Chapter 33 Hubei (1975-1996) - hometown

In 1974, the cadres of the army underwent a large-scale adjustment. Guan Shanlin, who had been unemployed for seven years, submitted a report to the organization, requesting to resume work. Guan Shanlin's report received an echo, but it was not a job transfer order, but an organizational opinion on dealing with the aftermath.The organization believes that Comrade Guan Shanlin's performance in the early stage of the Cultural Revolution was not a problem, and the treatment of his rest in 1967 was wrong, and it is now announced that it will be corrected.The organizational response to Guan Shanlin's request to resume work was to maintain the status quo.Guan Shanlin said, this is strange, since the treatment of me in 1967 was wrong.Another correction was announced, so why didn't I get my job back?I don't want you to rehabilitate me, I just want to work, even if I am not a leader, I can do some ordinary work!For this reason, Guan Shanlin went to Beijing again and asked for an explanation, but until he desperately left the city that was becoming more and more like the capital, he never received a meaningful answer.

In 1975, Guan Shanlin submitted a report to the organization to return to his hometown of Hubei to rest. A person has to work and do something in this world. The work of a soldier is to fight and protect the country. If he loses this right, then It's no different from dying, but in a place like Xiuqian, you have to live a fucking hundred years to die. Since the organization no longer needs him to work, he might as well go back to his hometown and wait to die.In the autumn of that year, Guan Shanlin, his wife Wu Yun, children Huiyang, Xiangyang, Xiangyue, nanny Zhu Ma, and a group of six people took the Three Gorges passenger ship from Chongqing along the Yangtze River, passed through Qutang, Wu Gorge, and Xiling Three Gorges, and arrived in the Central Plains. Metropolis Wuhan.After staying in the hostel of the Hubei Provincial Military Region in Fujiapo for a few days, Guan Shanlin, accompanied by a deputy director of the cadre department of the Provincial Military Region and the chief of the Xiugan Division, returned to his hometown in Honghu with his family.Guan Shanlin insisted not to stay in a big city, and if he wanted to go back, he would go back to his hometown. He didn't want to be an apartment at the door of his house looking forward to being summoned by the court.Of course, it is impossible for Guan Shanlin to really move his family back to the former residence of Honghu. He can only put his family in the county seat, because this family is not his alone. He also has a wife and children. They have to work and go to school. He can't take his wife and children back to the countryside to pick up straw and cow dung because of himself!

The arrival of Guan Shanlin made the county very busy for a while, but the house was rushed to be built. The army allocated a sum of construction funds, and the site was chosen on the best Chengguan West Mountain. The environment here is quiet and the transportation is convenient. Water is a good place to wait for death.I will first consider Wu Yun's appointment as a deputy in the county party committee or the county government. He is a sixteenth-level cadre, two levels higher than the county party secretary and the county magistrate. It is aggrieved to hold a deputy position. Later, I will consider whether to serve as the director of the Cultural Bureau ?The wives of high-ranking cadres are naturally less educated.But when he came to Guan Shanlin, the opinion of the county was immediately overturned by him.Guan Shanlin said that she cannot be the magistrate of the county, so you can change her job.The leader of the county said, old chief, what kind of job do you think is a good job?Guan Shanlin said, what am I looking at?I don't care, you can have any job, just give her any job, anyway, she can't be made the magistrate of the county.The leaders of the county have difficulty saying, old chief, our county is too small, and even the county party secretary and county magistrate are only seventeen levels old, and it is really difficult for us to make room.Guan Shanlin said, why make room?What seat do you want?Is there any free seat?It's not about watching a movie, you can also add something to the movie, regardless of the front and back, as long as you can catch a glimpse of someone.The county leaders understood a little bit, and said, what do you mean, don't you let Comrade Wu Yun be the secretary of the county magistrate?Guan Shanlin said, Bah!Why are you so small-minded?You guys are so small, what big things can you do?If you can't do great things, the common people will suffer if they follow you!The county leaders were ashamed, but after all a stone fell to the ground, they said, then let Comrade Wu Yun just be the director of the county cultural bureau and not wear the title of deputy county magistrate.Guan Shanlin said that the director of the Cultural Bureau is also not in charge. Don't you have a county hospital?Wu Yun is a doctor, can't you let her be the dean?Her decades of experience have nothing to do with you here.Of course, the county leaders would not object, but there was a problem that had been bothering me, and I finally raised it without holding back.The county leader asked Guan Shanlin why Wu Yun was not allowed to be the county leader?Guan Shanlin said, why?She is my wife, I go back to the county to rest, I am an ordinary person, other people are my parents' official, I can't let my wife be my parents' official!The leaders of the county suddenly realized.That's how it was decided.The problem of the dark cloud is solved, and the rest is the problem of the child.The child's problem is easy to solve. Xiangyang is studying in No. 1 County Middle School, Xiangyue is also enrolled in the fifth grade of Chengguan Primary School, Huiyang stays at home, and is looked after by Mama Zhu.The County Civil Affairs Bureau originally planned to send