Chapter 77 The Six Encounters Between My Fifth Uncle (3)

The second encounter was when the accountability system was first implemented.At that time, because my mother was ill, I asked for leave to visit her.It happened that a reporter from the provincial newspaper stationed in this area also came to our county to learn about the promotion of the responsibility system, so they came with me. I accompanied him to the Propaganda Department of the county party committee to explain his intention.A comrade from the Propaganda Department said: "Your Chengguan Commune is holding a brigade secretary meeting to discuss the implementation of the responsibility system. If you are interested, you can go and listen first."

My peers are certainly happy to go.He asked me to go? I didn't have an interview task originally, but I am concerned about the situation of this interview and want to listen to it.For cadres who live in the countryside, not to mention such a big change in agricultural policy, they are also concerned about the wind and rain. We will come to Chengguan Commune immediately.The secretary and the director led us into the conference room enthusiastically and with trepidation.The conference room is already full of people.The meeting hadn't started yet, and the brigade secretaries were smoking, drinking, and gossiping.When the secretary introduced the two of us to everyone, people immediately cheered up.

I quickly discovered Laohou, the branch secretary of our village.He also saw me, squeezed over and said to me, my mother's illness is not serious, she has recovered. "Ha! Isn't this Junwa?" A person shouted behind me.I turned around, and it turned out to be my fifth uncle, Zhang Zhigao. I turned around, and it turned out to be my fifth uncle, Zhang Zhigao. He was smoking a black stick cigarette. Although there were many wrinkles on his face, he looked quite energetic. He smiled and held my hand. "What's on your mind this time? Our commune is doing really well. It's better than other communes in every way! Our commune Secretary Zhao and Director Ma have many advanced deeds, and the newspapers should be good. Let's spread the word!" He turned his face to look at Secretary Zhao and the director, and smiled again.

The two leaders hurriedly said to us modestly: "The work is not done well, please criticize the reporter and Nando! Don't just talk about our achievements..." What a nonsense.We are not here to interview their advanced deeds, but just want to understand the problems in implementing the responsibility system.This has already been explained to the commune leaders, but they stubbornly believe that we are here to report their "advanced deeds".After the meeting started, Secretary Zhao of the commune said a few words and asked everyone to talk.He said that the county party committee emphasized that the commune should discuss the problems existing in implementing the responsibility system as soon as possible.

There was silence for about ten minutes. Lao Hou, the party secretary of our brigade, finally spoke first: "I think this policy is a good one. Our brigade doesn't have mada, and our department will do it soon. Of course, there are many specific problems here, and he has to be more detailed... Gone." Secretary Zhao nodded and said, "All kinds of opinions can be poured out. Who will say it?" Uncle Wu coughed and said, "I'll say it!" He looked around with big eyes, lit a black stick and took a puff, and said, "I think there is something wrong with this policy... In this way, can't we just do it alone? This is worse than Liu Shaoqi's Three-Self-One-Packet." This is clearly the road of capitalism! I can’t figure out how to rehabilitate the children of the rich and rich. These people are cocking their tails and looking down on our poor and lower-middle peasants. Now they want to work alone and divide them into families. Have you become a polished commander? Anyway, our Zhangjiabao brigade does not implement the responsibility system, and we must support the socialist road. That’s what he said!” He turned to me and my colleagues and said, “This comrade reporter is also present! You reporters have great power, reflect the aspirations of our poor and lower-middle peasants to the central government!"

After Fifth Uncle finished speaking, he looked at Secretary Zhao and Director Ma. Secretary Zhao nodded to him, then looked at everyone and said: "All kinds of opinions can be expressed. Who will say it?" "I say." A man about the same age as Uncle Wu was sitting on a small stool, smoking a cigarette , and said: "... I don't have any new opinions. I agree with Zhizhi Gao. Our Gaojia Village is not going to divide it. At least it can't be divided now." I recognized Gao Minglou, the branch secretary of Gaojia Village, nicknamed Da Nengren, who was a bit angry like Uncle Wu.I heard that both of them are members of the commune party committee.

After the two secretaries finished speaking, the other brigade secretaries fell silent. Now I can see some clues: the leaders of the commune have the same opinions as Uncle Wu and Minglou, and they are resistant to implementing the accountability system, so other brigade secretaries who want to implement the accountability system are not easy to speak out. The meeting was rather dull.Since no one spoke, the meeting was adjourned. After the meeting, I broke up with my colleagues.He is going to another commune to learn about the situation, and I am going home to visit my mother! After I walked out of the gate of the commune, Uncle Wu suddenly followed me out and said to me: "There is a market in the city today, maybe your uncle is here to catch the market in the city. I will take you around the street and see if you can meet him." .”

I promised Uncle Wu.Because I don't have time to go to my uncle's house this time, it would be nice to meet up at the fair.My fifth uncle and I came to the noisy street.Along the way, Uncle Wu kept saying hello to his acquaintances—most of these people were county cadres.I was really surprised that an illiterate farmer knew such a person with status in the county. I walked around the street and didn't meet my uncle. Uncle Wu said to me: "Let's just go to the vegetable market again. Your uncle and Jichang are not empty-handed, and maybe they sell vegetables again. My brother is selfish and seeks his fortune all day long. Although he is a party member, Many years ago, I didn’t even attend meetings very often, and I often took advantage of the opportunity to smash my foreign guns!” It seems that the relationship between the brothers is not very good.But I can't agree with Uncle Wu's attack on my uncle.My uncle is a pragmatic farmer, and he was an active member in the village during the land reform and cooperative transformation.All his life he had an aversion to those bells and whistles.As for seeking fortune, what is there to blame?It is only natural for a farmer to seek prosperity.I know that even though my uncle is looking for a fortune, the past few years were really not very good.Food without food, money without money, all torture.The eldest son has become a family and has already started another life.There is also a son who has not even ordered a wife.Nowadays, marrying a daughter-in-law in rural areas costs at least seven or eight hundred yuan.Father and son worked hard in his house for a year, but they couldn't get much money.My uncle and aunt's hair turned gray a few years ago.I really don't understand why Uncle Wu can't understand his brother's difficulties.Uncle Wu also has a large population. Could it be that his situation has been better in the past few years?

