The autumn wind in southern Xinjiang is miserable, the sky is like tears, and the old man Xu Qiongxian has passed away, but her voice and appearance will live forever, and she will be passed down through the ages as a model of mother. The mother of martyr Zhang Guantai died at noon on September 2, 2023 in Awuzhai, Xincheng Township, Shiping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, at the age of 85. Upon learning of the death of Mrs. Guan's mother, the comrades-in-arms of the former Guilin Army School No. 8**12 were deeply saddened. Entrusted by Captain Wang Guang, Luo Fuqiang, ** Fu, and Li Yueqi, on behalf of all the comrades-in-arms of the 12th team, personally went to Awuzhai in Shiping County to bid farewell to the heroic mother, and gave condolences and comfort to the Guantai's family.
Perhaps it was providence, when Luo Fuqiang and the three arrived at Awuzhai on the afternoon of September 8, the originally clear blue sky suddenly changed their faces, and the rain poured down, as if even the sky was crying for the throbbing of his mother, as the poem said: "Tears flew and suddenly poured rain" ......Xu Qiongxian, the mother of the martyr Guantai, was born on July 27, 1938 in Shangxinzhai, Xincheng Township, Shiping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, a remote and impoverished village dominated by planting and breeding. When she was a child, she experienced the grief of losing her mother at the age of three, and then lived with her grandfather in the impoverished remote villages of the Red Clay Plateau.
However, it was in such an environment that she was nurtured by her grandfather and developed a good character of integrity, diligence, kindness, tolerance, and gratitude. In December 1949, when Shiping was liberated, Xu Qiongxian's family actively participated in the land reform, supported the army to suppress bandits and eliminate hegemony, and assisted in the construction of the new people's political power. In 1955, after marrying her loving father Zhang Haizhong, she served her grandfather and grandmother carefully, raised four children with her husband, and supported them to complete their studies. For the remote and impoverished mountain villages, such a life is very difficult. Xu Qiongxian is a self-reliant, hardworking and kind rural woman, the first generation of builders of our People's Republic, who has experienced the ups and downs of the Republic for more than 70 years.
When the country was founded, my mother toiled during the day and came home at night to cook, do laundry, take care of the livestock, and find time to water and sew clothes until late at night. Her food is simple bud cake and she drinks cool mountain spring water. Her mother gave life to the four siblings, working hard to raise them and teach them. Her mother was an illiterate and very ordinary rural woman, but she was well aware of the importance of respecting teachers and educating her children strictly. No matter how difficult life is, mothers are unwavering in their support for their children's schooling and are both kind and strict with them. In the nearly 20 years that my four children have been in school, I can always see my mother cooking in the dimly lit adobe house when I come home from school every weekend.
In the smoke, she actually cultivated the "champion" of the science college entrance examination in Shiping County that year, and walked out of the first key university undergraduate from Xincheng Township. This made the four siblings feel grateful from the bottom of their hearts: Mother, how can we repay you for your nurturing kindness?The mother was a typical peasant woman who was kind and harmonious. The younger siblings remembered that during the busy farming period in the village, as long as someone called for labor, my mother would always participate without hesitationIf there is a family in the village who needs help, as long as she finds her mother, she will always be enthusiastic to help, and she will not complain after being busy. In her later years, my mother would often sit at the door of her house to greet her warmly, communicate with her neighbors, and warm others with her smile.
She also respects her grandfather very much, takes care of the elderly tirelessly, and fulfills her responsibilities and obligations as a daughter. The heroic appearance of the martyr Guantai in the military academy in 1984. [Martyr Zhang Guantai, born on October 4, 1962 in Shiping County, Yunnan, Han nationality, admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Yunnan University in September 1979, majored in mathematics, graduated in July 1983, Guilin Army School 83 Level 12 Team 6 Class Cadet, died on the evening of November 22, 1984 on the 150th Heights of the Laoshan Front Line in Yunnan, posthumously recorded third-class merit, and was buried in the Malipo Martyrs Cemetery]. Her mother was a sensible and very ordinary peasant woman in the mountains.
1984 was an extremely unfortunate year for the Zhang family, after graduating from university, the young eldest son Guantai bravely entered the green military academy on the border of the motherland in the face of the smoke of gunpowder in the southern Xinjiang of the motherland, and fulfilled the glorious obligation of defending the motherland. Loving Mother, your son, Guantai, died heroically in the smoke of war in southern Xinjiang, only 22 years old, and has not yet been able to repay your kindness for raising you. In the face of bad news, you were deeply shocked, but you firmly asked your children not to cause trouble to the country and not to reach out to the **. You have struggled to raise your children and lived in extreme hardship, but you have never been able to visit the official wife in the martyr's cemetery, and you can only rely on your younger siblings to sweep the grave every year.
Before her death, the loving mother hung the official's ** in the room, looked at her son every day, and told it, revealing her deep love for her children. Mother, you have had a rough life, hardworking and frugal, kind and wise, and good neighbors, and now, we fondly remember your greatness. An ordinary but great Chinese mother, she has deep feelings for the motherland, relatives and friends, is strict with her family, has persistent beliefs in life, and has an optimistic and open-minded attitude towards difficulties. Dear Mother, your words and deeds and kind face to Brother Guan will forever leave an imprint on the hearts of children and accompany them for the rest of their lives. On July 7, 2019, the captain of the cadet and his classmates went to visit the mother of martyr Zhang Guantai, and the comrades-in-arms sent wreaths.
Now, the loving mother has passed away, reunited with her father, and reunited with her eldest son, Guantai, who has been separated for more than 40 years. The younger generations sincerely wish you and your loving father to be happy and dependent on each other in the kingdom of heaven, and to go well and always with the official brothers. Son: All comrades-in-arms of the 8**12 team of the Guilin Army School of the former Chinese People's Liberation Army. On September 9, 23, Kunming was lost. [Note: The Xincheng River in the text is the river in front of the martyr Zhang Guantai's house, and the Jianshan peak is the highest peak behind the martyr's house of Zhang Guantai, and the official's mother is buried on this mountainside].