Chapter 3 Chapter Three Lures the "Old Handsome" out of the Cabinet

Mao Zedong, as the great leader and mentor of the Chinese people, his contribution to the Chinese revolutionary cause and the communist movement is immeasurable, and he dedicated his life to work.When asked about his bodyguards, how many hours did Mao put in each day?They all shook their heads and said, "It can't be calculated." "Mao Zedong's day is different from that of our ordinary people. His day is forty-eight hours." Li Yinqiao, the head of the guard, made such an authoritative conclusion that ordinary people can't understand. Li Yinqiao explained it this way: To calculate Mao Zedong's day, you can't just look at it from waking up in the morning, eating at noon, and going to work in the afternoon.Because Mao Zedong's usual working hours usually started in the afternoon and continued until the next morning. At this time, he began to sleep for four or five hours, and then continued to work until the fourth morning or later.If there were no important activities, Mao Zedong's working hours would be repeated in this way.Therefore, his "day" is actually forty-eight hours. In addition to eating two or three meals in these forty-eight hours, he sleeps for four or five hours. Review documents, read books, talk to people, etc. in the toilet.

Li Yinqiao recalled: "In the early days of the Liberation War, when I was a guard for Zhou Enlai, I knew that the leaders of the central government were surprisingly energetic. They often worked for 10 or 20 hours a day, and sometimes they didn't sleep for several days. When Mao Zedong worked as a guard, it was only when he truly discovered that Mao Zedong had the most energy. In addition to Mao Zedong, the five secretaries of the Central Committee at that time included Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Ren Bishi. Since Mao Zedong’s working hours were 48 hours a day It was arranged by Liu, Zhou, Zhu, Ren and other leading comrades who always had to hold meetings with Mao Zedong to discuss important matters, so they often had to follow Mao Zedong. Among them, Mr. Zhu was the oldest and the first I can’t get through it. When the five secretaries have a meeting, our guards have to do some security and service work on the spot, so sometimes I have to go to the meeting place. The leaders have a meeting all night, and often the meeting is open. Mao Zedong’s spirit and thinking are getting better and better. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai always smiled and waved their hands and said, "Don't wake him up, let the boss have a rest for a while, unless they wake him up when voting on major decisions." "Working continuously for dozens of hours, Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai usually have no problems, but Comrade Ren Bishi has enough. He has high blood pressure, and he is prone to dizziness when he is too nervous. Whenever he feels uncomfortable, I will see his head tilted back. , leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes for a while. At this time, several other secretaries hurriedly advised him to go to rest earlier. At this time, Ren Bishi hurriedly knocked on his big pipe and said: "I am younger than you, you can keep working , I’ll go back and rest first, how can I do that! I should do more work than you!’ That’s what he said, and he did the same thing at work, but he was the first to be exhausted later. Not long after the founding of the People’s Republic , my beloved Comrade Ren Bishi fell ill, but Mao Zedong seemed to be fine. He worked all night, as if we had worked all morning. Our guard team normally has three or four people on duty in turns, and we all have This kind of feeling, a few young men can't match Mao Zedong alone."

"From the perspective of people's life rules, Mao Zedong's working hours don't seem to be very beneficial to his health. Has he or others persuaded him to change this habit?" We then asked Li Yinqiao. "There have been, but it is difficult to work." The chief guard said, "I remember that as early as the 1950s, a fellow and old classmate of Mao Zedong, who was the principal of Hunan No. 1 Normal School at the time, was called Mr. Zhou Shizhao. He went to Beijing I came to visit Mao Zedong and learned about Mao Zedong’s working habit of working according to the moon. Later, I wrote to Mao Zedong to persuade him to change this habit. Mao Zedong wrote back to Mr. Zhou on his birthday this year and said: “Yan Sleeping The fault is being corrected. It has been implemented for half a month, and it has been done according to the sun instead of the moon. But it has been reversed recently. It should be corrected after the New Year. Rest more and pay attention to eating, and it is also being done. In short, as you said, it will If you don’t regard it as a major issue, but not as a minor one, you can hope to correct it.” However, Mao Zedong never got rid of it. As far as I know, Mao Zedong was able to correct this habit until he was seriously ill and unable to move.

"I remember that in May 1957, Voroshilov, then chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, visited Beijing. When he left Beijing, Mao Zedong saw him off at his lodging. Voroshilov held Mao Zedong's hand tightly and said emotionally: 'My dearest Comrade Mao Zedong, it hurts me to hear that you work day and night and stay up late every day! Remember, for the sake of your Chinese people and your dear Soviet people, please don't stay up late Yes. I used to work all night too, and I broke down. I want you to do the same, say hello to the sun as soon as it rises, say goodbye to it as soon as it sets, and go to rest.' Voroshilov saw that I was there, Then he said: "Hey, dear Comrade Guard Chief, am I right? You have to urge your chairman to do this!" We advised Mao Zedong to pay attention to rest and stay up late, but Mao Zedong didn't listen at all. Later, we gradually discovered that the 48-hour 'day' is Mao Zedong's special law, and others can't change his work and living habits at all."

"People, after all, are not machines. Year after year, if this goes on for a long time, it will affect Mao Zedong's body!" We said with emotion. "That's right." The chief guard said with a deep sigh, "Mao Zedong is the leader of a country with a quarter of the world's population, and his words and deeds, even his hot and cold, have a great impact. In order not to disturb his special life rules, but also to ensure his health, we, the guards who take care of his basic necessities, have spent a lot of thought on this. In a sense, to ensure Chairman Mao’s sleep, let him sleep well. Moderate rest, these are the two most arduous tasks that our guards undertake. About ensuring Chairman Mao's sleep, I have already talked about it. Here I will talk about our adjustment of Chairman Mao's work-rest balance and proper rest. .”

Here is the story the head guard told us—— If you want to wait for Mao Zedong to be all right and take some time to rest, it will always fail, and the guards are all too familiar with this.In a country as big as China, there are so many things waiting for Mao Zedong to deal with, but Mao Zedong loves to read and study.Therefore, it was almost impossible to find a little leisure in his day. On this day, it was the guard Li Liancheng's turn to be on duty.The chief guard told him that when Feng Yaosong was on shift, Mao Zedong never left his desk, so he had to find a way to let the "old man" rest for a while. Li Liancheng accepted this most common and difficult task.He knows very well that sometimes it is more difficult to let Mao Zedong rest for a while than to go to the battlefield to charge the battle.When Mao Zedong was working and reading, if he walked in rashly and said: "Chairman, please take a break." Or pulled Mao Zedong's sleeve and said: "Chairman, let's take a walk outside!" He hates being interrupted by others suddenly.In short, rashness is absolutely unacceptable in front of Mao Zedong, and Li Liancheng and all the guards understand this very well.

