Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen People in the County

Before the first meeting 1.Telephone. On the eve of leaving Beijing, the secretary of the county party committee made a long-distance call to the county party committee office to be on duty. "...I'm in Jingxi Hotel now..." Thousands of miles away, the always serious voice of the secretary of the county party committee was very clear. The words "Jingxi Hotel" are very clear, even the deaf can hear it well. He was previously the deputy secretary of the county party committee.After Li Furong resigned to the county people's congress, he took over as secretary of the county party committee.It can be said that he was ordered in times of crisis, so he was full of ambition.

"Oh yes." The clerk unconsciously stood upright.Not long after he transferred to another place, he still retained many of his military habits.Meanwhile, "Jingxi Hotel" is pretty scary. "...I'll fly back tomorrow morning, and I'll be home tomorrow afternoon. Separately, tell the Standing Committee members at home not to go out tomorrow. Those who have already gone out, please come back. Tomorrow night, the Standing Committee will be held. This is a .” "yes." "Second, you can call the communes again. If you want some information, I will use it at the Standing Committee. You must make the call yourself, and don't pretend to be someone else, so as not to be unreliable. Just remember..."

"yes." The document should have told the secretary of the county party committee that he had been taking notes.But he was so excited that he forgot to say.The county party secretary's subsequent confession shows that his trust in him is obvious.In the face of such trust, the courage of a soldier's dedication can be increased tenfold at once. After receiving the long-distance call from the secretary of the county party committee, the secretary immediately asked the county long-distance station to connect the calls of the communes.He wanted to notify the secretary of the county party committee of the situation that night, so that the communes could make statistics tomorrow morning and report them in the afternoon.Otherwise, things are going to fall apart.

There are 19 communes in the county, some of the offices are staffed, and some are not, so I had to ask the operator to tell them.Many operators were yawning, their voices were muffled, and they were very sleepy.God knows if they will remember.The clerk repeated it over and over again, shouting so loudly that his throat hurt like hell.The reaction over there was not so sober.The document was in a state of anxiety all night, and he didn't implement it. Unexpectedly, as soon as I went to work the next day, the party secretaries of the nineteen communes came to report one by one, as if they were lined up on the phone.

"There are 191 production teams in the commune, and 192 political night schools, one of which is a nursing home; 18 training sessions for backbones of the party, league members, militia, and women were held, and a total of 1,000 backbones were trained. Fifty-nine person-times; 238 bulletin boards; 6,988 large and small slogans written and posted..." "You've counted them all!" the clerk couldn't help asking. "Why, don't you believe it? Let me tell you, we have a hard time. If you don't believe it, you can come down and check." "...Who doesn't believe it?" The document choked for a moment, and quickly explained, "Next."

"All the 1,257 mu of winter fallow land in the commune was plowed once; the 2,579 mu of wheat and rapeseed were fertilized twice; once with fire manure and once with water manure; 7% Ten's labor has been used in water conservancy, and a total of 4,786 square meters of earth (stone) has been completed; all the labor at home has been invested in manure accumulation, and 189,684 dan of farmyard manure have been accumulated and produced. Ninety-nine thousand, four hundred and fifty-two loads of pond mud..." "Such a detailed count?" The clerk couldn't help asking again.

"If you don't believe me, you can come down and check." Before get off work at noon, the figures for the whole county were calculated.All accurate to single digits. 2.standing committee. The Standing Committee of the County Party Committee opened exactly as expected by the county Party Secretary.Everything is going smooth.The flight taken by the secretary of the county party committee landed on time at the airport in the provincial capital, so that he could catch the train bus from the provincial capital back to the county, and catch up with dinner when he got home. The meeting is on time at seven o'clock in the evening.After dawn the next morning, each of them went back to wash up, came back after breakfast and continued to drive, and then ended after twelve o'clock in the evening (lunch and dinner were eaten).It's been a while, but there's nothing I can do about it because the content is too rich.The secretary of the county party committee summarized the agenda of the meeting in three words in advance: one study, two discussions and three decisions.

"Study" is to study the relevant expositions of the revolutionary mentor; to study a series of policies of the central government on agricultural issues; to study all the documents of the National Conference on Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture. "Discussion" is to compare the teachings of the revolutionary teacher, the spirit of the central government and the advanced models of the country, and check the reality of the county's agricultural learning from Dazhai movement.Look for gaps, root causes, and favorable factors. The above two are retreats, that is, to understand both ends thoroughly.To achieve armed thinking, take the first step; have the overall situation in your mind, and have models in your hands.This is undoubtedly very necessary.But when studying the documents, an old member of the Standing Committee asked whether it is necessary to study the typical experience materials in other places at this meeting, and then arrange another study time later.The old member of the Standing Committee is in charge of civil affairs, resettlement of devolved cadres and educated youth.Job title doesn't seem to be important.But he was the only member of the Standing Committee who went south, the oldest, the oldest qualified, and the highest rank.Everyone has always respected him.The secretary of the county party committee pondered for a while, and asked other members of the Standing Committee: "What's your opinion?" Most people said that they still need to learn.The learning attitude itself has a problem of learning from Dazhai.

The old Standing Committee then reserved its opinion. "Set" is pragmatic.It is to hold a county-wide four-level cadre meeting to carry out various specific matters related to the spirit of the National Conference on Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture.This agenda was carried out after ten o'clock in the evening of the second day.The Four Thousand Meetings are held once a year, and there are not many problems that need to be studied repeatedly.The only thing that caused a little discussion was the distribution of lodgings for the representatives of the various communes.There is only one regular restaurant with three floors in the county town.According to the usual practice, it was distributed as an honor to several representatives of the communes in the old districts during the Agrarian Revolution.This time, in order to highlight the purpose of the meeting, the secretary of the county party committee proposed a change, giving priority to taking care of several advanced units that learned from Dazhai.Of course, these advanced units did not include all the communes in the old districts.Many comrades have concerns.In any case, it is always necessary to carry forward the revolutionary tradition.Besides, the practice of taking care of the old districts is inherited from the central government, should we change it?When the central government holds meetings, representatives from the old districts have always lived in better houses and sat in the front row of the venue.

