The Big House Begins to Disintegrate
After the battle against the dictatorship of the dunes in Maple Ridge, the common people obediently followed Mei Yang and the others back to the advanced society. The cattle and farm tools were also sent back. No one said that they wanted to leave the society anymore.
As soon as the anti-retreat trend passed, the Chinese government launched an anti-capitalist struggle in the countryside. The common people did not understand the new term anti-capitalist, so Sheng, Zu, Mei, and Yang explained that anti-capitalist was against the capitalist class. The common people said, where did the capitalists come from in our countryside? Sheng Zumei Yang explained that the capitalists in the countryside were the rich peasants and the well-to-do middle peasants. The common people were dumbfounded. Not only did they not know whether the rich peasants and the well-to-do middle peasants were capitalists, but they also did not know whether the capitalists were bad people. They could only let the Sheng Group say what they wanted.
In the winter of that year, the rural army began to fight. A large number of male and female laborers were transferred to the water conservancy site to repair the pond dam. They lived and worked at the construction site, eating white rice in their mouths, but they were very worried. How long could such a meal last?
A group of strong laborers from the two branches of Maple Ridge were transferred to the Xiushui Reservoir construction site, while the rest of the laborers were repairing the large pond in front of the gate. The pond in front of the entrance was originally very big. Sheng Zu, Mei Yang, and the others still found it too small. They also felt that the pond dike was not straight, so they moved the pond dike 30 meters south and abandoned five or six acres of paddy fields to make the pond dike straight.
Mei Yang said," Look at how good this pond is now. Our descendants will definitely thank us when they think of the origin of this pond. This is a blessing!"”
Sheng Group said," Yes, a house must have a mountain at the back and water in front. Our Maple Ridge meets this requirement." We can imagine a pond filled with clear water with ripples. What a beautiful scene!”
After Zhu Ren died, Xiu Bing had a family and lived separately. Xiu Ding lived with his mother. This Xiu Ding had only studied in Mister Rain's school for two years. Plus, he didn't have his hearing activated, so he couldn't read a few words. When he spoke, he was especially interesting. Now that he was almost twenty years old, the words he said were still very childish.
Xiuding also went to the Xiushui Reservoir construction site this year. Before he went to bed that night, he pestered Jiu Ru and asked her to tell him about the past. The construction site had a shared bed, so the others followed suit when Xiuding said that. Jiu Ru said,"I don't know how to talk about the ancients. You see, I haven't read any books. How can I talk about the ancients?"”
Xiuding said,"If you want to tell me, then I want you to tell me. If you don't tell me, I'll tickle you."”
Jiu Ru said,"If you really want to hear the ancient, then go find your Brother Lan Xin. He has a stomach full of ancient."”
Xiuding said,"I don't want Brother Lanxin to talk about it. I want you to talk about it."”
Jiu Ru said,"Aren't you pressing down a girl and cutting her penis? If I had it, I would have it!"”
Xiuding said,"If you don't tell me, I will!"”
Jiu Ru said,"Tell me, what do you mean?"”
Xiuding said,"Are you afraid that I don't know? Every night, it makes the quilt windy."”
Jiu Ru said," Didn't the two of us sleep upside down every night? When I move my feet, you will naturally feel the wind entering the blanket."”
Xiuding said," It's not like that. It's not that the wind will enter the blanket when your feet move. It's that there are two people on your side, one on top and one on the bottom. You're rolling around in the clamshell."”
Jiu Ru said," Little Xiuding, you're talking in your sleep. You're talking nonsense because you have a fever!"”
" I also know who's sleeping down there," Xiuding said." She's the one who makes the fire in the kitchen."”
Xiuding's words made everyone laugh. Everyone knew who this woman was. There was only one woman in the kitchen. She was Xiudi's wife, Coral. This Xiudi had already transferred to work in the communications bureau. He left his wife at home without any sun or sun, so it was obvious that she wanted to eat wild food.
Jiu Ru said,"Xiuding, you only chew maggots. If your Xiudi brother finds out, he'll beat you to death."”
