Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Hu Yuelan

The direct reason why Xiaoding left the town was because he wrote a novel.The novel made a lot of use of the general as the material, conforming to the social atmosphere at the time, and caused a small sensation.In order to enhance the dramatic effect, the novel artificially sets up a sharp political conflict.The party representing the evil forces was naturally a symbol of power at that time, and the mayor was naturally a representative figure.Purely out of technical considerations (for example, to avoid matching characters, to strengthen the conflict between characters, etc.), the novel writes the mayor as a male.Instead, something ridiculous happened.This practice of avoiding unnecessary troubles just caused unexpected troubles: the novel wronged Haba's dysentery.

Because of the success of that novel (won the National Literary Award that year), Xiao Ding was transferred to the province to work as a professional writer.Naturally, I am very elated.All day long, he looks like a genius thinking deeply, walking in the town, feeling that everything is so trivial and dirty, and his heart is full of pity.Unexpectedly, one day, he was hit head-on by a person. That day when he came back from the town middle school to a group of admirers about the history of his struggle (his transfer order to the province has come, these days many units are rushing to invite him to give lectures), when he was crossing the river, he suddenly saw a haba dysentery on the other side of the river, and Standing at the end of the long string of pebbles that the townspeople use as a bridge.When he saw Haba's dysentery, he had already walked more than half of the pebbles.After crossing the bridge, he was going to brush past Haba Diarrhea with his face sideways, but Haba Diarrhea stopped him:

"Is that you who is famous for writing novels?" The pimple-filled face under Haba's mangy bald head was tense, making him a little hairy.He lowered his head and looked around, horrified to find himself alone and helpless. "People are unlucky, and the salt shaker is full of maggots. Now people and ghosts are shitting on my head. You kid only cares about your own fame, and you don't care about other people's lives. Even if I was in the town at the time, a town mayor, Can you persecute such a big person? Now you kid is ready, but I will never stand up!" Haba Diarrhea was gnashing his teeth, but he didn't take any further actions.After finishing speaking, he walked away along the string of pebbles, hop by hop, and never looked back.After he crossed the river, Xiao Ding regained his composure, looked back at Ding Haba's slumped buttocks, and realized that he was no longer in danger, and his anger rose little by little in his heart.He made up his mind to catch up again and again, kicked that ass up, but finally held back.He still wouldn't lose his mind, if there was a fight, Haba's dysentery's two fingers could crush him.

At that time, Haba Diarrhea was no longer the mayor of the town, and was suspended from his post. He was working in the vegetable brigade in the town, waiting for assignments.He was suspended for six or seven years.During this period, the wronged cadres and small cadres, whether they were in the town or rushed to the town from outside, all implemented the policy, and many literati who wrote movies, TV shows and novels based on this wronged and peaceful redress became famous. , I just haven't heard any news about his job change.The incident about the mayor's persecution of the general in Xiao Ding's award-winning novel naturally has nothing to do with him, because he is not in office.But just because he was not in the position and the novel became famous, everyone had to put that damned "mayor" on him, and the ghost told him to recite the time!It is natural for him to have resentment.

At that time, the incumbent mayor was Hu Yuelan. two Hu Yuelan is the second female mayor after Li Furong. In 1968, a large number of educated youths went to the countryside to join the queue, and Hu Yuelan was one of them.She went down to Li Bawan and happened to live in Li Furong's old house.Li Furong was still standing aside at that time, unwilling to stay in the town, and often went back to Li Bawan's natal family to live, so she always shared the room with Hu Yuelan.I saw with my own eyes that in the twelfth lunar month of winter, Hu Yuelan rolled up her trousers and walked barefoot into the pond covered with thin ice to get out the mud.When I went to bed at night, my body was as cold as iron, and I couldn’t get hot for half a day. I got up in the middle of the night, pulled out the bedpan, and couldn’t get up after squatting down.But the next morning, like a normal person, she went down into the pond with her feet and hands dancing.

Hu Yuelan was working with local female customers, and you couldn't tell a city educated youth at all; she was with the educated youth who came with her, but you could recognize her at a glance, and the educated youth who looked least like an educated youth was her.She is especially like a local old cousin, not like a local girl.In fact, she graduated from junior high school at the age of eighteen (the reason why she graduated from junior high school at the age of eighteen was because she had missed a grade).However, she has broad shoulders and a round waist, and she always wears a Shihlin blue cloth gown with open underarms, tightly wrapping her bulging breasts.Walking and bouncing, like a nest of two little piglets.Those two little piglets aroused all kinds of speculation and imagination of the local young people.She herself was sometimes very careless, and the buttons were often not fully buttoned. Not only did she not have the small coats that girls in the country have, but there was also no brassiere that girls in the city would never have.This gave the group of younger students the convenience of precise observation, and was sure that once she was going to breastfeed one day, it would be no problem for her to carry the baby on her back and throw the breast from her shoulders into the baby's mouth.

