19 10 One day in autumn, a train from Tieling entered Fengtian (Shenyang) Station. In the crowded crowd, a teenager in a gray robe and carrying a bag hurried out of the station. He flashed a pair of bright big eyes, looked around for a while, and then shouted to an old man who got up in front: "Uncle!" " "
The old man's name is Zhou Geng, and he is a clerk of Fengtian Branch (the organ that manages financial expenditure). He made a special trip to pick up his nephew Zhou Enlai to study in Fengtian.
Zhou Enlai was twelve years old this year. When he first came to Fengtian, he felt strange everywhere and wanted to walk through the busy streets. My uncle grabbed him, pointed to the military hospital in the east, the park in the south and a large area of No.7 Road in the north, and said, "Don't go here, and don't come to this place to play in the future. Go around this road if you have something to do. "
"Why?" Zhou Enlai always gets to the bottom of everything he meets.
"This is a concession for foreigners, causing trouble, and there is no reason to go."
"Why? Isn't this the place to travel to China? "
"China is depressed! You are still young, you will understand when you grow up! " Uncle pulled him tightly and made a detour to his apartment. Arrange his residence and send him to the sixth and second grade of Fengtianfu Primary School, which was later renamed as Dongguan Model School. The teachers here are of high level and the students are more active. Zhou Enlai Municipal Committee respects teachers and has made many good friends among classmates.
One day, Zhou Enlai asked his classmates, "Have you ever been to a foreign concession?"
"Yes, it's fun!" The classmate answered.
"Take me once!" Zhou Enlai wants to solve the mystery of "Concession".
One Sunday, he and his classmates specially went to the concession and the foreign firm area of foreigners.
It is really different from other places. Consulates with various foreign flags are everywhere, as well as cloth barracks, gendarmerie, eccentric Christian churches and Orthodox churches. When they were talking, suddenly, there was a noise from the front of the China police station. A pair of friends squeezed into the crowd curiously, only to see a middle-aged woman pointing to a foreigner with yellow hair complaining to the China police. It turned out that her husband was run over by this foreigner's car for no reason. Passers-by helped her hold hands and went to the police station. However, instead of detaining foreigners, China officials let go of the woman and scolded her for obstructing traffic. This incident angered people around China and also angered young Zhou Enlai. He went up with everyone and asked police officer Hua why he didn't uphold justice. The police officer said reluctantly: "This is stipulated by extraterritorial jurisdiction. What can I do? " Said, and slipped into the police station. Zhou Enlai stopped his classmate and said, "Forget it! There are many such cases, even if the lawsuit hits Beijing, it is also the fault of China people. My dad said to move to the country, so as not to suffer in the city! "
"country?" Zhou Enlai said: "Not the same!"
"How do you know?"
"I saw it with my own eyes when I was in Tieling." Zhou Enlai walked all the way, telling his classmates about his experience in Tieling Denglong Shoushan:
There is a rolling mountain in the suburb of Yinzhou Yin Gang Academy where he studied in Tieling.
This mountain is shaped like a dragon head, and people call it "Longshou Mountain". There is a pagoda at the head and tail of the dragon. Zhou Enlai likes the majestic momentum of these peaks. On holidays, he asked his uncle, who works in Tieling, to take him hiking. At that time, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the pine and cypress on the mountain were brewing green needle buds. Red and white peaches, plums and apricot blossoms, like a colorful rainbow, spread into the village from the roots of the mountain. They climbed to the top of the mountain and watched the turbulent waves of Qilin River (Chaihe River) and Liaohe River pass through the city. They were all fascinated by the magnificent scenery of nature. They were enjoying the scenery in the north happily. Suddenly, there was a cry of sadness in the distance. I saw an old man with white hair and a little girl coming out of the new grave in tears. The old man walked up to them, put his hand on his chest and bowed deeply. He said to Zhou Enlai's uncle, "Look, you are a learned man. Please give me some advice. Where can the poor live? "
His uncle asked the old man to sit on the steps of the pavilion. After talking, he knew that the old man was from the countryside. He took his son and granddaughter to the city to make a living because he evaded rent and debt. My son worked as a coolie in a foreign firm and broke his back. Instead of treating him, the boss fired him, even became sick and hungry, and died in a few days.
His uncle sighed and said, "Old man, it's the same in the city!"
"But where is the road?" The old man asked.
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Seeing from this learned gentleman's mouth that the old man couldn't find a way out, he said "thank you" and stumbled away with his little granddaughter.
Zhou Enlai looked at the old man, little granddaughter leave of figure, the mood is very heavy. He asked his uncle, "China is so big, why don't they even have a foothold as a landlord?"
His uncle didn't answer their questions below, but pointed to the tower on Longshou Mountain and said, "See these two towers on the mountain? People say that the mountain under our feet used to be a dragon. He fought side by side with our ancestors in the south and made great contributions. Later, he came here to take charge of the rain. Fiona Fang is a thousand miles away, but the weather is fine. However, due to the corruption and incompetence of the court, it is at the end of its tether. Dragonfly is very thirsty. He wants to drink some firewood and river water. The imperial court not only refused, but also built a tower at the dragon head and the dragon tail. Dragonfly didn't give in, so he arched a bag in the city, and the court pressed a tower in the city. Since then, the dragon has collapsed ... "
Zhou Enlai finished his story in Tieling and said to his classmates, "Isn't our Chinese nation like the legendary Longshou Mountain?" ? China is depressed! "
"If only I could cheer China up!" That classmate is looking forward to it.
