One day in March 1946, Mao Anying, who had just returned to China, rode a tall horse and played at the foot of Yan'an Pagoda Mountain.
At this time, a staff officer found him and said to him, **Now look for you and let you go back.
Mao Anying immediately rode back on horseback, his father was already standing in the yard, after Mao Anying got off the horse, he came to his father, and before he could speak, his father said to him: "I heard that you have been in the limelight a lot recently, very good!."”
Mao Anying smiled and said that she had recently attended some gatherings and told everyone about the Soviet Union, and everyone loved to listen to it.
With a serious face, he then asked him, whose horse are you riding?
Mao Anying didn't care, so she said, it's comrade.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, ** said loudly:"What did you say?**Comrade?Even when I saw him, I had to shout Mr. Zhu, you are a child, just call him ** comrade, how old are you!”
Seeing that his father was angry, Mao Anying was also a little scared, and quickly explained that he did not disrespect Mr. Zhu, and when he was in the Soviet Union, everyone called each other comrades, that is, Stalin and Comrade Stalin, and they were all Xi to it.
Knowing that he had no ill will, say to him:"You are now in China, in Yan'an, not in the USSR, and you have to do things according to the traditional Xi of the Easterners. Young people should be quiet, polite, and talk to others in a proper manner, and they should not dance with their hands and feet. When you see those old comrades, don't be old or young, the older ones should call them uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt, the old ones should call them grandfather and grandma, and if they are about the same age as you, you should call them brother or comrades, and you can no longer call people by their names casually!”
In fact, this can't blame Mao Anying for being impolite, he went to the Soviet Union as early as 14 years old, and lived in the Soviet Union for 10 years, which is the most important 10 years for a person to establish his outlook on life and values, so he has developed a Soviet way of life, and he also has obvious Western-style characteristics in dealing with people.
Mao Anying later recalled:"When I first arrived in Yan'an, I felt very awkward in all aspects, I was not Xi to life, and I did not understand the customs and people. I grew up wandering outside, growing up unrestrained, and with the Xi of dealing with people and things in the Soviet Union, we are all Europeanized, which is completely different from Chinese Xi. Yan'an people also looked awkward at me, and it was difficult for me to adapt to this new living environment for a while, and I felt that everything was so unfamiliar. ”
People in Yan'an knew that he had just returned from the Soviet Union, so they didn't care much about his behavior, but *** thought that this problem was very serious.
Mao Anying is the first son of ***, he has been in prison with his mother since he was a child, and after his mother died, he took his younger brother to wander in Shanghai and suffered a lot, so ** felt guilty about him, so when Mao Anying returned from the Soviet Union in January 1946, ** went to the airport to meet him in person despite being sick.
** It was easy not to invite guests, but that night, it was rare to set up two tables, invite some old comrades in Yan'an, and introduce Mao Anying to them.
At this time, Mao Anying was already a 24-year-old young man, tall, generous, and had the shadow of his youth, which made *** very pleased.
During that time, Mao Anying was very popular in Yan'an, especially some young people, people came to him every day and asked him to tell the story of the Soviet Union.
In this way, Mao Anying was even more fluttering, and he was no longer restrained in treating some old comrades, and directly called their names, just like when he was in the Soviet Union.
These phenomena, naturally, also attracted the attention of ***, so by riding a horse this time, and calling the name of **, he taught him a lesson, so that he understood that the Chinese and the Soviets are different, and now that he has returned to China, he must get along in the way of the Chinese, and can no longer use the Soviets.
Mao Anying is a very self-motivated young man, and after his father's education, he quickly corrected himself, and according to his father's arrangement, he went to the countryside to participate in labor, mingle with the broadest masses of the people, and understand what the Chinese people need most.
Under the teaching of his father, Mao Anying quickly restored his true colors as a Chinese, and later participated in land reform, entered factories, and was the first to join the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.
** once commented on:Mao Anying has endured hardships, studied abroad, fought wars, and been tempered in the countryside and factories, and among the generation of young people of the same age as Mao Anying, there are not many people who have received a good education and a variety of exercises like him. ”