Among the children born to Zhou Xihan and his wife Zhou Xuan, there are 4 boys and 1 girl as adults.
Zhou Kangyuan is their fourth son, and it was during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and Zhou Xihan gave the child such a name with special significance.
In the decades I have spent with my father, the most profound memory of Zhou's resistance is that I went fishing with my father.
Once fishing, Zhou Kangyuan directly took down a mackerel weighing more than 40 catties, and his father Zhou Xihan even killed a mackerel weighing 58 catties.
Just when Zhou Kangyuan was thinking about how to send the big fish back to Beijing? Zhou Xihan said that he only needed a piece of fish scales for that big fish.
In the early 60s, grain rationing**. Even in Beijing, the proportion of fine grains is very low, almost to the point of being rare.
Zhou and his brothers are over 10 years old, and the age difference between them is only 6 years in total.
At that moment, it was just in time"Half a child, eat the dead man".In the season, Zhou Anti-Aid felt that he would not be full of food.
As a child, Zhou Kangyuan and several older brothers are always full of desire for fine grains and white noodles.
Zhou Kangyuan recalled:
"According to the regulations, my father's grain quota is more than ours. He often skips the staple food at dinner, and his portion of steamed buns is cut open with a knife and eaten separately from our children. ”Zhou Xihan always eats some porridge cooked with coarse rice and a few vegetable roots.
Later, Zhou Xihan listened to an old comrade-in-arms' order, opened up a piece of land in his backyard, and paid for a little piglet.
In those days, it took a lot of effort to keep piglets in the backyard. Zhou Xihan teased:"This is also Nanniwan! ”
When the pig grew to 100 catties, Zhou Xihan called someone to kill the pig.
Zhou Kangyuan and a few brothers were so happy that they thought they could feast on their mouths.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xihan divided the meat into dozens of pieces and distributed them to the canteens of the officers and soldiers of the organs to improve their lives.
All that was left was pig water and a few small bones, which caused the old cook to complain"It's really a loss of money and a lot of money! ”
Zhou Kangyuan also complained kindly.
When Zhou Xihan heard this, he glared at him and left angrily.
At that time, in addition to endless meetings and work, Zhou Xihan often received villagers and veterans from his hometown and old areas.
Zhou Xihan deducted part of the family's rations to cook rice for the people who came to defect, and persuaded them to return to their hometowns to work as farmers over and over again.
The people who came to defect saw Zhou Xihan's very poor food and lodging, so they were embarrassed to speak, and finally Zhou Xihan bought tickets to send them to the train station.
In 1968, Zhou Xihan took the lead in registering the children of his family in the navy and went to the countryside of Shanxi to join the queue.
Zhou Xihan was afraid that Zhou Kangyuan would not be able to figure it out, so he talked with him for a whole night.
Although Zhou Kangyuan did not fully understand what his father said, he was convinced.
Among them, the more important point is that because that is the *** call.
A year later, the Air Force of the Wuhan Military Region went to the place where Zhou Kangyuan was inserted to receive troops, and Zhou Kangyuan was conscripted into the army.
Zhou Xihan was very happy when he learned the news. He specially gave Zhou Kangyuan a very delicate notebook, which was written on the title page of the notebook:
"Dear child anti-aid: I wish you to study hard, inherit the revolutionary tradition, work hard, and be a good soldier like Lei Feng! Father Zhou Xihan. ”
After Zhou joined the army, Zhou Xihan asked him to write a letter to his family every month to report on his study, work and ideology.
Zhou Xihan also basically replied to Zhou Kangyuan once a month, giving some reasonable and effective suggestions on the situation reflected by the children in the letter.
At that time, Zhou Kangyuan saw this as his father's preference for him to stay away from the family. For this, he is also particularly proud.
Later, he learned that after his brothers and sisters joined the army, each received the same number of letters from their fathers.
With this, he has more respect for his father. Because from a young age he knew that his father worked late into the night every day, almost never on Sundays.
In addition to being busy with the affairs of the country, I also have to worry about the growth of their children! With so many letters, you can imagine how much sleep Zhou Xihan had to sleep.
The first time Zhou Kangyuan went home to visit relatives was after he was promoted.
After the meeting, Zhou Kangyuan routinely reported to his father about his life and study in the army. After the report, he got up and took his leave.
Originally, he thought that his father would let him relax and enjoy the vacation time.
However, Zhou Xihan stopped him and said with a serious face
"You are now a soldier, a cadre, and at no time, anywhere, you can not relax your demands on yourself, even at home. ”Zhou Xihan made several requests to him. There are three things that impressed Zhou Kangyuan:
1. Do not sleep lazy, and adhere to the work and rest system of getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning;
2. It is not allowed to walk around wearing slippers;
3. Wear civilian clothes neatly and neatly, and pay attention to military appearance and discipline when wearing military uniforms.
In 1973, Zhou Xihan suffered a great loss of vitality after surgery for stomach cancer. For a long time, Zhou Xihan was on temporary duty to recuperate.
In 1978, Zhou took advantage of the holiday to accompany Zhou Xihan to Hangzhou for recuperation.
At that time, Zhou Xihan followed the doctor's advice and already fell in love with fishing. Of course, Zhou Xihan did not go to the artificial fish pond to fish, but to find rivers and lakes to cast rods.
The water in the wild is fresh and quiet, which is good for the patient's body.
In Hangzhou, Zhou Kangyuan and Zhou Xihan lived in a naval sanatorium, and they took a boat together to fish on the Qiantang River. For Zhou Xihan's fishing gear, Zhou Kangyuan felt very "backward".
Zhou Xihan's fishing gear is processed by himself, which is very difficult to use. Zhou Kangyuan once recommended his father to buy a set of fishing gear in the store, but Zhou Xihan said:"Winning a battle is not all about **.
Zhou Xihan told his son that his fishing rod was a unique local Luohan bamboo picked on the Drum Mountain when he was recuperating in Fuzhou, and he asked the master to process it according to his requirements in the bamboo processing factory at the foot of the mountain, which only cost a little manual fee.
On this day, father and son went fishing again. Zhou Kangyuan caught a big fish first, and then Zhou Xihan also caught one.
According to Zhou's recollectionsAt that time, my father was slipped away for more than half an hour, and the fish suddenly struggled in the river, almost pulling my emaciated father off the boat. ”
After the fish was pulled up, everyone present was taken aback.
The director of the sanatorium said that a few years ago, the chief caught a 52-pound mackerel, setting a river fishing record in the sanatorium. This time, Zhou Xihan broke the record of Chief Luo.
At that time, Zhou Xihan was very happy and left a piece of fish scales.
Just when Zhou Kangyuan was thinking about how to get the fish back to Beijing, Zhou Xihan sent it to the empty stove in the sanatorium.
It turned out that when Zhou Xihan was recuperating, he was still the same as in the past when he went to the army, and whenever he went, he always had to go to the army's room first.
He learned that due to the constraints, the pilots of the air crew stove often could not eat fresh fish, but could only eat frozen fish, and he was worried about it.
After catching fish, Zhou Xihan's first thought was to let the pilots improve their food.
On behalf of the pilot, the dean repeatedly thanked Zhou Xihan for his care, but Zhou Xihan waved his hand and said with a smile"It's better to have fish than to eat fish. ”
After Zhou Xihan died, he left the fishing rod to Zhou for aid. Every time I see my father's fishing rod, Zhou Kangyuan always remembers the good times with my father!