Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen

Hearing that her father was going to take her to Wuhan, Shen Li pouted. What are you doing in that big stove in Wuhan on such a hot day?When her father said humorously: "You haven't heard me finish, I'm taking you to see Chairman Mao this time." Shen Li was startled at first, and then she knew it was not a joke, and she was very pleasantly surprised.Meeting Chairman Mao was probably the most exciting thing in China. My father said very proudly: "How is the program, are you satisfied? Hurry up and prepare, leave today, and see Chairman Mao today." He was obviously very proud of being able to bring such a good gift to his daughter.The mother glanced at her father and said: "When you get there, listen to Chairman Mao more, and don't talk like pouring a kettle." Shen Li smiled: "This father understands, and he didn't go to other places."

They arrived in Wuhan by plane at two o'clock in the afternoon.After getting off the plane, a car took them to Chairman Mao's residence.Along the way, Shen Li was filled with a strong excitement. She discovered that there are many things in this world that are beyond her vision and have mysterious stimulation to her.When she saw that her father was also excited about this meeting and was a little nervous, she felt that her excitement was especially understandable.They were greeted by some people and got out of the car. She walked into the hotel where Chairman Mao stayed, holding her father's arm.Chairman Mao was leaning on the large sofa and gossiping with several people. When he saw Shen Hao, Chairman Mao stood up and stretched out his hand. His father quickly got rid of Shen Li's support, and went up to hold Chairman Mao's hand with both hands in two steps.Shen Hao is almost as tall as Chairman Mao. However, it can be seen from his father's back that his joy is tinged with a rare sense of trepidation. This kind of restraint and excitement especially won Chairman Mao's kindness and affection.

The father turned around and introduced his daughter to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao looked over with a smile on his face. Shen Hao signaled Shen Li to come forward, and she walked up to hold Chairman Mao's hand in a state of flying through the clouds.Chairman Mao's hand was big, generous, and soft, and his little hand felt very comfortable in this big hand.Chairman Mao held her in one hand, pointed at her with the other, and said to his father, "Your daughter can't gain weight." The father smiled and listened to Chairman Mao's words, and Chairman Mao continued: "If she is a little fatter, she will be the same as Don." Concubine Yang Gui of Xuanzong is very similar."

Hearing Chairman Mao's praise of his daughter's appearance, Shen Hao laughed heartily, and the laughter contained conscious cooperation with Chairman Mao's humorous talk.Shen Li was also overwhelmed by Chairman Mao's unique leadership wit.They sat down, Chairman Mao lit a cigarette, raised Erlang's legs, looked at Shen Li and said, "Have you read the three poems of "Qing Ping Tiao Ci" written by Li Bai?" Shen Li blushed, she didn't expect Chairman Mao's topic to start from her, she nodded.Chairman Mao asked: "Can you still memorize it?" Shen Li's face was burning hot. She had read it a long time ago. It was the poem that Tang Xuanzong ordered Li Bai to present on the spot when he and Concubine Yang were admiring flowers. She only remembered the first one. The first sentence of the first line: "Yun Xiang clothes Hua Xiangrong".She shook her head hastily, and looked at Chairman Mao cautiously.Chairman Mao leaned back on the sofa and began to recite with great interest.Surprisingly, he started from the background text first: "Tang Weirui's "Songchuang Miscellaneous Records" records like this: Kaiyuan Zhongban middle and early heavy wood peony, which is today's peony. He got four copies, red, purple, light red, and Tong The white one was transplanted in front of the Chenxiang Pavilion in the east of the Xingqing Pool. The flowers were in full bloom, and the superior one was white at night, and the concubine Taizhen followed in a chariot. Among the special disciples selected by the imperial edict, the sixteen parts of Dele. Li Guinian The song is good for a while, holding a sandalwood board in hand, betting on the crowd, and singing it. It said: "Admiring famous flowers, how can I use the old words for concubines?" Enter the third chapter of "Qing Ping Tiao Ci". Concubine Taizhen held a glass cup of seven treasures, drank Xiliangzhou rose peach wine, smiled and led the song, which was very meaningful. Because she tuned the jade flute to lean on the song, every time the song would be changed, the sound would be delayed to flatter it. Taizhen drink Stop, grab the embroidered scarf and worship again. The year of the tortoise often speaks to the five kings, and the one who only remembers to win by singing is not based on this, and it is also the ultimate ear for a while. The above is Gu Li Hanlin, who is different from other bachelors. "

