What are some short “red stories”?

The short "red stories" are:

1. Busy farming

At the end of 1942, after the vigorous Yan'an large-scale production movement began, Chairman Mao became even busier . He has a habit of working at night, and sometimes stays up all night when he is busy. In this way, Chairman Mao had less and less sleep time. During the large-scale production movement, he was often busy all night, and as usual the next afternoon he had to go to work with his comrades from the central government.

At that time, Xiong Yun was working as a translator in the Central Confidential Section, and they lived with the chairman in Zaoyuan. There is a row of cave dwellings in Zaoyuan, divided into three courtyards by two walls. The chairman lives in the north courtyard, and the confidential department lives in the middle courtyard.

Comrades in the confidential department saw that the chairman was so busy at work and had so little rest time, and they were worried that he was exhausted. While the chairman was on his way to the field, several of their confidential staff gathered together and rushed to the chairman and offered to help him dig the land. The chairman smiled kindly, looked at the group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old young people, waved his hands to prevent them from helping, and said: "The land you dig is not my labor, only what you do with your own hands counts as your own labor."

In this way, Chairman Mao spent several afternoons digging more than two acres of land with his own hands, watered the ground, applied fertilizer, and planted tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables. Green vegetables and abundant fruits adorn the branches, making the back hillside of the Zaoyuan even more beautiful.

2. Don’t do it if there is a car

The rumble of motors and the crisp sound of horns ringing from the banks of the Yanhe River attracted the soldiers and civilians of Yan'an. The guards were even more indescribably happy: "This time Chairman Mao goes out for a meeting and no longer has to ride a horse and walk!"

Old Red Army Yang Xinke, a native of Songtao, Guizhou. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as Chairman Mao's bodyguard. Later he served as member of the Anti-Japanese University, education officer and instructor of the 358th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, section chief of the Public Security Bureau, deputy commissioner of western Henan, deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Department of Industry, and deputy director of the Provincial Economic Commission. In June 1983, Comrade Yang Xinke recalled to me a little-known story about whether Chairman Mao rode a car or rode a horse in Yan'an during the Anti-Japanese War.

In Yan'an during the Anti-Japanese War, central leaders rode horses or walked wherever they went. An overseas Chinese gave two cars to Yan'an, and the guards were indescribably happy: "This time Chairman Mao goes out for a meeting and no longer has to ride a horse or walk!" However, they did not expect that when allocating cars, Chairman Mao proposed We must consider the needs of military work and take care of older comrades.

Although everyone wanted to allocate Chairman Mao a car, under his repeated insistence, one was allocated to Mr. Zhu, who was in charge of military work, and the other was allocated to the "five elders" (Xu) in Yan'an. Te Li, Dong Biwu, Xie Juezai, Lin Boqu, Wu Yuzhang).

3. Chairman Mao's "Three Agreements" to Mao Anying

"Eat, live and work with the masses" This is Chairman Mao's "Three Agreements" to his son. The corruption of some leading cadres is often caused by their daughters. If they also use Mao Zedong's "Three Chapters of the Covenant", how can there be corruption in the party caused by daughters? Tian Zhifang is from Guang'an, Sichuan.

Joined the Red Army in 1933 and served as battalion commander and regimental chief of staff during the Anti-Japanese War. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as director of the Vehicle Management Division of the Logistics Department of the Northeast Military Region and consultant of the Military Agency of the Logistics Department of the Shenyang Military Region. Now that I think back to the story he told me in December 1983 about Chairman Mao's strict demands on Mao Anying during the Yan'an period, my admiration for Chairman Mao arises spontaneously again.

One day in the early summer of 1946, while having dinner in the canteen of the central government agency, Tian Zhifang found a new comrade who was tall, broad-shouldered, and well-built, wearing a clean blue cloth. The military uniform looks very capable. He found that this person looked familiar. Where had he seen him before? I thought about it for a long time, but couldn't remember it. After dinner, Tian Zhifang came to the garden at Yangjialing Mizokou. This place turned out to be a cemetery called Yangjiafeng.

