Chapter 2 two

In Luo Xiaomao's childhood before elementary school, there seemed to be nothing stored in the Treasure Island he remembered.Luo Xiaomao only remembers that he entered the primary school affiliated to H Normal School when he was 8 years old and 1 month behind.That was 1966.At that time, there seemed to be a rigid rule in reading, that is, children can only enter school when they are 7 years old. In September 1965, Luo Xiaomao was only one month away from turning 7 years old, and it was reasonable to go to school.But his father was the principal of H Normal School at that time.Naturally, it is necessary to lead by example, so Luo Xiaomao can only watch as several friends of the same age as him go to school with their schoolbags on their backs, while he has to wait until the second year.Luo Xiaomao lived in a honeypot of lies when he was a child. He is the third son of Principal Luo. The adults all say that he is smart and that he will be successful when he grows up.He was naughty, but some adults looked at him tolerantly and said: "Smart kids are a little naughty."When Luo Xiaomao was in the first grade of elementary school, his father had not yet fallen.At that time, Luo Xiaomao's father was known for his sternness and integrity in H Normal School, and he had a dignified face.Wherever this face appears, it is pretending to work.At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, no one attempted to bring down Principal Luo.Luo Xiaomao's father is at the helm of H Normal School, still giving orders and so on.Therefore, he was a little mighty in the elementary school attached to H Normal School at that time.Because of such a father, he naturally walks with a bit of arrogance, and his face is full of indifference to others. The principal's son, of course, is used to this by a soft-spoken adult.In school, as long as there is a fight with a certain classmate, some teachers will almost unprincipledly protect Luo Xiaomao, because he is the son of Principal Luo whom they want to curry favor with. "Why did you fight with Luo Xiaomao?" Some teachers yelled at Luo Xiaomao's opponent aggressively, their eyes were as big as cow eggs, and they looked like they wanted to eat people.The other party dissatisfied and muttered: "Luo Xiaomao hit me first." "Even if Luo Xiaomao hits first, don't hit me!" The teacher who guarded him said rationally, "You don't know how to tell the teacher? Come with me to the office!

ah? "Luo Xiaomao can play happily. However, for Luo Xiaomao, a good childhood is simply too short. The next summer—that is, the year he was in the second grade of elementary school, a transfer letter from Chenzhou He overthrew Principal Luo, who was in charge of the general direction of the daily work of Teacher H. This letter, which started from the foot of Luoxiao Mountain, was sent by two township cadres to the rebel faction of Teacher H, saying that Luo Zhonghan was a traitor to the revolution. That’s it. thing. One day in the summer vacation that year - the sun was so bad that morning that the whole campus was dizzy from the sun.Despite the summer vacation, Luo Xiaomao's father, who is the head of the school, always visits his "territory" every day.That morning, his father walked around the campus briskly as usual, and found nothing unusual, so he walked back with confidence.When his father walked to the sunny playground, he met two rebels in blue tunic suits coming down from Luo Xiaoshan.Their clothes didn't catch his father's attention, but their accents did. "Are you from Zixing?"

Luo Zhonghan happily greeted them in Zixing dialect, "I'm also from Zixing." Two Zixing people who came down Luoxiao Mountain looked at Luo Xiaomao's father suspiciously, and one of them squinted and asked: "What's your surname?" "My name is Luo Zhonghan," Luo Xiaomao's father said with a smile on his face.When the two Zixing people heard the name Luo Zhonghan, they looked at each other, turned around and ran away. Luo Xiaomao's father felt baffled, and mentioned this to the family at the dinner table at noon and said, "This makes me feel wrong." Luo Xiaomao's mother disagreed, "You may have misheard their accent," and her mother forgive him. Xin said, "Even if they are from Zixing, they don't recognize you, Luo Zhonghan." Luo Zhonghan lay down thinking about this without saying a word.Father Luo woke up from a nap, washed his face, and then lay down on the bamboo recliner and gnawed on it.However, just as Luo's father was sitting on a bamboo recliner, watching with ease and admiring Zhuge Liang's ingenious calculations, the rebels on campus were leading a dozen young Red Guard generals ( Nursing school students during the summer vacation) put up slogans "Down with the traitor, the establishment, the capital roader, Luo Zhonghan!!" everywhere.The next morning, the sun came out, the sky was bright blue, and the sparrows were chirping on the neem tree in front of the window.After drinking two bowls of porridge, Luo Xiaomao's father walked to the campus alone, thinking about some problems. When he entered the campus, he was shocked, as if he had encountered a ghost in broad daylight. There were so many black and white letters on the wall The slogan "Down with the traitor and the capitalist roader Luo Zhonghan!!"

