Chapter 10 Clapper Well in Spring

Mrs. Bangzi could see from a distance that electric lights were shining on the glass windows of the brigade's office.On a spring night, the gentle night wind.From the open window, there were voices of high and low voices, arguing and laughing, and Hu Changhai's vigorous voice could always be heard in the chaotic voice, which revealed a kind of firmness and calmness. complexion.The old lady Bangzi was used to Hu Changhai's talking voice, but now she seemed to have transformed into another person, speaking freely and with a high voice.At this moment, when she heard this obviously changing voice, she felt strange.

What kind of meeting did Hu Changhai hold in the office?How could she not be notified to participate?The old lady Bangzi thought angrily, what kind of meeting is a meeting without her participation?Ever since Mrs. Bangzi stepped onto the political stage of Bangzijing Village, the brigade office is where she always sits.She presides over various meetings here, receives visitors, and gives lectures to the five types of elements... Hu Changhai seems to be deliberately avoiding her, and always walks around the door of the brigade office.Now, what meeting did he hold without notifying Mrs. Bangzi to attend?Although the temporary leadership group she was in charge of existed in name only, the director of the Poor Association was unambiguous.

The more Mrs. Bangzi thought about it, the more angry she became. If she threw away the advanced figures who had attended the district-level "live learning and application", who else would Hu Changhai see?She walked straight towards the door of the brigade's office. If you don't notify me, I will come to the door by myself. What do you say?The Director of the Poor Association has the right to supervise everything! She walked in the door angrily, and stood in the middle of the room, with one hand on her waist unconsciously.Sure enough, on the red lacquered wooden chair with a back that she used to sit on, Hu Changhai was sitting—no, this guy was not sitting, but squatting on the chair, leaning forward, arguing loudly with someone, and having a conversation. It seems very lively.

"Are you... having a meeting?" Mrs. Bangzi wanted to ask directly, what kind of black meeting are you having?But looking at the faces of the four or five people in the venue, it's hard to say such words.Temporarily twisting her tongue, she changed the words. "Oh!" Hu Changhai turned his head, and only then noticed her. With a blink of an eye, he fully understood the intention of Boss Bangzi's visit, and explained unambiguously, "The party branch convened a branch committee to study the work!" The old lady Bangzi was so angry that she couldn't speak, she was not a branch committee member, so there was nothing she could do!For many years, during the years of her administration, there has never been any famous meeting held in different categories, all of them are "package meetings".On many occasions, whoever needs to attend is called by her, and then the accountant Hua'er will notify.Hu Changhai never took the initiative to convene the branch committee, but she sometimes notified him to attend some meetings, saying that some party leaders would come.Hu Changhai always squatted under the bright pillar in the office, with his head between his knees, and did not express any opinions from the beginning to the end in the large and small meetings convened by her chair.The old lady Bangzi couldn't help but glanced at the bright pillar that Hu Changhai used to squat and lean against during the meeting. Now it was empty, and Hu Changhai squatted on the chair next to the table!Of the four branch committee members sitting around him, none of them planned to talk to her, and their faces were full of obvious or hidden boredom.The old lady Bangzi was a little embarrassed. The director of the Poor Association can supervise everything, but he can't attend the party branch meeting.She barely pretended to walk into the office unintentionally, and said, "Okay, you guys have a meeting...I'll go."

"It's okay, the meeting is over." Hu Changhai said loudly, "Sit down, don't rush away, I'm just looking for you!" The female branch committee lazily moved her buttocks to make room for Mrs. Bangzi on the bench, and beckoned her to sit down with a sullen face. "About the work of rehabilitating unjust, false and wrongly decided cases..." Hu Changhai watched the old lady sit down, and said, "I went to the commune at noon to attend the enlarged party committee meeting, and I will report it to the branch committee when I come back in the afternoon. According to the arrangements of the commune party committee First, set up a leading group, plan and organize to do a good job in this work..."

