Long ago, that day in Na Yue
Author: Yang Shuli
Time flies, and the years are like edges. In an instant, our country has entered a new era. And our generation of "Corps people" mostly entered seventy years of age. The road of life is tortuous and long, with five flavors of ups and downs. Looking back on the past vividly, the ups and downs of joys and sorrows are unforgettable. However, the hard-working memory is still the extraordinary experience of living and working in the Corps ...
The turning point of life began here
On June 3, 197, in the early summer, after a day of noise, people who had been busy for a day fell asleep early, only dim street lamps flashed faintly. The big slogans on the walls on both sides of the road rustled slightly in the night wind, and there were few cars and pedestrians on the street. Accompanied by the messy footsteps, four of us hurried to the railway station. My mother, my brother and my good sisters sent me to board a train bound for a city called Baicheng in the northeast, and then transferred to Dashizhai ... to Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps. That's a desirable and enviable place!
Occasionally, trucks carrying goods pass by, causing dust, and my heart is at a loss. I am about to say goodbye to my relatives, leave my hometown where I was born and raised, and face the new environment I have to step into. I am really at a loss and have mixed feelings. What makes me feel guilty most is that I didn't graduate from junior high school, and I didn't do my best to honor my father and mother who worked hard all my life. I don't know when to meet you today.
My sisters are holding my hand, and my mother has repeatedly told me to listen to the leader when I get there, work hard and don't miss home.
I am curious about the outside world when I am away for the first time. The Corps is a very sacred place for me, a middle school student who admires the China People's Liberation Army infinitely. The beautiful prairie is lush with green grass, and herds of cattle and sheep are eating grass leisurely and running on the prairie, and flowers are blooming everywhere ... Rows of blue bricks and red tiles in the barracks are neat and clean. Is it the same as the military camp next to the adjacent school? What will the corps people who are about to see be like? )
With the rotation of the wheels, we transferred to reverse the car and arrived at Dashizhai at midnight. Ah, so this is a material transfer station. As it was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly, I was dizzy and arranged in a hut with a heatable adobe sleeping platform. Unfamiliar environment makes people feel uneasy. Because of the fatigue all the way, we three little sisters fell asleep. What will tomorrow be like?
The next morning, six of us, I, Wang Danfeng, Dong Xiaoling, Zhao Yong, Zhu Lianyou and Wang Jianzhong, got on a Jiefang truck to deliver goods. After a bumpy day, we arrived at our destination in the evening. I didn't see the beautiful scenery I imagined along the way, but I felt that my skeleton was about to fall apart.
As our parents are all experienced people who deal with coal, all six of us are children of workers in Kailuan Coal Mine. There is a cooperative relationship between the 57th regiment coal mine and Kailuan coal mine, so our six fledgling students did not accept the pre-war mobilization before coming to the Corps, and no one did detailed ideological education. It was in that special era that we complied with the needs of society and responded to the call of the country: go to the countryside and go to the frontier! Settle down wasteland and defend the frontier. Consciously throw yourself into this vigorous ranks, and willingly join the corps construction initiated by no ancestors since ancient times. From then on, he has the glorious and proud title of "Corps Warrior" and the unforgettable feelings of the Corps for 5 years.
I became a "grandmother" when rehearsing model operas.
I was "honored" to be assigned to the Fifth Company, and I joined this United, friendly and joyful company. During the class, I helped the kitchen cook every day. After the class, Liu Zhuyang, the monitor of the cooking class, named me to stay in the cooking class. Do whatever the leader tells you to do. This is my mother's instruction, and it is the first lesson in my class. I became a cookhouse squad soldier.
Later, I learned that the 57th Regiment is an industrial group mainly engaged in coal mining, and the 5th Company is a machine maintenance company that includes various types of work such as lathe, pliers, riveting, electricity and welding, and there are other types of work such as charging classes and winches to assist underground work. My job is to cook for these lovely comrades-in-arms and do a good job in logistics support of "the first event in the world"
With a work goal, there is motivation and life is full of fun. The work of the cookhouse squad is heavy and busy, not only to adjust the three meals during the day, but also to prepare night meals for the night shift. In addition, kitchen hygiene is also an important link, so as to prevent diseases from entering the mouth strictly. Do a few bright windows, cutting board, chopping board is bright and clean. After dinner, we will go to fetch water and go back and forth several times until the big pool is filled for the next day. Under the guidance of company leaders and squad leaders, we successfully completed our daily tasks and made our best efforts to ensure the health of comrades in the company. After work, girls' nature is hilarious and lively, singing and dancing. Several people can be called "silly girls" with developed limbs and simple minds.
