Chapter 301 The backbone of the nation (second update!)
In China, there are always some people who stand up to the backbone of this country. They do not seek rewards, do not care about the results, and devote themselves to this country and the nation, even if they are their own lives.
These people are called the cutest people, and their names are called soldiers.
"Child, my son has been sacrificing for many years. This year I finally saved enough travel expenses, but it's only a few dollars away. Can you help me?" The old man's voice prayed: "I'm old and don't know if I can live next year. I just want to look at him. It's almost thirty years. I'm sorry for him, I haven't seen him once. I beg you, you can do it, and sell me a ticket."
The ticket seller also looked embarrassed and gritted his teeth. He reached out to take out two hundred bills from his pocket. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a gentle voice coming from behind the old man.
"Auntie, where are you from?"
The ticket seller and the old lady were stunned and looked up together. They saw a young man in his twenties wearing a pair of glasses and a warm smile standing behind the old man.
The old man seemed very afraid of life, hesitated for a moment, and took a few steps back and said, "Youngsheng, do you have something to do? You can buy a ticket first, I can wait."
The young man is naturally Lu Rui. When he heard the old man's first words, he had already stopped. For such a military martyr, no matter who he met, he would help him. Even the ticket seller was ready to take out money to help the old man, let alone Lu Rui, a party member.
"Auntie, don't be afraid. I just want to ask, you are a military family, and the government doesn't care about such things?" Lu Rui asked kindly.
The old man had a little back on his ears. After hearing Lu Rui's words, hesitated for a while. After a while, he sighed and said slowly: "The work in the countryside is busy, how can I have so much money? Besides, it takes a lot of money to go there once, so how can I trouble the country?"
Lu Rui's face was a little wet. What a cute old man. Looking at the thin clothes on the old man, his body trembling slightly because of the cold, Lu Rui reached out and took off his coat and put it on the old man's body.
"Auntie, when did your son die?" Lu Rui sat beside the old man and asked slowly.
The old lady narrowed her slightly cloudy eyes, looked at Lu Rui, and smiled with a hint: "Young Master, you are a good person." After that, she looked at Lu Rui's face and showed a kind smile, as if she was recalling her.
"It was the winter of 1980. My Gou Sheng asked the leader of my team to send a letter back, saying that he was going to the front line, saying that he was going to fight in the south. I just thought, Jiang must have gone to the sea, why did he still fight in the war?
Young Master, my dog Sheng was almost the same as you now. He had some strength. He said in his letter that he threw the grenade so far away. They all praised him."
The old man's smile was very proud of his son, just as his son was standing in front of him, holding a military medal for him to show him.
"What happened later? Auntie." The ticket seller also walked outside and sat on the other side of the old man listening to the old man's story.
"Later, later, there was no news about my kid. For three years, Gou Sheng didn't write me any more. Later, the county's Civil Affairs Bureau sent me a letter. The young comrade said that my Gou Sheng died and was buried on the border in the south of our province. Young Master, what is the border? Why don't he be buried in our house?
Since then, I wanted to see him. Gouzhou's father died early. This child has been timid since he was a child. I forced him to join the army. At that time, his family was poor and this kid was always unable to eat enough. I thought, when I got to the team, the team was full of food, and the kid couldn't be hungry either. But, I never expected that it would be gone..." As he said that, the old man gradually shed two lines of tears.
Gradually, more and more people gathered together. Many people here were waiting to take the bus to another place. After listening to the old man's words, many people shed tears together. A mother's longing and concern for her son was revealed bit by bit from the old man's words.
Lu Rui's tears also fell. He thought of his mother and family.
"Auntie, don't you give you pensions every year for military martyrs like you?" After thinking about it, Lu Rui still asked that. Because according to the regulations, there will be a certain subsidy for such military martyrs who have sacrificed each year.
The old man smiled, his chapped lips moved: "When I was young, I thought I wouldn't bother the country anymore, but I could still move. Now that I'm old, the Civil Affairs Office is not under their jurisdiction. I went to the village, and they said that there was no such fund. I had no other requests, just to borrow some money and see my son. I heard that the whole family of the dog left and the whole family were there. I thought, as I got old, I closed my eyes and went to weed for their kids to avoid these kids being afraid."
"Auntie, don't worry, which village are you from?" Lu Rui's face became increasingly ugly. Looking at the old man who could almost be said to be ragged, the depression in his heart was about to burst out.
The old man looked at Lu Rui gratefully. She felt very comfortable with this young man who was willing to wear clothes for him.