a civil servant to the old head's family, but Guan Shanlin did not agree. Guan Shanlin said that he left with Shao Yue, Jin Zhong, and Li Bu. I am a person who is waiting to die. Young people can't keep it, so it's better not to, so as not to make people feel uncomfortable when they break up.The county thought, public servants are not enough, so let’s hire an aunt for help. A not-so-small family has an old chief and a silly son. Hand in hand!This idea was opposed by Zhu Ma.The reason Zhu Ma objected was that she was only in her early fifties, she was still young, and she could do all the rough and fine work at home. Time should be light, there is no need for an outsider to stumbling, if they want to find a little aunt, it is fine, after they are dead, whenever they close their eyes, the little aunt can step into the closed door. The door of the house is closed.As soon as Zhu's mother firmly opposed it, the idea of ​​asking the little aunt to help the county was aborted.The county only found out later that the head of the Guan family was known to outsiders as Guan Shanlin, but it was Zhu Ma who had the final say on the life.The Guan family usually has three meals a day, the details are like adding east and west, and the ordinary life is like daily life. Zhu Ma decides everything, and even Guan Shanlin can't get involved.I saw this with my own eyes. It is said that once, a sofa chair changer dragged the sofa past the door of Guan’s house. Guan Shanlin was chatting with someone at the door. The sofa seller told Guan Shanlin, old comrade, let’s change the sofa. ?Guan Shanlin was chatting vigorously, when he was rushed suddenly, he didn't recover.Guan Shanlin said, what sofa should I change?The person who sold the sofa said, is the sofa you are sitting on?Steel winding spring, whole piece of sponge, calfskin stretched surface, guarantee you to sit for a hundred years without loosening or collapsing.Guan Shanlin said, I have a sofa, what should I do with it?The person who sold the sofa said, "You have an old one, and I have a new one. If you change my sofa, you can sit comfortably, and I can support my family in Hukou. It's good to have one of the two."Guan Shanlin thought about it too, and said, let's change it.The sofa changer happily unloaded the sofa from the trolley, and just as he was unloading, Zhu's mother came back from shopping.Zhu Ma said, why did you unload the sofa at my door?There is no free market in front of my house, no stalls.The person who sold the sofa said that it was not a stall, the sofa had already been sold.Zhu Ma said, who did you sell it to?The person who sold the sofa said, I will sell it to your family!Zhu Ma said, who agreed?The sofa seller pointed to Guan Shanlin and said, this old man?Zhu's mother said, I don't want this sofa at home, so you should drag it away quickly.The sofa seller said that the old man had already agreed to take it.Zhu's mother said, his promise doesn't count, it only counts if I agree, so drag the sofa away quickly!The sofa seller looked at Guan Shanlin again, but Guan Shanlin pretended not to see him, with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky, and left long ago.As soon as the news got out, people said, hey, it is a rich and deep house after all, the style is different, even the old lady who burns the fire and washes clothes can be the master of the house, and she is not breathless. I don't know how big the young master and old master of the family will be What a prestige!

It didn't take long for Guan Shanlin to move his family back to Honghu, and the family became very lively. First, at the three-level cadre meeting in the county, the county magistrate stopped the director of the management area in Guan Shanlin's hometown and said, old man Guan is back, and you don't want to go see him?The director of the management area said, who is the old man?Who are you looking at?The county magistrate said, which old man Guan are you talking about, and which old man Guan is there?The mouth of your evil lake is also worthy of osprey, what else can it produce! ——Old man Guan Shanlin Guan!The director of the management area slapped his thigh and said, is that him?I thought who were you talking about!Isn't he a big cadre outside? How did he come back?Of course we have to watch him when he comes back, how could we not watch it!So, two days later, the director of the management area took a few prominent figures in the area and bags of souvenirs to the county to see Guan Shanlin on a tractor.The news spread quickly, and within a few days, everyone in my hometown knew that Guan Shanlin had returned to Honghu, and everyone came to see it. The purpose is nothing more than three, one is to visit the old chief, the second is to report to the old chief on the work of his hometown, and the third is to hope that the old chief can help his hometown solve some difficulties.Guan Shanlin was very busy during that time. He received this person and then another person. Sometimes two groups of people bumped into each other and they met separately.Guan Shanlin was not interested in small talk, but he acted as if he was responsible for the last two items, and proceeded very seriously.My hometown is poor, if it is not poor, it will not be regarded as a Soviet area, and it will not be regarded as a base area.In addition, the cadres who came here really wanted to ask him to solve some difficulties, so they added some moisture to the report work.Guan Shanlin kept frowning while listening to the report. Guan Shanlin didn't expect his hometown to be so poor. The cadres were so poor that they burst into tears, and they all wished to sell their sons and daughters to help the villagers.Even if Guan Shanlin wanted to criticize their incompetence, he couldn't open such a bad mouth. The only thing Guan Shanlin could do was to use his old face to win continuous support for his hometown.Guan Shanlin started to take action, buying tractors, diesel oil, engines, wires, and fertilizers everywhere, and did not give money