On the morning of National Day and Director Li's return to the credit union, the weather was gloomy. Scattered raindrops fell from the sky. When they entered the house and put down the car, the raindrops became denser and denser. Then, the sound of dripping began under the eaves. A rare spring rain actually fell.
Chief Physician Li stood on the steps in the courtyard. He was moved by the scene and recited a poem from the Tang Dynasty." Good rain knows its season, and it will only happen in spring." Guoqing also shouted happily when he heard this," Good rain, good rain. Spring rain is as expensive as oil. It's just in time for the members to plant cotton."”
After going down to Santian Village, Guo Xing asked when he still hadn't seen Director Lin when he returned,""Accountant Ma, Director Lin isn't here?"
"No, Director Lin hasn't returned from the countryside yet. It's raining today, so we might not be able to come back. Anyway, no one will come to work in such weather. We should take a good rest.”As Accountant Ma spoke, he pinched his right thumb and middle finger together and snapped his fingers.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go out and take a walk at the door! I haven't gone out since I reported for work! If there's anything urgent, please call me.”
"Alright, don't worry."
The rain continued to fall. On National Day, he took an umbrella and walked out of the credit union. Opposite the credit union was the community compound. The compound was empty and there was no one in sight. However, as soon as they entered the gate, they heard the sound of many people talking and laughing. After listening carefully, they realized that the laughter came from the telephone exchange room next to the gate. He walked up the steps, lifted the curtain, and saw four or five people gathered in a circle, playing poker. The person sitting opposite him was the secretary of the company, Wang Yingxue. Guo Qing smiled and asked,"Secretary Wang, we're playing!"
Before Secretary Wang could reply, Wang Guohua, the special police officer, patted Guo Qing's shoulder.""Aiya, our scholar is here. How many days has he been here?”
Guo Qing quickly grabbed his hand and shook it, saying,"I've only been here for a few days. I've been looking around the various brigades these few days, but I still can't touch the handle of the pot (I'm not familiar with the situation).”
Sitting across from Wang Guohua was Zhao Hui, the minister of the armed forces of the Commune. He took out a poker card from his hand and threw it on the table. He smiled and said,"Look at National Day. He's not a good soldier. Instead, he's been delayed. It doesn't matter. National Day, do your best. Haven't you done well in Green Pine Ridge these two years? When I went to your village last time, the villagers 'reaction to you was very good!”
"Aiya, Minister Zhao, you keep saying nice things. How dare you mention my skills in front of others? In the future, you have to give me more guidance."
"Yes! Good! This kid said it well! From the few words you said when you entered the door, I can tell that you can still improve!”The person who spoke was an old man in his fifties. Seeing that he was a little unfamiliar, Guo Qing asked,"Uncle, you just transferred here, right? I don't even know you!”
"My surname is Li. You can call me Old Li from now on!”
Minister Zhao quickly introduced him." This is our organization committee member, Li Xuan. He just reported for duty the day before yesterday. Everyone calls him 'Master Qiao'. Do you think he looks like him?”
Guo Qing took a closer look and smiled. He really looked like the Master Qiao in the movie " Master Qiao on the Bridge."
At this moment, Secretary Wang called out," Guoqing, come over and play a few rounds for me. I need to go to the toilet."”
"Aiya, I don't know how to play. What if I give you the wrong cards?”National Day was a little difficult.
"It doesn't matter, it's just a joke. It's not like you're winning money. Even if you make a mistake, I won't blame you.”The organizing committee member, Old Li, who was sitting opposite Secretary Wang, also encouraged the National Day celebration. However, Guo Qing took Secretary Wang's card and quickly stuffed it into the hands of the telephone operator, Xiao Guo, and said,"Please help me hold it for a while. I really can't touch it.”
At this moment, Minister Zhao of the armed forces spoke again. He said," On National Day, Li Chunyuan from Phoenix Ridge has recently returned from the army. The young man has just returned to the village and is doing quite well. He's not like some of the soldiers who come here to look for work today and go somewhere else tomorrow. He always wants to go out and find a job. As soon as he returns to the village, he grabbed a rope and went to the ground to work with the members. The villagers have a good reaction to him. Take some time to go to Phoenix Ridge to understand and report on the young man's advanced deeds. What do you think?”
"Alright, Minister Zhao, when the rain stops, I'm going to his village to ask around and understand. The report is done, take a look.”
"I won't read it, I won't read it. Send it away after you finish writing it!”
