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The news of Zhao Qingbo's death was first seen in the newspapers, and a whole page appeared in the newspaper on July 4, 1953, with a posthumous photo of Zhao Qingbo. When Zhao Qingbo died, he was already the head of a meritorious regiment of the Volunteer Army and a first-class combat hero. When she first saw the newspaper, she could hardly believe her eyes. What Sun Chenghui didn't expect was that after Zhao Qingbo died on the 3442 Heights of North Korea, when his comrades-in-arms sorted out his relics, they found a literacy textbook of the Cultural Accelerated School and a photo of Sun Chenghui.
Literacy textbooks and photos of Sun Chenghui are soaked in Zhao Qingbo's blood.
At this time, Sun Chenghui's short military career and Liu Cunyi's military career ended at the same time, and Sun Chenghui and Liu Cunyi had transferred to local places respectively. Liu Cunyi was injured four times during the war years and was in poor health, so he was taken care of and arranged to serve as the deputy secretary of the party committee of a department of the Ministry of Coal; Sun Chenghui was arranged to be a teacher at Hongguang Middle School and became a subordinate of his brother-in-law Tian Jianchuan. Tian Jianchuan was the vice principal of Hongguang Middle School at the time.
One day in mid-July 1953, Tian Jianchuan led a volunteer officer to Sun Chenghui.
Sun Chenghui looked at the volunteer officer, felt surprised, and asked hesitantly, "Who are you?" What are you looking for me for? ”
The volunteer officer said: "Comrade Sun Chenghui, you don't know me, I was entrusted by the organization to hand over two relics of Regiment Commander Zhao Qingbo. As he spoke, the volunteer officer took out the worn-out literacy textbook with blood stains and Zhao Qingbo's signature and a photo of Sun Chenghui.
Sun Chenghui was stunned, looking at herself in the photo, tears burst out of her eyes at once.
The officer of the Volunteer Army stood upright, with great respect, and saluted Sun Chenghui and said: "Comrade Sun Chenghui, you love a person worthy of your love." For this, I thank you on behalf of the heroes of the 3442 Heights! ”
After the volunteer officer left, Tian Jianchuan asked in astonishment: "Cheng Hui, what's going on?" ”
Sun Chenghui didn't answer, sat softly in the chair, tightly held the textbook and bloodstained photos to his chest and sobbed.
Tian Jianchuan was worried that Sun Chenghui would make mistakes in life, and warned Sun Chenghui: "Chenghui, you are a demobilized soldier, and you have a family with Cunyi, and you have children, so you should pay attention to some things." I know that this Zhao Qingbo has chased you, but after all, you have chosen to be righteous, you have to be loyal to love and family! ”
Sun Chenghui's eyes were hazy with tears, and she looked at the literacy textbooks and photos on the table without making a sound.
Tian Jianchuan sighed: "Cheng Hui, it's not me criticizing you, since you rejected Zhao Qingbo's marriage proposal, why did you give the photo to Zhao Qingbo?" Tell me, wouldn't it be nice if Cunyi knew?! ”
Sun Chenghui shook his head and said, "Brother-in-law, you ...... Don't talk about it, I'm ...... I didn't send ......."
Tian Jianchuan was very confused: "You didn't send it, where did this photo come from?" ”
Sun Chenghui's voice choked: "Yes...... It was partially enlarged from a group photo, and the group photo was taken at the door of the classroom when we sent Zhao Qingbo to the court. I...... I remember, it was Battalion Commander Zhao who rushed to wash it......"
Tian Jianchuan took the photo and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw the traces of partial magnification, his heart was shaken, and he was silent for a long time before he said sneeringly: "This ...... This love is touching. ”
In the afternoon of the same day, when Sun Chenghui was assigning this week's essay to the students, she couldn't help but talk about Zhao Qingbo: "Students, the title of this week's essay is: "The Loveliest Person in My Heart". On this topic, the teacher would like to give some thoughts first. Who is the sweetest person in our hearts? I think it should be our volunteer soldiers. Students, when we were studying and working under the peaceful sky of the motherland, thousands of our volunteer soldiers were fighting to the death against the American devils in the icy and snowy land of the 3,000-mile rivers and mountains of Korea. ”
In the classroom, the children listened intently.
Sun Chenghui spoke very emotionally: "As you all know, your teacher once served as a cultural teacher in the People's Liberation Army Cultural Accelerated School for three years, and taught many PLA cadres who participated in the creation of the republic. Among the many students taught by the teacher, there was a student named Zhao Qingbo, who was a battalion commander at the time, and he was also the first-class combat hero of the 3442 Highland reported in the newspaper for a while. This combat hero is a good student in the cultural crash school, and his academic performance has always been the best in the class, and when he died in the 3442 Heights, he still carried this literacy textbook in his arms, and the textbook was stained with the blood of the hero......"
The children were in tears, and the classroom was silent.
Sun Chenghui opened the literacy textbook and read it aloud affectionately, tears gradually appeared in her eyes: "Our Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party are revolutionary troops. Our contingent is entirely for the liberation of the people and works thoroughly for the interests of the people......"
Reading, reading, Sun Chenghui saw the scenes that happened in the cultural crash school in front of her eyes, deep guilt and deep emotion, and the tide hit her heart one after another......