It's cold at the top.

Born in troubled times, there will always be more left.

At that time, "holding your hand and growing old with your son" became an extravagant hope. The country was in turmoil and many happy couples had to leave.

1946 In May, a couple in Yingshang County, Anhui Province were forced to recruit able-bodied men by the Kuomintang, and there was no news from then on. The couple walked like this for six years.

However, when a documentary was broadcast, the man who had become a company commander burst into tears and said to his comrades: "The woman in this picture is my wife who has been separated for six years."

What's the past between husband and wife? After six years apart, what did they do? How did you meet again?

Everyone's life accidents are destiny takes a hand's, and so is Feng.

Li Xiuying, a girl from an ordinary rural family in Yingshang County, has a brother and a sister.

At that time, it was common to be unable to support adoption to blood relatives. Li Xiuying's parents have no choice but to adopt it to her uncle.

Li Xiuying's uncle's family situation is much better than her biological parents, but she only opened a small shop in the county, and her assets are completely inferior to those of local strongmen.

Stepfather not only treats Li Xiuying badly, but also treats her as his own child. Therefore, Li Xiuying's childhood was not too gloomy.

Until more than ten years later, Li Xiuying has grown into a graceful girl. Stepfather and stepmother thought that she was old enough to talk about marriage, so they discussed how to let her marry a good family.

Boys of the same age nearby were either dragged by the Kuomintang to be able-bodied men, or their conduct was bad, which made their stepfathers and stepmother dissatisfied. Even if there are practical peers in the countryside, they can't bear to raise their children for so long and suffer with others.

Helpless, this matter has been put on hold for the time being.

Feng happened to appear in front of him at this time. He is also a child of a poor family.

Although his parents can support a family's daily expenses and make a living by farming for the landlord, it is far from enough for a family with several children.

Feng's parents work so hard every day that he naturally feels bad. In order to reduce the burden on parents, Feng Xue has been working all over the country since he was sensible, and subsidizing his family with his own salary.

He lived like this for more than twenty years, until an accidental opportunity came to Yingshang County and became an apprentice in Li Xiuying's stepfather's house.

Li Xiuying is also curious about this colleague. On weekdays, she likes to stare at him, and Feng often chats with her.

As time went on, they became more and more familiar, and their stepfather also received attention.

The two of them get along so well. After a period of observation, my stepfather found that Feng was also a good boy, diligent and considerate. It can be said that the more he looks at it, the more satisfied he is.

Both parents agreed, and it was a natural thing.

Stepfathers appeared on both sides of their house. Li Xiuying is a little embarrassed, but obviously he is willing. Feng Ziran was surprised. He really gets along well with Li Xiuying, and he has deep feelings for her. He agreed immediately.

It's gratifying to look at their faces, but for Feng, although his stepfather believes in his character and considers for his children, he still says, "You must treat Xiuying well, otherwise I won't agree."

Feng nodded immediately and made a promise to his stepfather.

1944, Feng He got married. Although Feng was adopted by his wife, he had no intention of seeking property.

He feels that although life is hard, as long as his lover is around, gentle words and actions can give him the motivation to work hard all day, and he feels very satisfied.

Under this idea, the life of husband and wife is getting better and better, and the feelings are getting deeper and deeper. They soon had a daughter and their first child.

The expenses at home have increased, but they are ok. 1946, pregnant again, Feng worked harder.

Facing the arrival of the second child, Feng only hopes to get more money, adjust his wife's health, prevent her from suffering, take good care of her every day, and the money saved can also supplement the children's nutrition.

One day, the ordinary day ushered in a change. On this day, I was preparing to go to the field to harvest wheat. But recently, the Kuomintang (KMT) has been the fiercest recruiter, and they are unpopular. Some officers also rob people's property everywhere, which is unpopular. Who will choose to go to war?

Worried that Feng, who was strong, would have an accident, he grabbed him and said, "You should be careful these days. I heard that there are young men again. "

Feng also knows that the civil war in China has been fierce recently, but twice is different. Just pay attention to and comfort Li Xiuying: "Don't worry, I will hide, it's okay."

In a blink of an eye, a day passed, but Feng hasn't come home yet. Li Xiuying was very flustered. After all, according to the usual situation, he can definitely go home now. How come it's dark and hasn't come back yet?

