Text: Mr. Pen
Editor: Mr. Pen
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Chang Jianjun, this person is my brother-in-law, he enlisted in the army in 1971 and became a respected soldier of the people. After that, he performed well in the army and won the favor of the army leaders, so he also turned over from the army and became a cadre of the army.
This story is fictional, and if there are similarities, it is purely coincidental!
After Chang Jianjun was promoted, he did not forget his roots, and he married my second sister at the request of my father. He has always been very filial, and in his eyes, he has always treated my parents as his biological parents.
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As early as 1958, a catastrophic flood befell the eastern Henan region, where many people could not survive and fled their homes to find new life.
Among them, Chang Jianjun's family came to our village all the way to beg. Of course, our village was also affected by the flood at that time, but it was far less serious than Chang Jianjun's hometown, because at least our ordinary people here still had surplus food and empty houses.
In the face of natural disasters, people are helpless, and my family is becoming more and more strained. One night, while our family was resting, we were awakened by a knock on the door.
When my dad heard the knock on the door, he immediately got up and went to open the door, but in the middle of the night, safety still had to come first, so we went to open the door together as a family.
When I opened the door, I saw a weak uncle lying on his stomach in front of my house, and there were two children beside him, a boy and a girl.
My dad knew at a glance that they were supposed to be refugees from the disaster, and they came to my house and knocked on my door when they had no way out. Although the middle-aged uncle spoke in a low voice, we all understood that he had fled here because of the flood.
To be honest, the floods have also affected our village, but compared to other places, it is just not as severe, but it is not much better.
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My dad has always been a warm-hearted person, he is usually helpful, especially he can't bear to see the poor suffering, because our family is also a poor family, and we know how difficult it is for ordinary people to survive.
So, my dad immediately decided to settle the family well, so that they would not continue to beg along the road and have no place to go.
I followed my father's request and helped the three of them into the small room in the yard, and then my mother boiled a pot of porridge, ready to fill them up, after all, the three of them looked hungry, and if they didn't eat, their bodies probably couldn't hold on.
After they devoured the porridge, they began to tell the story of what happened to their hometown: a once-in-a-century flood that washed away their hometown.
However, they were relatively lucky, at least their lives were saved, but the uncle's wife was unable to escape from the flood in time because she saved her children, and was finally swept away by the flood, and nine times out of ten she was killed.
Speaking of which, my dad's eyes were moist, and I couldn't help but cry, but when I was crying, I deliberately avoided my head to the other side, afraid of being seen by others.
And the uncle's two children are also very pitiful, but their eyes are always shining, and their hearts are very strong.
One of the children, his name was Chang Jianjun, he was only about ten years old at the time, about the same age as my second sister, and his sister looked like she was only four or five years old, about the same age as me.
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My dad had decided to help them through the storm, so I cleaned up the firewood room as my dad asked me and let the three of them live for the time being.
Every day we would divide what we had into portions, and even if we didn't have enough to eat, it was better than starving to death.
thought that their family would be able to get through the difficulties, but the middle-aged uncle's body seemed to be unable to hold on, he kept having a high fever, and kept reading a person's name in his mouth, and Chang Jianjun said that this person was his mother.
My dad hurriedly went out to look for a doctor, but most of them fled, and the doctor was even more difficult to find, and my dad was very anxious.
And this middle-aged uncle also sobered up for a while, he opened his eyes and said to my father: I am going to go first, the child will be handed over to you, I know the spring, and I will definitely thank you for your great kindness.
With that, he died. My dad held his hand tightly and kept nodding......
My dad also fulfilled his promise and has been taking care of Uncle Chang's two children, and Chang Jianjun is very diligent, he competes to do daily housework, which is very popular, and my dad also likes him very much.
And his sister is also very well-behaved, and our brothers and sisters also spoil her very much, and think of her first in everything.
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Ten years have passed, Chang Jianjun has grown into a young and strong young man, people in the village will ask him for help when they have something, and Chang Jianjun can also help, and the people in the village say that Chang Jianjun is a good man.
In 1970, news came from the Commune that a conscription was imminent.
After hearing this, my father immediately asked Chang Jianjun if he had any plans to enlist in the army, Chang Jianjun said that he did, and also explained his name: My father gave me this name just to let me serve the country in the army, of course I want to be a soldier.
My father was also very satisfied after hearing this, so he told him not to miss this opportunity to enlist in the army, and Chang Jianjun nodded heavily.
At that time, being able to enlist in the army was also subject to strict examination, such as physical examination, political examination, etc., and only after passing all of them could you become a soldier of the people.
And Chang Jianjun was lucky to pass the layers of assessment and became a glorious soldier of the people, which made the people in the village very happy. Before Chang Jianjun left, he also made a special visit to my dad and asked my dad to take good care of his body.
My dad smiled and said, "You can go with confidence, you have to perform well when you get to the army, and strive for meritorious service." Chang Jianjun nodded heavily, and then left, turning back at least eight times along the way.
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Chang Jianjun worked very hard in the army, in addition to strict training, he also had to learn a lot of knowledge every day, and he performed very well, which made the leaders of the army think very highly of Chang Jianjun.
Two years later, Chang Jianjun was officially ready to be promoted, and he also passed the news back home, and my father couldn't sleep all night because of it.
After that, Chang Jianjun finally waited for family leave, and when he went home in a military uniform, the people in the village were very envious, and they all said that Chang Jianjun was promising.
When Jianjun came back, my father told him that he wanted to marry his second daughter to him, Chang Jianjun heard this, his face also showed joy, and he immediately expressed his willingness to listen to my father's arrangement.
Chang Jianjun is also my father's big up, so he proposed the idea of marrying my second sister to him.
My second sister also likes Chang Jianjun very much, when we were young, we often went up to the mountains together to pick wild fruits to eat, Chang Jianjun always climbed the tree to throw wild fruits, this picture seems to have happened yesterday.
After that, Chang Jianjun obeyed my father's arrangement and chose an auspicious day for the zodiac, and he married my second sister.
At the wedding on the same day, many parents and villagers participated, and they all said that Chang Jianjun was a very outstanding child, but the child's life was too bitter, and he had no parents since he was a child.
After Chang Jianjun heard this, he couldn't help crying, he worshiped the high hall that day, and there were only my parents in the high hall, but Chang Jianjun's parents would never see this scene.
Chang Jianjun said at the wedding: It was your old man who saved our family, you are not only my father-in-law, but also my biological parents. Chang Jianjun didn't just say that, he really did it.
When he was discharged from the army, he became the deputy director of a bureau in the county, and in order to better take care of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he took them to live in the county, which is really more filial than our own children.