you said you remembered that day
1964, when you were born on the cold winter
December the 20th.
two short years after the great famine. food were still short.
You did not remember much, but remember the little rice in the bowl
the feeling of being hunted by hunger
“So I joined army at 17 years old, becoming a signaller, for a montly salary of 7.5 Yuan"
“I dreamed big, I wanted to make something in the army"
“things just followed, and my focus shifted"