Use a pot to serve dishes, ** criticism is not hygienic
Known for frugality, especially during the war years, this led to some interesting stories. For example, in September 1933, he received news that Chiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, the leaders of the Kuomintang 19th Route Army, intended to join forces with the Red Army against Chiang.
The 19th Route Army was a heroic anti-Japanese force in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai were also well-known anti-Japanese heroes throughout the country. However, due to Chiang Kai-shek's persecution, they were forced to participate in the battle to encircle and suppress the Red Army.
But now, they no longer want to fight a civil war, but want to unite the Red Army against Chiang. This is undoubtedly good news for ***, and he readily agreed to negotiate with them.
**Received Chen Gongpei, the representative of the 19th Route Army, to discuss anti-Japanese matters, and specially invited Chen Gongpei to lunch. At that time, the Red Army had just won a battle and prepared some good wine and food, and Chen Gongpei was very happy to eat and returned with a full load.
*After learning about it, he appreciated the reception of ***, but also criticized it, thinking that it was unhygienic to serve vegetables in a washbasin. **Indicates that there is no other way due to the conditions, and the basin has been washed, so there is no need to worry.
**With** one thing is hidden, and that is that they wash not only their faces in a basin, but also their feet in a basin. This is because they have limited conditions, and each person has only one basin, washing face, feet, vegetables, and vegetables, and one pot is used for multiple purposes.
Even the soldiers on the front line are like this, let alone ***. When Li Yinqiao first came to work beside ***, he discovered this "secret". After washing his feet one night, he took a towel to wipe his feet, Li Yinqiao hurriedly grabbed it and said, "Chairman, you took the wrong towel, this towel is what you used to wipe your face!" ”
** smiled and said: "Don't look for it, I just have this towel, wipe my face during the day, and wipe my feet at night." "On the front line, the conditions are difficult, but their spirit is very strong, they wash their faces and feet in a basin, and wipe their faces and feet with towels, which are all manifestations of their perseverance.
Li Yinqiao was a little puzzled about the purpose of the towel, why a towel wiped both his face and feet, which did not look hygienic. Li Yinqiao was curious about the living treatment of ***, as the chairman, why he didn't even have a special towel.
So, Li Yinqiao decided to get a new towel for ***. However, ** laughed, he thought that the separate use of towels would appear unequal, and that his feet were harder than his face and needed a more forceful cleaning.
Although Li Yinqiao wanted to persuade again, ** still insisted on his own point of view, believing that if every cadre and soldier could save a towel, it would be a huge profit, and it could even pay for the battle of Shajiadian.
Therefore, *** used the same towel for several years, until it was really unusable, and replaced it with a new one. This was the actual situation of that era, due to the limited conditions, these leaders were very frugal, whether it was a basin or a towel, they did not pay much attention to it, and the treatment of their faces and feet was the same.