When the spring flowers bloomed in 1989, 25-year-old Nie Haisheng was still a vigorous air force pilot who had been fighting in the blue sky for several years. Many of his comrades in the same period already had young and beautiful brides, but he was the only one who was full of training and flying.
One day, in order to expand the social circle, the superior leaders specially organized a large-scale social activity. There, Nie Haisheng saw Nie Jielin, a girl with excellent temperament, at a glance.
Her slightly raised eyes revealed a hint of shyness, and her round and full cheeks were flushed, looking particularly delicate and lovely. Nie Haisheng seemed to be frozen for a moment, and without saying a word, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation and invited her to dance a soothing music.
Nie Jielin nodded shyly, and the two danced to the melodious melody.
From then on, Nie Haisheng began to take the initiative to pursue the beautiful girl in front of him. Every holiday, he would drive to Nanchang with some flowers and small gifts to meet Nie Jielin and greet him.
They strolled along the river together, chatting about interesting things in their respective troops; When shopping, Nie Haisheng will considerately help her carry her shopping bags; After the dinner, he also insisted on sending her home in person.
In less than half a year, Nie Haisheng's enthusiastic offensive finally moved Nie Jielin, and under his repeated pursuits, the two officially established a relationship.
In the early spring of 1990, 25-year-old Nie Jielin and 30-year-old Nie Haisheng received their marriage certificate in Nanchang and simply held a wedding. From acquaintance to marriage, the two have gone through a long-distance love run for just over a year, and they are deeply attracted to each other.
They decided to go hand in hand and start a new life together.
Nie Haisheng and Nie Jielin's married life is happy, and their relationship is heating up day by day. Nie Haisheng loves his wife very much and takes care of her meticulously. They lived together in a small apartment in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and Nie Haisheng hurried home after training during the day and made a few dishes that Nie Jielin liked to eat.
In the evening, the two hugged each other and slept and poured out their thoughts about each other.
Three years later, they welcomed their first child - a beautiful daughter. Nie Haisheng and Nie Jielin named her "Nie Tianxiang", which means the sky and flying, indicating that she will definitely fly high in the future.
The wife also chose to quit work after the birth of her daughter and concentrate on her husband and children at home and accompanying her daughter to grow up. The family of three was happy and really lived a small life.
In 1996, news spread within the Air Force that the country would recruit astronauts for the first time and there were still many vacancies. This is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many soldiers, and Nie Haisheng is no exception.
He aspired to be an astronaut since he was a child, and now that his dream is in front of him, he was very excited and submitted his application as soon as possible.
However, when he excitedly told his wife Nie Jielin the news, she was far less excited than Nie Haisheng. She was worried that if her husband passed the selection to become an astronaut, he would face many dangers during the training mission, and his life would not be guaranteed.
She tried to persuade Nie Haisheng to withdraw his registration, but his determination and ambition to fight for the country were already firm. After all, what a glorious profession an astronaut is, it is his dream since childhood, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In the end, Nie Jielin still couldn't bear to destroy her husband's ideals and ambitions, and reluctantly agreed to support him to go to Beijing to participate in the selection training. Although she still couldn't completely let go of her worries about Nie Haisheng's safety, she could only press it down for the time being.
After Nie Haisheng entered the astronaut selection training camp, his wife Nie Jielin really realized the uneasiness and anxiety in her heart. The husband has to do high-intensity physical exercise every day, and at the same time face a lot of weightlessness and control training, and the risk can be imagined.
She was always worried about whether Nie Haisheng would be able to withstand such a huge pressure, worried that any small mistake might kill him in space, and from then on, heaven and man would be separated.
This worry tormented Nie Jielin day after day, and she couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night. On weekdays, when the family takes care of her daughter, she will suddenly have all kinds of dangerous pictures of her husband in training.
Nie Jielin's heart was like a knife, she really couldn't imagine how sad and unacceptable it would be for her daughter to hear about her father's sacrifice during his mission at school one day.
Nie Jielin, who couldn't bear it, finally mustered up the courage to call her husband late one night, and she choked up and begged Nie Haisheng to retract the idea of becoming an astronaut, even if it was not too late to quit now.
She even threatened to divorce him with red eyes, no longer allowing him to gamble. Nie Haisheng on the other end of the phone was helpless, he understood his wife's intentions, but he had to take risks for the country, this was his lifelong dream, not just a few words that could make him give up.
The two sides were at a stalemate, and the telephone conversation ended with Nie Jielin's weeping. Her emotions almost collapsed to the extreme, and she couldn't sleep all night. And Nie Haisheng also had mixed feelings, he couldn't bear to witness his wife in such pain, but he couldn't just give up halfway.