Thinking this way, I went to the vegetable market with Uncle Wu. It is the end of summer and early autumn, and it seems that there are still a lot of vegetables on the market.The collective dishes are all pulled by rack carts.The private ones are pitiful, just carry a little in the basket—— This is the harvest of private plots.The country people rely on this order to sell a few dollars, so that they can buy back the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.Uncle Wu led me around the vegetable market for a while, but didn't find me, but ran into a vegetable seller in their village.The dishes are sold collectively by the brigade, and are sold by an old man I am too familiar with.Uncle Wu asked the old man if he saw my uncle going to the market, but the old man couldn't tell. "Simply," Uncle Wu said to the old man, "you can go to another place and show me. I'll take care of the vegetables and sell them for a while. If you see my brother, tell him that his nephew Junwa in Houjiaping is waiting for him here. Let him come and meet."

The old man said to me in surprise: "Ah, you are the young man of Houjiaping? I often heard from your fifth uncle that you are a high-ranking official in the province!" I just smiled at him.After the old man left, I chatted with Uncle Wu by the vegetable cart. At this time, a man who looked like a cadre came to buy vegetables.Uncle Wu warmly greeted the man, "Director Liu, what dish do you want?" "I want to buy some eggplants." The man said. Uncle Wu picked up seven or eight better eggplants from the vegetable cart and threw them into Director Liu's vegetable basket. "Weigh one scale..." the man said casually.

"Weigh it! You can just eat it. How much are a few rotten eggplants worth!" Uncle Wu said generously. "...Recently, the sales department has bought a batch of Shanxi Liulin porcelain. The quality is really good. If you want, come..." Director Liu didn't pay, and walked away after a few words.This trick is really annoying to watch.I pretended to go to another vegetable stall, and avoided Uncle Dian a little.But from time to time, I saw family members of cadres go to Uncle Wu to "buy vegetables".The cadres generally do not pay, and the family members usually pay a symbolic amount.These people seem to be familiar with Fifth Uncle, and they have obviously tasted his sweetness before, and they have all tasted his sweetness.I just remembered why there were so many cadres who greeted Uncle Wu when he passed by on the street.At the same time, I also thought about why he seldom came out of the mountain for so many years, but he was better off than his brother, my uncle.That's the secret.When everyone eats pot rice together, some people can eat thick soup from the bottom of the pot, while others can only drink clear soup.After a while, the old man who was looking for my uncle came back.But my uncle didn't come - he obviously didn't come to the fair.So I went over to Uncle Wu and said, "I'm going to buy some snacks and bring them back to my aunt and husband. You tell them that I'm short on time this time, so I can't visit them. I will definitely go next time I come back." Uncle Wu said, " Since this is the case, then I will take you to buy it. My eldest son is in the non-staple food store, you can recognize him. My son is a worthless guy, and he may have to ask you to help him in the future!" Uncle Wu quickly led When I came to the non-staple food store, his son called me brother one by one.I bought a few catties of snacks and wanted to buy two packs of better cigarettes, but they were not available in the store.Uncle Wu's son quickly ran to the back warehouse and brought me a whole pack of "Peony" brand cigarettes.I handed the snacks and cigarettes to Uncle Wu, said goodbye to him, and then went to the County Party Committee Propaganda Department to borrow a bicycle and prepared to go home. When I pushed my bicycle from the Propaganda Department of the County Party Committee to the street corner, I suddenly saw Uncle Wu standing on a street corner ahead, holding a large cabbage in his hand, and greeted me with a smile.He came over and said to me: "You take this cabbage home to eat. You people in big cities love vegetables. I know your village is short of vegetables!" No matter how I push it, I can't do it.Uncle Wu pushed me away like a fight, and tied the cabbage to the rear rack of my bicycle.I couldn't see it anymore, so I took out the money and gave it to him.He suddenly became angry, and said, "Ha, why are you such a stranger!" I said: "The dishes are from the team..." "I've got the money out. It's from me!" he yelled. I had no choice but to accept his gift with a wry smile, and said to him in a secular way: "Uncle Wu, if you need my help in the future, just let me know." "It's nothing...I heard that Manager Hu from the non-staple food company is your middle school classmate?" "Yes." I said. "If it's convenient, you can talk to Manager Hu in the future. If the company has an indicator for becoming a full-time employee, ask him to consider my kid. He has been a contract worker for three years..." An indescribable feeling suddenly spread my heart. I only now understand that Uncle Wu came out from the commune and wrapped me around, making such a big detour, before putting the snare around my neck at the last moment.How amazing his skill is-this is some rural politicians cultivated by years of abnormal social life! Uncle Wu shook hands with me warmly and for a long time, and then he said goodbye. I left the county with an indescribable mood...