“I've taken your medicine, and it's really good. But what works for me doesn't mean it works for everyone. I was wounded on the battlefield, and the circumstances are exceptional, and I cannot generalize. So I'm sorry, I can't advertise for you guys.
One day in the nineties of the twentieth century, a businessman in a straight suit, holding a thick envelope in his hand, wanted to hand it to a soldier. The soldier said the above words as he pushed his hand. The merchant didn't seem to give up, and still desperately stuffed the envelope through until he saw the other party's increasingly cold gaze.
At this time, an ordinary woman standing next to the soldier looked at all this with her eyes and showed a pleased smile.
This soldier is the combat hero Mai Xiande, who is known as the "Iron Warrior". And that woman is his wife Li Yuzhi, and the two have walked hand in hand for more than 20 years. Who would have thought that the process of acquaintance and union of this seemingly happy couple was full of difficulties. All of this has to start with the title of Mai Xiande.
Mak Xiande is the son of an ordinary boat man in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. The last two generations of their family can be described as bitter and bitter. During the Anti-Japanese War, due to the blockade of the Japanese navy, the Mai family did not have enough to eat, and his grandfather starved to death. Because of his rebellion against the Japanese, Mai Xiande's uncle was buried alive, his father was severely beaten, and even the ship was set on fire. Mai Xiande and the Japanese have a hatred like a sea.
And when he was born, it was just in time for 1945, when the Japanese devils were driven out of China. When it should have been celebrated by the whole world, who would have thought that the civil war would start soon. Guangdong Province, as a nationalized region, soon fell into severe inflation, and the value of paper money was not as good as white paper. Because of this, the Mai family is still quite poor.
On May 18, 1949, the People's Liberation Army entered Chaozhou. The strict military appearance and strict discipline made the young Mai Xiande remember it deeply. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Mai family lived a good life. Mai Xiande is especially grateful to the People's Liberation Army who saved him from fire and water, and dreams of one day joining the army and serving the motherland.
Mak worked very hard in school, and his grades were among the best, and he was often rated as a "three-good student". Later, he joined the militia and still performed well, often receiving the title of "Five Good Militia". He has always been strict with himself, and finally succeeded in joining the army in 1964. This year, he was just 19 years old, and he can be described as strong and high-spirited.
In the army, his position was that of an electromechanical corpsman, where he was mainly responsible for repairing equipment. This kind of knowledge was something he had never encountered in school. In order to make up for this shortcoming, Mai Xian had to get up early every day and study hard. Those obscure professional materials were all memorized by him. Some of the more difficult training programs were originally not required for recruits like him, but Mai Xian insisted on participating in the test and did as well as a veteran. In just one year, his level has improved by leaps and bounds and he has become a technical backbone.
Fast forward to August 5, 1965. On this day, Mai Xiande's gunboat went out to patrol and protect fishing, and as a result, it encountered Taiwan's "Jianmen" and "Zhangjiang" two ** ships at sea. In the face of a formidable enemy, the PLA gunboats fearlessly rushed over with their heads held high. As a result, during an artillery bombardment, the enemy ship "Zhangjiang" ** burned.
However, during a round of enemy shelling, a piece of shrapnel hit Mak in the right forehead. The shrapnel passed through the skull and into the frontal lobe, near the temple. Mai Xiande fainted at that time, and when he woke up again, he suddenly found that he could not speak.
At this time, Mai Xian had to think not about the extent of his injuries, but about the condition of the gunboat. At this time, the blood that flowed had already stuck to the corners of his eyes and eyelashes, and his eyes could only open a small slit. However, with his daily practice of blindly repairing machines, he checked every machine and every pipeline in the violently shaking engine room to ensure that the gunboat was operating properly.
For three hours, Mai Xiande gritted his teeth and held on, until the enemy ship was repulsed and the battle was over, and he fainted and fell to the ground. After being taken to the hospital, Mak found that he had lost sensation in his right hand. In order to recover his right hand, he did a lot of exercises, but unfortunately it had little effect. In desperation, he had no choice but to start practicing left-handed handwriting. He is very self-reliant, does not let the medical staff help him go to the toilet, dresses and folds quilts every day, and insists on coming by himself. After his injuries healed, he walked out of the hospital.
From injury to hospitalization, Mak showed extraordinary perseverance. His superiors rewarded him, and he earned the title of "Iron Warrior".
However, the damage caused to him by this injury was enormous. His ability to speak was almost completely lost, some of his memories were lost, and his intelligence was affected. What's more, the pain also triggered epilepsy, and he often frothed at the mouth and fell to the ground during the seizure of pain. But even so, he still did not lose his true character as a soldier, and insisted on using vague language to give speeches and propaganda everywhere.
As time passed, the impact of Mai Xiande's injuries became more and more severe. After four brain surgeries, there is still no improvement. So the doctor announced: Mak Xiande's health may never recover. The situation he is facing is that the sequelae are getting more and more serious, and his life will become more and more unable to take care of himself.
When the head of the army heard about it, he was also very sad. They believe that such a hero should not suffer like this, and should find someone to take care of him. The person who took care of him had to eat and live together. In other words, she must become Mai Xiande's wife.
