Chong Peng has four sons, almost all of whom started to serve as soldiers, go to school and work in Nanjing. Although some are now in Beijing and some are in Nanjing, Jiangsu has become their out-and-out "root". Among them, Chong Peng's eldest son was fostered in a common people's home in Yancheng during the war, and was not taken back until after liberation. The second son, Xu Hairong, has been working and living in Nanjing as the director of Nanjing Quality Supervision Bureau.

However, Peng Lao's sons are as low-key as their father. When the reporter got in touch with Xu Hairong yesterday, he was busy receiving the central-level leaders and relatives and friends who came to mourn at his home in Beijing. After thanking the reporter, he said that his father was a very modest and low-key person. "Many comments are left to history!"

So far, Chong Peng has hardly written or invited others to write a complete memoir for himself. "My father talked about himself before his death and said that he was just an ordinary person and did what he should do." Xu Hairong said.