A tribute to those romantic expressions of love
■ People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Xu Na correspondent Feng Hao
"This plateau marriage proposal ceremony is too sweet", "11-year veterans hold a marriage proposal ceremony for his wife who has been in love for 7 years", "Brother of the armed police special forces escorts down to a romantic proposal"... For the past few days, similar short videos have rushed to the news hot searches one after another. .
In the video, the Chinese soldiers' romantic expression of love touched thousands of netizens.
Everyone commented: This is the tenderness and romance of hardcore soldiers.
What does a soldier's love look like?
The poet Guo Xiaochuan said: "A soldier has his own love of a soldier, which is loyal and unswerving, and the new beauty is picturesque." The love of a soldier is romantic and firm, ordinary and great.
When ordinary lovers walk hand in hand on city street corners, they march forward firmly on the frontier of the motherland with their thoughts of their lovers.
When ordinary lovers are chasing popular dramas at home, they hold the photos of their lovers silently in battle.
When ordinary lovers travel together to visit the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, they are eager to stand guard and patrol for the motherland with their lover...
From snowy plateaus to island outposts, from desert Gobi to deep mountains and jungles, on the territory of China, countless unknown soldiers stand not only in the position of guarding the motherland, but also in the position of guarding love.
They express their love in a romantic way that they understand.
Some expressions are as warm as flames.
Knowing that his lover Li Qi was visiting relatives in the plateau, Sergeant Zhang Yong of the Bianba Border Guard Company of the Tibet Military Region thought about organizing a marriage proposal ceremony for his wife.
At the foot of the Sambra Snow Mountain, the bright sunshine witnessed their love blooming like a snow lotus.
Thousands of miles away, another veteran who went home for vacation also organized a vigorous marriage proposal for his wife who had been in love for many years.
On both sides of the diamond-ring-shaped glass plank road, there are balloons and group photos of the two of them.
Seeing her husband waiting for a long time with flowers in her hand, the military sister-in-law has already burst into tears... The romance of a soldier may be late, but it will never be absent.
Some expressions are as sweet as a mountain spring.
Lin Junde, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and his lover Huang Jianqin are both husband and wife and colleagues.
Lin Junde, who has been fighting in the front line of scientific research for a long time, fell ill. The last two months of his life were the longest time the couple stayed together in their entire lives.
He said to his wife: "We have lived together for decades and never said 'I love you', but in fact I did my best." After Lin Junde left, Huang Jianqin said with tears in his eyes, "Ma Lan, it's your whole life. The place where life has fought. In the future, I will go and return to Malan with you."
Some expressions are as persistent as a rock.
In a sudden car accident, the general Lu Lei and his fiancee Pan Xiaoxia were injured.
The next day, Lu Lei woke up with a contusion all over his body, but Pan Xiaoxia fell into a coma.
The perpetrator's family was only able to compensate 80,000 yuan due to financial difficulties, and the remaining medical expenses almost used up all of Lu Lei's savings.
After the operation, Pan Xiaoxia's condition has not improved, and the intelligence is only equivalent to that of a 2-year-old baby.
But Lu Lei did not flinch or hesitate. He pushed his wheelchair onto the red carpet and insisted on marrying his girlfriend.
In order to make Pan Xiaoxia "grow up" again, Lu Lei taught her life skills and pulled her to exercise.
He said to her, "I'll wait for you to grow up."
Some expressions are as bright as the warm sun.
Every time he came home from vacation, Fan Longjia, a platoon leader of a brigade of the 81st Army, would stand in line for a long time at the candied gourd shop that his fiancée Deng Shan loved most.
The moment Fan Longjia and Tang Hulu appeared together, Deng Shan's eyes were full of sunshine.
Li Chuanxu, a sergeant of a guard regiment in the Beijing Garrison District, has been in the army for 8 years. As he guards the heart of the motherland, he spends very little time with his lover.
Every month, Li Chuanxu recharges money at a fruit shop next to his lover's unit.
He said to his wife, "Although the card is thin, I can hear your heartbeat when I put it on you."
Homage to those romantic expressions of love.
