Chapter 36 11. Prisoner of War (1)

As soon as my uncle left, He Shi, the battalion commander of the Kuomintang Major, followed the 85th Division into Western Henan.History made my uncle avoid a chance to meet his cousin He Shi Dao Bing.I can't bear to imagine that if his brothers, as two uncompromising fighters in the hostile camp, were to face each other in a battle, would their hearts tremble, would their will be shaken, and would their bullets follow the political trajectory it should follow? There was a shrill howl.But I know that my uncle tried his best to draw He Shi into his camp, trying to make the family relationship cross the political gap.

He Shi led his troops through the bottom of the slope, and his long-lost hometown showed him a sad scene: the Kuomintang county and district governments had confiscated all the land of the He family; The farmyard built by the parents and grandparents turned into ruins. Twelve members of the peasant association who were too late to evacuate were killed, and their bodies were thrown into the Hejia well. The well was filled with stones, and blood overflowed the mouth of the well.The returning home team rushed to the East Street and smashed the He family's dyeing workshop, oil workshop, and tobacco workshop, and they were about to demolish the He family's old house.He Shi, dressed in an American military uniform and big-toed leather shoes, walked into the gate with a "bang, bang, bang" and coldly drew his pistol.The thugs of the Returning Home Mission yelled, "Oops, there are people from the He family and the Jiang family!"

The big-toed leather shoes tapped on the village alley at the bottom of the slope again.He Shi stopped from time to time, looking at the various notices left on the brick and earth walls by the Western Henan Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, the commissioner, and the military division. Under the sign, where the commissioner's name was signed, he met He Sheng, who was so radiant. s eyes.He already knew that his parents and two younger sisters were also taken to the north bank of the Yellow River by He Sheng.He didn't know whether to blame Shengzi for "looting" his relatives, or to thank Shengzi for saving his relatives from a bloodbath.

The big-toed leather shoes climbed up the hillside in the north of the village with a "thump-thump".The graves in the ancestral graves are all stunned and silent, trembling the weeds on the graves, concealing the panic and consternation in the graves.He Shi knelt down in front of his grandfather's grave, kowtowed his head three times, and said, "Master, Shengzi is gone, taking away all your descendants, and only me is left. You take the collars of the two of us." , we can’t take care of you anymore!” Blood dripped from his forehead, wriggling like a red earthworm in the hollow of his nose.He drew his pistol and fired a round of bullets into the sky with a "bang bang".The big-toed shoes kicked the bullet casings that were emitting green smoke, and chased after the team.

Mountain pheasant pigeons were cooing above his head.In the new smoke, there is no green shade. He Shi's uncle is a very hard-working cattle broker, and he can't restrain his professional desire to use his tongue and the urge to mediate.He ran to the liberated area on the north bank of the Yellow River and reported to my uncle the news that He Shi passed by his hometown and then moved to Xinxiang to garrison. The Kuomintang is sorry for you Shizi brother!" My uncle hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" "He is a much younger officer over there than you are here. He was the battalion commander eight years ago, and he is still the battalion commander now. Only his military uniform is better than you!"

"Who is he mad at?" "Blame him for offending the regimental commander." He Shi's uncle said, "The regimental commander embezzled the military salary for business and did not pay the soldiers on time. Shi Zi ran to the regiment headquarters, pointed at the regimental commander's nose and called him a soldier who drank soldiers' blood." , threw off his big-brimmed hat and said, I can’t do it anymore, I’m leaving! The division commander chased him up and invited him back. Afterwards, the regiment commander continued to embezzle military pay for business, but Shi Zi’s battalion’s military pay was paid on time. For a 'Lengtouqing' like him, it's lucky that the officer doesn't hit him with a black gun, and it's a delusion to promote him!"

The uncle sighed and said, "I'm just missing Brother Shi Zi. When you say that, I miss him even more." "Brothers who follow Shizi to eat food are all iron-hearted with Shizi." Uncle He Shi boasted, "Two of his three company commanders are from our county. When they saw me, they all complained about Shizi's injustice. Look at us. Notice from my hometown, Battalion Commander He’s brothers have all become commissioners there. Our battalion commander is still suffering from the cowardice here, so why not lead the brothers up the mountain to pull the pole!"

My uncle listened carefully, his eyes suddenly brightened. Xinxiang, where He Shi was stationed, was next to the Taiyue liberated area.After the approval of the organization, my uncle decided to appoint Feng Jie, the bridegroom official who had just married He Shi's eldest sister, and a member of the Communist Party, to follow He Shi's uncle and go to Xinxiang to instigate the He Shi uprising in the name of visiting relatives. He Shi's uncle was proud of being entrusted with such great trust, and said to Feng Jie: "Nephew and son-in-law, do you know what I do? I sell this old mouth with empty hands! In the livestock market, I was caught between the buyer and the seller, telling them to listen to me, and to thank my diplomats in the end! This matter is on my shoulders!" Feng Jie said: "Uncle, we are not Go to the cattle market to buy and sell cattle." The uncle said, "Hey, everything in this world has to be bargained, and the reason is the same." Feng Jie said, "Uncle, just be a matchmaker, and let me tell you what you have to say."

