In Linxia, not far from Golmud, Qinghai.
Ever since I was a child, I have followed my parents to explore the east and the west. It seems that I have never been sure where my hometown is.
Just one primary school spans three provinces, from Henan in the Central Plains to Sichuan in the southwest, and then to Golmud in Qinghai in the northwest.
It can be said that I spent my adolescence in Golmud, Qinghai.
At that time, my father was still a railway soldier, and followed the troops to participate in the first phase of the national construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
But what do we know? We children only know how to build railways and go to the cold and deserted desert.
The first phase of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is about 846 kilometers long, starting from Xining in Qinghai in the east, passing through the mountains, passing through the grassland Gobi, passing through the salt lake swamp, and reaching the Gobi Golmud at the foot of Kunlun Mountain in the west.
The first phase of Qinghai-Tibet Railway started construction from 65438 to 0958. My father followed the troops of the Seventh Normal College of Railway Corps from 65438 to 0978 to Golmud. At that time, their father told them to go up the mountain.
65438+May 0984 The whole section was completed and opened to traffic.
The railway soldiers were collectively transferred to other jobs and merged into the Ministry of Railways in June 65438+1 October 1984.
In the summer of July and August of the same year, all the collectively demobilized officers and men took their children and led the whole family to set foot on the military column for the last time, or settled in Xi 'an or settled in Taiyuan, where they took root.
When I left Golmud, I was still in my prime. It's been 36 years now, and my life is half over.
Today seems to be not far from Golmud. How can you not let my heart surge?
Thankfully, my lover and I have the same experience. He is eager to return to Golmud one day and recall his lost youth.
It's just that I have no memory of the geographical location of my past life.
I only remember the place where I once lived. There are four rows of bungalows. There are four families living in each row of bungalows, and each family has a small yard.
Not far from the door, there is a public toilet on the left front. Oh, my God! This impression is very deep. In the early 1980s, there was no bathroom at home.
Further on is the earth wall of our yard. There is a big gap here, but it is not a regular door. Going out is a road. Go left to school and right. Not far away, you will find a wider road leading to the street.
As far as I can remember, I still have a big conference room for my father. We went to see the Spring Festival Gala, Huo Yuanjia and Zhen Chen ... Not everyone could go, but they all went quietly.
I called my father to ask him about some memories of Golmud. My father is not as good as me, and he doesn't remember anything. I was anxious when I asked, and my father said, Do you remember homesickness and the time when you can't go back? ...
I think maybe dad forgot it on purpose.
I am a lover. Although he was not in the division, he was in the battalion, and he can recall much more things than me.
He knows that the gate of HQ faces east, and the road ahead is called Kunlun Road. He also knows that the division hospital is opposite the division headquarters, just across a small forest. He also knows that the municipal government is probably not far from HQ, opposite the division hospital; Go straight along Kunlun Road to Golmud Railway Station. ...
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