Text/Zhang Xiaonuan
The most tragic thing about this drama is not Li Kuiyong and Ning Wei, but Wu Manchu, who came from the countryside and joined the army with the hope of the whole village.
Wu Manchu was not yet 30 years old when he died, and was blown up by landmines;
Wu Manchu's last words to Zhong Yuemin before his death: Yuemin, or let me go (to clear mines), my family has many brothers and sisters, the ocean family is a baby in the ocean, can not let him take this risk.
The emotion is real, and the helplessness is also profound. Who would have thought that this hero Who dared to die, Wu Manchu, when he first entered the company, was an object that made everyone "seek joy".
Zhang Haiyang and Wu Manchu knew each other relatively early, when they were training in a recruit company, and Zhong Yuemin met Wu Manchu when he later joined the army under the "introduction" of Zhang Haiyang.
Zhang Haiyang introduced Wu Manchu to Zhong Yuemin and only said three things, which turned out to be angry with Zhong Yuemin.
First piece:
Zhang Haiyang: This boy grew up in the deep mountains, the first time he went out of the mountain, he saw everything fresh, the recruit company ate the bun last time, this kid grew so big, stunned that he had never seen the bun, reluctant to eat, hid the bun, said that he was going to give it to his father and mother, and finally searched it.
Wu Man's simple and unpretentious filial piety has become the talking point for Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin to find pleasure. Therefore, human sorrow and joy are not the same, no one can do exactly the same as the feelings of others, this is not cold, this is reality.
Second piece:
Zhang Haiyang: Another time, when he first arrived at the recruit company, this kid was running around the barracks with his pants, and I asked him what he was looking for? He said to look for the soil. I said why are you looking for dirt? He said wipe your ass.
Zhong Yuemin laughed bitterly. Wu Man's living habits in the mountains became the "pleasure" of Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang after tea and dinner.
Da Bing once said such a sentence: Respecting other people's hometowns is the quality that every passerby should have. Similarly, respecting the past lives of others is the upbringing that every friend (comrade-in-arms) should have.
At that time, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, who "did not know the taste of bitterness", did not respect it.
Third piece:
Zhang Haiyang continued to complain to Zhong Yuemin about Wu Manchu: I will learn from his speech at the first class meeting: "Thanks to Chairman Mao's blessing, I have also done the eighth road, and when I go out, my mother said, don't come back to see you without killing a few Japanese devils." I was stupid at the time, and my heart said, this grandson is sick, right? How long has it been since the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, where the Eight Roads and the Japanese devils have come from, where is this?
In the deep mountains where Wu Manchu lived, hardships and hardships, and the news was closed, they didn't know what the outside world was like, how could they live in a bustling city like Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, receive a good education, and have a lot of knowledge, they didn't even have the opportunity to go out of the mountains.
At that time, Wu Man hoarded in the eyes of Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, almost like a fool, he got up at 5 o'clock every morning, and when everyone was still asleep, he had begun to clean the yard.
Not only cleaning the yard, he also volunteered to go to the back kitchen to help, but also volunteered to clean the toilet, and was as busy as a top every day. Wu Manchu firmly believes that he can also do a "Lei Feng", he has neither culture, nor backstage, only a physical strength, so he can only rely on his own diligence, firmly rooted in the army, one day will survive to Tigan, only by mentioning the dry, the life of his parents and siblings at home can hope to improve.
This kind of thinking, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang will not understand at all, Zhong Yuemin once questioned in surprise, "rely on this to do it, just kidding."
In the book "Dust Song", there is such a passage: living itself is to live for the sake of living, so everything that flows with empty blood is ultimately doomed, in a personal sense, to end without disease. Nothing can make up for the barrenness of living other than alive itself.
Wu Manchu embarked on a military career with the hopes of his family, just to use all his "skills" to make himself live well and make his family live less "barren".
No matter where Zhong Yuemin went, he would not be too peaceful, and it was better to let him live according to the rules than to kill him.
No, in the boring military life, always have to find some "fun" for yourself.
Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang slaughtered a chicken on the back mountain, roasted it, and by the way, Wu Man hoarded to the back kitchen to bring them some spices, but who knows, this chicken just got down, it attracted a comprehensive investigation by the instructor.
In fact, losing a chicken should have been no one to find out, and it was not a big deal, but unfortunately, this group of chickens was raised by the wife of the deputy director of the army, and the number of days and quantities was kept in mind.
The instructor had already guessed eight or nine times that Wu Man was hoarding spices in the kitchen, and the guess was that Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were instigating it. However, neither Zhang Haiyang nor Zhong Yuemin admitted to the death that they had stolen the chicken.
Finally, under the severe torture of the instructor, Wu Manchu was forced to tell the truth helplessly. The company immediately gave Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang punishment. At this point, these two people and Wu Manchu's Liang Zi were tied.
Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin combined, in a martial arts training, in the name of training, beat Wu Manchu fiercely, and Wu Manhun's nose bone was broken by Zhang Haiyang's kick.
As soon as this matter came out, Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin both felt that they had done too much, and thinking about it carefully, Wu Manchu was a very good person, and just when they were repenting, they saw Wu Manhoe drying clothes on the playground, and it was the dirty clothes that Zhang Haiyang had just taken off.
Suddenly, Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin's sense of guilt became stronger, and tears poured into their eyes.
Kindness is a nature, kindness is a choice. Wu Manchu felt that he could not stand Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, he should fight, he did not resent Zhang Haiyang for kicking his nose, in his heart, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang were still his brothers, and he still insisted on washing clothes for Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang.
In a long life, everyone has had times of weakness and mistakes, just as everyone has been firm and brave at a certain moment. There are mistakes and corrections, and there are debts and repayments.
Wu Man hoard, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, their feelings are the same.
When Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang apologized to Wu Manchu, Wu Manchu covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly.
In the original work, it was written: Wu Man hoarded bitterly: It was I who was sorry for the brothers, and the company commander said that if he did not tell the truth, he would let me retire and return to my hometown. Brother, I can't go back ah, you have not tasted the taste of poverty, I grew so big, even the stick noodles did not dare to eat a big mouthful, I have 6 younger siblings below, for me to be a soldier, my father is hard to give the branch secretary Bai 3 years of work, cutting firewood, carrying water, feeding pig food, 3 years, a day does not dare to delay. Zhishu still had a conscience, went to the armed forces department of the commune to ask for a place for me, and on the day he got the enlistment notice, his father knelt in the branch academy and bled his brain... When I arrived at the army, it was like entering heaven, I had clothes to wear, I had a full meal to eat, I was not afraid of your jokes, I ate wild vegetables and paste, I was really afraid, I was counting on doing a good job in the army, mixing with an official and a half-job, my father and sister could have a hope in the future. I have no door, no culture, but I have strength and can work, isn't that what Lei Feng did....... Brother, I can't forget the day I left the village, the villagers of the whole village were at the entrance of the village to send me off, I walked a journey back to prostrate 3 heads, and then walked a ride and prostrated again...
Zhang Haiyang couldn't help crying anymore, Zhong Yuemin didn't cry, but for the first time in his life, he had the feeling of doing something wrong, and silently repented.
When Wu Manchu came to the army, he carried not only his own life, but also the hope of the whole village, as well as the hard work and sweat that his old father had shed for 3 years to the Zhishu family in vain, and all that their whole family had obtained was just the "privilege" that Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang had when they were born, how could they deeply understand.
What Wu Manchu wants is different from Zhang Haiyang Zhong Yuemin, they both have the qualifications to "dream", but Wu Manchu does not, what Wu Manchu wants is nothing more than to stay in the army and let the family live well, after all, when suffering comes to his head, what he can do is to do his best to drive away the suffering and live well.
As the Seventh Heavenly Year said: The so-called "brilliant and rich life" is just a gimmick of word games, and all one can do is to live well.
Perhaps, "living brilliantly and richly" is only the qualifications of talents like Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, and Wu Manchu, who is from the bottom, can "live well" is the greatest gift given to him by fate.
Sometimes, "living well" is also a luxury, and Wu Manchu's wish to "live well" has not been realized.
After 10 years of suffering in the army, it finally waited for Tigan, and Wu Manchu was not happy to mention how happy he was. Usually eager to break a dime into eight petals to spend, he actually spent nearly half a month's salary to buy wine and meat, and asked Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang to "dash again".
The three of them took advantage of the silence of the night to promote a long talk on their knees on the playground, And Wu Man hoarded excitedly on the ground and prostrated to the heavens, he finally took root in the army, and he finally had the ability to support his family.
However, Wu Manchu spent 10 years to survive the good days, and before two years, he died in the line of duty.
In a battle, when all the people were blocked by mines buried under the ground, Zhong Yuemin proposed that he go to clear the mines himself, but as a company commander, he had more important responsibilities, to command, to communicate with his superiors, so he could not go.
Zhang Haiyang saw the situation and volunteered to go to the mine clearance, and at this moment, Wu Man hoard stepped forward.
Just when Zhong Yuemin was in a dilemma, Wu Manchu said: Yuemin, just let me go, my family has many brothers and sisters, the ocean family is a baby in the ocean, we must not let him take this risk.
What made me most puzzled was that Zhong Yuemin was actually persuaded by Wu Manchu's words.
Because Wu Man hoards many children in his family, is his life not so precious?
This reminds me of the movie "Jinling Thirteen Chao", those prostitutes standing on the street on the banks of the Qinhuai River, in order not to let the female students be defiled by the Japanese, they sacrificed their lives to take their own righteousness, dressed as female students, and went deep into the Tiger's Den of the Japanese.
Father John in the film says to George: God has made us all equal, do you say to choose a girl or a woman (into the tiger's den)?
Is it true that everyone is equal?
If everyone were equal, Zhong Yuemin would not let Wu Man hoard to clear mines because Wu Man hoarded that there were many children in the family and that the ocean family had a baby in the ocean; if everyone was equal, why did everyone think that when everyone watched the film, they all felt that those prostitutes standing on the street should exchange their lives for the lives of students?
Therefore, in this world, there is no "equality for all" at all, this is just a beautiful, unfulfilled yearning.
In the end, In the process of demining, Wu Man hoarded an accident, was blown up to the point of blurring flesh and blood, and survived for 10 years to live a good life, so it was gone, when the heartbeat stopped, perhaps in Wu Man Hoard's heart, all this was worth it.
After all, in the 10 years of living in the army, Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin really regarded themselves as brothers, after all, in the past 10 years, Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin have not worn a new military uniform, all sent to their younger brothers and sisters, after all, in these 10 years, Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin have helped themselves a lot.
These "kindnesses", Wu Manchu finally made a "reward" with his life.
In this world, there is such a person, you are good to him, he will reciprocate ten points.
Wu Man hoard's departure made Zhang Haiyang and Zhong Yuemin unable to extricate themselves for a long time.
There is a sentence in the book "Good, Touch your head": You and I understand that this has never been a fair world. People have different starting points, different paths, and even different encounters and different destinies. Some people accept orders, some people obey orders, some people disobey orders, and some people play with their lives. Hope and disappointment intertwine, and Nile lives a lifetime.
Zhong Yuemin is the kind of person who has the capital to "play with his life"; and Wu Manchu is the kind of person who "accepts his fate and obeys his fate".
Author: Zhang Xiaonuan, may you and I meet not too late in the warm and comfortable text, and grow together
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