He remembers when he was child that he used to eat red peppers and sip kaoliang to keep warm in winter while squatting on the ground with workmen.
他是河北薊縣人，青年時代吃飯喜歡和工人一起吃。「蹲在地上吃著餅，就高粱酒。天冷的時候把紅辣椒燒一燒，咬一口、喝口酒，熱氣直冒，天寒地凍也甭怕。」