At the beginning of 1975, in order to train the next generation of revolutionary leaders, Chairman ** proposed to select cadres from among the workers, peasants and soldiers. In the task of selecting a female vice premier, ** repeatedly selected and finally selected Wu Guixian, a model worker, to achieve the expectations of the chairman.
In order to support his family, the young Wu Guixian was born in Gongyi, Henan Province during the war years. In order to earn money to support the family, his father worked outside the home all the year round, leaving only his mother and elderly grandparents at home.
One day, two soldiers dressed in ** broke into Wu Guixian's house and forcibly took his grandfather away. The grandfather resisted desperately, but was eventually taken away, and the mother and grandmother wept bitterly, and the villagers suggested that they borrow money to redeem the grandfather.
The mother hurried to the neighbors for help, and fortunately, the grandfather was rescued in time. Later, my mother was worried that my grandfather would be taken away again, so the family decided to go to Shaanxi to join my father.
Wu Guixian was born in a poor family, and since he was a child, he had to follow his family to dig wild vegetables and pick up cinders, and his life was very difficult. However, with the founding of New China, relatives in her hometown in Henan sent her a letter saying that her hometown was undergoing land reform and that the land was divided according to population, and that she and her family could return as soon as possible.
However, their families did not have enough savings to pay for their tickets. However, at that time, there was a support policy, and the stuffy tanker was half price for adults and free for children, so the family went through difficulties and bumped for more than ten days before returning to their hometown.
However, when they returned, the land reform had already ended, and no land had been allocated, and life was still poor. In order to change the situation, 13-year-old Wu Guixian decided to go out to work. Initially, she worked odd jobs at her distant aunt's house to help with the children, but she didn't think it would be a long-term solution.
After careful consideration, she came to the No. 1 Cotton Factory in Northwest Shaanxi Province and started her new life.
It was a special era, and the first factory of national cotton recruited workers, and the minimum age was 16 years old. In order to change her life, Wu Guixian decided to pretend to be 16 years old, but her age still needs to be sharpened to convince the factory.
The next day, the factory carried out the working class enlightenment education, and after the end, you had to fill in the **. Five little girls who are only 13 years old honestly wrote "13 years old" on the **.
But the factory saw that this was not going to work, so they decided to return them. But the five girls were reluctant to leave, they cried together, and the factory and the master were very embarrassed. So, the factory master asked them: "You are all children, and you work the night shift for more than ten hours, can you withstand it?" ”
Wu Guixian hurriedly nodded, "No problem, I can hold on!" The other girls followed suit. In this way, the five girls who were left behind began their collective life.
However, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep when they lived in the group dormitory for the first time, and they sang and danced until midnight, and finally went to bed tiredly. When the lights were about to be turned off, no one could use the electric lights, so they gathered around the electric lights, and no matter how they blew, they couldn't blow them out.
Some people say they are "a group of country boys, blowing light bulbs and blowing all night without sleeping." Still, they persevered and started a new life of their own.
Wu Guixian was a hard-working worker, she put on a white bib and a white hat, and became the first batch of workers in the first national textile factory in New China, the Northwest Cotton No. 1 Factory.
During her time in the No. 1 National Cotton Factory, she actively demanded progress and successfully joined the party. On the day she joined the party, the leader talked to her, said that she performed well, and decided to transfer her to Zhao Mengtao's group as the leader of the party group.
Zhao Mengtao is a national model worker, a representative of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and is only three years older than Wu Guixian. Wu Guixian and Zhao Mengtao get along well, and often ask her for advice on textile production technology and jointly overcome textile technology difficulties.
Unfortunately, Zhao Mengtao suffered from cancer, and during his serious illness, the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee named his textile production class "Zhao Mengtao Group". On April 27, 1963, at the naming ceremony, Wu Guixian, who was the leader of the party group, took the stage to speak, and two months later, Zhao Mengtao died.
Zhao Mengtao's death has made Wu Guixian shoulder greater responsibility, in addition to asking herself to take the lead in everything, she also encourages the sisters in the group to shoulder the burden together.
Due to the joint efforts of everyone, Zhao Mengtao's group has been rated as an advanced pacesetter every year, and their production and management experience has been widely spread in the national textile system.