"Is this supposed to be done?" Luo Xiaomao's father suppressed his anger and said to the master in the reception room who was walking towards him.The master glanced at Luo's father very relieved, "Yesterday, two people from your hometown said you were a traitor." He said slowly, "You are in trouble now, Principal Luo, this is not a casual joke .” Of course there was trouble. A few days later, at noon when it was raining heavily, the militia battalion commander and security section chief of Normal H, and three Red Guards, all rushed into Luo's house, all of them sullen and glaring as if they were facing an enemy. Luo Xiaomao's father. "Luo Zhonghan," the security chief called Principal Luo by his name for the first time in his life, so his voice was not crisp at all. "From today onwards, we are going to investigate the issue of your betrayal of the revolution. Clean up some clothes and go with us." Luo Xiaomao's father replied "Oh" with a blank face.When the security chief saw that Principal Luo, whom he had been in awe of for ten years, was not angry, but looked a little pitiful, he was immediately refreshed. "Luo Zhonghan," he said, raising his voice an octave, "Hurry up, we don't have time to wait for you."

Luo Xiaomao's father was taken away by them. "Your father is a traitor," Luo Xiaomao's peers said to him contemptuously.Luo Xiaomao's heart was broken immediately. "I don't know," Luo Xiaomao said shamelessly, blushing of course. Although he was only eight years old at that time, he already understood what it was to be a traitor—that is, an enemy of the people, a villain spurned by the people.Luo Xiaomao suddenly felt that he was no longer a human being, and of course his heart was no longer bright red. There is a long four-story red brick building on the hillside of H Normal School. It sits east and faces west. It is referred to as "East Building" by the adults and children of H Normal School. student.Luo Xiaomao's father was locked in a room next to the gate of the east building, guarded by young Red Guards, as if the traitor Luo Zhonghan would abscond in fear of crime.Of course, the young Red Guards will not serve the traitors and capitalist roaders -- no one wants to serve the bad guys.This glorious burden naturally fell on Luo Xiaomao's head. "Xiao Mao," the mother said, glaring at her son, "you go and deliver food to your father." Luo Xiaomao was reluctant to deliver it, for he was afraid that children of the same age would laugh at him if they saw him. "I'm not going to deliver it," Luo Xiaomao said. "Slow down, people will laugh at me when they see it." Luo Xiaomao argued.Luo Xiaomao has two older brothers and one older sister. Of course his mother is not willing to let the two young people go. "Appreciate" the faces of the rebels, let alone let a girl be bullied by the young Red Guards.Luo Xiaomao is the best person in the whole family to deliver food to his father. "I'm just telling you, Xiao Mao," his mother stared at him objectively, "If you don't deliver food to your father, your father will starve to death. Starve to death, then you won’t have a father.”

Of course Luo Xiaomao didn't want his father to starve to death. Emotionally, he was very dependent on this father who was said to be a traitor, and father was father.He went, carrying an aluminum box of meals, and hurriedly walked towards the east building a little shyly.His young self-esteem didn't want his peers to see him delivering meals to his traitor father.Luo Xiaomao has a strong self-esteem since he was sensible, which is closely related to his later career development.Regarding Luo Xiaomao's career, that is the task of another novel.As soon as Luo Xiaomao walked into the east building with an aluminum box of lunch, the young Red Guard immediately stopped him. "Stop," the young Red Guard stared at him with a stern face, "bring it to us for inspection." Luo Xiaomao hurriedly handed over the lunch box.One of the Red Guards opened the lid of the lunch box, picked up the chopsticks in Luo Xiaomao's hand, and looked around to see if there was something like a note hidden in the rice.One afternoon, Luo Xiaomao went to deliver meals under an oilcloth umbrella. The rain wet his feet and sneakers, and he was annoyed at having to deliver meals every day.As soon as he entered the gate of the East Building, a Red Guard with youthful pimples all over his face stopped him sharply. "Come here, kid." The other party pretended to be fierce and stared at Luo Xiaomao, "Open the lunch box."

Luo Xiaomao walked up to the Red Guard and opened the lunch box.The young Red Guard general held up a pair of chopsticks, and carefully searched for any hidden secrets buried in the lunch box. When the Red Guard searched for a while and found nothing, he picked up the fried golden fried rice that was buried under the rice. Poached eggs, said out of jealousy: "The traitor still has eggs, how can he get them!" After speaking, when he threw the eggs lightly on the ground, Luo Xiaomao screamed. "I'll pay for my eggs. Pay for Luo!" Luo Xiaomao was afraid that he would run away, so he grabbed the other party's sleeve, "I'll pay for my eggs!" "Oh!" The Red Guard lowered his head and stared at Luo Xiaomao, "You son of a bitch is quite fierce, aren't you?" He got angry and roared, "I'll kill you bastard with one punch!" "You dare, if you kill me, you will die!" Luo Xiaomao yelled loudly.Luo Xiaomao's father came out at this time, "Xiao Mao, if you quarrel again, I will beat you." His father stopped him and said.Luo Xiaomao cried in grief and anger: "He threw the eggs fried by mother on the ground, and I want him to pay for it." The father stared at his son, "Go back, do you hear me?" The father said to his son with a sullen face, "Go back and die soon ’” The red guard with pimples all over his face bit back solemnly and said, “Luo Zhonghan, you must educate your cub well, as you can see, he is like a mad dog.” Luo Xiaomao’s father held up his With a thick slap, he made a gesture of slapping Luo Xiaomao.Of course Luo Xiaomao let go of his hand... The next day, when Luo Xiaomao went to deliver the meal again, no one checked the lunch box in his hand again.From then on, the young Red Guard never checked the lunch box in his hand again.