as much as possible.Guan Shanlin asked for it from the county, and also from his comrades in arms.Guan Shanlin said, Honghu is the cradle of the Second Army, and the people of Honghu have exhausted their blood for the Chinese revolution. If any of you can say that you can stand it, you can not give it?If you still have a little conscience of the Communist Party, you will take practical actions, and you are going to take practical actions. On behalf of the villagers, I, Guan Shanlin, will kneel down and kowtow to you!The state of Guan Shanlin made the county worry so much, give it to me, those orders issued by Guan Shanlin (in fact, orders issued by others) are all in short supply, and the allocation according to the plan is overwhelmed.Don’t give it up, he is an old revolutionist, he shows the conscience of the Communist Party to you, he kneels down and kowtows to you in front of the hall, can you bear the burden of bureau chiefs and county magistrates?The county had no choice but to hide in Guan Shanlin, hide in the office, call the commune brigade in the district, and scolded through gritted teeth, you bastards!If you use old man Guan as a gunman again, I will take off your black hat and kick your head like a ball!The county is worried, and Guan Shanlin's comrades-in-arms are also worried.The comrades-in-arms said on the phone, Laoguan, are you finished?You have a list on the left and a list on the right. Even if you are not tired, I am not a treasury here, and I don’t have so much to give you. Even if I am a treasury, I still have two-thirds of the people who have not got enough , I also have to have fields to plow and porridge to share in the world, right?Guan Shanlin didn't agree with that, he said into the microphone, don't give me this official accent, I don't like your official accent, don't you remember when I reminded you how we raised our fists during our revolution? Sworn?Let's shout with our necks straight, shed blood and throw our heads for the suffering people in the world!Did you forget that?You forgot to say one more thing, that year when you fought in Guangji, you were so hungry that you went to steal other people’s horse feed, and you were almost shot, but I rescued you. Ben forgot, what kind of a revolutionary are you?What kind of Communist are you?The comrade-in-arms laughed and said, "You bastard, old Guan, you give me political lessons!"Guan Shanlin didn't laugh, and said, "Politics is not a political class. Anyway, you have to give me the list. If you do it, you have to do it, and if you don't do it, you have to do it. You, a local tyrant of the Communist Party, I have made a deal today!"

Guan Shanlin reached out to people through letters and phone calls, and Guan Shanlin sometimes came forward in person.Once the secretary of the commune came to visit Guan Shanlin. After exchanging pleasantries and reporting according to the procedures, the secretary of the commune mentioned that spring plowing was coming soon and the commune lacked farming machinery. He hoped that the old head of the commune could help and provide information about the situation that had been scouted earlier. , Said that a walking tractor produced by the county agricultural machinery factory is very good, and it is almost exclusively produced for the land of Guan Shanlin's hometown.The director of the county agricultural machinery factory was familiar with Guan Shanlin, and Guan Shanlin went to the agricultural machinery factory without saying a word.As soon as Guan Shanlin saw the factory manager, he said, Lao Hu, Lao Hu, why don't you visit me these days?Are you afraid that I will hit your autumn wind?Factory Manager Hu also likes this old revolutionary who has no official airs at all. If he sees him normally, he will always drag him to a small tavern on the side of the road for a drink, but today he saw Guan Shanlin's posture, and he understood a little bit in his heart. , secretly complaining endlessly, with a friendly smile on his face, and said, who said I'm afraid of you?When have I ever been afraid of you?When Premier Zhou came to the county, I even shook hands with him.Who am I afraid of?Aren't I busy this time!Don't run around like this, don't interfere with my work, go home and stay, and when I finish my work, I'll go home and have a drink with you.Guan Shanlin said leisurely, so you are not afraid of me, are you busy?Busy, Hu, you are busy, as soon as you are busy, the production will go up.When Director Hu heard this, he immediately put on a sad face and said that his busyness was not in vain, and he didn't put much effort into it.Guan Shanlin said, that's right, Lao Hu is right, I said I haven't heard any good news about you, but I heard people say that you are lazy, so you are lazy, what's the matter with you, old Hu?You are an old model worker, isn't this embarrassing us old guys!Director Hu jumped up when he heard this, and shouted, who said I was lazy?Who said I was ashamed?Who Hu [字求] said that?I am a model worker trained by the Communist Party, and I have entered the Great Hall of the People five times. How could I be lazy?I worked desperately all day long, and I vomited out seven out of ten pots of blood. I wish I could die of exhaustion!Guan Shanlin said, what are you shouting about?Hu, what are you shouting about?Shouting can explain what?Can't explain at all.If you are not lazy, you just show me your grades. In the world, you are afraid of being serious, and the Communist Party is the most serious.Director Hu blushed with anxiety and said, of course I have achievements!Of course I'll show it to you!Do you think I can't get it out?After speaking, Director Hu led Guan Shanlin into the locked-up finished product warehouse, and led Guan Shanlin to look at the rows of shiny red walk-behind tractors.Director Hu said triumphantly, how about it, does this count as an achievement?It's not that I'm just bragging, the provincial newspapers have published my commendation, and the whole world knows about it, why don't you know about