Illustration: Tang Jianping
The car passed through a bustling bazaar and turned to a large iron gate, from which a large iron lock was locked. I rang the bell at the door. After a while, an older sister came out and welcomed me in. Different from the hustle and bustle outside, the small courtyard is quiet and tidy, and many trees are planted. A lemon tree still has fruit hanging on it, exuding a fresh fragrance. There are several bungalows in the yard. I followed my eldest sister into the living room, and saw the kitchen on the left, the navigation equipment room on the right, and then two bedrooms with simple furnishings. This is a navigation station of a certain station of the Air Force of the Southern Theater of Operations, and it is also a husband and wife station. First Sergeant Major Qin Ruizhou and his wife Li Jianxin have been on duty here for five years. Qin Ruizhou returned to the company in the morning to participate in the physical fitness assessment. In his absence, Li Jianxin was on duty. She smiled and said that she was "actually a person with more than ten years of military experience." After a while, I saw Qin Ruizhou who had returned from the company. In 2009, the Air Force allowed the construction of the husband and wife station, and the company consulted Qin Ruizhou. At that time, he had just been married. "As long as the organization needs it, there is no second word", Qin Ruizhou immediately made up his mind, but his wife did not agree to resign from her job and guard the station with him. "Can you work in the army for the rest of your life?" Qin Ruizhou and his wife were deadlocked at both ends of the scale, one end was love, and the other end was also, but Qin Ruizhou's end had more weight to stick to. In the end, the wife was moved by Qin Ruizhou's firmness, and took her 1-year-old daughter to follow her husband to Station 4. The station is surrounded by lush vegetation. As soon as the lights are turned on at night, beetles and mosquitoes will swarm at them. At first, my daughter was very timid. In order to make her happy, Qin Ruizhou proposed that the whole family compete to catch beetles, sometimes catching more than 100 in one night. Later, the Beetle turned out to be her daughter's "playmate" in the station. During the 10 years that Qin Ruizhou and his wife were on duty, Station 4 went from a remote navigation station to a "demonstration site for grassroots construction" of the former Guangzhou Military Region. Honors have come one after another along with years of dedication: Station No. 4 was awarded a collective third-class meritorious service once; Qin Ruizhou was awarded a third-class meritorious service twice, and was also rated as an "outstanding Communist Party member" and "outstanding soldier" many times. During this period, Qin Ruizhou was promoted to senior sergeant. In 2019, because of the needs of the company, Qin Ruizhou brought his family to Station 5 again. The husband and wife were busy again. The following year, Station 5 was awarded by the unit. Today, the road surface in the yard of Station 5 has hardened, the weeds in the backyard have been cleared, fruit trees have been planted in the yard, and a small vegetable patch has been opened. Daughter Jiayi has been admitted to the high school in the city, and comes back once every two weeks, and his son Duoduo also goes to elementary school. Few people come to the station, and when the plane lands, Qin Ruizhou often comes out, stands in the yard and looks up, and sometimes calls his son Duoduo to watch together. Although his usual job is to guide the way home for the long-distance fighters, Qin Ruizhou himself is like a wanderer, often missing the days when he sweated and laughed with his comrades at the station. Qin Ruizhou said that he looked forward to the walkie-talkie on his waist ringing every day. When the duty room informs him of the flight plan, he always asks what the rest of the company is up to. The older comrades-in-arms knew Qin Ruizhou, and they would talk to him for a while. Some of the new comrades-in-arms were busy with work, and they often hung up the phone in a hurry to finish speaking. They didn't know what those few words meant to Qin Ruizhou. Over the years, Qin Ruizhou has been full of regret for his wife. She gave up her job and accompanied him to fight at the station for so many years, and the once weak woman has become a qualified "warrior". When I was still at Station 4, after a typhoon, there was a power outage. Qin Ruizhou just returned to the company, and Li Jianxin was on duty at the station alone. At this time, the walkie-talkie rang. When the attendant issues the flight mission, he must immediately check the equipment and turn on the navigation. There was no electricity, Li Jianxin also panicked, and hurriedly called Qin Ruizhou. Under the guidance of her husband, she successfully started the backup motor and turned on the navigation equipment. When Qin Ruizhou rushed back to the station, the plane had already landed smoothly. Today, Li Jianxin knows the work and equipment in the station like a treasure. Every morning, Qin Ruizhou cleans the yard, and Li Jianxin cleans the room. When the company has work, Li Jianxin is on duty. In the past two years, Qin Ruizhou's family has been rated as the "most beautiful family" by the provincial and municipal levels. We were chatting vigorously, and before we knew it, it was noon. Qin Ruizhou hurriedly got up and walked into the kitchen. Soon, the fragrant meal was served. Looking at the bowl of chicken soup in front of me, I couldn't wait to take a big sip and warm up. At the end of the interview, Qin Ruizhou sent me to the gate of the station. As the car drove out of the big iron gate, I looked back at the station - there was a big banyan tree in the middle of the courtyard. Qin Ruizhou said that he loves to plant trees, and his favorite is the banyan tree, because it is easy to raise, and it extends its roots wherever it grows......
Reporter's heart: There is a step of scenery when you take a step, and there is an inch of joy when you go in.
▲Published on May 6, the 12th edition of the People's Liberation Army Daily
来源丨解放军报、学习军团(en:xuexijuntuan)
Producer丨Ou Can, Hou Dawei, Editor丨Liu Jianwei, Yan Shan, Qian Zongyang, Editor丨Feng Zhexin