Recited here, Chairman Mao said: "This is the background explanation for the birth of the three poems." Shen Hao quickly said with a smile: "The chairman has an excellent memory." Chairman Mao waved his hand and said: "It's just that I read a lot. Among ancient Chinese poets, I like three Lis, Li Bai, Li Shangyin, and Li He, and I especially like Li Bai. His three poems of "Qing Ping Tiao Ci" are like this. You must know the first sentence, "Chairman Mao turned his eyes again. Turning to Shen Li, "Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful and beautiful." Shen Li nodded and said: "I will remember this sentence." Chairman Mao smiled, and then recited again: "Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful and beautiful, and the spring breeze blows Threshold Revlon. If you don’t meet at the top of Qunyu Mountain, you will meet at Yaotai under the moon. This is the first song. The second is that a branch of red dew is fragrant, and the cloud and rain are in vain. Wushan heartbroken. May I ask who is like the Han Palace? Poor Feiyan Yi New make-up. The third is that the famous flowers of the country are in love with each other, and they look like a king with a smile. Explain the infinite hatred of the spring breeze, and the Chenxiang Pavilion leans on the railing to the north." Chairman Mao finished reciting, and laughed amidst Shen Hao's successive exclamations: " Li Bai is a genius. Tang Xuanzong asked him to present a speech. This is to appreciate flowers, and Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei admired flowers together. He wanted to describe everything, to make Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei happy, and to truly write it. Good poetry is not easy. It is easy for literati to communicate with each other, and it is easy to write poems. In the entertainment scene in front of the emperor, if you want to write well, you have to be a talented person like Li Bai. Look, how well these three "Qing Ping Tiao Ci" are written Vulgar. Tang Xuanzong died, and Concubine Yang Guifei disappeared, but the poem has been passed down through the ages. Like this last poem: Famous flowers are full of love for each other. Look, this refers to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Explaining the infinite hatred of spring breeze, it means digesting all the regrets of the king. In the end, Chen Xiangting leans on the railing to the north, and writes the appearance of Concubine Yang being pampered and coquettish. This poem has completed the political task at that time , has become the eternal swan song.”

Mao Zedong laughed wittily at his witty statement. He pointed to a few people sitting with him and said: "Today, I want to find a few scholars from all over the country to write about our meeting today." He pointed to himself He and Shen Hao and Shen Li said, "Writing should make me Mao Zedong happy, make you Shen Gong happy, and make Miss Shen happy. It must be in line with today's social atmosphere, and it must be passed down through the ages." Mao Zedong waved his big hand in the air again. He said, "It's almost impossible! Do you believe it or not? Tonight I will treat you to dinner, and there will be flowers in the yard. Let's give them a reward, and invite a few talents to try!" Shen Hao sat leaning forward. At this time, he said sincerely: "The chairman's poems are well written and can be passed down through the ages." Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "It's an exaggerated statement. But I can make a conclusion on one point. Now my articles and poems are praised all over the world." They are all short-lived, not even the shadow of Li Bai."

Only at this moment did Shen Li calm down from the dizzy excitement and embarrassment. When Chairman Mao talked broadly with his father as the main subject of conversation, she somewhat gained the composure to listen.Of course, this kind of calm is still floating. Chairman Mao's words and gestures seem to stir up a hot air mass, so that you can't be too calm.Chairman Mao leaned back on the back of the sofa, with a cigarette in his hand, talking and laughing as if he was facing the whole world. His father held on to the armrest of the sofa with both hands, and kept listening with a smile all the time.The stiff and flattering smile on his father's face that Shen Li had never seen before was enough to explain the status of Chairman Mao in his heart.

While talking, Chairman Mao turned his attention to Shen Li, and Shen Li and her father sat face to face on Chairman Mao's left and right sides, Chairman Mao said: "Your father and I are old friends, he is my benefactor. The father clasped his fists on the opposite side and said in fear: "Don't dare." Chairman Mao continued: "Your father gave me thousands of dollars, which was a great support at the time. I always say that the spirit becomes material. Matter turns into spirit, and these thousands of dollars will turn into great spirit.” The father was excited, happy, frightened, and apologetic, and said again and again: “Chairman, it’s nothing to worry about, it’s just history. It’s just a good opportunity for me.” Chairman Mao waved his hand with a smile, and said in a cloud of mist: “Why didn’t others take advantage of this opportunity? At that time, there were more people than you. Isn’t it the same now? Those we knocked down, and those who rushed to Taiwan rushed to Taiwan, and even if they died, they would not return to their roots." Shen Hao nodded with a smile.

Shen Li knew that her father seldom smiled when he spoke, except for very few hearty laughs, even when he talked about happy things, he was only serious with a slight humor.He always stared at the person he was talking to with wide-eyed eyes, as if surprised and annoyed, while talking incessantly.Ever since meeting Chairman Mao, he has always had a knowing smile on his face, which seemed a bit frozen and difficult to Shen Li.She was really worried that if her father kept this expression for a long time, the facial muscles would not be able to bear it.From this, Shen Li also saw the authority of Chairman Mao.