"Hmm..." Granny Bangzi suddenly realized that it had been rumored for a long time that she was going to rehabilitate the five types of elements, and now it can be seen that it is true!It's strange that you, Hu Changhai, have such a thick voice and such a loud tone!If these five types of elements are all rehabilitated, then she has been wrong in all these years of dictatorship, asking them to work honestly and reform honestly!Her heart was sinking, she was flustered, and she stuttered a little, "Then... how to do it?" "I'll be in command!" Hu Changhai said.

The old lady Bangzi's heart thumped, and her temples twitched.Hu Changhai's mouth was rough, and his whole body was full of energy.This is a job arranged by the higher-level party committee. What can she do? Why did the world turn upside down all of a sudden? Hu Changhai has indeed become a completely different person.His eyes, which had been closed for many years, were now shining brightly!This leader, who is supported by the peasants of Bangzijing Village, has revived his spirits! During the "Four Cleansing" movement, he was fought to the death, and there was no question of a penny or a catty of grain.Near the end of the "Four Cleans" movement, the work leader said that the movement "tested" him as a "better cadre" and asked him to continue the revolution.He said that he could no longer stand the "test" of fists and spittle, and that he could not be a party secretary.He didn't let go until the work captain threatened to expel him from the party.After Hu Changhai stayed on as party secretary, before he had time to open a branch committee, the "Cultural Revolution" broke out, and the rebels were about to seize power.He clapped his hands and laughed loudly, and bowed his fists together: "Don't grab it, don't grab it, I haven't grasped the right yet! Whoever wants it will take it..."

When the party was consolidated the year before last, the commune asked him to be the branch secretary...still under the pressure of punishment, he became the secretary again.He took it as a party secretary, but it was the same as if he hadn't.He worked in the field all day, and was occasionally called to a meeting by Mrs. Bangzi. He bowed his head and squatted until the end of the meeting without humming.He looked indifferently at the clapper old lady running around in the village alleys... "Secretary, the commune is arranged to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius..." "Lead someone to approve it! I have a bad memory..."

"The commune will report tomorrow, how many criticism meetings have been held, and how many criticism drafts have been written..." "Go and report! I have a cold..." He pushed the clapper old lady away from his eyes, and then he took up his family and went down to the field. He was disheartened... When he woke up from the hailstorm suddenly caused by the "Four Cleansing" movement, the first thing he saw was Hu Zhenwu, the former team leader who was completely knocked down by the hailstorm.He and Zhenwu worked together from the land reform until the spring of 1966. He was known as the "right hand" of Bangzijing. Sweeping the streets in the village alleys with white cloths marked with ×, carrying dung in the fields, carrying stones in the river beach, and doing punitive labor with that old landlord Hu Datou, I was shuddering in my heart!It's so sad!His wife rang the alarm three times a day: "You are selfless! You are dedicated to the members of the commune! You... Zhenwu's end is waiting for you!"

He watched the clapper old lady running around with cold eyes, spitting and spitting, and ignored her.In other words, he didn't pay attention to this talkative woman at all.That is purely a person with neither ability nor virtue; how can one expect a person with neither ability nor righteousness to do things that benefit the society and the masses? He was about the same age as Jing Rong's fifth child, and he and his young companions carried her back to Jingrong's fifth child in a sedan chair from Huang's house. He had lived in a village for decades, but he didn't know her temperament!As an ordinary woman, she has sympathetic physical defects, and no one can look down on her because of this. This is common sense.As an ordinary commune member, she is narrow-minded and has a tendency to "hope for people to be poor", and she can't ruin anything for anyone in Bangzijing. You must know that others can't "hope" to be "poor"!However, as soon as the Bangzi old lady ascended to the throne of power in Bangzijing, this woman suddenly became very important and disturbed everywhere!

