In 1975, I secretly signed up for the army without telling my family, but in the end, I was unfortunately not selected because of insufficient indicators.
My mother said that I didn't have this life, but I was not reconciled, and I went to the armed forces department whenever I had time, and the result was that my fate changed.
I was born in a village in a southern coastal city with four siblings, the youngest and the other three are older sisters.
My father was a fisherman, and he often went out to sea to fish, and when I was a child, my mother was in charge of the house, and because of the help of my sisters, I didn't have to do any farm work when I was younger.
So every weekend when school is out, I would go out with my boys to play crazy, such as catching frogs in the field, or playing in the river to catch fish.
When I was a child, I was greedy for fun, and my academic performance was not good, so I barely went to junior high school, but at that time, my father's foot was injured in an accident and could no longer go out to sea to fish, so I could only farm with my mother, which caused the family's income to plummet.
Looking at the difficult situation at home, I suddenly matured, put my mind right and began to study seriously, I want to be able to get ahead in the future and let my parents live a better life.
However, after I graduated from high school, I had no further education, so I had to go back home and work in the fields with my parents.
At that time, the commune began to publicize the conscription, and I told my parents about the idea of becoming a soldier, but my mother objected, she felt that if I went to join the army, I would be away from home all the year round, and it would be difficult to see each other, so she resolutely disagreed.
But I still secretly went to register, and later went to the physical examination with the villagers, but when all the processes were about to be completed, I was brushed off because the indicators were not enough.
When my mother found out about this, she sighed and said that I didn't have this life, but I didn't want to give up, as long as I had free time, I went to the armed forces department, and I went there many times, not to mention the guards, even the minister knew me.
He admired my perseverance, patted me on the shoulder, and encouraged me to come back next year, and when the time came, I could only nod in frustration.
But a few days later, things quickly took a turn for the worse.
On that day, the head of the armed forces came to my house on his bicycle to look for me, but since I was not at home at the time, he asked my neighbors to tell me that I should go to the armed forces department immediately the next morning and inform me of something important.
At that time, my mother's first reaction was that I was wandering around there every day during this time, causing trouble to others, and now she wants to punish me.
I was also stunned by my mother, I didn't sleep well all night, and the next day I went to the armed forces department in fear.
As soon as I entered the door, the minister warmly beckoned me to sit down, and pushed a piece of red paper in front of me, and I looked at it, and there were five big characters written on it, "Enlistment Notice", and my name was written at the beginning.
Ministry, minister, you're not kidding me, are you? "My excited voice was a little shaky, and I couldn't speak very well.
It turned out that one of the people in the first batch of selected lists was reported for bad style, and then the Ministry of Armed Forces immediately conducted a detailed investigation and found that the situation was true, so he screened it out.
The vacant places fell on my head in the order in which they were placed.
So in 1975, I took the big red flower and my comrades-in-arms to the station by train and began my military career.
The first three months of recruit training were very hard and tiring, and my physical strength was exhausted every day, which was far from being comparable to farm work, and it was this kind of training that allowed me to grow quickly.
I know that opportunities don't come easily, so after I went down to the company, I still train hard, and when everyone else is resting, I will add a little training to myself.
Over time, I also became well-known in our company, and I had a high school degree and could write well, so the company commander would often ask me to help with some official duties.
In my second year in the army, shortly after lunch that day, the company assigned me a task to deliver a copy of the documents to the post office in the town.
Due to the urgency of time, I set off immediately after receiving the task, riding a 28-bar bicycle all the way, not daring to stop in the slightest.
In less than an hour, I was in town, handed over the information to the docking officer, and then she gave me a receipt and kept telling me to keep it.
So I hung my bag on my body, put the receipt in my jacket pocket and went out.
Since I arrived half an hour earlier than planned, I had plenty of time to ride slowly on the way back, and I hadn't seen the neighborhood since I came here.
As a result, when I passed a river, I found several people surrounded by the bank, they were very panicked, and one of them was still shouting for help.
Seeing this, I, as a soldier, immediately put my bicycle aside, then took three steps and two steps, and quickly rushed forward to see what was going on.