"Don't scare me," Xiuding said."I'm afraid Brother Xiudi will kill you if he finds out.”
That winter, the Xiushui Reservoir was not completely completed. The next spring, it took more than a month before it was completed. Then, it was spring sowing and spring harvesting. The whole season was so tiring that people had just stretched their bodies when the horn of the Great Leap Forward blew into the lower lotus pond and Maple Ridge.
In fact, in January, the drums of the Great Leap Forward had already sounded. People were stepping on this drum to complete the water conservancy project, and also stepping on the drum to complete the spring sowing and spring harvest. In May, the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China held the second meeting of the Eighth National Congress and officially passed the general line of "Go all out, strive for the upper reaches, and build the country as quickly as possible." The Great Leap Forward officially swept across the land of China.
Secretary Fan Xinmin of Xiushui Advanced Society reported at the mobilization meeting of all the members of the society: "Comrades, as you know, our Party now has a general line for building a society, and this general line is the beacon that shines on all our work. To be full of energy is to use all the energy in your body. Everyone has seen toads with bulging stomachs, and toads with bulging stomachs are our examples! To strive for the upper reaches was to not be in the middle or lower reaches. More was about quantity, faster was about speed, better was about quality, and more was about economy. Everyone, tell me, who else can imagine such an excellent general route?”
"The Central Committee of the Party has set a specific goal for us. Our industrial and agricultural products must increase by several times, even dozens of times, and our steel output must double that of last year. Last year, it was 3.35 million tons. This year, it would reach 10.7 million tons. Next year, it would double this year and reach 30 million tons. Last year, we produced 390 billion catties of grain. This year, we will produce 700 billion catties.”
"Comrades, this is a grand goal. To double it in a year is still not grand enough. Only our Party has such a grand ambition. Everyone, don't say that this is just bragging. Under the leadership of the party, any kind of miracle can be created. Not to mention doubling, it's possible to even multiply it by ten times. To achieve this grand goal, we must rely on the efforts of all our people. Refining steel is not only the task of the workers, but also the task of all our farmers. We farmers have to walk at the forefront. Not only do we have to bear the task of increasing grain production, but we also have to bear the task of smelting steel. Now, farmers all over the country were taking action. They were looking for ores all over the mountains and plains and building small blast furnaces everywhere. Our country is vast and rich in resources. There are iron ores everywhere underground. As long as we see stones that look like iron ores, we have to throw them into a small blast furnace to be incinerated. If that's not enough, we have to search for all the iron products in our society and smelt them for forging. What should he use to burn it? Of course, it was charcoal and wood, and mainly wood. There were plenty of trees on the mountain. If it was not enough, we would demolish the houses. Demolishing the houses could kill two birds with one stone. Fire bricks could be used to build small blast furnaces, mud bricks could be used to fertilizer the fields, and purlins could be used to burn small blast furnaces.”
" In this great Great Leap Forward Movement, our branch offices and the poor and lower-middle peasants will hold competitions to see who is in the front, who does the best in the four offerings, who has the most people climbing the mountain, who has the most trees cut down, who has the most houses demolished, who has the most night shifts, who has the most bare-chested, who has the best canteen, and who has the most couples sleeping separately. Why did they advocate for couples to sleep separately? We have to work the day shift and night shift. If a husband and wife sleep together and have to do their homework, how can we have the strength to work the day shift and night shift?”
Secretary Fan's last sentence made the solemn crowd laugh.
On the way home, Team Sheng and Mei Yang casually discussed the contents of Secretary Fan's report. Team Sheng said,""Our party's general line is good, but it's a little like that.”
Mei Yang said,"You're so childish. Don't talk nonsense about the party's general line!"”
"I didn't say anything else. I just want the sheep to not eat grass and to grow well."”
Mei Yang said,"You're beating around the bush and saying that we're bragging."”
"That's what you said. I didn't mean it that way."”
