Li Mu stayed in Chuncheng for a few days.
In the past few days, he has witnessed the arrival of surviving Flying Tigers one after another. Regardless of whether the veterans are in good or poor health, they have all been arranged in the military hospital. Nearly twenty old Flying Tigers are in the modern military hospital. In the hospital, I reunited with my comrades from the past.
The identities of many veterans can be cross-checked here. Although no one can recognize all the others, everyone will be recognized and remembered by others. Even if they are unknown, everyone can exchange unit numbers and leaders. Names and the various battles they participated in that year, everyone can always find many common experiences and memories.
As a result, after many years, these old people lived the life they had dreamed of for decades. They were able to gather with those who served during the war, talk about the past, cry together, and laugh together.
All the relatives of the old man were arranged in a hotel near the military hospital. The volunteers conveyed Li Mu's arrangement to them: All family members who accompanied the old man to Chuncheng and wanted to stay in Chuncheng to accompany the old man could do so for free indefinitely. Living in the hotel, if they need to leave first due to work or life reasons, the foundation will also purchase return tickets and air tickets for them, and promises them that it will take good care of the elderly who stay in Spring City for recuperation.
In a few days, most of the relatives left Spring City one after another, but for these old people, they were not sad at all, because their relatives had been with them for decades, and those around them at this moment were all from back then. Being able to stay with the comrades who have lived and died together and haven't seen each other for decades has been their dream for decades, and now this dream has finally come true.
The film team that the foundation cooperates with has been stationed in Spring City. They will record the lives of the elderly every day and conduct interviews with the elderly in batches. Some interviews are individual and some are in small batches, such as Sun Xiaozhong and Han Zili. The two old men were arranged to be interviewed together.
The identity and energy of these two old men are very significant representatives among the entire old Flying Tigers. Old man Sun Xiaozhong had a rough life, but old man Han Zili had a much happier life.
After Mr. Han Zili fled back to the mainland by plane from Taiwan, he was treated like a hero at first and even became a representative figure for a while. At that time, the mainland hoped that he could join the People's Liberation Army Air Force, but the old man still refused after weighing it. Reporter Asked about the reason, the old man explained: The biggest idea at that time was to reunite with his family. After all, he had fought enough for more than ten years.
At that time, the mainland also respected the old man's decision enough. The plane that the old man risked his life to fly back to the mainland was naturally left to the government. The old man followed his family to Sichuandu, where his family had settled, and started the journey he longed for most back then. of ordinary life.
Due to the old man's surrender, he was originally given some special treatment when he first returned to the mainland. However, during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, due to the urgent shortage of pilots on the front lines, especially experienced pilots, the military again mobilized the old man to join the People's Liberation Army Air Force and protect the family. Weiguo, the old man refused to agree, so the special treatment gradually came to an end. Later, during various movements, the old man suffered some crimes. Fortunately, there was a brother Pao Ze who joined the People's Liberation Army in 45 years to take care of him. , allowing the elderly to escape from various sports, and then live a dull life until now.
During the Cultural Revolution, there were still many rebels and young generals who were still thinking about the old man's identity as a national soldier. However, after the Cultural Revolution, the old man's identity was completely forgotten by society. Then he entered an era of rapid economic development, that is, No one looked back to understand the old man's past experiences. Mr. Han Zili joked to the camera and said: The last time someone found out his identity as a member of the Flying Tigers, it was because they wanted to criticize him. I didn't expect that after so many years, someone would still do it. Reveal his identity, and not to criticize, but to help.
Li Mu told the old man that the Veterans Immortal Foundation is looking for surviving veterans not only to help them, but also to let the whole society understand their stories again and let the whole society give them the respect and gratitude they deserve.
This is also the core concept that Li Mu has given to the entire foundation.
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After a busy few days in Spring City, the Lunar New Year is approaching.
Li Ma called Li Mu and gave him two choices about the Spring Festival. The first was that Li Mu returned to Haizhou to celebrate the New Year with them, and the second was that they went to Yanjing to celebrate the New Year with Li Mu.
Li Mu chose the first option without hesitation.
Running around all day during this period has made me feel very ashamed of my parents. Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, how can I let them go all the way to Yanjing to celebrate the New Year with me? It is unreasonable to have to go back to accompany them by myself, not to mention two families with four The old people are still here, and as a junior, I naturally have to go up there during the Chinese New Year.
Li Ma was naturally very happy with Li Mu's decision. She said that the family was waiting for him to come back to celebrate the New Year. This year, Li Ma had already reserved the largest and best box in the Haizhou Ecological Park. The extra large box could accommodate two people. There is a very large table for more than ten people. According to Li's mother, she hopes that all the relatives of the Li family and the Xiao family will spend the Chinese New Year together.