As far as the world of meetings is concerned, the secretary of the county party committee is the one who sees the most among the standing committee members.He quickly came up with the most appropriate plan: to vacate part of the offices of the county party committee and county government, and let some representatives of the old district communes who were not advanced units live.The secretary of the county party committee remembered that the grand national day ceremony was held that year, which was the one that Li Furong attended, and the central government let several representatives of the old districts live in Zhongnanhai.The leading comrades of the State Council took the lead in vacating the office.The representatives of these provinces were so excited that they didn't sleep well for several nights.

When the Standing Committee ended, most of the Standing Committee members were in good spirits and were able to persist in going back to their homes in the dark.Only the old Standing Committee members left the meeting early and swallowed the nitroglycerin oil balls they carried with them.He has coronary heart disease. 3.slogan. Once the meeting of the four cadres is held, one or two thousand cadres above the production teams of all communes in the county will gather in the county seat.The situation in the county will naturally give them a direct impression.This impression will directly affect their understanding of the determination of the county party committee, and even their own mental outlook.Therefore, the secretary of the county party committee emphasized that all organs under the county must make a good appearance and create a strong atmosphere. This work was assigned to the Propaganda Minister at the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee.After the previous "Propaganda Group" was changed to "Propaganda Department", the main person in charge was changed.Xiao Feng was transferred to the grassroots for training, and the head of propaganda was an old comrade.When he was the secretary of the district party committee in land reform, the secretary of the county party committee was still the secretary of the district government.When the satellites were launched in the early 1960s, many people died of starvation in the commune he was in charge of.After being held accountable, he was punished with "double expulsion".However, the higher-ups soon regained their spirits and said that the responsibility could not be passed on to the grassroots cadres, so he was "screened" again and resumed his work.Just never got promoted.Since he had such a working relationship, he was still very firm in supporting the work of the secretary of the county party committee.This is a comrade with a strong party spirit. After eating every day, he pedaled an old car to go to various agencies in the county.Urge the Health Bureau to organize an inspection team and urge the county offices, shops, and schools to clean up the environment; Qi... what he grasped most tightly and meticulously was his own creation, which was to erect three-dimensional slogans on the roofs of all government agencies facing the street.As soon as the idea was reported, it was immediately appreciated. The cause took a lot of energy from the Minister of Propaganda.How large the characters are, what fonts are used, what materials are used, and where to stand on the roof, he will implement them one by one, unit by unit.The content of the slogan basically reflects the nature of the work of this unit.The Bureau of Industry is "learning from Daqing in industry"; the Bureau of Agriculture is "learning from Dazhai in agriculture"; the Bureau of Commerce is "learning from Daqing and Dazhai in commerce".Without such a clear slogan, they used quotations instead. The Agricultural Machinery Bureau said "the fundamental way out of agriculture lies in mechanization"; the Water Conservancy Bureau said "water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture"; It's not easy.For example, the county Xinhua Bookstore couldn't find a suitable quotation.A few lines about paying close attention to class struggle in the ideological field and at the same time concise enough to be used as slogans have been used by cultural bureaus, cultural centers and other units.Finally, he found a sentence from the report on learning from Dazhai made by the leading comrades of the Central Committee: "Greatly improve the scientific and cultural level of the Chinese nation." Although it is hard to say that a bookstore can improve the scientific and cultural level of a nation, bookstores always play this role.Therefore, it is appropriate to use this sentence as a slogan on the roof of the bookstore, but unfortunately, the roof is very disappointing. County Xinhua Bookstore was originally an old-fashioned two-story building with a gabled roof.In the past few years, the county has learned from the Western style in the city and started to build flat-roofed buildings. Many of the houses of the bureaus were built later. Therefore, it is not a problem to have three-dimensional slogans.The County Xinhua Bookstore was unable to rebuild due to lack of funds, so it had to add a three-story building with a flat roof and one room per floor to one end of the old building.This section of the three-story building looks like a blockhouse alone, but when viewed together with the old house, it looks like the proud bow of a foreign ship.However, pride is pride, but it is not suitable for such a long slogan, it is too narrow.If the slogan is erected on the eaves of an old house, the background will be lined with gray and black tiles, which is ugly to death.If it stands on the ridge of the roof, it will not play the role of propaganda.After thinking about it, I can only think of a way on the bunker-like bow. The Minister of Propaganda took a fancy to this