Chapter 118 Three Posts to Young Readers Newsletter II

Dear children: In this newsletter, I present to you a very touching picture entitled "Remembrance of the Cleaner".The painting shows that our beloved Premier Zhou is shaking hands with a cleaner.The inscription on the painting is written in the tone of a cleaner: "Comrade, you have worked hard, and the people thank you." My heart warmed and tears flowed.Prime Minister, how many times have you worked hard on state affairs in the middle of the night like this, and you are concerned about the happiness and sorrow of the people.Prime Minister, who said you have gone, you have not.The people's prime minister shines with the sun and the moon, and the people's memory lasts as long as the sky and the earth.

Look!In the upper left corner of the painting is the Great Hall of the People. There is only one car parked in front of the door, and the driver is standing beside the car waiting. It is "the dead of night".Premier Zhou was very tired after working on state affairs. He walked out of the Great Hall of the People and was about to get in the car. He looked up and saw a cleaner sweeping the floor on the far side of the street. He held the worker's right hand tightly with both hands, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the people with short sincere and kind words.In the upper right corner of the painting, there are branches with fallen leaves, and there are still a few fallen leaves on the ground.The worker has an iron dustpan on his shoulder and a broom handle in his left hand.The autumn wind in the middle of the night was cold, but the Prime Minister's words "you have worked hard" made him "warm in his heart and burst into tears".This painting depicts the people's prime minister and the people's heart-to-heart, caring about everyone's hard work, but not thinking about his own hard work day and night.How great is the Prime Minister!

Ever since I saw this painting at an art exhibition last year, I have been deeply impressed. I bring it up to you today because I had some impressions when I accompanied foreign friends to the Summer Palace in late April this year! When we walked through the gate of the garden and walked through the promenade by the Kunming Lake, I saw scattered paper wrapped in candy bread and popsicles along the way.On the railings on both sides of the promenade, there are many laughing and laughing children on spring outings.Of course, there were a lot of visitors in the garden that day, and these papers were not necessarily thrown by the children, but I couldn't help but think that there might be some of them here.

Walking to the end of the corridor, I saw a very young female cleaner sweeping the messy papers on the floor with her head down.I suddenly felt that the picture of Premier Zhou shaking hands with the cleaners hung high in front of me again!Premier Zhou's care for the cleaners will always be an example for us to learn from.Those of us who are outing in the spring, can we take the heart of the Prime Minister as our heart, can we pay more attention to public morality and cleanliness in places of public recreation and viewing, so as to reduce the hard work of some cleaners? Due to the interference and destruction of children's education by the "Gang of Four", we have not heard the propaganda about the five loves (love the motherland, love the people, love labor, love science, and love public property) for many years.Smashing glass, tearing down tables and chairs, etc. have all become "brave" actions against the trend, not to mention throwing candy wrappers or even talking anywhere.I think of the Red Army of Workers and Peasants led by the great Chairman Mao and the revolutionary predecessors during the Revolutionary War. Under such arduous conditions, as soon as they entered the villages and towns, they would sweep the floor and carry water... and mingle with the people to create a red The mountains and rivers enable us to enjoy sightseeing in this vast and magnificent land and breathe the clean and fresh air to our heart's content. How should we protect it and cherish it?

Dear children, you are the main force to realize the four modernizations at the end of this century, shouldering the glorious and important task of improving our scientific and cultural level, do you want to focus on specific things now—even if it is a small thing, How about using specific actions to show that you are inheriting and carrying forward the fine style and traditions of the revolutionary predecessors, and to show your determination to train yourself to be the successor of communism? Children, the poison of the "Gang of Four" must be eliminated, and the education of the "Five Loves" must be re-emphasized. Let us start with the painting "Remembrance of the Cleaner".Let us go out for team days or outdoor activities collectively and individually in the future. While having fun, we must remember to clean up the places where we have played or had picnics, and pick up things like fruit peels and candies. Wrap up and throw in the bin or trash.If you can't find a fruit bin or a trash can in the water corner on the top of the mountain, put these things in your satchel and bring them back, and throw them into the trash can.Perhaps the teachers and parents have already told you about this approach, so let me remind you again here.

Spring is coming and summer is coming, the wind is warm and the sun is warm. You must have more outdoor activities. I wish you good health and a happy spirit!Your loyal friend Bing Xin May 18, 1978. (This article was originally published in the fourth issue of "Children's Times" in July 1978.)