My brother was born in 1948 and I was born in 1964, and the 16-year difference between us has led us to live in very different times. The difference in this era also determined the very different fates of our brothers. According to my parents and my brother, in 1966, my brother participated in the Air Force's pilot selection medical examination. His physical fitness was the best of all the students who took the medical examination, which made people all over the region cheer. My brother is immersed in the joy of becoming a pilot and flying an airplane into the blue sky.
He excelled in his studies, and although our family was a poor middle peasant, he was an honest and kind family, with a clean family background and social relations, and he could completely pass the test of political censorship. My brother's becoming a pilot seems to be a foregone conclusion. However, fate dealt him a huge blow;Something went wrong in the political censorship link, and his dream of being a pilot was shattered. The reason is that someone has put an obstacle in his way. And this person is actually my wife's third grandfather. At that time, my second uncle was working in the commune, and he had a conflict with my wife's third grandfather, because something had settled a relationship.
My wife's third grandfather felt that if my brother became a pilot, our family's influence would be greater, so he became jealous and personally went to the county ** to report, saying that our family had overseas connections and thought that my brother was not suitable to be a pilot. The so-called overseas relations are because my mother's third uncle was a ** pilot, and later retreated to Taiwan. At that time, the political review was very strict and extremely sensitive to this relationship. My brother lost the opportunity to become a pilot because he failed the political examination.
This was a very big blow to my brother's heart, and his academic performance plummeted, and he was expected to be admitted to a secondary school, but he could only work as a farmer at home for the rest of his life. In October 1982, I participated in the recruitment medical examination for the logistics arms of the Air Force. I passed all the medical check-ups without any problems. When it came to the political trial, even my mother was scared to tears, worried that her overseas connections would affect my joining the army. My mother said to me with tears in her eyes: "Son, it's all my mother's sin, and it has affected your brother, but don't affect you anymore!."”。
During that time, my mother prayed for God's blessing all day long, and her high blood pressure became more severe. Fortunately, the policy has changed. The scope of the political examination does not include the siblings of one's maternal grandparents, who are not within the scope of the political examination. The village cadres went to my grandmother's village and successfully obtained the proof of passing the political examination. When my mother learned that I had passed the political trial, she burst into tears. That year, the Ministry of Armed Forces gave three of us in the village the opportunity to serve as soldiers, and because I was the only high school student, I was the first in line, fulfilling my wish to join the army.
After I arrived in the army, I worked hard to study and Xi, and was admitted to the military school the following year. I worked in the army for 21 years and then transferred to the post of deputy regiment. I'm grateful that I've caught up with the good times!I also regret my brother's fate. If it weren't for the political trial, he would have had a different life. Maybe that's how fate fits!