In September 1980, he resigned from the post of vice premier, he could have rested at home, enjoyed the joy of family, and did something he wanted to do, but it was less than three years, ** couldn't be idle, he wanted to find something to do for himself, as long as he could, ** made his own request to **.
**Knowing the request of *** wanting to come out and continue to work, I expressed my understanding very much. The relevant departments approached *** and asked him if it was good for him to be a consultant in the ** organ, and ** said that he was still willing to work at the grassroots level.
In 1983, he was assigned to work as a consultant at a farm in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, and he was very happy that he had worked with the land and crops all his life, and he was very excited to be able to grow crops again after retirement.
The work of the farm is very easy, not as hard as when he took the Dazhai people to build terraces in Hutou Mountain, he only needs to go once a week to give some suggestions or suggestions for improvement of the crops planted on the farm.
**Cheerful personality, he quickly got along with the farm workers, talked and laughed when he went to work, and everyone knew that this "Uncle Yonggui" was amazing.
There are four days a month when he can go to work on the farm, and these four days are his happiest days, and after each day, he starts to look forward to another day next week. **After his illness, he once said to the people around him that the happiest day of his later years was the day when he went to the farm in the eastern suburbs every week.
After going to the farm for more than a year, ** got sick.
** On the Eastern Suburbs Farm.
In January 1985, it was a cold winter in Beijing, and he had a constant headache and cough, which he naturally regarded as a cold. **After going to the hospital to get some medicine and taking it, it is still not good.
On August 2, 1985, Beijing Hospital confirmed that ** was in the advanced stage of lung cancer after various examinations and analyses according to his condition, and on August 12, ** was admitted to Beijing Hospital.
On the day of hospitalization, the retired *** heard the news and immediately came to visit him, and then, Wang Dongxing, **Wu De and others also made a special trip to visit the hospital***
Knowing that he will die soon, he is in a very calm mood, he is not afraid of death, because people always have to die, he thinks a lot, and hopes to arrange everything before leaving.
He instructed his son Chen Mingzhu: "You scatter my ashes in Dazhai, but don't scatter them in the wolf's den, the name of the place is unlucky, and the wolf eats me." With tears in his eyes, Chen Mingzhu looked away, and said to ***: "Dad, what are you talking about?" Don't sprinkle, don't sprinkle. ”
** said to the secretary of Dazhai who visited him: "When I die, you choose a grave for me, is 400 yuan enough?" Before the words fell, Chen Mingzhu took over and said: "Dad, you don't have a sense of proportion when you speak, your son is here, you asked the secretary of the brigade to choose a grave for you?" * hurriedly said, "Alas, I was wrong again. Don't talk about it, I'm wrong, it's all my fault. ”
** Straightforward, tenacious and tenacious, never admit defeat, but when he is about to say goodbye to life, he often takes all the fault on himself. People don't dare to look at the appearance of being tortured by the disease, so they don't look over their heads and quietly wipe their tears.
On March 26, 1986, the 71-year-old Deputy Prime Minister of Farmers *** left forever.
This respected and loved peasant vice premier, a lifetime of hard work, a lifetime of thrift, a lifetime of struggle, he never cares about personal gains and losses, the interests of the country and the people always come first, he gave everything, are dedicated to this land he loves infinitely, this tenacious and tenacious, indomitable peasant vice premier will always be remembered by future generations.