In our brothers 'hearts,"Biao Aunt" was no longer just a natural biological person. She was simply the "Buddha" in our spiritual world. It turned out that the previous generation of "brothers" and "swans" who didn't even look at us brothers were just "Arhats" and "little ghosts" under her original command. Aunt Biao's arrival this time has added some kind of energy to us brothers, and our inferiority complex seems to have begun to disappear. When those arrogant "swans" and "brothers" appeared in front of me again, my eyes seemed to have energy. What I saw was just a group of little ghosts making a scene. At this moment, my mentality was as proud as Ah Q's "our ancestors were much richer than you" or "my aunt's official position is much higher than your father's". It seemed that this really worked. I no longer saw "swans" and "brothers" treat us as arrogantly as before (perhaps it was because we children were gradually growing up and had begun to understand).
One night, I was doing my homework. Mother was sitting at the side and suddenly said," Second, study hard. It'll be good if you can be an official like your aunt in the future."”，His mother sighed and fell silent. After a long time, she said," Fate is different! Once society changes, everything will change."
It turned out that his mother's brothers were also scholars. After his eldest uncle studied, he took over the family business from his grandfather. He was the representative and scapegoat of the big landlord of the Zhao family. When the land reform was carried out, he was the first to be suppressed.[My cousin] was only six years old at that time. In order to avoid being beaten to death by the furious farmers during the land reform, his family tried to let him escape. The six-year-old cousin took the address written by his family to his relatives outside and begged for directions. After walking for more than three months, he found the sixth aunt in Qingdao. When the skinny cousin appeared in front of the sixth aunt, the sixth aunt could not believe that a six-year-old child could survive begging alone and find her in Qingdao hundreds of miles away. In that bloody era of class struggle, Aunt Liu herself was also in hiding. Her life was in danger at any time. She did not dare to take in her brother's bones and blood. She only gave him some food and hurriedly sent him to the train. She asked him to go to relatives in Jinan, but his relatives in Jinan did not dare to take him in. He wandered in Jinan and slept in the train box that pulled coal at night. He did not expect to get on a train that was waiting to leave. When he woke up from his dream, He was dragged to a place he didn't even know about (Siping City, JiLin Province). He started begging there and was taken in by the People's Liberation Army. He was sent to an orphanage and later admitted to the technical school in Siping City, JiLin Province. After graduation, he became a technician in Siping Machinery Factory. In 1985, when I went to Qing Dao for a business trip, I met my cousin at my sixth aunt's house. At this time, my sixth aunt introduced him,"This is your uncle's son, your cousin." It turned out that his cousin had kept the address of the foreign relative that his family had given him when he fled from home 35 years ago. Thirty-five years later, he tried to find the sixth aunt in Qing Dao. At that time, there was no real estate industry in the city, and the city had not changed much for decades. It was unlikely to find the sixth aunt in Qing Dao now.
In 1948, my mother was in Shanghai, and my mother's younger brother (my uncle, I don't know how high he is) served in the Shanghai National Air Force and was a fighter pilot (I don't know if he had bombed the enemy's army before).)，At that time, the National Party was already retreating to Taiwan, and his uncle's air force was also included in the order to withdraw to Taiwan. His uncle said to his mother,"Sister, you can't go back to your hometown. The peasants are rioting. Big Brother may have suffered. Come with me to Taiwan. There is an empty seat on the plane that can take you away."”Mother hesitated. Where was Taiwan? His family was all here. Why would he go to Taiwan? Mother resolutely returned to her hometown. From then on, she lost contact with her younger brother, who had gone to Taiwan. In 1986, her mother had a premonition that she would not be able to live long, so she told this secret story and said sadly,"I wonder if he is still alive?" "I might not be able to see him again. Whether he's dead or alive, you must find him." Later, Aunt Six found out about Uncle's whereabouts through a veteran from Taiwan who had returned to Qing to visit relatives. After he arrived in Taiwan, he transferred to the United States and finally settled down in Canada. He had a family there and his children were very old. After the sixth aunt contacted the uncle, the uncle returned to China and met with the sixth aunt (at this time, mother had passed away, and our brothers were in the south, so we lost the opportunity to meet uncle).