At this moment, Secretary Wang came back from the bathroom. He took the poker cards from Xiao Guo and said,"There's another big news. Our Special Agent Wang recently solved a counter-revolutionary case and received a commendation from the county police. You have to report it well.”
Wang Guohua, who was sitting next to him, immediately stopped him."It can't be reported. It's National Day. According to the arrangements of the county police, this case can't be publicly reported yet.”
"Got it, Special Agent Wang. I've already heard about this. I'll write it down immediately when I'm allowed to report.”
As for why this counter-revolutionary case was not allowed to be reported, Guo Qing did not ask again. However, on the day of National Day, when the Shangzhuang Brigade went to the countryside, he heard the brigade accountant Wang Wenlin treat it as important news and tell him in detail.
There was a man named Dong Keli in Shangzhuang Brigade. He was in his fifties and worked as an engineer in a factory of the Kuomingtang army in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province in the 1940s. He was originally the technical backbone of a military factory. In terms of rank, he was only a company-level officer or an ex-soldier. However, during the Cultural Revolution, they were labeled as historical counter-revolutionary elements and belonged to the "five types of elements"(namely: Of course, they became the targets of criticism and control in the village. His job in the village all year round was to carry feces and sweep the streets every morning and evening. Whenever the village held a critical meeting, they would drag him to the meeting and tie him up. He would stand in public with his head lowered, as if he was a prisoner who could never raise his head. His two sons had grown up day by day and had reached the age of marriage. However, he could not persuade a wife. No girl dared to marry into his family, so he hated the real world even more. One day, he secretly listened to a radio broadcast from an enemy station in Taiwan. It said that there was a secret mailbox in Hong Kong. As long as you wrote a letter to that place and reflected the situation of being persecuted in the mainland, someone would contact you and help you solve your life difficulties. Dong Keli believed it and immediately wrote a letter about how he was often mercilessly criticized in the village and how his family was living in poverty. He secretly sent it to the email address given on the radio. He was afraid of being found out, so he did not dare to write his address and name in the letter. He thought that this would be very secret, and no one would know where the letter came from or who wrote it. However, he did not expect that on the eighth day after his letter was sent out, a green jeep would arrive at his door. Two policemen in white shirts and blue pants handcuffed him away and soon sentenced him to five years in prison.
Normally, from Dong Keli's so-called " linked " letter, there was not a single bit of specific information or clue about the writer. It only described his encounter and family life. The letter was also personally sent by him to the Longcheng County Post and Television Bureau. It was almost impossible to find the writer. When the investigator from the Longcheng County Police Department received the letter, he was dumbfounded. He felt that this case was like searching for a needle in a haystack. How should he start? They had no choice but to call back the public security commissioner from the county's various communities and mobilize the masses to solve this mystery. The leader of the Political Security Department announced the case to the public security special agents of each community, and showed the original letter to everyone. He also announced the policy of reward for solving the case on the spot.
Coincidentally, Wang Guohua, the special police officer of Xiangyang Commune, had been squatting in the countryside of Shangzhuang Brigade where Dong Keli was in recent years. He knew the situation of Shangzhuang Village like the back of his hand. He looked at the letter written on the paper from the elementary school essay book and carefully analyzed the content reflected in the letter. He immediately placed the focus of his suspicion on Dong Keli. He asked to take the original letter and said, Let him go back and investigate.
After the police conference ended, Wang Guohua did not go home and went straight to Shangzhuang Village Primary School. He knew that Dong Keli had a little daughter who was in the sixth grade of the primary school in the village, so he found the sixth grade language teacher and said, His son's essays were not up to par, and he wanted to look at the essays and diary entries of the sixth-graders and pick out a few well-written ones for his children to study. The language teacher enthusiastically took all the sixth grade students 'essay books and diary books and placed them in front of him for him to read. He opened the elementary school students 'essay books with a serious face and carefully flipped through them one by one. He had just left when the language teacher said that he had something to do. He took out Dong Keli's youngest daughter, Dong Xiao Yan's essay book and carefully flipped through it from beginning to end. In the end, he realized that the last page of the essay book had been torn out. He quickly took out the original letter from his pocket and matched it with the torn page. It matched perfectly.
This case that made the police detectives feel very embarrassed was easily solved. The leader of the police station also kept his word. In addition to the internal commendation, he immediately rewarded Wang Guohua with 100 yuan.
Although Wang Guohua had been shouting and shouting loudly when he was playing cards with his friends, he was actually a rather scheming person. Guo Qing immediately felt admiration for him.
