Chapter 21 "Patchwork Towel" and "Three Generation Pants"

Dear Comrade Zhou Enlai devoted himself all his life and made immortal contributions to the party and the people, but he himself lived a very frugal and clean life. In the former residence of Zhou Enlai, there is a precious relic, which is the "Hundred Naples" praised by thousands of people in his hometown.This is an ordinary bath towel produced in Shanghai. Comrade Zhou Enlai used it for more than 20 years before his death. Four patches.The materials for these patches are old towels and old masks.During Zhou Enlai's illness and hospitalization, it was also used as a pillow cover.Who can imagine that the prime minister of the government who governs a great country with a population of 800 million and an area of ​​9.6 million square kilometers actually uses such a "patchkin scarf"?Facing this "patchkin scarf", who can not cry for it? !This "hundred napkin" is a testimony to Zhou Enlai's hard and simple life, and it is a good teaching material for educating young people about revolutionary traditions.But it is just a bunch of waves in the ocean of Zhou Enlai's hard and simple life.

Baozhang, Zhou Enlai's nephew, told an equally touching story of "breaking the quilt for life".Once, when he was on a business trip to Beijing, he stopped by Xihua Hall to visit his uncle and aunt.As soon as he entered the door, he saw his aunt Deng Yingchao sewing a quilt wearing presbyopic glasses. "At such an age, with such a busy job, how can you still deal with these trivial family matters?" He was very disturbed.He quickly found a needle and thread, and helped his aunt sew together.Thanks to everyone's help, some holes were finally patched.This quilt is really a veritable "patchwork quilt".Later, Zhou Enlai fell ill and was hospitalized, and the "patchwork quilt" was taken to the hospital for use after being disassembled and washed.At that time, Sun Guiyun, Zhou Enlai's niece and daughter-in-law, was at his home.The staff around Zhou Enlai said to her: "Look, this is the quilt that your uncle built. Several flowers on the quilt have rotted into holes, but the Prime Minister insisted that we not let us replace it with a new one." They had tears in their eyes. The holes on the top were sewed up one by one again before being sent to the hospital.It is such a "patchwork quilt" that accompanied Comrade Zhou Enlai until the day of his death.

From the "hundred patch towel" and "hundred patch quilt", people can't help but think of the story of the Zhou family's "three generations of trousers". Zhou Enlai's nephew, Er Hui, grew up beside his uncle, and he inherited his uncle's hard-working and honest revolutionary tradition and lived a simple life.When he was studying, his uncle gave him a pair of old woolen trousers. He wore them for many years, mended them and repaired them until they could no longer be mended. little trousers.Once, Erhui and his wife took their children to visit their uncle and aunt.Comrade Deng Yingchao saw the child's woolen trousers, and asked in surprise: "Did your mother make these pants for you?" The child told her: "Grandpa gave them to my father. When my father wore them out, my mother changed them for me." After finding out the situation, the two old people were very happy and said, "Good! A pair of trousers have been worn by three generations!" This incident spread in the hometown, and people affectionately called these trousers "three generations pants".

In the old society, we have seen "patchwork clothes" patched with patches and worn out, which is a symbol of the miserable life of the working people in the dark old China.However, more than 20 years after liberation, the material life of the people across the country has long been improved, but our beloved Premier Zhou Enlai consciously lives such a frugal life.These "patchwork towels", "patchwork quilts" and "three generations of trousers" are all faithful witnesses of Comrade Zhou Enlai's great communist character and proletarian revolutionary spirit!Looking at these relics, we can't help but think of a sentence that Zhou Enlai said before his death: "A half thread and a half thread of permanent memory is difficult to survive." May Zhou Enlai's hard and simple style be passed down from generation to generation until forever!