On March 29, 1960, a stuffy tank truck from Lianyungang stopped and went along the way, pulling up a group of veterans in military civilian clothes and backpacks on the platform and heading north. The one who sat in the corner of the carriage and snoozed without saying a word was Guo Chaopin, the protagonist of this article.
Yin and yang mistakenly go to the land
Guo Chaopin was one of the 100,000 demobilized officers and soldiers who came to support the oil conference.
"The stuffy tank car was more than 3 days old and stopped at the Lamadian Railway Station. The platform was not wide, so we got off the bus and packed the whole platform to the brim. Elder Guo said.
"Our group of veterans, the military and political quality is quite high, at that time it was snowing heavily, falling to the ground more than half a meter deep. Those of us, who were not prepared in advance, were still wearing very thin jackets of troop hair, and when the cold wind blew, although we could not stand the cold, we stood up straight one by one, and the whole platform was silent.
"After a while, a leader of the agricultural and sideline section on the oil field came. He said that we were given a glorious and arduous task, because the food supply was in short supply, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of the oil battle, we needed to go to the newly established organ farms, cultivate land, and solve the problem of eating on the front line. We are soldiers, and it is our duty to obey orders. After listening to the speech, he did not say a word, boarded the liberation car outside the station, and drove to the destination Majiayao.
"For the convenience of water, the dormitory is set up next to a bubble. Luckily, the two tents assigned to us were cotton and looked thick. Although it was already early spring, in this unobstructed wasteland, the isolated tent could not withstand the continuous attack of the cold wind no matter how thick it was, and the small wind specifically looked for gaps to drill, and the whole tent was chaotic. To sleep, you must wear a cotton hat, wear cotton clothes, cotton pants, and even large shoes, and then cover a thin military quilt, fully armed, so as not to be awakened by freezing.
"Say the farm has just been built!" In order not to work in the south, the farm asked us to follow a great liberation, collect manure and fertilizer within the war zone, and bury the accumulated farm manure in the ground to ferment, waiting for the sowing to begin.
"The land is raw land, most of our more than 50 people are from the countryside, and agricultural work is a light road for us." However, such a large piece of land must be turned over, plowed out of the ridge, and there is no modern agricultural machinery, just relying on manual hard work, which really makes us veterans who have been far away from agricultural work for many days and can't bear the cold, and have suffered a lot. Because some people could not bear this crime, they did not even want luggage, work relations, and household registration relations at night, and did not quit and became deserters.
"At the time, I knew that they were muttering privately and slipping away from me in the middle of the night. At that time, I thought, where to run, this year, everywhere is the same, grit my teeth and survive.
"Just after the spring planting, the farm gave us family leave in order to stabilize everyone's emotions and eliminate the bad influence of 'running comrades' on our psychology. It was this family leave that made me almost never come back. ”
The explorer almost didn't come back
"At that time, when I went out, I didn't have an ID card, and my identity was mainly confirmed by opening a letter of introduction from the organization." At that time, I don't know whether the regular introduction letter was not printed, or the clerk did not understand, when I opened the introduction letter, I did not find the paper, just on the side of my child was writing homework, I pulled a piece of paper with squares on his book, so I wrote a letter of introduction by hand, stamped an official seal and handed it to me. I was very hesitant at the time, and asked one more question, the other party said that there is no problem with the official seal, and I am not good enough to say anything more.
"It was relatively smooth to get home, and there was an accident on the way back. In the middle of Xuzhou Station to change the car, the introduction letter into the ticket gate, the conductor vigilantly looked at me for half a day, maybe she is also the first time to see such a simple, casual introduction letter, interrogated me for sixty-three times, or threw the introduction letter out, saying that the time of the introduction letter expired. I took a look at it, but it wasn't, it was overdue. How can this be done? In that era, there was no introduction letter, let alone buying tickets, not even living in a shop, it was simply difficult to do.
"Suddenly, I noticed a policeman coming in my direction. Yes, there is something to find the police. I told the police about my difficulties. We were all soldiers, and we knew that I was an oil worker, and he was very enthusiastic and invited me to the Xuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau where he worked. After many contacts, we finally contacted Director Cai of the Agricultural and Sideline Industry Department of the Battle. When Director Cai heard that it was me, he opened his mouth and said, 'I thought you had taken the opportunity to run away!' I didn't expect you to come back, just come back, you are good! I'll give you something.
"According to the procedure, Director Cai, in the name of the Agricultural and Sideline Industry Department of the Battle Headquarters, sent a telegram to the Xuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau to prove my identity, and with the help of the Public Security Bureau, I bought a train ticket back to Daqing."
The pig case was cracked and the innocence was returned
Guo Lao, who returned to the oil field, accepted a new task - raising pigs.
