Father, I know the answer. "Standing on the plateau, I also followed my father's footsteps and guarded the great rivers and mountains behind me.
My father always had a wish to enlist me in the army. When I was a child, I didn't understand why my father sent me to the barracks, which was so hard and tiring, that my father just stroked my head and said, "All the answers are in the barracks." ”
When I grew up, in order to fulfill my father's wishes, and in order to find the "answer" in my father's mouth, I enlisted in the army and came to **.
When you first arrive at the plateau, the air is full of nature, and the sky is blue and white clouds. But soon, I was not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery - at an altitude of more than 3,600 meters, I was panting when I moved, walking like stepping on cotton, and my face was "plateau red" when exposed to direct sunlight.
I looked at myself in front of the mirror, and before I could find the answer, I had the idea of retreating.
Soon after, I received an order to go to the border guard point where "one day goes through four seasons, ten miles of different days." At high altitudes, walking with bare hands is the same as carrying 30 kg on the plains. We carried the weight up, and every 20 meters we climbed had to take several heavy breaths. The most dangerous ridge was less than a meter wide, undulating, and flanked by cliffs, so everyone used ropes to connect them, using both hands and feet, and slowly walked forward one after the other. At the entrance of the tent, I inadvertently found strangulation marks on the shoulders of my comrades, cracks on their hands, ......As I stopped, my gaze happened to meet a soldier who had changed the guard. Then I asked him, "Isn't it bitter?"”
He shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't you think it's beautiful?"”
As far as the eye can see, the vast snow-capped mountains loom and blend together with the endless sky, which is slightly mysterious. Not far away, on the ground where there is almost no grass, a few clusters of looming rhodiola rosea and spotted plums are scattered among the rocks, declaring the tenacity of life.
Guarding these beauties, home will be better. ”
Listening to the warrior's words, I looked up, and the sky was full of stars, and it was quiet and peaceful. In the distance behind him, I occasionally saw lights flickering, and farther away, it seemed to be the lights of my hometown, so bright.
I leaned down and caressed the land, feeling the answer it gave me - why I chose to stick to it in my military uniform, because I love this river and mountain so ......much
There may be hardships and loneliness here, but I have no regrets about what I want.
Finishing: Ma Jialong Jin Xin.
*: People's Liberation Army Daily client.
Author: Ouyang Yu.
Editor in charge: Zhang Runqi.