Mei Yang said," Secretary Sheng, we have to perform well in this Great Leap Forward. We can't fall behind anymore. We fell behind in the anti-capitalist and anti-right struggle last year. We were criticized and couldn't keep our face up. We sat in the venue with our butts burning.”
Team Sheng said," This anti-capitalist struggle and anti-right struggle shouldn't have been brought to the countryside. Look at our village. Where did the capitalists come from? Where did the right-wing come from? Isn't this going to push the girl down and cut her penis?”
Mei Yang said," If you say there's no, then there's no! If there isn't, then comment! Whoever you comment on will be the one!"”
"I think you're just talking nonsense. How are you going to be proactive this time?"”
Mei Yang said," My suggestion is to make the four offerings first. We'll dig up all the iron products in every household before looking for iron ore. Then, we'll demolish the houses, demolish the walls, and demolish some houses. After demolishing the house, we went to saw the trees. Look at the many Camphor trees in our house. They finally encountered a rare opportunity to sacrifice themselves.”
"If we do this, the villagers will call us prodigals." I've always suspected that Secretary Fan's report was something he thought of himself. The higher-ups wouldn't arrange it like this, right? If you give away the stove, pot, and wok, how are the people going to cook? Breaking ready-made iron products to make iron, wasn't that just messing around? I'm not scolding you. I'm just messing around!”
Mei Yang said,"You've already scolded me twice. Do you think you're selling western noodles?" My opinion is the opposite of yours. This isn't Secretary Fan's idea. It's an idea from above. Now that he was going to set up a big canteen, what was the use of keeping the stove and pots? If he kept them, the villagers would always be reluctant to enter the canteen. If they offered them, he would not think about it anymore. Look, what's the use of keeping our ancestral house? We can only build a residential area if we demolish the ancestral house. What's the meaning of living in a commoner's life? It's just upstairs and downstairs, with electric lights and phones. We're driving the masses into a commoner society. Aren't they going to thank us?”
Sheng Group smiled and said," When you mentioned the life of a commoner, I remembered what Secretary Xu of Shaxi Advanced Society said. The commoner life she described was celebrating the New Year every day and getting married every night. We can only eat the best food during the New Year, and only on the night of our wedding can we feel happy.”
Mei Yang said," I think this woman is crazy about men. How can you say that about Communism?"”
Sheng Group said," What you're talking about seems to be the business of a prodigal. Iron products are used every day. What's the matter with you giving it away like it's iron? Does that mean the country will have achievements? Then why not tear down the railway? Those rails were just steel numbers, right? Our residences are all civilian buildings. If you demolish them, not to mention ruining the ancestral industry, just the residences of the masses is a huge problem. Our Camphor tree is the best scenery in our house. A big tree takes hundreds of years to grow. If you saw them and burned them in the blast furnace, the scenery would be destroyed, and the iron might not be able to be burned out.”
Mei Yang said," So, you're not responding to the party's call. You're not going to follow the party. Then you don't have to be the secretary anymore. Stand aside and let me do this."”
Sheng Group said,"You're talking nonsense again. I'm just stating the facts. Don't flatter me." I know you want to be a secretary, but I won't let you be one.”
Mei Yang said," Alright, alright, alright. You be it, you be it!" But if you follow the party, you will do what the party asks you to do. If the party asks you to demolish a house, you will demolish a house. If the party asks you to saw a tree, you will saw a tree. In short, he would do whatever the party called for! No doubts, no questions!"
Team Sheng did not say anything. He was not afraid of Mei Yang's aggressiveness. He just felt that he had no other way out other than listening to Mei Yang. Not only would he stand aside, but he would also wear a tall hat. It would not look good.
That night, the Southern Mountain Village party branch held a meeting and argued for half a day. In the end, they agreed to do things according to Secretary Fan's instructions, and they started the next day.
After sleeping for a night, Sheng Group woke up early in the morning and began to clean up the copper and iron products in his house. He gathered the stove, pot, and vegetables together, and then gathered the wife's hair clip, the needle, the needle, and the shoehorn together. Then he went to pull out the copper moon on the big cabinet. His wife Yan Shi said,"Are you sick? Why are you meddling in this matter the moment you wake up?"”