it?You also criticized me for being lazy!Guan Shanlin nodded and said slowly, who said I don't know?Of course I know, and it is precisely because I know that I come to you, Old Hu.Upon hearing this, Director Hu realized that he had been fooled, and bowed and said, Laoguan, please forgive me.Guan Shanlin said, I want to spare you, but the countryside won’t spare you, Lao Hu, don’t worry too much, you have abundant products here, and the East China Sea is as big as I’d like to drink. I only need three sets, and I don’t want one more.Director Hu said, I have plans and tasks in Laoguan, if I fail to complete them, the county will dismiss me as an official!Guan Shanlin said hard-heartedly, "I don't care about your plan, I don't care if you stop working or not, I only recognize you as a rich man, and if you are a rich man, I will beat your local tyrants and share your land. If I don't beat you, who else will I beat?"Factory manager Hu saw that he couldn't keep it, so he bargained.Director Hu said, I will give you one at Laoguan, and you can pay the money whenever you want. I won’t rush you, how about it?Guan Shanlin said without negotiating, three sets, the matter of money will be discussed later.Director Hu said, then, two?Guan Shanlin said, three sets, one must not be less!Old Hu, why do you look like a woman who sells shallots?You have let me down too much!I'm so disappointed that I don't look like a Communist anymore!Director Hu laughed and said, Laoguan really has you. I already know how you made the revolution a success in Laoguan. I agreed to Laoguan. I will give you three sets, one is not a lot. Yours, but you have to wait for a while, I have all these with the Lord, and I will place an order again.Guan Shanlin also laughed, and said, Lao Hu, give me a plan to slow down the army, do you think I am a recruit?Okay, if you want me to wait, I will wait for as long as you want, and I will stay at your house. When you give me the goods and when I leave, I can serve you. Four cold dishes and four hot fried dishes for each meal, plus Half a catty of Wuliangye, Lao Hu, this is not embarrassing you, is it?Old Hu was discouraged, and he said angrily, you are not embarrassed, you are not a good waiter, you are a few days, I lost one of my tractors, I might as well give it to you as soon as possible, and have a good time The fast paper boat is burning with bright candles in the sky, good to send you away, the plague god!Okay, you can ask someone to pick up the goods tomorrow morning, but I have a bad word stuck in my heart from Laoguan, I don't feel happy if I don't say it, I have to tell you.Lao Guan, with your appearance, you are completely like a robber with open flames!

Guan Shanlin is so busy all day long, which puts a lot of burden on the family.The first is to eat.There are a lot of people coming from my hometown, and they get a few catties of tea and a few cigarettes a month, and they have to eat after drinking and smoking. The country people do physical work and have big intestines. Zhu Ma went to the grain store in a few days Run, go back rice.Guan Shanlin has a rule that all people who come from the countryside must not stop drinking or eating meat at the dinner table, and the sum of meat and vegetables should not be less than eight dishes.Guan Shanlin said, I live in the countryside, and it is rare to get oil and water all year round, so I can only cut a piece of meat during the Chinese New Year. When I come to the city to visit me, even if I visit relatives, I have to add two dishes.Zhu's mother carried chickens, ducks and fishes home in big baskets and small baskets all day long, and she got dizzy in the kitchen. Zhu's mother said, you are not treating your relatives, you are making trouble with communism!Guan Shanlin said, what's wrong with communism?When we made a revolution back then, we were not seeking communism or what?Mama Zhu, don’t make me lose face, don’t embarrass me, let me tell you, it’s not about a meal, it’s something that the Communist Party doesn’t let people down!Zhu Ma said, is it so serious?Guan Shanlin said, whether it is so serious depends on how we think and how we do it. Besides, every time he comes here, he never comes empty-handed, doesn't he also send things here?Zhu Ma said, don’t look at what they are. A handful of vermicelli will become mushy when they see the soup. A bag of dried red sweet potatoes is moldy and I gave it to someone to feed pigs. A few small dried fish are not even eaten by the "captain" , just give this, it is worth your talking.Guan Shanlin said seriously, if you don't like something, that's the second thing, but he has a heart, and if he gives you a heart, no matter how tired your arms and neck feel, you have to respectfully lift them up on top of your head. Go!In fact, Zhu's mother agreed with Guan Shanlin's idea from the bottom of her heart, and Zhu's mother obeyed Guan Shanlin, so no matter how busy or tired she was, Zhu's mother would carry rice home without complaint, and carry chicken, duck and fish in big baskets and small baskets. .But it's not that Zhu Ma didn't have no opinion when she did this.When people come from the countryside, they not only drink and eat meat, but also have to stay.Guan Shanlin does not allow people to stay in hotels, but wants people to live at home.Guan Shanlin said, it's not that there is no room at home, the house is spacious enough for a group to live in, why spend that money to stay in a hotel!How many are saved are the blood and sweat of the common people, don't use them to burn the buns!When Guan Shanlin said this, his home became an inn, and no matter who came to the village, they stayed at home, sometimes one or two, sometimes seven or eight, and there were people who lived there, but no one was particular about who stayed. Spit everywhere, spitting, spitting, spitting everywhere.Zhu Ma specially bought two extra spittoons and put one in each house, and put them in a conspicuous place, but they didn't work.Zhu's mother specifically told