerners." ”
At noon that day, Sun Hongxian took his wife to No. 7 Lingering Garden, but he didn't expect Xu Shiyou to wait downstairs in person. Sun Hongxian knew that only leaders with the rank of general and above would wait downstairs when leaders of the rank of general or above came to visit, but he made an exception this time, which shows his deep affection for the villagers from the land of Jiaodong who once fought.
After Sun Hongxian and his wife sat down, Xu Shiyou and Shen Kuiying started a family routine: "Child, even if you go to the house here, when I was fighting devils, I ate a lot of rice from Jiaodong, and we are half of Jiaodong fellow villagers." ”
Shen Kuiying said to Xu Shiyou: "When you were fighting devils, you lived in my house, and my father fed you Ma Li, and he asked me to bring you a good one." ”
Xu Shiyou suddenly became interested: "Oh?."Which village are you from?”
Nanshen family. "Oh, I know, I've lived. In Jiaodong that year, the army fought to the top, and lived in the hometown of the first, won a lot of battles, and met a lot of landlords, I really have to thank them!Xu Shiyou was even happier.
After the meal, Xu Shiyou took out a piece of his own **, signed his name and gave it to Shen Kuiying, and said affectionately: "Child, take this ** back to your father to see, just say that I Xu Shiyou miss my father and fellow villagers in Jiaodong!."”
Sun Hongxian knew that the ** signed by himself was the most cherished gift in Xu Shiyou's life, and it was not easy to give away, and he couldn't help but have ......tears in his eyes
After that, under the care of Xu Shiyou, Shen Kuiying went to Guangzhou with the army. At that time, according to the regulations, cadres had to be at least 15 years old, or at least 35 years old, or cadres at or above the battalion level, and their families could join the army. After Xu Shiyou proposed to Sun Hongxian to join the army, Sun Hongxian snorted: "Chief, my lover is not enough to join the army......”
Xu Shiyou said: "You can also join the army if you need work!."You report to the office leader, and say I agree, can a living person still suffocate urine?”
Sun Hongxian was overjoyed when he heard this, and the next day he reported the family's application to the leadership, and in accordance with the approval procedures, he quickly completed the formalities for Shen Kuiying to join the army.
Xu Shiyou usually likes hunting very much, and once during a meeting in Beijing, his addiction to hunting came back again, so he took Sun Hongxian and the guards to Miyun Reservoir to hunt. After entering a forest, Xu Shiyou instructed everyone to stay 30 meters apart, lined up, and searched deep into the woods.
Sun Hongxian soon found a group of turtledoves foraging on the ground, he raised his gun and hit one, the other turtledoves hurriedly took off, Sun Hongxian shot again, and shot another one. After the hunt, Sun Hongxian found that no one else had caught the prey, and he came to Xu Shiyou with two turtledoves with joy, thinking that he would definitely be praised by the chief.
Unexpectedly, Xu Shiyou circled around Sun Hongxian twice, and then joked to him: "Fatty, your marksmanship is good!."Look at these two turtledoves, one has a cold, and the other looks at the complexion, you know that it is not light, you are a blind cat and a dead mouse!”
Another time when he went hunting in Miyun Reservoir, Sun Hongxian found a magpie standing on a branch and shot it. After the hunting, he took the "loot" again to ask Xu Shiyou for credit, but Xu Shiyou was angry with him: "Fuck, hunting doesn't hunt magpies, do you understand?"The magpie is the annunciation!”
Xu Shiyou's lesson made Sun Hongxian's joy disappear, and from then on, he learned the rules of hunting and not hunting magpies.
In a blink of an eye, Sun Hongxian has been working by Xu Shiyou's side for 3 years. In August 1976, he left Xu Shiyou and transferred to a new workplace.
Before reporting to the new unit, Xu Shiyou and Sun Hongxian had a long talk. At this time, he changed his previous sternness and said to Sun Hongxian seriously: "Fatty, I am not a place to stay here for a long time, you are still young, you should go to the army to exercise, or you can go to the academy to study Xi further study." You've been by my side for almost 3 years, you haven't made a big mistake, you haven't missed a big feeling, I'm satisfied, I'll give you a score of 80. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me directly. ”
After Sun Hongxian heard these words, his eyes couldn't help but moisten, he thought that he was a secretary who lacked both life experience and little work experience, and had made a lot of mistakes in the past three years, but Commander Xu actually gave himself 80 points, which was obviously the chief's encouragement to himself!
After Sun Hongxian left Xu Shiyou, he first went to the Guilin Military and Political Cadre School to study and Xi, then returned to work in the organs of the military region, and later worked all the way to the rank of political commissar of a certain department.
In 1985, Xu Shiyou died of illness in Nanjing at the age of 80. After Sun Hongxian got the news, he was overwhelmed with grief, and he immediately decided to rush to Nanjing to see off the old chief on his last journey.
Unexpectedly, Sun Hongxian's request was refused, and Xu Shiyou's wife Tian Pu personally called him, saying that Xu Shiyou said that his funeral was simple before his death, and his subordinates and friends who were not in Nanjing were not allowed to participate.
Sun Hongxian had no choice but to agree bitterly, and after he hung up the **, he kowtowed 3 times in the direction of Nanjing, in order to bid farewell to the old chief's Yingling ......
The tomb of Xu Shiyou.
Now that Sun Hongxian has also retired, when he recalled the old chief Xu Shiyou, he commented in 8 words:
Iron bones, heroic spirit lasts forever.