Since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Premier Zhou Enlai has always maintained the style of hard work and plain living during the war. He often said: don't be so particular about being a man. It doesn't matter if others look at you if you dress older. It's ugly to lose the tradition of hard struggle.

"I want China materials."

After entering Beijing, Premier Zhou made clothes for the first time and chose Hongdu clothing store. The staff introduced: "This is a famous high-end clothing store in China."

Premier Zhou was all smiles: "I just came."

Faced with various foreign fabrics introduced by the staff, such as British woolen cloth and Australian woolen cloth, Premier Zhou shook his head and said, "I want China material, regardless of woolen cloth, it must be made in China."

This time, he made a blue wool tunic suit, a blue khaki coat and a gray plain tunic suit. These clothes have been worn until 1963, and they are always smooth, neat and crisp.

Clothes have been worn for 10 years, but there are secrets. Premier Zhou has two sleeves, which must be worn on his arms at work to protect his elbows from being worn too quickly. But he worked 17 or 18 hours a day, but he still wore it for a long time and sent it to Hongdu to find a tailor to darn it. Most people can't see it. Although the clothes are old, they will be ironed once when receiving guests, which is quite crisp. In addition, his handsome appearance and manners do not detract from the demeanor of a great prime minister.

"Our leaders should take the lead."

Premier Zhou's meals are very simple, often two dishes and one soup. The staple food is ordinary flour, not rich flour, ordinary rice and station rice, and coarse grains are eaten at least once a week. During the three-year natural disaster, Premier Zhou did not eat meat, fish or eggs, and shared joys and sorrows with the people of the whole country. In Zhongnanhai, he often queues up to buy food in person. Once, he bought a bowl of corn rice and a bowl of soup. Finally, Premier Zhou dipped the leftover soup in the bowl with Wowotou, which was not wasted at all. Comrades were very moved to see this scene and advised him: Premier, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders, so you must take care of yourself. Although it is difficult now, our big country can always make you eat better. Premier Zhou kindly said to everyone: "Now the people of the whole country are living in a famine year, and our leaders should take the lead."

Pay three meals on the "building outside the building"

1In September, 973, Premier Zhou accompanied French President Pompidou to visit Hangzhou. This afternoon, Premier Zhou invited his entourage to have dinner at the famous "Louwailou" in Hangzhou. This is the ninth time that the Prime Minister has been on the "building outside the building". The restaurant staff are very happy. In addition to preparing high-end famous dishes such as West Lake vinegar fish, we also provide home-cooked dishes such as Shaoxing dried vegetables and bean sprouts that the Prime Minister loves. When checking out after dinner, the comrades in the province said that it would be reimbursed by the local government, but the Prime Minister refused and insisted on paying for it himself. The comrades in the shop knew that the Prime Minister would be angry if they didn't accept money, so they accepted 10 yuan. Who knows that Premier Zhou flatly refused, saying, "10 yuan is enough? We should collect it. " The clerk discussed it and added 5 yuan. Unexpectedly, Premier Zhou said: "If it is not enough, it will be collected like ordinary customers." No way, the store had to charge another 5 yuan. Take 20 yuan like this. Unexpectedly, an hour later, Hangzhou Airport called and said that the Prime Minister had left 10 yuan to pay for lunch before boarding the plane. So the clerk carefully calculated the lunch fee of the day according to the quotation sheet, and the meal fee was 19 yuan a little more.

"There can be no future,

I can't stop after I say it. "

Premier Zhou lives in an old house. The square bricks on the ground are uneven, and the ceiling and surrounding walls are gray-black. The gap between the door and window is made of paper. Nevertheless, he refused to repair it. 1959, during his absence, the manager decorated his house, installed the floor, and changed carpets, curtains and baths. Unexpectedly, Premier Zhou rarely lost his temper when he came back from going out, severely criticized the comrades concerned, left angrily and refused to go home. Relevant comrades have repeatedly admitted their mistakes and invited Chen Yi and other veteran comrades to come forward, but Premier Zhou still refused to go home, and took the initiative to go to the State Council for inspection, asking everyone to learn a lesson, and also held a special meeting to make self-criticism to remind everyone. Some old comrades persuaded: "This is already the case, just pay attention in the future." Premier Zhou said: "There can be no future. Once we talk about it, we can't stop." As a result, except for things that can't be taken away, such as the floor, everything that can be taken down is returned to the public.