her to spit it into the spittoon!They also nodded and said with a smile, we know, we will spit into the spittoon if we spit again.But Grandma Zhu turned her face away, and vomited on the ground again with a groan, not on purpose, but just out of habit.Then there is that I don't like to wash my feet and face.I came from a long distance, and I was covered in dust and dust, and I was a worker, with sweat and mud on my body. When I went to bed at night, I started snoring when I burrowed into the brand new quilt. I want someone to wash it. She blushed with embarrassment and said it wasn't dirty and had just washed it a few days ago.Zhu Ma herself was born in the country, so she knew how shy the country people are, so it was not easy to drag him into the washroom. She took hot water from the washbasin and brought it to the room. The next morning, she left. Zhu Ma went to clean the room, and saw that the half basin of water had become a full basin, the white water had turned into a yellow soup, and there was still a smell of urine. It turned out that for convenience, they used the washbasin as a urinal.The floor can be mopped every day, and the washbasin can be washed every day, but the quilt cannot be changed every day. Guan Shanlin has some complaints about changing it every day, saying that it shows disgust, extravagance, and estrangement.Guan Shanlin said angrily, what are you doing?What are you guys doing?Isn't the quilt a little darker?Isn't it just that the mattress is a little dirty?So what if it's a little black and a little dirty?Might not be dead?You are so flamboyant, do you still have any class feelings?Oh, it shows your cleanliness?I don't think so, I think it's you who are dirty, it's your heads that are dirty!While talking, Guan Shanlin poked his brow with his thick fingers, expressing a kind of emphasis.Guan Shanlin's poking made Zhu's mother feel guilty, and Zhu's mother complained to Wu Yun behind her back, saying, is it true that it is dirty?Unclean is a fact, right?I didn't say anything disgusting, that is, tear it down and clean it up. If you don't do it, you will still be criticized.Wu Yun is also not easy to coordinate. Knowing that Zhu Ma is a clean freak, she can't stand it in her eyes and heart, but Guan Shanlin raises the issue to the level of class feelings, so it is not an ordinary issue, it is a matter of principle No one dared to be Guan Shanlin's opponent on matters of principle, so Wu Yun could only unilaterally persuade Zhu Ma to turn a blind eye.Zhu Ma said, can I close my eyes?You didn't look at the situation in the guest's room. I can't describe it, and I can't describe it. Anyway, even the "captain" doesn't want to go in. The "captain" walks around the door as soon as he reaches the door. Think about it. What a tragedy!Wu Yun said, "Mother Zhu, don't be stubborn. You have been in our family for decades. You should know that if you want to be stubborn, none of us are Lao Guan's opponents, and together we are not his opponents."I am convinced of this, and I advise you to accept it too. In other respects, you can manage as you like, you can manage as you want, follow your wish, and you can let things in the guest's room go. Let it flow!Zhu Ma has stayed in this family for decades, she knows what is going on in this family, she knows who the actual ruler of this family is, and she knows that she can't do anything to that stubborn ruler. It was just to find someone to confide in, to find a theoretical ally. Now it is clear that there is no ally. If I continue to talk, maybe I will name another enemy. Zhu Ma had no choice but to turn her head away. Go off and do your own thing.But Zhu Ma didn't say anything, but she couldn't help thinking, what do you think is going on?Wu Yun can be regarded as a person who loves cleanliness very much. She has been a doctor for decades, and what she recognizes most is cleanliness. She usually doesn't follow anyone who doesn't wash their hands before eating. When she meets Laoguan, she becomes soft. False?She can give up on any principle?What kind of thing is ruling this family?

Guan Shanlin's parents died early, and there are not many relatives in his hometown, but there are quite a few relatives related to the Guan family, most of whom are poor relatives.It makes perfect sense.The old districts used to be very poor, and because of poverty, people became popular without any consideration and with enthusiasm.The trouble was turned upside down.But for some unknown reason, the old areas are still poor after changing a dynasty, and no matter how hard they try, they can’t get rich. Even so, they won’t be popular again, because this dynasty is their own. Beat down.In this dynasty, there were quite a few children from the old districts who were officials. They could not rebel against their own children, so they had no choice but to remain poor as before.However, people in the old areas also have other ways to deal with poverty. One of the most common ways is to ask for relief from the children of officials who are outside the country.For quite a long time, the old districts have become the country’s five-guarantee households with peace of mind. They eat food allocated by the state grain depot, wear clothes supported by the national army, and spend banknotes provided by the National Bank. The old districts should be regarded as places where communism is tested.Most of Guan Shanlin's relatives have this kind of quality, because knowing that Guan Shanlin has returned to Honghu County, they have the opportunity to display this kind of quality. They are all very good at writing letters. People and things from years ago, Guan Shanlin asked if he still remembered these people and things?They wrote scribbled and concisely in the letter, second father (or second master), this letter has nothing to do with it, but the family life is difficult.Then they wished the second father (or second master) good health and a long life.They kept writing letters with dirty eight-cent stamps on them, and