Chapter 40 "Big Wild Goose", the representative work of the "Persistence School"——to Guo Xiaomei and Guo Xiaohui

Just when his father was deprived of the right to write poetry, Guo Xiaolin had already become the most popular poet in the Northeast Construction Corps.People called him the "Bingtuan Poet". In 1972, he was invited by the "Bingtuan Warrior" newspaper to write a 100-line New Year's poem: "Warrior Loves the Frontier", which aroused widespread repercussions, and the performances of various regiments and companies copied this poem in large sections.Due to the success of the New Year's Day poems in 1972, on New Year's Day in 1973, the "Bingtuan Warrior" newspaper once again invited Guo Xiaolin to write a New Year's poem: "Test us, time——Celebrating the New Year with young comrades in arms."This poem is 130 lines long, and Guo Xiaolin has established the position of the "first violin" of the Corps with his political lyric poems.

The excerpts from these two long poems are as follows: Frontier oh frontier, Every day is your first sunrise to welcome the rising sun. The first siren of every working day in the motherland Sound it first on your side! Frontier oh frontier, You are the youngest Xinxiang in the motherland …—— "Warrior Loves Frontier" Yes, it is very difficult to keep a cup of tea hot even for half an hour! But the great light and heat of the sun, Today still feels like billions of years ago. For the sun has great goals— To give warmth to the people of the world. let's ask loudly

Stand up confidently and shout—— Test us, time! —— "Test Us, Time - Happy New Year with Young Comrades" During Guo Xiaolin's poetry writing period, Guo Xiaochuan gave him great help and guidance, and wrote many letters about poetry.These letters on poetry creation are often four to five thousand words long.He once commented on his son's "On the Highway" and "Breaking Corn" and thought they had real feelings. At the same time, he criticized "War Wind Snow Song" for using "Feng Xue" as a secret agent for spying, which was "too real" and a little outrageous. The language: good boy, little life, pike, etc. Guo Xiaochuan thinks that it is not suitable to be included in poems, and he has been writing poems for many years: musicality and melody, and he will teach them all.Guo Xiaochuan also wrote many letters to his daughter Xiaomei and her friends, giving guidance on poetry creation.It must be pointed out that the development of Guo Xiaolin's poetry is inseparable from Guo Xiaochuan's guidance and help.

Although Guo Xiaolin wrote many "timely" long poems, he won wide acclaim in various divisions and regiments.However, Guo Xiaolin's fate in the company has not changed. When he was transferred to Lin County, Shanxi Province in 1975, he was still a farm worker in the company, a political white man.Because of his background, his "solitude", and the golden seal of the "Bombard" ① engraved on his forehead that cannot be scratched off.In depression and hesitation, he wrote "Big Wild Goose".The origin of this poem is because of his sister Meimei. At the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", Meimei was also an old Red Guard. In 1969, Guo Xiaochuan was overthrown, and Meimei was unable to join the army. Even the Northeast Construction Corps was not allowed to go.So, Meimei brought her younger sister (Xiaohui), met the daughter of Zhao Yiya (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Military News), her younger brother, and the daughter of Zhang Songru, a former working group of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee. A total of seven or eight girls went to the countryside near Qiqihar together. Jumping in the queue, half farming and half pastoral.At the end of the "Cultural Revolution", Meimei and others felt "deceived" and longed to return to the city.Those who have a way will be transferred to places with better conditions.As an old educated youth, Guo Xiaolin put on an attitude of "teaching others tirelessly" and wrote "Big Wild Goose" for Meimei.Maybe it's because of the relationship between siblings, or maybe it's because of the complex and restless emotions in my heart. In short, there are no empty slogans in the poem, but they can start from the same identity and situation, and live with some understanding and warmth.After the poem was written, it was quickly circulated by friends in the form of handwritten copies, first inside the Corps, and later outside the Corps.

"The Wild Goose" is a whisper among friends: "The autumn wind blows down the red clouds "Falling all over the distant mountains full of maple forests. "Summer is leaving, "Take its baby—the wild goose. "Look, she flapped her wings and said 'goodbye' to us frequently." "O wild goose, I admit, "Among the birds, you may be the most extraordinary. "You are good at sailing the sky and the sea, because you have a pair of feathered sails.  … "The cold is coming, "You hastened to pack; "The warmth is gone,

"Your singing has become a whimper too. "You don't even have time, "Share the revelry of our harvest. "You don't even care, "People blame you for getting cold feet. "Even if you have a thousand reasons, "Nor does that dissuade me from that opinion." Although the tone of "criticism" is relatively severe, the poet always maintains the posture of talking behind closed doors between friends: "O wild goose "Let me exhort you again: "Stop being so noble— "Compare yourself to the genie of birds. "Those lowly birds,

