I was 14 and he was 38. I was admitted to the town's high school. He was the village chief for three years. The school is far from home. Climbing mountains and crossing two rivers is necessary. Every day, go to school and

I was 14 and he was 38. I was admitted to the town's high school. He was the village chief for three years. The school is far from home. Climbing mountains and crossing two rivers is necessary. Every day, it's a long way to go to and from school. The children in our village do not study after primary school. At the beginning, my mother accompanied me every day to cross the mountains and bridges, and only two buses a day sent me back. In the afternoon, I went to the bridge and walked back. When I couldn't catch the bus, it would take a long time to see my mother, and my mother was there waiting, eager to get dressed, looking forward to it. It's really hard for her. I don't know when, he also walked through the township every day. He told his mother not to pick up his daughter in the future. I gave her a ride. At first, I wasn't used to it. I was a little afraid of him, far away from him.

When I was impressed with him, he had just returned from military service. He was a handsome man, the most cultured and handsome man in the village, and he was very serious. In everyone's eyes, he is excellent. He has a happy family and a lovely pair of children. He had been a soldier and could have stayed in the city to work. However, when the army was transferred, he gave up the superior life in the city and chose to return to the countryside and lead his fellow villagers to become rich. I had never seen him before he changed jobs. Later, I heard that he was on the border of his motherland, and every time he left home to join his comrades-in-arms, he stayed in the army for 15 years. He was very strange to me, but I didn't know why, and it made me want to get close to him. In my heart, I have quietly fallen in love with this man who is not too old.

In the following days, he accompanied me every day on the way to and from school, from the initial half-heartedness to slowly accepting him and willing to be with him. At that time, I was still developing very early. Although I was only a teenager, I was already elegant and bumpy. Because he was a soldier, he looked young. Someone in the village made a joke with him. -Director, gentle family does not eat your vinegar. Why does it look like a couple with Xiao Yan? At this time, he was not annoyed, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile! Because of the simplicity of the folks, those jokes were harmless, and I just blushed a little. There are also women in the village who told my mother that the daughter of the Tender Family is very compatible with the director! Mom was half joking and half serious. Just scold them a few times. He kept telling me that if the village were connected to the mountain road outside, you wouldn't have to work so hard to go to school, which undoubtedly increased my gratitude to him. But in these three years, no one knows how much I admire him. By the way, I forgot what I called him. Ever since he returned to the village, I've called him a veteran. One day I said to him, "Veteran, if you can fix this mountain road, I will repay you when I grow up!" He said, "Swallow, what can you give me in return?" "Keep it a secret for the time being." I say.

Later, I went to high school and left the village. I was 17 and he was 41. After I left, I heard my mother say that he had also taken a few young people from the village to the city to work. I hadn't seen him once in three years. Or my mother told me that when he returned to his hometown, the state gave him a sum of money, and he worked outside to earn some money. The young men he worked with took the money home to build new houses, but he took all his savings and repaired the village's mountain roads and fortified the bridge. Strangely enough, he was not very nice to his wife, particularly stingy, and the family lived a hard life. I don't know if it's because of me.

Later, he graduated from high school and was admitted to college. Because of my longing for the ocean since childhood, I applied to Qingdao Ocean University, majoring in marine biological research, which is a very unfamiliar industry. I didn't expect to be admitted. Although tuition fees are not very high, they are still a big burden for poor families. My mother ran around, borrowed a lot of houses, and the neighbors in the same village even brought pigs to the city to sell and helped me pay the tuition, because I was the only female college student in the village, and everyone could help me as much as possible. Mom said he later collected a large part. The night before I left home to report to school, he came back. He took me to the primary school in the village. He said, Swallow, you are an excellent child. I've fixed the road. You said you would repay me. How will you repay me? When will you be able to give me something in return? He pointed to the dark, dilapidated elementary school classroom. In an instant, I understood, and I hugged him and cried. -----------------

Four years of college were fleeting. I'm 21 and he's 45. In four years, I only went home once, and during the holidays, I interned at a local company in Qingdao. My specialty is the development of sea cucumbers. My mentor introduced me to study here and gain work experience. Not to mention that companies can offer high internship salaries. After graduation, I was invited by the company to work there directly. Because it is my dream to be able to work by the sea every day. The next job was also handy because of the internship experience. The owner took good care of me and put me in charge of the reception and explanation work, not only to pass the time, but also to earn overtime pay! I worked for this company for four years. During this period, my monthly salary was only set aside for living expenses, and the rest was sent back to the veteran to let him do what he wanted to do!

Once this year, I went back to my hometown, and the veteran picked me up at the station. I haven't seen him in years. He was much older, his hair was gray, and his back was bent. He drove a tractor to pull me. Instead of going home, he went straight to the primary school in the village. When I got there, I was shocked. The dilapidated elementary school has a new look! I know, this is his masterpiece again. "Veteran, are you learning from Lei Feng again?" I asked. He said, "No, this time Lei Feng is you and my son." I rebuilt this elementary school with the money you gave me and the money my son bought in the city, so the hero is you! At this moment, I was in tears and finally understood the good intentions of the veterans. In fact, by this time you should have guessed my relationship with the veteran. He's my father. Over the past 25 years, the time we've really spent together has been every morning and evening for three years of junior high school, and the rest of the time is either he's defending his country or I'm studying and working outside. My eyes were red with tears. The veteran said, no, I should call my father. The father said, "I am an orphan. The villagers raised me. I want to treat them right. This kindness is something we can never forget. ”