The distance makes the soldiers' love less love for children and more for seeing things and people.
No matter how far apart, the romance that sticks to love is destined to accompany them, warm them, and inspire them to keep moving forward.
A late marriage proposal
■ PLA Daily special correspondent Li Guotao correspondent Yang Rui Zhang Zhaojie
That slap-sized stone had been on the bedside for more than a month.
Every day, Li Qi rubbed it to sleep, and when he woke up, he couldn't help but look at it for a while.
This was originally an ordinary stone, no different from the stones that can be seen everywhere on the mountain.
During the patrol that day, officers and soldiers of the Bianba Border Defense Company of the Tibet Military Region retrieved it from the Sambra Mountain Pass at an altitude of 5,330 meters.
Instructor Wang Qihong painted a five-star red flag on the front and a simple portrait of Li Qi and his lover Zhang Yong on the back.
"One side is the country, the other side is the home, let's give it to you as a souvenir!" More than a month ago, Li Qi went to the plateau to visit relatives, and Wang Qihong gave the stone to the couple.
When he left the team, Li Qi packed it into a suitcase. In addition to this stone, there was also a ring that his lover spent a week polishing with bullet casings...
When they came to this plateau, Li Qi knew how romantic this group of frontier soldiers was.
Under the snow mountain, a long-term confession brewed in advance
For Li Qi, this was an absolute surprise.
For Zhang Yong and his comrades-in-arms, this is a long-term confession brewed in advance.
On that day, a romantic proposal ceremony was held under the Sambra Snow Mountain.
Snowflakes are flying, better than the colorful petals, and the cold wind is howling, as if blessing music.
At that moment, Li Qi, who had been kept in the dark beforehand, was surprised, moved, and then a little overwhelmed...
On the first day of visiting relatives in the team, instructor Wang Qihong arranged for Li Qi and Zhang Yong to live in a company with a lower altitude.
That day, Zhang Yong solemnly said to his wife, "Let's go to the training ground to greet our comrades in arms." Li Qi readily agreed.
An hour later, they came to the training site at an altitude of 4,500 meters and saw their comrades who had been waiting for a long time.
The high plateau red on each of their faces left a deep impression on Li Qi.
Walking into the tent, Li Qi was stunned at the scene of the marriage proposal ceremony in front of her.
The marriage proposal was proposed by instructor Wang Qihong.
During the chat, Wang Qihong learned that although Zhang Yong was married and had children, he had not formally proposed to his wife so far, which also became a regret in Zhang Yong's heart.
This time Li Qi came to the team to visit relatives, and Wang Qihong worked with everyone to help Zhang Yong create this romantic surprise for his wife.
Without the petals, Li Jie cut the red paper into pieces and scattered them all over the place.
Without candles, the comrades filled the tent with balloons.
The time for Li Qi's arrival was getting closer and closer. Seeing that there were not enough pumps, the superior soldier Wang Feng simply blew with his mouth, blowing more than a dozen balloons in one breath, and his face turned red.
At the scene of the proposal ceremony, a video of Zhang Yong and Li Qi from acquaintance to falling in love, from entering the marriage hall to the birth of the child made Li Qi choked up several times.
At this moment, holding her lover's hand, tears dripped down Li Qi's cheeks.
"Dear Li Qi, I propose to you with the courage and loyalty of a soldier! This ring is made of the bullet casing I shot this year. It represents my promise." Under the snow mountain, Zhang Yong made a promise of love The oath: "At the border, I am a warrior who guards the country; at home, I want to be your hero. Li Qi, let me guard you like guarding the border, please marry me!"
It was a marriage proposal that was 16 months late.
When Zhang Yong knelt down and handed the ring to Li Qi, everything in the past kept flashing back in Li Qi's mind.
That summer, Zhang Yong came home from the army vacation for the first time.
On the train, Zhang Yong accidentally stepped on Li Qi's foot while helping a passenger next to him with his luggage. He hurriedly took out a tissue to wipe her shoes.
At that time, Li Qi had a good impression of the dark-skinned, handsome and helpful guy in front of him.
Later, the two who left each other on the phone fell in love.