Outside the community compound, there were two sales departments of the supply and marketing cooperative next door. One was a department store that sold food, tobacco, alcohol, clothes, cloth, shoes, hats, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and other general merchandise. The other was the sales department of the production materials. They sold pesticide, fertilizer, hemp rope, kerosene, nails, plastic pipes, electrical appliances, and bicycles. Perhaps it was because it was raining, but there were almost no customers in the two stores. A few salespeople sat behind the counter, either chatting or knitting sweaters. Guo Qing walked around the department store and casually asked,""Comrade, how much is a pound of white sugar?”
"White sugar is 56 cents per catty. You need a ticket to buy white sugar.”A female salesperson who was busy knitting a sweater stood up from behind the counter and asked.
When she heard that there were no candy tickets on National Day, she immediately sat down again.
"How much is the toothpaste?" Guo Qing asked again.
"Zhonghua toothpaste costs 38 cents a tube, but you need a tube.”
"Aiya, I didn't bring it either. Maybe next time."”
The person behind the counter did not say anything. Guo Qing walked out of the department store resentfully. He did not blame the salesperson for being harsh and cold. Instead, he felt that he was not being nice enough. He did not bring anything and only asked this and that. He did not deliberately grind his teeth with others!
After leaving the department store, he came to the sales department of the production materials. He saw a brand new bicycle from afar. He took a closer look and saw that it was a Huanyu brand bicycle produced in the province. He asked casually,"How much is the bicycle?"
"138 yuan. Do you want it?" A familiar voice came from behind the counter.
"I was just asking. Is there anything better? Pigeon or permanent?”
"There are some in the storeroom, but you need tickets." As he spoke, a young man stood up from behind the counter. When he saw that it was National Day, he immediately shouted,"Isn't it National Day? You want a bicycle?”
"Oh! Yu Hu, you're here? When did you enter the supply and marketing cooperative?" Guo Qing asked in surprise.
Feng Yuhu was Guo Qing's classmate in junior high. He was from Golden Gall Village. He walked out of the counter happily and held National Day's hand."It's been almost two years. Where did you come from today?”，As he spoke, he took Guo Qing's hand and came to the steps outside the sales department. He quietly asked,"Do you really want a bicycle?"
"I'm just asking. If there's a flying pigeon or a permanent one, of course I'll buy one. But if they want tickets, where are we going to get them?”
"I really don't have a choice if you want a Phoenix or a permanent one. However, there's still a pigeon in the warehouse. It's been there for half a year, and I don't know if it has any defects. You still need a ticket for this. Don't worry, I'll help you look for it. You're still an accountant in your village?"
"I just came to the credit union a few days ago.”
"Aiya, that's good. It's so close. Why haven't I heard of it? Are you busy? If there's nothing else, let's play!"
"After reporting, I went around the villages, but I'm not familiar with them. What about you?"
"I'm not too busy. It's raining today, so I'm taking over for someone else. Usually, I go to the countryside and follow Old Zhang from our local products sales department to the village to collect eggs.”
"Oh! I've seen this Old Zhang before. Isn't he the old man with white hair and a pair of glasses? I heard that he is also an old model of your supply and marketing cooperative?”
"That's right. That old man is not bad. He's my immediate superior. He doesn't ask anything after eating every day. He just focuses on completing the task of collecting eggs. The day before yesterday, the county came to inspect the political studies of the employees. The inspection team met him at the door and asked him," Old Zhang, what's our top priority now?'He replied seriously,"Collecting eggs!"”The man further inspired him,"Collecting eggs is your specific job. Don't you know the most important thing?"'‘How could he not know! My top priority is to collect the eggs. If I can't complete the task of collecting the eggs, everything else is nonsense!'The inspection team member pulled a long face and said coldly," He only knows how to lower his head and pull the cart. He doesn't know how to look up at the road. He's a typical example of not caring about politics. Or a role model?"
"Then what should I answer?" Guo Qing asked with a smile.
"We study all day and read the newspapers. Who doesn't know that the top priority now is to criticize Lin and Kong!”
Guo Qing immediately laughed when he heard that.
In fact, even National Day couldn't figure out why there was such a movement. ** He had plotted a coup and had already defeated Wen Erhan in Outer Mongolia. Even if he was criticized 100 times or 1000 times, it was necessary to eliminate his poison. However,"Second Kong" had been dead for more than 2,500 years. How could he be associated with the rebels who usurped the party and destroyed the country? He remembered that it was only later when he happened to go to the propaganda department of the county party committee to look for Teacher Chen that he heard some insider information.
