Introduction to "He Defends the Country, I Defend the Home"
Zhang Xiaoyu from the F City Public Security Bureau has long been accustomed to balancing her life amidst the late night police lights and the sound of wind and snow on the other end of the phone. As the wife of Border Guard Second Artillery Soldier Cheng Jie, her battlefields are in the city streets—the exchanges of words in the interrogation room, the race against time when emergencies arise, and the daily support of elderly people living alone. A police uniform carries the promise of the safety of thousands of families. Thousands of miles away on the border line, Cheng Jie and his comrades were stationed at the alpine outpost, guarding the territory in the wind and snow. Every training and every duty was the heaviest practice of "defending the country."
During the days when the two places were separated, the video call signal was intermittent, and the promised reunion was always interrupted by unexpected tasks. Zhang Xiaoyu once faced the embarrassment of a burst water pipe alone, and also missed an emergency call from her husband late at night while working overtime. But when she saw the dust-stained military medals sent by Cheng Jie and saw the trusting smiling faces of the people in her jurisdiction, all her grievances turned into the strength to persevere. Cheng Jie is well aware of the difficulty of his wife. A reminder during training, a package of border specialties, and a secretly recorded safety video are all his concerns across mountains and seas.
They are "comrades-in-arms" who fight side by side. One protects the peace of the country, and the other protects the city's fireworks. There is no warmth of being together day and night, but there is a tacit understanding of "you guard the country, and I guard the home"; there is no romance of flowers in front of and under the moon, but there is the deep affection of mutual understanding. When the police badge and the military badge face each other from a distance, this persistence across thousands of miles is not only a responsibility to the family and the country, but also the hottest confession of a pair of lovers.
Purpose: The two-way persistence of military families and border guards interprets the responsibility and affection of a small family and a big country.