Three years ago, Shen Li went to a ball in Zhongnanhai with a distant uncle who was a minister of the Communist Party. At that ball, she was very excited to see Chairman Mao, and even danced with him in fear.She still remembers feeling dizzy at the time.Chairman Mao's burly body wrapped her warmly, and she tried to follow the steps of this great body. Because of excitement and nervousness, her hands trembled a little.Chairman Mao talked kindly while dancing, told her not to be nervous, and especially shook Shen Li's hand in his hand, and said, "Relax a bit, actually I can't dance, but I am very relaxed, you may You can dance, but you don’t relax now. You should be my teacher in dancing, not I should be your teacher.” At that time, she and Chairman Mao’s bodies were very close, and she could feel each other’s generous body temperature and smell To the thick and spicy smoke from the opponent's mouth.Chairman Mao regarded her as a female student studying at a conservatory, and talked and smiled casually. When he knew that she was Shen Hao's daughter, he let go of her distance and said, "Ah, unexpected." Then, he There are more formal elements in the kindness to Shen Li.Today, seeing Chairman Mao on this occasion is very different from the feeling at that time. She can still vaguely recall the unique smell from Chairman Mao's body. of sweat.

Chairman Mao must not remember himself, so when his father said with a smile: "Shen Li met you at the ball in Zhongnanhai a few years ago, she even danced with you." Chairman Mao obviously didn't have a deep impression, He smiled and said, "Oh?" Then he said, "I don't want to dance now, I just swim." He said boldly that the purpose of his life in Wuhan was to swim the Yangtze River. He said, "Swimming in a swimming pool is not fun. It’s interesting to go to big rivers.” His black and red face clearly recorded enough sun exposure for swimming. While listening to the leader's speech, Shen Li looked at her father from time to time.When she saw her father sitting on the sofa with his body half sideways facing Chairman Mao humbly, she felt a kind of sympathy for him, just like when she saw her father, who was always proud and proud, lying on the bed listlessly. Same.Her father's expression also reminded her very unhappily of a poodle that was once raised at home. That dog often squatted on the sofa and looked at the owner with respectful eyes asking for instructions.She dispelled these unpleasant associations, and at the same time developed a new sense of admiration for Chairman Mao. Being able to make such a pretentious figure as her father respectful, Chairman Mao is indeed extraordinary greatness.In this living room today, his greatness is shown through the reverence of his father and the dozen or so people who sit with him. The person who appeared in the living room from time to time to provide personal service to Chairman Mao was a pretty little nurse with a very docile face and a tall figure.Sometimes she brought Chairman Mao a soft cushion, sometimes brought him new cigarettes, or whispered one or two particularly important calls in his ear.Chairman Mao nodded, waved his hand, and signaled her to deal with it.Shen Li realized that only a girl like herself would notice these details, and she always pays special attention to all kinds of women around a great man. Chairman Mao is wearing a loose white shirt today, the sleeves are easily rolled up to the elbow, and a pair of baggy gray thin trousers, the belt is loosely tied at the waist.The shirt tucked into the belt also looked not neat and casual, probably one button of the shirt was not fastened, the shirt was turned up, and the white sweatshirt inside could be seen.Chairman Mao's casual attire and casual conversation especially clearly demonstrated his great authority. Chairman Mao’s enthusiasm for the conversation was clearly the result of the Cultural Revolution. He heard that Shen Hao’s family lived next to Beiqing University. He asked, “Have you read the big-character posters at Beiqing University?” Shen Hao replied, “I have been there. Shen Li often goes to see it." Chairman Mao turned his attention to Shen Li and asked, "How is the sports situation at Beiqing University in the past two days? Is Huchangsheng still closed? I heard that Lu Xiaolong, a student at Beiqing Middle School, was also beaten up." Counter-revolutionary students?" Shen Li marveled at Mao Zedong's grasp of the situation, she nodded and said, "Yes." Chairman Mao also said: "I heard that Lu Xiaolong has declared a hunger strike, and today is the fifth day of the hunger strike." Shen Li also just found out about this situation yesterday.Mao Zedong put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and said, "I think this Lu Xiaolong will be a student leader in the future." Having said that, he waved to the staff behind him who had been taking notes in a notebook: "Today's The conversation is not recorded, this is a regular conversation between me and Mr. Shen." He continued: "Why do you lock up a middle school student? Your working group is not a dictatorship, why do you want to lock up people casually? Isn't Lu Xiaolong just posted There was a big-character poster saying that the work team’s suppression of the student movement would never end well? People who have suppressed student movements throughout history have indeed ended badly! I heard that the counter-revolutionaries in more than 20 colleges and universities in Beijing have arrested tens of thousands of people.” Speaking of this, Mao Zedong pointed to Shen Hao and said: "You are the Kuomintang, and I am the Communist Party. Isn't it good that the two parties coexist? There are no parties outside the party, imperial thinking, and no factions inside the party. There are all kinds of strange things. Some people in the Communist Party just listen to You have to disagree, and you don’t allow others to object. When someone says something against you, you want to shut his mouth. How can you do that? Look, if you want to shut a middle school student’s mouth, he will start starving right now. , You don’t even want your life. There are so many people who don’t want their lives, how do you step down?” Shen Hao strongly echoed and said: "The chairman is still at the helm for important national affairs." Chairman Mao lit a cigarette, sucked out a puff of smoke, then waved his hand holding the cigarette, and said: "They have already Someone asked me to go back to Beijing to host the work, and I still asked them to host a section, and let them deal with any problems on camera. If it didn’t work, I had to swim the Yangtze River and return to Beijing.”