Narrator: He Kaibing
After graduating from high school in 87, I was not admitted to college, and I had nothing to do all day, idle, and in October of that year, a classmate went to serve as a soldier for a physical examination and asked me to play with him, but I didn't expect it to change my fate, and it also made my life change dramatically.
My name is He Kaibing, 1.78 meters tall, born in Nanchong, Sichuan Province in 70 years, the south of my hometown is a small river, the north is a small hill, the whole village is scattered with more than 20 families, one kilometer away from the township government;
In addition to my father and mother, who live by farming, I am the fourth oldest in the family, I am the only son, and there are three older sisters; although my father is a veteran, very able to bear hardships and stand hard work, but before the package production to the household, there are many times when I can't eat enough, after the package production is delivered to the household, my father and mother's diligence and will plan, in the case of few fields, and the home is close to the township government and the street, they see the opportunity to make money, our family rarely grows food, mainly to grow vegetables.
Due to the large population of the family, although the father and mother did not work day and night, but the economic conditions of the family are still average, and they are not very rich, in order to reduce the burden on the family, after the sisters finished junior high school, one by one they volunteered to go home to help the family farm, because the father and mother have the traditional idea of preference for sons, so they did not support the sisters to continue studying, that is, by default.
Usually because I was the only boy in the family, my father, mother and sisters not only relied on me in terms of food and clothing, but also did their best to protect me in terms of study, at that time I was also young and ignorant, without lofty ideals and goals, it was easy to satisfy, and I was often pampered at home, so that I had a natural sense of superiority, and I always felt that I had no worries about food and clothing.
In terms of studying, I lived up to the expectations of my father, mother and sisters, and when I went to school, I also fished for three days and dried nets for two days; most of the time and thoughts of the two years of high school were spent playing with a few classmates on the street, and it was expected that I failed in the college entrance examination in '87.
Usually after graduating from high school, my father, mother and sisters thought that I was young and still growing my body, so they never let me do farm work, and I was not needed for housework such as cooking, feeding pigs, washing clothes, and cleaning up the house at home, so I was always eating all day long, and when I had nothing to do, I always went to the court of the township government with a few classmates to play basketball or hang out, and developed the habit of idleness.
Sometimes the neighbors greet me warmly when they see me, but behind the scenes, they say, you see that the son of the Lao He family, who has read so many books, has not been admitted to university, and does not help the family do some farm work when he comes home, and travels around all day long, he is really like a second-rate child, which is what his parents and sister are used to.
After graduating from high school, it soon came to the conscription season in October of 87, when there were 9 school-age guys in our village who signed up to be soldiers for physical examinations, and one of them often played basketball together said to me, "Go to the army, although you haven't signed up for the army, you have nothing to do when you're idle at home, just go to the county with us to play."
At that time, I never thought that I would go to the army, but after I went to the county hospital with them, the 9 people including my classmates during the physical examination, either the eyes or the heart, lungs and other problems during the examination, were brushed off without passing a few levels, at that time on the one hand I was curious, on the other hand, it was Minister Wang of our township armed forces department, because I usually always play basketball in the court of the township government, I have known me for a long time, and he is also my father's comrade-in-arms.
At that time, when he saw this kind of physical examination, he said, "He Kaibing, although you have not signed up to join the army, you have come here, I will add your name, or you should also go to the physical examination to have a look; because I also wanted to see how my physical condition was at that time? After the physical examination from front to back, I became the only person in the village who passed the comprehensive physical examination.
At that time, after the physical examination was completed, Minister Wang said, "He Kaibing, you are a tall and tall national defense body, don't you go to the army, isn't this body blind?" At the same time, I asked if I wanted to be a soldier, and I said that I had never thought about it, on the one hand, I couldn't bear the hardship, and on the other hand, my parents at home would not support me to go.
The next morning, my father happened to deliver food to the canteen of the township government, and when he was about to go out, he met Minister Wang, he said, old comrade-in-arms, I was about to go to you, and I happened to meet you, so I will tell you directly, he first told him about yesterday's physical examination, and then said that military service according to law is the obligation of every young man of school age, and you as a veteran, don't you know?!
Other people's children are enthusiastically signing up to join the army, your family He is a young man, and he graduated from high school, why don't you sign up for the army, at that time my father said, Minister Wang, old comrades-in-arms, you don't know, there is only one boy in our family, and the three above him are daughters.
Minister Wang said to my father: Several children in your village who have signed up for a physical examination are very eager to join the army, mainly because they are not qualified, but your family is physically qualified and has graduated from high school, but they do not take the initiative to sign up for the army; if your son does not go to the army and there is no better way out at home, it is definitely a good choice to become a soldier.
You are worried that there is only one son in your family, and if you take 10,000 steps back, assuming that he is honored to be a soldier, it is also to defend the interests of the country and the people, he is a hero, and you are a military martyr.
