87-year-old veteran renews wish list after defeating new crown pneumonia
  Second life I want to be happy every day

On May 20, Xiao Daoqing talked about his new wishes

  Changjiang Daily reporter Shi Weishe

  Wake up at about 5 in the morning, finish breakfast, watch morning news, watch evening news after dinner, go to bed before 11 ... Xiao Daoqing, a 87-year-old man with silver hair, is still as strict as before The rest time is like his 11-year military career after joining the Air Force of the People's Liberation Army at the age of 18. But it is not the same as before. This veteran who defeated the new crown pneumonia triumphantly from Jinyintan Hospital in early March this year has been thinking about a few things: changing his smartphone and waiting for the epidemic to end travel. He had a second life and felt that if he had won this big battle, he would have to live better every day.

  "I shot it more than 50 years ago"

  At 2:00 pm on the 20th, the cool sky was mixed with breezes, and Xiao Daoqing sat in his living room watching TV while having lunch, enjoying the comfort of the afternoon. The red shirt and dark blue trousers, the watch on the wrist is shiny, the handsome old man saw the reporter visit, and moved out of the big photo album at home.

  An old man smiled and supported his cheek with one hand. In front of him was a young man in a military uniform with a straight pen. The five-pointed star on the cap badge spread his wings ... This is a photo taken by Xiao Daoqing after retirement, with the words "Military sentiment" written on the edge. The guy in here is what he was in his 20s.

  Born in Huangpi, he is the seventh in his family. In 1951, he gloriously became an Air Force soldier, devoted himself to the construction of national defense, from ground to air, and moved to many parts of the country such as the Northwest and Northeast.

  Seeing the aerial photographs of airplanes appearing on TV, the old man came in with interest: "The aerial photographing technology that I often use now, I did this more than 50 years ago!" The old man showed a sign, there was a special aerial camera at that time, the lower part of the fuselage was installed There is a mechanism similar to landing gear. After the plane lifts off, the mechanism automatically opens and launches the camera, but the technology at that time was not as advanced as it is now, and the shooting angle of view has a certain range.

  In his 30s, Xiao Daoqing was suffering from tuberculosis. In 1962, when he was undergoing rehabilitation, he supported local construction and returned to his hometown of Wuhan with his wife. He worked in a printing plant until he retired after 2000.

  The 11-year troop experience made this veteran unforgettable all his life, but he did not expect that he would set foot on the "battlefield" again in his old age.

  "I am the veteran who listens most to the soldiers"

  Three years ago, my wife who had been suffering from coronary heart disease died all year round, and the veteran was not beaten down. Xiao Daoqing, who often participates in cultural troupe performances in the army, strives to enrich his life. He participates in choirs, attends senior colleges, and exercises in the community and parks. He goes out every day at 6 or 7 in the morning and returns home at 4 or 5 in the afternoon. He is busy. Having fun, sometimes, the living room at home is a rehearsal field for seven or eight old friends of the performance team.

  A full and orderly life was interrupted on January 23. Early in the morning, when he was going out, he suddenly felt dizzy and out of breath. The old man's son immediately made an appointment online and sent the old man to Hanyang Hospital where he was diagnosed as the new crown. In the three or four days of outpatient treatment in the hospital, Xiao Daoqing looked at an old man who was more than ten years younger than himself and gasped hard, feeling both cold and frightened.

  Grit your teeth and hold on! He told himself that insisting on getting good news, he was then transferred to Jinyintan Hospital for treatment. The doctors and nurses were tightly wrapped and could not see them, but Xiao Daoqing no longer panicked. Every day, medical staff came to the ward to chat with him. During the communication, he knew that many of them were "little soldiers"-young soldiers from the armed police forces from all over the country who came to support the epidemic. The soldiers are on the battlefield, and he, a veteran, cannot even counsel.

  This veteran, who was affectionately called "Lao Xiao" by the medical staff, became the most obedient patient in the hospital. He didn't want to eat, but the soldiers said that they wouldn't get better if they didn't eat good disease. Seeing that all the soldiers all gave thumbs up to the veterans.

  In early March, Xiao Daoqing was discharged from the hospital. Before returning home, the veteran wrote his phone number and address on a note and left it to the soldiers, so that they would all come to Wuhan after the epidemic, and they would meet at their home again.

  "There are so many beautiful things waiting for me"

  "Choose in the morning, buy light bulbs in the supermarket, take mobile phone lessons in the afternoon, install light bulbs ..." The calendar on the bedside of the home bedroom is also fixed in December 2019, and Xiao Daoqing's daily schedule is densely written on the calendar.

  Nowadays, due to the need for prevention and control, the activities of the choir and the senior college are suspended. The son goes to work during the day and the elderly rarely go out. However, the community staff and the police came to visit at home, and sometimes brought vegetables and other living supplies. Xiao Daoqing saw more cars on the street from the window sill. He knew that his familiar hometown had returned, and he should plan a new one. Lived.

  "Change a smart phone," the old man wrote in a memo sandwiched on a calendar. He started taking mobile phone lessons long before the outbreak, and he is now using a smartphone. However, he feels that his current mobile phone capacity is too small. When the epidemic is over, he will shoot videos of chorus and dance performances, and record important content in the daily news broadcast. He must change to a smartphone with a large capacity.

  At the same time, the old man is still learning online classes, groping to learn to scan health codes, and it is inconvenient to go out during the epidemic. Xiao Daoqing saw from the news that many children are taking classes through mobile phones. Watch the school ’s smartphone course. Seeing that the young people in the community are scanning and entering, Xiao Daoqing also wants to learn quickly, "Scanning is responsible for everyone's health, this must be learned." He said with a smile.

  Watching the news every day, he cherishes a lot of important national affairs. He knows that now the country must not only overcome the epidemic, but also fight against poverty and build a well-off society in an all-round way. He also knew that the green mountains and green mountains are now Jinshan and Yinshan. When the epidemic was over, he planned to go out and take a look at it to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.

  Looking at the photo with his grandchildren in the photo album, Xiao Daoqing was determined: "I will have a good time every day in my second life!" Closing the photo album, the old man sat upright and stroked a sentence on the cover of the photo album: "Put The world becomes a beautiful embrace open to us. "

  Changmin Daily reporter Dai Minyang