Chapter 11 Cheng Shuhao

April 22, 2004 Cheng Shuhao is my classmate from elementary school to middle school, in the same class in elementary school, and in the next class in middle school.Our relationship is unusual, we can be regarded as close comrades-in-arms, in addition to personal friendship, there is also a "superior-subordinate" relationship.When I was in elementary school, I was the battalion commander of the popular small army, and he was the company commander.When I was in middle school, I was promoted to be the deputy head of the Red Guards, and he was the Youth League Committee.Together in the same "trench battle", I give orders, and he implements them, never misses anything, and is deeply loved by me.But I never valued him in my heart.

Cheng Shuhao is of medium height, with a long round face, fair and clean, with a pair of slender eyes lying under two charcoal eyebrows.Wearing an imitation military uniform, the style is tightly buttoned, revealing the collar of the white shirt, neat and spotless, like a "chief of staff".It can be seen that he can be gentle, but he is not good at martial arts. He went to the streets to catch "speculators", criticized "monsters and snake gods", shouted loudly, and charged into battle, like a brave warrior.But as soon as he picked up the pen, he looked like Li Kui, with big eyes and small eyes, trying his best to suck up, but he couldn't write a few lines.At this moment, when you think of his name—Cheng Shuhao, you almost want to beat his father up.

After the revolution, Cheng Shuhao turned from the "battlefield" to the love field, chasing Chen Ling in his class all day long, with no hair on his mouth, but in love to death.I often criticize him, but he never listens. "You don't understand, you really don't understand. Her eyes are so, so, so beautiful! Even better than Li Tiemei. When I saw her eyes, I was willing to be 'Wang Lianju', surrendering with both hands, and handing over the secret code. It's so pretty." Cheng Shuhao said while wiping away his tears. My heart skipped a beat and I said seriously, "How can you compare her to Li Tiemei? Li Tiemei is a descendant of the revolution, a red successor! Who is she, Chen Ling? The daughter of a capitalist!"

Cheng Shuhao said: "Anyway, they are all women." I looked out the door vigilantly, and pointed out sternly: "Where is your revolutionary stance? Let the school leadership team know what you said. Not to mention expulsion of your youth league committee, but also expulsion of your student status!" Cheng Shuhao said anxiously: "I didn't say anything, I just compared Chen Ling's eyes with Li Tiemei's." I said angrily: "The eyes can't be compared. Li Tiemei's eyes are big and bright, shining with the brilliance of the proletariat. Chen Ling's eyes are big, but she is in a daze..."

Cheng Shuhao slapped his thigh: "Ah! You really don't understand, it's the dazed one that looks good. As soon as I see the dazed one, I feel, I'm dazed." I knocked on the table: "Of course you are confused, you are confused by her. Do you know, what is hidden behind her confused eyes? Hatred, hatred for the proletariat!" Cheng Shuhao stared at me with tears in his eyes, then shook his head vigorously: "I can't believe it! She won't be like this, she is a good person." Every time he was criticized, Cheng Shuhao not only refused to listen, but also asked me to help him write courtship letters.I think this is a matter of principle and position, and I categorically reject it every time.

That night, I was in the office of the Red Guard Regiment Headquarters, engrossed in reading "Selected Works of Mao".Cheng Shuhao pushed the door and walked in, took out a pocket book "Baby Red Book" from his pocket with a smile, and shook it in front of me.I stretched out my hand to grab it, but he withdrew it abruptly and said, "You want it? I'll give it to you. Hehe, just to help me write a courtship letter to Chen Ling." I put on a straight face and continued to read "Selected Works of Mao", but my heart was strongly seduced by the "Little Red Book", and my ideological struggle was extremely fierce.Finally, I couldn't resist the temptation, so I agreed to write a love letter for him.I ran home, dug out an old book from the wooden box under the bed, picked out a large section of love letters written by Marx to Yanni, and then remade them into a courtship letter.Hand it over to him early the next morning.

As if he had found a treasure, Cheng Shuhao threw the "Red Book" into my arms, turned around, and ran to find Chen Ling. After a week, I asked him if Chen Ling agreed. Cheng Shuhao said in frustration: "She returned it to me the next day, saying she couldn't understand it." I said, "Don't understand? It's because they don't agree with you, so forget it." Cheng Shuhao straightened his neck: "It can't be counted, I want to 'carry out the revolution to the end!" In the second year, Quan Lian went to Beifeng branch school to practice for half a year.On this day, the municipal education system held an on-site experience exchange meeting at the No. 19 Middle School branch school, and the branch school leaders sent me to attend.This trip has rewritten my history and also rewritten the history of Cheng Shuhao.

