One person, touched a city, this is the evaluation of Meng Xiangbin by netizens.
In November 2007, Meng Xiangbin, a soldier on vacation, had a rare reunion with his wife and daughter.
By chance, he saw a woman jumping into the river and immediately jumped down to save people.
Unexpectedly, the woman was rescued, and he never came back.
Now, 16 years later, what kind of life are his wife and daughter living?
What happened at the scene?
The source in this article is from the official ** [CCTV], released on April 10, 2023, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
One day in November 2007, the winter in Jinhua was cold and windy, but Meng Xiangbin's heart was warm, because today was the day to meet his wife and daughter.Every day in the army, Meng Xiangbin misses his wife Ye Qinghua and his three-year-old daughter. It's a pity that he shoulders the responsibility of defending the country, and it is difficult to change the fact that there is less gathering and more separation.
Meng Xiangbin often feels guilty about the family's debts, but fortunately, his wife is reasonable and takes good care of the family.
At the moment of reunion, Meng Xiangbin dreamed of it for countless nights, he looked forward to it every day, and finally got his wish.
Meng Xiangbin walked out of the army, only to hear his daughter shouting in a crisp voice: "Dad! ”
The voice hit the bottom of his heart, and he ran to his wife and daughter excitedly, hugging them tightly.
If only time could stand still in this moment, no one expected that this would be the last time they would meet.
Meng Xiangbin took them around, bought delicious food for the mother, and promised his daughter to buy her red shoes.
The family of three enjoyed a moment of warmth, when suddenly a shout broke the peace: "Someone jumped into the river!" ”
Meng Xiangbin immediately ran to the bridge, only to see a group of people gathered there, watching the women struggling in the water in a hurry.
He immediately took off his coat and was about to jump in to save people, but his wife grabbed him and said, "It's too dangerous, let's wait for the rescuers to come." ”
Meng Xiangbin said: "It's too late, I can swim, don't worry." With that, he jumped into the river.
The river water was so cold that people couldn't help but shiver, Meng Xiangbin didn't care about so much, and swam straight to the woman.
Out of physical instinct, the woman kept fluttering, and he grabbed the woman's hand, but the woman struggled to press down.
In this way, the two were in a stalemate for a while, and Meng Xiangbin choked a few mouthfuls of water because of this.
Finally calmed the woman's emotions, and the turbulent river made the two farther and farther from the shore.
Meng Xiangbin dragged her to swim hard, but gradually, he felt that his physical strength was already exhausted.
In addition, the woman's clothes are getting heavier and heavier when they are full of water, and it is becoming more and more difficult to pull her.
Meng Xiangbin didn't let go even if he exhausted all his physical strength, and used all his strength to hold up the woman as much as possible.
He has been floating in the water, swimming one step and two steps back, the shore is so close and so far.
Ye Qinghua on the shore was so anxious that he cried, and people also threw ropes at him one after another, trying to pull him.
Time passed minute by minute, and Meng Xiangbin had been in the water for a long time, and his body temperature was rapidly lost.
He felt a blur in front of him, and he was on the verge of fainting several times, but he held on with his last breath.
Finally, with bated anticipation, they got closer and closer to the shore.
The enthusiastic crowd around quickly went to help, and finally grabbed the woman's hand and dragged her out with great effort.
But the surging river rolled and directly washed Meng Xiangbin away, and then sank in the water.
Ye Qinghua screamed his name in tears, expecting him to emerge from the water again.
Helplessly, Meng Xiangbin never surfaced, and the search and rescue personnel searched for an hour but did not find him.
After searching for several hours, Meng Xiangbin was found, but it was already a cold corpse.
His wife watched him lie there peacefully, crying breathlessly, and how she wished it was just a dream.
The reality is so cruel that Meng Xiangbin left his beloved wife and daughter forever at the age of 28.
At his funeral, almost the entire city came to see him off, and they held up banners: "Heroes go all the way".