"Youngsheng, I am from Desheng Township. It's too far from the county town. It's not easy to come." As she said that, she looked at the ticket seller sitting next to her and begged with her face: "Big nephew, aunt, I beg you, just sell me a ticket."
As he said that, the old man took out a stack of money from his close-fitting clothes tremblingly. Lu Rui could no longer hold back his tears because it was all one or two cents of change. The old man took it out and shed tears, saying, "I saved up for eight years and only had enough of these three hundred yuan. I saved up all of them by selling vegetables. Please, sell me one."
The ticket seller was also a man in his forties. He had already burst into tears at this time. He held the old man's cracked hand and nodded: "Auntie, please put away the money. I also came from the army. I will give you this money. Your son is a hero and the pride of our army!"
Not only him, but also the people who were originally surrounded by them all donated generously at this time, some took out a hundred and dozens of them, and they stuffed them into the old man's hands.
Lu Rui saw a little girl in her grade ten years old, struggling to squeeze out the crowd and come to the old man: "Grandma, don't cry, this is the milk candy my mother bought for me. My mother said that if I hold one when I am sad, it won't hurt."
The little girl reached out to take out a candy bag with more than a dozen milk candies in it. She tilted her head, thought about taking out one from the bag, and handed it to the old man with difficulty: "Grandma, I'll give this to you, mom said, good kids won't cry!"
The old man couldn't stop crying, and nodded kindly. Before he could speak, he saw the little girl put his hand back. He seemed to have made a very important decision and put the piece of milk candy into his clothes, and then put the whole bag of milk candy on the old man's knees: "Grandma, you have to go a long way, give it to you, Niu Niu will go home tomorrow, just eat a piece of milk candy."
In this world, there is always a kind of power that can shake people's hearts, and this kind of power is called ***.
There is always love in this world because we are all people with feelings.
The old man could no longer speak at this time, but just looked at everyone gratefully, saying in his mouth: "Thank you, thank you..."
"Desheng Township!" Lu Rui collapsed three words from his teeth, stood up and said to the train ticket seller: "Comrade, I won't buy this ticket for the time being."
The ticket seller was stunned and then glared: "What do you mean?" If it weren't for Lu Rui's appearance just now, he would have taken action.
Lu Rui smiled bitterly: "Uncle, I'm embarrassed to let you know what I do. I'm ashamed!" As he said that, Lu Rui reached out and took out his work permit, handed it to the ticket seller and said, "This is my work permit, you can take a look."
After reaching out to take Lu Rui's work permit, the ticket seller opened it and saw that he was stunned.
The words "Lu Rui, Deputy County Party Committee of Dahong County" made the ticket seller who had only seen the director of the railway bureau in his life dizzy.
"This, this, this, Lu***, I didn't expect it was you!" The ticket seller stood up and said to Lu Rui in a panic.
land***?
The crowd around suddenly became quiet, and people always had a sense of awe of officials from the bottom of their hearts. In ancient times, it was said: "Destroy the county magistrate, destroy the family magistrate!" What does grassroots local officials mean to the people? As long as they are individuals, they can think of it.
Is this young man ***?
This doubt flashed through many people's heads.
Then many people remembered another thing. Among the people in Dahong County who can be called ***, there is really one such young one.
Lu Rui, member of the county party committee standing committee and deputy party committee, is only 24 years old.
"Are you ***?" The old man raised his turbid eyes and looked at Lu Rui standing beside him. In her opinion, such a young young man didn't look like an official.
The ticket seller quickly supported the old man and whispered: "Auntie, this is our county party committee member Lu***."
Lu Rui looked at the old man with a serious expression and a hint of unconcealable respect, and slowly spoke: "Grandma, I am Lu Rui, the deputy secretary of the Dahong County Party Committee. I promise you that within seven days, you will be able to stand in front of your son! Guaranteed in the name of a son!"
After saying that, Lu Rui slowly turned around, looked at the crowd around him, and said aloud: "I am Lu Rui, Deputy Secretary of the Dahong County Party Committee. Today, everyone let me see the proud side of our country and this nation. Please rest assured that I will help him realize my aunt's wish. I am sorry for the mistakes in my previous work!"
There was a burst of applause around him. Everyone was not a fool. Naturally, they could see that the old man's clothes were Lu Rui's. They also understood what the county party committee deputy *** could say such words on this occasion.
After reaching out and taking out the phone, Lu Rui called Deng Bofang, director of the county civil affairs bureau.
"Director Deng? I'm Lu Rui. Please come to the county railway station immediately. I'll give you half an hour. Once the time passes, you won't have to go to work!"