Four or five hours have passed. Besides entering the house to offer Mao Zedong cigarettes for tea, Li Liancheng has quietly poked his head in through the door a dozen times to see if there is any "fighter opportunity" to persuade Mao Zedong to rest, but he always shrinks his head in disappointment. Come. More than two hours passed, and the task entrusted to him by the chief guard had not made any progress. Li Liancheng was so anxious that he rubbed his hands at the door. The young man finally lost his temper, and went in again with the thermos bottle. He wanted to use the opportunity of pouring tea to persuade Mao Zedong to take a rest, but he found that the water in Mao Zedong's water glass was still full, yes!Only a few minutes!Li Liancheng knew how impatient he was by looking at his watch. He was a little nervous, fearing that his too much walking would affect Mao Zedong's concentration on his work. He hurriedly pulled his legs back, but stopped again. It will disturb Mao Zedong even more, what should I do?Speak!Not to mention, it looks like Mao Zedong is going to work for more than ten hours. "If we can't take good care of Mao Zedong and let him combine work and rest, it's our guard's dereliction of duty." Li Liancheng thought of the words of the chief guard.

The boy has no way out. "Chairman, it's time for you to rest." He moved his steps carefully and said softly, not even daring to look directly at Mao Zedong. There was no reply, and after a while, Li Liancheng glanced at Mao Zedong.The other party didn't respond, probably didn't hear it!Therefore, Li Liancheng decided to raise his voice. "Chairman, you should take a break!" "Huh?!" Mao Zedong suddenly raised his head in surprise, and asked the guard suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Look, he was so concentrated that he didn't hear what the guard was saying clearly, thinking that something important had happened.

Li Liancheng's hairs stood on end, he hated himself for not grasping his voice well. "No, it's nothing, Chairman." "Oh, then don't make a fuss!" After Mao Zedong finished speaking, he buried his head in his pile of documents. Li Liancheng didn't dare to show his anger, and stood upright on the spot.He wanted to leave, but he didn't dare to move until the "task" was completed.Let's persuade Mao Zedong again, and I am afraid that interference will cause him to get angry again.What a dilemma. Suddenly, he felt someone lightly poke his lower back.Yo, it's the head of the guard!God, the savior is here!

"How is it, the old man didn't rest?" the head guard asked Li Liancheng with his eyes. "No, I can't even insert a needle!" Li Liancheng replied with his eyes. The head guard frowned, not knowing what to do. At this time, Mao Zedong put down the documents in his hand and began to expand his chest. The chief guard and Li Liancheng were very upset: Mao Zedong is going to take a break!However, they immediately realized that this was not the case, and Mao Zedong picked up a book and read it again, without any intention of taking a break. The head guard was also anxious.He has more responsibilities than any guard.So, he had to take "action".The experienced head guard accurately grasped the "frequency" of his voice, and said: "Chairman, it's time for you to rest."

"Huh?" Now, Mao Zedong wasn't surprised or sullen, but asked strangely, "When did you enter the house?" The head guard smiled: "I just came in, Xiao Li has been standing here for about twenty minutes." "What's the matter?" Mao Zedong asked suspiciously. "It's time to take a rest. You haven't rested since yesterday afternoon, and you haven't eaten anything. If you take too long, your body will break down. Take a rest." The head guard advised kindly. "Yinqiao, how do you know that I didn't rest?" Mao Zedong asked with a smile. The head guard was confident: "There is no need to doubt it. From Xiaofeng's class to Xiao Li's class, we haven't seen you move from the table?" "Subjective, one-sided." Mao Zedong raised the hand holding the book and said with a smile, "I have rested at least two or three times." The head of the guard and Li Liancheng looked at each other, not knowing what "superb theory" Mao Zedong had. Sure enough, I only heard Mao Zedong say: "There are various kinds of rest. My rest methods are: reading documents, reviewing materials, or holding meetings or speaking for too long, and my mind is tired. I just take a book and read it. Wouldn't it be like you said that you can change your mind and rest?" "This..." The chief guard and Xiao Li didn't know what to say, they seemed to feel that Mao Zedong's words were not comprehensive, and couldn't think of a more powerful theory to refute him. "Okay, you guys go down, I still have some urgent documents to review." After Mao Zedong said, he got into his pile of documents again. It's hard to say anything now.The head guard and Xiao Li retreated like deflated balls. It is really difficult to "deal with" Mao Zedong! "Silver Bridge! Has the chairman rested yet?" At this moment, Zhou Enlai entered the duty room and asked when he saw him. "Prime Minister, the chairman hasn't rested