"Isn't it shabby to be such a big official, and when you go back to your hometown and wear cloth shoes to do farm work? ”
Knowing that the senior official, who was already at the vice-state level, was going back to his hometown to farm, the villagers were a little incredulous and couldn't help but discuss. And the central figure of the topic smiled faintly: "What does it look like to wear leather shoes, how can farmers go to work in the fields and wear leather shoes?" ”
In 2003, Mao Zhiyong (first from left) and his wife (middle) then raised chickens and vegetables in their yard with his wife. Only he remembers that before he embarked on his official career, he was bent on going home to farm. In 1951, in Yueyang, Hunan, the secretary of the township party committee in charge of land reform stopped 21-year-old Mao Zhiyong: "Mao family, you come to work with us!" There's a shortage of talent like you. ”
In 2000, Mao Zhiyong (front row, third from left) inspected in Chongqing] Mao Zhiyong, who graduated from high school, waved his hand: "I won't go, my family has divided the land, and I want to go back to farming." But the secretary failed to recruit the right person several times, and found Mao Zhiyong again, and Mao Zhiyong agreed, officially became the secretary's secretary, and joined the party. Although it was not Mao Zhiyong's first choice to enter the first job at the beginning, he "did a line of love and love." After that, he has been conscientious and has made good achievements in the positions of financial and grain assistant of the third district office of Yueyang County, secretary of the district party committee, and director of the party training class of the organization department of the county party committee. In the 60s, when Mao Zhiyong was the leader of the county party committee of a certain county, he found that the local water source problem was the top priority, and the construction of water conservancy projects was imminent, so Mao Zhiyong personally led a team to the mountains to inspect the terrain and build the project. During the entire construction period, Mao Zhiyong ate and lived with the workers and did the same work. Mao Zhiyong attaches great importance to the masses, mingles with the people, and is very loved by the local people. 
In 1992, when Deng Gong (second from right in the front row) and Mao Zhiyong (second from left in the front row) compared production across the country, Mao Zhiyong never made false reports and concealed them. In 1973, Mao Zhiyong was transferred to the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and Hua Lao had already held an important position in Beijing, and he couldn't take care of both ends. In 1977, Hua Lao resigned from Hunan Province, and the 48-year-old Mao Zhiyong officially took over from Hua Lao to govern Hunan. In the following years, Mao Zhiyong actively responded to national policies and greatly promoted Hunan's economy. Because of his outstanding performance, Mao Zhiyong was also transferred to Jiangxi to work for 10 years. 
In 1989, Mao Zhiyong inspected rice with grassroots cadres in Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province] With the advent of the 21st century and the rapid development of society, Mao Zhiyong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes that the stage should be given to the younger generation, and he should take the initiative to choose to retire. 
Mao Zhiyong at the beginning of the new century] Mao Zhiyong refused to arrange a sanatorium, but went back to his hometown to build three tiled houses, and became a farmer again, at this time he was 74 years old. Not only did he plant the vegetables, but he also distributed them to the neighbors. The people in the village persuaded him to do less work, Mao Zhiyong smiled: "It's better to do more work, otherwise, this person is old, sitting at home and doing nothing, the more he thinks about it, the more confused he becomes, the more uncomfortable he becomes, not only his body can't get better, but when he gets sick, not only the country has to spend money, but even his family members have suffered with him, which is not cost-effective!" ”
In 2005, Mao Zhiyong's son Mao Xubao] Later, Mao Zhiyong's son Mao Xubao recalled his father and said: "When my father retired and wanted to go back to his hometown to be a farmer, my mother did not have the slightest obstruction and complaint, and when he was working, he was still working on the side, returning home after work, cooking his favorite meals, and the life of the old couple was no different from that of an authentic farmer." In March 2019, on his deathbed, Mao Zhiyong instructed his children to bury him and his wife in the ancestral grave in the countryside, and he would never leave his hometown again.