used them to target Guan Shanlin.To be honest, they usually have a higher success rate.Guan Shanlin has long maintained a full enthusiasm for these "this letter has no other" letters from the countryside. He no longer has too many immediate family members in the countryside, but he still has a strong nostalgia. The letters became capillaries, one end was connected to the fresh-breathing country, and the other end was connected to his navel.Guan Shanlin has always been keen on remote control to help his poor relatives and friends get rid of poverty and become rich. He sends them money, and at the same time gives them some idealistic ideas.Guan Shanlin had a distant nephew who was an orphan. His grandfather was a soldier with Guan Shanlin and died in battle in northern Sichuan.This distant nephew complained to Guan Shanlin, saying that his family had no overnight food, no winter clothes, and that he was forty years old, and he didn't even have a wife.Guan Shanlin was very sad. He sent a sum of money to his grandnephew to feed the ducks.The lake in my hometown is densely covered with fish and shrimps. Feeding the ducks only takes some effort and does not require more investment. Guan Shanlin calculated an account in detail. Coupled with the theory that ducks lay eggs and hatch ducks, it is possible to make nephews and grandchildren live a prosperous life and marry a healthy peasant girl back home.But it didn't take long for my nephew and grandson to write again to ask for relief.The nephew said in the letter: I fed the ducks according to the instructions of the second master, and the ducks grew very lively, especially when they played together in the lake, they looked very cute, but the ducks were all poisoned to death.The grandnephew said that he planned to feed breeding pigs instead. He would not be intimidated by the disaster. Isn't he a descendant of the Red Army?The nephew explained that the breeding pigs are fed in pens, and it is impossible to play in other people's ponds, so they will definitely not be killed by medicine.Guan Shanlin felt that this idea was correct, and Guan Shanlin was particularly moved by his grandnephew's determination not to be intimidated by the disaster, so he sent another sum of money to his grandnephew, and at the same time wrote a thick letter. He told his nephews and grandchildren to ask the technicians for advice and learn how to raise pigs scientifically.Guan Shanlin watched the morning dew and handed the thick letter to the postman, but this was not the last letter Guan Shanlin wrote to his nephew. In fact, he wrote several letters after that. In addition, the content of the letter has changed.His dispirited nephew kept writing letters to complain, saying that the breeding pigs had the plague, and planned to change the tofu house, and wrote that the tofu could not be sold, and planned to change to the milking house, and then the milking house received a large batch. Moldy goods, all lost in it, thinking about it is better to open a small shop, even if a small shop can't sell anything, the things are still their own, and they can't be eaten by others.

Guan Shanlin finally found out his mistake, he finally found out where things were wrong, either his poor relatives or himself, anyway, things were not as simple and pure as he thought, not as simple as he thought As we have shown, hard work alone can change the face of poverty.Guan Shanlin wants to find out where the problems are, and where are their crux?Therefore, Guan Shanlin decided to go back to his hometown. Guan Shanlin was shocked. He didn't expect that his hometown would still look the same after nearly 30 years of liberation.The car stopped a few miles away from Jingzi, let's go.I stopped moving, the road leading to Shanzi was narrow and broken, and the car couldn't drive in at all.Guan Shanlin got out of the car and walked, his brows became more and more wrinkled as he walked.The road is full of desolation and decay. The weeds in the field are taller than the seedlings, and neither cattle nor crops can be seen in the field; the mud walls of the scattered farmhouses are sparsely cracked, and the straw on the roof is blackened; the thin man lying in front of the farmhouse The dog didn’t even have the energy to bark when it saw a stranger, and the more aggressive ones just grunted a few times with blank eyes; there was a seven or eight-year-old bare-bottomed kid playing listlessly by the side of the road throwing stones, apparently in the heat of the game, He didn't think it was dirty, so he drank the muddy water in the field with his dirty hands at the edge of the field.All this made Guan Shanlin feel uncomfortable, making Guan Shanlin's face more and more gloomy and ugly.

On the day Guan Shanlin returned to the embankment, he called the cadres and Dawa members of the team to hold a meeting.The meeting is held at night, so it seems a little mysterious.The cadres from the village came early. They walked into the house one by one with their sleeves folded and their waists hooked. They respectfully called Guan Shanlin father, uncle, or grandfather, and then they focused all their attention on what Guan Shanlin brought back. On Red Peony brand cigarettes, Guan Shanlin will personally preside over the event.Guan Shanlin was very distressed by the decline and poverty of Tanzi. He was so sad that he trembled all over. He loudly scolded his cousins, uncles, nephews and nephews, pointing their noses one by one and scolding them bloody.Guan Shanlin's blood pressure rose, his heart beat faster, his face was red, his lips were trembling, and at one point he almost fell down.While those distant relatives and neighbors nodded and bowed, fearing to lag behind, they smoked the red peony cigarettes brought by Guan Shanlin one by one until they were all exhausted.None of them listened carefully to what Guan Shanlin scolded, and they didn't care why Guan Shanlin scolded, because with such high-end cigarettes, they even liked listening to Guan Shanlin's lectures.