With a big belly, Li Xiuying searched all night, but she didn't see the shadow of her husband and found nothing.

"Sister-in-law, that won't do. The Xue Yong brothers were taken to be soldiers. "

There is a saying in the darkness that the cruelty of war is the executioner who kills the people. Desperate, he didn't want Feng to die on the battlefield, nor did he want him to be in any danger.

However, the family has no right or money. They don't know where the police officer who arrested Feng is. Let alone go there to redeem people.

Water under the bridge. There's really nothing we can do. Li Xiuying had to secretly wipe away his tears and rely on his stepfather to help him live.

Only when we meet at the summit will we meet.

After leaving her husband, Li Xiuying was in a bad state, but she had a three-year-old child and a seven-month-old baby in her belly, and this was not the way to go.

"In any case, for the sake of family and children, we must support our families."

She gritted her teeth, sold vegetables, did farm work, and occasionally helped her step-father who was spending money to manage the facade. The hard days gradually passed under Li Xiuying's hand.

1950, the Huaihe River flooded again, endangering many areas, and the arrival of natural and man-made disasters made people miserable.

Faced with this situation, Mao Zedong issued a call to "repair the Huaihe River".

When Yingshang County held a mobilization meeting in the whole district, Li Xiuying, who was already the mother of two children, took the initiative to sign up for the Huaihe River and mobilized more than 20 women to form a "female soldier team". It can be said that her ideological consciousness was particularly high.

But when the eldest daughter and daughter-in-law went to the construction site with bedrolls on their backs, many old people didn't know about it and came to stop it.

Also, in the eyes of the older generation, managing the Huaihe River is naturally the work of strong men, and women should have taken care of their children at home. There is no need to join in the fun, and there may be the possibility of adding chaos.

Li Xiuying had anticipated this situation. Under her persuasion and everyone's unanimous request, the old people finally stopped to let them go, and the "female soldier" arrived at the construction site smoothly.

The activity work was officially launched. As women, they are no worse than men, and they all work hard.

Even the men who also work on the construction site joked: "After seeing the women's team, gay men on the construction site are more motivated, and they don't want to compare with lesbians."

Life is interesting, but low back pain has basically become a common phenomenon for them. It's not unusual to break four poles in one afternoon.

Half a year has passed, bazi has been perfectly repaired, and Li Xiuying and other lesbians have been reduced to the point of doing nothing. Busy Li Xiuying and her "female soldiers" volunteered to go to Runheji to participate in the construction of flood sluice.

However, the difficulty coefficient of this matter is even greater. Even a local township head surnamed Tang, after learning of Li Xiuying's request, immediately rushed to dissuade him, saying that repairing flood storage sluice was not as simple as lifting soil on the dam, but also needed to lift rails, dig soil and do dirty work. You lesbians can't do it.

Even though the township head made good efforts, he didn't shake their minds at all and still volunteered to contribute to the country.

Li Xiuying also replied categorically: "Women hold up half the sky! We can do what men can do! "

In this way, more than 20 women team members, including Li Xiuying, sat in a truck with a bit tattered straw hats and bumped all the way to the Runhe assembly site.

When a woman does this kind of thing, people will naturally think that she can't do it. There will be some opinions that if a woman doesn't treat her well at home, it will be a mess when she comes out.

Something happened at the construction site. Li Xiuying's reputation as a "female soldier" is abroad, and the men's team is generally dissatisfied, even more dismissive of women, vowing to give them a duel.

A captain named Zhang saw them coming and offered to challenge them. She agreed. She didn't think she would be timid about her confidence.

"That day, we picked up sand on the construction site together. One pole, he is in front and I am behind. "

Recalling this experience afterwards, Li Xiuying said:

That day, she competed with Zhang Dage all afternoon. It was originally a strong pole, and four poles were broken just by picking sand.

During the day, because of strong fighting spirit and firm will, I am full of energy and don't feel tired at all. At night, it is a tragedy.

Li Xiuying's shoulder hurts and hurts. He can't lift his arms or his legs.

I have to go to work the next day. What can I do if I keep doing this? I can't have a holiday tomorrow. Isn't that embarrassing for those men? But what if you can't carry things on your shoulders?

Impatient, Li Xiuying reasoning, finally came up with a stupid way, she got up and ran outside, carrying a pole on her shoulder, repeatedly crush with her, until the pain was numb and unconscious.

