New Year's Walk grassroots 丨Jun Sister-in-law Junwa Island Spring Travels

Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, February 9 Title: Spring Travels of Jun's Sister-in-law Junwa Island

Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bingxuan

"You always ask dad what the island is like, and today dad will take you to see it." Holding his son's hand, second-class sergeant major Yu Haijin and his family walked out of the camp.

Just after the Spring Festival, Higashifukuyama Island ushered in a rare sunny day.

The Eastern Theater Naval Guantong Brigade's Dongfushan Guantong Station is stationed at the easternmost end of the Zhoushan Islands and has the reputation of "the first outpost in the East China Sea." In the 1960s, a song "The Second Hometown of a Warrior" was sung from here to the north and south of the river.

As the oldest squad leader in the station, Yu Haijin has not returned home for the New Year for 3 consecutive years. This year's Spring Festival, his wife Wang Cuiyun came from his hometown of Anhui with a pair of children to visit relatives and go to the island for the New Year.

3-year-old son Yu Jiahao has always had a wish to go on a spring trip with his father.

"Every time I go home, I have very limited time and I spend less time with my family. Today, take them to the island for a walk, it will be our spring trip. Yu Haijin's face was full of smiles.

Not far from the camp gate, there is a huge stone on the side of the road, engraved with 7 big characters of "The People's Navy Is Loyal to the Party". Yu Haijin pointed to his son word for word.

"Dad, why aren't you in the Navy on a large warship, but on a mountain?" "Dad and uncles on the mountain are like the eyes of a warship, guiding the direction of the warship." Father and son asked and answered.

Since joining the army in 1999, Yu Haijin has been serving on the island.

Because of the harsh conditions, in addition to the officers and soldiers standing on the station, there is only one natural village with a hundred and ten people on the island. In recent years, due to the rise of tourism, a group of homestays has been formed under the mountain. The islanders take this as their business, going to the island in the summer and landing in the winter, migrating with the flow of people. Winters are windy and stormy, and the island is rarely populated.

"Happy New Year for Brother Cannon!" "Good older than the New Year!" When he met Weng Yucang, a villager on the island, Yu Haijin shook hands with him cordially and exchanged New Year wishes.

"You know the villagers on the island better than we do!" Wang Cuiyun quipped.

"In the past, there was no electricity on the island, and officers and soldiers were obliged to provide electricity to the villagers." Yu Haijin pointed to the power supply line set up in the mountains and said, "Now that the conditions are better, the residents under the mountain have all used the mains electricity, but the feelings with the officers and soldiers are still deep." The stone carvings we saw along the road were all carved for us by the cannon brother. ”

Along with Yu Haijin's family were shi jie, a cook, and Zhao Wenjie, a radar technician. 3 comrades-in-arms served together on the island, and the 3 military sisters-in-law also formed a friendship because they came to visit their relatives many times.

"They insisted on their positions and could not go home for the New Year, so our sisters and sisters agreed to visit relatives on the island together for the New Year." Wang Cuiyun said.

"In recent years, Guantong Station has newly built a family building, and the air conditioning, water heaters and other facilities in the room are readily available, and the living environment of our family members has been greatly improved." Zhao Wenjie's wife, Song Qianqian, said with a smile.

The sea breeze blows and the waves crash on the reef. On the mountain path, 4 children ran in front, 3 military sisters-in-law said and smiled and walked in the middle, Yu Haijin and his comrades-in-arms looked at their families and walked behind.

"Clouds and mist drift across the mountains, sea waters around the reef... Dear motherland, do you know the wishes of the warriors, this is our second hometown. On the way back to the camp, Yu Haijin sang the familiar melody behind his son's back.

Source: Xinhua News Agency