Chinanews.com, Jinzhong, June 19th. Title: Jinzhong, Shanxi: The Armed Police Squadron keeps a "happiness account" for 72 years. Happiness is actually very simple
China News Network reporter Lu Qi and King Huilin
"Today, we review together the "Happiness Account" recorded by the soldier Cao Jianyou in 1969. The theme is "I Ride a Bicycle." Before ideological and political education, all officers and soldiers were organized to learn the "Happy Account", and they have become the Armed Police Shanxi Provincial Corps. Jinzhong Detachment's Fourth Squadron on Duty (hereinafter referred to as "Fourth Squadron on Duty") is a "prescribed action" for soul-building and education.
The Fourth Squadron on Duty was formally established in May 1949.
After participating in the security mission of the founding ceremony in the same year, the squadron recorded the family situation of officers and soldiers, their personal experiences, and the experiences and feelings of the troops during the completion of the mission in a booklet, and established the first "happiness account."
Today, there are 39 books and more than 20,000 testimonials in the "Happy Account" that lasted for 72 years.
Many officers and soldiers who have browsed the "Happy Account" said: Happiness is actually very simple.
After remembering 72 years of "happiness account", he became the "heirloom" of the fourth squadron of the Jinzhong Detachment of the Shanxi Provincial Corps of the Armed Police Force, and played a significant role in creating soul and inspiration.
Photo by Lu Qiguo
Walking into the honor room of the Fourth Squadron on Duty, the showcase close to one wall was filled with "happy accounts."
Although some paper has been yellowed and the ink has faded, the handwriting on each page is neat.
Hygienist Zhang Jiafu worked as a barefoot doctor. After joining the army in 1949, he actively studied acupuncture and moxibustion. “I would rather try a thousand needles on my own body and never take a wrong needle on a patient.” For several years, he not only guarded the health of soldiers and soldiers. , And also cured many intractable diseases for the residents.
He felt the happiest thing is to be praised as "Chairman Mao's good soldier."
After joining the army in 1967, warrior Cao Jianyou served as a company's supply member. Every day after breakfast, he carried a basket and bag, and walked more than ten miles to the nearest town to purchase goods.
The company commander saw that he was too hard and decided to buy a "heavier" (note: a name for an old-fashioned bicycle, the load is greater than a light bicycle) Flying Pigeon bicycle.
The picture shows the "Happiness Account" written by warrior Cao Jianyou in 1969: "I Ride a Bike".
Photo by Lu Qiguo
"I'm like a treasure...Along the way, birds called cicadas, and I rang a few bells, adding a bit of interest to the mountains and the wild and in my mood."
"It is difficult for young people today to appreciate how proud people were on bicycles in the 1960s. At that time, bicycles, watches, and sewing machines were called the "three big pieces"." Jinzhong Detachment, Shanxi Provincial Headquarters of the Armed Police Force Said Qiao Feijin, director of the Political Work Department.
Since then, it has become common for Cao Jianyou to send a letter and send a patient to the local people.
For this reason, he is often praised by the company's chief officer and feels happy.
The picture shows the happiness account recorded by the soldier Zhang Tao in 1972: "Xiang-Qian Railway to My Home".
Photo by Lu Qiguo
A happy event that Cao Jianyou recorded in the "Happiness Account" was very specific.
"There was a bride going through the door, and Murakami said that he would let the groom take the bride home with a bicycle. The groom was helpless and ran to the company for help." For this reason, Cao Jianyou spent a whole day and finally taught the groom to ride a bicycle.
"Amidst the sound of suona, the groom (on a bicycle) swayed and took the bride home."
In today's advanced communications, take out your mobile phone and make a call, and you can immediately contact the person you are looking for.
But 49 years ago, Zhang Tao, a soldier who came out of Dashan, Guizhou, received a letter from his family within half a month, which really made him happy.
"When I first came to the army, it took the boss's setbacks. After passing through many counties and cities such as Longli, Guiding, and Kaili, I finally arrived at the army and it was very inconvenient to contact the family." Zhang Tao wrote in the "Happy Account" in 1972. He wrote: "Because of the remote location of my home, I often only receive a letter for half a year when I write a letter. This makes me very uncomfortable when I go out for the first time and feel very homesick. I often cry by myself in the bed in the middle of the night."
The newly enlisted soldiers went into the honor room of the squadron to learn the "Happy Account".
Photo by Lu Qiguo
In late October 1972, Zhang Tao received a letter from his family.
Look at the postmark. It was a letter sent from my hometown in Guizhou half a month ago.
At first, Zhang Tao couldn't believe his eyes, but he quickly found the answer in the letter: "On October 13, the 820-kilometer Xiangqian Railway reached my door."
"Looking back to going home for the Chinese New Year last year, I took the train and took the car, took the car and the carriage, got off the carriage and climbed over two mountains on foot. I walked on the road for several days, and returned home without staying long. This year. It’s much more convenient to go home, and you can stay at home for a few more days." In the "Happy Account", Zhang Tao couldn't hide his happiness.
Regarding this "happy account", the current political instructor of the Jinzhong Detachment Service Support Brigade, Li Jingqiang, is still fresh in his memory.
Li Jingqiang comes from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi.
At the beginning of his tenure as the instructor of the squadron in February 2009, he was really depressed for a while, because he lived in a ravine more than 20 kilometers away from the county seat every day. I don't know when this lonely day will end.
"It is these'happiness accounts' that changed Li Jingqiang." After reading the "happiness accounts" carefully, Li Jingqiang was very moved and deeply inspired. He often selected some stories and testimonials to read to all officers and soldiers.
"We have moved into a new barracks", "The squadron has opened the Internet", "The squadron has added a laundry room and a barber room", "We have put on a new uniform", and the psychological counseling exercises prepared by the squadron are promoted by the squadron;
"My family is divided into land" "My family has added a cow" "My family has built a new house" "My family bought a car" "Now I can take the high-speed train when I go home" "Every time I go home I can see new changes"...
For 72 years, the fourth squadron on duty has gone from the bustling downtown area to the Gobi Gobi in the northwest to Jinzhong in Shanxi, from the People's Liberation Army to the Public Security Forces to the Armed Police Forces. The tradition of keeping "happiness accounts" has never changed and has never been interrupted.
Wang Cheng, head of the Jinzhong Detachment of the Shanxi Provincial Armed Police Corps, introduced that in 72 years, the Fourth Squadron on duty has won the collective third-class merits more than 40 times, and has been rated as "Advanced Squadron for Grassroots Construction" more than 50 times.
For many years, one of the important things for recruits to leave the squad, trainees to the squad, and after the cadres arrived was to learn the "happy account" of the squadron, so as to lead the officers and soldiers to inspire their souls and serve the country faithfully.
"Many of the small things in the'Happy Account' seem trivial, but they define the concept of happiness in different eras, answering'Where does today's happy life come from? Where is the value of the military's happiness?'" Armed Police Shanxi Provincial Corps Fan Yaochong, political committee member of the Jinzhong Detachment, said that everyone has different definitions of happiness, but everyone is eager to leave a wonderful article of this era in the "happiness account".
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