Sheng Group said," The country is going to refine steel. This year, we have a very big task. Every family has to contribute. All the iron products have to be donated.”
Madam Yan said," Are you crazy? This is something that the family needs every day. If you take it away, why should I use it?”
Sheng Group said," Family matters are small, but the country is big. Country matters first, then private matters. Don't you understand this logic?"”
Madam Yan said,"If you take away the stove, pot, and vegetables, how can we cook?" If you have noodles to eat, then we can eat with you. Can you do it?”
Sheng Group said," You stupid woman, you don't know anything. You're going to eat in the canteen. Why are you still cooking?"”
"Where's the cafeteria?" Where is the cafeteria? Bring me there!"
"There will be some in the canteen, and there will also be rice. Don't worry, honey!"”
Madam Yan snatched a pot and hugged it in her arms. Team Sheng then took away the other iron products.
Guo Chu held a megaphone and shouted everywhere in the house. The branch did not have time to hold a meeting to mobilize, so they arranged for Guo Chu to shout and publicize. Guo Chu used the megaphone to shout,"Listen up, everyone. Our party is going to refine steel on a large scale. This year, we have a task of 10.7 million catties. Our party can't shoulder this burden alone. Everyone has to help. Those who have copper will contribute copper, and those who have iron will contribute iron. We don't want furnaces and pots, vegetable pots, embroidery needles, hair clips, or thongs. We don't even want the iron buttons, copper, and moons on the cabinets. All of them will be dedicated to the country. No one can hide their contributions. Whoever hides it will be kidnapped and paraded!”
Guo Chu shouted as he struck the gong. Mei Yang said from inside the room,""This fruit reserve, mud can't stick to the wall. Last night, I clearly told him that it was 10.7 million tons of steel, but he actually said it was 10.7 million jin of steel. If it was only this little, would we commoners still have to contribute?”
Mei Yang muttered to Madam Fan in the room,""Hide the good pots and pans and bring the rotten ones out.”
" You don't mean what you say," said Madam Fan." You're a father now. How are you going to educate your son in the future if you do something so shameful?"”
Mei Yang said," Are you stupid? How can you take such publicity seriously?!" The stove, pot, and vegetable pot were already offered out. How could they cook? Shengzu's family has noodles to eat, but we don't!”
In the rain, he took some iron products to turn in. When he passed by Shi Antang, he met his third brother, Li Ren. Li Ren said,"Are you going to run away with the Japanese soldiers again? Why are you so fierce!"
Yu Zhong said," Third Brother, don't talk nonsense. The Japanese soldiers didn't ask for our cooking pots and cooking pots back then. They're going to refine steel on a large scale. They're going to do it on a large scale. Don't fall behind. Don't forget the lesson from last year."”
When it came to the lesson from last year, Liren was filled with regret. He was already in his sixties, but he was still punished to fight on the stage and was beaten. Although he was the one who suffered the lightest beating, he was still humiliated.
Mei Yi and Feng Xian guarded the gifts from the four sides on the big floor. After a day of work, they gathered more than a hundred rotten pots and pans, dozens of copper moon iron buttons, and a dustpan of women's products such as embroidery needles and thongs. The Sheng team arranged for a few people to pick them up and send them to the senior secretary of the society.
A day later, the Sheng Group arranged for the older people to start tearing down the wall. The young and middle-aged people carried the wall bricks over 20 miles of mountain roads to the blast furnace. The blast furnace in Xiushui was built there. It was close to the road, so it was convenient for people to visit and learn.
In the rain, they were also doing the work of dismantling the wall. Yao Shan said,"Is it good or bad to tear down this wall?”
Qi Fa said," Alright, alright. Once the wall is torn down, the big house will be exposed. It's like a person without pants. It's so embarrassing."”
Merlot said," In my opinion, there are disadvantages and advantages. The advantage is that we don't have to go through the cave door again. We can go straight!”
