In the early morning of January 9, 1976, Zeng Xiangyang was awakened by a cry, he stuck his head out of the quilt and shouted outside: "Sister, what's wrong?" Who's crying? "

The door was pushed open, and my sister Zeng Xianghong walked in with tears on her face, "Premier Zhou has passed away!" "

Zeng Xiangyang shivered, quickly got dressed, and came to the living room, only to see a small table in front of the portrait of Premier Zhou hanging on the wall, the table was already full of fruits, three sticks of incense were inserted on the incense burner, emitting faint green smoke, and his parents were wearing white shirts, with black yarns tied on their arms, looking at the portrait of Premier Zhou with a sad expression.

There was also a large black and white photo respectfully placed on the table, that photo, Zeng Xiangyang was too familiar, it was the pride of the whole family. The photo is on July 5, 1965, Premier Zhou and Vice Premier Chen Yi came to Shihezi to inspect the work, and personally met with the young people of the Shanghai branch.

The scene at that time, as if it happened yesterday, is still clearly replayed in Zhang Yulan's mind.

On the same day, the news that Premier Zhou was going to inspect had become a secret that was not a secret; except for the comrades who were sticking to their posts, the small town was empty of thousands of people, the whole city was crowded, loudspeakers were erected on the roadside telephone poles, and gongs and drums were noisy and lively. About 100,000 people from all directions came to the gathering place of the meridian road, the various government agencies, companies, factories and mines, schools, are in accordance with the prescribed position on both sides of the road neatly lined up in line, almost 13 o'clock in the afternoon, the loudspeaker broadcast the news that Premier Zhou and Vice Premier Chen have entered Shihezi, 100,000 people suddenly boiled, everyone involuntarily stood on tiptoe to look at the direction of Premier Zhou, are anxiously looking forward to it, at this time, the actors of the art troupe also beat the gong, beat the drums, and waved the colorful flags in their hands, Beautiful Uyghur, Tajik, Kazakh, Mongolian and other girls dressed in bright national costumes and danced a welcoming dance.

The crowd suddenly boiled, "Hello Premier Zhou!" "Welcome to Shihezi!" The cheers of 100,000 people resounded in the sky! I saw the respected Premier Zhou walked down steadily from the domestic Hongqi car, greeted by the party, government and military leaders of Shihezi Division City stepped forward, Premier Zhou smiled and shook hands with everyone one by one, the welcoming crowd can clearly see the Prime Minister's thick eyebrows and bright eyes, Premier Zhou smiled, cordially greeted the surrounding crowd, where the Prime Minister walked, the crowd involuntarily followed him forward, just like that, 100,000 people followed him 4 kilometers, as if Premier Zhou led the Nanchang Uprising, Everyone unswervingly surrounded him, came to the Shihezi Hotel where the locals called him stayed, and when it was time to temporarily separate from everyone, Premier Zhou affectionately waved goodbye to the black crowd, and the crowd resounded with long-lasting applause, until the back of the prime minister disappeared in the hotel, the applause was still ringing, and the crowd was still standing neatly outside the hotel, just like the poplar trees on both sides of the road, straight and towering, majestic and solemn!

At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yulan and 10 other youth representatives from the Shanghai branch stood next to the 145th Regiment Educated Youth Forest 5 kilometers north of the city, excitedly and nervously waiting for Premier Zhou's arrival.

"The Prime Minister is here! Someone whispered excitedly, only to see Premier Zhou come to everyone with a smile.

"Hello Prime Minister!" Everyone shouted out in unison, and their excited hearts seemed to be jumping out!

"Hello everyone!" Premier Zhou took the initiative to shake hands with every educated youth, and jokingly pulled Vice Premier Chen Yi to his side and said, "I also brought your old mayor, do you know him?" He also cares about you very much, and has come to see you! Vice Premier Chen Yi wore sunglasses and said with a smile: "The prime minister specially asked me to accompany him to visit everyone!" Immediately the crowd burst into cheerful laughter.

When asked about Zhang Yulan, Premier Zhou deliberately asked in Shanghainese: "Where does Nong live?" Zhang Yulan stumbled excitedly and replied: "Alajiahao is in Xuhui District." When the intellectuals heard their hometown's dialect, they suddenly surrounded the prime minister, and their restrained and nervous expressions relaxed.

In his speech, Political Commissar Zhang Zhonghan came to the prime minister with a plate of ice cream: "Prime Minister, this is the ice cream produced by the farm itself, you can taste it!" The prime minister distributed the ice cream to everyone and told everyone: "Eat quickly, eat quickly, don't melt it!" After speaking, he put the ice cream into the pot like a child, took a sip, and praised: "It's delicious!" Everyone laughed happily. (Note: To this day, Shichang ice cream is still popular in Shihezi, and the best-selling is the Shichang ice brick tasted by Premier Zhou that year)

When parting, Premier Zhou said earnestly: "Family background is something that individuals can't choose, but the future can be chosen!" This sentence inspired Zhang Yulan all her life, she was born in a capitalist family, and went to Xinjiang to break with her family, including marrying Zeng Zhiwen from the countryside of Liuyang, Hunan, who took a fancy to his poor peasant background, a daughter of a Shanghai capitalist can become a people's teacher, and can also be received by the premier, Zhang Yulan was full of emotion, and firmly remembered every word that Premier Zhou said!

"Our whole family should go out to see off Premier Zhou!" Zhang Yulan retracted her thoughts and said categorically.