Is there anyone who can save my son! Please! ”
In the middle of the wide river, there was a little boy who was struggling on the water, looking like he was about to lose his strength and sink to the bottom.
At this time, none of the few people standing on the bank of the river knew how to swim, and there were no boats or swimming rings around, so they could only watch and worry.
When I saw this, I didn't even have time to take off my military uniform, so I plunged into the water with a thud and swam quickly towards the little boy.
Because it was an unfamiliar water, there were a lot of undercurrents hidden under the surface of the water, and I was swept under the water several times, and I didn't come up for a long time, so that the people on the shore pinched a cold sweat for me.
Fortunately, I am familiar with the nature of water, and every time I am swept into the water by the undercurrent, I take advantage of the situation to get closer to the little boy, and then float to the surface for ventilation, and after a few ups and downs, I have come to the little boy's side.
Then I took the little boy by the hand so that he could stick his head out to breathe in the air, and then slowly swim back.
By the time the two of them reached the shore, I was so tired that I was almost prostrating, and it was the two young men on the shore who worked together to pull me up.
After a brief examination, the little boy was fine, but he was too frightened and needed a good rest, and I once quietly left when the attention of the crowd was not on me.
After returning to the army, I didn't tell anyone about it, and when I met the concern of my comrades, I only said that the weather was too hot and I sweated a lot.
It wasn't until I changed my clothes that I realized that the post office receipt I had brought with me was inevitably soaked with water.
Thinking that the post office staff at that time had told me that I must hand it over to the head of the unit, I hurriedly spread it out carefully, planning to dry it a little before giving it to the company commander for an errand.
Unexpectedly, in the evening, the company commander suddenly pushed open the door of the dormitory and told me that the commander wanted to meet the soldiers who were on a mission to deliver letters in the afternoon.
Frightened, I held the crumpled receipt in my hand, followed the company commander's buttocks, and walked briskly towards the office.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw that there were already a lot of people standing in the office, and in the middle stood a slightly heroic middle-aged man, I knew him, he was the division commander of our unit.
Before I could begin to speak, the division commander first asked, "You are the soldier who delivered the materials in the afternoon?" ”
Hello chief, it's me, but I.
I was just about to explain the receipt, but the division commander suddenly walked forward quickly, patted his hand and said enthusiastically.
I want to thank you for saving my son's life. ”
At this time, I noticed that behind the crowd, there were still a bunch of mothers and children, among whom the little boy was the one he saved this afternoon.
It turned out that the division commander had a meeting this afternoon, and his lover and child were bored, so they planned to go for a walk in a nearby town, because they didn't want to trouble others, so the mother and son rode their bicycles by themselves.
On the way back, the little boy saw that the scenery by the river was very beautiful, and he was very playful, so he walked to the river and played with the water, but accidentally fell into it.
Fortunately, the little boy learned to swim a little, but the river was complicated, and the more he struggled, the farther he drifted, and finally he was rescued by me when he was about to sink to the bottom.
Later, the division commander's lover wanted to thank me, but found that I didn't know when I had left, only that I was wearing a military uniform and a satchel.
Since the entry and exit of the troops were recorded, it was not difficult to find someone, so after the division commander learned about the matter after the meeting, he immediately found me and thanked me.
I was also credited with a third-class meritorious service for saving people at all costs, and was commended by the company.
On the way back, the platoon commander said to me with palpitations, that the river has a lot of undercurrents, and even the locals generally do not go into the water easily.
In fact, in retrospect, I myself felt very scared, because when I swam back to the shore, I really didn't have any strength at all, but fortunately, the people on the shore pulled me up in time, otherwise I would have sunk into the water.
But do you regret it, you ask? I won't regret it, and if I do it again, I'll jump in and rescue him.
Two years later, because of my excellent performance, I was successfully promoted to become a platoon commander, and my family was very happy for me and introduced me to a blind date.
After that, I went home on vacation, on the one hand, to see my parents, and on the other hand, to give the marriage, and then I went through more than 40 years of ups and downs hand in hand with my wife.
In '95, I transferred from the army to work in the local area, and I worked like this until I retired.
Now recalling the original scene, I can't help but sigh that fate makes people.
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