At dawn, she went out to work with tools, digging mud and lifting soil, and so on. Not only did she not want to be followed by others, but she was faster and more energetic than others.

The work of building the sluice must be meticulous, and the yellow sand and stones used for pouring concrete cannot have impurities.

In order to wash the sand off the stone, Li Xiuying and the lesbians of the women's team amazed the men. Regardless of the biting cold, they rolled up their trouser legs together and walked barefoot into the river below their knees, washing stones over and over again, and ice cubes flowed rapidly from time to time in the water. Their legs were covered with blood and the river was a little red.

Finally, when working in a construction site, Li Xiuying couldn't stand the long-term high-intensity work, and the accumulated hidden diseases suddenly broke out, vomiting blood and fainting.

Afterwards, she was also treated in the hospital. After this incident, people along the river knew the story of "Desperate Mother" Li Xiuying.

But Li Xiuying's tenacity is far from it. After waking up, she ignored the doctor's advice and resolutely returned to the construction site to continue her work.

There is always a reward for giving. Because of his outstanding performance and serious attitude towards him, Li Xiuying was awarded the special model worker of Huaihe River twice.

Qian, then deputy commander-in-chief of the Huaihe River Command, personally wore flowers symbolizing honor for her.

After the Runheji project was completed, Li Xiuying was sent to Bengbu to attend the training course for Anhui cadres and became an excellent and independent female cadre.

195 1 year, 22-year-old Li Xiuying was also invited to attend the Third Session of the First Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as a model agricultural worker.

The China People's Political Consultative Conference lasted for seven days, and thousands of delegates from all over the country crowded the conference hall. Li Xiuying is very proud. This is her first time to attend such an occasion.

The meeting lasted until the afternoon of the third day. After the agenda of the day ended, all the representatives at the scene applauded and sent the leaders away from the meeting.

At this time, an unexpected joy filled Li Xiuying's heart. Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other state leaders actually came to her seat, and an accompanying staff member also introduced to Chairman Mao and others: "This is a special model for the Huaihe River."

Chairman Mao shook Li Xiuying's hand, nodded and smiled and said, "I know you. How is the Huaihe River being managed? "

Suppressing excitement, Li Xiuying introduced Chairman Mao's current work progress and the ideas of the whole team. After answering Chairman Mao's question, he took out a notebook and a pen from the Huai River Remembrance Book and handed it to Chairman Mao.

Chairman Mao also took the notebook and pen with a smile, leaving the signature of "Mao Zedong" on the notebook.

Times have changed. Even after nearly 70 years, Li Xiuying is still excited to recall the scene at that time, as if it happened yesterday.

"At the scene, the chairman signed it for me alone. I only feel that my whole body is burning, and I am so excited that my tears are coming out. I don't know what to say. "

This is a double happiness. Deng, Qian and Qian took a group photo at the women's representative party dinner that night.

For Li Xiuying, this is a glorious moment in her life, so this black-and-white photo, together with Chairman Mao's autograph, has become an extremely proud heirloom of Li Xiuying, and also embodies her unforgettable precious memories.

In these six years, Li Xiuying has become an excellent woman. Parting may be the test of their love by fate. When they reach the top, they will meet.

Feng He experienced different lives in these six years, but what they did was the same waiting.

After being captured by the Kuomintang, Feng tried to escape their control more than once, but failed again and again. He received military training in the training camp and was about to go to the battlefield.

"Be sure to go out." Feng once said to himself more than once.

The officers here don't think that they are able-bodied men, and they are under extremely strict supervision. Anyone who escapes without permission will be caught in hell to pay, setting an example for everyone and warning the soldiers who still have this idea.

Feng is a person who often tries to escape. With the increase of times, he completely angered the Kuomintang officers and was punished more and more severely.

Desperate, Feng had to let go of this mentality for a while, take it one step at a time, and prepare to return to China when the time is right.

He was lucky enough to go into battle several times, and the people around him who were arrested as able-bodied men also died one after another, but Feng was safe and sound, only injured several times.

With the change of civil war situation in China, great changes have taken place in many Kuomintang political parties.

Because the underground workers of the * * * production party have been making unremitting efforts to persuade some officers and men of the Kuomintang to rebel.

In this way, the generals of Feng's army were persuaded, thoroughly understood the nature of the civil war, were disappointed with the Kuomintang, and decided to revolt.

