On January 27, 2024, the seventeenth day of the lunar calendar, my father turned 92nd birthday and returned to his hometown of Lingui Liangjiang in the countryside of Guilin to celebrate his birthday. Due to the epidemic control on his 90th birthday, his brothers and sisters celebrate his father's birthday in the city every year.
Maybe people are old, they want to see their hometowns, they want to see their relatives, and they like to be lively, but we as children can only obey our father's wishes. This day coincides with Saturday, and the family members come to help together, killing pigs, slaughtering chickens and ducks, purchasing food supplies, sticking longevity characters and hanging lanterns, boiling sweet wine rice balls, steaming muffin cakes and steamed pork, and rolling spring rolls with cold egg skin ......Drink a glass of self-fired liquor from your hometown, and use Liangjiangping dialect to tell a hometown feeling.
The relatives from other villages of the family came, the relatives from the grandmother's family came, the relatives from the mother's family came, the children and grandchildren of the aunt's family came, the nephews and nephews of the family came back with their children and daughters, the villagers from the village, the villagers from the neighboring villages came, and the friends who had been close to each other also came to ......Even, the teams of the two village committees in their hometown also came to express their condolences when they heard the news, and invited the village film projection team to come together to screen the movie after the dinner, and the movie was called "Crossing the Yalu River". This is exactly what my father had in the army.
My father used to be a soldier, a farmer, and a worker. At the end of 1949, as soon as Guilin was liberated, he was admitted to Guangxi Military and Political University before graduating from junior high school, participated in the suppression of bandits in Guangxi, stationed on Hainan Island, went to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and served in the army for 20 years. In 1969, he was demobilized and returned to the countryside to become a farmer and participated in the construction of the Zhiliu Railway. In 1975, he went to the county-run enterprise as a worker and factory director. It has been 32 years since he retired in February 1992 and he is enjoying his old age in Lingui District, Guilin.
My father's life was a twist of life for soldiers, peasants, and workers. As the saying goes, "A drop of water reflects the sun's brilliance." "The fate of the individual is closely linked to the fate of the country, and his life experience can be said to be a witness, defender and builder of the development of the republic, as well as a sharer of the fruits of reform and opening up.
To be able to enjoy his old age in peace, my father said that it is all about the current peace of the country and the people, and the prosperity of the people and the strength of the country. The "Home of Glory" plaque on his doorstep and his cherished medal of "70th Anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers Fighting Abroad" reminded him that he was a veteran.
Talking about his experience as a soldier, a peasant and a worker, my father thinks that compared with those revolutionary predecessors and comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their precious lives for the sake of New China, his twists and turns are nothing at all. He also said gratefully: "In my life, first, I have enjoyed the blessing of *** and joined the People's Liberation Army; the second is to enjoy the blessings of Comrade Xiaoping and get the implementation of the policy to resume the work; The third is to enjoy the blessings of the new era, and now the old age life is safe and happy. ”
Bless my father, Shoubi Nanshan! I wish all parents in the world a long and healthy life and a peaceful old age.