One day in 1949, in a small village in Hubei Province, in a dilapidated courtyard, a lonely old man was crying at a **.
*, is a heroic young figure. It was his son Xu Shenji. In a battle 17 years ago, he died tragically. Looking at the figure of the son who has never grown up, even after 17 years, the old man is still heartbroken and tearful.
At this moment, a figure in military uniform suddenly appeared outside the courtyard gate and asked her politely:
Auntie, I would like to ask you personally, does Shi Shunxiang live here?”
The old man looked at the visitor with some confusion: "I am, what are you looking for me?"”
When the soldier heard this, his face showed joy, and he hurriedly trotted into the courtyard and said, "Auntie, I can find you!."I'm your son's security guard and he asked me to pick you up and take you to Beijing!”
In 1910, Xu Shenji was born in a poor peasant family in Hong'an County, Hubei Province. He was smart and clever since he was a child, and his parents thought he was a promising baby, so they tried every means to send him to a private school.
At that time, most of the children had to help the family with farm work, and few had the opportunity to go to school. Xu Shenji knew the hard work of his parents, so he worked very hard. He has good grades and is always praised by his husband.
At the age of 17, he joined the local peasant volunteer team and participated in the Jute Uprising. His heart was full of revolutionary ideals, and he wanted to overthrow the dark and decaying old society and build a new society in which everyone was equal.
In the army, Xu Shenji trained hard and carried out orders bravely and decisively. He soon became a squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander. In 1937, he was already the head of the regiment.
Xu Shenji was outnumbered in an anti-encirclement and suppression battle, although he fought bravely, he was outnumbered after all, and was seriously wounded in the battle, and was mistakenly thought to have died by his comrades.
When the news reached her hometown, Xu Shenji's mother, Shi Shunxiang, was grief-stricken, thinking that her son had left her forever.
But it didn't end there. Xu Shenji, who was seriously injured, was sent to the hospital in time for rescue and miraculously survived. But because the injury was so severe, he lay in the hospital for a long time before recovering.
During this period, the situation outside changed greatly, and Xu Shenji, who was recuperating from his injuries, could not contact his hometown at all, and as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he immediately followed the army to the north. In this way, he and his mother were separated for 17 years!
In the past 17 years, the old man Shi Shunxiang thought that his son had already died and had been living a hard life. Every year during the Qingming Festival, she came to the "clothed mound" in Gufengling to burn incense and paper for her son.
At the same time, due to his outstanding achievements, Xu Shenji was promoted all the way from the head of the regiment. In the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he had already served as the commander of the Southern Hebei Military Region and became a senior commander.
The country was settled, Xu Shenji finally took time out of his heavy work to find his mother, and when he learned the news of his mother, the first thing he did was to write a handwritten letter to his mother and send someone to his hometown.
When the old man Shi Shunxiang read this letter, he couldn't believe it for a while.
It wasn't until the person who sent the letter explained again and again and took out Xu Shenji's recent photo that the old man finally believed that his son was really alive!
Her tears flowed uncontrollably, and the huge surprise made her almost faint.
My son didn't die!Not only did he not die, but he also made such a great contribution to the country and the people!
Thinking that she would be reunited with her son soon, Shi Shunxiang was so happy that she couldn't speak.
A few days later, under the arrangement of the guards, the old man Shi Shunxiang got on the train to Beijing.
The meeting of mother and son on the platform is naturally very touching, and there is no need to go into detail here.
After taking his mother to live in Beijing, Xu Shenji has been taking care of her daily life. In his spare time, he would personally take his mother out for a walk and relax.
The old man was sick and hospitalized, and after he was busy with the troops every day, he always had to find time to go to the hospital to take care of him personally.
After liberation, Xu Shenji successively served as deputy chief of staff of the North China Military Region, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and deputy commander and adviser of the Beijing Military Region. In 1955 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
In 2000, at the age of 90, General Xu Shenji died of illness in Beijing. Before he died, he told his family that he should be buried in the simplest way and without much fanfare.
He said that the ashes should be scattered on the land of the motherland, and he did his best to serve the country during his lifetime, and turned into soil after his death, and he will always be with this land.