陈孟元,1894年生,山东掖县(今莱州市)小朱石村人,世代为农,家境贫寒。父母靠为人帮工、手工编织等办法积攒学费,供他读了八个冬季的私塾。1911年,陈孟元经人介绍,长途跋涉,去黑龙江省黑河双合盛货栈当学徒。学徒期间,由于他少年老成持重,勤奋好学,善于揣度顾客的心理,为货栈扩大了 Chen Mengyuan, born in 1894, a small Zhu Shicun from Ye County, now known as Laizhou City, from generation to generation, has a poor family. Parents rely on people to help workers, hand weaving and other ways to save tuition for his reading eight winter private school. In 1911, Chen Mengyuan introduced by people, long journey to Heihejiang Heihe Shuanghe Stacks Apprentice. Apprenticeship, because he was young and steady, studious, good at speculating the customer psychology, expanded for the warehouse