newly built wall.When building these three floors, in order not to look shabby than others, the bookstore used all the limited funds.The exterior walls are covered with alumite cement from bottom to top.Except for the door and windows, a complete silver-white block is left, which is the most eye-catching place in the whole house of Xinhua Bookstore.He was not so dogmatic, so he decided to change it on the spot—the slogan of Xinhua Bookstore couldn't be three-dimensional, so he wrote it on this wall with red paint. I thought it solved a big problem.Unexpectedly, Xinhua Bookstore did not have a successful person.After the Propaganda Minister left, they tied the only cadre who claimed to be able to write artistic calligraphy with a rope, and let him dangle in mid-air like digging a rock, and finished writing the slogan. God knows!How can it be called "art calligraphy"?Long strokes, short strokes, thick strokes, thin strokes, crooked strokes, oblique strokes.The lacquer has not been collected cleanly, and there are many small streams hanging from the bottom of each brush.Some people said that those words were sweating with shame, while others said that they were crying with anger.A snow-white wall was born, making it a mess.It seems that in ancient times, a prisoner was tortured with tattoos on his fair face. "This is sabotage!" The Propaganda Minister who came to inspect stomped his feet angrily.The art calligraphy expert at Xinhua Bookstore was so frightened that he almost knelt down. I had to use white paint to cover up those "art calligraphy" that God knows.The Minister of Propaganda personally invited the artist from the county cultural center to rewrite it. The rewritten characters are naturally standard, but after all, the wounds that have been caused cannot be greatly repaired.The freshly applied white paint was like plaster.This plaster is not very helpful.The words covered by it, after a few days, vaguely floated from the bottom to the surface again, as if unwilling to give in, as if deliberately trying to anger someone. 4.painter. The artist at the County Cultural Center, who usually panics, became the busiest person.The production of huge posters on several blocks in the county town fell on him.I have to work overtime to make it out.In addition, many units have three-dimensional slogans, and he must be instructed.A temporary event like Xinhua Bookstore is even more unexpected. Unexpectedly, the remedial task of Xinhua Bookstore had just been completed, and the propaganda minister gave him another temporary task, asking him to use words to fill in the wall of the county committee compound. The county party committee compound is very large, and the walls on both sides of the gate are also large.At the beginning, I only considered the three-dimensional slogan on the top of the gate, but did not consider the two long walls.The fence is facing the street.On the busy street that has been decorated, such two long and lonely blank spaces are very eye-catching. "There are two very important slogans, which are most suitable to be written on the wall. What do you think?" The propaganda minister said to the painter whose hands were full of paint and hadn't had time to wipe them off in a discussing tone.These two important slogans are two battle cry respectively.One was proposed by the central government: "At the beginning of the year, we will see results, and we will see great results in three years." The other was proposed by the county party committee: "In one year, we will change in two years, and in three years we will build Dazhai County." "I'm afraid time won't win." The painter lowered his head and wiped his hands with the end of paper. "Write in lime water." This is naturally much faster than writing in paint. The painter had nothing to say.He is a graduate of Zhengpai Academy of Fine Arts.His father is an influential painter in the province. He has been well trained since he was a child, and he can write good calligraphy. His calligraphy works have participated in provincial exhibitions.This person has some abilities, but his tail is also a little raised.After his calligraphy participated in the provincial exhibition, the secretary of the county party committee asked the county party committee office to hang up the phone and asked him to write a couplet for the middle hall of the standing committee building he had just moved into.After hanging up the phone several times, he verbally agreed, but no one came for a long time.The secretary of the county party committee asked the office to send someone to the cultural center to invite them. "Of course I think highly of me for making up the wall, but the cultural center has limited business funds, so we can pay for the pen and ink, but the rice paper and mounting cost money." The painter said to the visitor. "Then let's go back and ask for instructions." The person who came here only thought of the artist putting on airs, but didn't think of an economic problem—this was the last thing that should be a problem. As a result of the request for instructions, the secretary of the county party committee said that all material costs should be paid.At the same time, he asked people to send the content of the couplet to: "The four seas are churning, the clouds and water are furious, and the five continents are shaken by wind and thunder." "Don't dare to write it." The artist said decisively, "This handwriting, the leader's handwriting is published publicly. If I write it again, I will be reckless. Never dare." He finally suggested that someone come to the county Xinhua Bookstore to have a look. Remember there is a print of the leader's handwriting there.If there is no Xinhua Bookstore in the county, there must be a Xinhua Bookstore in the city. It is probably the first time in the history of the county that he