It turned out that in September 1971, after the rebellion and plane crash, the relevant departments of the Central Government sent people to the residence of the government to collect evidence of the crime and found many handwritten cards related to Confucius 'sayings. There were many banners in a porcelain jar at the head of the bed. When he opened it, he saw that one of them was written for Ye Qun: In all things, only this is the most important thing, self-restraint and return to propriety. Therefore, these people believed that this "self-restraint and propriety" was to respect Confucius. He said that the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty was related to Confucius.
In July 1973, the Chinese government pointed out in a conversation with Wang Wen and Zhang Chunqiao that the Chinese government, like the Chinese government, was "respecting Confucius and opposing the law." He believed that Legalism was advancing in history, while Confucianism was reversing. ** The purpose of linking criticism of Lin and criticism of Confucius was to prevent the so-called "restoration and regress" and to prevent the denial of the "cultural revolution". ** One group took over the slogan put forward by the government, and after planning and plotting, they proposed to carry out the so-called "Criticize Lin and Kong" campaign. In essence, they were pointing the spearhead at the government.
However, as ordinary people living in the vast countryside, they did not care if you criticized this today and criticized that tomorrow. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. His eyes were fixed on the crops in the fields and the piggies in the pen. What they were most concerned about was how much money they could get every working day throughout the year! ** Second Brother Kong was too far away from them.
At a large group of people criticizing Kong, a white-haired old poor farmer sternly criticized Second Kong,""Second Kong, you blind thing, how dare you oppose Leader Mao! Kong Lao Er, you are really bold, you even dare to usurp the party to seize power!”
Hearing the speech of the Elderly Poor Association, everyone in the venue laughed.
After leaving the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperative, Guo Qing went to the radio station of the community. There was a relative of his called Jia Lihu in the radio station. Guo Qing should call him brother. He had just been discharged from the army a few years ago and was assigned to the radio station of the community. Although he was not tall, had a shaved head, and did not dress well, he was versatile. Not only did he know how to broadcast, repair electrical appliances, but he also knew how to take photos. It was said that he was good at cooking and steaming buns.
When National Day entered his broadcast room, he was focused on repairing a camera and didn't notice who was entering. Guo Qing didn't disturb him and stood at the side to watch quietly. The camera he was repairing was a very primitive and simple camera called the Happiness brand. It was at most a square metal box with a short fixed lens in front, a shutter button, and a round knob on the right side that was used to twist the film. It contained the 120 film.
Jia Lihu put down the Screwdriver in his hand and gently pressed the shutter. Immediately, there was a click. He let out a long breath and stretched. He stood up and noticed National Day. He immediately smiled and said,"Aiya! It was National Day. I heard that you went to work at the credit union. I went to see you yesterday. I heard from accountant Ma that you and Director Li went to the countryside. Have you eaten?”
"Yes, what about you?"
"Yes, the chef of the community is not here today, so I cooked for everyone. If it's not convenient for you to eat in the future, come over and eat at the community kitchen!”
"How many people are there in your radio station?"
"Just two people and a young man went down to check the line. I heard that the broadcast box in Xiazhuang Village doesn't sound anymore.”
"You're going to fix it when it's raining?"
"Tonight, Secretary Yang is going to hold a broadcast conference. It has to be repaired before seven o'clock in the evening. I'll check the machine in a while. I don't dare to affect the broadcast conference.”
"Is your camera fixed?"
"Alright, when the weather is clear and the lighting is good, I'll put on some film and take a few photos!”
"How much is a roll of film? I'll buy one another day.”
"It's not expensive. It's 1.50 yuan each. You can take 16 photos. If you're willing to learn, come over tonight and watch me develop the film and develop the photos.”
"Brother, I just came here and I don't even touch anything. You have to be more careful.”
Jia Lihu smiled and said," Actually, it's nothing much. You'll get familiar with it in a few days. The leaders of the Commune and the comrades of the nearby Commune enterprises are mostly good people. There aren't many who are cowardly.”
After sitting for a while more, Guo Qing bid farewell to Jia Lihu and quickly returned to the credit union. He was afraid that if something happened at the union, it would be bad if others could not find him.
When he returned to the club, the rain had stopped. Director Li was playing chess with a middle-aged man in his fifties on the steps outside the kiln. Ma Libo and a young man he didn't know were standing beside him.
Guo Qing saw that everyone's eyes were on the chessboard, so he did not say anything. He put his umbrella aside and stood to the side to watch.
At this moment, the middle-aged man who was playing chess with Director Li asked,"Jianmin, is this the young man who just arrived?”
