This is a very moving love story, the hero of the story is called Zhou Yuchang, the heroine is called Zhao Xiuyun, in 1958, these two young people were transferred to the Sixth Research Institute of the Second Ministry of Machinery Industry in Beijing.
Really"There is a fate to meet thousands of miles away"Coincidentally, the two young men were assigned to the same experimental group. Zhou Yuchang, a handsome young man born in Beijing, left a good first impression on the delicate Northeast girl Zhao Xiuyun.
One Saturday afternoon, Zhao Xiuyun bought two movie tickets, and when she got off work, she quietly stuffed one movie ticket into Zhou Yuchang's hand. Zhou Yuchang was a little surprised at first, but soon came to his senses, he was shy and excited.
After going back and forth, the two young people sparked a spark of love with each other. On November 29, 1960, colleagues held a simple wedding for them at the institute. Everyone got together, ate some melon seeds, ate some candy, the leader came to talk, the bedding of the two moved together, and Zhao Xiuyun became Zhou Yuchang's wife. As the saying goes"Female junior, hugging gold bricks", Zhao Xiuyun is just three years older than Zhou Yuchang.
In December 1960, before Zhou Yuchang's honeymoon was over, he was ordered to be transferred to Hengyang, Hunan, thousands of miles away, to participate in the construction of the 272nd factory. Plant 272 is the first batch of nuclear industry sites approved by the Communist Party of China"Five factories and three mines"One of them is the production of uranium raw materials"Leading enterprises"。At that time, all work related to the nuclear industry was not told to parents, wives and children, and the organization required strict confidentiality, and the destination of the trip must not be revealed.
Before leaving, Zhou Yu often pretended to be casual and told his wife that he was about to go on a business trip, and he had to go for a while, and he had to bring his luggage. The bride Zhao Xiuyun was a little surprised, but even if she was reluctant, she could only obey the organizational arrangement.
In addition, Zhou Yu often came to Hengyang, where a nuclear industry army of more than 6,000 people was gathered from all over the country, and this team included experts, workers, soldiers, and migrant workers. When they first arrived, they could only live in broken houses built of pine trees left over from the ** farm in the past.
After settling down a little, Zhou Yuchang wrote a letter to his wife and poured out his heart. According to discipline, it was not allowed to talk about work or location, and only a mysterious mailbox number like the number of the unit was left.
At that time, the domestic water on the construction site of the 272 factory had to be transported from a long distance by pulling water trucks. Three months after the two were separated, one morning, Zhou Yu often carried a bucket to the water point to receive water as usual. In front of a bush, he suddenly saw a female comrade, wow, such a familiar figure, he was stunned for a moment, isn't it his own eyes to see flowers?She ......She is the new wife Zhao Xiuyun that she has been thinking about for a long time!
At this moment, Zhao Xiuyun also recognized her husband Zhou Yuchang"Bang dang"With a bang, the kettle in her hand fell to the ground and she shouted"Yutsune", tears suddenly burst out of their eyes, and the two rushed to each other in unison......
Not long ago, Zhao Xiuyun told Zhou Yuchang in a reply letter that the organization decided to let her go on a business trip, but she didn't know anything about what she was doing.
At that time, Zhou Yuchang didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was just a normal business trip, but he didn't expect his wife to be the same as himself"Business trips"Here we are!This unexpected encounter is almost like the storyline in the movie. The two of them were like children, one moment crying, the next laughing. Soon, the organization learned about the situation and specially approved them to live together and take care of each other.
The bitterness at that time is beyond the imagination of today's people: in a mud house with ventilation on all sides, they used clay pots to cook rice without rice pots, made a mud pot to bake for warmth in winter, and dug wild vegetables to make soup to satisfy their hunger when there was no food. In 1960, China and the Soviet Union had a bad relationship, withdrawing experts, tearing up contracts, taking away drawings, and many key technologies were difficult to master for a while. The leaders of the factory decided to lead a team led by Zhou Yuchang to participate in the technical research experiment in Beijing No. 6.