blatantly refuted the county party secretary's personal face.However, painters still dare not push back on such a major political task as the present one.I just kept my anger in my stomach, and I couldn't help it when I was too angry. Outside the wall of the county party committee compound is a drainage ditch beside the road.The floating soil from the ditch is piled on the root of the wall, forming an uneven slope.Not to mention that the lime bucket is not level, it is very difficult to stand people, let alone write.After three or two clicks, the painter became angry: "I will go back and make a suggestion to the county party committee, and suggest that they make a suggestion to the central government. The walls of the Forbidden City in Beijing are so long, and the four volumes of the leader's majestic essays are written on it. People at home and abroad learn from it." It’s all convenient, wouldn’t the World Revolution Center shine even more brightly!” 5.Conference report. The meeting room of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee is solemn and solemn. On the front wall are portraits of leaders, and on the hatchback are statues of Ma, En, Lie and Si.Bending slightly forward on the wall, they followed the discussions and decisions of the most important affairs of a county with amiable and solemn presence. Except for the news officer of the Propaganda Department of the county party committee and the current material team leader of the Four Cadres Committee, none of the people who make up the material team have temporarily drawn pens from subordinate units to enter this conference room.Every year similar reports are written by the secretary team of the county party committee and the county government. This year they were selected because the requirements were particularly high (the secretary of the county party committee said that they must write the most high-level report in the history of the Four Cadres Committee).They are the best writers in the county, but because the political conditions are not ideal, they are not suitable for secretarial work in the party and government departments.This was also the case when writing 300 cases back then.Now, except for the head of the material team who sank into the sofa as soon as he came in carelessly, the others faced the oval conference table covered with a spotless tablecloth that could not be seen even a single fold, and the circle around the conference table was painted with white paint. The rattan chair and the sofa around the wall are a bit cramped, and I feel that there is nowhere to put my hands and feet. The secretary of the county party committee walked in slowly.No matter how busy he was, he always looked calm and said, "I kept you waiting for a long time, why don't you sit down." After everyone sat down, the secretary of the county party committee asked again: "If you know why, please come here!" He looked at the material team leader. "I've told them." The materials team leader casually got up from the sofa.He's a bit arrogant.There was a time when he was more hopeful than the county party secretary.I just suffered from my wife.That year, when he was about to be promoted to be the director of the secretary office of the county party committee, he was just starting to have a hot fight with his current wife.The superior asked him to talk to him and asked him to make a careful choice between his political future and personal issues—his wife was the daughter of a false county magistrate—but he chose the latter.Then it was the turn of the secretary of the county party committee who was an ordinary cadre in the secretary office of the county party committee with him at that time. "That's good. I'll talk about my opinion first, the article depends on you to write." The county party secretary then talked about his vision for the report.The full text is divided into several major parts, each part is divided into several points; each point is divided into several layers, and so on.Extremely detailed and complete. "Very good, very good." Before the opinion of the secretary of the county party committee was recorded, the materials team leader called out, "The report is half finished." "Don't yell." The secretary of the county party committee gave him a sideways glance. "I'm just putting on airs. You can still deliberate if it's okay. I invite you to use your brains. You are experts in this regard." "You are an expert yourself." The material team leader flattered persistently. "What kind of expert am I? I just know a little bit." The secretary of the county party committee still had a straight face.However, I didn't feel that what the material team leader said was flattery, because what he said was basically the truth.He has written countless reports in the secretary's office before, and he is very good at this. "Of course, that's not enough to teach," he said, "it should be on par with the national level." Those big pens in the central government can record the leaders' conversations and organize them into policy clauses. The logic is extremely strict, and the words are very vivid. Everyone is encouraged by such high demands.This is tantamount to equating them with the national level.Several talents drawn from schools and cultural units were very excited, and some scholars had a heroic feeling of dying for their confidants. All that was left was worry, worrying about betraying the trust of the county party committee leaders.Only the head of the material team put on the posture of Zhuge Liang borrowing arrows from a grass boat, and one hundred and twenty didn't care.After listening to the opinions of the secretary of the county party committee, there is still more than an hour before the end of get off work. It could have been discussed and even divided.But the materials team leader asked everyone to go