Seemingly ordinary people may have done a lot of luminous things, and even too much light from fireflies will illuminate a land. A poor old man teaches and educates people and leads a dull life. However, Marshal Chen Geng personally came to see me off, and the government specially invited him to be the vice governor at the age of 75. What attracts them behind this ordinary old man?

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The old man's name is Rao Sicheng. You may have heard of his son Rao Shushi, a revolutionary and one of the builders of New China. His son is so excellent that Rao Sicheng is actually not bad as a father. Rao Sicheng was born in the late Qing Dynasty (1882) in Jiangxi. He also cherishes his life experience. He lost his mother and father at an early age and was taken in by his uncle at the age of 8. Nine-year-old Rao Sicheng entered a private school. At the age of 2 1, he won the position of scholar by virtue of his excellent performance in the last imperial examination. Later, the imperial examination was abolished, but Rao Sicheng's study was still very good. He went to Jiangxi Excellent Normal University to choose subjects. During his school years, Rao Sicheng achieved excellent academic results, so the school sent him to Nanjing Liangjiang Excellent Normal University for further study. Here, he majored in English and minored in geography Rao Sicheng, who learned a lot of knowledge, began his first step in teaching in his life. He returned to Linchuan to teach.

From 19 12, Rao Sicheng began to work hard from the first year of primary school to the provincial normal school. Moreover, in his years of study, the tide of new ideas more or less flowed into his body, and revolutionary ideas took root in Rao Sicheng. He learned about everyone's life from the farmers in his hometown, never let the other side suffer when buying things, and silently passed on revolutionary ideas to them when chatting. He also mobilized the local people to confiscate the ill-gotten wealth that the gentry should not have received, and used the money to buy fields and get some scholarships for children who had no money to go to school, so that many children would not be deprived of their right to education because of money.

It is precisely because Rao Sicheng has always adhered to new ideas and fought against feudal conservative forces in stealth that he was excluded from Nanchang. During his teaching in the school, it happened to catch up with the first great revolution. Rao Sicheng yearned for the revolution and was very concerned about the current situation and the country. He collected current affairs and guided students' ideological consciousness of saving the country and the people by combining his own teaching and lectures. Party member in the school underground also appreciates Rao Sicheng. They talk about ideas together, ask each other questions and borrow progressive books and periodicals. Rao Sicheng's thought has also been perfected here.

When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated for the first time, Rao Sicheng was a local member and minister of the Kuomintang in Jiangxi Province. However, in the counter-revolutionary coup in 1927, Rao Sicheng firmly stood in the camp of * * *, and actively cooperated with the students and youth in Nanchang with the party's "Nanchang Uprising". Subsequently, Rao Sicheng, as a representative of the Party Department of Jiangxi Province, attended the joint meeting chaired by Tan Pingshan and actively provided his own opinions on the discussion on the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee. But not long after the uprising, the insurgents left. Rao Sicheng is in poor health and can't be with everyone. Because of his heroic deeds, he managed to avoid persecution by reactionary forces. Rao Sicheng returned to Linchuan. Rao Sicheng is in charge of teaching most of the time. He speaks well and students like to listen. He also skillfully spread revolutionary ideas. Many students chose revolution because of Rao Sicheng.

Finally Nanchang was liberated. Chen Geng was the commander at that time. Rao Sicheng, 68, is in Nanchang No.1 Middle School. Hearing the news, Chen Geng also specially came to visit the old man. At this time, Rao Sicheng was sick and poor. Rao Sicheng, whom Chen Geng met, was such a poor and sick old man, so he took out 200 silver dollars and gave it to Rao Sicheng. Rao Sicheng was very moved, but refused to accept it, hoping that the money would be used for soldiers at the front. Later, Rao Sicheng was invited to leave school and began a new journey.

Rao Sicheng also served as vice chairman and people's committee member of Jiangxi provincial government. 1957 at the age of 75, he was invited as the vice governor of Jiangxi. Although Rao Sicheng is old and in poor health, he can't do much work, but his ideological work and views on education are very experienced. He loves the motherland and the party. Rao Sicheng actively exaggerates his love to the people around him and puts forward many opinions and suggestions on education, which is of great practical significance.

However, in August of 1958, Rao Sicheng, an old man who worked hard all his life, died unfortunately. Just before his death, he also asked to hand over his hard-earned salary of more than 6,000 yuan to the country and do his last part.

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For Rao Sicheng's life, suffering and happiness coexist. He used his good platform to drive many aspiring young people, and dedicated himself to the revolution, society and country in his own way. This kind of Rao Sicheng is unusual. He always adhered to the correct path and left his unique mark in the development of the times.