One day in the middle of April, 1976, I was working in the materials department. I had just signed the material list for the people who applied for materials from a few workshops. I was ready to go to the materials department to apply for some special materials that were urgently needed by the workshops. The workshop was quite anxious about this matter. I had already contacted the sales staff in the materials department the day before and planned to go early this morning. Who would have thought that at this time, the factory committee would urgently inform them that a meeting was about to take place.
I sat anxiously in the office of the factory committee, absent-mindedly listening to them read some nonsense document. Who was the one who drafted that document? The language and logic were not logical. It was very difficult for the readers, and it was even more difficult for the listeners. They read it for a long time, but we didn't know what the problem was in this document that was full of nonsense.
When I was listening to them read the document, two more people came to me one after another and asked me to approve the material collection list. The workshop was in a hurry to get the materials, and the meeting could not affect the production. This was the rule of the materials department.
Because of this, the newly appointed deputy secretary of the factory's Youth League Committee began to be unhappy. He said very unhappily,"Criticizing Deng is the top priority in the political life of the people of the country. In the Youth League Committee meeting, you must first correct your attitude. The meeting must be like a meeting and you must sit down seriously. You're the only one who can't sit down at every meeting. You have to check your political attitude. We have a lot of facts to prove that: When it comes to criticizing Deng, this is a major issue of right and wrong. From the beginning of the counter-right movement to overturn the case, you have always shown serious opposition and resistance. As a regimental officer, you should check your political attitude.”
Hearing him say this. Anger suddenly rose in my heart. I wanted to retort immediately, but I also took into account that this was a meeting of the Youth League Committee. I suppressed my anger and sat down indignantly. I retorted fiercely,"Don't give me that. When I joined the factory as a worker, you were still wiping your nose somewhere. Who do you think you are to lecture me? Take a piece of paper and a pen and go visit me. What do you know about political attitudes?”
The people in the meeting surrounded me and tried to persuade me. I finally sat down reluctantly and listened to them continue reading the document. This morning, there were still a few things waiting for me to do. The meeting here was not punctual, and I didn't know when it would end, so the more I listened, the more annoyed I became. The more annoyed I am, the more I want to leave this venue. The more I can't sit in this chair.
In the materials department downstairs, my old Section Chief sent someone upstairs twice to say,"The materials department is looking for Xiao Shi for an emergency. They want Xiao Shi to go over immediately.”
I stood up anxiously and said to the deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee,"Now that you've heard it, is this still a problem with my political attitude?”
The deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee still insisted,"Wait a moment. The meeting will proceed to the next item." According to the requirements of the higher-ups, within two days, each Youth League branch will submit a critical draft."
I readily agreed because I was the secretary of the Youth League branch of the factory department's production system. Although I can't figure it out, I still have to do the normal work assigned by the Youth League Committee. I still have some sense of organization and discipline. I don't have time to write the criticism draft, but I can assign it to other comrades. In any case, he would find a newspaper to copy a paragraph, and it would be fine as long as it could deal with the task.
Immediately after, the deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee said,"Every League branch secretary must write another one. The time was handed over to the Youth League Committee office within two days.”
Upon hearing this, the anger that he had suppressed earlier was ignited again. He thought to himself,'There are bullies in this world, but I've never seen such bullies.' He clearly knew that I didn't have time to write it, but he insisted on treating it as a political task that had to be completed. It was obvious that he was using his official position to bully honest people. I suddenly stood up, pushed open the rattan chair, and quickly walked to the office door. I turned around indignantly and shouted at the deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee,"My production tasks are so heavy and my business is so busy. I don't have time to write those sh * t things for you.”
Before I finished speaking, I suddenly opened the door and slammed it heavily. I heard a bang behind me. I had already rushed out of the office of the Youth League Committee and ran downstairs to the materials department office. I rode my bicycle and went to the materials department of Wuye.
I don't know how the meeting will turn out after that. However, I never dreamed that because of the outcome of this meeting, I almost caused a huge disaster. This incident makes me feel afraid for the rest of my life.