There was only one person who neither bowed his head nor smoked the red peony brought back from Guan Shanlin. He smoked his own tobacco leaves.This person is Guan Dou, the company commander of the brigade militia.Guan Dou is in his thirties, a member of the Communist Party, a former soldier, and a distant nephew of Guan Shanlin.Guan Dou lowered his head and smoked his tobacco leaves, his head was clouded.When Guan Shanlin finished his lectures, Guan Dou knocked on his cigarette pouch and opened his mouth.Guan Dou said, "Second Uncle, you have always taught and scolded, and you have always taught and scolded correctly, but the Communist Party talks about materialism. We did not do a good job and made the villagers suffer. We are also materialistic.Guan Shanlin turned around to look at Guan Dou, and Guan Shanlin said, "You say there is materialism, you tell your materialism, if you tell a materialism, I will stop scolding, if you can't talk about materialism , I still scolded, I not only scolded, I also spanked your ass!Guan Dou sat up straight, not because he was afraid of spanking, but because he was determined to pour out the bitterness in his stomach. If he didn't pour it out, it would be a trivial matter to be wronged. The outstanding members of Tongde also discredited the party.Guan Dou said, second uncle, it’s not that we don’t work hard, it’s not that we don’t give face to you elders, it’s not that we don’t want the folks to live a prosperous life, it’s that we have worked hard, we wish we could treat ourselves as cattle, we have I want to cry all the time, I want to wrap up a package and leave on my back, to hide and see no one.But what's the use of just having this heart?What's the use of being ashamed?What can it block?Second Uncle, you don’t know how difficult it is for us. We are difficult. Our fields are sparse and thin. Our labor force has been confiscated to the cofferdam. There is no money to buy chemical fertilizers, there is no food in the belly of adults and babies, and the urine that they urinate has no smell and no fat. We can only watch the seedlings turn yellow day by day, turning into a firewood, so we will go find them. Management area, please allocate some fertilizer to us.The manageable area says that fertilizers need indicators, but there is no indicator for our brigade.The cadres of our brigade knelt down there together, and if we wanted to kneel, we had to kneel for two catties of fertilizer for the villagers.But no, we didn't kneel back, let alone two catties, we didn't kneel back even two taels, we kneeled for nothing, we came back very late that day, we wandered outside the alkane until it was dark, we were ashamed See folks!Second Uncle, think about it, think about Second Uncle, what can we do?What do you want us to do?我们当的是乡亲们的干部，我们稍有半点儿办法，也不能让乡亲们苦着，我们都恨不得把自己零割了细碎着卖掉！可就算这样，就算能剁出百十斤人肉来，又能卖给谁去？二舅您说我们卖给谁去？ !关斗说着，六尺高的汉子竟然眼里有了泪水，在眼眶里噙着没能噙住，扑籁籁地滚落下来。