Before this, the two families had never celebrated the New Year together. After all, the older generation was not an only-child family. He was not the only son in Li’s father’s family, and she was not the only daughter in Li’s mother’s family. There really wasn’t enough reason for the two families to live together. The little family is accommodating.
But today is different from the past. The reason for thinking this way is actually mainly because of Li Mu.
Li Mu is now the biggest pride of the two families. In the words of the old man of the two families, it was really the smoke coming out of the ancestral grave that produced such a talent. Both families hope to spend the Spring Festival with Li Mu.
In fact, not only Li Mu has become the focus of the two families, but Li’s father and Li’s mother have also become the mainstay of the two families. Although Li’s father and Li’s mother’s business is much smaller than Li Mu’s, Li’s father and Li’s mother have always tried to make More relatives can get a piece of the cake from their business, so the actual situation now is that both families are making money and getting rich following Li's father and Li's mother.
Li Mu originally didn't want his parents to interact too much with relatives in business. He didn't care about money, but he felt sorry for his parents if someone hurt them. However, Li's father and Li's mother are both people who value love and justice. In their words , their total business is more than tens of millions, say 100 million scale, even if they are tricked by their relatives, they will admit it. If they are really tricked, they will stop immediately, never do business again, and follow them wholeheartedly. My son is blessed.
Since his parents were so open-minded, Li Mu did not interfere anymore. However, what made Li Mu happy was that although some of his relatives were snobbish and petty in the past, in such a state of absolutely unequal dependence, no one was a free-spirited wolf. While everyone's living standards have skyrocketed, the family ties between them have become much stronger than before.
It is precisely because of family harmony that Li's mother and Li's father decided to bring the two families together to celebrate the New Year.
Li Mu calculated the time and decided to fly directly from Yun Province to Jinling, rest at home for three to five days, and then return directly to Beijing.
So, Li Mu found Liu Xinxin and explained to her what was going on in Yun Province.
First of all, the foundation pays to organize these Flying Tigers veterans to celebrate the New Year together, including their relatives. The New Year's Eve dinner is made into a big gathering of comrades. It not only allows these old comrades to get together, but more importantly, it allows them to celebrate the New Year together. The friendship between descendants may pass away in the near future, but the friendship between family and blood can be passed down from generation to generation. In a certain era in the future, all these veterans may no longer be alive. , but their sons can still be in love with each other as brothers, pay homage to the elderly together, or drink and talk together in life;
Of course, if the veterans and their relatives are not willing, the foundation will never force them. At that time, the foundation will send the elderly who want to go home for the New Year.
Secondly, the foundation will give each of the veterans of the Flying Tigers 5,000 yuan for holiday expenses. Starting from this year, every year during the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, the foundation will give the elderly 5,000 yuan for holiday expenses and conduct a home visit to the elderly. , the foundation will be responsible for the care of those who are old and homeless; the foundation will be responsible for the care of those whose children are unfilial, and at the same time, the behavior of the unfilial children will be exposed to the whole society. Once this starts, it must be continued until every Flying Tigers veteran dies. stop.
Thirdly, Li Mu personally took the lead and cooperated with Muye Technology and Taobao Technology to jointly invest 5 million to sponsor the Yun Provincial Military Region and establish a fund for the families of martyrs in the Yun Provincial Military Region. This can be regarded as Li Mu's return of kindness to the entire military region.
This time, the military region borne all the expenses for the physical examination, treatment and recuperation of the old Flying Tigers members, giving the foundation great support. Therefore, Li Mu also had to do something for the military region. Naturally, the policies and benefits of the military region were relatively complete, and Li Mu had no ability. In order to provide some universal benefits for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he also developed a set of charity projects for the Yun Province Military Region that he originally gave to the Shenjian Brigade.
In Chuncheng these days, Li Mu also learned a lot about the situation related to the Yun Province Military Region. Although it is a peaceful era, because Yun Province is located on the border and has many armed crimes, soldiers often participate in actual combat, so the number of martyrs who sacrificed is obviously greater than In other areas, although the state provides pensions and other benefits to martyrs, after all, the deceased is gone, and no amount of compensation to the relatives of the deceased is too much. Li Mu's five million will mainly be used to assist the lives of the relatives of the martyrs and their children. education.
Five million was not a small sum in 2003. Li Mu's decision won the favor of everyone in the military region. His comrades-in-arms have a deep love. Some comrades of martyrs are still helping their relatives who sacrificed their comrades. Li Mu took it this time. Giving out five million really made them feel extra heart-warming.
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