The two sneaked into Xinxiang, and Feng Jie explained to He Shi the purpose of their visit.He Shigu rolled his big eyes, and said: "Only talk about family affairs, not political affairs." He invited them to eat pork head meat and drink Laobaigan, but they didn't say a word.Uncle couldn't help but said: "Shizi, Shengzi will never forget you as a good brother, you should be reunited as brothers! Your eldest sister and your brother-in-law are also 'comrades'! If you go there, at least you will It must be this one..." As he said, he shook his right hand, threw off the wide cuff, grabbed Shi Zi's finger, covered it with the sleeve, and pinched the "size" in the sleeve.Feng Jie didn't have time to stop him, his fingers were already swelling in the sleeves like a little mouse, "Shengzi is this right now, and this is what you will be when you pass by. Anyway, I won't call you this! Do you understand? Shizi pulled out his finger and said, "Drink, drink!" Uncle's face changed abruptly, "What's the matter Shizi? Shengzi is the big brother, and you are the second brother. Anyway, I won't call you a little brother. Isn't that okay?" Shi Zi said: "Uncle, you don't talk about officialdom in the wine market." Feng Jie said: "Brother Shi Zi, you risked your life to cover Sheng Zi and his wife, and the organization over there gave it a high evaluation..." Shi Zi cut off the conversation, "I'm sorry, it's just a brother's due affection." He raised his glass to clear up the remaining wine, asked the orderly to bring two sets of military uniforms, and said blankly, "Put it on, and uncle will too!" Uncle was taken aback, "Shizi, you didn't look at it, your uncle's beard is all white, no matter what you do, you shouldn't arrest your uncle as a young man, right?" Shizi said, "I'm sending you two to leave quickly. , put on your military uniform so that I can send you out of the city. Go back and say hello to Shengzi and his wife, and my eldest sister Qiugui! Please send my parents and younger sister Genhuaer to me, and don’t let them drag Shengzi down , and let me do my filial piety." Without any explanation, he sent the two of them out of Xinxiang overnight.

The uncle couldn't accept this disappointing and funny result, but immediately followed Shi Zi's opinion, and entrusted Shi Zi's uncle to send the second uncle, second mother and younger sister Genhua'er to reunite their families.My uncle lamented many times that he may have caused Shizi.Shi Zi's boss will definitely see the notice of staying in western Henan, know his status in the Communist Party, and strengthen the prevention and control of Shi Zi. It is not easy to send abroad. History has given my uncle a second chance. In the spring of 1949, the Huaihai Campaign ended victoriously, and the entire Central Plains was liberated.His uncle became the secretary-general of the Central Plains Provisional People's Government that had just been established, and his uncle He Shi hurried to K City again, and said in distress, "Shengzi, I think the child Shizi is gone!" The uncle was startled, and hurriedly asked "What's the matter?" Shizi's uncle said, "One of Shizi's soldiers is a fellow from our county. He received the road tickets and tolls issued by the People's Liberation Army. He came home and sent me a message saying that Shizi became a colonel. Commander, I participated in the "Battle of Xubang", which is what you call the Battle of Huaihai. The People's Liberation Army besieged a village the size of a fingernail. The horses were killed and the leather belts were boiled. The rice bowls and lunch boxes jingled, and they were called to come over for dinner. Shi Zi's guards crawled over and had enough to eat, and brought back a few big buns for Shi Zi. Shi Zi's belly was already attached to his back, but he took the buns and watched Without even looking at it, I threw the buns into the snow. Not long after, the People’s Liberation Army launched a general attack, and a shell fell down, and the stones disappeared!" As he spoke, he burst into tears.The uncle said: "Don't panic and feel sad, I'm inquiring about his whereabouts."

