In 1991, the staff of a credit union in Chongqing went to the countryside to find an old man named Jiang Cheng and brought a bill of arrears of 2,400 yuan. You should know that in that era, 2400 yuan was undoubtedly a huge amount of money, so this immediately aroused people's curiosity. However, after some questioning, people had an unexpected discovery that the real identity of the old man was once a first-class hero of the country! After 33 years of demobilization, why did he owe 2,400 yuan in foreign debt after the first-class hero who annihilated 400 enemy troops in World War I?
Shortly after the liberation of Chongqing, the 21-year-old Jiang Cheng joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army with enthusiasm and was assigned to serve in the machine gun company. After just one year of hard training, when the Korean War broke out, Jiang Cheng followed his troops to fight in Korea. Because of his fearless attitude of not being timid in the face of the enemy in battle and competing for the first place in the face of the enemy, he was soon appointed as the squad leader. In the following time, Jiang Cheng participated in the battle with the team no less than 400 times, and he also accumulated a wealth of combat experience.
In the winter of 1951, jiang Cheng, who was wounded, participated in a large-scale blockade battle with his troops, during which he annihilated more than 400 enemy troops with heavy machine guns in his hands and repelled nine enemy charges. What is more worth mentioning is that during the battle, Jiang Cheng also miraculously shot down an enemy fighter, which also made a considerable contribution to the victory of our army. After the battle, Jiang Cheng was awarded the title of first-class hero for his battle merits and became a model for the whole army.
However, after returning to China after the end of the war and serving for two years, Jiang Cheng refused the generous distribution of work, unloaded his full honor and returned to his hometown to become a farmer. After returning to his hometown, he never mentioned his eminent deeds to people, and even his family did not know. Moreover, during his family farming, Jiang Cheng also wanted to use his subsidies to build a road for his hometown, for which he also took out almost all his savings. However, with the construction of the road, its expenditure also greatly exceeded Jiang Cheng's budget, so in the end he had to borrow a huge amount of money from the credit union. With the rolling of interest, the debt he borrowed later reached 2400 yuan, which led to a later scene.
After the old man got the loan document, he sold the valuable things in the family, and borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends, which paid off the arrears. I have to say that the old man is indifferent to fame and fortune and adheres to the noble quality of credit, which has to be admired. And such an old hero is fully worthy of the model of the people and the pillar of the country!