"Aren't you sharing weal and woe with the people?" "Hate the cold, "You should rely on your own enthusiasm to create warmth. "Despise backwardness, "It should inspire greater courage to realize ideals. "You know, any advanced place "There was once a backward past. "Change the face of a place, "Never "It happened overnight, in a day. "How can one imagine, "You can visit the places that have been remodeled by others?" The reason why this poem was able to be circulated in the Construction Corps in the form of "hand-copied" and later spread outside the Corps is that "Big Wild Goose" reflected that after 1971, among the educated youth, there was a wave of opposition to "persist in rural revolution, To be united with workers, peasants and soldiers for a lifetime" expressed a wave of doubt and denial.This general depression and hesitation were denied by the revolutionary idealism of many educated youths.The two trends of thought conflict with each other, and the two kinds of literary works are also spread among the educated youth in the prescribed language and method of "self-system".On the one hand, the "Skeptics" represented by "Song of Nanjing" (educated youth songs) and Baiyangdian poetry group; "Persist".Although the two factions have different ideas, they are both engaged in debates and conflicts within the educated youth system, and their works are also circulated in the form of hand-copied and oral transmission.Therefore, both should belong to underground literature.Whether the speeches and works of different viewpoints are carried out inside the educated youth or outside the educated youth, the two have completely different natures.

After "Big Wild Goose" spread, Guo Xiaolin once received a letter from the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps. The letter was written by a female educated youth from Beijing who lived in a branch of Inner Mongolia.It turned out that a male educated youth from the Northeast Corps brought "Big Wild Goose" back to Beijing when he visited his home, and his sister, a female educated youth from Inner Mongolia, brought it to the Inner Mongolia Corps, where she was seen by a female educated youth from Beijing.This female educated youth wrote a passionate letter to Guo Xiaolin, expressing her appreciation for "Big Wild Goose".This kind of communication was very meaningful in the specific environment at that time. The girl expressed her willingness to establish a communication relationship with Guo Xiaolin, showing her admiration between the lines.People at that time were very simple, and Guo Xiaolin was no exception. He thought it was not "noble" to meet young women in this way, so he treated him coldly and did not reply.

Guo Xiaolin fell in love with Yang Guixiang, who later became his wife, in the late period of the "Cultural Revolution".Yang Guixiang's hometown is Shandong. At the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", she went to her sister to settle down on the farm and became a farm worker.When she first arrived at the farm, she was just a naive Shandong girl who followed behind Quanlian and participated in the criticism of Guo Xiaolin.Guo Xiaolin stood on the stage, with a sign hanging around his neck: "Three evil winds and black generals".Yang Guixiang raised her fist in the audience and shouted with others: "Down with Guo Xiaolin!" When she was 17 years old when she talked about "friends" with Guo Xiaolin, she was already an outstandingly handsome girl.After sister Yang Guixiang found out, she resolutely opposed her association with "Blind Guo".Because his father is a "gangster", "Guo Blind" himself is not even a statistic or a tractor driver, so he has suffered with him all his life.My sister scolded in public: "Guo blind man is not good-hearted!", drove him out of the house, and asked someone to introduce the younger sister to the son of a battalion commander of the Corps.Yang Guixiang didn't understand anything about men and women because of her young age. After serious thinking, she decided to make friends with "Blind Guo".Regardless of her family's objections and obstacles, Yang Guixiang often washed, sewed and mended Guo Xiaolin's clothes secretly, went on dates at the firewood stack, and brought him a bagful of eggs for him to eat.

At that time, the "Seed Company" where Guo Xiaolin and Yang Guixiang were located was only 12 miles away from the birch forest filmed in the later movie "Our Fields". This birch forest is now famous all over the country.The locals call it "Nanhenglinzi". Next to it is the large reservoir of Farm 852. It is a beautiful place with rippling blue waves and birch forests like arrows. In 1975, Guo Xiaolin and Yang Guixiang got married in a mud hut of the company, and entertained the old workers and young intellectuals of the company with Beijing sweets.After 13 years of "reform through labor", Guo Xiaolin finally became a native of the Great Northern Wilderness.

As a "poet of the Corps" and at the same time the author of "handwritten literature" - "The Oath" and "Big Wild Goose", Guo Xiaolin "flyed" away in the end. He was transferred to Lin County, Henan Province and worked as a middle school teacher in a commune. However, he devoted 13 years of his youth to his "Oath". The works of "manuscripts" have a common feature, that is, every word of the work is written by the author with heart.If you don't pour your blood and tears on every word, then it is not worth others to copy and recite.