He was determined not to work with her.She yelled at her, but he just smiled indifferently.He didn't bother to argue with her--how much effort would it take to expose and exclude such a woman!The problem is this: the timing is not right.The current situation is pushing this dizzy woman up to the podium of the county and district... What can he argue with her? "I'll be the team leader." Hu Changhai repeated without hesitation, and the capable work style in the past appeared again. "There are three people in the leadership team, and you and the team leader." The granny Bangzi wanted to refuse straight away: Improper!Don't be a member of your rehabilitative leading group!If she were to rehabilitate those people, wouldn't that be slapping herself in the face?Think about it, even if she is inappropriate, the rehabilitative work will still be carried out, but the opportunity to supervise Hu Changhai and the others will be lost.She finally didn't respond, it was a tacit consent. "There will be a special task force with seven people." Hu Changhai continued, "The workload is heavy! Our little Bangzijing, after a rough calculation, we need to review during the two campaigns ('Siqing' and 'Cultural Revolution'). There are no less than twenty people! Of course, some people have simpler cases..." "Who are the seven members of the task force?" asked the old lady Bangzi.The three members of the leading group are composed of the heads of the branch, brigade management committee and poor association, each representing one party.Who is the task force looking for?Hu Changhai will definitely put his hands in it.She was prepared not to back down on this issue. "The members of the task force must first be fair, and second, they must have some culture." Hu Changhai said, "Tomorrow, a social committee meeting will be held for everyone to recommend." "That way..." Mrs. Bangzi was taken aback for a moment. This kind of election method would not be able to elect any of the few people she trusted.She was eager to gain wisdom, "I think we should first brew among the poor and lower-middle peasants, propose candidates, and then put them to the committee meeting for approval." "Forget it! Except for one old landlord family and five middle peasant households in our village, the rest are all poor and lower-middle peasant households, so there is no need to go through more procedures!" Hu Changhai said decisively, "Time is short and the task is heavy. A paragraph, so as not to interfere with Sanxia." "However, the Party's class line in the countryside..." "Those people who have been wronged and wronged can't bear it all day long!" Hu Changhai got off the chair, stood in front of the old lady Bangzi, and said seriously, "Let's avoid detours, and we should give them a day earlier." Open the shackles!" "How can it be a 'detour'?" Mrs. Bangzi argued seriously, "Relying on the poor and lower-middle peasants is the party's line..." "If you have an opinion, let's discuss it separately." Hu Changhai didn't mind her words, but he didn't intend to change the method that had been set.He said to the branch committee members, "Let's go back and have dinner!" The four branch committee members all turned around and left, as if no one wanted to listen to her rambling anymore.The old lady Bangzi was furious, and everyone hated her as if she was a burden.Who just walked out the door, called Hu Changhai in the yard, and told him to go home for dinner... The old lady Bangzi seemed to feel that the bricks paving the floor under her feet were sinking and collapsing, and the ominous cloud was gathering more and more densely on her chest. Can't change it!There is no turning back!She didn't speak anymore, turned around sharply like a demonstration, and walked out the door.Give Hu Changhai a little embarrassment! The night is shrouded in the shade of Bangzijing.Where the river meets the sky in the west, there is a ray of light like light smoke.The smell of wheat seedlings in the river diffused into the village alleys with the night wind.Some people were talking happily about how the soaking rain a few days ago was so good, it was amazing!It is good for jointing with wheat, it is good for sowing with cotton, and it is excellent for the growth of all crops! "With the approval of the commune party committee, all the slanderous and untrue words that Comrade Hu Zhenwu received during the 'Four Purifications' and the 'Cultural Revolution' will be overthrown and rehabilitated. It is now decided: 1. The decision to revoke the status of Hu Zhenwu's family as a landlord and restore the status of a lower-middle peasant; Second, revoke the landlord decision made against Hu Zhenwu and restore all civil rights; third, restore Comrade Hu Zhenwu as a member of the Chinese Communist Party..." The standing secretary of the commune's party committee personally announced the party committee's decision, and the applause drowned out all voices before the sound fell. This is the early spring of 1979, and history will record this important era. The farmers in Bangzijing will never forget the vivid scene that happened in this era. Hu Zhenwu trembled all over, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his face.No one in Bangzijing Village, men, women, old or young, has ever seen this tough farmer shed a single tear during the thirteen years he wore the hat of a landlord.Now, sweat and tears flowed from both sides of the nose, and he couldn't stand still, staggered, and almost fell.Hu Changhai, who was standing in front of the microphone and presided over the meeting, supported him with both hands, and the two hugged and supported him, crying "wow", and at the same time squatted down on the podium... Mrs. Bangzi, as a member of the rehabilitative leading group, also sat in the corner of the rostrum. