１９４７年春节前，邓小平和李先念率领部队来到大别山区的金寨（zhài）县。除夕这一天，县委的同志来到邓小平和李先念的住处，看望首长和部队的同志，并带来了慰问品。临别时，邓小平问县委的同志：“你们从哪儿弄来的这些慰问品呀？”县委书记说：“这是乡亲们凑（còu）的 Before the Spring Festival of 1947, Deng Xiaoping and Li Xiannian led the troops to Jinzhai County in the Dabie Mountains. On New Year’s Eve, the comrades of the county came to dwellings of Deng Xiaoping and Li Xiannian, visited the comrades of the leaders and forces, and brought condolences. When he left, Deng Xiaoping asked the comrades of the county party committee: “Where are the condos that you get from them?” The county party secretary said: "This is what the villagers did