关山林怔在那里，出声不得。他带去的烟已经被抽完了，一屋子的烟将他紧紧地笼罩住，没有了烟抽的乡亲们将他紧紧地笼罩住，憋得他连气都喘不过来。他那特大的头颅上开始冒出缕缕的热气来，他的印堂间开始烧出火苗来，他腰杆笔直地端坐在那里，端坐在烟雾之中，端坐在他的乡亲们之中，一动不动。关斗抽泣了一会儿不抽泣了，抬起头来看着他，别的人也抬起头来看着他。他们不是在看，他们是在听，他们听见关山林的身上，先是两只手，接着是腿，然后是腰杆和脊梁间，嘎吧嘎吧地发出骨关节错动的声响，那些声音越来越响，越来越响，到后来，连他们坐着的这间屋子都给震动得摇晃起来了。 五十吨日本尿素在运往管理区的途中被一大群手执扁担打材的农队劫住了。司机从驾驶室里伸出头来大声喊，干什么？What are you going to do?你们疯啦！没有人听他的，那些男男女女老老少少的农村人举着扁担挑着箩筐没命地往前拥，从车上拖下成袋的化肥再把它们运走。在整个事件中指挥者只有一个人，那就是关山林。 老区永远都是贫困潦倒，贞洁似的守护着它的这一份荣誉了。整整两代人提着脑袋搏命厮杀，几十万人的生命轰然倒下，把他们烧成灰，洒进大地里，再贫瘠的土地也是可以变得肥沃起来的，老区人直到如今仍然在饿肚子这是说到天上也说不过去的道理。但这并不是关山林指挥这场抢劫化肥车的理论依据。关山林没有理论，他只有几十年屡试不爽的经验，那就是革命靠自觉。关山林从心底深处痛恨家乡人那种与前辈完全不同的逆来顺受和心平气和，关山林怒其不争。打仗死掉了几十万人，难道造反的骨气也死掉了吗？既然管理区的那些土皇帝们不把化肥指标分给咱们，那就抢嘛！ 几百名脸上涂着锅底黑的农民突然之间出现在公路两旁，令司机和押送化肥的管理区技术员大惊失色，他们怎么也不会相信，打死也不会相信，在共产党领导的地方会出现这种揭竿而起拦路行劫的暴民行为。关山林像指挥一场战斗一样向大队干部布置了这场化肥劫案。一辆牛拉车歪倒在公路当中，赶牛车的小伙子躺在车上呼呼大睡，长长一溜运送化肥的卡车只能停下来。司机目瞪口呆地看着疯了似的农民一拥而上，身手矫健地攀上汽车，踢死猪娃似的往车上踢化肥袋子，车下的人则分工明确，配合默契，肩扛箩挑，迅速将战利品运下公路，顺着羊肠一般的田埂小路消失掉。空气中弥漫着一股浓烈刺鼻的尿素味，同时弥漫着老区久违了的同仇敌汽的精神。司机如果对历史稍微有点儿兴趣就会发现，这个场面和几十年前发生在这一带的众多事件有着十分相似的共同处，他还会由此领悟一个道理，农民一旦真正被组织起来，煽动起来，就会发挥出最大的积极性和创造性。遗憾的是司机根本没能领悟这一点儿，除了节油标兵之外，他在哪一方面都表现平平。他只会一个劲地在那里喊，你们要干什么？你们疯啦？没人理会他，人们全都处在一种极端的兴奋和突然产生的责任感中，唯恐做了群众运动的落后分子。司机后来不喊了，他的嗓子有点儿痛，风使他连续地咳嗽起来，他觉得喊也是白喊，他阻止不住什么，正在发生着的一切显然在一开始就被什么人决定下来了。司机并不知道，此刻，在远离公路几百米的一个高地上，一个指挥过数百场战斗的职业军人正披着一袭英国呢大衣冷静地注视着一切。那个军人腰杆笔挺地站立在那里，脚下踏着一片盛开着的鹅舌草。当两辆五吨装的卡车被卸运一空之后，他在心里对自己说，这场战斗应该结束了。他转过头来轻轻地对站在身边的大队民兵连长关斗说，通知他们，撤出战场。 关山林把家安在了湖北洪湖，安在了他的老家。关山林的样子，是要做永远的匿居，像一头走进森林腹地等待着生命最后日子的老象。他不止一次地对人提到他现在是在等死——他认为这是安度晚年最准确的说法。他在说到“等死”这个词时神态安然，甚至哈哈大笑。他把全家都迁回乡下来了，从此再也闭口不提要求重新工作的事。他起床、吃饭、上街和随便什么人聊天、回家睡觉，晨起暮息，样子十分满足，生活颇有规律。人们都觉得他是一个少年出家历尽沧桑，晚年归来养老的寓公，奔波到头了，革命彻底了，心如止水了。只有乌云知道，人们的想法是错误的。关山林的心没有死，他的心永远不会死，在他的胸膛后面，仍然有一颗顽强的火星栖伏在那里，它没有熄灭，永远也不会熄灭。有一个细节只有乌云一个人留了心。关山林为自己订了大量的报纸，从《解放军报》、《人民日报》到《参考消息》，差不多有七八份之多。关山林每天把大部分时间都花在那些报纸上。关山林看报不像多数人那样只看标题和感兴趣的文章，他是从一版到四版，每一篇文章都要认真读完的。他读报读得很仔细，你把它叫做阅读，不如叫做研究。实际上他就是在研究。他把他认为是重要的文章用红蓝铅笔勾出来，标上“此处全家一阅”，“如此动向”，“发人深思”之类的眉批。他的情绪是随着报纸报道的消息而变化的。如果国内国际的形势一派大好，那么他那段时间就会表现得很安静，不声不响，安静久了，就会闲豹似地打一个哈欠；安静得再久了，就会困豹似的变得烦躁不宁。如果国内国际的形势有个风吹草动，他的情绪波动就会很大，兴奋、激动、焦灼、渴盼。那段时间他花在报纸上的精力就会多得多，报纸上出现的粗重的眉批也会多得多。这一点儿也许可以瞒过别人，却瞒不过乌云，乌云太清楚那头躺在老巢里伸着懒腰打着哈欠的老豹子觊觎的是什么了。乌云对此一字不提，她就像什么事都不知道似的，她就把它当作他闲得太久太无聊而自己创造出来的游戏。当然，关山林并不仅仅是看报，报纸是必不可少的，但看报看久了，总有一种纸上春秋的感觉。关山林还有行动，最有说服力的行动之一，就是把老四关湘阳送去当了兵。1977年，关湘阳高中毕了业。这一年国家恢复高考制，湘阳学习成绩不错，又是从城市转学来的，基础扎实，学校寄期望于他这个高材生，希望他能考上大学，为本县争光。可是关山林却不让湘阳考大学，他要儿子去部队当兵。在这方面关山林的态度十分固执。乌云为这事和关山林吵了好几架。乌云是希望儿子能念大学的。但吵归吵，在原则性问题上，关山林一向不会妥协让步，如果有必要，他甚至不惜为此打一场全面的战争。他打了，他赢了。1977年冬天，十七岁的关湘阳应征入伍，成了武汉军区某坦克部队的一名新兵。 关山林就是这么主宰着这个家，在他年届七十的时候，他仍然雄心不眠，宝刀不老，直到有一天，他在报纸上看到中国军队在广西云南前线对越南军队的挑衅进行全面反击的消息时，他仍然兴奋不已。他丢开报纸，站起来，背着手在房间里大步地来回走动。他在窗前站下，目光炯炯地看着远处起伏的山峦。他朝身边的桌子用力击了一掌，把从门口走过的朱妈吓了一跳。朱妈听见关山林一个人在他的房间里大声地说，打！狠狠地打这些狗日的！朱妈不知道他是在对谁发火，对谁下这个命令，他究竟要打谁？朱妈蹑手蹑脚地走过去，探头朝屋里看了看。屋里只有关山林一个人。