In 1974, a chief's wife visited Xu Shiyou, and when she entered the hospital, she covered her nose, and Xu Shiyou looked at your bear-like
Introduction: General Xu Shiyou fought on horses all his life, leaving countless legends during the war years. However, the general's daily life is far from majestic, more ordinary.
His life was not pretentious, but exuded the true character of a farmer; I don't like extravagance, I take diligence and thrift and simplicity as my life creed, and I often say: "People can't forget their roots!" ”
Fill your stomach with elegance? Xu Shiyou was born in a peasant family, and spent his childhood playing in the fields, which is one of his few happy memories.
When he grew up, Xu Shiyou's life was never so happy. Whenever he saw farmers working in the fields, he felt bitter hatred in his heart. Even if they are old and bent, farmers may not be able to share a good harvest. After a year of hard work, it all ended up in the pockets of the landlords.
As a result, Xu Shiyou vowed to turn the peasants over and devote themselves to the revolutionary cause.
Born peasant children have a special affection for crops. After the victory of the revolution, Xu Shiyou still remembered the land in the countryside.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his identity no longer allowed him to work in the fields, but he often went to the countryside to inspect. As the car drove through the field road, Xu Shiyou sat in the car, staring at the vibrant crops and fruitful fruit trees. The originally tense expression on his face showed a rare smile from time to time.
Sometimes in high spirits, he will teach the staff in the car about agriculture, quoting some agricultural proverbs, such as "people are diligent and not lazy", "who doesn't have three piles, planting good crops is all blowing." For the sluggish fields, he will also lament that "people are wrong for a while, and people are wrong for a year", "people cheat the land, and the land cheats the belly" and other agricultural proverbs.
The place where Xu Shiyou is most interested is the farm, where there are pigsties, fish ponds, and rice fields, and he is deeply immersed in the atmosphere of life in the courtyard of the farmhouse.
As the commander of the military region, Xu Shiyou treated the farm workers without pretentiousness and often worked with them. He believes that this can not only strengthen the body, but also gain something and achieve the effect of physical and mental relaxation.
When Xu Shiyou became the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, he lived at No. 8 Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, which was originally Sun Ke's villa and had a spacious courtyard. Facing the empty yard, the instinct of the peasants' blood to flow evokes memories for him. He had his staff reclaim vacant land, sow crops, fruits and vegetables, build a pigsty, chicken coop and a pond to raise fish.
In the 70s, Xu Shiyou was transferred to the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region and lived at No. 7 Liuyuan, Guangzhou. This place used to be a place to receive the chief of **, surrounded by water, with a lush bamboo forest in the back, and a grassy square in front, dotted with flowers carefully cultivated by florists, and the whole appearance is extremely elegant.
However, this scene did not evoke Xu Shiyou's feelings of beauty. He thinks that objects that cannot be seen but not used are mostly lacking in beauty.
Therefore, after moving into No. 7 Lingering Garden, he gathered the staff and ordered: "Deal with these useless things, raise chickens in the bamboo forest, raise fish in the pond, grow vegetables on the lawn, and raise pigeons on the roof, and act immediately." ”
Such a decision was extraordinary, the staff were stunned in place, and someone asked Xu Shiyou curiously: "Isn't it a pity to grow vegetables in such an elegant environment?" ”
One day in 1974, taking advantage of Xu Shiyou's rush to his subordinate troops and to Hainan Island, Secretary Sun Hongxian mobilized all the staff to start renovating the manor. A grand reclamation project has officially begun.
Elegant can be eaten as a meal? When Xu Shiyou returned, the manor had taken on a new look, and the seeds planted by the staff had sprouted delicately. Looking at these emerging green dots, Xu Shiyou actually showed a satisfied look on his face.
Growing vegetables without fertilizing is tantamount to fooling around. Under Xu Shiyou's order, the staff began to look around for fertilizer again. So, on the streets of Guangzhou, a group of soldiers dressed in ** pushed a manure truck to clean up feces in the city's public toilets.
