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In a beautiful small county town in northwestern Hubei Province, there are two families, one is the Wang family and the other is the Li family.
The two families have a special relationship, because their parents are both revolutionary soldiers, and in the Battle of Xiangfan in June 1948, the two of them played a role in the battle against the remnants of Kangze and captured Kangze alive in the same regiment.
After the end of the war, they transferred to work in a certain county in the Xiangfan region of northwest Hubei Province, and held important positions in a certain county bureau and the district community of the county supply and marketing cooperative system.
They are Wang Fei's father, Wang Hui, who is the head of a county bureau;Li Lan's father, Li Yijie, is a manager in the county supply and marketing cooperatives system.
In 1950, after Wang Hui and Li Yijie transferred to work and settle down, one returned to Henan to pick up his family, and the other went back to Nanzhang to pick up his relatives. This year, Wang Fei was 6 years old, and Li Lan had just turned 5 years old. The two families are very close because of their parents' relationship, and their houses are in the same compound.
The happy time they spent together in the compound since childhood, Wang Fei and Li Lan became inseparable good friends.
Both parents treat them as their own children, and whoever has something delicious to eat must leave a little for the other child, or call them directly into the house to eat. They went to elementary school together and junior high school together.
During the winter and summer vacations, they study together, complete homework together, help each other, and encourage each other.
Sometimes, they would show their concern for each other by sending each other school supplies or other small gifts, and at that time, when they could watch a movie once a week, they would invite each other to go to the movies together and enjoy the good time of their youth.
However, happy days are always short-lived. In the 1957 movement, Li Lan's father, Li Yijie, was classified as a five-class element. He lost his job and his family was in trouble. In order to make ends meet, Li Lan's parents made a living by working as temporary workers in the town, Li Lan's father worked as a temporary worker in a company, dragging a board truck to deliver goods to the countryside every day, going back and forth for dozens of miles, very hard, Li Lan had several times on the way out of school when she met her father sweating profusely, bending over and pulling the cart hard, she was very sad, and said that she didn't want to go to school. But her father resolutely opposed her and told her that no matter how difficult it was, she had to find a way for her to go to school, and Wang Fei's father also came to say that the matter of going to school could not be delayed, and if Li Lan had difficulties in going to school, he would pay for the tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
As soon as the words of the old comrade-in-arms came out, Li Yijie's heart warmed, Li Lan's heart was at ease, and Wang Fei was happy.
At the same time, Wang Fei is full of yearning for military life. In December 1962, the 11th Regiment of the 51st Division of the Engineer Corps went to the Xiangyang area to collect new soldiers.
Wang Fei had just graduated from junior high school, and he did not hesitate to sign up.
His father, who came from a military background, was very supportive of his choice. Thinking that being a soldier is the right way to be a soldier and will have a future in the future, after experience and political trial, Wang Fei successfully enlisted in the army and embarked on the road of military service. When Wang Fei was a soldier, Li Lan was just in his second year of junior high school.
On the day of parting, Wang Fei and Li Lan both expressed their reluctance. Wang Fei asked Li Lan to study hard and strive to be admitted to high school, if there are financial difficulties in the future, just tell him, and he and his father will help her. Li Lan asked him to rest assured, work well in the army, and hoped that he would come back as soon as possible.
After Wang Fei said goodbye to his family, they boarded a special military tank train with Gao Company Commander, who received the troops, and had a smooth journey.
On the way, the train passes through Zhengzhou, Anyang, Anyang and other military stations, eats at the military station, is convenient, and arrives at Nankou Town, Beijing on the third day.
After getting off the bus, I walked 15 kilometers all the way to the recruit training site with a backpack on my back, and conducted a three-month military training, including shooting, platoon mine-planting, blasting and other professional and technical courses for engineering troops.
They learned military discipline and military regulations such as internal affairs regulations, Wang Fei performed outstandingly, and his father's old soldiers endured hardships, endurance, diligence, hard work and other good styles and traditions, which had a profound impact on him and were well inherited.