After hearing these frivolous words, Hu Yuelan wasn't annoyed or blushed, she just picked up a piece of dirt and threw it over, cursing something that only men are qualified to scold, and that's it.Not at all inferior to Li Furong back then.With an amazing appetite, she is known for being able to make loud noises when eating and snoring loudly when sleeping, and is famous for being able to carry the same heavy burden as a male laborer. All of these leave a strong impression on people: simple thinking and simple nature.This has the basic conditions for being an advanced model, making Hu Yuelan a model among the educated youth.In the first year of going to the countryside, he attended the congress of intellectual youth activists in the special zone.In the spring of the following year, the town transferred her to the newly formed thoroughbred team as the captain.

She lives alone in a room in the thoroughbred team, which is connected to the warehouse of the team office, and it is empty when the work is over.The only person who often lives here is the accountant and custodian, her later husband.His old house is far away from the thoroughbred team, he goes back several times a month, and most of the time he lives in the team, next door to Hu Yuelan.He is very honest, talking to Hu Yuelan, he never dared to look her in the eye.Hu Yuelan is a student in the city and also his captain.He himself only graduated from junior high school in Li Bawan's middle school. God knows that junior high school. After studying for two years, he didn't even see the shell of the textbook.He knows how to abacus, which he learned from Lao Tzu when he was a child.Of course, he didn't have any unreasonable thoughts about Hu Yuelan.Sometimes when I hear the rustling of clothes next door, the drizzling of washing, and the creaking of the bedpan, my heart will be moved, but it is just a man who has never seen the world's desire for the opposite sex, not Dare to confront Hu Yuelan.

On the contrary, it was Hu Yuelan who came to him.As the days go by, I often sit in the middle of the night.Hu Yuelan yelled loudly in front of the crowd like chasing out ghosts, walked like a ram, but when she came to him, she was like a big basket of cotton, soundless and limp wherever she placed it.If she doesn't speak, he has nothing to say. Sometimes the two of them sit by an oil lamp, listening to each other's nostrils.In the end, the breath became more and more thick, and finally panted. On National Day, they officially got married. At that time, the higher-ups issued guidelines to select new cadres.Politically, it is stipulated that the roots must be correct, and age: under 25 years old; gender: female; education level: junior high school, educated youth who jumped into the queue, etc.These conditions seemed to be set up specifically for Hu Yuelan.It also happened to be promoting the marriage of college students and peasants to abolish bourgeois legal rights, and Hu Yuelan got married at the right time.

Li Bawan reappeared in the grand occasion when Li Furong made his fortune back then. Reporters from provincial newspapers and provincial radio stations, experts who wrote various materials in special districts and counties, lived and ran around Li Bawan like a shuttle.Li Furong, secretary of the county party committee, had put on theatrical makeup on her face, which was very radiant, because she discovered and cultivated this model. The bad thing is that Hu Yuelan is far inferior to Li Furong back then.People who came to get the materials complained in private that it was difficult.When asked how she felt about going to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants, she asked back, the whole school has been sent to the countryside, and the school’s brand has been taken off and turned into a factory.Changing the subject, I asked her why she was able to work while sick, and she argued that there was no such thing as menstruation is not a disease.Asked why she married a farmer, she felt very strange: Why can't I marry, I like it, but I'm afraid he won't want me.why do you like it?If you like it, you like it, no reason.Since when?Can't tell.It must be said that around that time, she may have suffered from the flu and was sleepy in bed for two days and two nights, and it was he who delivered food and water.She thought, it's good to have such a man by her side, if you marry a city man, the ghost will ask you when you are sick.Her old man (blacksmith) never cared about her mother's affairs, and would "strike iron" on her mother when he was drunk...

