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Chapter 926 Sacrifice (12)

"After Grandpa came back from the battlefield, because of his great achievements, he received awards from the leaders in the capital, which caused a great sensation in his hometown. After he returned to work in the local area, within a few years he became the number one in our Deming County. At the National People's Congress, he was elected as the first democratically elected county magistrate."

Guo Dongmei took down the glass-framed military medals of his grandfather from the bookshelf, and there was also a letter of appointment with a red stamp on it and yellow paper.

The camera switches again, and the next story tells the process of the "young" county magistrate leading the farmers in his hometown to prevent sand and plant trees, control saline-alkali land, and develop agriculture (Note 1).

Of course, a simple and straightforward narrative will not be the style of a great director like Yang Chuanrong. He is good at starting from the details and embodying the righteousness of the family and the country from seemingly trivial and ordinary things.

In terms of work, the protagonist played by He Yanbing, who has just become the county magistrate, has encountered three years of difficulties.In order to let the common people have food, he ran around, passing the house three times without entering.

Even if the family is too poor, his wife and children can only eat wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, and his elder brother goes out to beg for food, he will resolutely donate his subsidies and accumulated wages after changing jobs to the country in dire straits.

Running among the fields and seeking help from the Agricultural University in the provincial capital for farming, County Mayor Guo was too busy to take care of his sick wife and his own thigh, which was originally injured and swelled to a pit.

At the beginning, the common people blamed him for the famine, calling him a lame county magistrate both secretly and publicly.

Later, when some people who couldn't stand the hunger found their homes and wanted relief, they only saw the environment without a few decent furniture, and a few skinny people who could only surround a few bran buns and were at a loss. As children, they were all shocked, and finally retreated silently.

The difficult times were finally over, and the county magistrate Guo continued to lead the people to control the saline-alkali land, windbreak and sand-fixation. He heard that the paulownia forest in Lankao County was well planted, so he took people there to investigate.

Later, he learned that the secretary of Lankao County, who had introduced his experience to him, had passed away on the job. He silently wiped away his tears, and then continued to work on the front line.

"There are steelyards between heaven and earth, and the weights are the common people!"

County Mayor Guo failed to make the people in the county rich and powerful, but in the past ten years, he has fulfilled his promise to let the people eat. Therefore, when he left office, many people came from all directions to see him off , and even took his hand, tearfully not wanting him to leave.

Originally, the children didn't understand their father's neglect of the family. Only after seeing this scene did they understand the greatness of their father.

However, the county magistrate Guo has never taken a needle from the common people, nor will he use his power for his relatives.

When they left, their house was still barren, and they still ate their last meal without a second meal.

As a soldier, he sent his children to the army one by one.

The eldest son joined the army early and was discharged early.After the second son joined the army, the troops went to the battlefield in the southwest. In the end, Lao Guo, who was already graying at home, waited only for the notice of the death of his second son.

"To be a soldier, you must have the consciousness of sacrificing for the country! A country is a country, and a country can have a family. Only when the motherland is peaceful can the family be stable! My son's sacrifice is for the long-term stability and prosperity of the motherland!"

These words reminded the audience at the same time of another song included in the trailer - "Speak from the Heart"!
"Come on, come on, that being said,
Come, come, there is a country, there is a home,

You don't stand guard and I don't stand guard,

Whoever defends our country will defend our home,
Who will defend the house?"

This song also quickly became popular in the barracks. Qiu Shipeng also led the soldiers in the class to study "Speak from the Heart".

It is just like the "We Serve as Soldiers" that Yang Qian sang with them back then. It is impassioned and can arouse their deep love for their parents, hometown and motherland!
However, it does not appear as an episode in the film.

Faced with the solemn salute of the officer who came to notify, Lao Guo also raised his trembling right hand and returned a military salute.

This military salute took more than ten years in a flash. The camera turned around and the person saluting Lao Guo was a young man wearing glasses.He was wearing red flowers and a military uniform, and he was also preparing to step on the military ranks to enlist in the army.

Old Guo, who was already an old man with gray hair, stooped back and limited mobility, refused the support of his family. He leaned on a cane and stood tremblingly in front of his eldest grandson.

"Behave well, the motherland needs you!"

Lao Guo stretched out his hand to straighten the big red flower on his grandson's chest, and said with a serious expression.

The young man in glasses nodded vigorously.

When the army marched out, the green mountains and green waters along the way, compared with the pictures of Lao Guo before and after the war, had many more bright colors, and many more beautiful spring scenery!

"Girls are like flowers,
What a big heart, lad,

In order to break new ground,

awakened the sleeping mountains,

Let the river change its shape."

In the high-pitched and melodious singing of the theme song of "My Motherland", the military column passed through the bustling railway network and transformed into a green leather train full of passengers. From north to south, it came to the bustling and lively Pengcheng Special Zone !
The young and shy Guo Dongmei also appeared in the main plot for the first time.

Guo Dongmei is more ordinary than everyone imagined. She didn't serve in the army, graduated from technical secondary school, and didn't go to university like her brother, and she didn't have the halo of the county magistrate's grandfather—how many years have passed.

She was just an ordinary young man who came to Pengcheng to find a job, and her first job was as an ordinary quality inspection female worker in a factory.

Hardworking and simple, she has worked in the factory for three years without getting promoted or changing jobs, but she didn't save much money—because she couldn't see her workers' children seriously ill, so she stuffed all the money she had saved.

However, good luck favors good people.

Guo Dongmei met her future husband, Chen Zhimin, who drove a taxi, when she was taking fruit to visit the children of her workers.

The enthusiastic Chen Zhimin volunteered to help her, and the two young people gradually came together amidst the ever-changing Pengcheng.

Guo Dongmei and her husband drove a taxi together. The two worked shifts from morning to night, and soon tasted the fruits of their labor—they bought their own house in Pengcheng after only three years of marriage. s home!
On the day of joining the group, grandpa Lao Guo, father, and aunts all came to Pengcheng by train. Everyone gathered together and decorated with lanterns and streamers, just like the New Year.

Guo Dongmei also announced the news of her pregnancy to her family on the spot. She has a house, a car and a future child in Pengcheng.

However, before Guo Dongmei could be happy for too long, at the end of the 90s, a catastrophic flood broke out. Guo Dongmei’s older brother, who was already an officer in the army, led a team to rescue and rescue the disaster. life.

His sacrifice was not accidental. In this flood, it is unknown how many soldiers and civilians gave their lives to defend the dam.

(Note 1: The plot during the "County Chief" period is partially adapted from the recent popular "My County Chief Father" and the deeds of Mr. ***.)
　I asked for leave yesterday, but I couldn’t finish the update. Today, I spent time with my wife. Her vacation balance is not enough, because she is a medical staff. When the unit was closed during the large-scale period, they had to go to support, and then the unit had to make up for the National Day. Work, so she will be on duty on the [-]th, go to work normally on the [-]th and [-]th, and then work for seven consecutive days. To be precise, she will work for a total of ten consecutive days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)