This child prodigy comes from the Deng Shaochang family, the eldest son of this family, and his name is Deng Xixian. His previous name was Mr. Deng, which was given by his expectant father.
However, Mr Xue thought the name was not suitable for an enlightened child, so he changed it to Deng Xixian.
These two names are not the most important, what matters is the future name of this prodigy-Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Shaochang, a prodigy at home, showed far more cleverness than his peers when he first went to a private school: he could remember the things in books once and never forget them, and he knew the articles by heart and wrote well.
Deng Shaochang was overjoyed to see the talent of his eldest son.
Deng Shaochang is highly respected in Guang 'an.
Born in Guangxu period, he was an old social person, but he received a new education in his early years and his thoughts were very advanced. His son Duncan once commented on his father: "He is an advanced old social person".
After graduating from Chengdu School of Political Science and Law, Deng Shaochang, full of revolutionary ambitions, joined Xiexing local Paoge Club, becoming the "master among the three masters" all the way, and soon became the "flag-waving uncle".
Paoge Club was a non-governmental organization at that time, but the gang covered a wide range, and there was a saying that there were no children (children refer to young people who did not participate in Paoge Club) in the late Qing Dynasty, and the gang was full of strong anti-Qing sentiment.
Paogehui was the forerunner in the "road protection movement" in all parts of Sichuan, and made great efforts to overthrow the Qing government.
Around the Revolution of 1911, Deng Shaochang once again joined the revolutionary army as the battalion commander of the new barracks. Deng Shaochang himself detests evil, is chivalrous and fearless, and has revolutionary blood.
His blood was also injected into his gifted eldest son.
Deng Xiaoping went to school, even though it was only enlightenment education. He also takes time to take care of his own life, take exams for school articles and chat with his son. His revolutionary ideas invisibly influenced his brilliant son.
Originally, Deng Shaochang thought that he could always educate himself with his son, but things suddenly changed.
Official sewage is flowing, and reactionary forces gradually occupy the right to speak. He didn't want to go along with it, so he was removed from the post of director of Yong Yong Ju, which offended the reactionary forces.
In order to avoid disaster, he had to leave his wife Tan and children, his hometown and live in seclusion in Chongqing.
Life at home has become more and more difficult since my father left home. My mother Tamshi is a housewife, but she has the same pride as her father.
Once I took them back to my parents' house as a guest, and they looked down on me, so I never took my children to my parents' house again.
Deng Xiaoping inherited his parents' self-esteem and self-love. On the first day of a certain year, the local rich man surnamed Liu wrote couplets to allude.
Clever Deng Xiaoping found out, regardless of whether he would offend the landlord, tore up the couplet in a rage and wrote a new one himself.
Although the living conditions at home are difficult, under the influence of parents, Deng Xiaoping's mind is full and full of vitality.
Deng Shaochang, who is far away from Chongqing, has been caring about his son at home and actively looking for a way out for him.
At the age of fourteen, Cai Yuanpei, president of Peking University, gave a speech, which led to the birth of many work-study groups all over the country, and Wu, a famous educator in Sichuan, also founded a preparatory school for work-study programs in France.
Deng Shaochang inquired in many ways, considering the current national situation. He thought that it was the best way for Deng Xiaoping to study abroad and then return to China to serve, so he won a place for Deng Xiaoping to be a self-funded student, and then wrote to discuss with Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Xiaoping studied in Guang 'an Middle School. He is only 14 years old, but his father has been influenced by him since childhood. He has been studying the history of Ming Dynasty for several years, and he has a heart to save the country.
Nowadays it is popular for young people to learn from foreigners, and he also wants to give it a try.
So Deng Xiaoping wrote back to his father and told him that he would like to study in France.
After receiving his son's reply, Deng Shaochang was both happy and worried. He is glad that his son really has the ambition to save the country, but he is worried that it will cost 300 yuan for a self-funded international student to go to France to work and study.
What is the concept of 300 oceans? At that time, less than 10 ocean could buy a cow and several hundred kilograms of grain, which is an astronomical figure for the Deng family now.