for twenty hours. He doesn't sleep and doesn't come out to rest for a while. I'm trying to find a way!" The chief guard hurriedly reported. Zhou Enlai also patted his forehead in embarrassment: "During this period, there are many important documents that have to be approved by the chairman. He must be very nervous and will not be able to sleep well. However, you must let him combine work and rest, and do everything possible to let him He rests more." Because of something, Zhou Enlai left a task for the guards and left. "What can we do?" Li Liancheng was anxious and unable to think of a solution, and yelled at the chief guard. "Calm down." The chief guard signaled him to be quiet, and he started to pace up and down in the duty room cabin. Suddenly, he asked Li Liancheng, "Hey, is the boiler room ready for use?" "Boiler room?" Li Liancheng didn't understand why the chief guard suddenly asked this, so he said, "It works, the boiling water I poured just now came from the new boiler room." "Okay, there it is!" The head guard patted his thigh happily, "Come on, come with me." Li Liancheng didn't know what new trick the head guard had.On weekdays, when it comes to "governing" Mao Zedong, the head of the guard has the most ideas, perhaps because Mao Zedong especially trusts him.But today, Li Liancheng was a little puzzled. When he was approaching the door of Mao Zedong's office, he tugged on the sleeve of the head of the guard: "What's going on, head of the guard?" "You, you don't know how to use your brain." The head guard told him softly with a smile, "The boiler room can boil water, the chairman can wash his hands and take a bath, unlike before, we had to rely on us to bring in water basin by basin. The chairman will definitely be as happy about this new change as he was when he discovered the bathroom last time, with this happiness, can we pull him out of the pile of documents?" Li Liancheng slapped his head and laughed when he heard it. He thought of the toilet. In the past, there was no toilet in the yard of Juxiang Bookstore where Mao Zedong worked and lived.The difficulty of going to the toilet not only brings trouble to the workers here, but also inconveniences the guests who come for meetings or visits.Whenever Mao Zedong went to the toilet, he had to go to the backyard. This distance was not much shorter than the way for ordinary people living in Beijing courtyards to go to the public toilet.How to solve this problem?This tossed the scheming chief guard a lot.Later, he finally figured out a good way to build a one-story house close to the rear window of Mao Zedong's office according to the requirements of the bathroom, and then open a door on the wall of the office to connect with the bathroom, so that Mao Zedong's bedroom can be opened. , office and toilet become a complete suite.The guards all said that this method was good, so they agreed on a plan with the masters of the Zhongnanhai repair team, and finished the work together while Mao Zedong was sleeping.After Mao Zedong got up, he found new changes in the office, and he realized that he didn't need to walk more to go to the toilet. "Hey, who of you came up with this method?" Mao Zedong asked with a smile on his face. The head guard hurriedly explained: "It was determined by us and the masters of the repair team." "Okay, this is much more convenient, thank you!" Mao Zedong thanked you repeatedly, and went back and forth in several rooms to inspect carefully, looking very happy. Building the bathroom was considered a good deed for Mao Zedong. It also created an opportunity for Mao Zedong, who hadn't had a good rest for several days and nights, to relax, for which the guards repeatedly praised. The problem of going to the toilet has been solved, but heating is still a problem. If there is no good heating facilities in the house in winter in the north, it will be very sad for a few months. In the past, the house of Juxiang Bookstore was heated by a floor stove. It didn't work, and the guards proposed to install boilers and radiators.The head of the guard and the guards studied it painstakingly, and finally they chose to build a small boiler room in an open space next to Mao Zedong's office.This can not only solve the heating of Juxiang Bookstore, but also provide hot water for Mao Zedong's washing.Using spare time, the guards and the masters of the repair team quickly built the small boiler room, and the guards also specially selected careful guards to be in charge of burning the boiler. Now, of course, the captain of the guard is very happy to hear that the boiler can be used, because he has another "chance".Li Liancheng also suddenly realized, so the two happily walked into Mao Zedong's office. Mao Zedong was still immersing himself in his work, so the chief guard gently stepped forward and reminded Mao Zedong in the most appropriate tone: "Chairman, if you continue like this, you will become a bit bureaucratic." "What, Yinqiao, what did you say?" Mao Zedong felt the suddenness of the chief guard's question, so he couldn't help but put down the document in his hand and became serious. "Old Man" took the bait!Li