Lu Yonggen: My concern is constant, my faith is firm

in South China Agricultural University, there is such a leave of the old president. His mission is on his shoulders, his first heart is not forgotten, even if he is in bed, also does not forget the organization of life
; He is known as the "cloth
" of the "model of the times" - the former president of South China Agricultural University, china
, well-known rice geneticist Lu Yonggen."I watched the party's
opening live broadcast, after listening to the total
report, blood boiling, encouraged..." The third day after the party's
, in the ward
learning session, Lu Yonggen smiled wrinkles are blooming.
childhood photo, Lu Yonggen is wearing a shoulder strap and white shirt. In 1930, he was
a middle-class family in the United States, with both cars and telephones, in excellent condition. At the age of 11, the Japanese occupied the
, and he witnessed the fall of the land and witnessed the decline of the Kuomintang
. In the end,
't let Lu Yonggen find the direction of life in confusion.
" as a hot-blooded young man, I am determined to give up the comfortable life, do not hesitate to drop out of school, not afraid of going to jail, killing the head, to be a revolutionary. At the age of 17, he hid from his family and joined the
Party's peripheral organization, the
New Chinese Youth Association." On August 9, 1949, Lu Yonggen joined the Chinese
in
. August 9th has since replaced his birthday as his most important day of the year.
the founding of New China, Lu Yonggen was sent
from
to Guangzhou to lead the underground school association to welcome the liberation of Guangzhou. After graduating from university, Lu Yonggen stayed on as a teacher and became an assistant to Professor Ding Ying, "the father of rice science in China". This pair of teachers and students, there is a good word. "Advanced old scientists like you should be part of the
as early as possible." Lu Yonggen said to Mr. Ding many times. Academically, Ding Ying is the leader, and politically, Lu Yonggen enthusiastically guides her teacher, Ding Ying, to join China at the age of
.
as president of South China Agricultural University, Lu Yonggen positioned himself as a triple
, then president, and then professor.
years could not wear out his first heart. "Although I am now ill and unable to walk freely, my consciousness is awake, my concerns are constant, and my faith is firm!" Lu Yonggen, who is suffering from cancer, and his old partner, solemnly applied to
: "We have not left the party for most of our lives." Even if you are in bed, you can't live without an organization. In this regard, the
decided, by the Agricultural College
and several other
, once a month in the ward
study sessions.science and education is Lu Yonggen's lifelong ambition.
"This wild rice is so good, we didn't climb up in vain!" "One day in October 2001, on a hilltop in Fukuoka, Guangdong Province, Lu Yonggen limped with one hand and helped the tree in the other, happy like a child. The road is not easy to walk, the students will hold him, step by step, panting. That year, he was 71.
" until he was hospitalized, the teacher was not off the front line of scientific research. Student Liu Xiangdong said with tears in his eyes. Over the years, Lu Yonggen still took his students on a run in Gaozhou, Fukuoka, Suixi, Boro, Huila and other places, struggling to find wild rice with important genes that could improve rice varieties. . .
At the age of 76, Lu Yonggen wrote in "True Scientists, True Patriots": "I am willing to 'live to old, learn to old, revolution to old' as the orientation of life." My youth has been dedicated to the cause of science and education of the Party, and I am ready to continue to dedicate my later years to this cause. In
years, Lu Yonggen research team selected a total of 33 new varieties of crops, in southern China, the cumulative extension area of more than 10 million mu, the new output value of more than 1.5 billion yuan." as a teacher is not only a profession, but also a lifelong struggle for the cause. "Despite retiring from the post of principal, for Lu Yonggen, the responsibility of teaching and educating people has increased. Every year when Mr. Huanon's freshmen enroll and graduate, he volunteers to speak to his students until he can't speak - he's in the hospital with cancer. . .
On the afternoon of March 14, 2017, Lu Yonggen was helped to the bank steps. Tremblingly, he opened an old black purse and pulled out a folded verse envelope. Open the envelope again and slowly pull out more than 10 passbooks inside. He signed one voucher after another and entered the password again and again. Soon after, Lu Yonggen donated other surplus savings at another bank.
a full 880.9446 million yuan! The old couple did not leave the only daughter, but set up the "Lu Yonggen Xu Xuebin Education Fund", because "to support the modernization of the country, not to make education together, it is impossible." Lu yongen said.
these feats, people say "donate", but Lu Yonggen always said "also" - "the party trained me, this is the last contribution." Xu Xuebin also said: "We were educated by the Party when we were young, the state gave us a lot, we can't finish, of course, back." I
old man's house as if I were back in the last century. Iron shelf bed rusty, hanging mosquito nets with bamboo poles, table lamps are decades ago style, radio broken repair and repair ...
This is not the first time Lou Yongen has donated. As early as a few years ago, he returned to his hometown of Guangzhou, leaving behind two shops worth more than 1 million yuan, donated to Luodong Primary School. He encouraged the students to study hard, "the country is strong, we have a better place in this world!" The
also have an agreement: to go through the procedures for the donation of the remains, as
of the family members.
, Lu Yonggen died in Guangzhou after his medical treatment was ineffective. Li Dasheng, the former
of South China Agricultural University, unexpectedly received an envelope of Shendian, a full 10,000 yuan. "This is Lao Lu's last 'special party fee'!" Xu Xuebin said tearfully.