When the plane was in trouble
In January 1946, Comrade Zhou Enlai took a plane from Yan'an to Chongqing. Traveling with him, in addition to staff, was Ye Ting's daughter, Xiao Yangmei, who was 11 years old.
The plane flew fast and steady. Through the clouds, you can see the snow-covered peaks cascading, as if the rough sea. Suddenly, the plane encountered a strong cold current, and ice formed on the wings and propellers, and it got thicker and thicker. Not long after, the fuselage was also covered with thick ice armor. As if frozen, the airplane fell down heavily and lost its balance. The wing swept over a mountain peak, and was about to hit the tip of the mountain, the situation is very serious. The captain ordered the mechanic to open the hatch, throw the luggage down one by one, so as to reduce the weight of the plane, but also everyone on the back of the parachute bag, ready to jump.
While we were busy, we suddenly heard the sound of a little girl crying. Comrade Zhou Enlai immediately stood up, from one end of the swaying cabin, a few steps across to the little girl. It turned out that there was no parachute bag on the little girl's seat, and she was so anxious that she cried. Comrade Zhou Enlai immediately unloaded his own parachute bag to the little Yangmei on his back, but also kindly encouraged her, saying: "child, do not cry, be brave and strong like your father, to fight against difficulties and dangers!"
Everyone saw that Comrade Zhou Enlai gave up his umbrella bag to Little Yanmei, regardless of his own safety. Comrade Zhou Enlai said in a commanding tone, "Don't mind me! Everyone should be calm, don't panic ......"
Just then, the plane broke out of the cold spell. In the sunlight, the ice armor began to melt, and whole chunks of ice clattered down. The airplane gradually rose and continued to fly forward quickly and smoothly. "We're off the hook!" The cabin erupted in jubilation.
Premier Zhou's pajamas
Mother Deng was in her seventies. Wearing glasses, she sat serenely on a chair, mending the pajamas of her beloved Premier Zhou. There were already several patches on the pajamas. This time, Mama Deng put on the thread again, her right hand pinched the needle slightly raised, her left hand was skillfully tying the knot. How serious she was.
A young nurse, holding the nightgown in both hands, looked at the even and fine stitches on the patches and her eyes moistened.
On the small stool in front of them lay a needle and thread bag. This embroidered red five-star sewing bag is particularly eye-catching. It had been carried by Premier Zhou and Mama Deng for many years. When did they bring it with them and bring it to Beijing? Was it from the kilns of Yan'an, from the Red Rock in Chongqing, or from the road of the 25,000-mile Long March?
The Story of Zhou Enlai -- Paying for Meals Three Times
It was when Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied French President Georges Pompidou on his visit to Hangzhou
That afternoon Premier Zhou was leaving Hangzhou. The entourage had worked very hard over the past few days, so Premier Zhou instructed his secretary to say, "At noon today, I'll invite everyone to a casual lunch at Louwai Lou."
The manager, chef and waiters of Louwailou Restaurant were very excited when they heard the news that Premier Zhou was coming to treat them. The waiters were busy cleaning the restaurant, which faces the West Lake, and the manager and chef were busy discussing the menu. At about 11 o'clock, Premier Zhou and his entourage paced across the Xileng Bridge, strolled along the White Causeway, and came to Louwailou. During the meeting, he enthusiastically clinked glasses with his entourage one by one, thanked them for their hard work in completing the reception task, and introduced Hangzhou's famous dishes to his comrades from Beijing: this is the West Lake vinegar fish killed and burned alive, this is from the West Lake oil explosion prawns, this is the call chicken, which are rare for Beijingers to eat the West Lake delicacies. When Premier Zhou saw the waiter served a plate of his favorite hometown dishes, while raising chopsticks to taste, while introducing to everyone, said: "long time no hometown food, everyone to taste, this is the Shaoxing moldy dried vegetables steamed meat, bean sprouts, moldy thousand sheets, the taste is good! "Eat everyone happy.
After the meal, Premier Zhou called his secretary to check out. Provincial comrades came out to stop, said: "do not have to pay the Prime Minister, by our local reimbursement it! The manager of the store knew Premier Zhou's temperament, if he didn't take the money, the Premier would be angry, so he took 10 yuan. But Premier Zhou refused to do so, and immediately said to a waiter surnamed Jiang: "How can 10 yuan be enough for these many dishes? Must be charged in full according to the license price." The manager and the chef discussed the matter and charged another 5 yuan. Unexpectedly, Premier Zhou saw this and said angrily, "Whoever invites the guests to dinner pays. The Premier should pay the same as any other customer for his dinner. "The manager of the building had no choice but to charge another 5 yuan. In this way **** received 20 yuan.
Where do I know that after an hour, Kakeiqiao Airport called the building manager, said Premier Zhou left 10 yuan before boarding the plane to pay for the noon meal. The building manager and workers holding the 30 yuan, are y for the Premier's integrity and public spirit moved to tears. We discussed, only according to the Premier's instructions to do, immediately the day of lunch meals, in accordance with the price list carefully calculated, the total **** 19 yuan 50 cents, and ordinary customers, like the bill, and wrote a detailed report to the Premier, attached to the list and the excess of 10 yuan 50 cents, sent to the State Council, Beijing, Premier Zhou's office.