In 1964, as a representative of textile workers, Wu Guixian saw for the first time in the National Day ceremony in 1974, ten years later, Wu Guixian went to Beijing to participate in the first meeting as a representative of the working class and a representative of the peasant class.
After the meeting, ** deliberately left the two of them and let them work in **. The notice of this meeting was suddenly, Wu Guixian did not make any preparations, and did not even bring extra food stamps and clothes, so she began her ** working career.
After the transfer, Wu Guixian's salary was maintained at the original 672 yuan, ** The General Office gave comrades from the grassroots a food subsidy of 1 yuan per day, however, Wu Guixian's food expenses in the first month exceeded 60 yuan.
Seeing this number, Wu Guixian was very surprised and immediately found the cooks and asked them to lower the standard of the meal. At the Politburo meeting, many comrades like to drink tea, and this part of the expenses needs to be paid by themselves, 3 jiao each time, and settled at the end of the month.
Due to the frequent Politburo meetings, the tea fee alone is a large expense, so Wu Guixian never drinks tea, only boiled water, and when the waiter asked her why she didn't drink tea, she replied that she was afraid that she would not be able to sleep.
In addition, Wu Guixian also speaks seldom, she feels that she is still young and is always very restrained in meetings. When the meeting ended, the moderator would ask if he had any comments, and Wu would always reply "no comment".
Wu Guixian has a lot of discomfort with **, **The office originally planned to equip her with secretaries and guards, but she resolutely refused, and all the documents were kept by herself.
However, an incident happened that changed her mind.
Wu Guixian, a smart and capable woman, is both careful and negligent in her work. Once, a document suddenly disappeared, and she put it on the floor, but there was still one missing.
When the secretary came to get the papers, she had to confess that the documents had not been sorted out and would be handed in tomorrow. After the secretary left, she continued her search and eventually found the document in the back of a drawer.
This incident made her realize that there were some things that needed to be dealt with with with some things. So, she applied to Wang Dongxing for a secretary. After screening, Wang Jie, who was transferred from Shaanxi, became her first secretary.
However, as the work became busier and busier, there were more and more documents, and Wang Jie could not sort them all out by himself, so Wu Guixian asked for an additional secretary. At the beginning of 1975, ** proposed to select cadres from among the workers, peasants and soldiers, and Wu Guixian was selected as a candidate for female vice premier.
*** and Wu Guixian, who were in the field, due to the overnight rush of ***, Wu Guixian's file was quickly transferred to ** and after review, it was finally approved by *** to be recalled to Beijing.
Although Wu Guixian's heart was full of apprehension and was urgently recalled for some reason, her smile and calm words made her accept the responsibility of serving as the vice premier in panic.
In the end, after the election of the first session of the Fourth National People's Congress, Wu Guixian became the first female vice premier in Chinese history and the youngest vice premier.
Wu Guixian submitted her resignation as vice premier in September 1977 and returned to the Northwest Cotton Factory No. 1 where she had worked, and returned to Zhao Mengtao's group. Soon after, her request was granted.
On the 27th, Wu Guixian returned to her home in Xianyang, and immediately went to the No. 1 National Cotton Factory that night to work the night shift. Although her lover, Wang Zhentao, suggested that she take a two-day break before working, she insisted on bringing her work cap and work clothes and entered the workshop.
Returning to the familiar environment, Wu Guixian felt extremely comfortable and happy. She is still in charge of the four cars as she used to, guaranteeing the quality of production every day.
Her old friends call her "Guixian", the middle-aged people call her "Sister Wu", and the younger ones call her "Master Wu". Wu Guixian goes to work happily every day, and her enthusiasm is getting higher and higher day by day.
Four years later, the hard-working Wu Guixian was once again recognized by society. In June 1981, she was appointed deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the No. 1 National Cotton Factory. As a leader, Wu Guixian focused most of his energy on the renovation and development of the factory.
To this end, she traveled to Beijing, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Qingdao, Zhuhai, Shenzhen and other places. Although her family and the old sisters in the factory advised her that because she was very old, she should take care of her body more and not run around.
However, Wu Guixian believes that as long as she can make some contributions to the revitalization of the first factory, she will feel very happy, even if she is tired and tired.
In April 1988, during the inspection of the Shenzhen delegation in Shaanxi, Li Ruirong, deputy general manager of Honghua Company, a joint venture established by Hong Kong businessmen, proposed to build Honghua into a large-scale enterprise integrating textile, printing and dyeing, and clothing.