After a long period of ideological struggle, Nie Haisheng finally bowed his head to his ideals.
The next day, he firmly informed his wife that he had made up his mind that he would make it to the astronauts through all the hard training and complete every mission safely.
He reassured his wife that he would return to her and her daughter safely. The statement has been very clear, this time Nie Jielin can no longer persuade her insistent husband.
She can only pin all her hopes on this promise to "go home safely".
After entering the training camp, Nie Haisheng was busy with various physical training all day long, he had to adapt to the long-term weightlessness environment, and learned to fly on a spaceship for space walks.
These programs require a high level of physical strength and willpower, and the slightest carelessness can lead to life-threatening injuries. And while he was training and fighting, his wife Nie Jielin also began to shoulder the burden of the family alone.
During the day, she has to take her daughter Nie Tianxiang to run around schools, supermarkets and other places alone, take care of her daughter's daily life, and undertake all her study and Xi tutoring tasks. At night, you have to fall asleep in front of an empty bed, suffering from fear, loneliness and longing alone.
Since her husband is not around, others often misunderstand her as a divorced or widowed single mother, and she has to endure a lot of stunned and talking eyes. But Nie Jielin never mentioned it in front of her daughter, but emphasized that her father was a hero who fought outside.
In 2005, amid the endless worries of his wife Nie Jielin, Nie Haisheng finally ushered in the opportunity to fly for the first time. When he slowly lifted off in a spacesuit and took off on Shenzhou-6, his wife and daughter were sitting in front of the TV holding hands and watching the launch, both excited and anxious.
After nearly 100 days in space, they returned safely to the blue earth and landed in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.
Seeing her husband enter the cabin healthily from the return capsule, Nie Jielin was so excited that she burst into tears. The stress and worry she had been carrying for years vanished at this moment, and was replaced by a sense of relief and pride that her husband had successfully completed his first trip to space, and he had indeed lived up to his years of waiting and trust.
The perfect success of the Shenzhou 6 mission is just the beginning. In the following ten years, Nie Haisheng continued to board the Shenzhou 10 and 12 spacecraft to carry out space residency activities for more than 100 days.
He led the team to collect a large amount of space scientific research data and completed a number of major space exploration projects. This has made a significant contribution to the development of interstellar research on continents.
In 2006, Nie Haisheng won the national honorary title of "Aerospace Hero". In 2011, he was awarded the "People's Meritorious Hero" and became a well-deserved national hero.
In 2022, the state awarded him the highest military honor of the "Order of August" in recognition of his outstanding achievements. On many important festivals, people can also see him wearing costumes on the tower of Tiananmen Square, inspiring people.
It can be said that since participating in the astronaut selection in 1996, Nie Haisheng has stood at the peak of his career and achievements for more than 20 years. He has repeatedly set new records in the mainland's aerospace industry, and his name has thus established a preeminent position in human interstellar exploration and become a model of a generation of astronauts.
After his brilliant achievements, Nie Haisheng's aerospace career has also reached its peak, and he has gradually faded out of the front line of research and development, leaving more time to spend with his family. Now as an aerospace hero, he can finally share a happy life after success with his wife Nie Jielin.
Over the years, his wife's support and dedication to his career have strengthened the relationship between the two. Nie Haisheng also realized more that without the support of a virtuous and capable woman like Nie Jielin, there would be no achievements in his outstanding career today.
And her daughter Nie Tianxiang has also grown up and is already a beautiful and generous flight attendant. As she stood at the gate in her blue uniform, her parents looked at her figure with pride and pride in their eyes.
The families of aerospace heroes have also become objects of admiration and admiration.
Astronauts always give the impression of wearing a white extravehicular suit on the space station, and the helmet reflects the light of space, roaming the stars. But what is less known is that behind every astronaut hero, there is a woman who spares no effort to support him - that is, the astronaut's lover.
Nie Haisheng's wife Nie Jielin is a typical representative. Over the years, she has always silently shouldered the burden of the family, so that her husband has no worries and devotes himself to the arduous task training.
At the same time, she had to face social pressure alone, endure loneliness and anxiety, and experienced a more difficult psychological struggle than Nie Haisheng. It is precisely with her "hero behind" partner that Nie Haisheng has achieved today's career height.
Behind the many astronauts on the mainland, there is such a lover who is not afraid of hardships and helps each other. Their spirit of dedication and sacrifice is also worth learning Xi; And their efforts should also receive higher attention and recognition from the society.
When people praise astronauts, they should also think more about the wives of these space heroes who have paid silently, and give them the respect and praise they deserve.