To the contributors of the New China - the heroes who put their missions before their lives

我从小在贵州乌江的一个小镇长大，因为父亲在中国水电八局工作。他们在那里参与修建了中国第一座石灰岩水电站，那是一段艰苦而难忘的光辉岁月。有一年黃岩发生了爆炸，死了20多位工人，他们的遗体停放在食堂外面的空地上，有一位乡下的老太太来了，当时她的三个儿子在这场事故中都牺牲了。当时我就在想：这样好的天气，这么可爱的世界，这么多可以做的事，每个人都应该活到八十岁，可是他们的生命却消逝了。

I grew up in a small town in Wujiang, Guizhou, because my father worked at the Sino-hydro Engineering Bureau 8 there, where they built the first hydropower station with limestone landform. Those were arduous and unforgettable times yet full of glory. Once upon a time, there was an explosion in Huangyan killing more than 20 workers. Their remains were placed outside the canteen. A senior lady came from the countryside, because all three of her sons were killed in the accidence. At the time I was thinking with such good weather such a lovely world and so many things to do, everyone should enjoy their life to their eighties, but their lives were gone... 

12年的时间，有无数的人在工作中献出了他们的生命。他们所有的人一生可能仅这一份工作，但就是这一份工作却是他们的一生。新中国的建设，绝对不是顶级富豪，绝对不是互联网金融大佬，绝对不是明星网红，是千千万万个在平凡工作中坚持非凡理想的普通人。他们才是新中国的骄傲。我的年龄越大，我越是天天都回忆起在中国水电八局与爸爸妈妈度过的这7665个日日夜夜。这才是我的高光时刻。每一天都是如此珍贵，每一天都那么让我难以忘怀。什么是世界上最好的满心欢喜，就是你可以把所有平凡的工作变得非比寻常。我是非常非常幸运，在人生最美好的年华，在堪称美丽的小镇里，在阳光下的菜市场，太阳常常照在我的脸上，暖气洋洋，美不可挡。我们千万不要忘记每一位在平凡岁月中为国家建设努力工作的普通人。我只能来这世上一次，在奔腾的岁月里，我会永远记住他们曾经努力的故事。

During the 12 years of construction. countless people were sacrificed in their work. All of them may have only one job in their life, but it is this job that they devoted their whole life to. The development of the New China does not owe to the tycoons or the magnates in internet banking or the celebrities. It is the millions of ordinary people who adhere to their extraordinary ideas in their ordinary work, who are the pride of the New China. The older I am the more often I recall the 7665 days and nights I spent with my parents at the Sino-hydro Engineering Bureau 8. Those are the highlight times of my life. Every single day is so precious. Every single day is so unforgettable for me. The best joy in the world is that you can make ordinary job extraordinary. I am very, very luck that in the best years of my life in the beautiful down in the market in the sun. I can always be bathed in the sunlight with overwhelming warmth and unstoppable beauty. Please, do not forget any ordinary person who devoted their whole life to the development of the country. I only live once in the running time. I will always remember the story of their devotion.