Since then, Feng has changed from the Kuomintang to the People's Liberation Army.

Missing his hometown always reminds him to escape from the army. Feng originally wanted to leave, and his wife and two children were not at ease at home.

However, in a very short time, Feng's ideas changed. In this primitive life, the Kuomintang has always given him a bad impression. What are the real soldiers in the PLA? What do soldiers fight for? Such questions are answered by their actions.

This fundamentally changed his mind. He no longer doesn't want to join the army.

In the PLA troops, the concept of equality for all has been deeply poked into Feng's heart.

There is only a different division of labor here, and there is no distinction between high and low.

In the war, leading cadres are always at the forefront, leading the morale of the PLA and encouraging them to meet again. Unlike Kuomintang officers, who simply put soldiers at the forefront as cannon fodder, they are unwilling to show their faces after the battle.

China People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops are well known, not as notorious as Kuomintang troops. People will fight when they see them. They are all loved and welcomed by the people. People trust them and even prefer to eat at home to support the PLA parade.

The PLA troops let Feng feel what a real soldier should look like, what kind of conduct he should have and what he should do to have supreme glory and dignity as a human being.

He also clearly knows that the PLA never forces innocent people to join the army. He can put forward the idea of leaving the team at any time, and the PLA will also give him a trip to his hometown to see his gentle wife and protect that warm family.

But at this time, Feng hesitated, and he questioned himself.

If we go back, there is no guarantee that the Kuomintang will not catch any more able-bodied men. Will I have a comfortable life when I return to Xiuying? When the war comes, won't our family be devastated?

He saw the soldiers in the same army and the youngest in the family who needed support most, but they still chose to leave their homes, not for anything else, just because the purpose of the PLA's war was for the happiness of the poor.

Feng decided to give it a try. As a member of the poor, he also has a desire to turn over. Why not shine in the PLA team for this?

This question was answered and Feng became a glorious PLA soldier.

Although the comfort of his family still kept him awake at night, he already understood that only by working hard in the army can he defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries, stabilize the country and prevent his family from having the next tragedy.

At that time, the civil war * * * production party won, the whole country was liberated, family life would be fundamentally solved, and life would be more and more prosperous.

Feng also participated in the large-scale Huaihai Campaign. He gradually grew into an excellent PLA soldier, with the thought and discipline that the PLA should have.

After the victory of the campaign, he followed the troops to the north and south, and always struggled for the cause of national liberation and contributed his own strength.

At that time, the communication conditions were not good, and it was always Feng's pain that he could not get in touch with his family. He can only pray that after the national liberation, he can go home and make good compensation for his wife Li Xiuying and give her a complete family.

Finally 1949 New China was established.

Feng's troops didn't stop to rest at all, and the task of eliminating the remaining bandits became a major event at present.

It was not until the Korean War broke out that Feng went home to visit his wife and children.

Love will meet again eventually.

1952, a documentary called Huaihe river must be repaired shocked the whole country.

At this time, as a super model worker, Li Xiuying appeared on the screen many times, and her name almost became a symbol of the hero of Huaihe River.

At the same time, Feng also became a company commander, ready to go to North Korea to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Before leaving, in order to adjust the soldiers' mentality and see the world that is still working hard outside, I showed this documentary to the soldiers in the army.

After six years' absence, Feng still looks like yesterday. His wife, whom he hasn't seen for years, is not only alive, but also dedicated her strength to the country like him.

Although the timing is not perfect, Feng still feels a strong yearning and glory in his heart.

The leaders of the army learned of the incident and investigated and confirmed the truth of the incident.

Later, under the arrangement of the relevant departments, I also learned the news of my husband, immediately resigned from the work of the Water Resources Department, took the children and rushed to Feng's residence to get married.

After six years of separation, the couple finally got together. As the top of two kinds of life, they meet and hug each other and cry.

Everything will be fine. All shall be well, jack shall have Jill. Feng He is becoming his best self, waiting for each other's return.

Parting is a sad expression for us, but sometimes it is also a test of the love between husband and wife. Feng He well explained the beautiful love between husband and wife in the new period.

Feng Dang's People's Liberation Army is loyal to the Party and the people, and so is Li Xiuying's rule of Huai River.

On the contrary, they are also loyal to their love.