Insufficient balance

  On the third day after his father's death, Bao Yulin rushed to the political department of the military region. If there was still a glimmer of hope, he would rather stay by his father's coffin at this time. However, he knew that if he couldn't prove his innocence, including the villagers in his hometown of Xiangshui Village, they wouldn't welcome him back. He could understand that having someone suspected of treason living in the village was a shame to all the people of Xiangshui Village.

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  "Bao Yulin, what you said proves that we cannot open it for you. We don't know by what means you viewed your own file, but just this one thing gives us reason to believe that there is a problem with your character. Personal files are classified as confidential documents, and we will investigate this matter." The person in charge of receiving Bao Yulin at the Political Department was the same person who had conducted his political examination. Bao Yulin's file was written by himself, so he naturally knew what it said.

  "No, I haven't seen my file, no one has shown it to me. But I heard that there is a paragraph in my file that says: 'This comrade's situation during his captivity in Vietnam is suspicious, but currently, there is no evidence to prove it, and it is suggested that the unit using him should be cautious to avoid unnecessary losses for the country.' Do you know? You wrote this and made everyone think I'm a traitor, making it impossible for me to find work, and my family can't hold their heads up. Two days ago, my father was so afraid of being pointed at that he only dared to fetch water at night, but ended up falling to his death."

  As he spoke, Bao Yulin stood up excitedly, pointing at the political department personnel: "It's because you wrote this that I don't even have the qualifications to send off my father. The whole village doesn't let me go back, and...and..." Bao Yulin didn't know what else to say.

  "Bang!" The cadre of the political department slammed his hand on the table, pointing at Bao Yulin with a file folder: "You sit down! I'm telling you, this is an army unit! It's not a place where you can point fingers and be reckless! Be careful or I'll have someone take you away!" The cadre of the political department was furious. Not to mention that Bao Yulin was just a retired soldier who had also been a prisoner of war. Even ordinary grassroots cadres wouldn't dare speak to him like this, pointing at his nose.

  Bao Yulin's momentum was suddenly halted, and he thought of himself as having something to ask of others. At that moment, he let out a sobbing cry.

  The people in the political department saw Bao Yulin's appearance and thought that these few sentences in the file might bring him trouble, but sympathetically speaking, he was not wrong to write this way.

  "Bao Yulin, don't cry and there's no need to come looking for us. You should know that your case indeed has many suspicious points, we have to be responsible to the organization and can only write the truth. Of course, we haven't given a conclusion saying you have committed treason, how others understand it is not our problem. Of course, regarding your case, we will continue investigating." The cadre from the political department could understand Bao Yulin's situation, but under the circumstances that had not changed, he could only say this. In his understanding, probably for the rest of his life there would be no change.

  "But can't you give me a certificate to prove that I didn't betray my country? You know, I won't be able to go home and pay respects to my father without it." Bao Yulin said pitifully. He had no way out, without this thing, the people of Xiangshui Village wouldn't let him return, and his sister wouldn't let him pay respects to their father either.

  "We can't help you with this issue. Firstly, we cannot provide such proof as it is not serious enough. Secondly, you have already been discharged and any issues should be resolved through the local government, our troops cannot intervene in the management of the local government. Moreover, your file is no longer under our management. I think you need to explain yourself to your family and villagers, we can't prove anything for you." The political commissar also sympathized with Bao Yulin, but he was powerless, as a matter of principle, things cannot be changed due to sympathy. Besides, there are still cases like Bao Yulin's, one can only hope that time will make people forget these things.

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  Bao Yulin's heart is dead, he didn't get anything.

  Xiangshui Village is gone, and Bao Yulin doesn't dare to face the people of Xiangshui Village. He also can't go back to Panshi Town, he believes that going back will only add trouble for his family, and he's also afraid of being pointed at behind his back. Suddenly, Bao Yulin feels that in this vast world, there isn't a single place where he can settle down. If he had known it would be like this, he might as well have died from the start.

  Bao Yulin didn't want to cause any more trouble for his family because of his own affairs. His father had already passed away, and his mother's health was not good either. With a reputation like his, finding work was out of the question. His sister wasn't married yet, and now that things were like this, it should be a good thing for her; otherwise, she might have been implicated too. It seemed he should stay far away from Panshi, best to go somewhere where no one knew him, only then would people not look down on him because of his past as a prisoner of war, and he could possibly survive. But where was he supposed to go?

  Bao Yulin wandered around, he had tried it before, in big cities, no matter what you want to do, you need to have proof, otherwise no one will use you. But where can Bao Yulin get the proof? Maybe people from a little farther away don't pay so much attention to proof. As long as you have some strength, you can always make a living for yourself.

