In the late Qing Dynasty, China sent the first batch of overseas students. They are all teenagers. There is a boy named Zhan Tianyou who is only 12 years old. He is very clever and eager to learn. He is determined to serve his country. Later, I graduated from engineering and returned to China. However, the Qing government did not trust local talents, such as building railways and letting foreigners run them. Although Zhan Tianyou is very talented, he can only be an assistant.

1905, the news spread that the railway was to be built from Beijing to Zhangjiakou. Britain and Russia are fighting for repairs, because they know the strategic position of this railway in China, and if they master it, they can control China. At loggerheads, the two sides finally reached an "agreement", saying that if China wouldn't let them repair it, they wouldn't provide anything. They think that without them, China people would never have built this railway.

The Qing government made Zhan Tianyou the chief engineer. Some people don't trust him, saying that he has more than one can chew, saying that he is courageous and persuading him not to undertake this difficult project. Zhan Tianyou said: "If the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway loses, it will not only be my misfortune, but also bring great losses to China.

Foreigners say that engineers in China can't do it, but I insist on doing it myself! "In order to win a sigh of relief for the people of China, he devoted all his energy to eating and living with the workers on the construction site, carefully exploring and boldly experimenting. After four years of hard work, he finally succeeded in building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. This is the first railway designed and built by China people themselves, which greatly inspired the aspirations of the people of the whole country.

Zhan Tianyou won honor for his motherland, and the British who looked down on China's engineers also expressed their heartfelt admiration for him.

2. Yuan Longping

Rice is the staple food of China people. But for a long time, the rice yield is not high and the population is large, so farmers can't meet the demand of "eating" by farming and planting rice all the year round. Low grain output is a big obstacle to China's economic development. Yuan Longping, an agricultural scientist, is determined to tackle key problems for the country and solve this problem.

Yuan Longping is an agricultural school teacher in a town in Hunan. Despite the poor working conditions, he devoted himself to scientific research. In addition to teaching every day, it is to cultivate high-yield varieties in experimental fields. In his experiments, he found that natural hybrid rice had large and full ears and high yield, but when it was planted again the next year, it degenerated and lost its advantage.

He wants to carry out an experiment to cultivate hybrid rice seeds that can maintain high yield. For this ideal, Yuan Longping spent a lot of energy, sometimes observing in the experimental field, even ignoring his own home. After 10 years of efforts, it was finally cultivated successfully.

The yield per mu of this hybrid rice is over 65,438+0,000 kg. After the nationwide promotion, the rice output in China increased by 1 000 billion kilograms in a few years, which is really a leap! Yuan Longping won the first National Special Invention Award. The United States and other countries also introduced his achievements. Known as the "father of hybrid rice", he fought a turnaround to change the backward state of grain production in China.

3. Wu

Wu, an old revolutionary in China, has a strong sense of national pride since he was a child. When he was young, he went to Japan to study in a school. 1904 On New Year's Day, the school hung flags from all over the world to celebrate, but did not hang the flag of China. Wu was so angry that he took China students to the head of the school to protest: "Why don't you hang the China flag? If the school does not apologize and correct its mistakes, we will go on strike and hunger strike. "

The school said discontentedly, "We are so kind to you on weekdays, and your family is in financial difficulties. We don't urge you to pay tuition, but we also give you pocket money. Why take the lead against the school? " Wu said seriously, "I am very grateful that the school has been very good to me. But hanging the national flag is a matter of national honor and disgrace. I can't help but swear to death! " The school has to admit its mistake.

10 years later, Wu became a revolutionary. Once he went abroad, he took a Japanese boat, just in time for New Year's Day in 19 14. Ten thousand flags were hung on the boat to celebrate, but China's national flag was still not hung.

Wu remembered what happened 10 years ago, and thought sadly: the motherland is poor and weak, the government is incompetent, foreigners look down upon it, and even China can't be thought of flying the national flag! But I'm from China. Can I see the dignity of my motherland being hurt but turn a blind eye? Therefore, he did not hesitate to lead the China compatriots on board to protest against the captain. Seeing that the people of China are so patriotic and United, the captain quickly apologized.

4. Peng's story of measuring magnanimity.

More than 30 people, including Peng, commander-in-chief of the Third Army of the Red Army, inspected the terrain ahead, and the messenger shouted out of the way while holding the red flag. Only one soldier sat still. Peng shouted a few words when he saw someone in the way. The soldier stood up and gave General Peng two punches.

Mr. Peng told him to hurry. Later, the messenger tied up the soldiers and went to see General Peng. General Peng immediately asked him to go back. The soldier knew that he was in trouble, and he was afraid. I was deeply moved to see that General Peng was able to shrug off. Later, everyone said, "The commander-in-chief is really generous!"

5. Lu Xun

Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When I was a teenager, I attended Jiangnan Naval Academy and got excellent results in the first semester. The school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the street of Nanjing Gulou and sold it. Then he bought some books and a bunch of red peppers.

Whenever it's cold at night and he can't stand reading at night, he picks a pepper and chews it in his mouth, making his forehead sweat. In this way, he insisted on studying. After studying hard, he finally became a famous writer in China.