"Yes, his name is Zhong Guoqing. He specializes in accounting tutoring.”
"Oh! I heard about it when I was sitting in the community that day. I heard that it's from Green Pine Ridge?”
"Yes, uncle. My family is from Green Pine Ridge.”
"Got it. Your father is Zhong Rencheng?”
"Yeah, you know my dad?"
"In 1958, when the company was established, your father was the accountant of the company. How could I not know him? I'm Ren Mingshan. You'll know when you go back and ask your father.”
"I know, Uncle. I've often heard my dad talk about you!”When Guo Qing heard Ren Mingshan's name, he immediately understood the background of the person in front of him.
Ren Mingshan's father was Ren Zhenhua, a famous anti-Japanese hero on Emei Ridge. As long as Ren Zhenhua was mentioned, everyone in the old revolutionary base area of Emei Ridge knew him. During the Anti-Japanese War, Emei Ridge was the revolutionary base of the Phoenix Mountain area, and the remote Lijia Village was once the center of the guerrilla activities of the party. Ren Zhenhua's home was the contact station of the Huanglong Special Committee in Longcheng. In March 1943, several of the main leaders of the Huanglong Special Committee of our party were having a meeting at Ren Zhenshan's home. Ren Zhenshan, who was in charge of security, suddenly received news of the Japanese army's sudden attack and immediately quietly moved the leaders of the meeting to a safe place. Before he could evacuate, he was caught by the Japanese army. The Japanese army asked him to tell them the whereabouts of the leaders of the Party, but he would rather die than say anything. The Japanese army hung him up and tortured him, but Ren Zhenshan would rather die than surrender. He was finally brutally killed by the Japanese army. Ren Zhenshan was just 49 years old when he died heroically.
The reason why Zhong Rencheng, the father of National Day, had a relationship with Ren Mingshan was caused by a small matter when the community was first established in 1958.
When the Commune was first established, the villagers did not know much about this new thing that suddenly appeared. They all felt that it was very fresh, so from time to time, the villagers from nearby villages would flock to the Commune's courtyard to take a look. One day, a drunk disabled soldier with crutches came to Zhong Rencheng's accounting office and asked for government relief. It turned out that he thought that the accountant of the Commune was in charge of the relief funds, so he asked Zhong Rencheng to give him the money immediately. Zhong Rencheng knew that he was indeed a disabled soldier from the North Korean battlefield, so he quickly explained the policies of the higher-ups to him and promised to report his situation to the higher-ups to help solve his life difficulties. But how could he listen? " Where were you when I was fighting and bleeding at the front line?" he said arrogantly." Now, I'm dragging a crippled body and can't even afford to drink. Hurry up and give me the money!" Hurry up! Be careful, or I'll smash your stall!" As he spoke, he swung a cane at the glass on the desk. At this moment, a hand grabbed the walking stick with all its might and slapped the man in the face. He cursed,"You drunkard, what are you doing? Why don't you take a look at this place?" The man was suddenly slapped and sobered up. He looked at the person who slapped him in a daze and immediately opened his mouth and cried bitterly. Then, he was taken away by a few people.
Zhong Rencheng reached out and grabbed the middle-aged man who had saved him. He thanked him profusely,""Brother, thank you. If you hadn't come, I don't know what would have happened!”
"Don't be afraid of him. He drank two mouthfuls of cat urine and you don't know who he is? How much credit did he have? How dare you behave atrociously here?"
Zhong Rencheng quickly sat him down and poured him a cup of hot water. "Brother, what's your name?"
"Ren Mingshan is from the village. He lives not far from here.”
" No wonder your old man is that anti-Japanese-"
Before Zhong Rencheng could finish, he was interrupted by him. He said,"Yes, yes, but we have a name and we can't rely on the elderly to live. I'm a good friend and I love to fight for justice. If you need any help in the future, just let me know.”
From that day on, they often met. After a while, the two of them actually became close friends and formed an indissolvable bond.
Guo Qing knew that he was Ren Mingshan, the good friend that his father often talked about at home. He immediately felt a sense of familiarity with him. He walked into the office and brought a few cups of hot tea, one for each of them.
Ren Mingshan was a regular customer of the credit union. He often came to the credit union to play chess. When he heard that Zhong Rencheng's son had joined the credit union, he specially came to take a look. He took a sip of tea and said," National Day, since you know about my relationship with your father, don't be an outsider. If you have any difficulties in the future, just let me know!"”
Guo Qing nodded and said,"Uncle, come over often when you have nothing to do."”
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