Xiang Damiang's family lives in Sichuan Province and is the mother of Xiang Mingjun, a soldier of a border guard in Northeast China. Since her son joined the army, the eldest mother has always been concerned about his growth. Last month, I received a letter from Xiang Mingjun, asking my aunt to send some rapeseed from my hometown.
After the members of the production team knew about this, they selected all kinds of the best rapeseeds, as well as Sichuan peppers, which were more than two catties, and the old captain specially asked the eldest lady to send them to the army in person to visit the soldiers on behalf of the poor middle peasants. I sent another telegram asking Mingjun to pick up the eldest lady at the train station.
One sunny morning, the eldest lady took the express train and set off. The wheels are rolling and the whistle is long. The eldest lady looked through the window of the train, and the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland appeared in front of her one by one, and she couldn't help but say excitedly: "Our country is really big!."
On this day, the train slowly drove into Baotou Station. The eldest lady thought that she was about to meet her son, and she was very excited, so she hurriedly packed her luggage and stepped off the train.
The station is bustling with people coming and going. The eldest mother waited for a while, but did not see her son come to pick it up. When she first went out, she was unfamiliar with the people, and she couldn't help but look left and right, very anxious, so she shouted: "Mingjun!."Baby!”
This scene was seen by Zhou Decai, a Baotou steel worker who went to the station to pick up his co-workers, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked cordially: "Auntie, who are you looking for?"Where to go?The eldest lady said: "I am looking for my son Xiang Mingjun, I went to the army to see my son." ”
Master Zhou asked again: "Your son's army lives in **?."The eldest lady said: "The letter says 'hot'. Master Zhou asked the aunt to show him the envelope, and the aunt touched her pocket and said, "Yo, it's all because I'm anxious and forgetful, and the envelope is still at home and forgot to take it away." ”
Master Zhou said: "Auntie, we have many "hot" in Inner Mongolia: there are Hohhot, Xilinhot, and Erenhot to the north. I don't know which "hot" aunt your son lives in, and said: "Why are there so many "hot"!."I only remember two "one", two "nines", and everything else. ”
Master Zhou thought for a while and said affectionately: "Auntie, go to my house first, and then send you to the army after getting in touch with your son." After saying that, he sent the worker away, and led the eldest lady to go home.
When Master Zhou's family heard that the eldest lady was visiting relatives in the army from Sichuan, they were very concerned, and they were busy fetching water, making tea, and cooking rice, and they were as affectionate as a family.
After Master Zhou settled the eldest lady, he went out to inquire everywhere and inquired everywhere, and said that he had never heard of this "1199".
The eldest mother heard that her son's address had not been found, and she was a little anxious. Master Zhou's lover said, "Isn't there another "hot", you can look for it on the map." One sentence reminded Lao Zhou, and his daughter Xiaohong hurriedly took out the national map from her schoolbag, and the family searched carefully around the map.
Suddenly, Xiaohong said loudly: "There is a "hot" here!".Master Zhou looked in the direction of Xiaohong's finger and said, "AhhhThis is the "Ulanhot" in the northeast of our country. ”
The eldest lady then said, "Yes!."It's Ulanhot, not Hohhot!Xiaohong listened to it and laughed loudly: "Grandma, this time I am out of half of China!."The eldest lady smiled and said, "Our country is really big!."People are so nice!”
Originally. The eldest lady has never been far away, and she is illiterate, so she mistook the "Ulanhot" in the northeast for Hohhot in Inner Mongolia and went the wrong way. Master Zhou comforted the eldest lady and said: "We are a family of workers and peasants, your difficulties are my difficulties, and I will definitely try to help you find your son." ”
Lao Zhou immediately ran to the post office and sent a telegram to Ulanhot. But two days have passed, and there has been no callback.
The eldest lady was in a hurry, she couldn't drink the water, and she didn't want to eat. Lao Zhou's lover asked with concern: "Auntie!."Are you sick?The eldest lady said: "I am not sick, your family is so good to me, my heart is warm, the more this is the case, the more I feel that I can't go!"It's better to get a ticket early and go back. ”
But who of them knew that just a few days before Lao Zhou took the telegram, the eldest mother's son had gone to a new mission with the army and left the original place.
