We are accustomed to using the term "a promise of a thousand gold" to describe a person who speaks with credit, and compares his promise to a thousand and two gold, but the people who can really do this are really very few.
Recently, the story of an old man who kept his promise to his comrades for 66 years touched many people.
From his youth to the white-haired old man, he told us the true meaning of a promise with practical actions.
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This old man's name is Yu LongHair, the story begins in 1938, when Yu Long Hair was only a 14-year-old cowherd, because he was in the rear, so he was still a half-grown child who had no concept of the situation.
Just thinking about how to make more money every day to supplement the family.
One day, Yu Longhair was confused and was arrested by Zhuangding, which was a very common thing at that time, and the Kuomintang almost always relied on grabbing Zhuangding to replenish the source of troops, not that the people did not want to join the anti-Japanese ranks, but did not want to serve as cannon fodder for the Kuomintang, and did not want to hand over their lives
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Politicians are rampant in the hands of infighting in the hands of the team.
Although yu long hair is almost adult, but after all, he is still young, he has not been sent to the battlefield, but in the rear for training, until he turns 18 years old, he was formally incorporated into the battle sequence according to the regulations, which also means that the small long hair is finally going to the battlefield, but this time he is very lucky to be arranged to be a service soldier,
That is to say, he should stay in the rear, not only will he not go to the battlefield, but the days will not be too hard.
In fact, the little long hair will be so lucky, or the help of the company commander of his unit, the company commander is named Yi Xiang, it is he who sees the long hair in the team, thin and small, he can't move to grab it at all, if he goes to the battlefield, he is going to die, he has a soft heart, so he arranges for this child to be his own service soldier.
Although the little long hair has not studied anything, and he can't know a few words, he is diligent and fast, not only has a flexible mind, but also has sharp hands and feet, and he knows that if he is not a chief, he will definitely not be able to live, so he stays by Yi Xiang's side and works hard. Yi Xiang also liked this child very much, and in the baptism of war afterwards, the two passed the test of life and became lifelong friendship.
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Soon in 1949, the Kuomintang army was completely defeated, and Yi Xiang suddenly received a notice from his superiors to immediately move to Taiwan. The wife insisted on staying and taking care of the two sons, and could not accompany him, Yi Xiang thought about it repeatedly, and decided to entrust his wife and children to the care of Yu Long hair, before leaving, he promised Yu Long Hair that when the situation stabilized, he would find a way to take his wife and children away, and then Yu Long Hair would be free.
Neither Yi Xiang nor Yu Longhair thought that they would get in touch again, and it would have been 30 years later. Yu Long hair returned to Yi Xiang's hometown of Shaoyang, Hunan Province, with his sister-in-law and two nephews, and there was Yi Xiang's elderly father at home, this family was old and small, it was really not easy to take care of them, Yu Long Hair was afraid of others gossiping, did not live with the Yi family, but hid in the low and damp dangerous house next to it.
Originally, after liberation, Yu Changfa was supposed to be able to go back to his hometown, but in his opinion, since he had promised Yi Xiang, he should keep his promise, so he still continued to stay in Shaoyang.
Life was very difficult in the early days of liberation, and the Yi family was not well-formed, and it was also found that he had a relationship with Taiwan, and in the tense political atmosphere at that time, Yu Changfa was also implicated, but he still kept his promise and always did his best to take care of the family.
In 1979, the Yi family finally received a letter from Yi Xiang, who had already remarried in Taiwan and formed a new family, and would definitely not come back. Although Yu Longhair was sad, he was also deeply relieved to know that everything was fine with the chief. After the death of his sister-in-law in 2009, Yu Longhair, who had been away from his hometown for many years, finally fulfilled his wish to return to his hometown with the help of the love organization.
In 2016, Yu Longfa died in his hometown, and this ordinary little soldier used his life to explain what is the true commitment and faith.