Mother said that she hoped that we brothers would study hard and become officials in the future, but she didn't really value our studies. Mother said that a relative of her family (I don't know if it's her uncle's generation or mine?）After returning from studying in Japan, he taught in his hometown's middle school. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, his uncle was killed. The Japanese wanted to find a local Chinese who could speak Japanese to be their temporary translator. When they found a middle school, he refused to translate for the Japanese because this was something that traitors would do. When the Japanese saw that he dared not obey, they said that he was a no. 8, smashed him with a gun butt, stabbed him with a bayonet, and tortured him to death. He was forced to translate for the Japanese. However, after the devils left, the militia of the Eighth Route Army came back and said that he was a traitor who translated for the devils. They hung him on a tree and beat him up. He died overnight. His mother said,"It's so pitiful to see him getting beaten up on both sides. It's fine if he doesn't know Japanese. Why did he go to Japan to study? He came back dead, and he died so miserably. He was worse than an illiterate roe deer. He could not be found on either side.”Therefore, in my brother's very limited period of study, no one has ever been punished by her because of their good or bad grades.
Just as her mother had said, the world had changed. Everything about her and her wealthy family had changed. There was no more land, no more houses, no more lives for her loved ones, and no more right to live there. Her mother did not hate the party, nor did she hate the poor people who had divided her family's assets and killed her family. When talking about the Eighth Route Army, his mother always praised," That intimacy, that harmony, really can't be found in the soldiers of the Kuomingtang. When you see people, you will call them aunt, elder sister, and uncle. When you sit down, you can chat with them intimately." His mother said that she was willing to sew shoes and mend clothes for the Eighth Route Army so that she could take the opportunity to chat with the Eighth Route Army soldiers. When she said these things, her mother always had a certain happiness on her face. His mother also said with emotion," Later, the devils were defeated and they were liberated. They could no longer see those friendly smiles." Every time this happened, his mother's face would show some sadness and pain. That's right, Ba Shu's friendly smile was gone. She no longer had the chance to make shoes and sew clothes for Ba Shu. Her home was gone, and she had become the daughter of a landlord who had fled.
Although she was sad, she said that she was still willing to live in this changed world." In the old days, bandits were very powerful. They often came in the middle of the night and kidnapped people. The whole family was so scared that they wet their pants. After this group of bandits left, another group came again. That was not peaceful. They had enough of those days of fear. When the Eighth Route came, the bandits did not dare to come. The family hoped that the Eighth Route would not go.”
Mother also said,"The Party is really capable. If the Party can handle things that no one can, there's only one in the family."(Who doesn't know?) Men smoke, they smoke all the family property that was given out. They still smoke even when they are poor. When they are out of money, they borrow money from their brothers to smoke. No matter what law they use, they can't control it. Their families think that this is incurable, but when the party came, it was cured. When the party told him not to smoke, he didn't dare to smoke anymore. The leader of the party is really a god. In the past, who would have believed that he could change?"
Mother never hated the poor. She said,"Poor people are pitiful. How can they live a good life? For generations, your father and grandfather's ancestors have been like this. There are many people who are even poorer than your father. Poor people should live a good life, but after liberation, your father is still so poor. He still doesn't have a good life. Sigh, it's also your Niu family's bad luck. I don't know why he said that the Niu family is bad luck? Mother continued,"It's fine if your father is illiterate. He'll be a country bumpkin for the rest of his life. Just accept it. But your uncle's life is really short. Because he's from a good (poor) family, he's also gentle and quiet." Unlike your dad, who was a country bumpkin. He worked as a communications officer for an official in the People's Liberation Army. The official liked him and sent him to university (1947). He wanted to train your uncle to be a cadre. Your uncle was born in poverty. He really cherished such an opportunity. He worked hard day and night. Needless to say, his academic performance was excellent. He was assigned to work in the local government the year you were born. He worked hard day and night. He was so tired that he vomited blood and died not long after. What a pity. If he didn't die, he would have been a senior cadre by now (1963). He could have helped the Niu family a little!”
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