Source: People's Daily
On the 9th, in 2022, the unified examination work of the whole army for the public recruitment of civilian personnel was fully launched. The battle slogan written by Chen Xiangrong, a martyr of the Weiguo Shubian, before his death, "Clear love, only for China" became the topic of the written test.
Netizens said that when they saw this question, they were in tears. On the same day, Chen Xiangrong's sister Chen Qiaochao's article "Clear Love, Forever Staying in Heaven and Earth" was published, recalling the little-known stories and details of her brother's life, the words poked at the heart, and the sentences were moved...
The following is an excerpt from "Clear Love, Forever Stay in Heaven and Earth".
"I must love this little guy so much!"
My brother Chen Xiangrong has been sacrificed for more than a year, and I still can't accept the fact that he has left his mother and me forever. He was a soldier, and I understood his mission and responsibility. But as his sister, in my eyes he was nothing more than a child who had just come of age.
Mom often said that when she was pregnant with her brother, her stomach was much larger than other pregnant women around her, which once made her think that she was a twin. After my brother was born, I watched him lie quietly in his mother's arms, his eyes closed, his long curly eyelashes moving with his eyelids, some small white dots on his nose, and his small pink mouth moving with "bar click", soft and sticky look very cute. I secretly told myself, "I must love this little guy!" ”
Chen Xiangrong and sister Chen Qiaochao
Soon after his brother could walk, his parents took him out of his hometown in Fujian and went to Hubei to do business. Sometimes they were too busy to take care of their brother, so they locked him in the house and watched TV. The younger brother is also very well-behaved, he will stay at home quietly, not crying or making trouble. The landlord's aunt opened a commissary. When my brother is older, he will help her take care of the shop while playing. The landlord's aunt told her brother that she could take whatever she liked to eat. But my brother never ate anything from the store, and when someone came to buy something, he ran to his aunt. Auntie also especially liked this child from afar.
Later, my parents went to Hainan to contract a mango orchard, and my brother was also sent back to his hometown to live with my grandmother and me. When the chicken soup is stewed at home, the chicken gizzard is regarded as the most nutritious part, and the younger brother will definitely give the chicken gizzard to grandma to eat. The cousin is two years younger than the younger brother, and the two brothers are inseparable. Mom often said to my brother, "You are an older brother, you must know how to take care of and protect your brother, and your toys and snacks must also be shared with your brother." "My brother has always done this, and there are delicious and fun things to give to my cousin first."
"I don't have to spend money here, 100 yuan is enough"
When I was in my junior year of high school, my dad had cancer. In just over a year, he left us, leaving me, who had just gone to college in Fuzhou, my brother who was in junior high school, and my family that had been hollowed out because of high medical expenses. During that time, my mother went out early and returned to work three jobs in the evening, working as a salesman in the supermarket in the morning, helping people sell rice grits in the afternoon, and helping workers in the rice kway teen workshop in the evening.
For his mother's hard heart, my brother saw it in his eyes and hurt in his heart. He studied hard, came home to help his mother with housework as soon as he got out of school, and often reassured me not to worry about the family. My young brother cared for my mother and me as much as he could and went all out to get into high school.
Chen Xiangrong as a child
With the support of my mother and brother, and with the support of caring people in the society, I successfully graduated from university and stayed in Fuzhou to become a trainee lawyer. One day, his younger brother, who rarely revealed his inner thoughts, suddenly said that he wanted to become a soldier: "I have wanted to be a soldier since I was a child, I was not old enough before, now I have reached the age, I saw the posters and propaganda slogans in the school, this year's recruitment has begun, I want to sign up!" ”
Mom and I looked at my brother's determined gaze and listened to his categorical tone, both relieved. Mom said: "It is a very honorable thing to be a soldier, and we support you unconditionally!" Finally, through his own efforts, the younger brother successfully passed the conscription examination.
The night before going to the army, the family held a farewell party for my brother. During the meal, my brother put on a new military uniform, stood barefoot, and stood tall, hating that he could not be much higher than me to show that he could protect my mother and my little manhood. This funny scene was also filmed by my mother. After my brother left as a soldier, we often looked at this photo.
After joining the army, my brother received a stipend of 4100 yuan for the first time, sent 2000 yuan to my mother, sent me 2000 yuan, and told me to give part of the money to my grandmother. I asked him, "You gave us all the money, how can you use 100 yuan?" The younger brother said indifferently: "Oh, I don't have to spend money here, 100 yuan is enough." "It wasn't until later that I learned from my brother's comrades-in-arms that my brother didn't need to spend money, but he wasn't willing to spend it.
Chen Xiangrong's helmet
"I just want to know if he's brave when he fights?"
The first person to receive news of his brother's sacrifice was his uncle in his hometown. At that time, my mother was working in Hainan. The uncle was afraid that his mother was in a hurry, so he called lightly to say that there was an emergency at home and asked her to take the next morning's flight back home. Under repeated questioning by my mother, my uncle lied that my brother was injured in training and needed us to accompany him. My mother was relieved and called me to get home the next day. The next day, I arrived home one step ahead of my mother and learned the truth from my uncle. My mother, who hurried into the house, saw me in tears and understood everything in an instant. Mom's legs were weak, she sat paralyzed on the ground, and fainted.
The next day, we got on a flight to my brother's unit. Along the way, I still didn't want to believe the fact that my brother had sacrificed. It wasn't until I saw my brother lying in an ice coffin that I believed that my brother had left us forever. A chief asked his mother, "If you have any requests, we will do our best to meet them." The mother shook her head and said, "My son is a hero who defends the country, and I have nothing to ask for." I just want to know if he's brave when he fights? ”
From my brother's relics, my mother and I saw two letters that my brother had not been able to write, and every time we wrote "dear mother", we stopped writing, and my brother must have a lot to say to his mother. Later, one of them was collected by the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution.
Now, I can sometimes hear my mother's cries in the early morning, and at night I hear her playing her brother's song "Rong'er" written by my brother's comrades over and over again. Mom used to say, "Whoever it is, in that case, will make the same choice as Rong'er." Sometimes, in front of me, my mother would comfort herself: "Just when your brother is still a soldier in the army!" ”
My brother's sacrifice became an incurable wound for my mother and me. Once alive, he transformed into plaques, certificates and medals. But I'm proud of my brother, who knew exactly what he liked at such a young age and ended up sacrificing for the cause he loved. "Clear love, only for China", the younger brother did what every Chinese son and daughter would do.
Today, I also follow my brother's example and wear "peacock blue" to become a member of the civilian phalanx. In the barracks, when those soldiers who were the same age as my brother became more and more familiar comrades-in-arms, when I saw their vigorous and courageous appearance again and again, I began to understand my brother's "clear love, only for China" behind the deep affection of the homeland...
Source: CCTV News (ID: cctvnewscenter) Integrated People's Liberation Army Daily, southeast outpost, some pictures from CCTV military
Editors of this issue: Hu Chengyuan and Shi Lei