A few days passed, and the eldest lady became more and more anxious. On this day, he walked into the power station alone and wanted to ask if his son's call back had come. After the salesman Li Xiuliang asked about Aunt Ming's situation, he comforted and said, "We must think of helping you inquire." "The current address is in the notebook.
The location of the troops is confidential, how to find it?Li Xiuliang reported the situation to the leaders of the Post and Telecommunications Office. After studying, it was decided to contact the military sub-district.
The next day was Sunday, Li Xiuliang gave up his public vacation, went to Master Zhou's house, and accompanied his eldest mother to the Baotou Military Division. The head of the military sub-district warmly received them and immediately instructed Guo Mingrui, the staff officer on duty, to take charge of solving the problem.
Staff Officer Guo went to Master Zhou's house with the eldest mother and Li Xiuliang, and he said to Master Zhou and Li Xiuliang: "The eldest lady has lost her way in visiting relatives in the army this time, and you have taken care of and helped the eldest mother in every possible way, this spirit is worth learning from Xi we should learn from!"”
Subsequently, Staff Officer Guo took the eldest lady to his home. Due to the eldest mother's long-distance trip, coupled with anxiety, she was a little angry. Staff Officer Guo's lover is a doctor, and she carefully checked the eldest mother's condition and gave the eldest mother medicine. The eldest lady was grateful.
Besides, after Staff Officer Guo took the eldest lady to his home, he went to the duty room to hang up the long-distance platform. "Beijing!"Beijing!I am the Baotou Military Division, please transfer to Shenyang and help find a unit...
Baotou!Baotou!Please rest assured, we will pass you one platform at a time to ensure that the line is smooth!The Beijing guard let go of the amplifier and replied loudly.
Two o'clock in the morning passed, and people were still busy: the Baotou Military Sub-district was shouting, the Beijing switchboard was shouting, and the Shenyang switchboard was shouting... Finally, the Shenyang military organs found out the location of the unit where the eldest mother's son belonged.
* Quickly spread to Xiang Mingjun's unit. Unexpectedly, due to the long distance and strong wind, the interference in the ** machine was aggravated, the voice was intermittent, and it took a lot of effort to hear the other party's echo. Staff Officer Guo took a few sips of water and continued to call in a hoarse voice.
Finally, at more than three o'clock in the morning, after 13 switchboards transmitted, a silver line passed thousands of miles from the capital of the motherland to a certain border guard in the northeast.
When the eldest mother heard that she had been in contact with her son's unit, she was happy and grateful. Busy packing and getting ready to go. Staff Officer Guo's lover asked the eldest mother to stay for a few more days before leaving, but the eldest mother refused to do anything.
On the day of the eldest mother's departure, the head of the military sub-district came to visit, asked for warmth, and instructed Staff Officer Guo to contact the conductor of Baotou Railway Station and take care of the eldest lady along the way.
Assistant Luo of the Logistics Department of the military sub-district specially went to the street to buy vegetables. Invite the eldest lady to dinner and see her off. Staff Officer Guo and his lover prepared white flour cakes, apples and anti-motion sickness "Halo Haining" for the eldest lady to eat on the road.
After a while, Master Zhou and Li Xiuliang also heard the news and rushed to visit the eldest mother. This time, Staff Officer Guo's home is lively!When the eldest lady saw this scene, she said happily: "I was in a hurry to leave a few days ago, but now I really want to leave and I am reluctant to leave!."”
On this day, the sky was clear, and the eldest lady came to the train station by car. She held the hands of Staff Officer Guo and Assistant Luo tightly, how many words she had to say, but she couldn't say a word. There are only strings of hot tears, dripping wet clothes.
The conductor, Sun Fumin, was entrusted with taking care of the border guard's mother. He would bring water and snacks at one time. When the meal was served, Sun Fumin also specially contacted the dining car and made a bowl of Sichuan-style dandan noodles for the eldest lady.
The surrounding travelers heard that the eldest lady came to Saiwai from Sichuan and went to the Northeast Frontier, what a long journey!Everyone gathered around to talk warmly with the eldest mother, asking for warmth and warmth, like a family.
Beijing Station is almost here!The conductor Sun Fumin came over and told the eldest lady excitedly. Ahh"Beijing!How much I miss my aunt. **The new China led by his old man has relatives everywhere and everything warms his heart.