"Have you ever seen a straight road in the world? Which road is not curved?"”
Merlot said," Aren't you being sarcastic? There are no straight roads in the world, but there are sections of straight roads. Do you admit it? Why must the road that can be straight bend?”
Qi Fa said,"Our ancestors are not as smart as you. They are thinking of stupid things!"”
The rain said,"This wall was built in the 14th year of Daoguang. What a pity, what a pity!"”
"It's better if you don't speak in the rain. If you speak, people will say that you're talking nonsense."”
Enlightenment said," Melo, you guys are too overbearing. It's natural for a person to speak. Why can't he speak in the rain? Is he guilty of saying a word?”
Merlot said," You're bickering again. I'm doing this for the rain's sake. Do you think I'm evil?!"”
In the rain, she still said," It's a pity, it's a pity. Our house has become a prostitute. We have no sense of shame.”
The walls had hooded roofs. The tiles were removed, the purlins were carried to the furnace, and the square bricks made of lime were removed one by one and quickly picked away. The buildings inside the wall were uneven, and its ugly appearance was soon exposed to the public. The wall was built with an iron pail and went down to Qingli Primary School at the end of Xiashou Garden. It was about two miles long. In a few days, it was completely demolished and the foundation bricks were dug away.
Secretary Fan said to Sheng Group and Mei Yang at the steel-making site,""How many small blast furnaces did your branch build?”
"We've built six, and we're going to build four more to make ten."”
Secretary Fan said," Good, good, good. You guys are very proactive this time. You deserve praise." However, you haven't done enough. You haven't demolished the house yet. This shows that your determination isn't very strong and that you're not very motivated!”
Mei Yang spoke first." We'll definitely listen to Secretary Fan. We'll start demolishing the house when we get back tomorrow."”
Secretary Fan corrected him." It's not me. It's the party."”
Mei Yang said,"Yes, yes, yes. We have to listen to the party!"”
On the way back, Mei Yang discussed the demolition of the house with Team Sheng. Team Sheng said,""You're too proactive. I originally didn't want to demolish the house. If I demolish the house, where will the people live?”
Mei Yang said," You can't not demolish them. Look, the other houses are demolishing them. They're competing to see who demolishes the fastest and who demolishes the most. If you don't demolish them, you'll be wearing a high hat and parading in the parade.”
Team Sheng thought about it and agreed. They still had to demolish some houses. If they insisted on not demolishing them, it would not be worth it to wear a high hat and parade. If they protected other people's houses, was it worth it to suffer?
The two of them discussed on the road and finally decided to tear down three central houses. One was the northernmost Huang Central House on the top of the mountain, one was the southernmost Li Central House on the bottom of the mountain, and the last was the clean Central House on the top of the mountain near the back. Demolishing these central houses naturally included demolishing the rooms attached to these central houses. That was three big pieces, and it involved several families.
"Where do these residents live? They're homeless!" Sheng Zu said worriedly.”
Mei Yang said," That's not easy. Under the forbidden garden tree, the bamboo garden at the back, and other central houses. Where can't people live? Wasn't it the same when the landlord was kicked out? We promised these families that when the residential area was built in the future, they would be given priority to live there.”
"Do you really think that you can't pay with your life for coaxing people to death? Even the King of Hell won't forgive you."”
Mei Yang said," There's no other way. Why don't we demolish your house first and then mine?"”
Team Sheng said," We can't take the lead in this matter. You see, we have to do work every day. If we don't have a house to live in, our wives will come looking for us. How can we have the energy to deal with our wives?"”
Mei Yang said,"You're right. Then let's tear them down first."”
Xiucan and Xiucang lived in the Bright Hall. When Mei Yang went to inform them to move, Xiucan said,""Blind Mei Yang, why are you always targeting my family? I don't have a shoulder blade to run with.”
Mei Yang said," You didn't walk with a knife on your shoulder. You walked with a knife. It wasn't just one knife, but several knives. We demolished your house first because we were afraid of you, so we bribed you early on and built a commoner residential area in the future for your family to live in.”
