Think back then, why did all the "children in the courtyard" in Beijing like to wear "military uniforms"?

For this special group of young people, the "children in the compound", there is basically no need to worry too much about the future. During that period, military children had a special social status. After graduating from high school, they did not have to go to the mountains and countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants, and they could enlist in the army. For military children, it is much easier for them to join the army. Naturally, they have a high sense of superiority in life. People in society also look down upon them. 1. At that time, it was not a problem for "children in the compound" to join the army

After 1949, the immigrant population in Beijing increased. The four districts of Haidian, Chaoyang, Shijingshan, and Fengtai were basically composed of new immigrants. composed. Not many residents of old Peiping participated in the revolution before liberation, so the number of cadres and family members brought into Beijing by the central party, government, and military departments was no less than one million. At that time, the large area outside Fuxing Gate was known as "New Beijing".

In Wang Shuo's work, the military compound brother represented by Ma Xiaojun lives in such an environment. Milan, played by Ning Jing in "Sunny Days", does not belong to the "big courtyard brother". The reason why she wants to hang out with the big courtyard brother is because she wants to join the army through this relationship. In fact, I also find it quite boring. Since people say they can help me, I will take advantage of them. I really want to be a soldier, but unfortunately our family is local and there is no way? Do you think he will help me?

As for? Ma Xiaojun, a fellow in the courtyard, was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, but he answered Milan's question in this tone: As long as his father nods, it should be no problem to join their army's art troupe. I'll ask you later. How do you play the pipa? Sample?.

This is the tone of the little master of the army. Only when you have no problem joining the army yourself can you help others join the army. Not only is it no problem for you to join the army, but military uniforms with "four pockets" have also been prepared for them.

Things that ordinary people's children dream of or even dare not dream of, are things that "big courtyard brothers" can get at their fingertips without having to do anything. Anyone would feel superior to others. 2. At that time, military uniforms were the most fashionable, elegant and the most elegant attire.

The same sense of superiority united the brothers in the courtyard and gave them a clear sense of identity. Group consciousness, the reason for this consciousness is naturally a special social status. To use a popular language at the time, they had a clear "class consciousness".

However, although these big-yard students are in the same room as common people in the classroom, it is out of necessity. In extracurricular interactions, they will definitely not associate with common people.

At that time, military uniforms were the most fashionable, elegant and elegant attire. The meaning of military uniforms cannot be compared to today's most expensive clothing. Because of this, the children of civilians at that time often bought a set of old military uniforms from demobilized soldiers at a very high price. It is precisely because of this that the phenomenon of "grabbing for military caps" is common across the country. The way to wear a military hat is very particular. You have to hold up the seams on the top of the hat as much as possible. You have to pinch it with your hands for a long time before going out. Many children put a circle of cardboard or newspaper inside the hat. Otherwise, it is not enough to be called cool? . 3. Children from ordinary families are obsessed with military caps and uniforms

Of course, if you want to appear cool, you will naturally have to bear a considerable risk factor. Wearing a military hat is very easy to be "fluttered", that is, when walking on the street, the hat will be taken off the head by a gangster riding a bicycle in the alley. At that time, the military hats worn by the ruffians in the city, unless they had relatives serving in the army, most likely came from "food". There are also many stories of grabbing military hats, which can measure the obsession of children with military hats at that time.

Comedian Zhao Benshan once recalled his childhood stories. Stealing military belongings is punishable by law, but there are still countless teenagers who try their best to steal PLA military caps in order to own such a green military cap.

Young people imitate soldiers and wear military uniforms to express a political stance and spiritual pursuit. In addition to imitating soldiers, there is another layer of imitation, which is a group that cannot obtain real military uniforms. These children are not descendants of military families, and they are also relatively honest and unable to fly off other people's military hats. I can't buy military uniforms due to financial reasons. There are only some ways to imitate real military uniforms.

Feng Gong once mentioned in the article "What a Good Childhood" that they were not children of a military family and could not get real military uniforms, so they were really envious of wearing yellow and green.

One year before the Spring Festival, in order to give him such a "fashionable dress", his mother tore off the quilt at home, boiled a large pot of water, put in green paint, and asked her aunt to make a military uniform. In Feng Gong's words, "I was so proud back then."

There was also a period when it was fashionable to wear a hat emblem, a red five-pointed star, on hats. This could be true or false. In order to be fashionable, children put fake hat emblems on their hats, and the effect was disastrous. Look, you can see how much people loved military uniforms at that time. 4. The sense of superiority that the "big courtyard brother" has had since he was a child

For the civilian children, the military uniform is like a dragon and the wind, but for the "big courtyard brother" it is easy to pick up. At that time, it was easy for the brothers from the Great Courtyard to associate the sense of superiority derived from their status with the military uniforms they wore.

From the perspective of his origin, "Big Courtyard Brother" has had a real sense of being a little protagonist since he was a child. Although they are not soldiers, they are just like the little masters of the army and the country. Parents in the compound have different education methods and expectations for their children than ordinary people. When parents in the compound use "successors of the revolutionary cause" to inspire their children, it is not empty at all. Moreover, the "revolutionary cause" here does not include them working in light bulb factories or selling drugs in pharmaceutical companies. It is not a kind of work, but it actually means the control of military power and political power.

So the "big courtyard brothers" are the ones who really have "lofty revolutionary ideals" since they were young, and they know from an early age that they will do big things in the future. Leading an army and galloping on the battlefield is the most common and typical life ideal of Ma Xiaojun and other "big courtyard brothers" since childhood. 5. The "Disappointment" of "Big Courtyard Brothers" in the New Era

After the restoration of the college entrance examination system, military academies recruited students from among soldiers. These "big courtyard brothers" can also pass the exam to enter the military academy, and can still wear "four pockets" after graduation. But one of the unique characteristics of Ma Xiaojun and these "big courtyard disciples" is that they all have an "expert level" understanding of the inside story of the political world. Compared with ordinary people, their cultural knowledge level is very poor. The students in the courtyard are also divided into three, six or nine grades. Only the children of the top military cadres can still directly enter the military academy without taking the college entrance examination after the college entrance examination is resumed. They will not feel a sense of loss in the new era. And the majority of the big courtyard boys like Ma Xiaojun either dare not take the college entrance examination at all, or they fail to take the college entrance examination, and their parents' official positions are not high enough to allow their children to enter school without taking the exam. The only way is demobilization.