Sun Fumin lifted his bag, helped his aunt, and went to the restaurant outside Beijing Railway Station to eat, while introducing the scenery of Beijing to his aunt. The eldest lady said gratefully: "You are tired for a day and a night, and you have arrived at the terminal, go and rest for a while." Sun Fumin said: "There is an end to the train, but there is no end to serving the people!"”
Sun Fumin found a comrade of the People's Liberation Army who went to Shenyang and introduced the situation of the eldest mother. So, under the escort of this military comrade, the eldest lady took the express train from Beijing to Shenyang.
At the same time, in the duty room of the Shenyang Army Headquarters, Staff Officer Song learned on ** that the eldest lady had set off from Baotou and transferred to Shenyang via Beijing, and would arrive tonight. He immediately reported to the chief. The chief instructed: Send Song staff officer to the station to pick up the eldest lady and take her to the guest house to rest.
Staff Officer Song waited at the station all night. By the early hours of the next morning, the train finally arrived. He saw a soldier supporting a lady, so he stepped forward: "Is this the lady from Sichuan?"Exactly!In this way, the eldest lady got acquainted with a strange and kind comrade of the People's Liberation Army.
In the afternoon of the same day, Staff Officer Song contacted the "second train" bound for Qiqihar and put the eldest lady on the train. The conductor immediately assigned the crew of car No. 6 to take care of the eldest lady.
The wheels are rolling, and the silver threads are connected. Just as the eldest lady was sitting comfortably on the train, the long-distance ** passed to her son's unit. Instructor Zou Chongde carefully remembered: the eldest lady wore a white turban, wore a green cloth shirt, carried a "Chongqing brand" bag, and took the "185" train, the sixth carriage...
Aunt Xiang is almost here!"The news spread throughout the troops. The leaders of the army immediately sent people to the city 400 miles away from the station to receive him, and asked Xiang Mingjun to pick up his mother in a small town 200 miles away.
The soldiers of the cooking class are busy making Sichuan-style noodles for the eldest mother;The soldiers of the command squad were afraid that the eldest lady would not Xi the northern climate, so they burned the kang and burned it...
In the afternoon of this day, the eldest mother finally came to her son's unit, and the chief and comrades hurriedly stepped forward.
When the eldest lady saw the enthusiasm of the chief and her comrades and everything prepared for her, she was so moved that she didn't know what to say for a while. She took her son's hand and said a sentence for a long time: "Son!."The chiefs and comrades treat me so well, you can ask for it in the army...
The next day, the company asked the eldest lady to report to the soldiers of the company on the way to visit relatives. The eldest lady said excitedly: ". .This time I took the wrong path and ran thousands of miles, if it weren't for the Communist Party and New China under the leadership of the Communist Party, my old bones would have fallen apart long ago!”
Speaking of this, the eldest lady changed the topic and sank into a painful memory - "In the old society that eats people, we poor people are not as good as grass. At that time, my family had many brothers and sisters, and my father worked hard to sell coolies to the landlord, and he couldn't support the family. ”
I was a girl for the landlord when I was very young, and the landlord's heart was blacker than the bottom of the pot!On dog days, a pig in the landlord's house died of heat stroke, and I insisted that I cut poisonous weeds and poisoned the pig. The landlord picked up a stick the thickness of his fist and slashed it at my skull, beating me all over my body like an eggplant, and I turned purple.
After a pause, the cheerful voice of the eldest lady sounded: "It was *** who rescued us from the pothole, we live in a new society today, and we are happy!."This time, I got lost and was so enthusiastically cared for by the party and the people along the way because of the revolutionary line that connected the hearts of our workers, peasants and soldiers. ”
The eldest lady took out the rapeseed from her hometown from her bag and handed it to the head of the army: "This is all kinds of good rapeseed selected by our poor middle peasant members, and our old captain asked me to say hello to the chief and comrades on behalf of the members!"”
The head of the unit took the rapeseed and said excitedly: "Comrades!."The eldest lady worked tirelessly and sent rapeseed from her hometown. This rapeseed is the people's heart for the soldiers, and it is a symbol of the military and the people's love for fish and water. We want this rapeseed to take root and sprout here, and blossom into a flower of unity and victory!”
The eldest mother continued: "I want to tell the members of this family visit and tell it to future generations, so that everyone will always be loyal to the revolutionary line." The eldest lady couldn't help but shout: "* Hurray!".Hooray!”