Pre-volume Literature Digest: Purple Lily Text: The Dumb Red Army in Memory.

In the sixties and seventies, in the compound of the headquarters of the First Division of the Central Guard Division, it was common to see a mute man, who was wearing a military uniform but did not wear a badge and hat badge, and his fat military uniform looked very sloppy. The soldiers and family members in the courtyard all knew that he was a Red Army soldier who had participated in climbing snowy mountains and grasslands and walked from the Long March, known as the Dumb Red Army.

In the early 70s, I played games with children in the compound every day after school and in the compound, and I could see him when walking, and he especially liked to play with us children. At that time, some naughty boys in the yard often bullied him, made trouble for him, and used his hands to gesture and curse dumb words, so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted in his mouth, we were too young and ignorant at that time, and did not give enough respect to the mute Red Army, and now I think about it and feel very sorry for his old man, he is a hero in the military history of our country who has never made meritorious contributions.

One day I searched for a picture of him on the Internet, yes, it was his familiar face, and we all called him mute at that time. The photo was found in an online obituary about his death. He was not tall, he had a big belly, he was wearing fat military trousers, he always seemed to be falling off, although he couldn't speak, his voice was very loud, and his voice was very loud, and I often heard him wah, you don't know what he was talking about? The naughty boys in the yard often confronted him with branches, and we girls were afraid that he would run away when they saw him, these are my memories of him

Premier Zhou Enlai once said to the leaders of the First Division that he could consider starting a family, not necessarily children, but at least he had a companion when he was old and took care of each other.

In the early 80s, when the mute left, when the comrades opened the mute's marching bag, not only from the bottom of their hearts for the mute more awe, this marching satchel is all the belongings of the mute revolution's life; six medals and medals, an old octagonal hat from the Red Army's Long March, a pair of yellowed red collar badges from the Red Army's Long March, five pairs of new rubber shoes, four sets of new military uniforms, and a deposit of more than 7,000 yuan. Considering that the mute has no descendants and no relatives, and no one can inherit his property, and the division hospital that has taken care of the mute for many years has also been handed over to the armed police headquarters, the army donated the mute's inheritance to the kindergarten and the armed police general hospital.

A week later, in the lower left corner of the fourth page of the newspaper of the military district, a short obituary was published, and the dumb died.

The preface of the volume, the road of life, Marx's favorite aphorism, go your own way, let others say it (Capital, Volume 1) Walk, go your own way, don't always step on other people's, never create your own way, will take the road of others, Xiao Gui Cao followed, of course, praised by others, Dong Shi imitated, it is inevitable to laugh and be generous, knowledgeable people, brave people, distinguish between right and wrong, have a good chest, full of courage, and unswervingly follow their own path.