Chinanews.com, Yantai, October 5th, title: Yantai Changdao Shoudao father and son wrote "Island Letters"
Author Wang Jiaoni Fang Yi
Changdao, located at the confluence of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, is composed of many islands, 10 of which are islands with residents. Each island has a coastal police station or a coastal police office, as well as a group of police who have rooted in the island and guarded the island. Ye Jingsong and him His father is in it.
Ye Jingfa when he was young.
(Data map) Photo courtesy of Ye Jingsong
The "Island Family Letter" is a special way for the father and son guarding the island to communicate with each other's family.
Father's reply
When Ye Jingsong was born in 1992, his father Ye Jingfa had been stationed on Long Island for many years.
During his childhood, Ye Jingsong was raised by relatives.
In the third grade of elementary school, Ye Jingsong learned to write letters. Although the telephone was popular at that time, he felt that his mind should be carried more "seriously", so he wrote what he wanted to say on the letter paper and put it in the envelope carefully. , And then put it in the mailbox, the next step is to look forward to a reply from his father in the communication room.
Ye Jingsong said that at that time, the content of each of his father’s letters was the same. Most of them told him to work hard to be brave and other life principles, but these words were not enough for a child who missed his father. He wanted more. The father’s return date was found in the letter.
"In those few years, I have accumulated dozens of letters from the island, and I carefully store them in a mooncake box." Ye Jingsong said, he always climbed the highest mountain in his hometown, looking out at the sea in the north, hoping to come from Letters from the island.
Son's choice
When Ye Jingsong was 12 years old, his father took him to live with him on the island.
After that, Ye Jingfa transferred from the border guards and stayed on Nanchangshan Island to become a policeman.
When living together on the island, Ye Jingsong still used to write down what he wanted to say to his father.
"Seeing that you frequently work overtime on business trips, I already understand that you have dedicated yourself to this career in your life." Ye Jingsong wrote.
Ye Jingsong visited residents on Long Island.
(Data Map) Photo by Fang Yi
In 2011, Ye Jingsong left the island and went to university on land. For a time, he thought with disappointment that he would never return to the island again.
In 2014, Ye Jingsong faced graduation and career choice, and his father suggested that he take the public security border guard and continue to guard the island.
Ye Jingshen, who suffered from parting in his childhood, did not accept his father's advice, and the father and son were separated.
"Although my heart knot is still unresolved, I returned home on the island during the Mid-Autumn Festival because I know that my father is also looking forward to my'letter'." Ye Jingsong wrote.
At the family banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, Ye Jingsong asked his father why he wanted to stay on the island with difficult conditions. His father replied: "We are all pursuing the value of life. When you are needed by more people, you will With value, you know where your roots should be."
Ye Jingsong wrote down these simple words, and these words finally changed his choice.
In 2015, Ye Jingsong quit other jobs, resolutely admitted to the border police force, and returned to the island.
Perseverance of father and son
After taking root in the island, Ye Jingsong worked on Daqin Island and Nanhuangcheng Island successively.
The inconvenient transportation in and out of the island, the hardship of guarding the island, and the boring life on the island... Faced with these, Ye Jingsong is happy because he has gradually understood the "value of life" his father said.
Educational resources on Daqin Island are limited. Ye Jingsong often encounters children with learning difficulties. He patiently counsels and becomes a welcome "teacher Xiaoye" for children.
He also did his best to help boys from poor families. When he got the boy's trust, Ye Jingsong deeply realized the meaning of being needed.
Ye Jingsong also used his spare time to study legal knowledge and obtained the legal professional qualification certificate, and he was obliged to provide legal advice to the old fishermen on the island.
Encouraged by his father, Ye Jingsong became more determined to stay on the island and be a grassroots policeman.
(Data Map) Photo by Fang Yi
Today, Ye Jingsong has transferred to become a police officer of the Long Island Coastal Brigade, and his father Ye Jingfa has been working on South Changshan Island for 34 years.
But because they work on different islands, the father and son still get together little and more.
This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Ye Jingsong planned to bring her newborn child to reunite with his father, but he cancelled because of a temporary task.
Meeting is not easy, but the father and son still insist on "communication", but now the communication method has been changed to WeChat.
The messages sent to and from the island convey the love and responsibility of the father and son guarding the island.
"Without everyone, there is no small family!" Ye Jingsong said. With the encouragement of his father, he became more determined to stay on the island and work hard to be a grassroots policeman.
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