It was probably in the autumn of 1977, one year after the Gang of Four was crushed. There was a cool breeze blowing on the road outside Chengdu. When I got off work, I happened to leave the factory with Secretary Liu of the factory's Party Committee. We rode our bicycles side by side to get off work and go home. On the way, Secretary Liu suddenly asked me a question that confused me."Did you say anything at the Youth League Committee meeting?”
I replied in confusion,"I said a lot in the Youth League Committee meeting. Who knows which sentence you are asking?"”
Secretary Liu also smiled." It's the last time you slammed the door and left."”
Suddenly, I came to a realization." I remember now. There's such a thing. I've attended many meetings at the Youth League Committee. I only slammed the door and left once. The reason why he slammed the door and left was because of the critical draft. My production tasks are so heavy and my business is so busy. I don't have time to write those sh * t things.”
Then, I gave a rough account of what happened at the meeting.
Secretary Liu nodded and looked at me. He continued,"It seems that you are indeed an honest person and did not lie at all. The situation they told is basically the same as what you told. Come to my office tomorrow morning.”
The next morning, I went to the second floor of the factory and stood at the door of the office of Secretary Liu. Secretary Liu sat on the rattan chair behind the desk. He waved at me and let me in.
I walked to the opposite side of his desk and faced Secretary Liu. I stood at attention and asked in a low voice,"Secretary Liu, why are you looking for me?”
Secretary Liu said seriously,"I'll give you something. Take a good look."”As he spoke, he took out a few pages of paper from the drawer of his desk and placed them heavily on the desk."Here, take a good look for yourself.”
At that time, I said,"Secretary Liu, how can I casually look at the documents on your desk?"”Secretary Liu replied," I called you here today because I wanted you to come and take a good look. You can be considered to have some knowledge."”
Since you want me to look, then I'll look. I picked up the few pages of the letter and glanced at the title of the article. This title was quite eye-catching. I frowned and started to read the book seriously. The content of the article gave me a big fright! The article was four pages long, and the main content was to expose me, saying that I had a serious political attitude problem in dealing with criticism of Deng, and accusing me of calling writing criticism of Deng a fart. He also said that my thoughts had always been rebellious and collected my rebellious remarks over the past few years (I can't even remember when or where I said it).
The final conclusion was to request the factory party committee to immediately revoke my position in the regiment, expel me from the regiment and factory, and hand it over to the public security organs for handling.
Good heavens, whatever it is written on it, it's enough to make me regret it.
After reading it, I was speechless. I gently put the pages back on the table. "Secretary Liu, why didn't you deal with me back then?" she asked cautiously.”
Secretary Liu smiled and asked me," You're dreaming, brat. If I killed you at that time, who would run errands for me? Who would do the work of the material planner in the factory?”
Hearing Secretary Liu say this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
I smiled as I said," Secretary Liu, you really understand me. If you had done it for me back then, how good would it have been? I could have found a place to rest at that time." In the future, you can find a chance to help me deal with the rebellion so that I can be a hero.”
But I didn't expect Secretary Liu to really get angry when I said this."You brat, what kind of person do you think I am? I might not be in your eyes. Don't tell me that I can't even tell the difference between good and bad people? What are you thinking about? Oh, I'll deal with you first, and then I'll clear your name. Do you really feel that I, the Party Secretary, seem to have nothing better to do? Even if I have nothing to do, I won't be looking for trouble for nothing.”
As he spoke, he picked up the few pages he had just shown me and tore them into pieces in front of me. Then, he took out a box of matches from his pocket and struck a match hard. He watched the small flame on the match slowly burn, and the small flame gradually grew bigger.
Secretary Liu grabbed the torn pieces of paper with his other hand and lit the fire. The orange flame kissed the white pieces of paper, accompanied by a blue and black smoke. Those pieces of paper were incinerated into black ashes in a short while. It landed in the wastepaper basket behind the door.
Secretary Liu nodded at me and threw the remaining matchstick into the wastepaper basket. He said earnestly,"I sincerely hope that such a thing will never happen again. I don't want to deal with this mess all the time.”At this moment, I really thank Secretary Liu from the bottom of my heart. He is really a good person.
There were still many good people in this world.
I didn't expect that after I was transferred to the organization, I would still have the opportunity to have a good quarrel with Assistant Instructor Lin.
Please look at the next section,"Assistant Instructor Lin leaves the factory."
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