That evening, a fire broke out on the top of the mountain behind the branch school.With the help of the wind, the fire rolled down like a tide and poured down, destroying the bamboo forest on the hillside into a piece of scorched earth.The fire rushed to the citrus orchard of the branch school.Cheng Shuhao stepped forward and led Quanlian's classmates to rush to the orange orchard.They lined up in a human wall, bravely rushed to the fire.Regardless of life and death, Cheng Shuhao rushed to the thatched slope with the most intense fire alone, holding up the branches, fighting the fire with all his might.Flames caught his mock military uniform.He rolled on the spot, thinking out of the rolling, he simply hugged his head and rolled down the slope.Several company platoon cadres followed suit, rolling around on the fire field, and quickly extinguished the fire on the thatched slope.At this time, the Air Force fighters from the Qianshan Radar Station also rushed to fight the fire.The army and the people fought together, and finally put out all the fires and kept the citrus orchard.

When I came back in the evening, the whole campus was immersed in the joy of victory.On Cheng Shuhao's scorched face, there were intertwined scratches, very little of his hair was burnt, and his eyebrows were even missing.When he saw me, he strode over like a hero, patted my shoulder, and said hoarsely: "Ah! What a pity! What a pity! It's a pity that you didn't see it!" Then , he vividly told me about the fire scene. I was sour in my heart, feeling lost. Cheng Shuhao became a hero, but the golden crown that I should have worn was firmly on his head.The Municipal Revolutionary Committee of the Education System issued a call to the Red Guards and Red Soldiers in universities, middle schools and primary schools in the city to pay tribute to Cheng Shuhao and his comrades.The city's "Red Congress" reported on the story of the fire fighting with the title "Knowing that there is a fire in the mountain, but leaning toward the volcano; willing to be brave, defending the red citrus", and praised Cheng Shuhao as "contemporary Mai Xiande" .Soon, Cheng Shuhao was borrowed by the city and began to give lectures in more than 100 universities, middle schools and primary schools in the city.In the first few games, he held the speech script and followed the script.Later, as he gradually became proficient, he threw away the manuscript and gave a speech without missing a word.When it came to the scene where the thatched slope rolled out to put out the fire, he shook off the imitation military uniform that looked like fragments of cloth, held it up high, turned it over and over again, and fully exhibited it.At this time, there was always admiration in the audience, and thousands of admiring gazes all shot at him.The effect of his speeches was excellent, and each session ended successfully with the slogan "Learn from and pay tribute to Cheng Shuhao".

Cheng Shuhao's influence was growing. The director of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee took time out of his busy schedule to meet him, and personally gave him a badge of Chairman Mao that was as big as a bowl.The head of a certain regiment in the city's garrison district also presented him with a brand-new military uniform on behalf of the commanders and fighters of the whole regiment.Moreover, he received more than a dozen letters every day. On this day, Cheng Shuhao grabbed a stack of letters, threw them on my desk, and said, "There are too many, I can't even read them. Please help me to read them, and reply to those who can reply. Hey, with my In name, if you can’t return it, leave him alone.”

