This is the second time I have seen Grandma Li Suping, the first time I met, or more than ten years ago, I met again, Grandma Li Suping had a little more white hair on her head, and the wrinkles on her face also deepened, but Grandma Li Suping looked very energetic, and after many years of not seeing, Grandma Li Suping was still as amiable as before.
Grandma Li Suping has two children, both children are very prominent, the son is a regimental cadre, the daughter is a university teacher, Li Suping's wife Tang Wanchun was once a soldier, and later injured in the execution of the mission, left disabled, every time he went, he would bring a little hometown specialty to Tang Wanchun, Tang Wanchun and Li Suping's grandmother, they were very kind, the love story of the two of them was also enviable, from that era of people, the love between each other, It cannot be expressed in words.
Li Suping and Tang Wanchun are the first love, Li Suping is two years younger than Tang Wanchun, Li Suping's hometown is Beijing, when she came to the Northern Wilderness to join the team, she met Tang Wanchun, and later the two people got married, and the two people were able to experience a lot of things together.
Li Suping, who graduated from high school in 1969, responded to the call of the state to come to the Beidahuang Raohe Farm to join the team, and what Li Suping did not expect was that this trip to the Beidahuang completely changed her fate.
Soon after arriving, Raohe Farm was reorganized into the Production and Construction Corps, the Zhiqing was adapted to the 22nd Regiment of the 4th Division of the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, Li Suping was assigned to the 16th Company of the 22nd Regiment, and the Zhiqing were militarized management, and there were clear regulations in the regiment that it was not allowed to fall in love in the regiment, because most of the Zhiqing who were inserted were seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and little girls, although it was forbidden to fall in love, but many people secretly talked about love in private.
At that time, Tang Wanchun and Li Suping were in a company, Tang Wanchun was also a new recruit who had just joined the army, and although Zhiqing did not have Tang Wanchun's strict control in life, for Li Suping, these female intellectuals, they were also facing no small challenge, the 22nd Regiment was in charge of hundreds of acres of wasteland, and everyone's main task was to open up the wasteland, and the reclaimed wasteland should be planted with grain on time to ensure logistical supplies.
At that time, the production conditions were very backward, there was no advanced cultivated land equipment, the only three tractors in the corps were also transferred to transport materials, and the reclamation work could only be completed by manpower.
Because the Zhiqing dormitory is temporary, it has not yet been electrified, after dark, everyone can only light a pony lamp, especially in the summer, the weather is very hot, there are mosquitoes everywhere, and you can't sleep at all.
The grain that the Zhiqing eats is all produced by themselves, the Corps has specially allocated a piece of land for the Zhiqing to grow their own grain and vegetables, the most difficult thing is still winter, the weather is very cold, when they sleep at night, Zhiqing has to cover two layers of quilts, the cold wind blows, Zhiqing curls up one by one, and the days are quite difficult.
In 1971, in order to improve the life of Zhiqing, the Corps electrified the Zhiqing dormitory, and also set up a stove, Tang Wanchun was promoted to deputy squad leader because of his outstanding performance in this year, in 1973, in order to solve the marriage problems of the elderly soldiers, the regiment was allowed to fall in love, Tang Wanchun and Li Suping also talked about love in this year, in fact, before that, Tang Wanchun did not help Li Suping in life, and he was full of gratitude to Tang Wanchun and Li Suping.
In 1974, Company Li received a task, because the snow closed the mountain, need to transport a batch of materials to the trapped compatriots, Tang Wanchun with his own squad of six soldiers, with supplies, on foot for more than forty kilometers, the materials were safely delivered to the hands of the compatriots, because the weather was too cold, many soldiers were frostbitten, because of this outstanding performance, Tang Wanchun's class, Rongli collective second class merit, Tang Wanchun was also broken.
In 1976, Tang Wanchun and Li Suping held a wedding in the Corps, and Li Suping did not tell her family about the marriage, because Li Suping was afraid of her parents' opposition, the wedding was very lively, Li Suping was the first Zhiqing to marry in the Corps, until after the birth of her son, Li Suping sent a family photo to her parents.
In 1978, Li Suping took Tang Wanchun and her son home for the first time to visit relatives, saw her daughter and son-in-law and grandson, Li Suping's parents were very happy, although in their hearts they were a little complaining about their daughters, they did not tell them when they got married, but seeing that their daughter's family was happy, Li Suping's parents did not say anything more, living at home for three days, Tang Wanchun received the task and rushed back.
Tang Wanchun's regiment was sent to Xinjiang to participate in the construction, this time Tang Wanchun did not return home for three years, when he returned, Tang Wanchun was already sitting in a wheelchair, Tang Wanchun was injured in order to protect his comrades-in-arms, lost his left leg, saw Tang Wanchun in a wheelchair, Li Suping was very sad, Tang Wanchun endured a smile on his face, when he saw his daughter who had not seen him for three years, Tang Wanchun still couldn't help but shed tears.
Because Tang Wanli was injured and ended his military career early, he was demobilized and returned to the farm, and in 1982, Li Suping gave up the opportunity to return to the city and chose to stay in the countryside.
Li Suping ran the family alone, although it was more difficult, but she did not regret it, Tang Wanchun's former comrades-in-arms did not help Li Suping, often received Tang Wanchun's family, fortunately, Li Suping's two children are very sensible, in the child's education Tang Wanchun from an early age to strict requirements, son Tang Xiaojun later also according to the wishes of his father Tang Wanchun to become a soldier, daughter Tang Xinyi also successfully admitted to the university.
After so many years, Li Suping and Tang Wanchun are already old, and looking back on the past of that year, Grandma Li Suping always smiled and said, "If there is a next life, I will still marry you."