At the end of the recruit, he was favored by the commander of the recruit company, Gao Company, and directly assigned him to the ninth company. During his time in the army, Wang Fei showed outstanding military qualities and tenacious perseverance.
He was ahead of the curve in military training and completed difficult tasks in defense construction. In a business trip, a comrade-in-arms family had an accident, and the comrade-in-arms was in urgent need of money to save his life, and he did not, Wang Fei took the lead in ideological work, mobilized several other comrades-in-arms to donate money to help comrades-in-arms solve family difficulties, showing outstanding ability and awakening. His outstanding performance was highly praised by the company and battalion commander, who regarded him as a usable material, and was promoted to platoon commander in the fourth year, and then to deputy company commander after two years as a platoon commander. It is one of the cadres of the 115th Regiment who has been promoted faster.
And Li Lan, who is in her hometown, has not given up her dream. With the sponsorship of Wang Fei and his father, she withstood the pressure and was admitted to a middle school in the county with excellent results. In May 1966, when she was about to take the college entrance examination, the national college entrance examination was stopped, and it was 11 years after a stop. This made her dream out of reach.
In 1969, Li Lan went down to a rural village in this county to become an educated youth and began a hard life.
Three years later, there was a shortage of teachers in a local primary school, and because of her good performance and high school students, the secretary of the brigade recommended her to the relevant units, and since then she has become a private teacher and started her own education career. Despite the difficulties in life, she moved forward step by step.
She has never forgotten Wang Fei, and she has never stopped her pursuit of a better life.
Wang Fei and Li Lan kept in touch through letters, sharing each other's lives and growth. In the letters, they talked about the future, happy things, and troubles, told each other about their loyalty, discussed difficult things, thought about good things, and looked forward to the day of reunion.
Although Li Lan's parents liked Wang Fei very much, they saw Wang Fei in the army and were worried that his daughter and Wang Fei would not succeed. Not holding out hope, Li Yijie told his daughter that he might be going to implicate her. is worried that the relationship between his daughter and Wang Fei will affect Wang Fei's future, and he has reservations about their relationship.
Although Li Lan had concerns, she couldn't forget Wang Fei, and she didn't reply to Wang Fei in time a few times, Wang Fei was in a hurry, and he didn't change his original intention towards Li Lan. and took advantage of the vacation to go back and meet with Li Lan first. When they met, they hugged Li Lan into their arms with one hand, and the two of them were going to say anything, silence is better than sound at this time!
Wang Fei knew that if he continued to stay in the team, he and Li Lan would not be approved by the organization. They are both over the age of late marriage, and for the sake of love, he must apply for discharge.
The next day, Wang Fei visited Li Lan's parents and expressed to them the determination and action of returning to the army to apply to his superiors to retire from the army and marry Yijilan.
Li Lan's father was very happy, but he said that he couldn't do it for fear of affecting Wang Fei's future, but Wang Fei was determined.
After returning to the army, after the battalion and company leaders learned the real reason for Wang Fei's application for discharge, although they expressed regret for this matter, they also knew Wang Fei's hardships very well, and persuaded him to do so, so they had to report it for approval.
When he returned to his hometown, he was in need of someone from the local commercial bureau, and the county personnel bureau arranged for him to work as a clerk in the commercial bureau, during which time they got married.
In 1978, the state rehabilitated all the people involved in the 1957 incident, and Li Lan's father was rehabilitated and restored to public office, and the living conditions of the whole family were greatly improved.
And Wang Fei was also promoted to head of the unit because of his outstanding work, and finally retired from the position of deputy director.
After further study, Li Lan's teaching level and literacy have been greatly improved, and after becoming a regular student, she was transferred to work in a school in the county.
They have a boy who has a good life, went to a prestigious university, has already started a family, and now their grandchildren are in college.
Epilogue. This pair of childhood sweethearts, after going through trials and tribulations, realized their long-held dreams and expectations.
They are over 80 years old, and their bodies are still quite tough, and they support each other every day.
Their stories show that true love is eternal, love is infinitely powerful, and true love can travel through time and space.
In the long river of years, true love is always there, from ancient times to the present .......