"Walking through that little river, have you ever heard of a girl who once came and walked through this reed slope?"
I believe that many people have heard this song "A True Story", the protagonist in the story has been accompanied by cranes all his life. In the story, the habitat of the red-crowned crane becomes the resting place of Xu Xiujuan and her brother. As an environmental protection worker, Xu Xiujuan lacks such sincere love in this era, and now her niece has taken over the baton and the family is guarding this hot land.
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In qiqihar, Heilongjiang, a lake of dense reeds was sacrificed here, a girl and a boy, a girl named Xu Xiujuan, and a boy named Xu Jianfeng. Xu Xiujuan's father was a crane conservation engineer. Xu Xiujuan, who is only 17 years old, followed her father to the Zhalong Nature Reserve to raise cranes, but because of her lack of professional ability, Xu Xiujuan has no way to master many research and development technologies.
Although the days are very hard, accompanying this group of cute "elves" has become a part of her life. In order to better devote herself to this career, Xu Xiujuan volunteered to go to the Wildlife Department of Forestry University for further study, hoping to better master the skills. At that time, her conditions were very difficult, and the school considered that she was self-funded and waived half to support her. At that time, the daily food bill of 6 dimes became the biggest difficulty, and she could only nibble on steamed buns and pickles every day.
Although the conditions are more difficult, Xu Xiujuan still tries to persevere. In the second semester, she continued to maintain her studies by selling blood behind everyone's back. Thousands of miles away from school, just for the sake of the land she loves, there are elves waiting for her. But financial constraints forced her to compress two years of study to one and a half years. She also studied English on her own, and after graduation, Xu Xiujuan put all her energy into the red-crowned crane.
Perhaps no one understands why she loves the red-crowned crane so much and is willing to dedicate everything to the elf in front of her? The red-crowned crane is the most loyal bird, and once it chooses a mate in love, it will guard the other person's side for a lifetime. Long legs, long pointed edges, bright red top of the head like a sincere heart. Spread your wings and fly in the sky, beautiful to the extreme.
Although the red-crowned crane is a bird, it also has an admirable view of love. As monobrew birds, they are married only once in their lifetime, and if another partner dies, the other will not look for a mate for the rest of their lives, or even go on a hunger strike to follow. On the other hand, the human concept of love is so unbearable, some are like a transaction, and some are like a cooperation. There is no red-crowned crane's dead heart, nor does it have the perseverance to never give up.
A pair of loving red-crowned cranes often peck at each other's feathers, and I think this must be kissing each other's cheeks, the sound of singing around the neck, and it must be telling love words that we can't understand. The life expectancy of the red-crowned crane is about 60 years old, but the loyalty to love makes everyone moved by it, and also makes those who abuse their feelings feel self-conscious.
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After graduating from school, Xu Xiujuan took three crane eggs through three days and three nights to reach the Yancheng Nature Reserve. Carrying three crane eggs in her arms, she embarked on the journey with a warm water bag, a leatherette bag and other tools because there was no incubation equipment. If there was no hot water, she warmed the three eggs with her body temperature to reach her destination.
In 1987, Xu Xiujuan returned home to visit her relatives and came to Yancheng again. This time she brought two swans. Unexpectedly, what awaited her on the train was the news of DanDan's death, which was one of her most distressed red-crowned cranes. Because of the long distance, coupled with the fact that the swan brought back had a sick one, Xu Xiujuan eventually fell ill, and she was still worried about the swan on the sickbed, and what people did not expect was that the dragon dragon vomited blood and died when she injected, such a blow made her cherish these elves even more.
After the swans recovered in the early autumn of 1987, she took them to the river to bathe, and Xu Xiujuan, who was waiting for the people to return for a long time, searched among the reeds for a day and did not find them. Her body was found the next day when two red-crowned cranes hovered around her, sorting out her soaked clothes.
It is said that she drowned when she heard the cries of a red-crowned crane in the river and went down the river to look for it. Although the red-crowned cranes did not express it in words, in the qingming of that year, a group of red-crowned cranes lingered in front of Xu Xiujuan's tomb for a long time, as if thanking her for her companionship and dedication over the years.
Red-crowned cranes became part of the Xu family's life. Xu Xiujuan's younger brother gave up his job in the city to take over the career in the hands of his sister, which was a full 18 years. Like his sister, he treats the red-crowned crane as much as he cherishes life.
He is very serious about the red-crowned crane, and at any time, he will stand up to protect this group of "elves". In 2014, during the critical period of red-crowned crane hatching, Xu Jianfeng was afraid of a fire because of the unusually dry, and tired, he went to the wetland to inspect the situation, and as a result, the motorcycle he was driving out of control had an accident less than three kilometers from the reserve, and he left this world. That year, Xu Jianfeng was 43 years old and gave his precious life to protect the red-crowned crane.
Xu Jianfeng left, and Xu Jianfeng and his sister left a persistent spirit in the wetland with their lives. After Xu Zhuo learned of the death of her relatives, she, who was originally studying at the Agricultural University, suddenly applied to study wildlife conservation. The hot land that her father and aunt guarded with their lives could not be left behind, and she wanted to fulfill their long-cherished wish. This is the story of the Xu family, three generations of unforgiving protection of a wild animal.
After the sacrifice of the red-crowned crane girl, her brother also died in the protected area, and now another descendant has taken the initiative to take over the baton.
No one understands what kind of strength and what kind of feelings make the Xu family make such a big sacrifice. Perhaps from the moment Xu Xiujuan gave her life, the red-crowned crane was already part of the Xu family; for Xu Jianfeng, this was not only a career, not just a sister, but also a need to take good care of the family; and for Xu Zhuo, the pure land guarded by his father and aunt was the inheritance of the family and a continuation of the spirit.
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The loyal spirit of the red-crowned crane and the grateful picture of the red-crowned crane deserve everyone's praise, and those who silently guard this pure land should not be forgotten.
On the 30th anniversary of Xu Xiujuan's death, many people burst into tears and lamented her family's selfless and loving dedication. I hope that this story of protection will not be forgotten, that reed bush will not be forgotten, and that spirit of not asking for anything in return and being willing to dedicate will not be forgotten.