Later, they got married in the torment and sweetness of missing each other...
The grievances of these years are now gone.
With tears in her eyes, Li Qi choked up and said to Zhang Yong, "You love border defense and I love you!"
At the end of the road, there is my hero
Over a mountain, another mountain.
The last trip to the plateau was far more difficult than Li Qi imagined.
Li Qi went to the plateau to visit relatives for the first time in 2017.
That year, his lover Zhang Yong suffered from synovitis in his knee.
During the hospitalization in Lhasa, Li Qi came to visit immediately.
Dizziness, chest tightness, nausea... Altitude sickness troubled Li Qi day and night.
Looking at her lover on the hospital bed, she felt distressed and admired: How did you persevere all these years!
There is a long way to go, no matter how difficult it is to go, I still want to come.
"At the end of the road, there is my hero." Li Qi said that in the 8 years of guarding the border, his lover Zhang Yong only went home for the Spring Festival twice.
This year's Spring Festival, despite Zhang Yong's dissuasion, she resolutely decided to go to the army to celebrate the New Year with her lover.
This time on the plateau, Li Qi has done her homework.
One week in advance, she started taking medicine to prevent altitude sickness.
Before leaving, Zhang Yong urged on the phone: "put on more clothes, hats, scarves and gloves."
On January 13, Li Qi took a flight from She County, Handan, her hometown, and arrived at Lhasa Gonggar International Airport the next morning after transiting in Chongqing.
I thought everything was going well, but as soon as the plane landed, Li Qi received a message from her lover: "The snow on the road is too thick, and the car that picks up the family can't arrive on time."
Fortunately, the Shannan Military Division sent vehicles to take Li Qi to Shannan.
The weather improved the next day, and they then set off for the Bianba Border Guard Company.
The urban area of Shannan is more than 200 kilometers away from the Bianba Frontier Defense Company, and the Lugula Mountain and the Dama Snow Mountain lie in between, like a moat.
On the other side of the snow mountain, Zhang Yong's heart chased the off-road vehicle all the way.
Every half hour, he called to greet him: "Where are you now? Is altitude sickness serious?"
At the end of the snow mountain, Li Qi, sitting in the car, endured severe altitude sickness, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine, I'm fine." She learned from her lover to report good news and not bad news. come.
The off-road vehicle climbed the Lugula Mountain at an altitude of 4,880 meters while panting heavily, and turned around several times.
The altitude was getting higher and higher, and the icy asphalt road gradually turned into a bumpy "Daban Road".
Suddenly, several backpack-sized stones fell from the cliff on the right side of the vehicle, hit the road with a loud noise, and rolled into the valley more than 80 meters deep on the left side of the vehicle.
Seeing this, Li Qi gasped, her hands clenched tightly on the armrest, staring straight ahead, daring not to be careless.
This is the farthest road Li Qi has traveled, the heaviest snow she has ever seen, and the coldest weather she has ever encountered.
Walking to the Lugula Mountain Pass, Li Qi was attracted by the magnificent scene wrapped in silver.
But admiration and closeness are two different things. When getting out of the car to take pictures, strong winds kept blowing snow particles towards Li Qi, and she returned to the car after a few minutes.
Li Qi likes the snow scene, but dare not get too close to the snow on the plateau.
Getting in the car and moving on, Li Qi's impatient expression was written on Li Qi's face: "How long until?"
A few hours later, under dozens of "coming soon" prompts, the barracks in the valley appeared in Li Qi's field of vision.
After the twists and turns, the familiar figure at the gate of the camp gradually became clear.
After 3 days, spanning nearly 4,000 kilometers, at the end of the road, Li Qi finally met her long-awaited husband.
Follow your footsteps and patrol the motherland together
At the late marriage proposal ceremony, Li Qi, who was full of emotion, made a request to Zhang Yong.
Looking at her lover's expectant eyes, Li Qi said, "I want to follow in your footsteps and patrol the motherland together."
The anticipation on Zhang Yong's face instantly turned into surprise.
