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Chapter 106 After reading "Affectionately Saying Goodbye"

Comrade Wei Wei's prose "Affectionate Farewell" was originally published in the eighth edition of "People's Daily" on November 14, 1958, and was selected in the second volume of "Chinese" of secondary professional schools. It eulogizes the spirit of proletarian internationalism, and throughout the text, it reverberates and stirs the deep and rock-solid feelings formed by the people of China and North Korea in the bloody war against the United States.This feeling was so heroic and strong when we fought against the invaders together, but it became so deep and tactful at the moment of parting between our friends.Only those who gnash their teeth and hate their enemies from the bottom of their hearts will naturally have an unforgettable love for their loved ones.These are two aspects of noble class feeling.

This article has a rigorous and natural structure.The first sentence, "I came to North Korea amid the sound of triumphant songs", immediately made readers feel that "people return with triumphant songs". The great War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea came to an end with the shameful defeat of the invaders, and the Korean land is in a state of tranquil revival. The Chinese People’s Volunteers will also leave the place they have defended for eight years and return to the motherland they miss all the time. The soldiers who stand unyielding in the face of powerful enemies and are as strong as steel, but the North Korean people who "forge a life-and-death friendship once they leave here" suddenly become so meticulous and gentle.They are busy day and night, trying their best to do something for the North Korean people to express their "sincere heart".They painted the barracks and polished the kettles for the People's Army who took over the defense... They used their strength and wisdom to beautify the camp.They presented the farewell gifts from the relatives of the motherland who had been close to each other in the past eight years as gifts to the comrades in arms of the People's Army.Other soldiers tried their best to give their North Korean comrades in other things.

civilian army.They didn't have any cloth, so they tore off the furoshiki, found some pigments, and dyed a few strands of colored thread. They also added alkali to make it never fade.In this way, the warrior who killed the enemy picked up the embroidery needle and became an embroidery girl.Embroidery, embroidering, two embroidered handkerchiefs have finally been embroidered.They also wrote the following poem: …Thinking of each other, the friendship between China and North Korea is deeper than the sea. What a touching scene! The author leads readers from the barracks of the volunteer army to the villages around the barracks.There, the volunteers built bridges for the local people, dug rivers, repaired houses, and made furniture... The ingenious soldiers also carved walking sticks for the old people and made toys for the children, which made the old people shed tears of gratitude and praised the local people. "The Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong taught well", praising "the hearts of these Chinese children".

The most beautiful story is the story of soldiers repairing a house for a lonely woman with four children in Sun Rock. "With deep love, the soldiers dyed the pillars red, and painted birds, insects and flowers under the eaves..." This reminds us of the promenade by the lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing, but the paintings under the eaves are nothing else It is not a story, but a "painting of the two peoples fighting side by side" between China and North Korea. The section where the soldiers sent the family into this magnificent new residence is very lively and moving.This lonely woman "fell on the soldier's shoulders and shed her tears." Her old mother poured out wine, held it to the lips of the political commissar, and told her poetic dream she had last night.This is a fairy-tale beautiful dream formed by the sincere attachment of the Korean people to our volunteers.

Starting from this beautiful dream, the author fully describes the North Korean people's attachment to the Chinese volunteers who are about to leave.They had no intention of sleeping, eating, and restless day and night, repeatedly inquiring about the travel date.The grandmothers enthusiastically sent the precious ornaments and delicious things they collected to the arms and mouths of the volunteers.The grandpas wrote poems in Chinese one after another, and put them in self-pasted white paper envelopes to praise this incomparably rare friendship. There are endless gifts to send and endless poems to write.But at last the moment of parting came.On a dawn in late autumn, the Korean people who hadn’t slept all night wore thin clothes and held a crimson maple leaf—this maple leaf, in Chinese classical literature, was originally dyed red by Liren’s tears! ——Standing in the chilly morning breeze, I saw him off along the road.

These brave North Korean people, they firmly remembered the exhortations of the soldiers and the ri (village) cadres last night. In order not to make passers-by feel uncomfortable, they held back their tears and distributed gifts to the assembled troops. Red maple leaves wrapped around confetti flowers on a jeep.The departure signal rang, and the troops moved, walking towards the crowd that lined the road.When we read this, we were moved to tears, but the heroic Korean people waved their fiery red maple leaves and shouted "Glory" and "Long Live", but they still didn't cry!

The strongest is a mother's heart, and the softest is also a mother's heart! "When the soldiers held the old mother's hand and called out, 'Grandma, goodbye!' I don't know which old mother couldn't help it, held the soldier's hand, and was the first to cry." Up to this point, the article is like the spring water of Fang Sheng, letting the rain of tears that has been repeatedly forced to pour into it.All the people who saw off were in tears, and the soldiers marched in the torrential rain of tears. "It's not just anyone crying, it's the entire Korean nation sending their dearest and dearest friends with their hearts!"

The heroic Korean people were so strong in the raging flames of war. When they felt sorry for the blood of the Chinese soldiers and expressed their gratitude for their work, they were so excited that they shed tears of the most noble evaluation of the Chinese soldiers.No, these are not tears, these are the pearls that are invaluable and hard to buy for Chinese soldiers! The last paragraph is written particularly vividly and in full swing.The soldiers couldn't help crying. In the attachment of parting, they even obediently let the children and women of North Korea take their backpacks and carried them on their shoulders and put them on their heads.This "not like a team" is the only "most powerful team" in the world. A heart to heart, shoulder to shoulder rushing to the torrent of socialism, communism society, no mountains and deep ditch can stop its progress.

With the thoughts and emotions of the soldiers, the author presents the scenes he deeply feels and sees to the readers in detail, vividly and vividly.From the very beginning, he wrote down with the unrestrained emotion of his own, and described everything at that time and place vividly.Mentioned at the beginning of the article: bright autumn, quiet fields, fiery red maple leaves, floating colorful skirts, and the dawn of late autumn at the end of the article, the tall black gauze hat, and the mountains covered with red maple forests...these outstanding places The colors are just like glowing pearls, firmly run through by the red thread of farewell affection between the Chinese and North Korean people.Such a narrative is successful.

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