Hunan Xiangxiang County Dongshan Higher Primary School has a very important position in the world's school career, so that this rural child has since begun to see the outside world.
However, when he went to this elementary school, it was in 1910, he was 17 years old, and according to the current situation, he was already in high school at this age, and he was about to take the university entrance examination, but *** had just entered elementary school.
So, what was he doing before?
**Born on December 26, 1893, although he was born as a farmer, his father Mao Yichang was a very business-minded person, who started from the rice business and soon became a well-known local wealthy family, so the life of the Mao family was still very rich.
However, Mao Yichang's successful experience also made him believe that it is useless to study, and doing business is the way to make money, so he wanted his son to follow him in business and did not want his son to go to school.
It wasn't until he was 9 years old that his father agreed to let him go to a private school at his strong request, because his father also knew that he could write and keep accounts, which would also be good for business in the future.
**The first private school on the school was the South Shore Private School not far from home, and the private school Mr. Zou Chunpei became the enlightenment teacher of ***.
Zou Chunpei loves and hates this student, what he loves is that he is smart, learns quickly, and understands many things at a glance, which makes the teachers admire, but what he hates is that he is unruly, and often takes his classmates out to make trouble, causing a lot of trouble.
After two years in the South Shore private school, Zou Chunpei found Mao Yichang and said that this child was learning too fast, and I had nothing to teach him.
So, in 1904, 11-year-old *** went to Guan Gongqiao Private School, Mr. Mao Yongsheng, and Mao Yichang is the same clan, and he is also a very learned gentleman.
In the second year, Mao Zetan, the third son of the Mao family, was born and needed someone to take care of him, and the family's business was getting busier and busier, so Mao Yichang wanted his eldest son to drop out of school and come back to help.
However, ** was unwilling to live or die, and begged his mother to come forward, so that his father dispelled this idea.
However, ** couldn't learn anything in this private school, so I went to Qiaotouwan Private School, which was farther away from home, and Mr. Zhou Guangxi's name was greater, which was more knowledgeable than the first two gentlemen.
It didn't take long for Zhou Guangxi to go to Zhongjiawan Private School, ** also wanted to go with him, this time, his father disagreed, called him home, no matter how he struggled, he didn't let him go to school anymore.
**I couldn't convince my father, so I went to find someone, who? It is Mao Yuju, who is very famous in the Mao family.
Mao Yichang still respects Mao Yuju very much, and what Mao Yuju said is indeed reasonable, although he has been doing business well over the years, but when he meets a learned person, he still can't be regarded as a person, and he has suffered a lot of dumb losses, so if his son can learn great skills, it will still be good for the family's business, so Mao Yichang agreed to let his son continue to study.
This time, ** went to Mao Yuju's Jingwanli private school and studied with Mao Yuju. In 1959, after returning to his hometown, he specially invited Mao Yuju to sit in the chief and respected him very much.
However, in 1907, Mao Yichang called his son home again, and this time he also thought of a "trick": marry his son a daughter-in-law and let the daughter-in-law discipline him.
This daughter-in-law's name is Luo Yixiu, 4 years older than ***, she is a typical peasant girl, gentle and kind, hardworking and hardworking, which makes the Mao family very satisfied.
However, ** disagreed, it was not that he was dissatisfied with Luo Yixiu, but that he wanted to see the wider world outside and didn't want to live the same life as his father again, so he didn't want to get married so early.
However, it is difficult to disobey the orders of his parents after all, so he had to marry Luo Yixiu, but he refused to follow her**, and he always refused to admit this daughter-in-law.
Two years have passed in a blink of an eye, and at the strong request of ***, his father had to agree to him to study again, so, in 1909, the 16-year-old *** went to the turtle well private school again, and his husband was called Mao Jianchen.
A year later, ** transferred to Dongmaotang Private School, Mr. Mao Luzhong, Mao Yuju's uncle, and his knowledge is greater.
In this year, Luo Yixiu unfortunately died of illness at the age of 21, and she was not recognized by her husband until her death.
When Luo Yixiu was alive, he could still help the family, but now that he is gone, there is no one to do many things at home, Mao Yichang thought of his son again and called him home again.
**Know, my father is determined not to let him go anymore this time, what should I do? ** I invited several famous people from the Mao family and the Wen family to do my father's work together.
Under the joint persuasion of everyone, the father relented and agreed to let his son continue to go to school.
At that time, **'s cousin Wen Yunchang was teaching in Xiangxiang County Dongshan Higher Primary School, so he suggested that his cousin also go to this school, which is a new type of education that is completely different from private school, and he can learn more useful things.
In this way, in the autumn of 1910, the 17-year-old *** left his hometown for the first time and went to Xiangxiang County Dongshan Higher Primary School, and began the legendary road of life.
(References: "*Biography", "*Annals", "*Family Affairs").