back, rest at ease, and gather again tomorrow morning.The article is a matter of ages, there is no rush.As early as three years ago, the grandson was born. The material team leader is confident.The next day, when the materials team arrived, he distributed a newspaper to each of them. They were the party newspapers of several provinces, and they all used full pages to publish the main leaders of that province who were studying at universities in the whole province. Report at the village meeting.The main points of the report were outlined in red pen in advance. "Let's take a look first. Just look at the main points. After reading it, half of our report will be out." The materials team leader repeated what he said to compliment the county party secretary yesterday. Everyone looked at him suspiciously, then lowered their heads and studied the newspaper in their hands.Then they all raised their heads, thoughtfully.Although the provinces were different and the reporters were different, the main points of those reports were generally the same.And all these same points seem to have been seen somewhere before.They hurriedly took out their notebooks and turned to the opinion of the county party secretary recorded yesterday.Only then did I understand the origin of the county party secretary's opinions.The more brilliant thing about the county party secretary is that it is the culmination of all those newspaper points. "Well, what I said is not bad. The size and title are determined by the secretary, and the description is the same as that in this newspaper. It is enough to change the names of places and people in the examples. Of course, we still have a lot of work to do. For example, If there are such numbers, it is not easy to copy them." The material team leader commanded.Who is responsible for statistics; who is responsible for scissors and paste; who is responsible for transcribing.He is in charge of everything—how to cut and paste, and what words to insert to make the incoherence between the cut and paste become coherent. The materials team leader worked very intensely and arduously.The lights in the office of the Propaganda Group were kept on for several nights. They are playing mahjong.The first draft of the report has already been written.The materials team leader refused to submit for review. "It was delivered early, and 100% has to be reworked. It is the leader's responsibility to let you rework. If there is no opinion, the leader is not the leader." Still, they worked a serious night shift. The secretary of the county party committee has been extremely busy.It was not until the afternoon of the day when the first draft of the report was submitted for review that I had time to sit down and read it carefully.After reading it, he asked the county party committee office to call and inform several scholars in the material group, and at night they still gathered in the standing committee meeting room to close the report again, and he personally participated. The so-called "deduction" is to polish the report through group discussion.One person reads while the others listen. A few words should be deleted from a certain sentence, and a few words should be added to a certain paragraph. While reading, listening and revising, decide on the spot.This is the last step in the drafting of the report.Regardless of whether you are satisfied with the first draft or not, it must be done. There is one day left until the presentation.After the report is finalized, it will take one day to type, print, and bind it.Therefore, it is necessary to work at night. The process progressed very slowly.The report was as long as this long winter night.After midnight, half of the deduction had just been completed.Most people's spines can't support their bodies gradually, and they start to slump down on the sofa.In the end, there were only three people left at the oval conference table. Among the three, the hardest one was a teacher drawn from the county central primary school.He is a Chinese teacher, and when he reads the articles, he can read the articles clearly and clearly.So from the very beginning, he was appointed to read it while making changes to the original manuscript according to everyone's opinions.He has been sitting upright, with a look of knowing that he has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders; the other person who is dedicated is the secretary of the county party committee.He squinted his eyes, half asleep, half awake, leaning against the back of the chair, constantly bending the chair legs backwards.Stumbling forward, he suddenly jumped forward and shouted to the elementary school teacher who was thinking, "Okay." Then he said his revision opinion, then squinted his eyes again, and bent up the chair legs.Almost scrutinized word by word, not even a single punctuation.He was determined to push back for the Yixiaode people; it's just a pity for the materials team leader.In the past few days, his luck in playing cards has been bad.After catching the cards for a long time, I still can't decide.After finally grabbing a refreshing hand of cards, it was a small deal after all the calculations.So he was cruel and wanted to wait for his self-motivation to double, but was robbed by others.So I feel very unlucky, but I have to accompany him.He disapproved of the rigor of the county party secretary.This report is the crystallization of the wisdom of many pens, is it worthy of such a deduction?But he can only slander.In the end, I didn't even have the energy to slander.The eyelids cannot be opened with fingers.The head pecked down like a chicken, and suddenly it pecked on the tea bowl, knocking over a full cup of Yunwu tea. The secretary of the county party committee just said something at this time: "This place needs to find a way to turn around." His Mandarin has a strong