Around the time of the march 2004 sting, a family in Gonglama Village, a Manchu town, Jilin Wula Street, hosted a celebratory drink. The son of villager Song Caixia got married, and the villagers came to congratulate and attend the wedding banquet. As the uncle of the newcomer, Song Fenghe also appeared at the scene.
Song Fenghe was 50 years old, 7 years ago, when he rode a tricycle to the town to sell vegetables, he was hit and fell by a large car speeding by, and the driver of the big car hit and fled, and Song Fenghe passed out on the spot. Later, because he had no money to see a doctor, he was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate, eventually resulting in necrosis of the femoral head and lying in bed for many years.
Rural wedding banquets
This day was the nephew's big day, and Song Fenghe seemed very happy and attended the wedding on crutches. However, when he was about to sit down to eat, there was a discordant voice around him: a child asked his mother: "Look at this uncle, how does he carry crutches?" ”
The mother did not care about Song Fenghe around her at all, and explained humorously: "People who lie will become cripples." ”
Song Fenghe was in a hurry on the spot, dropped the chopsticks in his hand, and vigorously defended: "I have said it many times, I am not lying, when are you going to orchestrate me?" ”
Seeing that Song Fenghe had moved the fire, the mother and child did not hesitate, and the villagers present were also silent, only concerned about eating.
At this time, Song Fenghe's heart was turbulent, this "lying" insult, he has been carrying for 26 years, even when his father died, the last sentence left to him was: "You honestly said, did you save people back then?" "I ended up with regret.
When his father died, he was lying on the bed and couldn't move, and even he had to rely on his eighty-year-old mother to feed him one by one, and Song Fenghe's heart was very unhappy. He really didn't understand: he had saved 85 passengers, but he had been misunderstood for so many years.
Returning home for the New Year, the bus started a fire
On January 15, 1978, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Song Fenghe, a young man in Jilin Province, wore an overcoat and carried a small army-green bag cross-body into the Zalantun Bus Station in Inner Mongolia.
Song Fenghe was 22 years old, learned the craft of a carpenter, and left his hometown to make a living as a carpenter in Inner Mongolia. On this day, he took the balance of the 40 yuan that had just been settled, bought some local specialties for his parents, and happily prepared to take a car back to his hometown for the New Year.
Because it was during the Spring Festival, the people at the station were bustling, and the bus taken by Song Fenghe, carrying 54 people, actually carried 86 passengers, plus everyone's large bags of luggage, so that the bus was seriously overloaded and wobbly on the road.
Song Fenghe was almost squeezed into a "meat cake" in the car, and it was difficult to find a seat in the back row and sit down. He looked out the window, thinking about his parents at home, and his mood became better, and he took a nap in his seat. However, passengers, including him, would not have imagined that what was originally a sparse and ordinary journey had almost turned into a journey of death.
passenger car
The bus jolted out of town, but there was an accident on the way. Song Fenghe was half dreaming and half awake when he suddenly heard a noise. He opened his eyes and looked around, and found that the bus had ignited a fire at some point, and the air was filled with a pungent smell, almost choking people could not open their eyes.
For a time, everyone was in a mess, crying, shouting, and crying for help. Seeing the rapid fire and the smoke, the driver in the driver's seat panicked, and even dropped a car of passengers and jumped out of the driver's seat window. It wasn't until he jumped out of the car and took a breath of fresh air that he reacted, standing anxiously and shouting, "It's on fire, come down!" ”
The driver's shouts did not work, because the fire inside the car was too large, the doors and windows could not be opened, and the controller of the electric door also failed at a critical moment. The passengers were frightened and desperately squeezed into the back of the lesser fire, some slamming their fists into the windows of the car, some kicking them, but it didn't work at all.
The bus caught fire
An axe saved 85 lives
Song Fenghe, who was sitting in the back row, also panicked, and touched his hands around, trying to find a tool to take advantage of his hand and smash the car window open. At this moment, he suddenly thought that in the satchel on his leg, there was an axe that usually worked. Song Fenghe was squeezed to pieces, took the axe out of his bag with difficulty, and shouted: "Let me let me, let me come!" ”
Song Fenghe's shout immediately attracted the attention of the passengers, and everyone saw the axe in his hand, suddenly saw hope, and spontaneously made way for him.