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't lift her head up.In all fairness, she did not provide any false evidence on the issue of establishing Hu Zhenwu as a landlord.It’s just that when she treated him as the enemy’s dictatorship, maybe it was too much... People can’t hide the embarrassment after their bad deeds are exposed, and they can’t muster the strength to confront hundreds of pairs of contemptuous eyes ... "Welcome Hu Zhenwu on his horse!" As soon as a rough cry fell, it immediately aroused a huge sound, which echoed on the loess cliff behind the venue... "The commune member Hu Zhenhan planted sweet potatoes on the riverbank, which is allowed by the party's policy. Now it is decided: Comrade Hu Zhenhan's three tile-roofed houses will be confiscated and he will be refunded." Hu Zhenhan climbed up from under the podium and stared blankly at Secretary Chang.The peasants in Bangzijing Village suddenly discovered that the middle-aged man who opened up wasteland and farmed the land was old now!He is stooped, and one eye is covered with a white cover. He is so old!With trembling hands, he asked harshly, "You mean what you say this time?" Secretary Chang didn't answer, but looked at the old man, his lips trembling, and answered the village elders with tears welling up in his eyes. The short story published by the teacher Hu Xuewen in the newspaper more than ten years ago, which was designated as a poisonous weed during the "Siqing Movement", was also rehabilitated because it originated in Bangzijing.Secretary Chang held the hand of middle-aged teacher Hu Xuewen and encouraged him to pick up his pen again... Hu Zhenwu, Hu Zhenhan, Hu Xuewen... stood on the rostrum, accepting the rehabilitative decision announced by the standing secretary of the commune party committee, and accepting the sympathetic gazes of hundreds of commune members in the audience.At the end of March, the sun was shining on the leafy Bangzijing under the slope root of Fuyuan. Some people took off their cotton clothes at the venue. The heat of the sun was so strong! The old lady Bangzi was sitting in the corner of the rostrum, her mood was far from that of the peasants present.If Hu Zhenwu's misclassification as a landlord has little direct relationship with her, then Hu Zhenhan's three new tile-roofed houses were confiscated because she was designated as an upstart in a difficult period for the country, but it was the "41st" that she provided to the work team. The conclusive evidence of "car red sweet potato" was once praised by the team leader as "sleeping with one eye open..." when the old man Hu Zhenhan stumbled onto the stage and asked Secretary Chang in a daze, "is it worth talking this time?" , Granny Bangzi closed her eyes immediately, so many gazes from the venue almost crushed her. The old lady Bangzi really wanted to leave the venue, so she went back to the house immediately, closed the door tightly, and didn't see anyone or hear any sound.How many times she has sat on the rostrum, she has never felt so awkward sitting in front of everyone!But, how dare you leave? There are too many people who need to be rehabilitated, ah!It's Hu Xuansheng's turn!The old lady Bangzi became even more confused, sweating profusely on her head. "Comrade Hu Xuansheng, your case has been rehabilitated." Secretary Chang, after announcing the decision to rehabilitate, asked for the opinions of the person rehabilitated, "If you and your family members have any comments, just ask." Hu Xuansheng didn't lift his head, he just shook his disheveled head. "Secretary Chang! You don't know..." Hu Xuansheng's father, Hu Dajiao, squeezed to the front of the stage, spattering saliva, and said hastily, "You have ruined my baby's good future! The army originally wanted to... ..." Hu Xuansheng pulled the old man to the ground. There was a slight laugh in the hall.Everyone laughed at Hu Dazuo's cute and stupid behavior.Can rehabilitate Xuansheng, and stop treating him as a criminal; completely deny the claim that Xuansheng's mother is a landlord lady, and stop treating him as a fugitive landlord; completely deny the opinion of you Hu Dazuo, a soldier... It's not enough for you Hu Dazuo and Did the Henan native wife have a good time?To actually propose that choosing a student will ruin your future or not... Amidst the slight good-natured laughter, the old lady Bangzi felt more and more uncomfortable.