Introduction to the protagonist: During the Chinese New Year, Li Guangzhong’s family in Datang Village, Lihua Township, Dafang County, Guizhou Province is extremely lively: 35 people from four generations are sitting at three large tables. “If the whole family comes, there will be nearly 80 people.”
During the dinner, Li Guangzhong, who was in his nineties, kept serving dishes to his 86-year-old wife Chen Guoying: "This is soft, you can eat more."
"Ever since my wife broke her leg, I have signed a military order for my children to take good care of their mother wholeheartedly. The children are supervising me!" Li Guangzhong said, smiling shyly... A loving family
The atmosphere comes from Li Guangzhong and Chen Guoying’s continuous efforts in building family tradition.
Before his retirement, Li Guangzhong was the deputy secretary of the Lihua Township Party Committee, and Chen Guoying was the village leader.
The couple has nine children, and four generations of their descendants have trained 22 college students, seven of whom are teachers.
This is not easy for families in remote mountain villages.
In addition to teaching our children and grandchildren earnestly, in the village of my hometown, influenced by the honest family tradition of the old couple, more than 20 households in the village did not engage in gambling or theft. The neighbors helped each other and were as close as a family... A marriage contract "Comrade Guoying"
, we met in the revolution, and the conditions for marriage before marriage are as follows..." "Strict self-cultivation, loyalty to the party and patriotism, both loyalty and filial piety, and study first..." There is a frame hanging on the wall of Li Guangzhong's home.
Faded family motto.
Although the old man is old, he can still memorize these 44 characters.
The life of the protagonist: The clock is turned back to the day before Li Guangzhong entered the marriage hall in August 1951.
He wrote a handwritten letter home and read this letter to his fiancée Chen Guoying: "Comrade Guoying, we met during the revolution, and the conditions for a good relationship before marriage are as follows: 1. Listen to the words of the Communist Party, and you will never change your mind; 2.
Respect the elderly and love the young, and care enthusiastically about comrades and the masses; third, support my work, do not hold back, and reduce my pressure; fourth, do more work that is beneficial to the party and the people; fifth, *** should be good husbands and wives.
If you can do these five things, I will agree." Chen Guoying looked at the serious face of the "silly boy" who was about to become her husband, and signed the words with a smile... In the days after the marriage, the couple always adhered to the "engagement contract."
", stay together till old age.
The inheritance of good family tradition focuses on the education of children.
"Being an official before being a human being" is what the elderly say most often.
The second son, Li Chunfu, was a private teacher in the 1970s. Because he thought the salary of 10 yuan per month was low and wanted to change his profession to work in a power station, he went to the village secretary Wei to "take the back door".
Unexpectedly, after returning home, he was scolded by Li Guangzhong: "If you leave alone to live in peace, who will take care of the children in the school?" After listening to his father's teachings and looking at the "family motto" on the wall, Li Chunfu
I gave up the idea of ??resigning and worked at the school until retirement.
Li Chunfu has his own wife, Li Daoying.
Li Chunfu's grandmother was paralyzed and bedridden for three years. Li Daoying pushed the old man to bask in the sun every day, helped her turn over and rubbed her back. She never complained when the weather came and went.
"This is the obligation of a junior, and the children will watch; how I treat grandma now, my wife will treat me in the future." Li Daoying understands the power of "role models".
A passion: "You must do it yourself first, then others will listen to you." During the interview, villager Zhang Xianghui came to Li Guangzhong's home: "I'm here to pay back the money."
It turned out that Zhang Xianghui borrowed 1,000 yuan from the old man a month ago to buy cattle and develop production. Now that he has money, he hurriedly paid it back.
The origin of the student aid incident: In the 1980s, Chen Guangqiang from Yangchang Town was admitted to college and could not afford the tuition and travel expenses, so Li Guangzhong gave him 80 yuan; Li Zhongwen, a stranger who had no money to marry his wife, gave him 100 yuan.
Yuan... His wife Chen Guoying can no longer remember how much salary her husband received to help others.
What pleased Li Guangzhong was that the children did not blame him for this, but regarded their father as a target to catch up with.
The eldest daughter Li Chunhua recalled that when she was a child, she often felt that her father was a majestic tree, providing shade to those around her.
In the eyes of villager Huang Caiming, Li Guangzhong's family is warm-hearted.
If there is a minor conflict between a couple in the village or a minor friction between neighbors, they all like to ask the elderly to help mediate, and the elderly are very happy to do so.
"First of all, you have to do it yourself. Only then can you persuade others and others will listen to you." Li Guangzhong said.
The old man's words and deeds earned him the love and respect of the villagers.
My nephew-in-law Wang Kaizhen's family had just killed the first-year pig and drove two hours to deliver fresh pork to the old man; villager Zhang Yuxiang would go to the house first on market days to ask the old man what his shortcomings were and help him buy them; the children in the village rushed to see the old man.
They gathered around to say hello... "This is mutual. The old man is good to everyone, and we are naturally good to the old man." Huang Caiming said.
A inheritance "I learn from my father, my son learns from me, and my grandson learns from my son." "Ding Lingling", the clear ringtone interrupted the reporter's chat with Li Guangzhong and his wife, Chen Guoying answered the phone, it turned out to be the eldest daughter Li Chunhua
.
"Mom, how are you today? Have you eaten? Do you have a lot of clothes on?" Before Chen Guoying could say anything, she was asked a series of questions by her eldest daughter, her words full of concern.