Liancheng almost laughed out loud, he was overwhelmed with admiration for the chief guard's "brilliant move". "Yes, Chairman, I said that if you just concentrate on your work, you will commit bureaucracy." The head of the guard looked serious.Except for him, probably no one dared to say this in front of Mao Zedong. "Oh, then tell me, where do I have bureaucracy?" Mao Zedong always listened carefully to the words of the head of the guard, and this time was no exception. Seeing that Mao Zedong was serious, the head guard laughed himself first. "Chairman, I mean that you just concentrate on your work and pay little attention to what's going on around you. If you don't believe me, what's new in this office?" Mao Zedong raised his eyes and looked around, but found nothing, so he said: "Could it be that they built another bathroom for me?" Seeing that Mao Zedong had entered the role, the chief guard let go of his courage, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "Come on, come here and take a look." At this time, Li Liancheng also came up, and the two supported Mao Zedong together. Go to the bathroom and turn on the tap. "Chairman, try it." Mao Zedong didn't understand what he meant, so he put his hand under the faucet. "Huh? The water is hot!" Mao Zedong was surprised. "Chairman, we built a small boiler room behind your office. In this way, the problem of heating in winter has finally been solved, and there is no need to pour boiling water everywhere." The chief guard said excitedly, "The most critical part, Chairman, do you still have a boiler room?" Didn't find it!" "What new tricks?" Mao Zedong asked with a smile. Li Liancheng quickly walked to the tub, turned on the faucet, and immediately steaming water flowed into the tub. "Well, the bathing is also automated!" Mao Zedong was very unhappy.Seeing that the time had come, the chief guard stepped forward to unbutton Mao Zedong's coat. "Chairman, if you don't take this first automated hot bath, you will regret it forever!" "Okay, wash, take a hot bath!" Mao Zedong happily accepted the suggestion of the head of the guard. The two were as excited as if they drank a few glasses of fine wine. They rubbed Mao Zedong's back and massaged Mao Zedong vigorously for a full hour.As for Mao Zedong, in the hot water, he sometimes closed his eyes and rested his mind, and sometimes played in the water and made waves. He was rarely happy. "Comfortable, very comfortable, you have done another good thing for me, thank you!" After getting out of the bath, Mao Zedong said happily, and told the head of the guard and Li Liancheng: "I'm going to sleep." "Hey!" The head guard and Li Liancheng smiled at each other, and helped Mao Zedong to the bedroom. During this sleep, Mao Zedong slept for a full eight hours.The guards cheered long live in the duty room several times. There will not be too many opportunities for Mao Zedong to take a good rest in this way, because it is impossible to always build toilets and install boilers.Therefore, in order to truly make Mao Zedong achieve a balance between work and rest, it is more necessary for the guards to attack the needles and seduce them skillfully.There are still opportunities, the key depends on whether the guards can grasp the "heat". It was a few days in a row that the guards were anxious about Mao Zedong's rest. Suddenly, after lunch that day, Mao Zedong walked out of the study and stopped on the steps.He looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, then cleared his throat, and sang "Empty City Strategies" familiar to the guards. The guards immediately burst into smiles.Whenever Mao Zedong sings "Empty City Strategies", good things will happen.At this time, Mao Zedong was generally in a good mood, and he would agree to whatever the guards and family members asked. Here's another chance!The guard who was playing with Li Na and Jiang Qing in Jiang Qing's house quickly hinted at Li Na with his eyes, and the clever Li Na jumped out of the house when he saw that his uncles had sent her an "offensive signal".Jiang Qing also hurriedly followed out. In the corridor in the courtyard, the guard, Jiang Qing, and Li Na stood there together, watching Mao Zedong with his hands behind his back, humming, and circling among the seven green cypresses alone. Mao Zedong suddenly looked up and saw the people standing in the corridor, and he suddenly realized something: "Oh, come and play, let's play!" The guards were so happy that they clapped their hands because they had won again—creating a special atmosphere that made Mao Zedong feel that it was time to "play".Today's "battle plan" is to let Jiang Qing, who is not easy to get along with his beloved daughter, appear in front of Mao Zedong, who is in high spirits.It worked. Jiang Qing, who had repeatedly scolded Mao Zedong behind his back for ignoring others, also seemed a little agitated at this time.Hearing what Mao Zedong said, Jiang Qing immediately responded in a tentative tone: "How about playing mahjong?" The hearts of the guards rose to their throats: What did Jiang Qing do? Mao Zedong is the last person to play mahjong!Fortunately, they