People will face a lot of choices in this life, in fact, many times, the choice is greater than the effort, and I grew up with Fa Xiao, when I asked him to go to the army with me as a soldier, he did not go, I was not only promoted in the army, when he was transferred, he was already a deputy regiment, and he planted in the countryside for a lifetime, but the youngest son was very promising, was admitted to university, bought a house in Shanghai and settled down.
I went to the army in 1973 to serve as a soldier, and of the 120 recruits who enlisted with me that year, less than 10 of them were finally promoted.
I always felt that I was very lucky, after the recruit training was over, after leaving the company, I wrote an article "Why should I be a soldier", which was published in the "People's Liberation Army Daily", I won a commendation from the regimental headquarters, the regiment rewarded me with a radio, I suddenly became a "celebrity" in our regiment, I fell in love with writing when I was in junior high school, and when I was in high school, I wrote an essay that was also published in our regional newspaper.
The company commander was very important to me and encouraged me to insist on writing, and I took the lead in any creative activities in the company, and I also worked as a company clerk for a period of time after joining the army, writing was just my hobby, and I spent more time on training, and in the third year of enlistment, I was promoted.
When I first joined the army, my monthly allowance was only 6 yuan, and my salary was 52 yuan per month after I was promoted, except for a part of my living expenses, I sent the rest of my salary back home, and I also have a younger sister in high school, whose academic performance is very good, and my parents have high hopes for my sister.
In 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed, my sister had to take the exam, after the promotion, I had not returned home, this year I visited my relatives and went home to visit my parents, when I went back, I bought a pen for my sister, and bought a pair of cotton shoes for my parents.
At the end of the college entrance examination, I estimated my sister 378 points, and finally my sister scored 398 points, and was admitted to a university in Beijing, my sister studied medicine, after graduating from university, my sister returned to her hometown and became a doctor, in 1980, after being introduced by the company commander, I met my wife Zhang Suting, my wife is a young man, after returning to the city, I became a teacher in middle school, and after I got married, I took my parents to live with me in the city.
In 1996, I have been in the deputy regiment for three years, if I can't be promoted to the main regiment, I will face a change of job, in fact, the chief has already talked to me once, I am ready to change jobs, I have lived in the army for so many years, suddenly want to leave, I really can't bear to be reluctant in my heart, although I want to continue to stay in the army, but as a soldier, I must obey the arrangement.
After changing jobs, I was assigned to a prison as a prison guard, and there is still a big difference between working in the local area and in the army, the prison work is easier than in the army, but I have to face a group of prisoners every day, and when I first go, I was a little unaccustomed.
In the second year of my prison guard, a death row prisoner came to our prison, he was only 28 years old, he was not married, his parents divorced when he was very young, he was raised by his grandparents, although he regretted it, but it was too late, there is no regret medicine in the world, everyone has to pay for their mistakes.
In prison I saw a lot of all kinds of people, the youngest was 20 years old, the oldest was in his 60s, they were imprisoned for various reasons, one of them was an old man who came in because of **, was sentenced to more than ten years, but none of his relatives came to visit him in prison, he was a prison guard for three years, and in 2000, I chose to resign.
When I quit my job, my wife and parents were opposed, thinking that I was in my 40s, and it was good to have a stable job until I retired, but I quit because I felt that this job was not suitable for me, I had an upright personality, I could not tolerate "sand" in my eyes, and I could not handle the relationship with my colleagues.
After resigning, my former comrade-in-arms Liu Jun contacted me and hoped that I would go to Beijing for development, Liu Jun changed jobs earlier than me, he was assigned to work in state-owned enterprises after he changed jobs, and later resigned to start his own business.
Liu Jun did catering in Beijing, opened a western restaurant and a hot pot restaurant, I didn't think about what to do at the time, at Liu Jun's suggestion, I also opened a hot pot restaurant, because I was franchised, the ingredients are provided by the headquarters, after in-depth understanding of the catering industry, I closed the store, and later reopened a store by myself, the ingredients in the store are personally selected by me, although ** is more expensive than other stores, but there are still a lot of people who come to my store to consume, and the business is also good.
In 2005, I bought a house in Beijing, and brought my family to live in Beijing, and now our family has settled in Beijing, my son and daughter-in-law are working in Beijing, and the family is happy to be together, which is very content for me.