  "Comrade, are you hiring here? I have strength and can do the job." At the gate of a cement factory, Bao Yulin inquired.

  "Come on! As long as you can work, that's all! We provide food and accommodation, 20 yuan a month." The old doorman was quite impressive, but he had the capital to back it up, this kind of treatment is not common.

  "Can you help me say that I can go to work right away?" Bao Yulin was delighted. With food and accommodation taken care of, he could save at least 15 yuan a month, which would be 180 yuan a year. He could then send the money back home, and his mother would have enough for medical treatment. The remaining money could also be used to improve their diet.

  "Alright, hand over your ID and I'll go ask for you!" The doorman seemed quite enthusiastic.

  "Proof?" Bao Yulin smiled wryly: "Old man, can you help me out? I lost my proof and now I don't have the money to go back. Can I start working first and take a little less salary? Once I have a place to settle down, I'll get my family to send over the proof." Bao Yulin hadn't expected that even in such a remote place, he would still need proof.

  "No proof?" The old man's face turned faster than the child, and as soon as he heard that Bao Yulin had no proof, he shook his head repeatedly: "Go, go, go! What are you doing here without proof? Who knows what kind of person you are? If you're a bad guy, what then? I'm telling you, without proof, hurry up and leave, don't get in the way. Go do whatever you need to do!"

  Such things had happened to Bao Yulin many times before, he understood that it seemed he still needed to find the next one.

  "What a joke! You come out to find work without any proof? If you're capable, go to Hong Kong, nobody asks for proof there!" The old man's voice was quite loud, obviously trying to mock Bao Yulin.

  Bao Yulin, who was gradually walking away, stumbled upon hearing the old man's words. Perhaps this was indeed an option, Hong Kong? Maybe he could find a way to make a living there. At least no one would recognize him, and no one would say he was a prisoner of war. If he worked hard for a few years, after making a lot of money, not only could he find a good hospital for his mother to receive treatment, but also buy some things for his sister. When he returned to Xiangshui Village again, he would already be a Hong Kong and Macau compatriot, and who would still care whether he had been a prisoner of war or not? This might indeed be a way out.

  Bao Yulin knew that sneaking into Hong Kong at the time was a crime, but what could be worse than his current crime? Traitor, national traitor! What's the big deal about being an illegal immigrant once? At most, he would be caught and detained for two years, it's like not being released from a Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp yet.

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  Lin Xiao Jing changed her job to the local procuratorate. After all, she was a soldier and worked hard with enthusiasm. She was also smart. Within a few months, leaders began to praise her at large and small meetings. Of course, this was also related to her background and the social environment at that time. Not to mention Lin Xiao Jing's parents' high level, just the second-class military merit on her body made her stand out in front of everyone.

  Don't look at Lin Xiao Jing's glorious appearance in front of everyone, but at night, she often wakes up from nightmares. In the dream, there were gunshots everywhere, followed by scenes of blood flowing like rivers. Because of this, after Lin Xiao Jing retired from her job, she almost never had a good sleep. As for what happened at the field hospital that day, Lin Xiao Jing only remembered that the Vietnamese attacked the field hospital and killed everyone, but she forgot why the Vietnamese attacked the field hospital.

  After the war, the military district's political department specially found Lin Xiaoqing to understand the situation when the field hospital was attacked. However, Lin Xiaoqing remembered very limited things, and the doctor said it was selective amnesia. Because at that time there was only one survivor, Lin Xiaoqing, so her words were taken as evidence, which led to two possibilities. First, the Vietnamese intentionally captured Bao Yulian in order to use this hero who was about to be publicized for their own unmentionable purposes. The other is that Bao Yulian had already betrayed and colluded with the Vietnamese to raid the field hospital. Although later events basically confirmed that the possibility of this matter was not great, it does not mean there was no possibility.

  In Lin Xiao Jing's memory, the name Bao Yu Lin had always been very familiar, but she couldn't remember why it was so familiar. Lin Xiao Jing kept trying to convince herself that it was because Bao Yu Lin used to be a wounded soldier under her care, and later there were many messages about him that made her very familiar with this name. However, these seemed to be no reason, and she had no reason to be so familiar with this name, as if it was printed on her bones.