Seeing Meng Xiangbin's wife crying into tears, and her daughter following behind, she still didn't know the meaning of life and death.
People shed tears, and at the same time, his story touched thousands of netizens.
Afterwards, the rescued woman came to Meng Xiangbin's house with a sense of guilt, and she came to apologize for her behavior.
originally thought that Ye Qinghua would resent her for ruining her family, but she said to the woman:
"I don't blame you, he's a soldier and he's going to step up at a time like that, I just hope you don't do stupid things again. ”
The woman cried loudly after hearing this, and netizens were also moved by Ye Qinghua's pattern and praised her spirit.
Ye Qinghua was depressed for a while because of her husband's death, but the responsibility of the family still needed to be shouldered by her, and she didn't have time to indulge in grief.Sometimes, my daughter asks, "Dad said he was going to buy me red shoes, will he come back?" ”
Hearing his daughter's words, Ye Qinghua's heart seemed to constrict, and he held back his tears to comfort his daughter.
She knew that her husband would not come back, and her daughter could no longer wait for the red leather shoes that her father bought her.
Fortunately, the motherland will not owe any hero, and Meng Xiangbin was given the title of "martyr".
His family also received special care, Ye Qinghua was recruited into the army, and his daughter also stayed in the army's kindergarten to study.
Originally, the army wanted to give Ye Qinghua a stable civilian job and make it convenient for her to take care of her family.
But Ye Qinghua is unwilling to waste the country's precious resources, and since he has joined the company, he has to contribute to the society.
She took Meng Xiangbin's last wish and shined in her post.
In 2008, when Wenchuan** occurred, she donated money to the disaster area in the name of her husband and sent a lot of supplies.
Ye Qinghua empathizes with the pain of those affected by the loss of their loved ones.
Therefore, she did her best to help the people in the disaster area rebuild their homes and regain hope of survival.
Then one day, she received a strange **, and there were two students on the other end.
They claimed to be students sponsored by Meng Xiangbin before his death, and specially called ** to express their gratitude.
Ye Qinghua hadn't heard her husband mention it before, but she wasn't surprised.
Because she knew that Meng Xiangbin was such a warm-hearted person, from beginning to end.
Listening to the two children successfully go to college, a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
Ye Qinghua was sincerely happy for her two children, and she decided to continue to support them for her husband.
Although her own living conditions are not particularly good, she is willing to give wings to their dreams.
In 2009, Ye Qinghua did a great thing, she helped the martyrs find their families.
Over the next 16 years, she visited hundreds of homes and collected thousands of stories.
There are veterans who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and there are also correspondents who fought for the cause of the motherland.
Behind each and every one of them is a deep love for the country and a selfless dedication to the people.
In this way, Ye Qinghua let the 508 martyrs return to their homeland and finally "reunite" with their families.
It also gave 157 unknown martyrs a name, and 276 martyrs a look and belonging.
Everything she has done has touched the families of countless martyrs and touched the hearts of every Chinese.
Speaking of Meng Xiangbin's daughter Meng Shiyan, when her father left her, she was only an ignorant child.
Now she has grown into a slim girl.,And also inherited her father's will.。
In 2022, she was admitted to the Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University with excellent results.
When people asked her why she applied for this school, Meng Shiyan said proudly: "This is my father's alma mater." ”
She followed in her father's footsteps and aspired to become a good person like her father in the future, which was her dream.
Regarding her father's absence in her life, Meng Shiyan said frankly: "I resented him when I was a child, but now I will be proud that he is my father." ”
Meng Xiangbin, a brave and fearless soldier, used his life to interpret what a hero is.
His wife, Ye Qinghua, continued her husband's unfinished business with her own actions.
Now, the daughter has also followed the path of her father, and in the future she will also become a useful person to society.
Let us always remember Meng Xiangbin, the hero, and wish Ye Qinghua and his daughter a future life full of sunshine and hope.