My Cousin

In the late autumn of 1977, 18-year-old Tan Tongren stood at a crossroads of destiny - the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination spread across the country. The third son of a farm family in the mountainous area of ​​northern Guangdong and a substitute teacher in a village primary school had a chance to graduate from farming through the examination. The two brothers in the family have separated and lived separately. The old father is old and sick, and the younger sister is still young. He is the only one left to take care of his parents. Faced with the opportunity to change his destiny, he made a decision that shocked the whole village - to give up the college entrance examination and sign up to join the army. Three years of military service forged his strength and will. In 1980, civil aviation separated from the military establishment, and he joined the army and transferred to a large international airport in the south. He started as an airport cargo porter and after more than 30 years of trials and hardships, he finally retired as a department manager of a civil aviation transportation company. Through the perspective of "I" - my cousin Zhou Xiaojun, the novel tells the epic story of my cousin Tan Tongren's struggle from a farmer in northern Guangdong to a backbone of civil aviation transportation management, and shows the magnificent journey of China's civil aviation from its staggering start to its soaring wings.