Before He Shi's uncle had time to leave K City, the Political Commissar of the Prisoner Training Battalion called my uncle long-distance: "We have captured a colonel commander of the 58th Division of the Kuomintang. His name is He Shi. He claims to be your cousin. Is it true that he once covered you when the Kuomintang wanted you and sent you away safely?" My uncle was surprised and delighted and said: "It is true. When he was stationed in Ningxia, he used his fellowship to cover a group of comrades who went to his hometown! "The political commissar of the teaching camp said: "Please write a written material and send it. We will simply send He Shi to K City, and you will screen and deal with it." When He Shi's uncle heard about He Shi's news, he was both happy and worried, and said, "His family members are still suffering from illnesses in Xuzhou!" The uncle said: "Please bring them here and let their family reunite here." The teaching camp is next to Xuzhou.My uncle asked He Shi's uncle to detour to the teaching camp and brought a greeting letter to He Shi: "Jiu Shuyin asked, and I was thinking about it. I was inexplicable when I learned about the recent situation. The past was like yesterday, and I suddenly fell into a dream. Due to busy work, Please forgive me for not being able to visit in person!” and so on.After finishing writing, he took up his pen and added a sentence: "The situation of the revolution is very good, and my brother's future is also bright." A few days later, He Shi's uncle brought He Shi's family to K City.Uncle and third aunt were overjoyed when they met. It turned out that He Shi's wife was Xiao Cuihua, who had taken care of them in Zhengzhou back then, holding a "little He Shi" in her arms who was less than one year old.Xiao Cuihua seemed to have not recovered from her panic. When she saw her uncle and third aunt, she praised the "big army" for its kindness and strict discipline. When they searched Xuzhou's house, only two pistols were found. Things, including gold and silver jewelry, did not move.The third aunt asked her if she suffered?She said it was neither bitter nor bitter, but there was no firewood for cooking, but there were endless bullet boxes, all of which were split open and used as firewood.Xiao Cuihua then asked, how is Gouwa's father doing?It turned out that their child was called Gou Wa.The uncle said: "Don't worry, you have done good things for the revolution! You stay here for a few days, and ask your younger siblings to wait on you. Brother Shi Zi will be back soon." The third aunt is preparing to establish the H Provincial Federation of Trade Unions , hastily arranged for Xiao Cuihua's mother and son to live in the guest house, and discussed with my uncle, Cuihua's sister-in-law is only in her twenties and has a high school education, why not arrange her to work as a maid worker in a spinning mill, what do you think?The uncle said, yes, we want to strengthen the ranks of the working class, and brother Shi Zi also needs to make arrangements. The people from the prisoner training camp came to K city in a panic. "Report to the Secretary-General, He Shi has escaped!" Uncle was stunned, "How is this possible?" "After passing Yongcheng, he got up in the middle of the night to relieve himself, jumped over the wall and ran away!" "Where can he go?" "Maybe I'm looking for Lao Jiang again." Uncle asked He Shi's uncle, "Have you given him my letter?" "Yes. He was sitting on a small bench with bandages around his ankles. He was guarding a large cauldron. He was boiling water for the captives. He read the letter without raising his head, and said, 'Thank you Shengzi. I was thinking of him!’ and threw the letter to the bottom of the pot and burned it!" "Has he returned to the bottom of the slope?" "How can that be? I clearly said that I want to have a reunion dinner with you!" Half a month passed, and people from Podi said that He Shi hadn't been seen back. The South has not been completely liberated, and the war is still going on.Both my uncle and my third aunt felt very uneasy, and Mrs. Cuihua was also in a state of fear all day long.The third aunt said: "Sister-in-law Cuihua, would you like to work as a worker in the spinning mill?" Send Xiao Cuihua and his wife to the bottom of the slope. From then on, for forty years, my uncle never heard from He Shi again. However, my uncle had an inescapable responsibility for the escape of a Kuomintang colonel.For this, he was severely warned and criticized by the party.The report stated that Comrade He Sheng, as a senior party cadre, was blinded by feudal family ties and lost his class position. This provided a Kuomintang officer who stubbornly insisted on a reactionary position to escape the people's justice and continue to fight against the revolution. machine.In the face of the complex situation where the revolutionary cause is about to achieve decisive victory across the country and the Kuomintang reactionary forces are still staunchly resisting, all cadres of our party, especially senior cadres, must learn serious lessons from this incident and carry the revolution to the end. My uncle sincerely made a