Li Chen watched Chen's father talk about big truths endlessly, and felt that his father was a little strange today.

Usually, although I will say some big things to myself, I will not be so excited.

Li Chen patted Chen's father on the shoulder: "Dad, what's wrong with you today." I'm so excited! No, what other stories do you have that I don't know?"

Little girls love to listen to stories, as soon as they hear that there is a story, your two eyes Rong Rong began to star: "Dad, tell me your story! Rong Rong wants to hear it." ”

"Okay, well, if you want to listen, Dad will tell you about it. Daddy Chen began to fall into the memories.

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In 1963, in a small remote mountain village in Fujian, a loud cry announced that a little life had come into the world.

Chen's father came to this world in this era of the Great Famine.

I have experienced the Great Revolution, earned wages, and let go of cattle and sheep.

There are seven sisters in the family, and Chen's father is the eldest and the one with the highest education.

Li Chen's grandfather originally wanted to smash the pot and sell iron to let Chen's father repeat his studies for a year, but the family's economy was really difficult, so Chen's father gave up this opportunity. resolutely threw himself into the melting pot of the revolution and became a glorious People's Liberation Army.

In the barracks, Chen's father stayed for four years. It wasn't until the father at home sent a telegram that Chen's father hurried home to visit relatives.

That is, Chen's father's visit to relatives, and this is the blind date with Chen's mother.

Later, when Chen's mother was pregnant with Li Chen, Chen's father was still in the barracks, standing on the last shift.

Li Chen is almost a year old, and Chen's father has no choice but to retire and go home.

The wife at home is struggling to support the family, and the son is waiting to be fed. In the end, with tears in his eyes, he left the haunting barracks.

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Chen's father began to tell his story in the barracks, and Li Chen and Min Rongrong listened carefully.

Chen's father began to recall: I went to join the army when I was eighteen years old, and I was still so handsome at that time, but I am not the image I am now. At that time, the Great Famine had just passed, and the country was ushering in a period of rapid development. But at that time, it was also a time of many disasters, and there were big floods in various places from time to time, and we had to carry sandbags to help the disaster.

Disaster relief is actually a particularly dangerous job, and the slightest carelessness can be left there forever.

I still remember that I was already a squad leader, a veteran who had been in the army for two years.

At that time, it was also a sudden rainstorm, and one of the river embankments burst. People downstream are at risk of flooding. We received an order to go to the rescue.

At that time, we handed over all the written suicide notes to the music instructor.

It is a tradition to write a suicide note, and whenever we set off to do something unforeseeable, we write a suicide note. No one knows what will happen, the world is unpredictable, and many things that are too late to explain will be written into a suicide note.

When the troops rushed to the bank of the river where the embankment had burst, we tied ropes to a large tree on the heights, and we tied the other end to our own bodies to prevent it from being washed away.

When they were ready, everyone began to carry sandbags one after another.

It was a terrible flood and heavy rain. The rain was so heavy that it was a luxury to even keep our eyes open completely. Everyone squinted their eyes slightly, in case their eyes were hurt by the splash of muddy water.

On the bank of the river where the embankment was broken, we were given such a small section, and we all went up and down.

The company commander and instructor were all in the line of fire in person, and everyone was completely like a machine that didn't know how to get tired. At that time, I thought that everyone's life was to hold the bank of this execution levee and protect the safety of the people downstream.

But the flood is so great that the sandbags that have just been plugged may be washed away again in the next second. The only thing we could do was to be faster and carry a few more sandbags.

Right next to me at the time, a little fighter in my class. has just enlisted in the army for less than a year, looking at his immature face, clenching his teeth, carrying the sandbag and rushing up.

Suddenly the rope tied to him broke, and in that moment the little warrior was washed away.

I pounced and grabbed his clothes, but I couldn't get him back.

Because my clothes had been soaked in water for too long, I grabbed them like this, and they were torn.

At that time, the whole company was going crazy, and almost everyone had to throw away their sandbags to find a little soldier.

However, at this moment, people have long been washed away.

I still remember very clearly that the company commander gave a loud order with red eyes to continue the rescue.

The safety of the people is greater than heaven!!

In the end, the flood was brought under control, but we also lost this comrade.

When he found this comrade-in-arms, he had been washed away by the flood more than 30 kilometers away.

Our whole company searched and searched along the riverbank. We're going to take it home!!

Later, at the memorial service, the old mother of this soldier also came.

This warrior has no father since he was a child, and an old mother is dependent on him at home.

The old mother gritted her teeth and sent him into the barracks with her own hands, but she didn't expect that this send-off would be goodbye to heaven and man.

At that time, as soon as our company commander saw this old mother, he threw himself on her knees.

told the old mother the ins and outs of the matter, including the order she had given.

At that time, the old mother kept muttering: "Good boy, good boy, I didn't disgrace my mother, I didn't disgrace my mother." It's just that my mother really wants to hear you call me. ”

Everyone present at the time cried, and we shouted in unison: Mom.

From beginning to end, the old mother did not blame the company commander. She is also proud to have such a son.

But her son gave up his life this time, but she was left alone and helpless.

We have decided that we will give her a pension and send her to the end of her life.

But then, a few months later, the old mother disappeared. Our company commander inquired in many ways, and only then did we learn from the neighbor's house that the old mother said that she wanted to see the place where her son had fought.

Later, we searched in many ways, but there was no news of the old mother.

For this matter, our company commander and the local support department had a big fight.

It even alarmed the then commander of the Southeast Military District.

Although the mediation will be done later. I also arranged for many people to look for it, but I never saw my old mother again.

A hero's mother, just walked out alone. I don't know if I can eat or not, and I don't know if I can wear warmth. At that time, this incident became a thorn in our hearts that can never be pulled out.

Chen's father said this, his eyes were completely red. If it weren't for the hard energy that has been supporting him, his tears would have fallen a long time ago.

Li Chen understood his father's feelings, no wonder his father's reaction just now was so excessive.

It turned out that I remembered the old mother of the whole company.

That heroic old mother, that admirable old mother.