"The young man left home and returned to the old man, and the township voice did not change the sideburns. Children don't know each other, laughing and asking where the guests come from. This is a poem written by He Zhizhang that has been living in a hometown for a long time and remembering his hometown. However, in the war years, this scene is not uncommon, in order to defend the country, I don't know how many heroes and sons and daughters carry long guns, put on military uniforms, they endured the pain of saying goodbye to their relatives, embarked on an uncertain road.
He Jian, born in 1911 to a peasant family in Huang'an, Hubei Province, grew up witnessing social unrest and the need for a reshuffle in China under warlord control. Therefore, from a very young age, He Jian had a revolutionary mind, and he wanted to become a member of the revolutionary army and contribute to the country. However, any ideal must bow in front of reality, He Jian's family is very poor, if he leaves, his mother will have to bear the burden of life alone, he can't bear to let his mother work so hard.
In this way, it was not until the age of 18 that He Jian's ideal was realized. At that time, a Red Army team was passing through his village, and in order to reward these soldiers, He Jian and his mother took out some grain and let them rest a little. He Jian found that there were many new recruits of his age in the Red Army, who were all children of poor families and also lived a life without enough to eat and wear. However, they are brought together by a common ideal, and in order to create an equal society, they are willing to become the cornerstone.
The spirit of these recruits touched He Jian, and once upon a time, he was also such a person. However, when he thought of his old mother at home, he fell into a struggle, on the one hand was his mother, on the other hand was the national righteousness, just as the so-called "fish and bear paws can not have both", if you want to join the army, you must temporarily put down your mother. But in fact, He Jian's mother is far less vulnerable, she has worked all her life, her health is very good, even if He Jian is gone, she can take good care of herself.
Soon after, the Red Army left, and He Jian, who had lied to his mother about going out to learn his craft, quickly followed, and he secretly became a Red Army soldier without his mother. After entering the army, He Jian started as a messenger, after which, he followed the troops to the south and the north, accumulating countless battle achievements, and his position was also higher and higher, and soon became the regimental commander. In the course of fighting with the army, He Jian passed through Hubei several times, but he did not enter the house once, because the revolution had not yet succeeded, and because he had come out to become a soldier without his mother, he was only willing to go home on the day when Yijin returned to his hometown.
However, in order to avoid his mother's worries, he still wrote to tell his mother the truth, and her mother learned that He Jian did not go to work, but went to become a soldier. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, He Jian threw his head and spilled his blood on the battlefield, charging forward in every battle, putting life and death aside. After 20 years of fighting, He Jian became the commander of the Luzhong South Military Region, and at this time, he dared to go home to visit his mother. What's more, He Jian has not had time to fulfill his filial piety all these years, he wants his mother to see, he has not wasted his life.
Unexpectedly, He Jian, who returned home, was slapped hard by his mother, and seeing the tears in his mother's eyes, He Jian prepared a stomach but could not say anything. He knew that his mother only hated his original deception, hated his distrust, and if she knew that he was going to become a soldier, how could she stop him. However, everything did not matter, he had returned safely, and in the days to come, he would not let his mother be afraid anymore.