self-criticism.He said that this was a serious political mistake. He once again found the class root of this political mistake from his landlord class family background, and dug out the historical root from his traditional Confucian culture education since he was a child. I failed to keep a clear head and even seriously lost my revolutionary vigilance, but I grasped the root of reality. Therefore, we must completely reform our world outlook, fundamentally change our position, and accept this painful lesson.Comrades believe that Comrade He Sheng's review is sincere rather than perfunctory, serious rather than mediocre, and profound rather than scratchy.However, we still need to continue to recognize its serious harm in future work practice, and we must strictly demand ourselves and accept this profound lesson seriously. At the People’s Republic of China’s Founding Ceremony in the provincial capital, I stood on tiptoe in the queue of high school students and saw my uncle in a gray Chinese tunic suit standing on the reviewing platform, nodding and whispering, chatting and laughing with the leaders on both sides of him from time to time , as if a heavy burden had been lifted.But when he got off the rostrum, he asked my third aunt, "Guess, who did I think of just now?" The third aunt said, "Those good comrades who didn't live to this day." My uncle sighed and said, "Yes, but I , I still think of He Shi!" 12. The stars run away When the fireworks of victory were scattered in the sky, He Shi was a shadow that passed over my uncle's heart.In the years after the founding of New China, Master He's experience became the deepest pain in Uncle's heart. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Ye, He Nai and my uncle lived together in a courtyard house in Baoding Lane, K City.With the establishment of new China, Taiyue base area has become history.He Ye's position as the counseling office of the Taiyue base area and the director of the Democratic National Construction Association no longer exists.Uncle and his comrades are busy with their daily affairs, and it never occurred to them that they need to arrange a new job for Master He.Lord He didn't mind, because of the success of the revolution of his son and his comrades, he got the joy of spending his old age peacefully too early.Aunt San said that the land reform, which might have disturbed Mr. He, also "missed" Mr. He because the KMT confiscated all the land of He's family before the Communist Party, and could not even wear the title of "enlightened landlord". superior. I saw He Ye on the streets of K City.At that time, Lord He was only in his early fifties, with a short gray mustache, still tall, wearing a gray Chinese tunic suit, his brows could not hide the heroic spirit of the past, but he was holding a vegetable basket in his hand that did not suit his demeanor. , showing a kind smile to the vegetable vendor, never haggling, never picking and choosing, never looking at the height of the scale, paid the money, and left with an empty basket.The vegetable vendor shouted behind him: "Old comrade, I forgot the food!" He laughed at himself, "Oh, no, I almost lost myself!" As a member of the high school waist drum team in K City, when I was playing waist drums on Gulou Street, I saw He Ye in the ranks of street audiences.I felt that he should not be just a spectator celebrating the liberation on the streets of the ancient capital, so I beat the waist drum for Lord He with extra effort, and improvised a high-jumping movement, pulling the colored silk on the drum in the shape of "flying into the sky".Master He in the crowd showed a lonely smile.But I would never have imagined that when I went to the newspaper office, I became a baby reporter, joined the land reform review brigade of the provincial government, and after listening to the mobilization report made by my uncle, I was determined to seize the "tail of the democratic revolution" and go to a mountain village to stand the test At that time, Master He had to accept the liquidation struggle of a peasant association on the other side of the mountain. In the spring of 1952, my uncle should be in a good mood.As the Secretary-General of the People's Government of H Province, he also served as the Secretary-General of the "Huaihe River Management Headquarters" after Chairman Mao issued the call "the Huaihe River must be cured".He seems to have summed up the experience and lessons of Dayu and Dayu's father Gun in water control in this ancient land, adopted the policy of "both storage and discharge", and launched the construction of five large reservoirs in an all-round way.The Land Reform Review Movement, the finishing work of the New Democratic Revolution, is also being successfully carried out in the vast rural areas of the province. On that day, my uncle attended the model commendation meeting of the Huaihe River Harness Project, put red flowers on a group of Dayu's descendants, and returned home with joy. , Said it was an urgent letter from two militiamen from his hometown, and they were staying at the provincial government guest house waiting for his reply. It was an official letter with the