accent, and he said "turn" into "short". "What, it's too short?" The material team leader called out, mostly to cover up his embarrassment of knocking over the tea bowl. "Turn." The secretary of the county party committee gave him a blank look, and emphasized his tone a bit, but it still sounded "short". The report has been buckled to the last part.The introduction to this part of the first draft read along the lines of "combining sky-high ambition with a solid scientific attitude..." and so on.The secretary of the county party committee thought it was a bit blunt, and asked for one or two very incisive, vivid, and vivid sentences to make the transition. "Think about it, everyone." He looked around at the people who were awakened by the materials team leader knocking over the tea bowl, got up and walked out of the conference room.Then, in the bathroom diagonally opposite the conference room, there was the sound of liquid splashing on the porcelain wall of the urinal.Then there was an inexplicable silence.Everyone thought he was gone, and just wanted to get up to see what happened, but he returned to the conference room with a faint smell of ammonia, with a very excited look on his face: "I thought of this sentence, do you think about it...'To learn from Dazhai, you have to work hard like an earthworm, not just twitter like a sparrow'." While speaking, his hands were still in the crotch of his trousers, and he didn't fasten the last button until he finished speaking. "Good! Very good." The material team leader immediately expressed his opinion.There was an indistinct applause from below. "Then write it down." The secretary of the county party committee was also very satisfied.He watched the primary school teacher waving his pen excitedly.After finishing this sentence, the elementary school teacher has already started to read the next paragraph, and suddenly there is a late applause from a corner: "Good, good, very good." People were astonished.The man actually wiped the corner of his mouth vigorously.There was a wisp of very thick and very stinky saliva on it. The report was finally deducted before dawn.The secretary of the county party committee asked the teacher who had been deducted from the primary school teacher to read it aloud from the beginning.I don't realize that the East is white. "Go back and sleep well, and I'll give you a day off." The secretary of the county party committee was full of energy.The goal of making a high-level report has been achieved, and he is very relaxed. "Yes, this report." He raised a large stack of manuscript paper and shook it, "Thank you everyone." "Thank you for what we did, you deducted it thanks to you." The material team leader said flatteringly. "How can you say that, you bastard." The secretary of the county party committee was obviously happy. "You'd better work hard, turn around, type (type) the report, and send it to the printing house immediately. It must be printed before the end of the conference. How many copies did you plan to print?" "Three hundred." The county's 200 or so production teams, plus the units directly under the county, filing, and copying reports to the prefectural committee and relevant departments of the agency, the number of 300 copies is very wide. The secretary of the county party committee stared at the corner of the room, blinked, and coughed: "Print two thousand three, and send it to the production team. In addition, a copy must be sent to the provincial party committee and the provincial revolutionary committee." In the second session 1.Learn to discuss. The county seat was suddenly reduced by half.The narrow town streets were bustling with cadres at all levels of the county. The ones who casually wear the gray Chinese tunic suits are the commune cadres.They are very frank, not afraid that this simplicity will make people not recognize them as state cadres; in comparison, brigade cadres are much more particular.Most of them wear uniforms made of chemical fiber fabrics, and more than two capped pens are often inserted in the breast pockets.Once they enter the city, they are always a little shy, and a little worried that others will not know that they are off-duty in the countryside; the production captains are the most, and if there are too many, they are worthless.They don't take themselves seriously.The young man was wearing an old military uniform that was wrinkled, and three of the five buttons on his chest were missing, and he spoke loudly without any scruples.The old man was wearing an old patched padded jacket that looked like a board, and his hands were always stuck in the cuffs. He bent over solemnly and coughed a few times from time to time. They gathered in the county town from all over the county by boat, train, truck and tractor.Whether or not the whole county succeeds in learning will depend on how well this meeting goes.Therefore, the meeting schedule is very strict, and the schedule is also very tight: there are only two nights to watch a play or movie out of seven nights in a week, one is the night of registration, and the other is the night before the meeting ends.The other nights are study discussions. Xiamashan Commune was the most prominent unit of this conference.They "make a big step every year and change their appearance".In the second half of last year, they opened the way with big criticisms and stopped the unhealthy trend of labor outflow.This year, no one in this commune, where the per capita farmland is only half a centimeter, went out to engage in sideline business, so the yield of double-cropping rice per mu increased from 500 catties in previous years to 800 catties in one fell swoop, fulfilling the "Outline".Although the absolute yield per unit area is not the highest among several communes in the county's grain districts, the increase in yield is