However, it is true that Mai Xiande is a hero, but at the same time he is also a disabled person, and it is likely that his life will be wasted like this. Who would want to take care of such a person? In the end, the party organization still found a suitable candidate through various investigations, and she was Li Yuzhi, a cadre of the Women's Federation.
Li Yuzhi is a kind person, and when people in the organization talked to her and told her the story of Mai Xiande's battle, Li Yuzhi was moved to tears. She said categorically at the time: ".Please rest assured that the second half of the hero's life will be taken care of by me.
After returning home, Li Yuzhi told her mother about the situation. When the mother heard that her daughter, who had worked so hard to raise, would have to take care of a disabled person for the rest of her life, she immediately objected. She felt that although Mai Xiande was a hero, his brain was already broken, and he heard that he would never get better for the rest of his life. If a daughter marries him, she will not be happy.
Li Yuzhi was resolute, she said to her mother: ".He is a hero, and a hero cannot be left unattended. No matter what he looks like, I am willing to take care of the hero for the rest of my life!
Soon, the two met under the arrangement of the organization. The first impression of both of them was very good, and Li Yuzhi found that although Mai Xiande had a problem in speaking, he was kind-hearted and cared about himself. Moreover, he is also very self-reliant and will never let people help him with what he can accomplish on his own. This made her feel that Mai Xiande's situation might not be as serious as others said. In this case, if you marry yourself, you can rest assured.
On a good day in 1972, Li Yuzhi and Mai Xiande officially got married. However, on the wedding night, Li Yuzhi was taken aback. Mai Xiande, who had just cleaned up, suddenly had a seizure without warning. He foamed at the mouth, made a "woo-woo-woo" sound, and lay on the ground shaking all over. He looked so miserable that he kept banging his head against the wall.
The scene in front of him frightened Li Yuzhi. Only then did she know what was going on with the so-called letting her "take care" of Mai Xiande. However, she also had no knowledge and did not know how to treat her. So, she hurried to the hospital and called the doctor. The doctor had been prepared for a long time and gave Mai Xiande an injection of medicine to relieve the symptoms. Mai Xiande's convulsive body slowly calmed down.
Li Yuzhi hurriedly asked the doctor what he should pay attention to. Doctors say that the sooner the seizure, the better. He can leave some medicine, but the best thing to do is to find it in time and administer it as soon as possible. Otherwise, once Mai Xiande is stuck in his trachea with saliva, the situation will be very dangerous.
Li Yuzhi wrote down the doctor's instructions one by one. She felt that guarding her husband during the day should not be a big situation, and the key was at night. I fell asleep, in case Mai Xian got sick, how could this happen? After thinking about it for a long time, she came up with a "stupid idea" - to use a coarse strip of cloth to tie herself and Mai Xiande together when she sleeps every day. In this way, once Mai Xiande starts to twitch, he can detect it as soon as possible.
For his wife's approach, Mai Xiande instinctively wanted to oppose it. However, Li Yuzhi was very persistent. After going back and forth, Mai Xiande agreed. So, every night, the husband and wife had to sleep together, even if it was hot.
In order to help her husband resist the disease, Li Yuzhi often consulted doctors, and she also paid close attention to learning medical knowledge in her spare time. Gradually, she figured out a set of methods that worked well for Mai Xian. After her care, Mak Xiande's epilepsy symptoms gradually stabilized, and his intelligence also recovered. When the doctor heard this, he couldn't help but praise: ".It's a miracle!
After Mai Xiande's condition stabilized, he and Li Yuzhi lived a normal married life. Later, the two had a son and a daughter, and the family was happy. Mak Xiande is very grateful to his wife for taking care of him, and always tries to do what he can on weekdays to share Li Yuzhi's workload.
After the reform and opening up, some new medicines entered the army. One day, the doctor approached Li Yuzhi with a new medicine and told her that the medicine had a restorative effect on the prefrontal lobes of the brain and might help Mak Xiande regain his memory. Li Yuzhi was overjoyed and hurriedly drove some back. After experimenting for a while, Mak Xiande's condition really recovered.
For the next ten years, Mak Xiande has been actively under the care of his wife**. All of his symptoms were almost gone, his memory was restored, and he was able to handle some complicated work. Soon after, he was promoted to deputy chief of a naval department, and later to deputy commander of a department stationed in Shantou, and was awarded the rank of colonel. The life of the family has finally come to an end.
The day after that, the company that made the anti-amnesia drug suddenly sent a business representative. He sent a very thick stack of yuan, hoping that Mai Xiande would be able to go on TV and promote his medicine. Mai Xiande politely declined the other party, saying that although this medicine is effective for himself, his situation is special, and he does not represent everyone, and he will not go to the matter of being on TV. This is the scene at the beginning of this article.
Later, another pharmaceutical company came to me, and the old matter was brought up again. Mai Xiande said very angrily: ".My reputation is given by the party and the people. If I trade this for money, it means betrayal and depravity.
In 2007, Senior Colonel Mak retired from his position as deputy commander. Before leaving, he personally sent his son and daughter into the army, so that they could continue to contribute to the country.
This is our people's hero, even if he is so seriously hurt, even if his life is not rich, he will be self-reliant and self-reliant, and maintain himself in the face of **. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Mak are still living happily, and let us wish them a long and healthy life.