If he doesn't go to become a soldier, what else can he do? Farm the same land as you all his life? Do you still want him to be a second-rate son? Wandering around all day and doing nothing, if you don't study well, and cause some trouble for you outside, won't you be troubled? As an old comrade-in-arms, I have said everything I should say, and you can go back and discuss it with your family and children yourself! Hurry up and write back to me.
On the way home, my father pondered what Minister Wang had told him, and after thinking about it, he thought that what Minister Wang had said was indeed reasonable; when he returned home, he first told my mother what Minister Wang had told him, and although my mother was unwilling to let me go to the army, she still couldn't beat my father.
Although I was reluctant to do so, under the coercion of my father, I reluctantly agreed to go to the army, so early the next morning, my father went to the township government to talk to Minister Wang, saying that he had done the work of the family and supported me to become a soldier.
Before leaving home, my father said that after going to the army, I should respect the chief, unite my comrades-in-arms, and strive to make some achievements; and my mother wiped her tears with her calloused hands and said, "Go to the army, and after you arrive in the army, you must learn to take care of yourself!"
In this way, with the expectations and entrustment of my father and mother, together with 120 new comrades-in-arms in the same county, under the leadership of the head of the receiving army, I got on the green train to transport the troops, and after four days and five nights of running, I came to a certain unit in Changchun in the ice and snow.
When I arrived at the recruit company, I saw that I had to shout reports on everything I did, and I had to turn at a right angle when I walked; when I arrived at the main class time, I either trained in the queue or participated in political education, and in my spare time, I either practiced tidying up housekeeping or practiced standing in a military posture; in the evening, the whole person was like a fight; because I was used to being at home, I was not used to it at the beginning, and at the same time, I thought in my heart that it was not me who was coming, but my father forced me to come, so I was training. I'm not active in learning at all.,I can hide from the usual tolerance duties.,I plan to go home after three years.。
One day, he came to me and said, "He Kaibing, you were also born in a rural area, and it is understood that your family has not opened a mine, and you have very good physical fitness, and you have graduated from high school, so you should be self-reliant, and you can let your father, mother, and sister support you for a lifetime?" As long as you work hard, you will definitely have a good future in the future.
At the same time, when I was a recruit for more than a month, the good classmate at home secretly sent me a letter, saying that my father, My mother was worried that I would not be able to do anything in the army, and I would have to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law when I returned home in the future, in order to earn more money, I heard that the vegetables in the county town could cost two dimes per catty, so one morning after I left as a soldier, they got up at four o'clock, and walked to the county seat with vegetables, due to the fog in winter, the vision was not good, Dad was hit by a motorcycle and broke his leg, and the person who drove the motorcycle also escaped, fortunately, Dad was not in danger of life in time, but he was still disabled later.
This incident hit me too hard, at that time I was clamoring to leave the team to go home to see my father, the squad leader found out and persuaded me, why did your father, mother and sister not tell you about your father was hit, that is, I was worried that it would affect your training and work in the army, if you are for the good of your father, mother and sisters at home, you can only repay them if you do a good job in the army.
At that time, I secretly cried several times in the bed, thinking that I had hurt my father, because I was too ignorant, and I didn't consider the hard work of my father and mother, and the family was not rich, but I didn't know how to improve myself.
So I learned from the pain and vowed to make achievements in the army so that my father and mother could live a good life, so from then on, I actively participated in military training and political study, and rushed to do everything, and by the time the recruit company was over, my whole person had been reborn, and I had completely changed from a young man with no sense of responsibility and idleness to a qualified soldier of the People's Liberation Army.
After I went down to the veteran company, in addition to participating in military training normally, I also wanted to study more cultural courses and prepare for the military academy examination, so I wrote a letter to ask my father and mother to mail my high school textbooks to the army.
After hard work, I joined the party at the end of 88, became a squad leader in 89, and was successfully admitted to the military academy in 90; after graduation, I started from the platoon commander of the grassroots company step by step, and finally retired from the post of the head of the armed forces of a county in 2018.
At the same time, my father and mother were not so hard working after I was admitted to the military academy, and now they are all in their 80s, and their bodies are very healthy, mainly living happily in their hometown with my third sister's family.
I didn't want to be a soldier at the beginning, but I didn't expect to unconsciously play with it, and in the end, I not only became a soldier, but also served in the army for 30 years.
Looking back on my previous life journey, I can have a happy life today, in addition to the cultivation of the organization, I would like to thank my father, mother and sisters for their selfless dedication and help, and I would like to thank Minister Wang and the squad leader for their enthusiastic help.
People must have a goal at all times, can not be muddy, walking corpse like a life, after having a goal, we must have the perseverance and perseverance of insisting on the green mountains and not relaxing, and let the wind blow from east to west, north and south, and finally there is no unsuccessful thing.
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