[In the summer of 1997, I was promoted to junior high school.

In April, the Linzhou Kite Competition, the teacher took a few of our classmates to participate, and my kite said "Celebrating Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland", which flew very high, and many people saw it, and came to take a photo with me and my kite.

Well, some of the pictures are still there, I can show them to you.

Later, in June, before the holiday, Mr. Zhang, who had very white hair, told us about the history of Hong Kong.

Our class leader asked, "Teacher, what's wrong with you?" Teacher Zhang said that he was happy because Hong Kong was finally coming back. The child was not sensible, so he asked again, then why are you still crying?

Teacher Zhang put on his glasses and looked at us and said, because it was actually difficult.

He also said that because you are the future, you should know that the 48-year history of the Republic has not been easy to get to this day.

I didn't understand Mr. Zhang's words very well at the time, I just thought that he was so serious and forceful, even his eyes were like this.

Later, it really came to the day of return.

During the day, some people set off firecrackers, some people walked on the street with colorful flags, and several of my classmates even changed their home door to celebrate their return.

I also took the couplet, but I didn't change it...... Because I didn't dare to ask my dad that morning if he could.

Well, in fact, my dad usually works very hard in the loading and unloading workshop, maybe because he is too tired and laughs hard, and when he comes home, he is always used to keeping a calm face and not talking, and then after eating and washing in the yard, he falls asleep. At that time, I didn't talk to him much, and I was afraid of him.

But not on the night of the 30th, after dinner that day, he washed his face and turned on the TV, etc., without asking me about my homework or rushing me to sleep.

Even grandpa is staying up late. To be honest, I've never heard my grandfather say he likes our country. Grandpa was selling scallion pancakes at the corner of the street, and sometimes he was driven out, and when he came back, he scolded the government, he was in a hurry.

But that day, Grandpa waited patiently, watched carefully, and was so happy, as happy as Mr. Zhang.

Anyway, after that day, I waited with my family and Uncle Liu's family next door until midnight to watch TV, and I also cried. Actually, I was so young at the time that I couldn't tell why I cried, but I was so excited.

I saw the PLA car driving by...... I saw a lot of people waving red flags.

I saw the guard of honor kicking the right step.

When you see the flag lowered, the flag is raised......

That night, for the first time, I really learned an idiom called hot tears, really, I swear, my tears were not sad at that time, they were hot.

——In 2017, the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, an ordinary person's memory of Hong Kong's return. 】

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Time: June 30, 1997, 23:58:53 midnight.

Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

"On behalf of the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, I took over the barracks. You can be laid off, and we will be laid off. I wish you all a safe journey. ”

At the handover ceremony, the voice of the Chinese commander was inspiring and powerful, resounding through the Hong Kong City Convention and Exhibition Center...... At the same time, it also resounded through the century-old history and the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.

Two thousand years of China, "farewell" related culture, there are poems and wonderful sentences accumulated like a mountain, I am afraid that there is no stroke, such as this sentence is so sonorous and powerful, inspiring.

Jiang Che and Lin Yujing didn't stay at home that night, considering that there were many acquaintances here, Jiang Che simply chartered a large screening hall in the cinema early, so that everyone could bring their families and watch it together tonight.

The application process was a bit complicated, but it was finally completed, and there were armed police officers on site to supervise and guard it.

"What are you talking about, what are the People's Liberation Army saying? Alas, I don't understand Mandarin. ”

Somewhere in the two rows in front of Jiang Che, an old lady who has only spoken dialectized Cantonese all her life looks at the screen and anxiously asks her daughter next to her, an IKEA employee.

"It's about the People's Liberation Army entering the port. ”

"Minato City is home. ”

"Say that the British should go, and the other side will be in our hands in the future. ”

"The People's Liberation Army officially took over the defense of the port city and guarded the national territory......"

For a while, many locals explained to the old lady in Cantonese and various expressions.

"Oh, good, good, good......" The old lady said this, and still kept talking in fragments, as if to say that the People's Liberation Army is powerful, the young men are really spirited, and she also wants to go to the port city to see......

Then the old lady didn't need to ask any more.

Even if you don't understand it, the rice flag is falling to the ground, and the old lady can understand it...... When the national anthem is played and the five-star red flag is raised, every Chinese person naturally does not need anyone to explain.

After a hundred years of humiliation in China, the Republic used this scene to completely wash away.

At this moment, the audience went from silence to applause, and almost everyone burst into tears.

"It's out. On the other side, the grandfather of the department manager of the IKEA Shencheng store, looking at this scene, wiped his tears and suddenly said, "It's finally time to survive!"

The first "out of breath", and the tone of too excited, was like the emotion of the elders of the family, but the second sound, the old man's voice was a little out of control.

The old man's "out of breath" may be more inappropriate, but it comes out of the mouth of an old man who is nearly 90 years old, which means something else.

Because you say that he has seen humiliation, despair, sorrow, embarrassment...... It is not an exaggeration to watch the growth of the republic.

"Yes, the old man has a long life. ”

"Grandpa take care of yourself. ”

“……”

A wave of blessings all around.

The old man politely said that he was old.

So, bypassing the two rows of seats, Jiang Che also deliberately stepped forward, and said shortly: "Don't worry, old man, you will definitely see it...... It's going to get better and better. ”

He returned to his seat.

"Woo, in fact, I don't usually care much about national affairs......" Lin Yu couldn't stop crying while lying on Jiang Che's shoulder, and whispered: "But now, I'm so excited, so moved, and I'm very proud......"

This is probably a real state of many Chinese people.

In this empty night, fireworks and waving arms, smiles and tears of joy are all together.

This night, the Xiangjiang River is still across the sea, but it is already under the red flag, guarded by steel guns.

In this regard, although the head of Lin and his wife did not come back because of a mission and did not arrive at the scene, they also made a special call to express their pride.

Lin Shengli's family, from old to young, naturally loves the picture of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong City before.

Just now, when the first dark green military vehicle passed through the Huanggang Port in Shencheng on time and drove on the land of the port city...... Lin Shengli suddenly collapsed, because he was too excited, and there was ......

"Lao Tzu didn't become a soldier, why didn't Lao Tzu become a soldier......"

It was probably the first time in his life, Lin Shengli, the little fat man who refused to be a soldier back then, was remorseful, patting his thigh and crying and screaming.

He's a father now.

It's a kid, and now he's holding it in Sister Xiaoying's arms, babbling and pointing to the uncles in military uniforms on the screen, and excitedly saying "PLA, grandpa, PLA, grandma, it's also ......"

"So you have to be in the future, you know? Stinky boy, if you dare not be a soldier when you grow up, Lao Tzu will break your legs. ”

After Lin Shengli finished speaking, he seemed to finally realize something, and raised his head and glanced weakly at Yuan Xiaoying, who was holding the baby.

"That's right, what are you afraid of?" Yuan Xiaoying's teary eyes were gentle and she smiled.

The "stinky boy" in her arms raised her hand and gestured to a military salute taught by her grandparents.

"The People's Liberation Army, when the People's Liberation Army. ”