big red seal of the "L County Farmers Association", or a sternly worded "ultimatum" or "order", to the effect that: He Yushun is the first landlord in Podi Town, has serious exploitative behavior, and He has long served as the captain of the political police team of L County, the captain of the security brigade, and other important false positions. He has committed serious crimes in history and caused great public anger. He must be handed over to the masses, accept the struggle, and conduct a thorough liquidation, etc. The arrival of the L county militia also alarmed Qi Chu, the chairman of the provincial government.Before the War of Resistance Against Japan, Qi Chu used his identity as a Chinese language teacher for Gao as a cover. When he was the secretary of the Western Henan Special Committee of the underground party, he was my uncle's superior.Qi Chu’s sincerity and kindness to his comrades and the green onion noodles provided by his wife with little feet for the underground rebels who came and went secretly left a very good impression on my uncle.Qi Chu is also well aware of Mr. He Yushun's experience of being a powerful faction of the KMT's county-level government, but actively supporting and eventually joining the revolution.However, as an early student of the Guangzhou Peasant Movement Workshop, he has personally heard the teachings that "revolution is not about treating guests to dinner, making articles, or painting and embroidering. Revolutionary comrades, especially leading cadres of the party must not pour cold water on the mass movement.He felt that the militia in L County had brought a difficult matter, and was hesitating to find a more secure solution, but he didn't know that his secretary-general comrade had already received a written notice from the L County Farmers' Association. Uncle Ming, who works in the Political Department of the Provincial Military Region, heard the news and hurried back on his bike. "Brother, can you not ask Dad to go back?" The uncle was silent for a while, then said sadly, "Ming, you joined the army at the age of fourteen and the party at the age of sixteen. You should know that this is a test for me and you." Twenty-one-year-old Uncle Ming began to cry, "I can't figure it out, Dad is credited to the revolution." "Father has stains in his history." "We still have to implement a policy of letting the past go without blame for the rebels. Could it be that Dad is not as good as a rebel?" "This is the opinion of the peasant association, and it is a mass movement. We cannot stand on the opposite side of the mass movement." He Nai's cry came from Westinghouse. Then came Master He's voice: "Why are you crying? Are you going to mess up Shengzi's heart by crying!..." Mr. He just went to the bookstore on the street, and happened to come across a militiaman from his hometown. He recognized him as a fellow from Podi Town, and greeted him overjoyed, "When did you come? Why don't you go and sit at home?" The folks showed a strange expression and said: "Go, why not go? The peasant association asked me to pick you up for a meeting. Just wait for Secretary-General He to say something..." When Master He got home, he read a letter from Shi Zi's uncle, and ordered his wife to pack him. Uncle and Uncle Ming came to Westinghouse. "You shouldn't have kept it from me." Master He scolded his eldest son, "I won't make things difficult for you!" "Father, you... You asked me to tell the organization." "Don't say anything, I'll go back right now, I can't tell people that this is my air-raid shelter." "Are you going back to die?" Grandma He cried, "A few years ago, I went to the North of the Yellow River with you, and the struggle there almost scared me to death. You want to ram you with sticks and stone you! " My uncle explained: "That was the wrong way of 'urgent land reform'. It has been corrected, and it won't happen now. Don't cry, Mom, at this time...at this time of my father...you can't cry, Mom, we all ... can't even..." He asked his father as calmly as possible, "Father, if you want to open a little, you must want to open a little, it's a mass movement, think about it, there is always something wrong in the past, is it No? Tell the masses, and ask the masses to tell you, anyway, Dad wants to open it up!" The guard said: "Secretary-General, people from my hometown are here!" "Ask them to sit down and have a sip of hot tea." The uncle said to his father again, "They are following orders, and father doesn't mind, you have to understand them...Mom, you have a headache, you can't cry..." Master He also said to Grandma He, "You can't cry anymore, pack your bags for me!" Uncle and Uncle Ming left the Westinghouse, just as Qi Chu hurried in. "What?" Qi Chu looked at the militiamen standing in the doorway and said, "You two have come here too!" "Yes, yes, I am still waiting for the meeting!" "You two comrades, listen to me. This old man has contributed to the revolution. To ensure his safety, you must make it clear to the comrades of the peasant association when you go back. You are not allowed to touch or insult your personality." "Yes, yes!" The militiamen tucked the "two-eight boxes" in their waists. Qi Chu entered the living room and said to my uncle: "I have already called the prefectural committee and asked them to notify the county committee to ensure the safety of the old man and never break the law and discipline. Don't go to the meeting today to study the issue of Huaihe River governance. You stay here and have a good talk with the old man." Sighing again, he said, "The people are a little bit resentful about the old man's past, just let the people calm down." He shook hands with my uncle very solemnly. , went in a hurry. Uncle and two younger brothers who are in middle school and three children who are in elementary school came back from school. Uncle Ming had just told them what was going on, and Master He left Westinghouse with a big burden on his shoulders.When he saw the two generations stunned in the yard, he stopped firmly and said, "Those of you who have jobs work hard, and those of you who are going to school go to school hard. Focus on your future and don't worry about me." He turned to the door again. The militiaman outside said hello, "Let's go, folks, don't worry about it along the way, I'm old, even if you tell me to run away, I can't run away!" Uncle Ming still remembers the back of his father following the militiamen with his burden on his shoulders, and the pairs of eyes that followed this back with tears in his eyes that he dared not let it flow out.When the figure was about to disappear at the end of Baoding Lane, everyone suddenly remembered that no one said goodbye to the old man, and no one dared to respond to his parting instructions.The uncle seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, and hurriedly said: "Ming, you go quickly... hurry to see our father off!" Uncle Ming said that when he came back from the train station, Westinghouse was full of crying.He Nai continued to torture herself with memory, "I know...he won't come back...I met him in the Yellow River North...there will never be him again..." In the living room, only the third aunt who just got off work was with the uncle. The third aunt's eyes were red, and she comforted the uncle and said, "You want to open some, too. We have also done the 'poor and hired peasants sit in the world, and you can do whatever you say'. Didn’t we criticize and fight wrongly? We have to learn the lesson too, right?…” When my uncle saw Uncle Ming come back, he asked anxiously: "Have you handcuffed dad?" "No." "Is there a seat in the car?" "Father has a seat, one of them is sitting, the other is standing, guarding the aisle." "What did Dad say again?" "Father didn't talk. I followed the train and ran to the end of the platform, but my father didn't turn his head to look at me. Brother, let me see our father..." Uncle Ming couldn't help sobbing. "Don't cry, don't cry, what's wrong with our father?" "We broke Dad's heart!" One of the most tenacious teardrops protruded from my uncle's eye socket made of special materials, but he resolutely wiped it out with his palm, stood up and said, "Oh, the Huaihe River is going to make trouble again, and I have to go to a meeting! He walked towards the door, turned his head again, and said in a pleading tone, "Ming, you can stay here for a few more days and stay with our mother!" I timidly mentioned this distant past to my uncle, expressing my sympathy for Mr. He who was late for decades.My uncle always stopped my conversation immediately and said: "He didn't suffer much grievance when he went back, just criticize and fight, and go through the motions!" But I didn't have the courage to tell my uncle that I learned from my visit to Podi that even though it was a relatively civilized criticism, Master He experienced a spiritual purgatory. The militiamen took Mr. He past the former site of the He Family Courtyard, which had already been turned into a ruin created by the Kuomintang Returning Home Mission.Moreover, Master He knew that six years ago, when his second brother and second sister-in-law sent the son wearing the rank of Kuomintang colonel back to his hometown, they also faced the same ruins.The second elder brother couldn't stand the stimulation, shook his head and stomped his feet, cried to the sky, vomited blood, passed out suddenly, and never woke up again.Only half a year later, the second sister-in-law also followed the second brother into the cemetery.It was only when He faced the ruins of the He family compound that he realized in a very specific and tactful way that he had long since become a proletarian with nothing, and that he was declared "the culprit in Western Henan" by the provincial chairman of the Kuomintang. the proletarians.Now he must accept the reckoning of the oppressed class to which he has converted. The villagers on both sides of the village alley made the same shocking discovery as He Ye when he faced the ruins.Under the escort of the militiamen, he walked past the ruins without squinting and feeling sentimental.On both sides of the village alley, there are pairs of silent and astonished eyes.Some eyes are also mixed with the pleasure that will be shown to anyone who has been rich and arrogant and finally