Chapter 11 Overnight in Yushugou

Yushugou Village is located in a ditch beside the Luohechuan Road, covered by big trees, it is very secluded. It used to be lived by a large family of the Wang family.Because the Wang family was diligent and pragmatic, and the situation was better, a right-angled stone kiln yard was built in front of the old earthen kiln yard.There is also a smooth stone embedded on the kiln forehead of the stone kiln courtyard, and the three characters "Ji Zhen'an" are engraved on the stone. One morning, county and district cadres personally went to Wang's house to inform that the Central Red Army would spend the night in Shangxiachuan tonight.Your cave dwellings are new, clean and hygienic, and you must focus on arranging for the leaders of the Red Army to make preparations as soon as possible and do a good job of receiving them.So, the men and women of the Wang family took action to clean up the courtyard inside and out, and also cleaned the way into the village.Considering the tenth month of the lunar calendar, autumn is cold and frosty, and people wear padded jackets in the morning and evening. Worried that the Red Army will be cold at night, they ask the women to light up the fires in several cave dwellings to heat up the kang and warm their homes.

Sure enough, in the evening, county and district cadres brought more than 40 Red Army troops to Yushugou Village.The county cadre quietly told the treasurer of the Wang family: These are the big chiefs, and they must be arranged properly. The tall middle-aged man is Chairman Mao. The treasurer of the Wang family didn't know the extent of Chairman Mao's position, but after hearing the special introduction from the county and district cadres, he knew in his heart that he was definitely not an ordinary person, so he was more cautious in his words and deeds. He took out the new quilt and mattress at home,

Let Chairman Mao live in the best stone cave dwelling—the cave dwelling with the words "Ji Zhen'an" written on the forehead of the cave, and arrange other people to live in the adjacent stone cave and the earth cave dwelling in the backyard.Seeing that there were many Red soldiers, but there was still a shortage of quilts, the treasurer of the Wang family told his family: The Red Army passed by and stayed overnight. Let's give them all the "gaidi" (dialect, meaning bedding) for their use. Let's make do with sheepskin jackets for the night.The whole family carried all the quilts they usually used in the backyard to the cave dwelling where the Red Army lived.

After arranging the accommodation, the treasurer of the Wang family urged his wife to say: The Red Army must be hungry, hurry up and cook.The wife pointed to the camp stove and said: The meal is ready early. This meal is a delicious mutton stew soup.The saozi soup is made from dried mutton stored during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the noodles are pressed from fresh buckwheat noodles. It is completely prepared according to the etiquette of entertaining distinguished guests in Luohe River, and is supplemented with various exquisite side dishes. Wang Lizheng, a descendant of the Wang family, recalled: When my grandmother was alive, she often said that when the rice was cooked, soup was served in a large porcelain basin.My grandma has bound feet, she was afraid of spilling the soup with the pot, so I let my grandpa serve it; my grandpa is a face-saving person, he doesn’t behave properly, saying, “Women do all the things on the stove, so I’m not afraid of being laughed at by others "The county cadre on the side poked my grandfather's head with his finger and scolded: "You are old-fashioned." My grandfather and I (dialect, meaning father) hurriedly brought the soup to the Red Army's residence. In the cave.My grandma later regretted that she had been busy on the stove and failed to catch a glimpse of Chairman Mao.They always praise these red chariot fighters for their good discipline, speaking kindly, and not disturbing other kilns.

The treasurer of the Wang family brought the glutinous rice into the cave where Chairman Mao lived, and invited them to sit on the kang to eat.The other men of the Wang family greeted other Red Army soldiers to eat glutinous rice in another cave.Mao Zedong saw the glutinous rice in the wooden plate, and asked the Wang family for a few dried hot peppers, and said repeatedly: "Good food, good food, compared with the Long March, we have lived in New Year's Eve!". The shopkeeper of the Wang family is an honest man, and said: "Chairman Liu Zhidan also praised my family's food."

Several chief executives who were eating stopped their chopsticks and asked: Liu Zhidan has been to your house? The treasurer of the Wang family said: "I have been here a few times in the past few years, but I haven't seen it this year. Old Liu leads a team of ordinary people. Wherever he goes, the masses welcome him sincerely. There are guards, messengers, cooks, And mending clothes, like a family." The chief asked: "Do you like Liu Zhidan's Red Army?" "Of course I like it. The common people like Liu Zhidan. There is a young man in our Wang family who followed Liu Zhidan to start a revolution."

"Oh...why do you like Liu Zhidan?" The treasurer of the Wang family said: "Liu Zhidan loves the poor and the common people. I will sing you a folk song, and you will understand." After listening to the folk songs, the heads of the central government looked very dignified.Mao Zedong said meaningfully: "Liu Zhidan's prestige among the masses is very high, he is a leader, he is amazing..." In the late autumn night, it was bitterly cold.The Red Army saw that the cave dwelling was clean, touched the kang for warmth, and thanked the Wang family repeatedly.That night, the Red Army had a good night's sleep.At dawn the next day, the women of the Wang family got up early and prepared the rice before the sun came out of the mountain. After the team had eaten, they assembled and set off. There is an injured cadre here, can you stay at your house to raise him? After a while, our army will send someone to pick him up.In addition, I also gave the county and district cadres a reminder: we must help the Wang family protect the injured cadres.

In order to take good care of this injured cadre, the Wang family gave them special treatment every meal, either eating eggs or adding bacon, and killing chickens several times.Under the careful care of the Wang family, the injured Red Army cadre recovered quickly.When the month was approaching, a few cavalrymen came to pick up the recovered Red Army cadre.When leaving the Wang family, the Red Army cadre was very grateful for the care of the Wang family, and left Lao Wang a beautiful whip as a souvenir.Unfortunately, the Wang family did not remember the name of this Red Army cadre. In the early 1970s, Chen Changfeng, a former guard of Mao Zedong, accompanied by the leaders of the Yan'an Municipal Party Committee, drove a jeep to visit Lao Wang's house in Yushugou.After Chen Changfeng looked at it carefully in the yard, he sat on the root of a willow tree by the alkali bank and did not speak for a long time.Parting, Chen Changfeng asked Wang Lizheng's mother about the living conditions carefully, took out 100 yuan and stuffed it into Wang Lizheng's mother's pocket, and said affectionately: "Thank you for your contribution to the revolution. Let this money supplement your family's life." .”

When Wang Lizheng's mother died, she was not willing to spend the 100 yuan.She said it was money sent to me by Chairman Mao and I couldn't spend it!