Elder Guo said, "Let us do whatever we want, and say whatever we want." When it was handed over to me, there were more than 50 pigs in the pen. Under my careful breeding, in the second half of the year, the number reached 108. ”
"Looking at a group of chubby pigs, I have an inexhaustible strength and a special sense of accomplishment."
"People say: The family has a thousand, and those with hair do not count, this is true. One day, as usual, after eating the pig food from cabbage, potatoes, and multigrains, a large piece fell for unknown reasons, leaving only 8 pigs that did not grab the slot and still alive. What's going on here? Is it swine fever or is someone poisoned? Watching the fruits of my labor so ruined, my tears fell down one by one.
"This was no small matter in those years of class struggle. At that time, the battle command sent a platoon of firefighters to seal off the pig house where the crime occurred, first, to protect the scene from being destroyed, and second, before figuring out the reason, they were afraid that the nearby people would steal and eat it, and then there would be a problem. The public security personnel also took samples of the pig food of the day and brought a piglet to the Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department for inspection. The head of the Agricultural and Sideline Section and I were invited to the janitor's room of the Second Courtyard, and the comrades of the Security Section were very polite and said that they would stay here for two days until the matter was clarified.
"We didn't do anything wrong, and we weren't afraid of ghosts calling the door." It was delicious and drinking, no one was looking at us, and we honestly didn't move anywhere. Wait, I want to know what the pig died for anyway.
"Within two days the results came out, neither swine fever nor artificial poisoning, but because the winter storage cabbage was piled together, not ventilated, produced nitrite, and the pigs ate and died of poisoning."
"The pig case was revealed to the world, and I naturally returned to my position as a breeder and returned to my old business."
Potatoes rescue the hungry
In that era of extreme food shortage, the grass-roots volunteer workers of the cadres of the organs preferred to come to the farm, because even if they worked for a day, they could eat at least three full meals. Therefore, there is a saying circulating among the cadres of the organs: "Three people work and two people do it, and one is drawn out to fight." "This battle refers to going to the farm for voluntary labor.
"At that time, no matter how poor the farm was, it was still not a problem to eat." Elder Guo said.
"People at that time were quite disciplined. Knowing that they can eat enough to work on the farm, it is the turn of this opportunity, and many people, especially some children's mothers, are reluctant to eat, and secretly wrap the handkerchief they give to themselves home and give it to children or the elderly.
"Once, a doctor at the staff hospital, after eating, walked around the pigsty where I worked. Talking to her, she said with a red face, not afraid of your jokes, there is nothing in the house, there are many children, there are old people, and the farm has given her not enough food for them. She saw some frozen potatoes piled up on the side of the pigsty and wanted one or two to go back. Hearing this, my tears came down, and I hurried into the house and brought her a few unfreeze potatoes. She was so thankful that she was going to kneel down for me.
"After that, I often pick some lightly frozen potatoes from the farm that are eliminated or frozen and do not use as feed, and store them in cloth bags, waiting for everyone to pick them up." However, many people have a good face, afraid that others will see the stealing of pig food to eat, and find trouble for me, and they will not take the initiative to take it.
"I also know their ideas, and every time I know that there are comrades from the organs who come to work on the farm, I string up decent potatoes with ropes and hang them in a conspicuous position under the eaves, and there are those who are familiar with me, know my intentions, and when they leave at night, they do not meet with me, and take advantage of the night to take the potatoes away.
"Later, many people knew about this matter, but it was kept secret, and every night, people who knew each other would quietly go under my eaves to take the potatoes. That's it, hanging and taking, until the food is not tight and everyone can eat enough, it will not end. ”
Elder Guo said: "Those frozen potatoes, for the farm, are things that are eliminated into feed for pigs, and no one is rare." But for people who are hungry, that is a life-saving guy, I don't ask for any thanks, nor do I want anyone to remember me, just think, when people have difficulties, they can help a little, this is called sending charcoal in the snow!"
Red Heritage: The kindness of an old father makes me feel glorious and proud
Narrator: Guo Yuncheng (Son of Elder Guo)
My father and I work in a mine, although not in the same unit, but many of the thousand and eight people in the mine are familiar with my father, and they all have an evaluation: Lao Guo is a really good person with a good heart. He didn't know how many potatoes full of kindness and sincerity he had picked up in that era, and how many hungry people and families had been saved because of these potatoes. Every time I think about this, when I think of him not asking for anything in return, silently sending away hunger for people I know or don't know, I have a respect for the old father in front of me. As a descendant of him, I feel particularly honored and proud.
Their generation is selfless, all for the sake of altruism, as long as they can contribute to the people in difficulty, they are willing to do it wholeheartedly, this simple, heartfelt kindness, he himself did not care, but those who are favored by him will remember for life, this is where we want to learn.
Reporter Fu Hu