The reporters and cadres had no choice but to ask her to read the finished manuscript. As long as she took a look and didn't object, their conscience would be acceptable.News must be authentic. "...the communist revolution is the most radical break with traditional property relations..." "I haven't read this sentence." She raised her head, blinking her eyes once and for all. "Why haven't you seen it?" "I haven't read it. Where did Marx say it?" "..." The pens were at a loss for words, and they didn't know the source of this sentence, they only knew that it was quoted everywhere. "Didn't you see it now?" "I'm married. It says here that I got married after studying Marx's teachings." However, my opinion is my opinion. The "Hu Yuelan Deeds Lecture Group" is still touring lectures as planned, but Hu Yuelan herself does not participate.Li Furong also severely criticized some people's liberalism at the cadre meeting, talking nonsense, and damaging the image of model figures.Hu Yuelan's name still spread throughout the province, and even the whole country.Hu Yuelan saw the introduction in the newspaper and asked others: Why does this person have the same name and surname as me?It wasn't until she saw her photo next to the article that she believed that this Hu Yuelan was herself. Hu Yuelan is not pretending.In Li Bawan's words, he is heartless, with only one rectum in his stomach, and he can cook whatever he eats. After Haba Diarrhea stepped down, Li Furong, the secretary of the county party committee who had committed the same mistake, still recommended Hu Yuelan.Everyone accepted the recommendation.After all, Hu Yuelan was reliable and trustworthy. Hu Yuelan's behavior after taking office was not good from the beginning. It was the first time she participated in the township party committee to study cadre issues, and she fell asleep after sitting down for ten minutes.The secretary of the town party committee, who presided over the meeting, called her to express her opinion. She woke up after a long time.At the end, I finally remembered that I also had a printed list on hand, picked it up, took a quick look at it, and said: "I don't know any of these people, you decide, I'll go take a pee." Once or twice, others didn't care about it, thinking that she stayed up all night the day before, was sleepy, and felt sorry for her.After a long time, I knew that she would fall asleep within ten minutes every time she sat down.Small meetings are fine, even big ones, no matter how big a three-level cadre meeting with hundreds of people or a mass meeting with thousands of people, as long as she doesn't speak or preside over the meeting, no matter how serious it is (even a public trial and sentencing meeting), she will always Sitting down, he also fell into a dream soon, and made a sweet sound, as if entering a land without people.Therefore, in some particularly tense and severe occasions (such as the criticism meeting), in order to wake her up, someone suggested that Mayor Hu has a big throat and let her lead the slogan.She also readily agreed, and didn't think there was anything inappropriate, but she often called "find out the fake official..." as "find out the fake official history..." which made the people laugh, so she had to stop her shouting and let her snore . Therefore, she almost never sits in the office, and picks up farm tools and runs barefoot into the fields without meetings.It's not all about keeping her true colors. She stated that she couldn't rest, and she would get sick after resting.This is mostly true.She kept running like this, and the other comrades in the town were very uncomfortable, so they followed her words and publicized, saying that she went to Tiansaka to wake up from sleepiness. Another thing that is not commensurate with the status of the mayor is that she has no mouth guard, regardless of the occasion, no matter the severity, let alone elegance, she will say whatever comes to her mind.Often the punchlines are astonishing and make others dumbfounded.Once, people from above (provinces, colleges, and counties) came to inspect the work. During the reporting period, she became interested in the map of the county on the wall for no reason. After studying it for a long time, she suddenly turned around and called out to everyone in the room: "Hey, look, Xiawanzhou looks like a big follicle." On the map, the Xiawan Chau she mentioned is as long as a loofah, with a small alluvial continent on each side. In the room, except for Hu Yuelan herself, all gay men.These comrades in charge of departments from provinces, colleges, and counties looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do for a while.It seemed that Hu Yuelan suddenly tore off their pants. The most terrible thing is that Hu Yuelan is completely unprincipled in politics.When the townspeople went to the general's funeral, they made it clear that town cadres were not allowed to attend, but Hu Yuelan went to watch the fun by herself.After all, she grew up in the city, and it was the first time she saw such an authentic country custom.If someone sues, she will be criticized if she is not punished.Knowing that she is heartless, no one is interested in suing her. However, before Hu Yuelan left office, she still left some achievements for the town. In accordance with the spirit of the three-level county cadre meeting, to grasp the key principles and govern the country, and to build Dazhai Town, the commune team must have a blueprint.Hu Yuelan said, the blueprint for our town has been drawn up by the general long ago, so we will do as he says.So, in the second half of that year, tree holes were dug up in Diarrhea Mountain and several nearby hills; the two broken bluestone slab roads in the town were paved into concrete roads.The reconstruction of the river has been planned: when