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1949, an old man named Shi Shunxiang was working in Xujiahe Village, Qiliping District, Huang'an County, Hubei Province, suddenly heard a noise from the entrance of the village. Just when she was confused, a young man in military uniform came to the front and asked, "Auntie, is your name Shi Shunxiang?"
After Shi Shunxiang nodded and confirmed, the young man said happily, "It can be considered to have found you! Your son wants to pick you up to Beijing to enjoy the happiness!" But Shi Shunxiang was extremely shocked: "Didn't my son have died long ago?" It turned out that Shi Shunxiang had received news of his son Xu Shenji's death 17 years ago, and had worshipped him for many years. So, why did Xu Shenji, who had already died, suddenly become "resurrected" again? What has he experienced?
1910, Xu Shenji was born in a poor peasant family in Xujiahe Village. Although his parents are poor, they attach great importance to Xu Shenji's education and make every effort to support Xu Shenji to read and read. Xu Shenji went to a private school and received ten years of education intermittently in the private school. Many villagers laughed at Xu Shenji's parents, we are old farmers who have been digging food from generation to generation, so what's the use of studying? But Xu Shenji's parents were very determined. They would rather eat less than raise the tuition for Xu Shenji's study, hoping that Xu Shenji could gain more knowledge through reading and thus gain a broader world.
And Xu Shenji did not disappoint his parents' expectations. He has been studying hard, learned a lot of knowledge, and broadened his horizons. But unfortunately, while Xu Shenji was studying, Xu Shenji's father Xu Jinlou became addicted to gambling. Later, he even stopped doing farm work and spent almost all day gambling. Although the amount of the bet was not large, he lost a lot of money over time, which made the economic situation of Xu Shenji's family even more difficult.
And because Xu Jinlou was addicted to gambling, the burden of the family completely fell on Xu Shenji's mother Shi Shunxiang. She took on almost all the farm work and housework, working day and night. Xu Shenji and Shi Shunxiang also advised Xu Jinlou, but it was useless and finally had no choice but to accept the status quo.
Just when Xu Shenji thought his father was hopeless and gave up hope for him, he was surprised to find that his father had suddenly changed. My father no longer went out to gamble every day, but started working on farm work again, and spent his spare time studying a booklet. Xu Shenji was very shocked and asked his father what had happened.
Xu Jinlou said that he accidentally met a Communist Party member. The other party was knowledgeable, but his words were easy to understand, and it was easy to convince people when talking about the truth. With the other party's persuasion, he understood the harm of gambling and the root cause of farmers' poverty. Gambling cannot solve the problem of poverty. If you want to truly get rid of poverty, you can only liberate the farmers. So Xu Jinlou changed his past and began to move closer to the party organization. The booklet he studied was the brochure given to him by the other party.
The young Xu Shenji immediately developed a strong interest in our party and the red thought. Is Marxism so powerful? At this time, he would also read the text and snippets, so he asked his father for a brochure to learn, and then he began to come into contact with Marxism. Xu Jinlou's thoughts have also been improving in his studies, and eventually became a party member. He often went out early and returned late, and walked around the streets, but he no longer went to gambling, but promoted the red ideas and called on the peasant revolution.
Xu Shenji also continued to improve his thoughts under the influence of his father. At that time, during the National Revolution, Xu Shenji participated in the peasant night school founded by our party. He learned a lot of advanced ideas here and came into contact with many ideas that he had never dared to think about before. What farmers talk about in night school is not a profound and complex theory, but a simple and easy-to-understand method that can be directly applied to practical methods.
The teacher in the night school of farmers told him that the root cause of farmers' poverty does not lie in themselves, but in the exploitation of landlords.Farmers work hard every day but can only barely fill their stomachs. Landlords do not produce but can make big fish and meat. The fundamental reason is that the landlords exploited farmers and took a large amount of agricultural products that should belong to farmers into their own pockets. The landlords enjoy the offerings of farmers, but they are still arrogant and look down on the farmers. However, the farmers who should have been respected make cattle and horses and let them be driven by the landlords. This is unfair. If farmers want to change their destiny, they can only unite to overthrow the exploitation and oppression of the landlords.
These thoughts had a great impact on Xu Shenji. He now understands why his father had such a huge change. He had similar ideas, but they were scattered and unsystematic, but sometimes he felt indignant. The teachers in the farmers' night school summarized these principles in a very simple way and told them how to do it. From then on, Xu Shenji, like his father, gradually participated in the peasant organization and actively moved closer to our party. Xu Shenji's younger brothers and sisters also began to awaken and eventually joined the revolution.
By 1927, the struggle between various factions in China became increasingly fierce, and Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei successively betrayed the revolution, which put the cause of the National Revolution under severe challenges. But Xu Shenji did not waver, but joined the local peasant volunteer team to defend the results of the revolution. Xu Shenji then participated in the Huangma Uprising , but the uprising unfortunately failed, so Xu Shenji returned to the village.
