There is such a story about a reunion. The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake devastated Zeng Jiafu's hometown of Dujiangyan. In the temporary resettlement of the board room, Zeng Jiafu met Li Hongzheng, a military doctor who came to the rescue, and affectionately called him "Uncle Iron Army". Since then, becoming a soldier of the people like "Uncle Iron Army" has become the greatest wish of Zeng Jiafu.
Last spring, the dream of zeng jiafu's childhood shone into reality, and he put on the military uniform as he wished, but he missed the "iron army uncle" who had not been seen for many years. With the help of reporters from the general station, the two were reunited in Zeng Jiafu's military camp, and Li Hongzheng personally put on the rank of a private for the child he had rescued that year. At the beginning of the new year, Zeng Jiafu and Li Hongzheng adhered to the mission of soldiers in their respective posts and sent blessings to their "old friends" and "new comrades- in-arms" who were far away. The New Year special report "Happy New Year" aired "When you grow up, I will be you" today.
13 years ago, "Uncle Iron Army" helped him get through it
He dreamed of becoming a soldier like the "Uncle of the Iron Army"
June 11, 2021, will be an unforgettable day in Zeng Jiafu's life. On this day, he was awarded the rank of a private soldier, and more importantly, he reunited with the "Uncle of the Iron Army" who was thinking of the twilight.
△ When Zeng Jiafu accepted the title of "Uncle of the Iron Army", he was already in tears.
The uncle in Zeng Jiafu's mouth was named Li Hongzheng, and he was the chief physician of the 923rd Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force. In 2008, Li Hongzheng followed the troops to the disaster area to carry out psychological counseling work, and met Zeng Jiafu, who was only 9 years old at the time.
At that moment, Li Hongzheng's eyes were full of pity and love, pulling Zeng Jiafu's small hand to chat with him and taking him out of the haze of losing his homeland. Since then, Li Hongzheng has continuously funded the Zeng family's rich family, the children's schooling, and his father's treatment, and he has been silently concerned and helped.
△ After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Li Hongzheng provided post-disaster psychological counseling for the young Zeng Jiafu.
Zeng Jiafu loved a notebook that Li Hongzheng gave him, and in the past 13 years, Zeng Jiafu has moved with his parents many times, and even accidentally lost the phone book that remembers Li Hongzheng's contact information, but this important notebook has always accompanied him: "I have kept it since the second grade of primary school, and it is still in my cabinet, just like new." ”
△ In 2008, Li Hongzheng gave nine-year-old Zeng Jiafu a precious notebook, which Zeng Jiafu has been carrying with him for more than a decade.
When they were children, Zeng Jiafu and the children who were affected by the disaster liked to call Li Hongzheng and his comrades-in-arms "Uncle Tiejun": "Because the place where they lived at that time was called 'Tiejun Road'. ”
Li Hongzheng, the "Uncle of the Iron Army," did not know that a good deed in that year planted a seed of serving the people and serving the country in the heart of a child, and it was slowly sprouting and growing.
Thirteen years later, he enlisted in the army
Reunited with "Uncle Iron Army" when he participated in the new recruit award
During the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, Li Hongzheng was once again ordered to go to Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital. In Dujiangyan, more than a thousand kilometers away from Wuhan, Zeng Jiafu, who had just become a preparatory party member for more than a month, returned home for winter vacation, and when the epidemic broke out, he took the initiative to ask for help and became a volunteer serving the frontline of the community's fight against the epidemic. In parallel time and space, two people who have not yet reunited have the same heart.
In the most difficult moments, Zeng Jiafu inspired himself by recalling the "Uncle of the Iron Army". But he hopes to one day wear that olive green and reunite with the "Iron Army Uncle" in the form of a soldier.
△ Zeng Jiafu in the training of recruits
In the spring of 2021, Zeng Jiafu, who was about to graduate from college, joined the army, and when the reporter of the general station went to the military camp to shoot a feature film, he accidentally learned that Zeng Jiafu had been looking for Li Hongzheng, who led him to grow up in faith, so he helped him find this "uncle of the iron army" and kept secret from him the news that Li Hongzheng was invited to participate in his new recruit awarding ceremony.
The night before the award ceremony, the reporter told Zeng Jiafu the story of Uncle Li that he did not know: "Uncle Li has sponsored dozens or hundreds of people over the years, and I did not know before this. ”
Zeng Jiafu recalled the scene of being personally awarded the title by "Uncle Tiejun", "At that time, I saw the photo of Uncle Li holding me, and I was particularly excited when I looked at the tears. ”
△ Li Hongzheng (right) and Zeng Jiafu (left) at the award ceremony
Zeng Jiafu described them as "the most familiar strangers." "He said we would fight together and become comrades-in-arms from now on, and I knew in my heart that he wanted me to do better."
△ At the new recruit awarding ceremony, Zeng Jiafu reunited with the "Iron Army Uncle" who had not been seen for many years.
When I grow up, I become you
The two talked about memories from 13 years ago
After the new recruit awarding ceremony, Li Hongzheng came to Zeng Jiafu's dormitory. The uncle and the little boy, the military doctor who had once urged his knees in the board room, now became comrades-in-arms, sat together again, and opened the notebook full of memories.
△ After the award ceremony, Li Hongzheng came to Zeng Jiafu's dormitory, and the two talked about their memories of 13 years ago.
This notebook bears witness to the agreement between the two "comrades-in-arms". Seeing the handwriting of Zeng Jiafu's childhood in the notebook, Li Hongzheng also sighed that the thin boy of that year had now grown into such a sunny and handsome guy, and he couldn't help but call Lei Xuehua, the rich mother, to report the good news.
Lei Xuehua, like his son, finally contacted the benefactor of the year, and shed tears of excitement. On the eve of this Spring Festival, she once again made her hometown's special food after many years, which she said was the most simple gift she could give to "Uncle Iron Army". "I cried when I saw Zeng Jiafu and Uncle Li meet and I was proud."
△ During the post-disaster reconstruction period, Li Hongzheng provided assistance to the Zeng family. (Pictured on the left is Zeng Jiafu's mother Lei Xuehua)
On the first day of the Year of the Tiger, Zeng Jiafu and Li Hongzheng, two soldiers who insisted on their posts, took the time to send New Year greetings to the distant "comrades-in-arms" WeChat. Zeng Jiafu wished his "Uncle Tiejun" academic progress and family happiness, while Li Hongzheng hoped that his "new comrades-in-arms" would "do a good job."
In the new spring after the reunion, Zeng Jiafu silently made a wish - when he grows up, he will also become an "uncle of the iron army": "I hope that he feels that he insists on doing the right things, and I will help more people in the future, just like we have a spirit that is passed on from generation to generation." ”
Reporter of The Central Broadcasting Corporation of Taiwan/Han Xueying
Source: CCTV Military People's Army WeChat public account joint logistics assembly number WeChat public account
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