After a few "popping" sounds, a piece of car window glass was smashed, revealing a gap that could be drilled out. Passengers who saw the hope of escape flocked to the car, and they all rushed out quickly, pushing and shoving, and almost squeezed Song Fenghe out of the car.
Song Fenghe was suddenly anxious, so that the crowd was very likely to stampede, and a bunch of people crowded in the window, and no one could get out in the end. Song Fenghe hurriedly shouted, "Don't panic, I'll smash a few more pieces of glass!" ”
With the axe in his hand, Song Fenghe smashed the other five pieces of glass, and then guided the crowd to evacuate in an orderly manner, and jumped out of the car at the end of his own line.
However, before Song Fenghe could catch her breath, a woman shouted anxiously, "Broken!" My kids are still in the car! ”
"I'm going!" Song Fenghe stood up again, and when he finished, he pounced on the bus in the sea of fire again.
"Be careful! The car is about to explode! Everyone shouted.
Under the scorching fire, the temperature inside the car was getting higher and higher, and the smoke was thick. Song Fenghe, who was eager to save people, completely disregarded his own safety, groped every corner of the car, and his hands were instantly burned with blood bubbles.
Just then, a faint cry for help came from a corner of the carriage: "Save me..."
Song Fenghe displays an axe to save people
Song Fenghe followed the sound to the back row and found an old man stuck under his seat, unable to move. At this time, Song Fenghe's physical strength was close to exhaustion, and with the slightest effort, he pulled the old man out of his seat, and then held him and handed him to the waiting crowd outside the window.
After rescuing the old man, Song Fenghe went back into the car and forced himself to look for the child who remained in the carriage. Finally, he found a swaddle on the floor, and it was the child inside the swaddling. Song Fenghe held the child tightly in his arms and went out of the car window together.
Just a few tens of seconds after Song Fenghe jumped out of the carriage, the bus exploded and was burned to ashes, leaving only an iron frame.
Song Fenghe was out of danger, but the whole person was in a terrible state, his clothes were burned to pieces, his face was full of ash, his eyebrows and beard were burned, and several blood blisters were grinded out on his hands. The 85 passengers in the car rushed to thank them, shouting: "Heroes! hero! ”
Song Fenghe laughed, raised the axe high above his head, and said, "You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank me, just thank this axe!" ”
Hearing that there was an accident in the bus fire, the leader of the Zalantun Bus Station rushed to hear the news, heard that Song Fenghe saved everyone, hurriedly thanked him, and draped the sheepskin jacket on his body on Song Fenghe's body, and then took Song Fenghe to the health center for bandaging and invited him to eat.
During the banquet, the leader asked: "You saved everyone, what do you want to ask?" ”
Song Fenghe refused any return, and remembered that there were six brothers and sisters, but he was not a member of the Communist Youth League, and he always felt that his face was dull. So he proposed: "If you can, write me a fire-fighting certificate, I may be able to join the regiment with it." ”
After listening to it, the leader laughed and asked for Song Fenghe's home address, and before leaving, he told Song Fenghe: "This matter is not difficult, wrapped in me, I will write a thank-you letter when I turn back, but I will send it to you in a few days." ”
With the assurance of the leadership, Song Fenghe was satisfied and embarked on the road back to his hometown, waiting for the arrival of the thank-you letter. However, no one would have thought that this thank-you letter would be 27 years late!
Song Fenghe's mother
There is no news, and the hero becomes a "liar"
The day after the incident, Song Fenghe returned to his hometown in Jilin Province. When he walked in, the whole family was stunned by his appearance. Song Fenghe's mother, Zhang Xiulan, even held her son's blood-soaked palm and asked what had happened.
