The old man couldn't bear to see that the next generation of the motherland didn't go to school, because he came from that era. He knew the pain of the children in the border area. We were moved by the old man's behavior. At the same time, should we do something?
No.28, Lane 1670, Huaihai Middle Road
In 2011, Xu shaocun made a will to donate No. 28, Lane 1670, Huaihai middle road to Shanghai hope project office. The final donation was 20 million yuan. Lane 1670, Huaihai Middle Road, near Gao'an Road, is a new lane. It was completed in 1936. The villa area donated by Xushao village is 382.83 square meters.
Xu shaocun's name may be strange to the outside world. His father Xu Tongxiang, the owner of the villa, was once the general manager of the famous yipinxiang hotel in Shanghai. Yipinxiang was a famous western restaurant in Shanghai in the early stage and a famous hotel in Shanghai in the later stage.
No. 28, Lane 1670, Huaihai middle road. The villa with renovated exterior walls is waiting for interior decoration.
Through the crack of the door, the 71 year old Xu Zuqian saw that the Chimonanthus praecox originally planted in the yard had been uprooted, and dozens of bags of cement were stacked on the bare loess. In my impression, only the magnolia tree 10 meters high in front of the court is still in its original shape. The pruned branches and branches stretch out the wall. It is said that the magnolia tree is 100 years old.
Three years ago, Xu Zuqian would come here two or three times a month to visit Xu Shao village, the former owner of the villa. Xu shaocun died of illness on March 9, 2011. More than a month before his death, he made a will to donate his only legacy, No. 28, Lane 1670, Huaihai Middle Road, to Shanghai hope project office. As the executor of the will, Xu Zuqian has spent three years traveling and dealing with the donation of the villa. It is rare for Xu Zuqian to come back here again.
After handling related legal affairs, selling villas and removing various expenses, Xu Shao village finally donated 20 million yuan, which has been in place recently. This is also the largest personal donation received by Shanghai hope project in the past 20 years.
The villa is the former residence of yipinxiang
The new lane 1670, Huaihai Middle Road, near Gao'an Road, was completed in 1936. Cement mortar facade, horizontal window wall, gray green tile veneer, window belt with protruding frame, occasionally appear geometric pattern decoration, at that time fashionable, after completion, there are many business people and military and political personnel.
In 1945, Xu Tongxiang, the father of Xu Shao village, bought No. 28 and lived with his family in this three storey villa. At that time, Xu Tongxiang was the general manager of Shanghai yipinxiang hotel.
After inheriting his father's career, Xu tongxiangzi and his brother jointly opened and operated yipinxiang hotel. The first floor was a western restaurant. At that time, the banquet could hold dozens of tables. Upstairs are guest rooms, a total of four or five floors, very imposing. 'the original site of yipinxiang is now Raffles square, next to the Peace Cinema. It was built before the international hotel was built. "Xu Zuqian recalled that" in the novels at that time, the yipinxiang hotel was written. Many celebrities in Shanghai beach went to yipinxiang to live or eat, which was one of the places for everyone to communicate. '
And Zou Zhenhuan, a professor of history at Fudan University, also confirmed this in his paper "the introduction of Western food and the development of modern Shanghai's urban cultural space" published in 2004. It is said that the Shanghai western restaurant started at yipinxiang on Fuzhou road. Cao Juren thinks that wanjiachun is the oldest and the back market is moved westward. Yipinxiang on Fuzhou road is the most famous. It has guest rooms, auditorium and restaurant like Meilihua hotel. '
In this way, 20-year-old Xu Shao village lived in lane 1670, Huaihai middle road. He did not expect at that time that he and his sister Xu Songmei would die in the future after years of ups and downs.
After liberation in 1949, after the joint venture between the public and the private, Xu Tongxiang handed over the yipinxiang hotel to the Navy Department of the government, and then worked in the Shanghai Fisheries Company.
Xu shaocun, in his 20s, suspended school for physical reasons. After 1950, Fang graduated from Shanghai St. John's University (the predecessor of East China University of political science and law) and worked in the Shanghai Foreign Trade Bureau. After that, he experienced the impact of his father's death and the 'Cultural Revolution'. During the cultural revolution, while working and reforming, he was still at home because of hepatitis B. Mother and Xu Songmei have been unemployed. In 1962, his father died, and the whole family lived on his meager wages.
In 1955, in order to increase the source of living, Xu Shao village's mother rented two rooms on the third floor and the first floor of the villa. During the cultural revolution, five or six families came to live together. The three of them could only live in a room of 18 square meters on the first floor, and the coal guards had to share with others. Xu Zuqian said that his uncle later told him, "at that time, he felt very hard and was not in good health. He had to take part in labor and did not dare to ask for leave. Later, I thought it was a sport. I was shocked from the top to the bottom. I didn't care too much about it. '
Around 1980, under the policy of that time, the houses occupied during the Cultural Revolution were returned to the Xu family. However, in the socialist transformation before the cultural revolution, the rented rooms on the first and third floors were turned into public housing and could not be taken back. This became a worry of Xu Shao village. "He wanted to keep the only ancestral property left by his father. "Xu Zuqian said that after many efforts and implementation of the policy, the house on the first floor was bought back. At that time, Xu Zuqian lent his uncle 80000 yuan. But the house on the third floor has never been bought back. "That family's bid is too high, and my uncle can't get so much money. The last time the policy was implemented, in the 1990s, the property right of the third floor house was returned to Xushao village by the government, but the residents on the third floor still enjoy the right to use it.