immediately had a "savior" - Li Na said: "Dad, are you playing mahjong, just play mahjong!" Mao Zedong was never afraid of all kinds of meanness and unreasonable troubles from Jiang Qing, but he couldn't stand a few coquettish entanglements from his beloved daughter, and replied: "Okay, let's play mahjong!" As if they heard the horn of charge, the guards turned around and rushed into the house with a "wow", those who moved the table moved the table, those who placed the cards placed the cards, cheering and laughing, as if they were celebrating a wedding. "I've been here for so long, and I haven't seen the chairman play mahjong with his family!" Just as a young guard expressed his emotion, Feng Yaosong, an old guard, "kicked" him: "The recruits have only been here for a few days! I and It's the first time the old man has seen him play so happily in the past ten years!" When the table was served, it was a "circle". After the meal was over, the guards went to Mao Zedong's side while the iron was hot, and suggested softly: "Chairman, do you want to eat together?" Opportunities are also rare, especially to eat with one's own children.On weekdays, Mao Zedong always insisted that his children eat in the big cafeteria.Today, the guards have once again mastered the "fire". "Okay." Mao Zedong replied with a nod. It was rare for the family to have a meal together. Being able to pull Mao Zedong out of his office for a while is a happy thing for the guards.For this reason, the guards have spent a lot of thought. Normally, apart from working and reading, Mao Zedong's way of resting is relatively rigid, nothing more than taking a walk, playing mahjong and other things that are really rare in a thousand years.This brings a certain degree of difficulty to the guards' tricks.Fortunately, the guards, especially the head of the guard, were very familiar with Mao Zedong's character, temper, and habits, so they could basically know themselves and the enemy, and won every battle with a difference of seventy or eighty. Another time, the head of the guard followed Mao Zedong to inspect work in the south.Along the way, Mao Zedong either talked to people during the day, or attended various meetings, visited factories and villages, and sat under the lamp at night for a whole night.The schedule is so tight that there are no gaps. The head guard saw it and was anxious.Just a few words of persuasion, Mao Zedong didn't listen at all, and sometimes he couldn't hold it together, so he spread his hands and said, "It's not easy for me to come out once. Now that I'm out, I want to see more and learn more about the situation. If you want to be in Beijing, you two Don't let me move around, can you let me go this time if you have a chance?" Of course the chief guard can understand this, but when he thinks of the responsibilities he shoulders, he will have a sense of mission that cannot be relaxed for a moment. The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee arranged a big hotel.The clever head of the guard lingered outside the door of Mao Zedong's office several times, trying to persuade Mao Zedong to put down the pen in his hand and rest for a while, but he couldn't think of an idea. "Ping! Ping! Ping! Pong!" What sound?The captain of the guard heard movement at the end of the corridor, and stepped forward to open a door.Oh, it turned out that the waiters were playing table tennis. "Head of the Guard, come and play!" "Hey, oh, no no!" The head guard smiled apologetically and exited the door.At this moment, he thought of "a trick".So, he went straight into Mao Zedong's room. Mao Zedong still buried his head in his book, and the smoke lingered in the room.The head guard hurriedly opened a window slightly to let the smoke escape.Then, he walked lightly to Mao Zedong's desk. "Chairman, the waiters in the hotel heard that you are good at table tennis, and they all want to invite you to play!" The head guard began to "play tricks". "Is my level worth showing shame?" Mao Zedong said without raising his head. The head guard pursed his lips, and intentionally raised his voice half a "block": "If you want me to say yes, your table tennis level can now be regarded as 'Amuling'." "What'Amuling'?" Mao Zedong knew the meaning of "Amuling" in Shanghai dialect, so he resolutely put down his pen, got up and waved his hands: "Let's go, see if I'm really 'Amuling'?" The head guard was overjoyed: the old man has been tricked.But his face was still serious, and he pretended not to go: "Where is it, Chairman, I think it's better not to go! You will really be 'Amuling' by then, it will affect your image too much! " When Mao Zedong heard this, he refused to give up, and waved his hand: "Let's go, what image is not image." Wonderful!The head of the guard followed behind Mao Zedong, dancing with joy—he was about to win again!This move is called aggressive method.He knew that Mao Zedong's personality was to love challenges.Whether it is nature, politics, or military, the greater the challenge, the stronger, more persevering, more agile, and more superhuman the courage, perseverance, ingenuity, and wisdom Mao Zedong displayed