Song Fenghe laughed and told the story of his saving people. Hearing that Song Fenghe made this look because of saving people, the family was proud, and his father Song Gewen even toasted a glass of wine for his son. In the early years, he and Song Fenghe's grandfather had been commended by the town for their bravery in saving people, and now his son has made such a feat, which is undoubtedly to win glory for the face of the Song family.
Gradually, the heroic deeds of Song Fenghe bravely saving 85 passengers spread in the village, and the leaders of the village also assured Song Fenghe that as soon as the proof letter arrived, he immediately submitted Song Fenghe's application to his superiors for joining the regiment.
Song Fenghe recounted his experience in that year
However, day after day passed, and the letter of proof that Song Fenghe had in mind still had not arrived. He believes that something may have gone wrong in the middle, as long as you wait patiently, you will be able to wait for the proof letter, so that the villagers "wait and see".
After that, however, the letter of proof was completely lost. The villagers began to question Song Fenghe's experience, believing that song Fenghe had done everything in his power to "save 85 people" in order to join the regiment. Gradually, everyone looked at Song Fenghe's eyes changed, and when they met him, they were unceremonious, bluntly saying that he was a "liar".
Even Song Fenghe's family no longer treated him squarely, and his father could not bear such a strange shame and humiliation, and he could not afford to be sick. In 1992, when Father Song was dying, he was still grumpy about his son's affairs, leaving his last words: "You tell the truth, did you save people in the end?" "After saying that, I regretted it."
Since then, Song Fenghe's heart has cast a shadow, in order to prove his innocence, he has written to the passenger station many times, but the reply he got always disappointed him.
In 1997, Song Fenghe was in a car accident on the way to sell vegetables, and the femoral head was necrotic and could not stand alone. When the villagers heard that something had happened, instead of sympathizing, they said that all this was retribution, and that Heaven had turned the liar into a cripple and asked him to play the whole village as a monkey again.
Song Fenghe was extremely depressed and eventually became a silent middle-aged man.
Media reports on Song Fenghe's deeds
Misunderstood for 27 years, the truth has come out
In the blink of an eye, the time came to 2005, tormented by the reputation of "liars" for 27 years, Song Fenghe, who was in pain, decided to turn to the media for help, looking for witnesses of that year, and returning himself a justice.
After a local media learned of this incident, it was very sympathetic to Song Fenghe's suffering, and specially left him a page to publicize his deeds of bravely saving 85 people in that year, calling on the rescued and witnesses to stand up and speak out for Song Fenghe.
Just the day after the report was issued, Yang Xiuting from Qiqihar called the media to inform her that she and her mother-in-law Dai Guifen had been rescued by a young man with an axe in the 1978 bus fire. After confirming Song Fenghe's identity, she immediately wrote a letter of attestation, with two hundred yuan, and sent it to Song Fenghe.
Soon after, under the arrangement of the media, Yang Xiuting and her mother-in-law came to Jilin to meet with the life-saving benefactor Song Fenghe. The moment she saw Song Fenghe, she burst into tears and said vigorously, "Benefactor, you are the same as you were then, I will never forget it for the rest of my life!" ”
Song Fenghe held the donation in his hand
After being confirmed by Yang Xiuting, the media contacted the Zarantun Bus Station. The other party said that there was no record of the rescue of passengers that year, and now the time is far away, and there is no way to verify, but he is willing to write a thank-you letter for Song Fenghe.
Holding Yang Xiuting's certificate letter and the thank-you letter from the passenger station, Song Fenghe cried silently, and he printed hundreds of copies of the letter and posted it in various corners of the village to prove his innocence to the villagers. After 27 years of humiliation, he finally survived and could be an upright man.
After Song Fenghe's heroic deeds of saving people were exposed, they immediately attracted widespread attention. After learning that Song Fenghe was in a poor condition, all sectors of society donated money and raised 90,000 yuan of donations, which were sent to Song Fenghe's hands.
On June 1, 2005, Song Fenghe came to his father's grave with a letter of attestation in one hand and a pot of old wine in the other. He burst into tears as he drank a glass of wine and said, "Dad, your son is not a liar, you can rest in peace..."