They then transported the manure to the barracks and villa complex, which caused confusion among the townspeople, who usually pulled the manure out and did the opposite.
Under the careful care of Xu Shiyou and the staff, the small shoots gradually grew into huge green plants and bore fruit. However, the smell in the manor is indescribable. This also led to a hiccup.
One day, a high-ranking officer of the military region came to visit Xu Shiyou with his wife, and had to pass by the vegetable field. It was a particularly sunny day, and the smell of feces was diffuse after being exposed to the sun.
The higher-ups didn't react much, but Madame couldn't stand it. She hurriedly took out the handkerchief she had brought with her to cover her mouth and nose, and kept waving her hand, trying to drive the smell away from her.
However, this scene was bumped into by Xu Shiyou, who came out, Xu Shiyou was immediately displeased, and reprimanded loudly: "Look at your bear-like, do you think you are clean?" You're also a belly of. ”
General Xu Shiyou has always been known for his outspokenness. There was once a high-ranking chief's wife, who was embarrassed by his frank remarks. She hurriedly removed the handkerchief from her face, not daring to feel the slightest dissatisfaction.
Since that embarrassing experience, every guest who comes to Xu Shiyou's house has been wary and cautious. Everyone restrained their rash actions, and in awe, hurried into the room.
Under Xu Shiyou's careful care, his crops thrive, making Xu Shiyou happy every day. However, due to the abundant harvest of the farmland, some uninvited guests also began to covet the fruits of his efforts – that is, rats.
One day, when digging sweet potatoes, Xu Shiyou was surprised to find that a sweet potato had been eaten in half, and there was actually a rat hole nearby. This made Xu Shiyou feel quite dissatisfied, so a ridiculous scene appeared - the commander of the military region was furious, his face was flushed, and he cursed repeatedly.
In order to prevent the fruits of his efforts from being stolen by rats, Xu Shiyou launched a fierce rat extermination campaign. However, he never imagined that this seemingly insignificant enemy would be so cunning.
In the beginning, he prepared rat poison, which worked well the other day, and some rats were killed by the drug. Soon, however, the rats were clever enough to discover the dangers of the drug and no longer dared to come closer. Subsequently, Xu Shiyou tried to use a rat trap, but the rats behaved very wittily and none of them were hit.
After a week of wrestling with the rats, Xu Shiyou, who failed to win, was furious. But the experienced soldier soon came up with a new strategy: bury bamboo poles in the sweet potato field, connect them with wires, and hang bells. When a gust of wind blows, the bell rings, so that the rats do not dare to appear easily.
Sure enough, the rats did not appear again for two days in a row. However, once the rats discovered that the bell was not scary, they boldly reappeared. This made Xu Shiyou feel completely angry, and he shouted: "Let the dog out!" ”
With the suppression of the dogs, the rats no longer dare to come out on the ground.
Xu Shiyou has a unique set of skills in agriculture and is also a professional chicken breeder. He specially raised a group of chickens behind the bamboo forest, and each of them was personally taken care of by Xu Shiyou. As a result, he knows everything about each chicken's condition and egg production.
When it comes to the diet of chickens, Xu Shiyou has his own unique method. He instructed the staff to crack up leftover bones and fish bones and mix them into chicken food. Feed the chickens greens at least once a day to ensure the quality of the chickens.
Sure enough, Xu Shiyou's chickens are stronger than the chickens on the market, and they produce large and many eggs, sometimes even three yolks in one egg.
This sensational incident spread throughout the military region, attracting many military leaders to visit, and some even offered to buy Xu Shiyou's chickens. Faced with this situation, Xu Shiyou formulated a principle: if the chicken is for food, no matter how much it is paid, it will not be sold; If it's for hatching chicks, you can give it away for nothing and don't charge any money.
Xu Shiyou's "self-sufficient" experience of growing vegetables and raising chickens spread throughout the army, and many officers followed suit, and every family ushered in a real abundance of food and clothing, and they were able to save a lot of expenses in peacetime. This self-sufficient mode of production has set an example for the military and has become a model for the vast number of officers and men to learn from.