During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Jingzhai, deputy platoon commander of the third company of the 241st Regiment, 241st Regiment, 81st Division of the Volunteer Army, and a native of Dingtao, Shandong Province, performed very prominently, accomplishing combat tasks many times and winning the first class merit once and the second class merit three times.
However, due to the misunderstanding of the three words by the cadres of the old village, the inadvertent mistake completely changed the trajectory of his life and made his fate change dramatically.
After the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Jingzhai's unit sent good news to his hometown and a document on the provisions for the families of military martyrs to enjoy preferential state policies.
At that time, no one expected that it was the three words in this good news that would turn Li Jingzhai upside down in the second half of his life.
At that time, the education level of the village cadres was limited, and when they saw the three words in the document, such as "military martyrs' dependents", they mistakenly thought that Li Jingzhai had died on the battlefield, and they quickly and kindly informed Li Jingzhai's family.
Hearing the news of "Li Jingzhai's sacrifice", the whole family was grief-stricken and built a grave, relatives and friends came to pay tribute, and Li Jingzhai's mother cried to death.
In fact, after Li Jingzhai returned from the victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he stationed his troops in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, only more than a thousand miles away from his hometown. Because of his work, he did not have time to go home or send a letter to his family.
When Li Jingzhai heard the news that his family mistakenly thought he had died, he immediately took a photo and sent it home to explain the misunderstanding.
Unexpectedly, the villagers instead thought that it was sent by Li Jingzhai's colleagues to comfort his family.
Knowing that the family still did not believe it, Li Jingzhai tore a few feet of cloth for the old mother and wife, and sent it to the family along with 60 yuan.
It was even worse, and everyone thought it was a pension from the government.
The chief had to repeatedly persuade Li Jingzhai, who did not want to delay his official visit to his relatives, to go home for a 15-day vacation.
It was not until Li Jingzhai returned home that the misunderstanding caused by the three words "military martyrs" was eliminated.
However, what Li Jingzhai never expected was that his family paid a heavy price for this misunderstanding: the mother, who was nearly old, was so grieved by the thought of her son that she was already skinny and blind in both eyes; the wife died of grief due to her husband who was worried about the sacrifice.
Li Jingzhai's "death and resurrection" surprised and rejoiced the old mother, and the old man held the son who was "lost and recovered" and cried for half a day, and the result was full of sorrow and joy, and he died in a few days.
The heavy blow of the destruction of the family completely knocked Li Jingzhai down, and even on the battlefield full of artillery fire and difficult conditions, he did not fall, and he fell seriously ill.
"Illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a silk", when Li Jingzhai was well and ready to return to the team, the holiday had unconsciously exceeded more than a month.
When he went to Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, full of determination to kill the enemy, to find troops, the troops had already been transferred to defense and did not know where they were going.
Li Jingzhai inquired in many ways in the local area, but there was no result, and the money in his pocket was also spent. Li Jingzhai, who was brave and fearless on the battlefield in the past, now became a lone goose, standing on the streets of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, where his life was sparse, and did not know where to look for his troops.
Later, he thought that the motherland had been liberated, so he simply went back to build his hometown. From then on, he put away the merit book and began his silent and long life.
Since Li Jingzhai returned to His hometown in Dingtao, he has never told anyone about his combat experience. Because the village cadres have changed several stubbles, no one in the village knows that he has made many military achievements, and even the secretary of the village party branch does not believe that he has been a soldier.
A year later, because Li Jingzhai had left the army for a long time and had not returned, the Tao County People's Government sent a decision to expel Li Jingzhai from the party, but his military status remained.
After Li Jingzhai learned of this news, he did not say anything, and at this time he was already a farmer at home.
In order to change the appearance of his hometown, from the construction of the primary society to the people's commune, Li Jingzhai has always served as a village cadre.
He always did his best to do things for the villagers, taking the lead in heavy and tiring work, and never engaged in specialization. Together with other village cadres, he led everyone to dig rivers, build water conservancy, renovate land, build roads, and build schools.
Li Jingzhai has a good skill of building stoves, all kinds of stoves are difficult for him, no matter who comes to invite him, he is willing to go, never take the village official's shelf, and never collect any remuneration.
After more than ten years as a cadre, Li Jingzhai could not even count the good things he had done for the masses. And in these more than ten years, he has never thought of himself, and has never used the power in his hands to seek personal interests for himself.
As an official for more than ten years, he was upright and innocent, so he was respected and supported by everyone, and it can be said that his prestige in the village was the highest among all the village cadres.
Until the reform and opening up, life in Li Jingzhai's family was very difficult, and he also suffered from severe heart and lung disease, and he was often overwhelmed. The brutal war of that year caused him to suffer serious damage to his lower back and almost incapacitated himself to work.
However, even in the most difficult period, Li Jingzhai did not apply for subsidies from the state.
When someone asked him why he did not ask the organization for a little, the hero who had made many achievements on the battlefield shook his head and smiled: "How many comrades have been sacrificed on the battlefield, even a few compatriots who joined the army with me have also died on the battlefield." I already feel very lucky to be able to live until now, saying that I can't use the battles I have fought several times as a capital to reach out to the country and the collective! ”