The story takes place in a small mountain village in the late seventies of the last century. My father was drafted into the army at the age of sixteen and went to the Northwest to serve as a soldier for six years. At the end of the seventies, he volunteered to apply for demobilization and returned to the village to wait for the assignment of veterans. However, just as he was about to return to the village, he learned that the girl he had been engaged to had gone to work in the city, and her parents still had to wait for him to become a cadre. My father originally thought that he could be assigned to the county as a small cadre, but what he didn't expect wasProduction teamThe election of the captain changed his plans.
Production teamThe captain of the team, Zhang Wu, is a typical representative of bureaucratic corruption. Everyone was dissatisfied with his way of leading and finally opposed him. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the Commune had to come down and re-elect the captain, but could not find a suitable candidate. Just when everyone was worried about this issue, my father became the center of everyone's attention. He had been a soldier, he was energetic and young, and everyone thought he was the best candidate.
However, my father had his own plans, he wanted to be a cadre and marry a wife, not a captain. But the situation in the team was really difficult, and the members of the club were suffering, and each family could barely have enough to eat. Without a strong person to save the team, the team's situation will only get worse. All the members of the club wanted my father to be the captain, and my father was very conflicted, because if he became the captain, he would have no chance with the girl he was engaged to.
The betrothed girl came back and heard that my father was going to be captain, and she came to my father and reprimanded him for not running in the election, and threatened that if he did not stay in the countryside, their marriage would be annulled. My dad was in a dilemma. He was in great pain, after all, he loved the girl, but he couldn't bear to see the life of the team get harder by the day.
Eventually, my dad made a decision. He ran for the captaincy and was elected by a landslide. Although he was still in pain, he knew that it was the best choice for everyone.
After he became captain, he began to take an active part in the work of the team, working to improve living conditions. He organized everyone to carry out collective labor, plough the land and farm, and increase the yield. He also actively enlisted the support of the first and won some preferential policies to help the team tide over the difficulties.
As time went on, things got better in the team. The life of the members of the club has gradually improved, and they are no longer hungry and cold. And my father also succeeded in marrying that girl, and the two lived happily ever after.
This story teaches us that we need to make tough choices when faced with difficulties. Sometimes, we need to give up our personal interests and sacrifice something for the good of the collective. Although the process may be painful, only in this way can we go further and live better.