Narrator: Li Juan
I think that at the beginning, after graduating from the military academy in 97, when I married my husband as a volunteer, my comrades-in-arms, relatives and friends, including my parents, said that I was stupid, and now they not only say that I am blessed, but also envy me very much.
My name is Li Juan, 1.62 meters tall, born in 75 years in a revolutionary old area in Guangxi, my hometown is surrounded by mountains on three sides, is a small village with more than 10 families, my father is a veteran, I grew up listening to the stories of heroes and singing military songs, and always dreamed that one day I could wear a military uniform to defend the country.
In addition to my parents, who make a living from farming, I have an older brother above and a younger brother below, although the family is not too wealthy, but under the hard work of my parents, the life of the family can only be regarded as barely passable.
The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and when they are young, they often follow their brother and his companions, go up the mountain to collect firewood, climb trees to find birds' eggs, and go to the small river ditch to fish and catch shrimp.
Although the conditions of the family are average, but my parents know that knowledge can change fate, so in terms of education investment for me and my brother and brother, they are not stingy at all, after my brother graduated from junior high school, he was admitted to the middle school teacher, and later my brother was also admitted to the university;
When I graduated from high school in 93 and applied for the volunteer, in order to realize my dream of joining the army, I did not listen to the strong opposition and dissuasion of my parents and elder brother, and filled in the military school without hesitation, and later was admitted to the Wuhan Military Economic College of the People's Liberation Army with a score of 25 points more than the admission score line.
After reporting to the military academy on August 27, 93, I immediately faded away from the youthfulness and immaturity of a girl, and like all male cadets, I am not afraid of hardship and tiredness, standing in a military posture, walking in a queue, running three kilometers, climbing tactics, and pulling a single pole...... I did not fall behind in all military training subjects, and I quickly grew from a local young woman to a qualified cadet.
At the same time, although I was admitted to the military academy from the mountainous area, in order to concentrate on studying, the prosperity of the metropolis of Wuhan was not attractive to me at all, and all the holidays were after dealing with personal affairs, all of them went to the library to study, so that I not only learned more knowledge, but also saved allowances, and mailed the rest of the money to my parents to subsidize the family.
After four years of hard study and training in the military academy, when I graduated from the military academy in '97, I ended my military school life with excellent results in military, politics, and culture.
After graduating from the military academy, I was assigned to a brigade under the training base of a certain department in Northeast China, and became a deputy company financial assistant, and there were 45 new cadet cadres who reported to the unit at the same time as me, among which the female cadets were only me and a comrade-in-arms who studied medicine, and the others were male comrades-in-arms, and the two of us were basically rare "species".
I remember that when I first reported to the unit for more than a month, there was a kind sister-in-law of the chief's family who asked me if I had a target, if there was no object, what conditions I wanted to find, I said at that time that there was no object, but on the one hand, it was because I was far away from home, on the other hand, I had just arrived at the new unit, I was not familiar with the situation in all aspects, the work was important, and personal matters had not been considered, so I wanted to put it first.
She said that when a man is married and a woman is married, finding a partner will not affect your work, and further, to seize the opportunity, the organization section of the organ, that so-and-so officer is 1.72 meters tall, not only good writing, but also deeply loved by the chief, only 26 years old is the deputy battalion position; it really can't be done, and the so-and-so staff officer of the education affairs section, who is 1.75 meters tall, has only been graduated for five years, and has been awarded two third-class merits, and will soon be transferred to the deputy battalion position, and they are all very developed.
I said at the time, thank you sister-in-law in advance! They are indeed very good, I came out of the military academy in the mountainous countryside, and the current job has not yet entered the situation, and I will consider personal problems after I am familiar with my work and business, and there are many similar things later, and I have no desire to be a virgin boyfriend.
One Saturday at noon, just after eating in the canteen, a volunteer of the coach support company, that is, my future husband Liu Yuan, he was very burly, 1.81 meters tall, his skin was dark, and his hands were covered with calluses.
Assistant Li, I heard that you are a bachelor's degree graduate (there were very few new cadres in the army who graduated from a bachelor's degree at that time), I would like to ask you a few questions about mathematics, because I have already passed the self-examination for a junior college and am now taking the self-examination for a bachelor's degree.
He also knows more about Liu Yuan's situation, he is mainly responsible for tank repair, his hometown is a rural person in Qingdao, Shandong, in addition to his parents, there are two younger sisters at home; he was enlisted in the army in December of that year after failing the college entrance examination in 90, and in 93 in order to ensure a large-scale exercise and training activities, he missed the opportunity to take the military academy examination, but fortunately at the end of 95 he became a volunteer soldier, so he was able to continue to serve in the army.
At the same time, Liu Yuan has the impression that although he is already a volunteer soldier, he is still not afraid of dirt, hardship, or tiredness, and he is like a new soldier all day long, burrowing under the tank, making his body covered with oil and dust, and he is also active and diligent and studious.
Unconsciously, I admired him, and the time came to 99 years in a flash, and one Saturday, Liu Yuan said that he had obtained his self-examination undergraduate diploma, and wanted to invite me to dinner to express his gratitude, because they were very familiar with each other for a long time, so I gladly accepted his invitation.
During the meal, I listened to him talk about how to find and eliminate the faults of the tank, how to repair it, and so on, and summed up a lot of experience, which was not inferior to the experts sent by the military factory; at this time, Liu Yuan also had a subtle change in my heart, and I unconsciously liked him.
Speaking of which, I actually chased him first, and at the beginning he still had some scruples, always thinking that he was a soldier and not worthy of me, but I told him that although you said that you were a soldier, with your character, study spirit and ability, you could do better than a cadre.
At that time, when my colleagues, as well as my parents and elder brother, found out that I had found a volunteer soldier, they all said, "Have you been deceived by him, or are you stupid?" Why do you have to find a volunteer soldier if so many outstanding cadres are not looking for them?
Because I have been assertive since I was a child, no one can change me, so I completely ignored their gossip, and on May Day in 2000, Liu Yuan and I entered the palace of marriage.
After more than 20 years of marriage, Liu Yuan did not disappoint me, he was a volunteer soldier when he got married, and continued to learn and improve, and later not only was admitted to the senior technician certificate, but also set up a senior non-commissioned officer, in his 30 years of military life, five times won the third-class merit, twice won the second-class merit, he used his achievements to win the recognition of my parents and brother, but also blocked the mouths of those who are not optimistic about the two of us.
Now our husband has retired from the army in 2020, our son is studying in graduate school at a double first-class university in Shanghai, I chose my own career at level 8 in the military reform in 2017, and some time ago I had a gathering with several comrades-in-arms and talked about my choice of Liu Yuan, although they didn't understand it at that time, but when they saw our happy life now, they all cast envious eyes.
Looking back at my original choice, the facts of my married life over so many years have proved that it was correct! Volunteers, noncommissioned officers, and officers are just different in identity and division of labor, but this has not affected their contribution to strengthening and rejuvenating the army.
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