Xiu Can said,"It's good that there's such a good thing. Then I'll stay at your house first!"”
Mei Yang said," You can't stay in my house. My place is the central location of the entire building. It's the headquarters. If you stay there, people will think that you're a secretary.”
Xiu Can said,"You're not a secretary, why do you want to live there?"”
Mei Yang said," I have no choice. Secretary Sheng is always being humble. I can't reject him!"”
Old Master Mei Gan, who was fallow, had died a long time ago. When he died, his youngest son was still in his wife's stomach. Fallow was 18 years old. He was recruited to Xiangtan Machinery Factory in the first year. He had two younger brothers and a younger sister at home to live with his mother. When she heard that her house was going to be demolished, the old lady who was fallow cried and said,"You guys are bullying me. My husband is dead, and my eldest son is a worker.”
Mei Yang said," Auntie Zhang, you can't say that. We're just concerned about your family. When we build a residential area in the future, we'll arrange for your family to live in the residential area first. You have to feel the warmth of the party!”
It was easy to say that there was only Mei Yu's mother living there. After Mei Yu was executed, his wife remarried with her two sons. Mei Yu's mother was the only one left in the family. She guarded this big house. Mei Jun originally lived opposite. Mei Jun took his son Xiurun away, and his house became empty. Mei Yang walked into Mei Yu's house and said to Peng Huanhuan,""We are going to demolish the house you live in. We will leave one room for you to live in, and the rest will be demolished. Now that you're old, your son has been shot, and your grandson has left, our Advanced Society will take care of you in your old age. If you stop us, we won't give you food to eat and let you starve to death. Then, we won't bury you and let your corpse rot at home and become maggots.”
Peng Huanhuan was originally a powerful character, but after hearing Mei Yang's words, she was stunned. She didn't want to go hungry. The feeling was unbearable. She did not want to become a maggot. That was an even more painful process. Just thinking about it made her teeth tremble. The frightened Peng Xi Xi said," Alright, you can demolish it. My family's Meiyu Yazi was killed by you anyway. He can't come back to life. It's useless for me to keep the house."”
Nan Heng and Xiuding lived in the beautiful house. The mission of the Sheng team was to inform them to move. He said to Nan Heng,"If you want to move, the central room here will have to be demolished. You're a bad person. Don't resist. If you resist, we'll catch you and put you in jail to eat three or two meters.”
Nan Heng stared at Team Sheng with his eyes wide open. He was so angry that he couldn't say a word. He thought to himself, How am I a bad person? Is it a sin to beat up the Japanese soldiers? Thinking about it again, an arm could not twist a thigh. So be it if he was a bad person. Mei Yu had already been shot, and he had even saved his life. Chun Yan had long died of illness, but he was still alive and well. Thinking of this, he felt more at ease. He said,"You can tear it down. We'll live under the forbidden garden tree.”
Meihua had been dead for three years, and Xiuding was now in charge of Meihua's house. Sheng Group explained the situation, and Xiuding saw that his house did not suffer much damage, and the remaining houses could still be used, so he said,"Who asked me to be a hero of the War to Resist the United States and aid Korea? Who asked me to be an honorary soldier? If you want to demolish it, then demolish it.”
In just two days, three residential houses were demolished. Young and strong laborers were carrying bricks and purlins to the small blast furnace construction site. Women were carrying old mud bricks to the fields. Maple Ridge was a busy scene. No one had time to breathe. The earthen horn of Guo Chu was shouting all day long. It was full of energy, striving to build a better society.
In the rain, he and Suichu each led two cows and watched them graze. Suichu said,"People nowadays are really capable. They tore down three houses in two days and a wall in three days.”
"That's true. In the past, it would have taken decades to build these houses."”
Sui Chu said,"What do you think they are going to do next?”
"How could I have guessed?" Yu Zhong said."They don't play by the rules. What they think and do is not something that mortals can predict."”