This request, which was not discussed with him in advance, was decisively rejected by Zhang Yong: "No, no, last year, Yang Xiaochen, the wife of the old instructor Li Zhaohui, came to the team to visit relatives. During the patrol experience, it was very difficult to walk every ten steps..."
What Zhang Yong said was true.
From the resident training site at an altitude of 4,500 meters to the Zambra Pass at an altitude of 5,330 meters, not only the altitude has increased by more than 800 meters, but more dangerous is the dark ice and rocks along the way, and some steep slopes up to 70 degrees, even yaks Stay away.
"I really can't walk, so I'll go back the same way." Zhang Yong reluctantly agreed to Li Qi's stubbornness.
Before the patrol, Li Qi deliberately changed a pair of sneakers.
Who would have thought that within 100 meters of walking, the cold wind would wrap snow particles into her shoe upper, like a needle stick.
The altitude continued to rise, and when climbing a "zhi" slope, Li Qi obviously felt a panic in her heart.
Suddenly, her foot slipped and her right knee slammed heavily on the ice. Fortunately, Zhang Yong, who was beside him, was quick-witted and grabbed her arm.
Step on the dark ice, step by step startled.
After half a day, Li Qi followed the patrol team successfully to the top, looking at the Sambula Snow Mountain, which plunged into the sky, Li Qi made a loud confession to the motherland.
This scene is so familiar.
In this plateau, behind every officer and soldier, there is a partner who bravely follows for love.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2015, Leng Dongmei, wife of Zhou Tianbao, the chief of the Wuminghu post of a border defense regiment, planned to visit relatives at the post.
Just as he was about to set off for the post, the sudden heavy snow wrapped up the mountain pass leading to the post.
In order to help Zhou Tianbao and his wife have a reunion year, the regiment dispatched construction machinery and equipment to shovel snow, which opened the way to the post.
"I'm married to a border guard, but I haven't been to the border guard. I'm not a real border guard sister-in-law. I want to go to the border guard for a wedding." Even instructor Zhang Jinyuan walked onto the red carpet of happiness.
Under the bright red slogan "Home is Jade, Country is China", the couple planted a concentric tree.
Unlike other military wives who went to the border to visit her husband, Pu Yujie's trip to the border was a memorial.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2020, she once again came to the outpost where her husband had been dreaming about with her husband's wish.
In the early morning of January 1, 2020, Pu Yujie's husband, Ouyang Ye, the head of the Jibu post, was suffering from fulminant myocarditis and closed his eyes forever before he could embrace the first ray of sunshine of the new year...
Following in her husband's footsteps, Pu Yujie could not forget her husband's thoughts and feelings during his lifetime.
In front of the outpost, Pu Yujie purposely filled a bag with soil.
"I want to sprinkle the soil here in front of Ouyang Ye's tomb, so that he can always smell the outpost's breath." In one sentence, all the officers and soldiers on the scene were red-eyed.
Soldiers are great, and military wives are strong.
On January 29 this year, a border defense regiment organized a Spring Festival theatrical gala, and military sister-in-law Long Fan put the journey of visiting relatives in the plateau onto the stage.
She and her husband Hou Bin acted in their true colors, which aroused strong resonance among the officers and soldiers and military wives in the audience.
On New Year's Eve that year, Long Fan, who had just had a holiday, went straight to the airport with his suitcase and rushed to the plateau.
After the taxi drove from Lhasa Gonggar International Airport to Shannan City, it was too windy and snowy to continue.
On the snowy roadside, Long Fan cried and called her husband.
Hou Bin persuaded her to find a hotel to rest on the spot, but Long Fan refused: "I will come to you even if I go." After the regiment leader learned the news, he immediately sent a skilled driver to drive to pick up Longfan.
"Nowadays, transportation security, medical security, and accommodation security have been greatly improved, and more and more military wives are willing to visit relatives in the plateau." Yan Yuangen, head of a border defense regiment, said that the arrival of military sister-in-law is a great help to frontier defense officers and soldiers. inspiration.
The moments of life and death are inseparable, and the footsteps that are firmly followed... On this plateau, I have witnessed too many romantic loves.
Walking into the love world of border guards, we are moved and at the same time we send the best wishes to them.