I was upset, but I couldn't refuse him, so I had to help him open the letter and read it, and replied to a few letters symbolically.Among them were a few courtship letters, which I couldn't deal with, so I left them to him to deal with. Unexpectedly, Cheng Shuhao didn't even read the letter, he threw the letter aside casually, and said: "I only have Chen Ling in my heart, and I want to fight and live with her for the rest of my life. After thinking for a while, I grabbed those letters and stuffed them into my hands: "You all write back to me and tell them to die of wishful thinking." On the eve of National Day, it was rumored that Cheng Shuhao was going to Beijing to attend the National Day ceremony and to meet Chairman Mao.I didn't believe it at first, but later Team Leader Song of the school's revolutionary leadership team confirmed the matter, saying that the Municipal Revolutionary Committee allocated a special quota for the education system and named Cheng Shuhao to go.After hearing this, I couldn't help being sad, lamenting my bad luck, but after lamenting, my heart gradually acquiesced in his good luck. That night, the teachers and students of the school beat gongs and drums to send Cheng Shuhao to the guest house of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee.Cheng Shuhao was wearing a new military uniform, with a large image badge on his chest, holding the big "Red Book" close to his chest, so excited that he forgot to buckle his discipline button. When I was parting, I took out the pocket book "Red Book" and replaced the big one in his hand, and then I held his hand tightly with both hands: "Shu Hao Comrade, my warmest congratulations! Arrive in Beijing When you see Chairman Mao, please help me shout 'Long live Chairman Mao. Cheng Shuhao nodded repeatedly: "Hey, hey..." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the crowd seeing him off for a while, and asked me, "Hey, is Chen Ling here?" I said, "Probably not. The ingredients are not very good, and the school didn't let them come." Cheng Shuhao asked again: "Does she know that I'm going to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao?" I said, "Should know." Cheng Shuhao said: "Maybe. Hey, if you meet her, tell her secretly that I'm going to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao." I nodded vigorously: "Good! Good!" About a month later, Cheng Shuhao came back from Beijing.The whole person changed from the old face to a new one, with a fat and white face, round cheeks, rosy in the white, thick black hair, and light eyebrows on the eyes.People have become very mature, like to put their hands behind their backs, speak unhurriedly, and have a deep voice, which is extremely admirable. A few days later, the school held a welcome meeting, at which Cheng Shuhao reported the grand occasion of going to Beijing to participate in the National Day ceremony. At the end of the report, Team Leader Song grabbed the microphone and said loudly: "Student Cheng Shuhao went to Beijing to attend the National Day Ceremony, met our most beloved great leader Chairman Mao, and shook hands with Chairman Mao and his old man. The glory! The greatest happiness! Now we are holding a grand handshake ceremony, and Cheng Shuhao is invited to shake hands with every teacher and student in the school, and send the warmth of Chairman Mao and his old man to our hearts!" Cheng Shuhao stood upright on the rostrum, and I and the head of the Red Guards, Gao, stood on both sides behind him, guarding him like guards.Holding the "Baby Red Book" close to my chest, I stood upright with infinite glory in my heart. Members of the school reform leadership team and teachers first came to the stage to shake hands with Cheng Shuhao.Afterwards, the students from each company and platoon came to the stage to shake hands one by one. After shaking hands, they walked to the center of the rostrum, bowed three times to the huge portrait of Chairman Mao, waved the "Red Book" and shouted: "I wish Chairman Mao a long life and no bounds." !Longevity without boundaries!! Longevity without boundaries!!!” Cheng Shuhao stood condescendingly, with one hand behind his back and the other stretched out to shake hands. His expression was reserved and dignified. team. At the beginning of the handshake, Cheng Shuhao was still full of enthusiasm. After shaking hands with hundreds of people, he seemed absent-minded. After shaking hands quickly, he stretched out his hands to the students behind him, as if he wanted to speed up the progress. When it was Chen Ling's turn to shake hands on the stage, Cheng Shuhao suddenly became nervous, his face flushed, and he shook hands with his classmates, squinting at Chen Ling who was gradually approaching from time to time. Finally, Chen Ling walked up to Cheng Shuhao, with a blank expression, her eyes downcast, and she stretched out her slender hands. Cheng Shuhao stared at Chen Ling, trembling all over.Suddenly, he stretched out his hands, hugged Chen Ling's hand, held it for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Chen Ling, I yelled 'Long live Chairman Mao' for you several times." Chen Ling raised her eyes and glanced at Cheng Shuhao, then withdrew her hand and walked towards the portrait of Chairman Mao. Cheng Shuhao was stunned, watching Chen Ling leave.A classmate behind has already stretched out his hand, waiting in vain.I touched Cheng Shuhao's waist.Only then did he turn his attention, and hastily shook hands with that classmate. After the next handshake, Cheng Shuhao was perfunctory and rushed through the scene, appearing extremely impatient.At the end, he turned around and said to me: "Oh, there are so many people, I really want to