"Yes!"
"Is that okay?" That classmate is a little discouraged. "Look at the corruption of the government!"
"They can't, we can!" Zhou Enlai tone more firmly.
In a self-cultivation class, President Wei asked the students, "Why do you study?"
The students' answers are varied: some say "to be polite", some say "to be an official", some say "for my father" and some say "I don't know". When asked about Zhou Enye, he stood up and said clearly and forcefully, "Learn for the rise of China!" President Wei didn't expect a pupil of 12 years old to have such a big mind. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Why are you studying?" Zhou Enlai raised his voice and firmly repeated: "Learn for the rise of China!"
"Learn for the rise of China! Good! " President Wei excitedly said to his classmates, "Where there is a will, there is a way!"
Teacher Gao, who teaches history and geography, is a teacher with a sense of justice. He found that Zhou Enlai, a newly transferred teenager, was smart but not ostentatious, generous but not proud, calm but not stagnant. Talking and answering questions often reveal concern for national affairs. I like and pay more attention to President Wei's unusual answer about his learning purpose in my heart. In the history class the next day, he spoke passionately about Eight-Nation Alliance's heinous crime of invading China. He said: "Taken together, the eight allies are not as big as China, as rich as China and as rich as China. Why did they dare to run amok in China? Isn't it because China is corrupt and backward? Can China be slaughtered forever? Shouldn't I be called the rise of China? " Teacher Gao's passionate teaching inspired the students' patriotic enthusiasm.
After class, Miss Gao called Zhou Enlai to the front and encouraged him to stick to his wish and stick to it. He also repeatedly urged Zhou Enlai to study thousands of books and take the Wan Li road. He came into contact with the ideas of progressive thinkers such as Sun Yat-sen, Chen Tianhua, Zhang and Zou Rong. And recommended his revolutionary books and periodicals: Revolutionary Army, Jing Shizhong and People's Daily.
For the rise of China and the soaring of the Chinese dragon, Zhou Enlai hungrily absorbed the juice of knowledge. Revolutionary books and periodicals became his closest partners, and the library became his most nostalgic place. If you don't understand anything in the book, ask the teacher and discuss it with your classmates; If there is something unfinished in the book, ask the teacher to borrow a new book. He is good at arranging his time scientifically: he previews the day's class in the morning, listens attentively in class, reviews his lessons in the evening and reads borrowed books and periodicals. During his study, even if his classmates let him play his favorite "kicking the bear's head" game (homemade football), he would be politely refused. He often stays with his classmates to study and discuss. The students said that his timetable was very accurate. Under the strict requirement of never wasting a minute, Zhou Enlai used his spare time to read many books on history, geography, politics and economy. He advocates extensive knowledge and thinks that "it is a shame for a scholar to know nothing." He is good at every subject, especially composition, calligraphy and English. His articles are quick-thinking and stand out clearly, and are often posted in the excellent composition column of the school. 19 13, his 15-year-old composition "Speech at the Second Anniversary of Dongguan Model School" was exhibited in Fengtian Exhibition, and was included in the book "Chinese Achievements in Fengtian Educational Supplies Exhibition". Later, Shanghai Progressive Bookstore was compiled as a national model composition in the book "School Chinese Achievements". Teacher Guo Wen often applauds his composition, saying, "I have been teaching for many years and have never seen such a good student. I am willing to work hard for him. "
When Miss Gao knew that Zhou Enlai had given herself the pen name Feifei, she encouraged him to say: Don't just "fly", you should soar in the universe like a soaring Kunpeng. And gave each other "Yu Xiang", which pinned the ardent expectations of the teachers.
Zhou Enlai has always used "Yu Xiang" to encourage himself. Once he said to a classmate, "Japan can not only defeat Russia, but also dare to invade China. How can he have so much power in such a small country? If you have an opportunity in the future, you must go and see it! " That classmate discouraged him and said, "Aren't you afraid to go? They (referring to the Japanese aggressors) love to kill people! " Zhou Enlai replied firmly, "Doesn't Mr. Sun Wen often go to Japan? Be bold and don't be afraid of anything. Only in this way can China take off! "
19 13 years, Zhou Enlai was admitted to Tianjin Nankai Middle School. Before he left, he wrote a message to his classmates: "With the concerted efforts of Qi Xin, the future of Wan Li will depend on the sun."
Where there is a will, there is a way. Comrade Zhou Enlai's wish has come true. 19 17 After graduating from Nankai Middle School, he went to Japan. When passing through Shenyang, he also wrote farewell words for the teachers and classmates of primary schools in the name of "Yu Xiang": "I am determined to be in the four directions" and "I hope to meet you when China takes off in the world". Encourage others and spur yourself with such words.