in it! Today, playing table tennis is nothing compared to winning or losing, but after all, Mao Zedong was "stimulated" out of work, and this is the biggest gain.Could the head guard be unhappy? The appearance of Mao Zedong surprised the waiters who were playing table tennis.They huddled together and cheered.After a while, Mao Zedong got on the table. "Come on, who is the opponent, please come on!" Mao Zedong held a ping-pong board and made a posture of challenge. But the venue froze all of a sudden: everyone wanted to go up, no one dared to go up, no one went up, it would be bad to neglect Mao Zedong!The head guard hurriedly grabbed the ping-pong bat from a waiter and started fighting with Mao Zedong. This is a real fight.The captain of the guard lashed out left and right, showing no mercy. Mao Zedong conceded the ball again and again, and the spirit went all out at once. Left-right, come-back.Seeing that Mao Zedong had entered the "role", the chief guard took the initiative to let the waiter beside him play. So, the waiters standing aside rushed to the stage to confront Mao Zedong a few times.This is no better than playing basketball, it is clearly a rare good opportunity to be able to play with a great leader once and be lucky for three lifetimes. As a result, the waiters, no matter how skilled in the game, were "defeated" one after another. Mao Zedong won consecutive victories, and became stronger in the Vietnam War. In the end, he even dunked five times in a row, each time was accurate, and forced the opponent to "eat shit". As a result, laughter resounded in and out of the corridors of the hotel. Mao Zedong laughed and burst into tears.However, the happiest person in the arena was the head of the guard, because he once again let Mao Zedong get the best rest. "Mao Zedong is a very emotional person. He usually speaks humorously and pays attention to artistry in his work. This also has a subtle education for our guards. Therefore, when we do things for his old man, we must also be more or less artistic. This is my experience following Mao Zedong for many years, and it is also one of the reasons why Mao Zedong and other leading comrades in the central government praised me for doing a good job.” Li Yinqiao, the head of the guard, told us today. After listening to his story, we also deeply felt this point. 1955 was an important year after the founding of New China.Mao Zedong once described this year in this way: "In 1955, in China, it was the year when socialism and capitalism decided the victory. This decisive battle was first convened by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in March, July and March. It was shown in the three meetings in October. The first half of 1955 was full of smog and haze. But in the second half of 1955, it completely changed and became a different climate. Tens of millions of peasants took action to respond to the party’s The call of the central government is to implement cooperation." At the end of the year, with great enthusiasm, Mao Zedong devoted himself to the editing work of the glorious book "The Socialist Upsurge in Rural China" in three volumes, the first, second, and second volumes, with a total of more than 900,000 words. One hundred and four notes were written. Because the book was to be published in January 1956, the guards saw with their own eyes that Mao Zedong started working day and night to edit the book.There are more than one hundred manuscripts in the whole book, which is a thick stack.Due to the poor text of the manuscript, most of the titles are news-style titles, and some titles are as long as dozens of characters.Mao Zedong was like a teacher revising an elementary school student's composition. He edited each article, sentence by sentence, and paragraph by paragraph.The secretaries knew that he had the habit of working at night, so they always came to his office early the next morning to pick up Mao Zedong's revised manuscripts, and took them to transcribe together with the written notes.For a few days, Mao Zedong also asked the guards to send the materials to the secretariat after dinner. The secretaries felt very strange: "Isn't the chairman sleeping during the day? Why is there another batch of revised manuscripts?" "He hasn't slept for several days," said the guard. "Oh, how can he stand it!" The secretaries became worried, so they advised Mao Zedong to pay attention to rest and not to be too tired when they went to Mao Zedong to collect materials again. At this time, Mao Zedong always smiled and said: "The socialist enthusiasm of the people is so high and the pace is so fast, I can't sleep!" Mao Zedong did speak his mind.At that time, not only Mao Zedong was infected and excited by the high enthusiasm of the broad masses of the people to take the socialist road, but almost all the leaders and staff in Zhongnanhai shared this emotion. "The masses are taking action, how can we still be free?" A kind of high-spirited revolutionary sentiment can be seen and heard everywhere in China at that time from top to bottom. How to make Mao Zedong get a proper rest during this highly emotional process has become