touched the bad luck.No greetings, no shouts, no sighs.Only the militiamen who escorted Mr. He put their hands on the "two-eight boxes", flaunted to all eyes the authority of "all power belongs to the peasant association", showed completely reasonable pride, and shouted: "Look, I never He was dragged back from the high gate of the provincial capital high official!" He Ye said that when he heard this cry, he even had a high respect for his eldest son, the "provincial city official" of the Communist Party.Oh, only provincial officials of the Communist Party can hand over their Laozi to the people so obediently.Lord He felt that this was indeed a reasonable and common thing to celebrate.His mood gradually calmed down, and he began to walk steadily through the unfamiliar village alleys. However, when he was escorted into the Grandma Temple in the west of the village, all the psychological adjustments he had made to himself collapsed in a fatal blow.Because he saw that Zhao Shuanggui, who was tied on the back with hemp rope, was staring at him with bulging eyes of astonishment.Zhao Shuanggui was a guerrilla commander captured from a cave in the south of the county.He was sallow and emaciated, staring at tigers, terrified and overjoyed, and greeted Master He: "Hello, Commander He, I didn't expect you to come back to accompany me! Why did we become two ants tied by a rope again?" Grasshopper? Haha, hahahaha..." Zhao Shuanggui couldn't stop laughing, and the militiaman poked him with the butt of his gun, but he couldn't stop the strange laugh that burst out from his heart. He laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and he burst out with muddy tears and tears. Two shiny snot like gnats.Master He was shaken by the weird laughter, as if there were countless poisonous snakes spitting out scarlet letters, curling their bodies and hooking their heads around him.He was dizzy, his liver and gallbladder were split, and he fell down in the grandma's temple like a cloth bag that was not stable. When Master He woke up, Zhao Shuanggui had already planted a "death flag" on the back of his neck, and was being dragged out by the arms of the militiamen.Zhao Shuanggui still stared at Lord He covetously, and said triumphantly: "Commander He, I'll be waiting for you at the Naihe Bridge on Donghepo, hahaha!..." Master He heard a gunshot, and the sky was filled with the sound of charming laughter. When Master He woke up again, a strange daughter-in-law was feeding him soup with a spoon under the surveillance of the militia. "Who are you?" "Third Uncle, I am your nephew's wife." "No, my house is long gone!" "Yes, third uncle, I live in Shiziwu, and you have a grandnephew too!" Master He cried.He finally remembered that after three generations of the He family left and died, a young daughter-in-law who had never enjoyed the blessings of the He family willingly came to the He family to suffer, bringing a child without a father, waiting for a Husband without audio.She is the only family member of a reactionary officer in the He family who can still feed him a mouthful of hot soup. The struggle will be carried out on the Guanye Temple stage.This is where Lord Guan watched a play.Guan Ye has seen scenes of historical dramas on this stage.Both Master He and Uncle He have played various roles that history entrusted to them on this stage.Master He never thought before that he had to seriously play a role that was put on stage by the militia.The old folks at the bottom of the slope said that Lord Guan did not gloat because He Ye "invited" him out of Guan Ye Hall. In the tide, there are crystal clear teardrops rolling down. The struggle meeting chaired by Secretary Liu of the district committee was relatively civilized.The people in Podi Town did not attempt to endanger the life and safety of Mr. He. After the militiamen took Mr. He to the stage, they held their spears as if nothing happened, squatting on both sides of the stage as spectators.Master He explained his crimes in an orderly manner in his desolate voice: First, when he was the captain of the county security team to suppress bandits, he confused the boundaries between bandits and the people, and suppressed farmers who "pulled the pole" to revolt due to famine ; Second, the He family has more than 200 acres of land, three shops and workshops, and has long-term land rent, employment and commercial exploitation; The armed forces have committed crimes and disturbed the village and harmed the people. As the commander of the five detachments, he has an unshirkable responsibility... Some activists in the farmers' association seemed to have no interest in the three crimes that Mr. He had confessed.A poor peasant named Caiwa jumped onto the stage and shouted, did he tell you to come back to turn over these stale millet and rotten sesame seeds?I just want to ask you one thing, where is the dye vat in your dyeing room?Master He said, dye vat?Caiwa said, yes, it is a big dye vat for dyeing cloth.Master He said, I heard it was called the Returning Home Mission and it was smashed!Caiwa said, no, where did you bury that vat of gold ingots?Master He said, I have