At that time, eight model operas resounded all over the country, and men, women and children could sing a few paragraphs, which has reached a situation where everyone knows and sings everywhere. When I was at home, I loved to hum and learn to sing some aria in front of an old-fashioned "drama box" bought by my father, and sometimes I shouted a few voices blindly. I didn't know anything about music theory and had no singing skills, but I just liked it and loved it. Just sing a few words when you have nothing to do after work. One day. Zhong Wang, the deputy company commander, came to me and said: The company decided to rehearse the revolutionary model drama "The Story of the Red Lantern" and gave you an arduous task. You played "Li Nainai" and Zhang Fumian played Li Tiemei, while Li Yuhe was played by my retired veteran, platoon leader Comrade Ma Junfeng, who spoke Mandarin with a loud voice in Gaomen. Wow! As soon as the news spread, the whole company was full of excitement! This is new! The comrades-in-arms were very happy. As soon as the gongs and drums started to move and the Hu Xian rang, a large group of people immediately sat in the dining hall of the kitchen. Men and women comrades-in-arms who loved literature and art and liked singing went to see us rehearse in twos and threes. I'm not afraid of the excitement. He gives advice and wants to act. We also listen to your opinions with an open mind and adopt reasonable suggestions. The rehearsal went on smoothly, sometimes until it was funny, and everyone burst into laughter when they said the wrong lines. The atmosphere is very lively. At that time, we didn't have a director, let alone a script. We all put our heads together and relied on the impressions of the performances and actions in the movies that we remembered in our minds. Di Tianting, a Hangu comrade-in-arms, has a good memory and can say that he can imitate, and many movements can be skillfully made. Zhou Liangcai, a comrade-in-arms in Baoding, played the erhu euphemistically and was the first pianist in our band. There are also comrades who play gongs and drums, all of whom are heavyweights.
Deputy Company Commander Wang loves literature and art, and he can always be heard singing a few times. He is also a person who will not give up until he reaches his goal, and he demands the best in any work. He asked us to sing every word and practice every movement carefully. It is required to be accurate and unambiguous. At this time, there was a problem that caught the attention of the company commander-I was a big, fat man with a skeleton, and it was appropriate to play the role of Li Nainai. Zhang Fumian had a thin waist and narrow shoulders, a oval face and big eyes, and she was beautiful and handsome, which was the best choice for Li Tiemei. But the singing is not satisfactory, and Deputy Company Commander Wang is not satisfied. You can see from his frowning face that he is in a hurry. What shall we do?
At this time, I saw Chen Shumin, a comrade-in-arms who was sitting below, knitting a sweater and watching our rehearsal carefully. In a pure Tianjin saying, "Let them change their roles!"! What a simple thing! "
yes! Change the role! Everyone spoke in unison. But the deputy company commander immediately said, that's no good! I saw that he held out his hands and ten fingers together and said, "Yang Shuli's face is so wide", and he held out the middle finger and forefinger of his right hand together, "Zhang Fumian's face is so thin". How to change it? Can I exchange it? Can't change it! ! Before he finished these words, his comrades laughed and some tears burst out. ..... In this way, with the enthusiastic help of our comrades, and under the serious and responsible supervision of Zhong Wang, our Qi Xin worked hard to overcome all kinds of difficulties. Finally, several "handsome boys and girls" who are "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" dedicated a revolutionary model drama "The Red Lantern" to the comrades of Wulian Company. Lived up the cultural life of the company and sent joy to the comrades. For this reason, Di Tianting also got an nickname "selling wooden combs".
today, whenever we talk about this situation, we are still immersed in that unforgettable memory.
Shortly after this first rehearsal performance, I was transferred to the Political Department of the Youth League, and then transferred to the Literature and Art Propaganda Team (Jingtongpai). Later, he was transferred to the primary school in Wuqi Town.
"practicing acrobatics" with pleasure in suffering
I was fatter than other children of my age since I was a child. My mother once said, "You gain weight when you drink cold water". At the age of one, the flesh of the wrist with chubby arms is squeezed into a crack. Every day, my mother has to carefully wash the mud in the seam with a towel. Isn't it difficult to dance in the propaganda team with this size? Look at Tao Yu, Yang Yi is as thin as a hemp pole, and his hands are all around him. Several little sisters are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are naturally beautiful. How good the natural conditions are!
The training room of the propaganda team is adjacent to the girls' dormitory, and the shelf is nailed with wooden strips under the indoor window and pressed against the wall for our training. Our monitor is sister Liao Xiuhui, an educated youth in Tianjin. Not only is she beautiful, she sings well, and she cares about her comrades-in-arms a lot. Coaching us to practice is also meticulous and conscientious. Despite the heavy workload every day, she is also responsible for choreographing dance movements and other work. But for our daily "training", she has to correct and guide every movement one by one.