During the inspection, the delegation offered to visit the No. 1 National Cotton Factory. Wu Guixian, as the workshop escort and interpreter of the No. 1 National Cotton Factory, became part of the visit.
At the end of the visit, the members of the delegation asked Wu Guixian if she had ever been to Shenzhen, and earnestly asked her for advice on transferring to Shenzhen. Although Wu Guixian thought the other party was joking at first, she was eventually moved by the other party's sincerity.
After Wang Zhentao and Wu Guixian talked, Wu Guixian understood that Honghua Company was in urgent need of textile experts with technology and experience. So, she offered to introduce some young and promising textile technicians and college students.
Honghua Company attaches great importance to Wu Guixian's proposal and has repeatedly expressed sincere invitation. That night, Wu Guixian, who was very gracious, accepted the banquet of Honghua Company. At the banquet, the representatives of Honghua Company gave a detailed introduction to their ideas, and Wu Guixian was very moved to listen to them.
However, she is 50 years old, and if she leaves her hometown to Shenzhen to start over, she needs to think deeply. In the end, with the encouragement of her husband Wang Zhentao, Wu Guixian decided to give it a go.
Wang Zhentao graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University, and although he has never been to Shenzhen, he has visited Western Europe many times. Based on the experience of the West, he believes that the development of coastal areas will be faster than that of the mainland, so it is a good choice to go to Shenzhen.
So, the couple came to Shenzhen on June 9 for further investigation. When they saw the thriving construction scene of Honghua, Wu Guixian was even more determined to go south.
Soon, Wu Guixian came to Shenzhen alone and served as the deputy general manager of Honghua Textile Printing and Dyeing Company.
When Wu Guixian first took office, his first task was to "recruit troops." To this end, she returned to Xi'an, visited three printing and dyeing factories, and recruited 108 workers, ranging from ordinary workers to technicians to chief engineers.
Under her leadership, Honghua Printing and Dyeing Factory was successfully put into operation, even in the context of the downturn in the textile industry, Honghua was still able to lead the way, and the output and quality compliance rate once reached 98%, becoming an important contributor to Shenzhen's tax revenue.
In 1993, when Honghua Printing and Dyeing Factory was at the peak of its career, Wu Guixian chose to retire bravely and returned to work in the company. Some people were puzzled by her decision, but she said, "I am a member of the Communist Party, and only by following the party can I feel at ease and my mental state will be very good." ”
A few years later, Wu Guixian retired, and in addition to continuing to contribute to the development of Shaanxi and Shenzhen, she also began to have time to take care of her family. She and her husband Wang Zhentao have been married for 40 years, and they share weal and woe, and they are recognized as a model couple.
The story of Wang Zhentao and Wu Guixian is full of tenacity and commitment. In 1965, they met, Wu Guixian was busy with work, and Wang Zhentao silently wrote letters for her for six years, even though they didn't have a romantic date, didn't have time together, and didn't even eat together.
Their love, like an iron pestle sharpened into an embroidery needle, takes time to temper and wait patiently. In 1969, they finally entered the palace of marriage, however, Wu Guixian only took three days of marriage leave, because they were busy with work and only stayed in the guest house for one night.
Since then, their lives have been divided, with Mr. Wu travelling between Beijing and Shenzhen, while Mr. Wang is busy elsewhere. Their love story, although simple, is full of affection and determination.
As a model worker, Wu Guixian is selfless and dedicated, and the eldest son and youngest daughter in the family were raised by their aunt and grandmother respectively. The youngest daughter was weaned at only two months after birth, and it was a summer, and her grandmother was very dissatisfied, but she still understood Wu Guixian's decision.
When his eldest son was five years old, Wu Guixian took him to his side, and he sent the children to school during the day, went to work by himself, and came back at night to take care of the family. Later, Wang Zhentao was busy with work, so he taught his six-year-old son how to make egg fried rice and asked a neighbor to help him get the child up.
Despite the mother's involvement, the children grow up to be kind and sensible adults. Now, they have all built their own small families and have stable jobs, and Wu Guixian has also experienced the joy of family reunion in his later years.
She believes that the days when the family gets together in their old age are the happiest times in their lives.