On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, the little sister called to say that her father was awarded the honorary medal of "50 Years of Glory in the Party", and also sent 5,000 yuan of condolence money and 40-inch LCD color TV. I can't help but think of the bits and pieces of my father's working life in the past.
His father was born in poverty, and when he was 6 years old, his mother left their sisters and 3 of them to die. In order to survive, Grandpa had to pass on the second uncle to the third master, and the father and aunt relied on Grandpa to pull up the long work of others. My father was born on the eighth day of the first lunar month, listening to adults say that the "eight characters" are very hard, and their lives are also hard, and when they were young, they were once taken by wolves.
After liberation, under the care of the party and the government, the land reform was divided into land, the family's situation gradually improved, my father also had the opportunity to go to school, and my father was recruited to work as a correspondent in the commune every day, pouring tea and water for the leaders of the commune every day, cleaning up, and distributing newspapers and periodicals. In 1961, when the county's cadres and workers were greatly reduced, his father was also among them. In 2005, Yanchi County implemented relevant policies for cadres and workers who had worked in party and government organs and enterprises and institutions and were streamlined to go home, due to the age, there were very few materials for finding fathers in the township government, we all gave my father a job, let him find a living leader who was working together at that time to prove it, but my father laughed.
Since I can remember, my father has been the captain of the Mahuangshan production team, and because of his fair manners, upright style, kind heart, leading role and strong spirit of hard work, he was deeply supported by all the members of the team, and every election was re-elected. The whole family of 9 people mainly rely on him to support, in addition to giving our sisters 6 people to sew and mend, cook and wash, but also participate in the production team labor, take time to help others make clothes to earn some work, grandpa is a full-time breeder of the production team. Because of the diligence and frugality, meticulous calculation, and careful planning, the family's life is also considered to be solid.
Our father was very strict with our sisters, teaching us to respect the old and love the young from an early age, to be polite to people, and to love public property. Once, I called out to my grandmother in the middle yard "old woman", so that my father heard it and was punished. My father often urged us to study hard and be a useful person to society in the future. When my second brother and I were in the second grade (I was at the same level as the second brother), the teacher assigned the recitation of multiplication tips, we did not memorize the meeting and slept lazily, after my father found out, he picked us up from the bed, supervised our recitation, and from time to time explained to us the easy way to remember, until the memorization. My father also taught us to recite "Hoe" and explain the hard-won nature of grain. Since then, we no longer dare to be lazy, listen attentively in the school, go home and honestly complete the homework, my second and third brothers and I are rated as "three good students" and "excellent young pioneers" by the school every semester, and the awards received are pasted all over the walls. In 1974, the Yanchi County Literary and Art Propaganda Team went to Mahuangshan Commune to recruit literary and art propaganda team members, and through the selection of layers, I had been designated as a formal team member, and my father considered that I was still young and had a weak cultural background, so he did not let me go, so I could not think of it for a long time.
After smashing the "Gang of Four", my father took up the leadership position of the branch secretary of the brigade, although the work was busy and the time at home was less, but he did not relax at all for our study, every time he came back, he had to check our homework, and whenever he was on summer vacation and winter vacation, he had to see our conduct appraisal. In October 1978, as an advanced representative of Yanchi County, my father participated in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the autonomous region, and when he returned, he bought items for each of us, especially the "Freedom Clip", a very fashionable school supplie bought for me and my second brother at that time, which made me fall in love with it. My father had a preference for me, and whenever I had conflicts with other siblings, he deliberately protected me, and he also gave me the only fur coat to wear in exchange for potatoes. The radios sent to him by the brigade, he didn't want to use them, and left them for me to listen to. When I was a child, I used to sleep in a quilt with my father, and once when I woke up in the middle of the night, my legs were on my father's chest. When I was in junior high school, my father put one of my mother's old flower blouses on my body, and put my mother's blue velvet blouse on my second brother, although I was reluctant in my heart, afraid of losing face in front of my classmates, but I did not dare to squeak, and when I walked out of the courtyard, I quietly took off and put it in my bag. When I returned to the entrance of the courtyard after school, I put on my gown again before entering the door.
Fathers usually do not smile, but they love our children very much. He often participated in the commune's party congresses and "three cadres", and he was reluctant to eat the lamb and oil cakes and steamed buns that he had beaten on the stove, and brought them home for his mother to braised and shared with us, but he said that he had eaten. I remember that one late autumn, he sent beekeepers to Sichuan, and came back to buy a red autumn coat for each of us, but he didn't want to buy anything for himself.
His father is also a person who is willing to help others, whoever has difficulties he lends a helping hand, and whoever has a dispute he goes to the door to mediate. When the fourth grandfather's family was too poor to open the pot, he was all helping each other, sending rice and noodles and oil, and when the fourth uncle got married and did not have money to buy the face, he personally sent the family's satin quilt noodles. In July 1975, the national college entrance examination enrollment work began, at that time it was recommended to go to school, and my father vigorously recommended the young people who had returned to their hometowns who performed well, Shang Jianguo, and taught him how to fill out forms and how to deal with interviews, so that he could get his wish. Even if he came to the door to ask for food, he did not hesitate to give money to rice and noodles, and also provided accommodation at night. My father was also a great filial piety, and my siblings told me that my grandfather fell ill shortly after I joined the army and left. In order to serve Grandpa, my father put down all his work, especially when Grandpa was seriously ill, he concentrated on waiting in front of Grandpa's bed all day, turning over, wiping his body, feeding His grandfather, feeding food and water, picking up and pouring urine, until his death.
When I was depressed when I failed the college entrance examination, my father did not blame me, but encouraged me to "come back next year" and personally found the leader of Mahuangshan Middle School and let me transfer to the class. He also did his best to contact me and encouraged me to participate in the recruitment of cadres of the county's management cadres and agricultural banks. When I raised my wish to become a soldier, he actively supported me and asked the relevant leaders of the commune armed department and the county armed department to give me a "walk relationship". After the enlistment notice was issued, my father slaughtered pigs and sheep, and invited all the men, women, children, relatives and friends of the whole team as if he were marrying my daughter-in-law to show his congratulations. Before leaving, my father said to me, "To be a soldier is to be a good soldier, to play your writing skills, not to embarrass the people in your hometown." Although my father's instructions are short, they are full of words, and I always keep them in mind.
Once because of family trivia, my father and I also had contradictions and misunderstandings, because we were young and vigorous at that time, we were not deeply involved in the world, which made my father sad, but soon the contradiction between me and my father was resolved. Whenever I think about it, I feel very guilty and ashamed. My father was my stepfather, and when I was 10 years old, I came to him in the face of hunger and cold, and under the harsh material conditions at that time, my stepfather embraced me with his broad heart. To me as if I were my own, to me and his children, and to me everything I buy for his children is my share.
Affectionate is not as long as a long-term companion, and there is no need to say much about love. Father, on the road of my growth, although you did not take care of me the whole time, I was still content. The once masked boy now has a grandchild under his knees. I'm afraid that I'm not mature enough, I'm afraid that the speed of time won't be able to catch up with your aging face, and I'm afraid that some words will be separated from the end of the world before I say anything. Without your shelter and nurturing, I wouldn't be where I am today. So this time, and for the first time, I want to tell you, "Father, I love you!" ”
【About the author】Zhang Wei, male, from Yanchi County, Ningxia, likes to write and ink, loves life, and is accustomed to cultivating sentiments with words of true feelings and feelings, and enjoys himself.
Plugged Literature: No. 55, 2021 (Issue 85 in total)
EDIT: Normal heart