Huang Zhongji: Mother's Quotations

Huang Zhongji: Mother's Quotations When it comes to quotations, older mainlanders. I'm afraid it will be natural to think of Chairman Mao's quotations that were popular all over the country during the Cultural Revolution; no...

Huang Zhongji: Mother's Quotations When it comes to quotations, older mainlanders. I am afraid that it is natural to think of Chairman Mao's quotations that were popular throughout the country during the Cultural Revolution; many people may think that quotations can only come from the mouths of big figures and famous people or their writings. But according to the dictionary, quotations are just "a record or selection of someone's words." According to this, you, me, and he can all have quotations. The difference is that due to inertial understanding, people generally believe that the words of big figures and famous people become quotations, while the words of ordinary people, no matter how good and reasonable they are, are just words. It is precisely because of this that most quotations from celebrities are found in words, while quotations from ordinary people are nothing more than spoken language. After all, there are not many famous quotes that have been recorded or quoted in writing, but there are probably quotes from famous people that have been passed down orally. Let’s take our Taishan. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a deputy county magistrate named Li Niu. He was a farmer. He was modest and honest, dared to tell the truth, and was approachable. People called him Brother Niu. During the Cultural Revolution, he served as deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, in charge of agriculture. At that time, farmers were called on to raise more pigs. Once, the commercial department held a mobilization meeting for pig raising, and asked Deputy Director Niu Ge to come on stage to give a mobilization report to show that the government paid attention to it. At that time, when leaders made reports, they usually read from the manuscripts written by the organizers. This time is no exception. When he read "One pig per acre, one pig per household, one pig per person," he suddenly turned his head and faced some other leaders of the Revolutionary Committee and department heads sitting behind him and asked, "I don't think it's a good idea, right?" The whole audience laughed. From then on, in the Taishan cadre circle, whenever they encountered unrealistic decisions or unfeasible things, someone would always say, "I think it was Brother Niu's words," or simply "Brother Niu's words." In this way, whether it is Brother Niu's words or his quotations, it becomes a catchphrase. The subtext is "not very good". It shows both "authority" and humor. It is quoted as frequently as Chairman Mao's quotations. However, Brother Niu's quotations only originate from one county in Taishan. Because once he left Taishan, he was just an ordinary person after all. My mother, a peasant woman, is even more ordinary. Her quotations, like those of Brother Niu, are nothing but the language of the masses. But in my ears, I heard her speak the most, and I felt the most profound. It was practical and had the deepest impression. I could relate it to her anytime and anywhere, and I felt it was quite reasonable. More than ten years ago, Guangdong Nanfang Daily serialized "Decryption of the Last Emperor's Last Marriage". One section mentioned that Puyi never knew how to entertain guests. When guests come, he just keeps smiling, smoking and drinking tea by himself, without knowing the courtesy of serving guests. His wife Li Shuxian told him once or twice, but he couldn't remember it. . "He reflected and said that this is because when he was an emperor since he was a child, he only knew how to be served by others and did not know how to take care of others." Seeing this, I naturally thought of a quote from my mother - don't start from a young age! Just imagine, if a tree has been crooked since childhood and you don't try to straighten it in time, it will be difficult to straighten it when it grows up. Puyi is a good example of using trees as metaphors for people. I lost my father when I was young. In the old society, life was difficult for orphans and widows. My mother was afraid that I would feel inferior and depressed, so she often taught me: "I will eventually get better one day if I live in misery." The true meaning of this "quotation" is to teach people not to be pessimistic and not to be afraid of hardship. Although it is not from the mouth of a famous person, I not only regard it as a famous saying, but also as a guideline. Inspired by it, I studied hard and forged ahead, and my mother and son depended on each other. I finally survived liberation. Later, I went to middle school, then to normal school, got a job, and gradually lived a good life.