After a year and a half of hard work, Zhou Yuchang and his team completed the experiment. On the eve of returning to the factory, Zhou Yu often took the time to go home to visit his parents. When his mother saw that he was thin and dark, she said distressedly"Son, you have been in Beijing for more than a year, and you are not going home, what are you doing?"
Zhou Yu often looked at his parents, and when the words came to his lips, he stopped talking, thinking to himself, can he say the work he is engaged in?
The father was very wise, and when he saw that his son did not speak, he diverted the conversation and said to his wife:"What are you asking for?The work that my son does is very important. "When leaving home, his mother prepared a bag full of food for Zhou Yu to take with him. Zhou Yuchang took the heavy net bag with both hands, tears gushed like springs, his heart was like a cracked silk, and the kindness of his parents was like a mountain high and the sea was deep, but they didn't even know what their son was doing!Zhou Yuchang's heart was mixed, and he could only silently beg his parents for forgiveness.
Zhou Yuchang returned to the factory and entered the house, and his wife Zhao Xiuyun took out a letter from his mother, which was full of words of concern for them and asked them if they were doing well.
Zhao Xiuyun asked Zhou Yuchang:"Life is so hard, how can I reply to this letter?"
Zhou Yuchang stepped forward, hugged his wife tightly, and said gently"You tell your parents that we live well and have meat to eat every day. "
Sure enough, during dinner, Zhou Yuchang made a few good dishes, including braised beef, red sausage, ......Zhao Xiuyun picked up her rice bowl and looked at the sumptuous dinner, her eyes were full of tears, it turned out that these dishes were given by her in-laws.
On September 11, 1962, after a series of preparations, the first trial production of the hydrometallurgical production line of the 272nd Plant began. After that, the 272 plant succeeded in producing uranium products that could be used to make an atomic bomb, but they did not know when the atomic bomb would be ready, and everyone was waiting for this exciting moment.
On October 15, 1964, the Second Machinery Department issued a top-secret order to all manufacturers and institutes: All drawings and materials for the development of the atomic bomb must be secretly transferred to a safe place.
At noon on the 15th, Zhou Yuchang received instructions from the factory department that all the technical files, important engineering drawings and technical data stored in the archives of the factory office building must be packed before dawn the next day and transported to the designated place outside the factory. Zhou Yu often guessed that the atomic bomb was about to be tested, and this time"Transfer"It must have been related to the atomic bomb test, and there were more than 10 people who carried out this secret transfer mission, including Zhou Yuchang's wife Zhao Xiuyun.
When he was transferring, Zhao Xiuyun quietly asked Zhou Yuchang:"Lao Zhou, isn't that ......To ......"Zhou Yuchang glared at her and asked"'Code of Confidentiality'What is the first one?"
Don't tell secrets that shouldn't be told"And that's it"Code of Confidentiality"First, since the atomic bomb test is a secret, why should I ask?Zhao Xiuyun's face suddenly turned red ......
Under the leadership of Zhou Yuchang, they were busy until the early hours of the morning, loading a total of more than 20 wooden boxes. Before dawn on the 16th, under the escort of armed men with loaded guns and ammunition, these archives were finally transported to a sanatorium dozens of kilometers away from the factory.
On the evening of October 16, 1964, Zhao Xiuyun heard the news of the success of China's first atomic bomb on the radio, and it was only then that she understood the reason for the transfer. It turned out that the international situation was complicated at that time, and considering that after the success of the atomic bomb, the raw material base was likely to be destroyed by foreign enemies. Plant 272 is the first uranium production base in China, and all archives are the original materials for the construction of the next nuclear plant, and its importance is self-evident.
Eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, now, Zhou Yuchang and Zhao Xiuyun have been together for 58 years, Zhou Yuchang is 86 years old, Zhao Xiuyun is 89 years old, and the two live happily in the 272 community. Let us remember that era, they were so hard, so patient, so dedicated, so tragic!It is precisely because of the hard work of the first generation of nuclear industry workers that the dream of hundreds of millions of people to strengthen the army and the dream of strengthening the country has ......been realized step by step