Sui Chu said," That's true. Look, our ancestors have moved here for more than 300 years. Building a big house is the hard work of more than a dozen generations and hundreds of years. They say it's destroyed, and they say it's beautiful."”
In the rain, he said,"It's still alright. My residence is still here, and your South Garden Hall is still here."”
Sui Chu said," Do you think they are pitying us? They are doing this because they have a conscience. Look at the houses that have been demolished. They are the worst houses." It's hard to say whether we'll demolish the next step or not. It's also hard to say whether our houses will be preserved.”
"It's hard to say, but we're all their enemies, so we can't talk nonsense."”
These two people who had the least common language in Maple Ridge had actually spoken together today.
Sheng Group and Mei Yang did not demolish the houses anymore. Their task of building ten small blast furnaces was completed. The remaining thing was mainly to solve the problem of burning the furnaces. How many trees would be needed to burn the stones into steel? They didn't count. They only thought that this was a bottomless pit. No matter how much wood they threw into it, it wouldn't solve the problem. Even if it was a bottomless pit, it had to be filled. They couldn't stop and were busy arranging for people to saw the trees when they came back from the construction site.
There was a giant Camphor tree in Maple Ridge. It was ancient and tall. It grew on the mouth of the forbidden garden. Opposite it, which was the side of the pond in front of the door, there were two huge Camphor trees. The crowns of these two Camphor trees spread out like two embroidered balls. Together with the giant Camphor tree in the Forbidden Garden, they formed a strange landscape, which was known as the lion snatching the embroidered ball.
The Sheng Group could not do anything about the Camphor Tree in the Forbidden Garden, but they could still do something about the two embroidered balls on the other side. Without external help, they could also saw down the two Camphor Trees. The tree-sawyer carried the stairs and climbed up the big tree. He first sawed off the branches, and the embroidered ball disappeared. Only two huge trunks were left. Two huge saw-beams and 16 people took turns to sawn. One day passed, two days passed, and on the third day, the two trunks were finally sawed down.
That night, he had a dream in the rain. He dreamed that his master had returned. Old Master touched his head and said,"Are you Bin 'er? Why is your hair and beard all white?"”
In the rain, he said,"Master, I am Bin 'er, your youngest son."”
The old master said," Is this still Maple Ridge? I'm going home. I haven't seen your mother for a long time. I want to go home and see her. I want to ask her how she takes care of the children."”
"So this is Maple Ridge. I've already gone to see the King of Hell, but she's not on the same road as you, so you haven't met her yet."”
The old master said,"This is Maple Ridge. Why did you prodigals ruin the house like this?" Where are our embroidered balls, our walls, and our magnificent halls?”
"We're not squandering. We're preparing to build a new life." We're going to live the life of a commoner. There'll be lights and phones upstairs and downstairs. We'll celebrate the New Year every day and get married every night.”
The old master said,"It's still not squandering. Then what is considered squandering?" We almost couldn't recognize the way home. How many of the camphor trees on the mountain have been sawed by you? How many houses have been torn down by you? You're not wearing pants. Your shame is exposed outside. Aren't you afraid of being ugly?”
In the rain, he said," It's not surprising that you can't recognize the way home. The current situation is changing three times in a day. Many new names have appeared. If you heard them, you would think that you were from the Tang Dynasty. For example, Liberation, Land Reformation, Review, Mutual-aid Group, Co-op, Primary Society, Advanced Society, Great Steel Refining, More, Faster, Better Province, Proletarian Class, Bourgarists, Rightists, Communists, Guomindang, Counter-Revolutionaries, Bad Elements, etc. You have never heard of these words before. You have read so many books. Have you ever seen or heard of these words? No, you only read Zi Yun's poems, only wrote about the people, and only talked about filial piety!”
Old Master said," Alright, alright. Don't say anymore. I won't go back either. I'll be full of filth after hearing it!”After saying that, the old master disappeared in the rain. She broke out in a cold sweat in the rain and then woke up. She blinked her eyes and thought, was it a dream just now?