funds are available, a few water breaks will be built downstream outside the town.Before that, the rubbish on the river bank was cleared, and a road bridge was built.It happened that Minister Feng from the Propaganda Department of the Prefectural Committee came to the town for inspection, so he asked him to write an inscription.He wrote "Changhong Wobo" in Yan style.Hu Yuelan yelled loudly at the side, saying, "The words are the same as the words of the wise leader."Minister Feng was calm. He took a step back from the table, supported the hand holding the cigarette with one hand, and stood in front of the writing for a long time, letting the smoke fill his whole face. in happiness.This Minister Feng was Xiao Feng who led the writing of "Three Hundred Cases" at that time.After working as a secretary at the grassroots level for several years, he was directly transferred to the Propaganda Department of the prefectural committee.First as a deputy minister, he soon became a full-time minister.Considering the heavy responsibility he shouldered, he often had to approve and write inscriptions, so he turned his artistic interest to calligraphy.And know that those who are leading cadres, "study books and learn beauty".He said that this is a kind of self-cultivation that leading cadres at his level must possess.Poems and scripts are no longer written, that is what the people under his leadership do, although it is hard to say that it is a small skill.Writers don't even bother to do it.Someone like Xiao Ding is just an educated youth who has nowhere to go. At that time, he had no way of knowing that experts had other opinions about his calligraphy art.After the bridge was built, when the ribbon was cut, some people from the county came, including the proud painter from the county cultural center.After reading those words, he frowned like a toothache, and said: "This is another mediocre official who is arty and vulgar!" It's not just those words that are vulgar.The bridge was built very crudely, and has nothing to do with the "rainbow" at all.The water under the bridge has just flowed over the instep, so there will be no "waves".The inscription is very romantic, but there is no poetry in it.The bridge has little practical significance other than to prove a desire to change the world.It just left a somewhat comic topic for the development of the town. The direct reason for Hu Yuelan's resignation was because of giving birth to a son. In April, she went to transplant rice seedlings.The snow breaks off during the Qingming Festival, and the frost breaks off during the Grain Rain. Before the snow breaks, it is just catching up with the cold wave, and the water in the fields is bone-chillingly cold.She jumped into the field, and the muddy water soaked up to her knees. She forgot about her form (as soon as she did something), she forgot that she was more than five months pregnant, and ended up having a miscarriage.In the fuzzy mass of flesh and blood, one could tell it was a man with a handle.I burst into tears, choking on my breath.Before, others only saw her laugh, but never saw her cry.Cry so hard. Since then she has been particularly vigilant.As soon as she knew she was pregnant with her second child, she never left the town government yard again.It's still the big garden, but it doesn't go to the meeting and sleeps at home.I went to the town hospital every three days to let the doctor decide whether to take measures to prevent miscarriage.It made the famous gynecologist very headache.How many times have I said "just don't worry", the mayor just doesn't worry, if the second child is not born, she will not want to live a peaceful life.Because of this, the gynecologist hated herself for being talkative. She was the one who kindly took care of the mayor at the beginning, and she had to be careful afterward.Unexpectedly, the mayor was frightened into a nervous state. The second child was delivered smoothly, but it was a woman.Hu Yuelan cried again - his man was an only cub, and at this moment a document came from above: advocating having one. The daughter has just been weaned, and she is pregnant with her third child.Belly swells day by day, being noticed.The town party committee and county committee all came to do work for her, but she was determined and let her stomach continue to swell.It is said that you must never do things that are sorry for a man.Because her mother didn't give birth to a son for her father, she admitted that she was wrong all her life.It is undoubtedly serious to say such words from a Communist Party member and the mayor of the town.So she was warned and punished within the party, and the mayor of the town was naturally no longer available.Transferred back to the Li Bawan Animal Husbandry Fine Breed Station (the fine breed station is now under the management of the County Agricultural Bureau, and can be a national cadre). When she left, she seemed to be very happy.As soon as she got out of the town street and reached the ground of Li Bawan, she took off her shoes and socks and put her bare feet on. It was a hot day, just after a storm, and the whole world was wet.The endless field is so green and transparent, with a faint layer of white smoke floating on it.There is a rainbow hanging in the sky without any variegated colors.The flat sandy land, with bare feet stepping on a puddle of water.The soles of the feet were itchy, all the way to the apex of the heart. "It's so good, just like..." Hu Yuelan savored it, and suddenly laughed "Ge Ge", and bumped into the man who came to pick her up with a crutch. His man carried his daughter on his back and walked without a sound from the door. He couldn't help but glance at her bold and protruding belly from time to time.The setting sun shines brilliant golden yellow on it, like a bright hillside.He sighed.