1930, a Red Army unit passed through Huang'an , and Xu Shenji joined Red Army with the support and encouragement of his father. It was not easy to make this decision, because the reactionary forces were still very strong at that time, and the Red Army could only go around and faced great danger. Xu Shenji's joining the Red Army means that he may never be able to return to his hometown, but thinking about every bit of what he had done before at the peasant night school, he still left firmly.
After that, Xu Shenji started as an ordinary soldier and fought around with the Red Army. Although Xu Shenji was very knowledgeable, he had almost no military experience, so he made a lot of jokes at the beginning, and even forgot to pull the trigger when he participated in the battle for the first time.
Xu Shenji's squad leader patiently taught him, calmed down his mentality, overcame many difficulties, and eventually became a qualified soldier. Later, Xu Shenji was able to charge against the enemy many times with his newborn calf not afraid of tigers and made numerous military achievements. Xu Shenji's thoughts also continued to improve in the army and officially joined the party in 1931.
By 1932, Xu Shenji, who was only 22 years old, was already a deputy commander of the Red Army. This year, Chiang Kai-shek once again launched a large-scale "encirclement and suppression" against the Red Army, and the troops where Xu Shenji were also ordered to participate in the war. The battlefield happened to be near Qiliping, which is Xu Shenji's hometown. The commander knew that the battle was dangerous and might never come back once he went there. He also learned that Xu Shenji's hometown was here, so he advised Xu Shenji to go home to see his relatives.
Xu Shenji returned to his hometown after two years of absence, but as soon as he entered the door, he felt extremely unfamiliar. My family was obviously very lively before, but now my mother Shi Shunxiang is left? After asking, I realized that shortly after I left, my father Xu Jinlou died of overwork. Both the younger brother and the younger sister participated in the revolution, which was brutal suppression by the local warlords, and the two died one after another. Since Xu Shenji followed the troops around before, it was difficult to contact him, and Shi Shunxiang was afraid that Xu Shenji's mentality would be affected after learning the news, so she did not tell him, but bear the pain alone, and lived alone until now.
After hearing this, Xu Shenji fell into grief. He didn't expect that he had lost three relatives after he had not returned in just two years, leaving only one mother alone at home. He was so sad that he wanted to retire and stayed at home to accompany his mother, but Shi Shunxiang refused firmly.She said that Xu Shenji's younger brother and sister were killed by the reactionaries, so Xu Shenji should work harder to fight the reactionaries. This is to avenge them. How could he be shaken? Finally, with the encouragement of his mother, Xu Shenji no longer wavered, but returned to the battlefield firmly.
In the subsequent Qiliping Battle , Xu Shenji fought bravely, rushed forward, and led his troops to kill a large number of enemies, but he was unfortunately seriously injured. At that time, Xu Shenji was already in a severe coma and his vital signs were very weak. Due to the tense war, the nearby soldiers had to transfer without having time to make further judgments, so Xu Shenji was finally written on the list of sacrificed personnel.
Later, the Red Army sent people to send the news of Xu Shenji's death to Shi Shunxiang, and Shi Shunxiang once again received the news of his relative's death, and was extremely sad. In just two years, she has lost her husband, youngest son and daughter one after another, and now her eldest son has also sacrificed her. It is conceivable how painful she is. Due to the critical war, Xu Shenji's "body" did not have time to restrain himself, so Shi Shunxiang could only build a "tomb of clothes" for him, and he came to worship him every year. Although her family was gone, Shi Shunxiang survived tenaciously and vowed to see the day of victory for her sacrificed family members.
But in fact, Xu Shenji did not sacrifice, but just temporarily fell into a coma. He was very lucky. Although he was injured in many places, he did not hit the nail on the head. Finally, the reinforcements arrived and rescued Xu Shenji who had recovered from waking up. After that, Xu Shenji was recuperating for a while and was able to go to the battlefield again. At this time, Xu Shenji also knew that he had been misreported and sacrificed before, so he wrote a letter to his family to report safety, but because the surroundings were in war, the letter was not delivered in the end.
Xu Shenji also thought about going home to see his mother, but the Red Army was still shifting, and he could not abandon his responsibilities and go back to see his mother. What's more, he has become the "key target" of the Kuomintang. If he goes home to see his mother at this time, he may cause his mother to be persecuted. Therefore, he is determined to wait until after victory before bringing his mother openly.
This time, in these 17 years, Xu Shenji participated in the domestic revolutionary war, participated in the War of Resistance, and participated in the War of Liberation, and finally witnessed the founding of New China in 1949. At the same time, he was also very concerned about his mother. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he sent someone to his hometown to find his mother, and the beginning scene came into being.
Shi Shunxiang learned that her son was still alive, and she burst into tears of joy, and then followed the staff to Beijing. The mother and son reunite, both shed tears of excitement. Xu Shenji was finally able to be with his mother. He took care of her mother carefully and allowed her to live a happy old age.
Xu Shenji fought bloody battles during war, charged forward, and was also conscientious, diligent and serious in peacetime. Shi Shunxiang has the spirit of sacrificing her family for everyone, with a firm will and willing to contribute. It is precisely because of Xu Shenji, Shi Shunxiang, and even countless people like them that New China has flourished.
