Chapter 3 2. My father and mother
Perhaps because of the influence of my parents, I have been very active since I was a child.When I grew up, my father told me that he used to be a sports committee member when he was studying.Although he is not very tall, he has been selected to the county team in volleyball and the school team in basketball. He is also good at track and field and swimming.
Of course, everything I have today is also thanks to my mother.If she hadn't come to Shanghang from Fuzhou, and finally stayed and took root in Shanghang, I might not be here today.My mother often said that as long as there is a slight deviation in fate, where does the "Super Dan" come from?
My mother is the eldest daughter of the family, and I have an uncle and an aunt. In 1969, my grandfather’s family came to Shanghang from Fuzhou as a decentralized cadre, when my mother was only 12 years old.My mother met her father, who was a class above her, in Shanghang No. 1 Middle School, but the two never spoke a word.It wasn't until I graduated from high school and went to the countryside that my mother was assigned to Lufeng Commune in Shanghang County, only to find out that my father lived above her.
The "big lady" from Fuzhou suddenly had to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants and do all kinds of farm work.Spring plowing, summer planting, autumn harvesting, early work every day, and overtime work after dark.After finishing the work assigned by the educated youth, he also helped the production team plant seedlings, pick millet, and cut rice.Even the water for washing and cooking has to be fetched from the creek in turn.At the worst time, I was hungry at night but had nothing to eat.It is not bad to be able to eat noodles, but there is not a drop of oil in the noodle soup.
My father was considered a strong labor force in the production team. At that time, he could get 50 cents for a maximum of 8 work points a day, and my dad could always get more than 40 cents.For educated youth like them, there is still 8 yuan of food subsidies from the government every month in the first year, 4 yuan in the second year, and they will have to support themselves in the third year, so the payment will no longer be given.
Fortunately, three years later, the educated youth ushered in the recruitment examination.At that time, my grandparents had already returned to Fuzhou.At that time, each family could take care of one child, so the mother took the initiative to give up this spot to the aunt.At that time, my mother was considered tall, and she played the center position in the basketball team. No matter how bad the farm work was, she was better than her younger aunt, so she stayed without hesitation.
In 1978, my father was recruited to work for the Longyan Automobile Company Shanghang Team.He became the mother's only support in Shanghang.In the second year, my mother also passed the exam and became a salesperson in Shanghang Pharmaceutical Company.All kinds of turmoil in that era, parents have caught up.Fortunately, my mother is optimistic by nature. Although Shanghang is nearly 600 kilometers away from Fuzhou, she always feels that life will get better.
There was an interlude in between.In order to change her fate, not long after she arrived in Lufeng Commune, her mother had the idea of joining the army.At that time, the Nanjing army came to the VIP, and there was only one place.My mother asked the secretary of the commune to change her age by one year, so that the army leaders could not use her as an excuse to dismiss her in the first round.The items in the test include fixed-point shooting, three-step layup, push-ups and so on.As a result, my mother lost in push-ups.She never knew, nor saw, what a push-up was.And her competitor used to practice gymnastics, and earned a lot of impression points in this category.In addition, the other party had already been sent to the countryside for two years at that time, and my mother was still a little girl who had just graduated from high school.Just such a mistake, the army chose someone else, and my mother's dream of joining the army did not come true.
Now, I have been in the army for 17 years, and my mother's dream of joining the army has long been forgotten. Instead, she began to feel glad that she was not selected.In her words: "If I really want to go to the Nanjing army to become a nurse, where can I get the 'Super Dan'?" The mother was born in Nanjing, grew up in Fuzhou, and finally stayed in Shanghang. What kind of fate?
Maybe because of being the eldest in the family, my mother has been very courageous since she was a child.After my grandfather came to Fuzhou as a cadre going south, he was assigned to the Peking Opera Troupe of Fujian Province.There are no other entertainment facilities in the family compound of the Beijing Opera Troupe, the most common is the basketball hoop.At that time, there were often competitions between each class in the school, and my mother was the center of their class.
The Peking Opera Troupe of Fujian Province is very close, so my mother has learned to swim since she was a child, and even joined the elementary school swimming team.This is not the most powerful, in the fifth grade, she actually started to play diving.The three-meter platform, the five-meter platform, the seven-meter platform... There are no fancy movements, just plunge into the water like a popsicle.But that was also very remarkable, making her classmates envious.
Later, my grandfather's family was sent to Shanghang, but my mother's "heroic" deeds when she was a child were not taken lightly.Until a few years ago, some of her classmates called my mother from Fuzhou and asked: "Is that 'Super Dan' who plays badminton your son?" After a while: "It must be the one in our class! When she was a child, she 'jumped popsicles' on the Qimi Platform. No one else dared to, but she dared to dance. 'Super Dan' is her son, so it must be true." It seems that my sports Cells are somewhat related.
Sports also brought a lot of comfort to my parents during the difficult days when they went to the mountains and went to the countryside, until they had me.Every year, Shanghang County’s business system organizes activities on festivals such as New Year’s Day, Women’s Day, Labor Day, and National Day. There are more than a dozen teams, and my mother is naturally the main force.She always takes me with her. When the adults are playing games on the court, I will help them pick up basketballs.During the tug-of-war, I also mixed in with the adult team.He was naughty when he was young, but the grown-ups still liked it when they saw such a little guy.Now that I think about it, since then, I have been exposed to various sports activities.
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