Chapter 2 Chapter two

They knew that the change happened one afternoon when Huaibao was seventeen years old.At that time, Huaibao and his father were still setting up a writing booth in front of the post office in the town street. At that time, Huaibao was writing a petition for a crying woman against the village head of Dongtang Village.Huai Bao just wrote: Your Excellency, President of the Orange State People's Court.Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire in the north of Zhenbei, accompanied by the sound of a car engine.in the blink of an eye.A long car drove to the north entrance of the town street, and the car was full of soldiers of the national army in yellow clothes.Seeing this, the father and son hurriedly moved tables and stools and hid in the post office.The two saw through the window that after the car team passed, there was a cavalry team; after the horse team passed, there was an infantry team;After a whole day of people and horses, their father and son hid in the post office for a day and did not dare to go out and go home for dinner.They didn't know until the next morning that Lieutenant General Wang Lingyun of the Kuomintang's Fifth Appeasement Zone had abandoned Nanyang City Defense and led his troops to flee to Xiangyang.On the third day, they saw a group of men with guns in plain clothes coming to the street to post a notice written in a brush, which stated that Liu Town will return to the people's hands from now on, and shops and businesses in the town can open their businesses with confidence. Wait, wait, the signature at the end is Dai Huazhang, the team leader of Liuzhen. The 16-year-old Huaibao timidly stepped forward to read the announcement, and after returning home, he only said one sentence to his father: The calligraphy is too bad!

The shops in the town started to open, and Huaibao’s stall was also set up. Not long after they sat down at the writing desk that morning, they saw three plainclothes Communists with guns walking towards them. He is twenty-six or seventeen years old with a broad waist and a thick waist. The pistol hanging diagonally dangles on his buttocks, which is extremely majestic.When the father and son saw the Communist Party for the first time, they couldn't help feeling a little flustered. They stood up from a long distance, nodded and bowed, and said hello to the boss!Don't call me boss, call me comrade!The leader came forward and laughed loudly, at the same time he reached out and touched Huaibao's head and said: Young man, your calligraphy is very good!While talking, he picked up a post that Huai Bao was writing and looked at it in front of his eyes.At this time, Huaibao smelled the sour smell of sweat from the three people and the sweet smell of steamed sweet potatoes.This familiar smell made him less timid towards these people, so he said: If you have any chores and ask me to do it, I can help!Yeah?The leader habitually touched the pistol behind his buttocks, looked at Huaibao with interest, and at the same time handed the post in his hand to the two people who came with him and said: "Look at this word!"After watching for a while, those two people nodded almost at the same time and said: Captain, you are not bad!Only then did Huaibao realize that standing in front of him was Dai Huazhang, the captain of the Communist Party task force.How many houses and how many acres of land does your family have?Dai Huazhang suddenly turned to Liao Laoqi and asked.Back to the boss, there is no land, only a thatched cottage.Liao Laoqi replied respectfully.Oh, so to speak of the urban poor.Captain Dai turned to his two team members and nodded, then patted Huaibao on the shoulder and said: Young man, we are of the same class, would you like to come out and work with us?Huaibao was confused by the word "class", and asked: What are you doing?Just come to the town government to do it!We are preparing to build the People's Government of Liulin Town, and we are short of talents. How about you come to be a clerk?Captain Dai touched Huaibao's bald head again, with intimacy and trust in his movements.No, I can't, Boss, Mr. Liao is in a panic, the whole family is still counting on him to make money for a living!Dai Huazhang laughed and said, "Do you think you can't earn a living as a clerk?"Can the Communist Party starve people to death?Do you know what the town government paperwork is?To use an old saying, it is an official!Do you understand uncle? "official"!

This last sentence played a decisive role, and all ordinary people in China know the meaning of this word.Liao Laoqi and Huai Bao naturally understood better, and after they understood it, they were a little surprised: Is it so easy to be an official of the Communist Party? Would you like to do it, boy?Captain Dai patted Huaibao's shoulder again, as if he wanted to leave immediately. willing!Although Huaibao still had doubts in his heart, he answered very simply. A potential desire to change his poor life made him instinctively feel that he should not lose this opportunity. Well, you can find me at the town hall tomorrow morning!Dai Huazhang touched the box gun and turned away.

That's right!Liao Laoqi was very satisfied with his son's performance.As long as it is an official, we will all be it! Huaibao tugged at his ears at that moment, he had no idea whether his choice was good or bad, good or bad.When he looked back on this day many years later, he realized that this was actually a turning point in his destiny. He could seize this opportunity not by his wisdom, knowledge and analysis of the situation, but by his instinct! Sometimes the choice made by instinct cannot be underestimated!