large and the change is astonishing.They have always been a backward unit, but now they have become the top of the top, and it is the first time that they are regarded as such. All the cadres in the commune are very proud of this, and they hold meetings very seriously.In every meeting, they always gather early, enter the meeting place early, and never whisper in twos and threes during the meeting.Smoking and lighting should be as careful as possible, for fear of making something strange and affecting the order of the meeting.It seems that this meeting is only held in recognition of them.After the meeting, they always walk in a pile, like a glorious collective. They are the most frequently used conference presentations.In addition to being the first red flag in the county, their study discussions are indeed of the highest quality. The party secretary of Xiamashan Commune was Xiao Feng, the former head of the Propaganda Group of the County Revolutionary Committee. After the "Three Hundred Cases" writing achieved results, he was sent to practice, and it was obvious that he would have a big responsibility.After working at the grassroots level for a few years, a lot of popular language has been added to the rhyme of the speech: "The lights don't turn on and the words don't turn on. It's fundamental to learn from Dazhai and pay close attention to the party's basic line education. You can't just bury your head in the cart and don't look up at the road. If you can't block the road of capitalism, you won't be able to open society. The first step of doctrine. The cadres and masses of our commune must be united, fight together, and win together. Twist into a rope, think in one place, exert energy in one place, and sweat in one place. We must learn from candles with one heart , Don’t learn from lanterns with thousands of eyes. As an advanced unit, you must be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and impetuosity. If you have achievements, don’t say you can’t run away, and if you have shortcomings, don’t say it’s a big deal. You must use encouragement as motivation, and don’t let honor become resistance. Life is endless , Fighting is endless, if you don’t reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero, continue the revolution and move forward forever. Otherwise, we will cut the wheat with a blunt sickle-pull the dick down.” The last sentence is a bit abrupt, but everyone understands the meaning, that is, if you don’t do what you said before, you will fail to learn from Dazhai.As for some village customs, they are used to by everyone since childhood.What they felt was the secretary's passion. Then the brigade cadres spoke.They all strive to imitate the style of the commune secretary.When the commune secretary took the lead in speaking, they all looked at his opening and closing mouth with admiration, and secretly regarded that mouth as a model in their hearts. "Because of the great ambition of sacrifice, I dare to teach the sun and the moon to change into a new sky. I endured great hardships, worked hard, and sweated profusely, and vowed to re-arrange the mountains and rivers..." The cadres of the brigade were very enthusiastic.Many of them found a good book called "The Collection of Strong Words of Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers" at the Xinhua Bookstore in the county seat, and bought them specially for their speaking needs. It's just a little difficult for those old and uneducated production team captains.However, since there is an atmosphere, it is not a problem for them to say a few words of level. "Before liberation, in the twelfth lunar month of that year, the snow was unprecedentedly heavy, and the wind was like a murderous knife..." As he said, tears flowed down his face.The female cadres present had red eyes at first, and then they drowned out their speeches with whimpering and blowing their noses. The secretary of the county party committee and some other leaders came to Xiamashan Commune to listen to the discussions several times, and they were very moved each time. There are also examples opposite to Xiamashan Commune. Representatives of the Hongqi Commune live in the County Agricultural Materials Company.The company vacated a warehouse for them to pile up chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Not only did they have no floor, but even cement was not laid.It's damp and smelly, and it's a foreign crime.All of them were filled with righteous indignation, but they also had unspeakable suffering.Which says they are the last commune in the county!It just chose a good name, and the leader of the county party committee said it all: Red Flag is ruined by you! So, now, they themselves will inevitably suffer a little ruin. However, they know how to cherish themselves.When the branch commune was studying and discussing, they buried most of their bodies in the bed, only the part above the shoulders was exposed, leaning against the wall very comfortably, warm and lazily, talking about the tidbits of the conference. "Hey, do you know that Han Ying stole (stolen a man to raise a man) Peng Batian." On the night of registration, the cultural activity arranged was the performance of "Honghu Red Guards" by the county troupe.Two days later, they knew all the details of the improper relationship between the two actors of the county troupe who played Han Ying and Peng Batian. "It's okay, isn't it class reconciliation?" Someone sat up straight from the floor and criticized.The warehouse was full of joy and laughter.All the troubles caused by the humidity and the foul smell of chemical fertilizers and pesticides are temporarily put to the back of the mind. After all, the knowledge of the county is limited.After speaking, we will play poker.They were divided into several piles on the floor, and their feet were covered with quilts. Except for the general meeting, they fought hard day and night, playing in the dark, and playing a new set of Dada sound cards beyond recognition. 