"it is almost as hard for friends to meet, as for the morning and evening stars. Tonight then is a rare event, * * * This lamp is candlelight. " There are too many variables in life, especially in times of war, people who may have known each other will never see each other again, and even think that each other has disappeared into the vast sea of people. If we can get together again, it can only be said that it is an adventure and coincidence of life.
For a loving couple, it's cruel to have to be separated because of the war. It's just that in that era of heavy gunfire, it's common to have a broken wife and a broken family. The only reason to keep yourself alive is faith, the belief of being responsible for yourself, your family and your country.
It is this belief that makes them fight more wholeheartedly. As the saying goes, the harder they work, the luckier they are. When they can face the reality calmly, they didn't expect fate to bring a turn for the better. In 1952, a company commander of our army burst into tears while watching a documentary, pointing to the screen: She is my wife. What kind of touching story is this?
On June 25th, 195, the new China had just been founded less than one year ago, and the domestic situation had not been completely stabilized. The Korean War in neighboring countries was originally an internal affair of other countries, but the United States interfered in other countries' internal affairs and repeatedly provoked China's border to prove its leading position in Asia.
So on October 8th of the same year, at the request of the North Korean government, China made a decision to "resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the country", and quickly formed Chinese people's Volunteer Army to join the war in North Korea. On October 25th, the volunteers launched their first battle after stationing in North Korea. Every volunteer was determined to win, and company commander Feng Xueyong was one of them.
Feng Xueyong is a native of Yang Lou, yingdong district. He originally had a happy family with his wife. He lived diligently by farming, and although his life was poor, he was also self-sufficient. In the autumn of 1945, he went back to his parents to help the elderly do farm work as he did every year. At the urging of his wife, he embarked on the road to go home, but unexpectedly, he never came back after this trip.
It turned out that he was going to cross the river by boat on his way home. At this time, the Kuomintang had openly provoked a civil war. Due to the need to rapidly expand the army, he began to recruit young men everywhere. Unfortunately, Feng Xueyong was arrested and became a member of the Kuomintang army. When he first joined the army, he missed his wife very much, especially when he saw that the Kuomintang was doing evil, and he wanted to escape from the military camp even more.
As a result, many attempts to escape failed, but he was beaten a lot, but this did not shake his belief in leaving the Kuomintang army. After that, he finally saw hope. The unit he belonged to rebelled and surrendered, and he became a PLA directly. In the PLA team, he saw completely different treatment and was welcomed by ordinary people everywhere, proving that he finally found the direction this time.
After liberation, he gradually became a company commander by his own efforts. At this time, the domestic situation was relatively stable, and he came up with the idea of finding a wife. However, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, his troops were sent to North Korea, so he had to put down his family. After all, he was a soldier, and defending the country was the duty that soldiers should perform.
In this way, he set foot on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. The war was cruel and cold-blooded. In order to boost the morale of the brave men, the organization showed them the documentary "We must repair the Huaihe River". When Feng Xueyong watched the documentary, he felt that the female model worker on it was familiar. After careful identification, he finally burst into tears.
The comrades next to him were very surprised. Although the female model worker inside was really touching, she didn't go to the point of crying. As a result, the company commander choked and pointed to the screen and said, "She is my wife!" When the army leaders learned of this incident, they quickly sent people to know the specific situation, and finally confirmed that the special female model worker in Huaihe River was Feng Xueyong's wife, Li Xiuying.
A native of Yingshang County, Li Xiuying, my uncle's family runs a small business, and his life is fairly rich, but he has no children, so Li Xiuying was adopted to his uncle and became his daughter at the age of four. Later, when there was a flood in my hometown, the flood took everything away from home, and the family had to leave their hometown to make a living again.
The days of fleeing from the desert were very miserable, but I finally got through it. With my uncle's brains, my life gradually improved. At this time, Li Xiuying was 19 years old and had reached the age of marriage. But my uncle only has her daughter, so I just want to adopt a son-in-law by adoption. Just then Feng Xueyong came to work in Li Xiuying's home, and my uncle took a fancy to his honesty and diligence.
In fact, Li Xiuying and Feng Xueyong fell in love at first sight, and with the help of my uncle, they soon became husband and wife and gave birth to a child soon after marriage. After three years of such a happy life, as a result, her husband left that autumn and never came back. At this time, she not only had to take a child, but also was seven months pregnant.
The disappearance of her husband made the family lose the only labor force. My uncle was old, and all the burdens fell on Li Xiuying alone. Perhaps she was too sad to feel pain, or it was too late to grieve. Li Xiuying's belief at that time was that she must be strong and take care of this family until her husband came back.
So, Li Xiuying supports this family like a man. Besides farm work at home, she also goes out to sell vegetables. She will do any job that can increase her family income, and she will continue no matter how hard the life is. Instead of being beaten down by the cruel reality, she has tempered her iron will.
In 1951, when the Huaihe River was flooded, Li Xiuying responded to Chairman Mao's call, "We must manage the Huaihe River well", and led 26 sisters around him to stand in the mud like men to build dams. Her feet were soaked and her hands were bruised with blood. Her shoulders were so painful that she couldn't sleep all night because she picked too much sand. Once, she even vomited blood and fell to the construction site.
However, when her condition just improved, she devoted herself to harnessing the Huaihe River. Her will and quality touched everyone. Under her influence and drive, the Huaihe River sluice project was completed ahead of schedule, and her personal advanced deeds were widely circulated. She was awarded as a special model worker in Huaihe River twice and became the cover figure in People's Pictorial. A documentary about her was thus filmed and spread all over the country.
Ren Feng Xueyong never imagined that his wife, whom he yearned for so much, appeared in the documentary, and was already a famous super model worker in the whole country. He could not imagine how that weak woman had turned into a model model worker, and his heart was so contradictory that he even wondered whether his wife had married someone else.
After all, he has been separated from his wife for six years. It is hard to imagine how hard she has worked to support a family by herself. He has made a good plan as long as his wife is happy, and he doesn't want to destroy her family. It is this idea that has been entangled in his mind and made him feel very painful.
After several ideological struggles, he finally got up the courage to write a letter to his wife, at least to let her know how they were separated. When Li Xiuying received this letter, she hardly believed it was a fact. She dreamed of meeting her husband in countless dreams. Even she had made the worst plan, and her husband had died on the battlefield.
However, the letter in front of her finally let her know that her husband is still alive. So, Li Xiuying quit her job and gave up all the honors, and she came all the way here. When the husband and wife met again, they cried bitterly. Six years of separation, six years of missing and six years of bitterness finally came out at this moment.
Li Xiuying became a military family member and accompanied her husband. When they grew up, their two daughters were married to soldiers respectively, and the family enjoyed family happiness, all of which originated from their original belief of being loyal to the party and the country.
Reference: A Gift to Wei Ba Chu Shi.