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  On this day, the procuratorate organized all cadres to go to the auditorium to listen to the report of the heroic model report team of the Vietnamese self-defense counterattack war. When Zhang Xihang talked about how they were in the Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp and fought wits with the Vietnamese guards, and how they guarded against the traitors among the prisoners, such as Bao Yulin, Lin Xiaoqing suddenly remembered something. Bao Yulin? Wasn't he the hero she had admired at first? The Vietnamese attacked the field hospital, wasn't it to capture him? The scene at that time flashed through Lin Xiaoqing's mind like a movie. She remembered everything!

  As soon as the meeting was over, Lin Xiaoqing rushed to the Political Department of the Military Region and gave a detailed account of the situation at that time. Not for anything else, after all, she was originally a soldier and now a national cadre, it is necessary to reflect the situation truthfully.

  At that time, the Political Department also learned about some situations through other channels. A former guard at a POW camp in Hanoi was incorporated into a front-line unit after the camp was disbanded and was captured by our border defense troops while on a penetration mission. After learning of his original identity as a guard at the Hanoi POW camp, he was handed over to the Military Region for the purpose of cooperating with the Vietnamese Self-Defense Forces' Counterattack War Model Report Team's propaganda activities. As a result, some information about Bao Yulin surfaced after careful questioning by the Military Region.

  Combined with the situation of Lin Xiao Jing Hu Bao, the military region came to this conclusion. Because Bao Yulin fought bravely in this sniper battle and eliminated important enemy members, out of revenge and propaganda purposes, the enemy raided the field hospital and captured Bao Yulin who was unconscious. Later, apart from using synthesized tapes for propaganda purposes, they also cleverly used Bao Yulin's identity to create a fake appearance of Bao Yulin's betrayal in order to divide the prisoners of war.

  Bao Yu-lin did not know what consideration he was in at the time and did not stand out to explain this point. Instead, he took advantage of the Vietnamese people's lax vigilance and covered up in many ways, finally leading to the collective escape of the Hanoi prisoner-of-war camp, but unfortunately, he was captured again.

  After the people in the political department understood and analyzed the situation, they felt that things were somewhat unexpected. All along, Bao Yulin had been used as a negative teaching material for lectures. But now it seems that he not only has no fault, but also has merit, and his contribution is not small.

  The matter was then reported to the superior.

  After understanding the situation, the superiors also found it difficult. The report team's report had been made for many sessions, and everyone habitually thought that there was indeed a traitor appearing, but now this traitor had become a meritorious official, so how should this be handled in terms of propaganda?

  The military region leaders deliberated for a long time and felt that Bao Yulin's situation was still not easy to publicize. After all, the model report team's report had almost come to an end, and it would be meaningless to change anything now. However, rewards were still needed for meritorious service. The military region party committee made a decision to award Bao Yulin first-class merit, instructing the local armed forces department to immediately resolve Bao Yulin's work problems and take responsibility for comforting the hero's family members, eliminating the impact as much as possible. Bao Yulin's name would no longer appear in the model report team's report.

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  When Director Lü of the Armed Department saw the comrades who came to transmit orders in Panshi Town, he was deeply moved. Who would have thought that Bao Yulin's body would have so many stories?

  According to the address on the registration form, when Minister Lü and comrades from the Military Region Political Department arrived at Xiangshui Village, a layer of green grass had already grown over Bao Guohua's grave.

  In front of all the villagers, Comrade from the Military Region Political Department presented a wreath to Bao Guohua and read out Bao Yulin's meritorious certificate in front of his tomb.

  Bao Yufeng was crying so hard that she became incoherent. It had been several months since Bao Yulin's father passed away, and no one knew what his current situation was. Bao Yufeng regretted not giving her brother a chance to explain himself before he left with grievances, without even allowing him the opportunity to pay respects at their father's grave. The villagers of Xiangshui Village also regretted their actions, treating someone who had made great contributions to the country and its people so cruelly, indirectly causing his father's death. Unfortunately, all this was now irretrievable.

  Finally, in order to take care of the family members of meritorious officials, the Political Department of the Military Region stepped forward and solved the work problem for Bao Yufeng. She was arranged to work in the county government. It can be regarded as some compensation for Bao Yulin. Unfortunately, what Bao Yufeng hoped more was to see her brother return to her side.

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  At this time, in a construction site in Hong Kong, Bao Yulin was working day and night with a group of people who had sneaked across the border. The boss of the construction site said that once the project is completed, everyone's wages will be paid in full at one time, so that everyone can have money to send back home.

  In a refugee camp in Hong Kong, a baby is being taken care of by a group of uncles and aunts to celebrate his 100th day. After this day, the child named Vu Duc Quoc will be sent to St. Christopher's Home and will grow up there. His nationality will also change from Vietnamese to British Hong Kong.

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