ask you to shake hands for me, but I didn't shake hands with Chairman Mao." I was dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, after the end, head Gao reported Cheng Shuhao's words to head Song.Team leader Song turned pale with shock, called me into the office of the school's leadership team, and asked me if Cheng Shuhao had said this. I hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Team Leader Song's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked out the window.After a while, he walked up to me and said: "You two gang leaders know this, and that's it, don't let it out. Huh?! Chairman Mao and his old man's glory shined on Cheng Shuhao, and Cheng Shuhao refracted it. To all the teachers and students of our school, this is enough to make us feel the greatest glory and the greatest happiness!" Not long after, Cheng Shuhao was appointed as the organizing committee of the school's revolutionary leaders, in charge of the work of the school's Red Guards, and became my rightful immediate boss. Since then, as soon as Cheng Shuhao went to school, he went to the office of the school leadership team to work, and seldom went to the classroom to attend classes.Occasionally I went there without bringing any textbooks, just sat and listened casually, and then stared at Chen Ling in a daze.Sometimes I leave my seat and walk away without waiting for the get out of class to end. Every now and then, several of our regiment leaders were called into the office by Cheng Shuhao to report on the work of the Red Guard regiment. Cheng Shuhao sat in front of a brand-new desk with a serious expression, holding a pencil instead, tapping on the table, listening to the report carefully, interjecting from time to time, and giving a few instructions. After the report that day, we were about to leave, but Cheng Shuhao left me behind. Cheng Shuhao closed the office door, put the iron pin on it, and said, "There is no one else." After finishing speaking, he took out some homework papers from the drawer, put them on the table, and asked me to sit down again: "I said, you Write." Cheng Shuhao paced back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back, stopped suddenly, pointed at me and said, "Chen Ling's comrade-in-arms, my dearest person, colon." I was shocked and looked at him, not daring to write. Cheng Shuhao stared, and said: "Write! What are you afraid of? Well... This time, on behalf of the city's 100,000 Red Guards, I went to the capital Beijing to meet Chairman Mao. I drew a horizontal line and continued to write, the most popular in our hearts. Red Sun, I just know, I just know... how much I miss you... wait, change the word "want" into the word "love", how much I love you! Exclamation point, be sure to add an exclamation point. Write below, Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers cannot separate my love..." I felt sour in my heart, and it was difficult to write: "Should I write more tactfully?" Cheng Shuhao closed his eyes, waved his hand, and said, "What is tactful? Like what you wrote last time, it's so literary that people can't understand it. When you write this thing, you need to be clear. Knowing that there is fire in the mountain, you tend to rush towards the volcano; where the fire is the biggest , just rush there; the thatched slope is the hottest, so rush to the thatched slope. Clear and clear. You, you have to write like this.” I had no choice but to write truthfully. Cheng Shuhao picked up the homework paper, looked it over, put the paper down, and said: "The next step is to write, which is the most critical issue. Ah, comrade Chen Ling, my dearest and dearest person, let me and you learn about Mao Zedong Thought." Under the shining light, we will fight together forever! Live together! Victory together! Hey, in the next few sentences, all exclamation marks are added. Finally, write, please be sure to agree to my strong wish, and add three exclamation marks here .Write another line, as a gift to the great proletarian revolutionary comrades in arms! Finally, write my name below, write like this, the person who loves you the most, draw a horizontal line, the organizing committee of the school revolution leader, Cheng Shuhao. Write it Already?" I said, "It's finished." Cheng Shuhao picked up the homework paper again, read it again, patted the paper with the back of his hand, and shouted: "Okay! That's it, you take it back, process it, and then copy it carefully on the letter paper with flowers on the bottom, face to face. Give it to Chen Ling. Wait a minute." He walked to the desk, opened the drawer, took out a small bound volume of four volumes of "Selected Works of Mao", and handed it to me: "This is when I went to Beijing to attend the National Day Ceremony. It was issued by the central government and is extremely precious. You give it to Chen Ling together, this is my heart." That night, I sorted out Cheng Shuhao's letters, copied them on the letter paper with stamps as required by him, put them in the bound volume, and handed them to Chen Ling when I went to school the next day. Unexpectedly, this courtship letter caused an uproar, completely ruining Cheng Shuhao. Chen Ling took the letter to the classroom and secretly read the letter. Before she finished reading the letter, she was so frightened that she trembled, and suddenly screamed, threw the letter away, and ran home crying.The students picked up the letter and passed it to each other, causing an uproar in the classroom.The platoon leader snatched the letter and immediately ran to hand it to the teacher.After reading the letter, the teacher turned pale with fright, and dragged the platoon leader to the office of the school