But in desperation, Deng Shaochang took action immediately.
How can we raise a huge sum of money in a short time? Undoubtedly, it is "selling iron in the pot".
Deng Shaochang took risks and set foot on the road home. After returning to Guang 'an, he sold the surplus grain at home and most of the farmland, trying to make some money first.
This move directly attracted the ridicule of neighbors. In troubled times, the most precious thing is not gold and silver, but food! "One or two grains are expensive", in the eyes of others, it is undoubtedly idle to sell the grain at home.
But Deng Shaochang was unmoved and made no excuses. He knows that his son's future and his heart of saving the country are much more precious than this grain.
After selling food and land, the money is still not enough. At this time, my wife began to object to studying in Deng Xiaoping because she gave up her 14-year-old son.
Seeing that his father was so hard, Deng Xiaoping felt sorry for his family and hesitated.
Deng Shaochang tried to convince his wife and told Deng Xiaoping seriously that he didn't have to worry about money, he just had to study hard and serve the country.
Deng Shaochang used to be the owner of Paoge Club, and he had his own chivalrous courage and lofty sentiments in the Jianghu.
But seeing that there is nothing to sell at home, my son's tuition is far from enough. He knew it was probably time to put down his dignity and face it.
He took his wife and son to the door of Yue's house and wanted to ask his father-in-law for help.
As expected, my father-in-law simply refused. Deng Shaochang put down his dignity and face, and told his father-in-law in detail the growth of Deng Xiaoping's intelligence beyond ordinary people, and explained the benefits of staying in France.
After many persuasion, my father-in-law finally agreed to give Deng Xiaoping some money to help him study in France.
Finally, the money is enough. 19 19 autumn, Deng Xiaoping entered Chongqing to study in a French preparatory school. A year later, Deng Xiaoping, 16 years old, set foot on a ship to France.
When Deng Xiaoping was sent to the boat, there was nothing unusual about her parents. It was not until the ship went away and became a black spot on the sea that Deng Shaochang and his wife showed their reluctant expression and wiped their tears.
16-year-old Deng Xiaoping stood on the boat, watching his parents on the shore go further and further until they could no longer be seen, then turned and looked across the ocean and ran to other places.
He didn't expect that the farewell before boarding the boat was the last time he was with his parents.
After drifting at sea for a month, Deng Xiaoping landed in Marseille, and then entered the Baye Boys' Middle School in Normandy, earning living expenses while studying. This is the originally planned work-study life.
But what I didn't expect was that soon after I worked and studied, the French economy was hit by the First World War, and many French locals could not make a living, let alone international students like Deng Xiaoping.
By 192 1 year, Deng Xiaoping was already stretched, and his work-study program life could not be maintained. He had to go to Crusoe, work as a steelworker in Schneider Iron and Steel General Factory, and then work in Chamberlain Factory.
At the beginning of 1922, he was transferred to Haakinson Rubber Factory as an apprentice, earning a meager commission and making a living.
Deng Shaochang, a father far away in Sichuan, doesn't know the hardships of his son's life. On the one hand, it is inconvenient to write letters; on the other hand, Deng Xiaoping doesn't want to add any burden to his family.
This situation lasted until the summer of 1922, when Deng Xiaoping joined the China Youth Production Party.
The following summer, Deng Xiaoping took part in the work of the European Youth League branch and officially started his revolutionary career.
Father's revolution was fearless, while Deng Xiaoping's own revolution began with hard struggle.
After writing the letter, Deng Xiaoping was busy with the revolution, editing the red revolutionary magazine "Red Light", turning to * * * production in party member, organizing Chinese gatherings in France and being a locksmith ... It can be said that he was as busy as a bee.
At this time, in Guang 'an, Sichuan, my son's letter caused an uproar at home. My mother, Tan's overwork, is in poor health. She was even more worried when she heard that her son's return date was uncertain. Lacrimosa.
Although Deng Shaochang also felt sorry for his son, he understood his son's enthusiasm for the revolution and had to appease Dan's family while rushing to the Tang family.