This year, new things were really happening every day. It was still May, and there were already big canteens everywhere. The women clapped their hands and said with a smile,"Good, good. This time, we're really liberated. We don't have to go home to cook anymore. We don't have to worry about cooking anymore, and we don't have to worry about being beaten by men if we don't cook well.”
Maple Ridge had four canteens, one in the North Garden Hall, one in the South Garden Hall, and two in the Big House Hall. Every household put out the fire and went to the canteen to eat happily. People suddenly became friendly and felt that this was a new type of commoner life. They would never have thought that they would enter heaven so soon.
Quinoa Ren worked in the canteen. He was the head chef of the canteen. His daughter-in-law, Coral, also worked there. When there was no one around, Li Ren began to teach his daughter-in-law. He said,"A person should do his part. Do what you should do and don't do what you shouldn't do.”
"Master is right," said Coral."After breakfast, we should prepare lunch instead of dinner.”
Li Ren said," Coral Yazi, you don't understand what I'm saying. I'm not talking about the order of cooking. I'm saying that a person should know their place. What should be done and what should not be done. Don't cross the line."”
"Are you talking about me, Old Master? Did you hear that?"”
Li Ren said," Do you still want me to say it out loud? You can't stand it when Xiudi Yazi isn't at home. Do you have to cheat on her?" Did she have to turn herself into a whore?”
Coral said,"Master, who are you listening to? Is it that Xiuding Yazi?" Actually, it wasn't me who had an affair. It was another woman who had an affair. Xiuding Yazi must have made a mistake.”
Li Ren said," You still want to quibble? You still want to push the blame onto others? Jiu Ru has already admitted it. How can it be fake?" Xiudi Yako is home. I must make him divorce you, this unchaste woman.”
Coral said," Master, since you put it this way, then I'll tell you the truth. You can't blame me for this. Look at your son. How many times can he sleep with me in a year and a half? Sometimes, he even has to make excuses to sleep in the same bed." Old Master, think about it. How did you live a married life at your age? Are you asking me to be a widow? Besides, didn't they advocate a commoner's life now? I'm also a product. What's the harm in sharing it with others? It's not like I'll lose any flesh. Even if I pull out the radish, I still have an eye!”
Hearing her daughter-in-law's words, Li Ren was so angry that he reached out to hit her. Coral said,""Master, don't hit me. If you hit me, I'll say that you're molesting me.”
Li Ren's hand was raised in the air and could not be lowered. He glared at his daughter-in-law and slowly withdrew his hand.
Xiu Wo came to check the kitchen. He asked Li Ren,""Uncle Li Ren, how much rice do you need for this meal?”
"How much rice did you say?" Quinoa Ren asked. One stone for a meal, three stones a day, and that didn't count!”
Xiu Wo said," We have to eat so much. There are only 130 people in our canteen. Doesn't each person have to eat eight taels of rice? In a few days, we will finish all the grains in our warehouse."”
Quinoa Ren said," You guys don't have a fixed amount. Tell them to eat as much as they want. There's no grain to eat with them, so people just eat like they're courting death. Is it rare for them to eat up the warehouse?"”
Xiu Wo said," It's not like we can't eat without holding back. This is a national unification that can reflect the superiority of Communism. If people were not fed, who would believe that Communism was superior?”
Li Ren said," Alright, eat. One day, your stomachs will be so hungry that you will lie on the ground and not be able to get up. You will starve to death and no one will come to bury you!"”
Coral said," Master, you have to be careful with your words. Don't say bad things about Communism. I think Communism is too good. Everything is public and everyone has a share in everything.”
Li Ren said," We adults are talking. Why are you, a woman, interrupting us? Do you only want to sleep with a man at night? Do you have ulterior motives by praising Communism?"”
"Master, you didn't sleep with me, so how do you know what I'm thinking?”
Quinoa Ren raised his hand to hit Coral again, but Coral said,""Master, you can't molest me!" Li Ren could only put down his raised hand.
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