never heard of a vat of gold ingots in my family.I was in the Taiyue base area at the time, and I heard that the Home Returning Group dug three feet to dig up gold ingots. I think they were digging in vain, or else, everyone would dig further down!Caiwa said, if we can dig it out, why do we still ask you to come back?Then he raised his fist and shouted the slogan: "He Yushun, you want to be fooled, and you won't admit it if you hide the ingot!" Everyone shouted after him, and found that the slogan was in rhyme, so they couldn't help laughing. Secretary Liu said, be serious!Save this question for now and tell him to be honest in the future. The second person who jumped onto the stage was San Leng, the younger brother of Er Leng who held a carrot as a gun.You said, where did you get your "Platinum Dragon"?Master He said, what is a "Platinum Dragon"?Three stunned and said, why are you pretending to be dazed?It's the "Platinum Dragon" that my brother pulled out from the waist of Commander Hu!Master He said, oh, it's that small platinum pistol, I gave it to Commander Han Jun.Three stunned and jumped up as soon as he heard it, why did you give it away!That is the priceless treasure of my family, and my family depends on it for this life and the next life!I don't believe it, it's you who's ignorant!Master He said, your brother is now the company commander of the People's Liberation Army, he knows about it, you just ask him.Caiwa took the lead in shouting rhymes again: "He Yushun, fool around, blame Commander Han!" Secretary Liu said again, what are you yelling?If he pushed it to Commander Han, the crime would be aggravated! In the crowd, there was a yelling called Crooked Gourd, you said, why didn't you explain the matter with "Aunt Xiaohua"? "Aunt Xiaohua" came to your house time and time again to do some needlework, and she couldn't finish it even in ten days and half a month.She does needlework during the day, embroidering a bee picking a flower heart; she never rests at night, and then embroidering a flower heart to attract bees, is it tiring?You have to be honest!After a burst of laughter in the venue, there was silence again. Master He's face turned red and then white, white and then red, he calmed down and said, I was not self-respecting when I was young, I did absurd things, I was ashamed of my folks and my ancestors, now I confess this crime!The crooked gourd shouted again, what?Just put down a few sentences and then fall down?Every time you do it, you have to explain it clearly from the root to the tip! Master He was as silent as a stone.Really, he liked that girl thirty years ago.His heart ached.The crooked gourd yelled relentlessly, "Speak up, tell me again and again, and be frank and lenient!" A stunned boy of seventeen or eighteen jumped up from the crowd, grabbed the crooked gourd by the collar of his padded jacket, and started cursing, "Bastard, who are you fighting?"俺花姑奶奶出嫁都三十年了，孙子都一大群了，你还饶不了她是咋着？歪嘴葫芦说，对，对，一个愿×，一个愿挨！愣小伙与他扭打着滚成一团，会场秩序大乱。 刘书记喊叫，民兵，民兵，把他俩拉出去！ 斗争会在一片混乱中宣告结束。刘书记讲话说，压在坡底农民头上的一块最大的大石头叫我们扳倒了，你们真正翻身了，做了主人了！ 农会主席原是贺爷二哥手下的车把式，他一直坐在主席台后边的一个小板凳上，守着一个大冒狼烟的树疙瘩烤火，没有在会上讲话。民兵把贺爷押回奶奶庙时，他才跟到庙门前说：“三掌柜，咱农会不见你的面，有人心里不踏实，怕你啥时候一回来，背靠着你大儿子，站到十字路口一跺脚，坡底镇又会乱动弹。眼下，我看他们心里也该踏实了，你的态度不赖！”财娃也领着几个人追到庙门前喊叫，不能就这样拉倒了，他得把财宝交出来！ 贺爷病了。他睡在奶奶庙的秆草地铺上，高烧不退，昏迷不醒。刘书记有点发慌，急忙叫来一个中医先生给他号脉，中医说：“老天爷！这脉我还没有遇见过，咋像敲鼓似的，是按照一定的鼓点儿蹦的。”他眯着眼，号在脉上好大一会儿，又点着头说：“不错，是关爷庙里敲的那'将军令'。”接着就口授药方说：“弄点儿关爷庙里的香灰，配上甘草熬汤，喝喝试试吧！”刘书记没好气地说：“去，去！”又连忙给县上打了电话。县上回话说，再坚持两天，就是走过场，也得像走过场的样子嘛！ 石子媳妇给贺爷送了几天“罐儿饭”。贺爷不睁眼，也不张嘴。石子媳妇的眼泪滴在贺爷脸上，才用小勺子别开了贺爷的嘴，向他嘴里灌面汤。她看见，泪水正从贺爷眼角里涌出来。 半夜，贺爷又说起了胡话：“跑了，跑了，跑远了！”民兵晃醒了贺爷，问他：“你说啥跑了？”贺爷没有睁眼，说：“星星，关爷庙上的星星。” 刘书记又急忙给县上打了电话。县上说，适可而止吧，把他送到县上来。 民兵用担架送走贺爷时，石子媳妇慌慌张张跑过来。她借了邻居家的白面，烙了几张油饼，用手巾包着，塞到贺爷的担架上。贺爷欠起身子说：“石子屋里的，多亏咱家还有你侍候我，我这个当叔的谢谢你了！”石子媳妇一听就哭了，说：“俺要谢三叔哩，咱贺家的老人总算叫我孝敬了一回，俺还得好好活哩！” 财娃也领着几个农民跑过来，却叫刘书记拦住了。 财娃喊叫说：“那一缸元宝还要不要了？这复查不是白搞了！” 13.红色幽默 对于任何一个中共党员来说，这都会是一件终生难忘的事情。 一九五三年春天，毛泽东主席视察H省，姨父作为接待工作的负责人，陪同毛主席视察黄河，聆听了毛主席“一定要把黄河的事情办好”的教导。姨父在他的《自述》中写道：“看到他老人家平易近人，谈笑风生，倍亟辛苦，神采奕奕。多次聆听他老人家的指示和教诲，令人终生难忘。”但是，姨父又在《自述》中说：“使我感到奇怪的是，他老人家怎么带着一个大资本家李烛尘到处走？”省委、省府其他领导同志都在费尽心思，“破译”这个非同一般的政治谜语。 经过反复讨论，大家才豁然开朗，认定这是因为刚刚经过“三反”、“五反”，党内滋长了“左比右好”、“宁左勿右”的思想，不敢和资本家接近。啊呀，毛主席他老人家是以身作则，言传身教呀！我们务必触类旁通，做好对资本家及其他民主人士的统战工作。 那么，在我们的统战工作中还存在哪些“左”的影响呢？齐楚苦思冥想后，忽地向省政府牛副主席责备自己：“我怎么忘了贺胜同志的父亲呢？他是豫西著名的民主人士，土改复查时受到群众的一些冲击，那是不得已的，后来怎么样了？我怎么忘了这件事情！”牛副主席说：“是呀，是呀！贺胜同志怎么从来没有向我谈起过这件事情？我只知道这位老先生胡子白了又跟着儿子闹革命，在太岳分区当过我们的谘议，陈赓将军还特意宴请过他哩！”齐楚感叹说：“咱们这个省政府只有我一个主席、你一个副主席，好多事情都堆在秘书长身上，再加上他的父亲受冲击，他竟能不声不响、任劳任怨，真是太难为他了！” 齐楚与他的秘书长进行了亲切的谈话。 “贺胜同志，令尊大人现在何处呀？” “你忘了？他回去几个月，县里就把他送回来了。” “哦，那就好！”齐楚如释重负说，“过去的事情就让它过去吧，我跟牛副主席商量了，安排令尊为省政府参事，不知你意下如何？” 姨父诚惶诚恐说：“有这个必要吗？” “毛主席对大资本家李烛尘先生待以上宾之礼，还请他做国务院轻工业部的部长哩！难道像令尊这样对革命作出过很大贡献的人，就不可以当一当省政府的参事吗？参事者，参与政事之所谓也，难道不可以吗？请你就这一问题给令尊通通气，看他老人家有何意见？” 贺爷听了，却对我姨父说：“大可不必了！” “爹，这是齐楚他们的意见！” “已为阶下囚，怎作座上客？” “阶下囚？言重了，群众运动有些偏激就是了，爹不要给群众怄气！” “你爹还戴着'地霸'帽子，判刑一年，正在监外执行。戴罪之身，何能为参事？” 姨父吓了一跳，“啥？你啥时候判刑了，我咋不知道？” 齐楚急让秘书向L县查明情况。L县回话说，那个判决不算数了。原来想，既然省里批准他回来接受批斗，总得挽个疙瘩了结，就判了他一年徒刑，监外执行，也好向坡底群众有个交待。刚把这个决定通知他本人，原豫西地委交通员、现任五区区长急向县委汇报，贺雨顺老先生当年是朱总司令亲自发电报任命的豫西专员，后来又是陈赓将军请到太岳根据地当了谘议，电文和请帖，我都亲眼见过！你们怎敢给他戴上“地霸”的帽子，还敢判他一年徒刑？你们干脆把伪省长刘茂恩送给他那顶“豫西祸首”的帽子再给他戴上，替国民党把他枪毙了拉倒！县委书记吓出了一身冷汗，没敢叫法院开庭，就急忙把他送回省城，交还给秘书长了。