a headache for the guards. In the past one or two months, although Mao Zedong ate well, as long as he could fall asleep, he didn't need to take sleeping pills a few times, but after all, he slept too little and was too focused on work.On the one hand, he was excited and excited by the vigorous socialist movement in various places he saw from the materials, and on the other hand, it was indeed caused by the heavy workload and tight time for publishing the book.Except for eating and going to the toilet, Mao Zedong didn't even leave his desk.It takes hours, ten hours, sometimes even longer to sit down. On the night of early winter, the north wind swept into Beijing city with cold air, and swept into Zhongnanhai.The lights of Juxiang Bookstore are still on all night long. Under the window outside the house, guards in coats are quietly guarding their great leader. From their hasty replacement actions, it can be seen that he is not at peace. "Head of the guard, what should we do? The old man hasn't left his desk for two days and two nights!" The guard Xiaotian asked anxiously the head of the guard who came to check the post. "Is your brain moving?" the head guard asked. "I've tried everything, but it just won't work. In the afternoon, Premier Zhou and Jiang Qing came here to try and persuade me, but it still didn't work." The head guard gently pushed open the door of Mao Zedong's office, peeked in through a crack, and closed the door again. "Well, the old man never stops working when he's in the mood." "Head of the guard, you are not wearing cotton-padded clothes, go home and rest," Oda suddenly felt a few drops of water on his face, looked up at the sky above the yard, and said, "Look, it's so cold, it's snowing gone." "Really?" Upon hearing this, the head guard excitedly ran to the center of the yard and stood there for a while, then happily patted Oda on the shoulder, "I have a solution, you go back and rest first, I will be on duty for you." "How can that be done!" "Why not? Do you have a way to let Chairman Mao rest?" The head of the guard took over the first army of Oda, so Oda obediently took off his coat and put it on for the head of the guard, and went back to the dormitory to rest. The snow is getting bigger and bigger quietly, covering the whole earth with a layer of silver.The head guard watched the snowflakes cover the tiled roof and grass outside the yard of Juxiang Bookstore layer by layer... Come down, come down quickly, he stood motionless in the corridor, staring at the snowy night sky, feeling in his heart He was extremely excited because he thought of a secret in Mao Zedong's character: love snow. The chief guard couldn't help but gently chanted Mao Zedong's great poem of great momentum and incomparable poetic flavor.This poem "Qinyuanchun Snow" is the chief guard's favorite poem, not only because the poem itself is well written, but also because he knows that Mao Zedong loves snow as much as he does.I remember it was the winter of 1951. When the first snow fell in Beijing this year, it coincided with the climax of the "Three Antis" and "Five Antis".毛泽东工作了一夜后，天亮时便放下笔，伸了个懒腰后，便往门外走。他刚刚跨出门槛，猛地停住了脚。 原来，门外正纷纷扬扬地下着大雪，毛泽东像孩子似的睁着惊喜的双眼，动情地凝视着这银色世界。他被雪激动了，陶醉了。 毛泽东一生有四大最显着的爱好：抽烟、吃辣、游泳、恋雪。前两者当为饮食爱好，后两者属于人与自然之间所产生的属性。毛泽东对游泳的爱好，显示了一个伟大政治家的远大志向和气魄，而他对雪的恋情，则完全是诗人的气质。 一次，他问卫士长喜欢不喜欢雪。当听卫士长说喜欢时，他高兴得像找到知音似的：“银桥，不知是不是我们俩都有一个慈善和信佛的母亲的缘故，在许多方面我们俩的趣味很相像。我爱雪，十分的爱。刚到延安的那一年冬天下雪时，我一听说下雪了，便从炕上跳下来跑到窑洞外面，后来发现自己的脚上竟连鞋都没穿……”“哈哈哈……”卫士长差点没笑断了腰。这事他曾听老警卫人员说过，如今听毛泽东亲口说后，更觉得有趣。 北国的雪不下则已，一下便如鹅毛盖地。毛泽东被眼前的景象深深地迷住了。 这时，一位卫兵进院，见毛泽东站在雪地旁停住了脚步，以为雪挡了他的道，便赶忙找来一把扫帚匆匆去扫路。 毛泽东突然像被人戳痛似的惊叫起来：“不要扫！我不要你扫！”说着，他像丢了什么东西似的又四周看了看，发现院子里的铺砖路上的雪只有薄薄一层，便大声问卫兵：“这路是你扫的吗？” 卫兵以为毛泽东批评他没尽到责任把雪扫干净，便忙解释道：“黎明前我已扫过两次，可雪一直下着，所以……” “你，你一次也别扫了！听见了吗？” 卫士被毛泽东的话弄得怔怔地呆看着被扫过的雪地，不知是怎么回事。 毛泽东没有再去理会卫兵，独自走出廊檐，走下台阶。步子迈得小且又移步小心翼翼，仿佛怕惊醒一个甜美的梦。刚走出两步，他又停了下来。转身看看自己刚刚留在雪地上的脚印，双目闪耀着新奇的惊奇。他不再抬腿了，怕洁白无瑕的雪地被“无情”的脚踩坏了。 “哦，空气多新鲜么！”他贪婪地吸着，透着那雪花儿带来的舒心气息。 “主席，走一走吧，这样站久了会感冒的。”卫兵远远地提醒道。 毛泽东没有理会，而是抽身走进没有雪的廊檐下，然后推开后门，朝中南海走去。 卫士长看到了，赶忙追随而去。他发现，毛泽东爱雪爱得“自私”：自己院子里的雪连扫都不让扫，而到了“他人”之地的雪地，竟双脚放肆地在雪地里打转转。 “好么，雪多么！”毛泽东独自踩着雪，嘴里不停地喃喃着。 从那以后，卫士们都知道毛泽东爱雪，爱得无限柔情。于是，每逢下雪，卫士长就交代卫士们，不要打扫丰泽园里外的雪地，留下来，供毛泽东观赏。 关于毛泽东恋雪这一点，除了有诗人气质的陈毅同志非常了解外，许多中央首长并不知道此事。于是，雪天如有领导到毛泽东办公处时，见院内院外都是雪，免不了一边皱着眉头跺去沾在脚上的雪，一边大声责怪卫士：“你们这些小鬼，怎么这么懒呀？也不把院子的雪给扫一扫？” 卫士们听了，也满不在乎地笑笑便是。 想起昨天，看看眼前，卫士长仿佛轻松了许多。因为他知道，只要有雪，毛泽东便能将手头再重要的事都可以毫不顾虑地甩在一边，然后出去到雪地里走走。 “真是天助我也。”天已亮，下雪后的早晨显得异常的美，卫士长充满信心地走进了毛泽东的办公室。 他什么话都没说，拉起毛泽东便走。 “哎，银桥，你要干什么？”毛泽东被卫士长的突然行动，弄得有些恼怒，但这最多也就一两秒的时间，当他被扶出门口时，毛泽东的神色一下由愠色变成了惊喜之态。 “啊，下雪了！下雪了！我怎么一点也没有感觉到呀！”毛泽东伸出手，接住几片雪花，然后放到嘴边，用舌尖一触，咂咂嘴，舒心地笑了起来。 “银桥，走，咱们从后门出去，到雪地里走走。” 看，毛泽东就是在如此兴头上也不忘恋雪的“自私”：他不踩自己门前的，却愿去踩“他人”的雪。 “银桥，看看表，十分钟。”毛泽东一边吩咐卫士长，一边只管迈开大步在雪地里东踩西踩，那脚步比平时热烈许多。本来，他的走路姿势就显得摆动很大，此刻，那肩膀和腰，随着不安宁的手脚更是左右摇晃着，真有那么点手舞足蹈样儿。 卫士长笑了，笑得像喝了蜜一样的甜。 “几分钟了？”毛泽东突然问。他的生物钟极其准确，平时他说休息十分钟，准超不了十一分钟。 是的，又是十分钟了，可今天，卫士长却故意一本正经地回答道：“六分钟了！” 毛泽东似乎真相信了，于是继续他的“手舞足蹈”。 卫士长看着表，已经快到二十分钟了，再不能犯“欺君之罪”了，他不忍心地喃喃道：“主席，现在十分钟了。” 毛泽东很不忍心地收住脚步，口喘粗气，做了个扩胸动作后，便返回了办公室。 “今天你的表好像出了点问题。”坐下后，毛泽东便说。 卫士长不敢撒谎，支吾道：“可能我的表……慢了。” “哦——，我觉得是快了么！” “还快呀？”卫士长叫了起来，“我已经多给你十分钟了呀！” “是吗？”毛泽东装作惊讶地望着卫士长，继而哈哈大笑起来。 卫士长明白了，跟着大笑。他笑毛泽东的幽默，更笑自己终于又一次顺利地让老人家整整休息了二十分钟！多不容易，可又多么开心呀！ 