Donation after Wenchuan earthquake
For various reasons, Xu shaocun's brother and sister have never been able to get married and set up their own families. After her mother died in 1991, Xu Songmei was ill in bed for many years, and her brother and sister depended on each other.
'both of them are old and lonely. With poor health and food, Xu Shao village's monthly retirement salary of more than 2000 yuan is not enough. In 1997, Chen Lingdi became Secretary of the general Party branch of the Wukang Neighborhood Committee on Hunan Road, Xuhui District. At that time, she began to contact two old people. The neighborhood committee once advised the elderly to rent the villa and go to a nursing home for the aged. However, because of the shadow of the cultural revolution, the two refused all the time. "It was really hard to keep this ancestral property. '
With the efforts of Hunan Road Street and Wukang neighborhood committee of Xuhui District, the two elderly people are the first batch of beneficiaries of various government assistance and home-based care projects. They were given quilts in winter, food during festivals and holidays, various subsidies from civil affairs departments, home-based care for the elderly and part-time jobs for them. Chen Lingdi said: 'they are old and lonely, so we have been taking care of them since the older generation of cadres of the neighborhood committee. '
Chen Lingdi told reporters that Xu shaocun had mentioned donating houses very early. "Since the society cares so much about me, I also want to repay the society;. But he said casually at that time, we didn't expect that he would really donate. '
In those years, Xu shaocun would ride a battery car when he went out. He was usually thrifty and dressed casually. The only hobby left behind old Keller's shadow was to eat Kaiser's cake.
In 2008, the images of Wenchuan earthquake were broadcast on TV. The scene of school collapse and children crying deeply touched Xu shaocun. For the first time, he formally proposed the idea of donating the villa to Xu Zuqian.
'My only property is this house. Although we are relatives, I can't give it to you. I want to give it to the poorer people. Many children don't have books to read, so I'm going to donate it to project hope, which I believe is a good place to go. "Xu Zuqian said," this is the original language of Xu Shao village. In fact, there are many people in our family who covet his property. After his death, as he worried, there were legal disputes. Fortunately, he made his will ahead of time. '
Xu Songmei died in August 2010. In November, Xu shaocun fell down at home, broke his thigh and was bedridden. Forced to live, Xu Shao village rents the bottom floor housing, with a monthly rent of 8000 yuan, 4500 yuan to hire a nanny, and the rest to pay for living expenses and medical treatment. Xu Zuqian said: 'although I can often see him, I am also old. I hope he can find a babysitter, but he has always felt expensive and is reluctant to spend the money. '
In January 2011, Xu Shao village could not eat any food at this time. He seemed to realize that he would soon die. On the afternoon of January 16, Xu shaocun, lying in his hospital bed, called Xu Zuqian to his side: "go and call the Secretary and director of the neighborhood committee. I have something to take care of. "Although he didn't mention the house, Xu Zuqian knew that the old man had to account for the future.
At 10 am on January 17, Xu Zuqian came to Wukang neighborhood committee of Hunan Road street. Later, Chen Lingdi, Secretary of the general Party branch of the Wukang neighborhood committee, and Xu Baoying, director of the general Party branch, came to Xushao village and became witnesses of the will. According to the notarized will, Xu shaocun donated the whole house of No. 28, Lane 1670, Huaihai Middle Road, which he owned before his death (with a construction area of 382.83 square meters), and the money obtained from leasing and selling, except for handling the aftercare and repaying the debts, the rest of the money was donated to the hope project.
"We joked that when the hope primary school was completed, it would be named xushaocun primary school and Xu Songmei primary school. He was very happy. He laughed and said that he would build xutongxiang primary school named after his father because it was his father who gave him the house. 'Chen Lingdi recalled.
More than a month later, Xu shaocun died on March 9. On April 20, after dealing with the affairs of the old man in Xushao village, Xu Zuqian, as executor of the will, contacted Shanghai hope project office. After notarization, the donation of villas was basically completed by July 2011. After that, the two sides also dealt with the real estate disputes involving villas, the sale of real estate and related legal affairs. As of March this year, all the funds of RMB 20 million have finally arrived.
Two hope primary schools have been built
With the implementation of the initial funds, the hope primary school donated by Xushao village has started construction last year. One is located in the 14th regiment of the first agricultural division of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, and the other is located in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Hebei Province. We have set up the xushaocun student aid fund. Each school has invested 500000 yuan, and the local government has invested about 2 million yuan. According to the wish of Xu before his death, the signature will be Xu Shao village and Xu Songmei hope primary school. '
Wu Renjie, director of the Shanghai hope project office, told reporters that the fund operation donation to hope primary school is not a buyout. "First, submit an application report, and then issue the first donation after laying the foundation, and then allocate the second payment after the construction to the top of the project structure, and the third is to complete the completion acceptance, and pay after the audit report is delivered. '
It is reported that Shanghai hope project office will continue to donate money to build Xu's hope primary school this year according to the needs of other provinces and cities, aiming at the provinces and cities in Shanghai and the first-class poverty-stricken counties in China. Relevant project expenses will also be publicized through the Internet.
Wu Renjie also said that Xu shaocun's donation is the largest personal donation since the establishment of Shanghai hope project office in 20 years. "We should be worthy of Mr. Xu and make good use of the money given to the children. '
Many people may not imagine that Xu Shao village, which donated 20 million yuan, had only a few hundred yuan in his passbook after his death.
Throughout the morning, Xu Zuqian told the story of the dust laden old man himself. "Uncle always wanted to donate money to the hope project. In the past, he said he couldn't afford it, but now his wish has come true. The old man lived a hard life