leadership team and handed the letter to Team Leader Song.Team Leader Song's face turned livid after reading the letter.He felt that the problem was serious, and immediately discussed the matter with the two deputy leaders of the school's revolutionary leadership team, and then rode straight to the Municipal Education System Revolutionary Committee to report to the superiors. Soon, Cheng Shuhao was dealt with quietly, dismissed from the post of the organizing committee of the school's reform leader, expelled from the Red Guard organization, and placed on probation at the school. Like a dazzling meteor, Cheng Shuhao slid into the depths of the night sky and disappeared without a sound. But it was strange, Cheng Shuhao was very calm, as if nothing happened.He was wearing a military uniform, with the buttons tightly buttoned, revealing the collar of his white shirt, which was still neat and spotless.Every day, with his military satchel on his shoulders, he walked into the classroom silently with his head held high, and sat in his seat without looking sideways. He seldom spoke, let alone interacted with his classmates.During the class, he held the pencil backwards, tapped the desk lightly, and listened to the class quietly, occasionally glanced at Chen Ling, but also passed it by.After school, he picked up his bag and went home, rarely showing his face. Although Cheng Shuhao has fallen to this point, I still have a sense of admiration in my heart when I see him.When there is no one, I will take the initiative to greet him and secretly send spiritual warmth. Once, I ran into Cheng Shuhao in the toilet, and there was no one else, so we chatted for a while. Cheng Shuhao slowly shook his head, sighed, and said, "Damn, I didn't expect..." I said heavily: "I have the responsibility, I want to 'struggle against selfishness and criticize repairs.'" Cheng Shuhao glanced at me: "It has nothing to do with you." I was speechless and stroked his shoulder. After graduating from high school, Cheng Shuhao took care of Liucheng because he was the only son, and recruited workers into a state-owned factory as a worker.I belonged to the target of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside", so I left the city and jumped in the queue.Years passed and I didn't see him.When I returned to the city after recruiting workers, I heard from a classmate that he was married and his wife was Chen Ling.I was taken aback. One day in the late autumn of this year, I ran into Cheng Shuhao on the way home from get off work.He was in a hurry, and when he saw me, he immediately jumped out of the car, got out of the car and ran to my side.We were all a little excited, we held hands and chatted on the side of the road. Cheng Shuhao is big and fat, with a round and white face, his eyes are squeezed into a linear shape, and he smiles with his lips pursed, spring breeze springs up, and he is full of wealth.He was wearing a brown open-neck jacket with a white shirt buttoned up inside, black woolen trousers with a straight line, and polished three-knotted leather shoes on his feet.Still the same, neat and spotless. After chatting for a while, Cheng Shuhao patted the small iron chair on the pole and said, "I'm going to pick up my daughter. If you come to my house for dinner the day after tomorrow, you must come. I still live in the old place." On Sunday, I went to Cheng Shuhao's house as scheduled.Cheng Shuhao hugged his daughter and welcomed me into the inner room.Chen Ling also ran out of the kitchen, passing cigarettes to make tea. I lit a cigarette, smiled and said to Chen Ling: "Chen Ling, do you know that I wrote those two letters for Shuhao back then." Chen Ling smiled, and said: "The first letter was written with a little sentimentality; the second letter was written with nonsense." After finishing speaking, she glanced at her husband. I laugh while saying nothing. Cheng Shuhao smiled and said, "Then why did you take the initiative to find me later?" Chen Ling shook her head and said to me: "When he gained power, he looked like a ghost, but later on, he still looked like a human being. Thinking about it, I was ignorant at the time and made him so embarrassed, as if I owed him something. I went to find him." I said: "Shuhao doesn't love Jiangshan but loves you, Chen Ling, he is a real man." Everyone laughed.Cheng Shuhao picked up his daughter and kissed her deeply.His daughter is very similar to him, with Chen Ling's charm between her eyebrows and eyes, making her look lovely.Chen Ling clapped her hands, took her daughter from her husband's arms, and went outside. I said, "Shuhao, seeing how happy your childhood is, I feel really sour. Look at me, I'm still alone." Cheng Shuhao raised his head and smiled, then shook his head again: "Finally, it's okay. However, if you get some things, it's like this; if you lose some things, it's a pity." Cheng Shuhao is still working as a worker in the workshop. It was rumored a while ago that the factory wanted to transfer him to the security department as an officer. It was because he was not on the cadre establishment and the number of sub-workers was tight. So far, he has not been transferred.He was very distressed by this. On this day, I had a great time at Cheng Shuhao's house.The few side dishes cooked by Chen Ling are very delicious.I drank a few more cups of "Zhuyeqing", and I felt a little dizzy.When I left at night, Cheng Shuhao kept sending me out of the new village. When parting, Cheng Shuhao's expression suddenly became desolate, he patted my shoulder heavily, and sighed: "Human, you must seize the opportunity." I suddenly sobered up and said, "Shu Hao, I am always happy with my contentment." May 31, 1992