After the central government moved to Yangjialing, flowers, plants and vegetables were planted here, and it became a small garden. At this moment, red cockscombs, purple morning glories, and yellow-orange pumpkins are all connected together, creating a unique atmosphere. Tian Zhifang sat down on the back of a stone sheep, took out the rectification document and prepared to read two pages. At this time, I saw Xu Teli, the dean of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and a young man walking slowly. They took a closer look at the new comrade who looked familiar.

As they walked, they talked cordially and passed by him.

He quickly asked a comrade next to him: "Who is with Mr. Xu?" "That's Comrade Mao Anying, who just came back from the Soviet Union." "Mao Anying?" "That's Chairman Mao's son." Oh! Tian Zhifang slapped his forehead suddenly. No wonder he looked familiar. He turned out to be Chairman Mao's son.

But he had another question: "Why is Chairman Mao's son still eating big meals with us? He just came back from the Soviet Union, can he be used to our millet rice and yam eggs?" The comrade glanced at Tian Zhifang took a look and said: "Chairman Mao has always been strict with himself. He gave Mao Anying 'three rules', requiring him to eat, live and work with the masses." Ah, so that's it. After a while, Comrade Mao Anying was no longer seen coming to the cafeteria to eat.

Later, on the eve of the Kuomintang's massive attack on the liberated areas, Mao Anying came back. His face became darker and his body became thinner. Upon inquiry, it turned out that Chairman Mao sent his son to the most difficult mountainous area to attend the "Labor University".

There, he ate, lived and worked with the farmers. As a leader, Comrade Mao Zedong had strict requirements for his children, making the soldiers and civilians in the border area well-educated. Because the leading comrades of the party set an example in this way, the spirit of hard work has become a common practice in Yan'an.

4. Dong Cunrui

On May 1, 1948, the 11th Column advanced westward from the Chaoyang area, pointing directly at Longhua City, the northern barrier of Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province. On the 25th, the battle of Longhua began. Dong Cunrui's company was tasked with attacking Longhua Middle School, the key defense point of the Kuomintang defenders, and he served as the demolition team leader.

At the company-wide battle mobilization meeting, Dong Cunrui expressed his determination on behalf of the whole class: "Even if I turn into soil after death, I will fill it in the outer trench of Longhua Middle School, and let everyone step on us to destroy Longhua Middle School." Take it down." After the battle began, he led his comrades to blow up 4 gun towers and 5 bunkers one after another, successfully completing the required tasks. The company immediately launched a charge and was suddenly blocked by fierce firepower from a hidden bridge-shaped bunker.

The troops were blocked in the open area, and the second and fourth squads failed to blast the bunker twice. At this time, it was only 15 minutes before the launch of the general attack. At this critical moment, Dong Cunrui stepped forward and asked the company commander for a fight: "I am a member of the Communist Party of China. Please allow me to go!" He resolutely picked up the explosive pack and rushed to the bunker.

His left leg was injured while advancing, but he still persisted and rushed to the bottom of the bridge. Since the bridge-type bunker was more than height above the ground, and explosive packets could not be placed on the bridge abutments at both ends, he did not hesitate to hold up the explosive packets with his left hand, pull the fuse with his right hand, and shout: "For New China, go for it!" The bunker was blown up. Dong Cunrui used his own life to open up a way forward for the army. He was only 19 years old.

5. Zhang Side

At the beginning of 1944, Zhang Side responded to the call of the Party Central Committee for the mass production movement and took the initiative to sign up to join the production team organized by the central government and went to Ansai, more than 70 miles away from Yan'an. County production farm, was elected as farm deputy captain. In July of the same year, he went into the mountains of Ansai County to burn charcoal. He sets an example and takes the lead in everything. He is not afraid of hardship or tiredness. He appears wherever the hardships and fatigue are the most. Whenever the charcoal is produced, he is always the first to get into the kiln to work.

On September 5, it was raining, and Zhang Side led his comrades from the commando team into the mountains to dig a new kiln as usual. At noon, the charcoal kiln collapsed in the rain. At the critical moment, Zhang Side pushed the soldier Xiaobai out of the kiln entrance, but he was buried in the collapsed soil. His comrades were saved, but Zhang Side sacrificed his 29-year-old life.