一位西方国家的领导人在同毛泽东的仅仅一次接触后，便这样着文道：“世界上很少有一位聪明绝顶的智者可以同毛泽东相比。也许你同他仅仅是几十分钟的接触，但就是在这短短的几十分钟里，你会发现自己留下的印象将是一生的。他的思维，他的机智，使再伟大的哲人在他面前也会显得多少有些笨拙……” 这是毫不夸张的评语。毛泽东就是这样一位超人的智慧巨人。然而，他的卫士们为了能让其做到劳逸结合，则设下道道的妙计，让毛泽东这位智慧巨人“上钩”。我们听后觉得蛮有情趣。 这事发生在西柏坡。自从毛泽东、周恩来、任弼时率党中央从陕北来到河北平山县的西柏坡与刘少奇、朱德等领导组成的中央工委会合后，这里便成了中国革命的心脏。 当时全国战场上的形势发生巨大变化，我人民解放军已开始组织大规模力量，在全国战场围歼国民党反动军队。五大书记的会合，给中国革命带来了新的转折，中央机关上上下下充满了欣喜的革命情绪。毛泽东等一到这里，机关的工作人员就提出要组织一个晚会，目的是想借机见一见首长们，和首长一起娱乐娱乐。后来经有关领导同意，决定搞一次舞会。 搞舞会是延安时期的传统，那时每星期都有，毛泽东等领导也经常参加，他的舞就是在那儿学会的。当时在延安采访的美国女记者安娜.路易斯.斯特朗和王稼祥的夫人朱仲丽，还有江青都是毛泽东的业余教员和舞伴。现在到了西柏坡，全国的革命形势又越来越好，机关的小青年们自然对舞会的兴趣更浓了，但大伙更多的还是出于对领袖们的敬意和关心，除了要见见首长外，大家都知道毛泽东此时正在运筹伟大的辽沈、淮海、平津战役，每天没日没夜地工作，希望通过舞会把大帅们从办公桌上拉出来松弛松弛。 组织者怕届时请不到毛泽东，便干脆把舞场设在毛泽东、周恩来、任弼时的住房门前。那里正好有一块老乡们的打谷场，比较宽敞，也比较安全。 “主席，今天晚上有舞会，大家都希望您参加。”那时还是卫士组长的李银桥进来对毛泽东说。 毛泽东“嗯”了一声，没有明确回答。下午，他出门散步，看了看同志们正在布置的舞场，很高兴地转了转，没说什么话又回到了屋里。 晚饭后，舞场上灯火辉煌，附近的中央机关的男女干部们，有的还带着小孩，有说有笑地都来参加了。村上的老乡也有不少人来看热闹。 朱总司令第一个到，他是有名的“舞迷”，有舞会必到，同志们给了他热烈的掌声。这时，刘少奇同志也来了，于是打谷场上又是一阵热烈的鼓掌、欢笑声。该到时间了，可毛泽东和周恩来还没有来。 叶子龙问李银桥：“主席怎么没来呀？” 李银桥回答说：“请不动，一吃过晚饭，他就像钉在办公桌前似的再也抬不起身。” “不行，不行，一定请主席来。我们都等着见他呢！”舞场上的小青年们你一句、我一言地嚷嚷道。 李银桥灵机一动，对叶子龙说：“哎，动用一下你的'看家武器'吧！” 叶子龙会意地一笑，便跑到孩子群里，把毛泽东的孩子李讷和他自己的千金燕燕与二娃叫了出来：“李讷、燕燕、二娃，现在交给你们一个重要任务：你们到毛主席办公室，把他拉出来，叫他到这儿来玩玩。” 李讷撅着小嘴问：“要是我爸爸不肯来呢？” “那你们就耍赖。” “啊，叶叔叔坏，叶叔叔坏。”李讷蹬着一双小腿叫起来，逗得在场的人都哈哈笑。 “快去吧，李讷。告诉你爸爸，说外边可热闹啦，大家都在跳舞，叫他出来休息休息，他要是不来，你和燕燕、二娃就硬拉他出来。”李银桥给孩子们出点子。 “哎！”李讷这才高高兴兴地带着燕燕、二娃跑进了毛泽东的屋里。 怕小将们有误，叶子龙和李银桥片刻后也走了进去，他们还未到门口，便见三个小将前拉后推地把毛泽东请了出来。 “主席，休息休息吧，机关的同志都想看看你呢！”叶子龙、李银桥迎上去说道。 毛泽东说：“我有什么好看的呀！” “好看好看，叔叔阿姨们都要看你呢！”李讷、燕燕、二娃摇晃着毛泽东的胳膊，撒娇地嚷着。 “好好，我服从小将们，我服从。”这样，毛泽东便随着孩子们的摆布来到了舞场。 顿时，舞场上高潮迭起。这一晚，毛泽东与大家整整跳了两个来小时，得到了难得的活动和休息。 卫士们都知道，毛泽东的性格里刚毅占据了大半，他要认定的事别人是很难劝说得动的。在工作与休息这一问题上也同样。但只要是孩子们一出动，毛泽东便总是“投降”。 进北京后，中南海也经常有舞会，毛泽东忙，所以平时一般很少见到他参加。卫士们犯愁时，便又动用“看家武器”。当然，用时也要巧妙，否则会引起毛泽东的反感。 又是一个周末舞会的时候了。毛泽东对卫士们劝他休息休息的话已不再见效，这下又不得不再一次动用“看家武器”了。 李讷是每天都由李银桥等卫士接送上学的。晚饭过后，李银桥、叶子龙等找来李讷、燕燕，又一次“密授”机宜：“主席已经有好几天没休息了，今天晚上你们无论如何得拉他出来跳舞去。” “还让我们去哪！”小李讷的倔劲又来了，说：“叶叔叔、李叔叔，再让我们去，我爸爸就不会再信我们啦。” “不会的，李讷，我问你，你爸爸最喜欢谁？”李银桥有意问。 “当然是我啦！”李讷得意地挺起胸膛。 “这就对了，你爸爸最喜欢听他最喜欢的人的话。”叶子龙接过话。 “因此，我就最最最最应该去！”调皮的小李讷冲着叶子龙做鬼脸，逗得卫士们哈哈大笑。 叶子龙把李讷和自己的小女儿燕燕拉到一块儿，说：“你们进去后，如果主席不跟你们走，你们就说：'你再不活动活动，肚皮就会很大很大，我们就不喜欢你了！'怎么样？” “哎！”两个小将又高兴地领着任务进了毛泽东的书房。 没两分钟，毛泽东在门口出现了。见卫士们都站在门口，便说：“这两个小家伙，非得拉我出来跳舞。说我再不活动活动，就不喜欢我了。说我肚皮会越来越大，大得没人喜欢了。”毛泽东说着，用手拍拍他那微微隆起的肚子，幽默道：“你们看，这个地方还真越来越大了。好，为了不让大家抛弃我，走，跳舞去！” 卫士们顿时欢欣鼓舞。 “小将诱老帅”，战果真可谓辉煌。 卫士长除了采用上述“战术”劝毛泽东休息外，还有特殊“招数”。他的家住在菊香书屋的侧院，与毛泽东的住处仅仅一墙之隔，中间有一小门相通。每逢看到毛泽东几天得不到休息，着急得无计可施时，他便来次“走后门”：有意放行自己年幼的儿子和女儿进入毛泽东的办公处——在平时，他是绝不让自己的儿女随便进菊香书屋的院子，怕干扰毛泽东的工作。现在情况特殊，他也采取了“特殊战术”。 孩子年幼不懂事，于是手里玩个皮球、乒乓球什么的，东玩玩，西玩玩，一会儿就溜进了毛泽东的屋子里。 这个“战术”，卫士长心里是吊着胆子的，于是，不敢怠慢地悄悄紧随在孩子的后面“侦察”。孩子进屋，里面没有大声嚷嚷的声音，卫士长在门外静静地等候，过了一会儿，他不安地轻轻探头进去一看：哈哈，毛泽东正蹲着身子，跟孩子们玩儿上了！ 卫士长站在门外，掩着嘴哧哧地笑开了。 二十来分钟了，估计毛泽东休息得差不多了，卫士长便习惯地整整衣服，装出一副严父的架势，走进屋里便朝孩子又是瞪眼又是嚷嚷：“喂！谁让你们到这儿来影响主席工作的？还不走！” 孩子胆怯地站起来看着自己爸爸的样子，十分可怜。 毛泽东见状不干了：“你别把娃儿吓坏了，是我让他们在这儿玩的！”老人家转身抚摸着两个孩子的头，慈祥地说：“娃儿别怕，下次我们再玩，啊，今天就到这里。” 卫士长顺水推舟，带着孩子出了毛泽东的屋子，回到家，他忍不住蹲下身，重重地在两个孩子的脸蛋上亲了两口：“好儿子，好闺女，你们立了一个大功！” 在毛泽东面前敲竹杠，大概谁都没有听说过吧？ 卫士们告诉我们，他们确实敲过毛泽东的“竹杠”。后来在采访卫士长时，他本人证实了这一点。 “你们不要以为跟毛泽东在一起，一天到晚都必须板着脸，其实相反，只要不是工作时间，毛泽东极爱跟身边的工作人员说说笑笑。我们这些工作人员呢，这个时候也可以放开胆子想说什么，就说什么，用不着顾忌。”卫士长对我们说。 大家都知道，毛泽东是一贯反对别人给他过生日的。记得在延安毛泽东五十岁生日时，有关领导人提出要给他做寿，当时赞成的人不少，可是毛泽东坚决反对。全国解放后，在他的生日时，也有人曾提出过类似建议，均被毛泽东断然否定，所以后来再也没人提此类事了。每逢他生日时，友好国家的领袖们经常不忘给毛泽东发来贺电或送来礼物为其做寿，像金日成、胡志明、铁托，还有戴高乐等。场面上的兴师动众去掉了，但在小范围，我们这些工作、生活在毛泽东身边的人，依然不忍心忘掉这件事，所以一到12月26日这一天，虽然是就那么几个简单的家常菜，总爱跟毛泽东凑凑热闹，目的无非让他老人家高兴高兴。即便是这样，毛泽东还是反对，他曾说过：“你们给我一炒几个菜，说上几句祝福的，反倒提醒了我：噢，老天爷又年长了我一岁呀！不过生日么，倒也稀里糊涂活了一年又一年。我看，以后还是不过的好。” 为了告诫全党同志，特别是高级干部，新中国成立之前，毛泽东正式提出了禁止给党的领导人做寿。 1953年，是毛泽东的六十大寿。8月间，毛泽东在全国财经工作会议上，再一次向全党尤其是高级干部指出“六不准”。其中第一条就是“不做寿”。自然，他的六十大寿又像五十寿辰时没有搞什么活动。 1963年12月26日，是毛泽东的七十大寿，当时也有人借国家困难期已过去，提出要为他做一次寿，好给人民和国家带来福兆。毛泽东还是谢绝了。 他的八十寿辰是1973年。当时全世界有一百多个国家的元首、政府首脑、马列主义政党及其领袖人物纷纷向毛泽东发来贺电、贺信，金日成还派专人送来了寿礼。可在国内，由于毛泽东反对，新闻界连上述消息都没公开宣传和报道过。 由于毛泽东自己不主张，而且有那么几次他在外地巡视期间，正逢12月26日，有人曾做过为他老人家做寿的准备，结果被狠狠地批评过。所以，他的生日大多数是在不知不觉中度过的。 这一年，毛泽东到南方巡视，他吃住在专列上，值班卫士告诉卫士长，毛泽东这几天又是没日没夜地写啊写的，急得大家不知如何是好。 “老头儿这样下去身体非垮不可。要是在中南海，他还能出去散散步，这下好了，干脆一天到晚坐在椅子上不动弹了。” 卫士长觉得事情有些为难，身边又没了“看家武器”——他和叶子龙的小儿小女们以及李讷。走道上，他边踱步边思索着，无意间目光碰上了一张日历表。 “喂，今天是12月26日吧？”卫士长问大家。 “是啊，再过四天又是新年了！” “有办法了！”卫士长拍拍大家的肩膀，轻轻一挥手，“你们跟我来，还有小姚，你也去。”小姚是女列车员，跟毛泽东很熟。 他们不知道卫士长的葫芦里卖的是什么药，便跟着他进了毛泽东的那个大包厢。 见毛泽东在埋头批阅文件，卫士长便上前给老人家倒了一杯茶水，然后问：“主席，今天是几号？” “嗯？”毛泽东抬起头，见卫士们都在他面前站着，还有女列车员。便说：“是几号你们还不知道？” 卫士长笑了：“今天是12月26日，我们当然知道，就怕主席您有意在这一天不提醒我们一下。” 毛泽东眨了眨眼睛，不解地问：“提醒什么，我干吗要提醒？” 卫士长更乐了：“主席，今天是您的生日。这不明摆着，您是有意不想请客。您看，我们几个在您身边辛辛苦苦干了一年，您老人家总得有所表示呀！” “对，主席，您得表示表示！”卫士们和小姚等一伙年轻人跟着起哄。 毛泽东一看这阵势，便明白了。于是，把手中的文件往桌子上一放，宽厚地一笑：“原来你们是变着法子敲我的竹杠啊！” “哈哈哈……”西洋镜戳穿，这帮年轻人笑得前仰后合。这个时候，他们尽可“放肆”。 “好吧，今晚又是吃大户。”毛泽东大手一挥，道：“你们快去准备！” “哎！”卫士们一听，便嘻嘻哈哈地退了出来，有的忙着到厨房吩咐师傅做寿桃、下寿面，有的忙着找酒，吵吵嚷嚷，不亦乐乎。 开饭时间到了，卫士们和小姚姑娘，还有秘书，便在毛泽东的包厢里摆上一张餐桌，端上寿桃、寿面和饭菜，还有几瓶酒。 小姚姑娘给毛泽东和卫士、秘书一一倒满酒。平时包括毛泽东在内，这些人是不喝酒的，而且酒量都极小，今天高兴，大伙儿都端起了酒杯。 卫士长首先提议：“今天是主席生日，我代表同志们祝主席生日愉快，健康长寿！” 卫士们“刷”的一声自动起立：“祝主席生日愉快，健康长寿！” 面对一片酒杯，毛泽东也举起了手中杯，他微笑地说：“又是一年了，同志们工作辛苦，我祝同志们身体健康！” “丁当！——”领袖和卫士们的酒杯亲切地碰在了一起，发出阵阵清脆悦耳的响声。 “这一仗打得真漂亮——”卫士长很少有今晚这样的高兴，不知是为毛泽东祝福还是为自己和卫士们又一次让“老头儿”能轻轻松松地休息一大会儿而如此兴奋。本不怎么喝酒的他，此刻豪迈地唱起《洪湖赤卫队》里的一首歌，将满杯的白酒“咕嘟”一下倒进了口里。 “干！会喝的不会喝的，这一杯统统都得干！”卫士长脸红脖子粗地看着空杯示意他手下的卫士们。 “干，是好汉的不留杯中酒！”年轻的卫士们在这种场合谁都不认输，于是，会喝的不会喝的，全都干