He crustily skin of head and explained to Tang that the eldest son might not be able to fulfill his engagement as scheduled, so don't delay the girls at home and ask Miss Tang to get married alone.
However, Tang refused to agree to dissolve the engagement, and Miss Tang was a typical boudoir thought and insisted on waiting for her return.
Deng Shaochang had no choice but to think about it. He took Miss Tang back to the Deng family as his own daughter, and then continued to lobby the Tang family.
After running to the Tang family for half a month, Tang finally agreed to give up the engagement. Miss Tang also obeyed the orders of her family and married someone else. When getting married, Deng Shaochang took out a little of his savings and added a dowry to Miss Tang.
At this point, the things mentioned in the son's letter have finally been solved, and Deng Shaochang is also relieved.
1926, due to revolutionary and reactionary activities, the French authorities could not tolerate Deng Xiaoping, organized contact with the Soviet Oriental University for Deng Xiaoping, and Deng Xiaoping embarked on the road of the Soviet Union.
It was also in this year that Tan passed away. This proud mother, born in Wang Zuguang 'an, died of overwork in order to raise her children. She is only in her early forties.
At that time, Deng Xiaoping didn't know that his mother had passed away. He studied hungrily at Oriental University.
Shortly after graduating from Oriental University, Deng Xiaoping transferred to Sun Yat-sen University. After returning home, he came to work in Feng Yuxiang's army.
But soon, the cooperation between China and Deng Xiaoping broke down, and they moved to Wuhan and found Zhou Enlai to work in the central government.
In the increasingly severe revolutionary situation, in order to carry out the work smoothly and avoid the enemy, he changed his name to Deng Xiaoping.
After the name change, the family couldn't write to Deng Xiaoping, and they didn't know the whereabouts of Deng Xiaoping. Deng Shaochang vaguely heard that his son had returned to China, but he couldn't get the exact news. He had to look for it and look forward to seeing his son again.
193 1 year, Deng Shaochang finally got the news from Hu Lun, and Deng Xiaoping is likely to work in Shanghai at this time.
Deng Xiaoping's younger brother is about to go to Shanghai to study. Deng Shaochang repeatedly told his son: Be sure to find his brother.
When Duncan arrived in Shanghai, he looked for his brother while studying, but Shanghai was crowded with people. In order to avoid being tracked by Kuomintang spies, Deng Xiaoping remained anonymous, and Duncan never found Deng Xiaoping.
There's really nothing we can do. Duncan finally wrote "Looking for You" in the newspaper, but due to the pervasive influence of Kuomintang spies, Deng Xiaoping was always careful not to go to see his brother rashly.
It was not until the reconnaissance was clear that I saw my brother in a hurry and briefly. Shortly after the meeting, Deng Xiaoping went to Guangxi to launch the the baise uprising and started the Long March.
When Duncan saw his brother again, it was already 1945, and at this time, his father had been dead for nearly 10 years.
Yes, Deng Shaochang can't wait to see his son again. 1936, Deng Shaochang was killed by bad guys on his way back to his hometown from Chongqing.
Why he was killed remains a mystery. It may be a bandit in Sichuan, an enemy who hates Paoge Banner, or a counter-revolutionary force.
He put down his self-esteem, regardless of other people's opposition, raised 300 yuan, endured the pain of parting, and let 16-year-old son leave home alone to study in France.
The advanced revolutionary in the old society didn't know that his decision really had a great impact on the fate of Deng Xiaoping and even China.
However, he didn't wait until liberation, didn't see his talented eldest son really serve the motherland and make contributions as he wished, and didn't see the dazzling sun of new China, and stayed at 1936 forever.
After liberation, Deng Xiaoping's uncle Shan Yixing and his stepmother Xia Bogen visited him.
And Deng Gong, also for the sake of revolution, left home for the ocean in the year when he tied his hair, and never went back in my life.
Looking back on the past with his younger brother Duncan in his later years, he often said: "Family is a good thing", which shows that he longed for family very much, but sacrificed his small family for everyone.