他们也有豪言壮语：坐着吃，睡着讲，没有吃，找县长（县长亲自负责大会的后勤工作）。 2.伙食和俏姐儿。 四干会也是展览会。各个公社的脸面都在这里展览。生产上的先进或落后，那已是有了数字做依据的，无可争。但有时候，一个单位是不是真有脸面，并不见得就一定看你是不是大寨社、大寨队，产量过了“纲”，一人一头猪。 要比的方面很多。 例如打扮。那些从靠城市近的公社来的人，总是较为随便大方。妹伢们的头发在脑后像稻草似的一把挽住。男人的帽子不是扣在眉梢上就老是有些歪。即使有专门穿了新衣服来开会的，那衣服也做得可体，只增其色，不损其容。而从偏僻山里来的人，则就像来办集体婚礼的。男人一个个把脸刮得锃光。旧棉袄外面罩着一身簇新的青土布对襟褂子，布扣子一津扣上，最上面的在颈上勒出一道箍。女人一个个都绞了脸，眉毛细细，面皮光光。头发扎紧得连头皮扯起，在发髻的形状上用尽功夫。每只头最少用了半斤生发油，亮崭崭的不像头发，像是头盔。一望而知他们的审美观念，以及由这种观念体现的文化，尚极古老。 例如举止。平原、州地上的人走路总有些拖拖沓沓，满不在乎的样子。山里人走路则像出操，哪怕在水泥马路上，脚也提得老高，好像爬坡，好像生怕被什么绊住。 虽然这两种打扮举止都各有自己的理由，但相形之下，谁该自豪，谁该自卑，却是很分明的。毕竟以“土”为荣的人少。 而最能给脸面造成影响的，头一是伙食，第二是俏姐儿。 四干会的伙食由各公社自办。会议的伙食补助标准是统一的，伙食办得怎样，则要看各公社的经济实力。各公社在研究参加四干会的各项事宜时，伙食问题往往议得最具体。从超过标准的部分怎样摊派到举谁掌厨，都一定落到实处。民以食为天。有没有吃，吃得如何，是最关声誉的要紧事。四菜一汤的规定从来不能执行。大家互相瞟着，六菜一汤，八菜一汤，十菜两汤，两个主荤，三个主荤，四个主荤，日日递增，步步登高，你追我赶，形势十分喜人。在这场较量竞赛中，各公社都是全力以赴。 对比最鲜明的是同住在县委党校院子里的江上公社和长岭公社。 长岭公社办伙食有极大的有利条件。他们是全县最边远的一个山区公社。野味成为他们伙食的一大特色。可惜的是，再稀世的山珍一从长岭公社那位烹调大师手上出来，就都变成了一津的牛屎般的黑色。不晓得这位大师从哪里听说，城里人做的菜所以好吃，主要是得了酱油之功。这使得他把酱油当成了唯一的法宝。至于味道呢，有人形容说是锅里翻了盐船。 跟他们共一个厨房的江上公社就不同了。江上公社在一个州上，因为“以粮为纲”取消了渔业队。这样，可供力、伙食选择的原料也就很有限。除了猪肉，就是白菜豆腐。但他们靠近城市，公社选来掌厨的，是一个在城里的一家馆子做过好几年厨房下手的人，略通一点色香味。虽然算不得什么佳肴，到底有城里的风味。 总之，他们各有千秋。 然而，在差不多同样重要的另一点上，江上公社则占了绝对的优势。 江上公社的会议服务组尽是清一色的女知青。这些女知青一个个都好像是过了拣的，高矮、胖瘦都差不多，哪一个也不比县剧团的那个花枝招展的“韩英”差。县委党校在县城之郊。房屋破旧，树木疏落，平日是极荒凉的。自有了他们，这里陡然生辉。害得大会简报组几个后生总是一点不怕脚酸地往这里窜，闭着眼睛给江上公社多上了好几期他们学习文件如何如何热烈如火，表决心如何如何壮志凌云的简报。 而长岭公社服务组的那伙妹子，虽然也是用心拣了的，虽然在山里也是一枝花，但决不能跟江上公社那伙俏姐儿比。事情是明摆的，不服气不行。长岭公社很穷，县里总是照顾他们，不给他们分配插队知青。 而今，长岭公社的干部吃了秤砣铁了心：穷则思变，穷也要穷得有志气。一旦县里有知青指标，一定不再要他们照顾。再困难也要养批知青，主要是女知青。 3.保长。 大会一开，材料组搞报告的那班人就算是基本解放了。大会中间，他们还要负责搞一个总结报告。总结报告好搞，还是三部分：一部分是谈谈大会的收获；二部分是归纳出几条有普遍意义的经验；三部分是从加强领导的角度谈几点要求以及交待一些如何贯彻落实会议精神的具体事项。这三方面，材料组长心里早就有了底。收获部分按照需要分摊给各公社秘书，让他们从各个不同角度提供例子。不怕他们不卖力，谁不想在报告里亮亮相。第二部分实际是大会报告第一部分的重复，不过改改口气，换种说法就是。第三部分不写，作总结的领导自己也讲得出来，无非是不要仅仅让会议精神说在嘴上，写在纸上，而要落实到行动上，一定要做到家喻户晓，人人明白之类。 所以，他们可以尽情地攻打四方城。平日难得有这样多空闲凑到一起，更没有这样好的条件：白天有三餐上等伙食，半夜还有宵夜。他们打得很过瘾。有天半夜以后，一个热心人把桌子底下的火盆抽去，换进一大盆冷水，然后把好几只脚浸到里面，这几只脚的主人竟好长时间没有发觉。 唯一没有参战的是小学老师。小学老师吃了十几二十年粉笔灰，在县城里一向默默无闻，没有想到有一天会受到这样的赏识，很有些受宠若惊。从到大会材料组来报到的第一天起，他就住到大会在旅社为工作人员安排的房间里，再也不回家一趟。尽管旅社离他们家只有一箭之地。分配给他的工作主要是昔抄各类材料（有时要念）。他是教书匠，对政事素怀崇敬。看待所谓“材料”，总有些神秘感，诚惶诚恐的，觉得参与了什么重大机密。他抄得极其小心。偶尔不慎错了一个字，决不涂抹。假使没有抄满稿纸的一半，则撕去重抄，如果过了一半，又怕时间来不及，便用刀片把错字的那一格划去，重写一个字平平补上。他整天不知疲倦地趴在桌子上，耐烦地，专注地爬着格子。晚上碰到停电，就一支接一支地点蜡烛。以致烛泪在桌面上堆成山峰，惹得来打扫房间的服务员连声抱怨，不知烛泪缘何流！材料组本身的人也不时地笑他。他并不恼，相反觉得是表扬，更加起劲地在格子上攀登。烛泪也便流不尽。 大报告抄完之后，小学老师接着抄的是各种典型经验总结材料。公社一级的、大队一级的、生产队一级的以及个人的先进事迹，加起来有一两百份。这些材料都要送印刷厂铅印。材料组长交待说：“大致看看，不清楚的地方，标标清就行了，不一定都要重抄的。都重抄，不要抄死人么！” 小学老师认定，不经他重抄一遍，是决不能送印刷厂的。这是一个必须经过的程序。取消这个程序，那抽他来干什么？他相信，抄材料是决抄不死人的。 可是，有些材料本身却使他没有法子抄下去。他教了十几二十年的国语，于文法是极注重的。倘若满纸语病经他手下过去，岂不要贻笑天下。况且，把个人荣辱置于一边，坏了学大寨的事，岂不是罪莫大焉！于是，誊抄之外，他又给自己加了一项义务：修改。然而，有些好改，有些却并不好改。比如“战斗口号”，乃是几经当地广大干部群众反复郑重讨论，最后由最高领导班子确定下来的。一个小学语文老师好随便改动的么？但是有些地方，不改动，小学老师为人师表的良心又决不允许。这最终导致了他的悲剧。 悲剧是由下马山公社的战斗口号引起的： 比思想：大寨红旗永飘扬； 比干劲：完成土石卅万方； 比贡献：一人一猪亩一猪； 比产量：力争今年过“双纲”。 姑且不论这“四比”并列是否得当，至少有两比意义是不甚明白的。下马山是全县首屈一指的先进公社。小学老师寻思了半天，迟迟不敢轻易斧正，只好抱起材料去找下马山公社的领导。 “'完成土石卅万方'是指水利工程……”说话带韵白的小冯书记解释说。 “这上面没有点明呀，别个怎么晓得呢？再说，只有水利工程见干劲的么，插秧、割谷不也是要有干劲的么……” “肯定晓得的。乡下不搞水利工程还会有什么土石方？至于比干劲，并没有错吧？”小冯对这个“战斗口号”本是极满意的，他领导过撰写全省性的大文章“三百例”，还写过大戏，差一点成了样板戏，现在被一个冬烘先生无端挑剔，很有些恼火。 “那……”小学老师迟疑了一下，还是坚决地又抬起了头，“'一人一猪亩一猪'呢？” “这是说，按人口计算，每人向国家交售一头猪。有几个大队做不到，也起码做到按田亩计算，每亩交一头猪。”小冯尽力压住火气。没有法子，这个冬烘先生显见是一点不懂农村工作的。 “这句话能概括这个意思么？” "what do you say?" “我看不能。” “不能又怎么办呢？” “要改。” “不改呢？” “不改……就不能拿去铅印。” “岂有此理。”小冯终于激怒，“我们这个口号是县委批准了的。” “……县委也要讲语法的。” 恰好县委书记到下马山来听讨论，已经稳稳的在一边站了些时候。事情僵了，才插进来打圆场： “那个口号我看问题不大吧。农村干部自然明白，不消咬文嚼字的。” “怎么是咬文嚼字？”小学老师惊疑地对他十分崇敬的县委书记睁大了眼睛，又畏葸地低下头，“语法呀！” 屋里一时很静。 “这里不谈语法吧。”县委书记先打破沉默，“你回去，照原样子抄。语法问题以后再讨论。”口气是不容置疑的。 “不，断断不行的。”小学老师抬起头，眼睛里一片泪。在学堂里，要逢到这样不讲道理、不肯改错的学生，他是一定要处罚的。 “那你看着办吧。” 小学老师晓得再没有讲语法的余地了，转过身，缓缓走出去。走到门口，他的头突然从肩胛里跌落下去。他听见后面在议论：“怎么把个保长弄来了。” “保长”是指他。听说共产党要南下，保长无人肯当，村人便设出一个轮流坐庄的法子。轮到他头上时，只当了一个月，解放军就过江了。那时他在教私塾，当了保长，也只是教他的私塾，却落了个不清不白的“保长”历史，历次运动麻烦了许多人。 小学老师当天就收拾文房四宝离开了旅社。他是忠心耿耿来的，决想不到会这样离开。因此离去时颇有些留恋，对那烛泪堆成的山峰发了半天怔。他先没有回家，直接去县医院住院部看了他老婆。他老婆在他住进旅社没有几天就住了院。儿子当天来报告过他，他却一直没有抽出空去探视。 由于小学老师是擅自离开的，大会结束时，为酬劳大会工作人员的辛苦而发的笔记本、大毛巾、搪瓷缸，也就自然免发给他。 4.会外记录。 这次四干会对全县学大寨运动发生的作用，几乎在当时就可以看得见，摸得到。仅举县印刷厂及县城各商店为例。 由于印刷各类会议材料，以及由这些材料汇编成的书，县印刷厂把原来的长日班改成了二班倒，每班十二小时，停人不停机，创造了办厂以来最好的生产成绩。四季度中的这一个月的产值，即相当于前三个季度的总和。 县城各商店这一个月的营业额也是空前的。连存在仓库里的春节供应物资也都拿出来倾销一空，不得不手忙脚乱地重新组织货源。 还有一个值得特别一提的纪录是县城附近的一些生产队，因四干会而获得大量高效农家肥，以致有些私心重的人放肆地往自留地泼人粪尿，也没有人来找他去开展好肥料该送自留地还是送集体，到底该走哪条道路的辩论。 第三会后 关于全国农业学大寨大会以及这次全县四干会会议精神的传达，县委书记在大会结束前再三强调，一定要讲实效，一定不要搞形式主义，不要搞文山会海，泛滥成灾。既然四级干部都开过会了，回去以后，除了由公社和大队组织办一些团员、妇女、民兵骨干学习班，就不用层层开大会，直接由生产队传达给广大社员群众就行了。 小镇东方红大队第一生产队队长殷元中下午从县里回到生产队，立刻就到各家各户去跑了一圈，郑重其事地通知夜晚开全体社员大会，他要传达全国的干部会和全县的干部会的精神。弄得大家搞不清他究竟是参加了全国的干部会还是参加了全县的干部会回来。他是大队书记殷道严的侄子，说话向来喉咙粗口气大。 事情毕竟不同寻常。人到得比平常要早些，也多些。疏疏落落地散了一仓库。仓库中间的横梁上用绳子吊着一盏桅灯。殷元中站在灯底下。他已经脱下了那件特地为开会赶做的铁灰色涤卡中山装，重新技上了先前天天穿的对襟黑棉袄。那上面凡是有边有角的地方，都露出了猪油渣似的絮团。 “都来了，哈，那就开会，哈，这次开会，形势大好，哈，我队也跟全国一样……” 殷元中看上去瘦，脸跟刀削出来的一样。两只眼睛很亮。他把两个巴掌按在后腰上，肘子把破棉袄的后襟拱得老高，这使他莽莽长长的个子显得很精神。灯光把他的影子投到白墙上，使他这副样子变得巨大了。 “首先，伙食是没有说的，吃了两天就包你屁眼流油，哈。害得老子拉了两天稀，哈。不过，也就只两天，哈……” 殷元中板着脸，一声接一声地哈着。 在他脚前不远的地方，几个老儿在轮流吧着一管旱烟。一面嘀嘀嘟嘟：“国民党税多，共产党会多。”平常这时候，他们早就在被窝里窝热了。现在，他们却不得不在这接近半夜的寒气里硬熬。老儿后面是一堆一堆挨着坐的老表嫂。她们把纳鞋底的索子拉得呼拉响。有个被搂着的伢子忽然醒了，“哇”地叫起来。做娘的连忙丢下鞋底，解开胸口，把一只米袋似的巨奶从怀中提出，哭声立止。夹杂在这些女人中间的，是那些壮年汉子，他们或者静静看定那桅灯，想着什么心思，或者仰面朝天，靠在谷箩之类的家什上轻轻打鼾。在这道男人和女人的屏障后面，是那些未及婚配的后生和妹子。他们在尽兴尽情地掐掐捏捏。突然有个妹子不晓得什么地方被着实捏痛了，忍不住“哎哟”一声尖叫，惹得正起劲的殷元中的传达中忽然加进一声断喝：“吵死！”然后，吵死的不再吵，传达的继续传达。然后，一只罪恶的手又悄悄爬进那尖叫妹子的棉袄底下。在这伙快活无比的人后面，最角落里，是队里最后剩下的两个没有回城的知青。他们打着手电在看书，准备高考。若是不来听传达，又怕到时候没有好鉴定。 “……娘卖×的，想干倒我，哈，瞎了他们的狗眼，哈。”殷元中一开口就滔滔不绝。关于四干会的伙食情况传达了一个多钟头，才说到大会结束时吃的那餐饭。那是最后的晚餐，大会允许上酒。殷元中大显身手，一连把好几个公社干部和大队干部拼得当场醉翻在桌子底下。 “……老子干脆把缸子丢落，换上大麻兜碗，哈，有种的你就上来……” 殷元中豪情满怀，做出一个戏台上亮相的姿势。 “队长，讲讲生产吧。”一直安静地坐在旁边的副队长实在忍不住瞌睡，提醒说，“快半夜了。” “生产，哈，我们要战天斗地学大寨，哈，”殷元中连脑子转也没有转一下，就接过了副队长的话，“明天，哈，男的，锄草，哈，女的，搓索。哈，完了，散会。” 仓库里一片乱响。乱响中，殷元中又补充交待一句： “搓索，哈，是搓草索，不是搓…