Every day before dawn, we go into the training room without brushing our faces and rubbing our sleepy eyes, first move our hands and feet, then find our own position, and then bend down with the monitor's command of one, two, three and four, and leg press keeps doing it for dozens of times. Sweat, flowing down my face, my clothes on my back are soaked, and my legs are gnashing with pain. But none of us flinched. And I have to pay more sweat, and I must persist and persist, otherwise it will be easy for me to practice softening and making peace with my thick legs and sticks. How can you complete other performance tasks without practicing basic skills?
According to the requirements of the situation at that time, the special model operas "The Red Lantern" and "Shajiabang" were basically not performed in the whole performance. According to the requirements of the group, some diversified programs should be arranged in combination with the current situation to arrange performances for the whole group in line with the extensive publicity and education forms. Better serve the soldiers of the company.
In those days, the propaganda team was disciplined, everything was managed in a militarized way, and it was the conscious action of every member to obey orders and keep the whole team in step. Li Guishan, the platoon leader, is not only the leader of the literary propaganda team, but also a strict teacher in our business and a caring brother in our life. We should pay close attention to the political and ideological work, educate the team members to establish the correct idea that literature and art should serve the workers, peasants and soldiers, strive for perfection in the quality of rehearsal programs, and require everyone to be a full-time performing arts warrior who can be promoted and demoted by combining singing and dancing. Each of us should obey the role assignment according to the requirements of the program arrangement and participate in the rehearsal of other song and dance classes. Because my foundation is far less than that of other players, I must be strict with myself and work harder than others to complete the tasks taught by the leaders. Under the patient guidance of monitor Liao, we female players encouraged and helped each other, and gradually we all made great progress. Legs are no longer so painful, and people are laughing and laughing when practicing, and everyone is more energetic. According to the monitor, "the big tendons in your legs are stretched out!" It won't hurt so much in the future! "Kung Fu pays off the sweat we shed. Finally, one day, while talking and laughing, we were holding each other's legs and talking about the experience in practicing. We couldn't help but fall to the ground with our legs in tandem, and we felt no pain at all. 11 success! After the success, the joy was beyond words, and I really enjoyed myself for several days.
now that I think about it, I really benefited from the hard work in the propaganda team at that time. After more than forty years, I can stretch my legs on the horizontal bar without any effort before going to the park fitness equipment. I have benefited a lot from the course of fighting, living and working in the literary propaganda team of the Corps.
the toilet, how can it be so scoured?
after the propaganda team successfully completed the condolence performance in Zhalute Banner, I was transferred to the "57th Youth League Primary School" for work needs.
The row of houses in the primary school is located in the southwest of the Health Corps, adjacent to the Youth League Guest House and the government canteen in the west. More than ten meters away to the west are the three rows of dormitory buildings and offices of the regiment headquarters and the political section. There is a public toilet between the school and the group hostel, and all the people around it have only this toilet for everyone to use.
After the winter, with the sudden cooling of the weather, the temperature drops rapidly, the snow covers the ground, and the "white-haired wind" is rampant. It's surprisingly cold! That's spitting. It's a hockey puck. The excrement in the toilet is constantly excreted by people, and the accumulated excrement has become a peculiar "ice sculpture" on the grassland in Inner Mongolia, and the columns in Huang Cancan are vertical and long. At first sight, it will break through the blockade line and stick out the wooden board in the squat pit. If it is not cleaned, it will not be used. If you meet a daredevil, you will sit in a shit.
how can the teachers in our school stand by and watch? Everyone said in unison, let's go and clean the toilet! It's cold and dry, and the smell is still small. It is estimated that a few of us will be able to clean the toilet feces in half a day.
just do it! Find shovels and pickaxes at once. Wear gloves and hats, and fasten cuffs and trouser legs. Go straight to the toilet with confidence. To be honest, it's easier said than done. Not everyone can do this job. People who are dirty and smelly hold their breath, and usually go to the toilet to avoid walking. However, when we think that our school is under the management of the Political Department, the exemplary role of teachers is particularly important. Teaching and educating people must first take the lead. Besides, we are all soldiers trained in the company, and the spirit of the Corps, which is fearless and willing to contribute, inspires everyone. * * * party member Bai Yonghui, Yu Fengrui bears the brunt, and we are not willing to lag behind as a teacher of peace. There is a feeling of heroism. "This job belongs to me! "
But it's my first time for big girls from these cities to dig toilets.
Because the excrement in the toilet squatting pit has exceeded the ground, the "excrement head" must be shaved before the following work can be carried out. However, when one pick goes down, it doesn't move. When several picks go down, it's just a white spot, and the splashing dung is everywhere. There is no other way, but to speed up with the pick tip and knock slowly. After cleaning up the top, you have to jump into the cesspit, and the bottom is even worse. It's no use planing with a pickaxe or shoveling with a shovel. That's zero