Chapter 12 11 Land Reform Working Group

It was mid-August, or traditionally speaking, a few days after July and a half, a few people from the district entered the village through the fence gate on the northeast corner.The director of the district labor union, Lao Dong, went to the cooperative to find Zhang Yumin, and there were three neatly dressed young people who seemed to have come down from the county or province.They walked to the gate of the elementary school, unloaded their backpacks, wiped their sweaty brows, walked over, walked over, looked at the slogans posted on the street for a while, and looked at the sign of the school that was about to finish school. internal.The people sitting under the opposite tree and chatting about the day began to discuss quietly.They all looked at them fiercely, trying to find out who they were and what abilities they had.Those who had just come back from the field also stood still and looked this way.The one who attracted the most attention, the one of modest build and imposing manner, made a joke with a child next to him in a very relaxed manner.The child was not used to speaking in front of strangers, so he walked away with a sullen face.The younger one walked towards the cooperative, and turned around and asked: "My fellow! Is Zhang Yumin in the cooperative?" Only the thin man was still standing at the gate of the primary school, and he sang briskly in harmony with the singing voice inside: "The East is red, the sun is rising, China has Mao Zedong..."

Zhang Yumin walked in front of Old Dong, followed by Li Chang and Liu Man, they rushed to this side as soon as they hugged, grabbed their backpacks on their shoulders, and greeted them and walked towards South Street.The thin man rushed to grab the backpack, not paying attention to a rock under his feet, he kicked and rushed forward, rushed out for a long distance, managed not to let himself fall, and stood still.Seeing that everyone on the street was looking at him, he smiled at everyone innocently.Everyone also laughed.He rushed to grab the backpack again, but Li Chang and Liu Man had already gone a long way.They laughed while walking, and the thin man yelled: "Cough, cough, let us take it by ourselves, cough, this is okay, this is okay!" Zhang Yumin took them to Old Man Han's house.The west room of the old man's house was vacant. The old man was a hardworking man. He joined the party this spring. Zhang Yumin proposed to share this house with him in the spring, and it was also Xu Youwu's family property.The house is clean and quiet.His son had just returned from demobilization in Shandong, and only his eight-year-old grandson was going to school. Zhang Yumin also wanted to arrange some people from the district to settle here, and asked Lao Han to make some tea. It was very convenient to take care of the family.

Like a master, Li Chang let everyone go to the kang as soon as he entered the house. He looked at several visitors with enthusiasm, and he picked up a huqin tied to his backpack in surprise. "This is Zhang Yumin, the secretary of the village branch, who is also the director of the village's armed forces committee. He used to be the director of the Anti-Union Association." Old Dong, who has been a long-term worker for 30 years, introduced.He turned around and introduced the comrades of the Land Reform Working Group: "This is Comrade Wen Cai, the leader of the working group, this thin man is Comrade Hu Ligong, and the little one is Comrade Yang Liang." He took out another letter of introduction from his pocket To Zhang Yumin, this is a letter of introduction from the secretary of the district party committee regarding the organization of these three comrades, which states that they represent the district party committee to carry out the work of land reform here.

He himself participated in this group work. "How many party members do you have here?" Comrade Wen Cai immediately asked in an investigative tone, and he didn't notice Yang Liang's eyes that stopped him. But Zhang Yumin only said: "Comrades must be hungry, let's cook first. Han Tingrui, help your father and cook quickly; Liu Man, go to the cooperative to weigh a few catties of noodles!" He didn't answer Yang Liang asked to go to the pie, and then walked out by himself.He went to Han Tingrui's room and took out a tall sesame oil lamp, lit the lamp, and said to Old Dong: "You guys rest for a while, I will come when I go out." He left the group of people who had just arrived, Run away quickly.At this moment, there was only Li Chang left in the house. He was reluctant to leave, took out the erhu, and while tuning the strings, he asked Hu Ligong, "Can you sing bangzi?" It was very lonely in the courtyard, and the bellows was turned on in the opposite kitchen, and the water vapor rose under the light. Children, women, and old men were all crowded into one room, busy and lively.He turned around and chatted with Old Dong again, trying his best to erase the bad sneaky impression he had of Zhang Yumin just now.

Old Dong Fu was writing something on the kang table. This old long-term worker learned how to write simple letters during three years of party work.His learning spirit is often praised by others, and he is also very proud. In his bag, he will never forget to bring the stationery envelope with the official seal of the district trade union and his own private seal.He wrote letters whenever he could, just as he gave long speeches whenever he could. When the dinner was ready, Zhang Yumin came back again, he just sat and smoked silently, Yang Liang said that he could not eat white noodles in the future, and he did not need to cook it himself, it is best for everyone to eat pies and criticize He shouldn't have bothered.Wen Cai saw his open chest and the hair on his chest, and a puff of sweat rushed over him, as if it was still mixed with the smell of alcohol.He remembered what the secretary of the district committee said that the branch secretary of Nuanshuitun used to be a hooligan for a short period of time in the past. These words resurfaced in his mind, but he seemed to ignore the district committee on purpose. Another more affirmative statement from the Secretary:

This is an honest, reliable and capable cadre of hired workers. After dinner, according to Yang Liang and Hu Ligong's advice, we first got to know the situation of the village. Although the secretary of the district committee and old Dong gave a brief overview, the details were still vague.Zhang Yumin and Li Chang also agreed with this opinion, and were about to talk about it, but Comrade Wen Cai thought that there were too few people, so he decided to hold a village cadre meeting first, and explained that it was following the mass line.Zhang Yumin and Li Chang had to find people in all directions on the street temporarily.After a long time, Zhao Delu, the village deputy, Zhang Zhengdian, the security officer, Zhang Zhengguo, the militia captain, Cheng Ren, the director of the peasant association, Qian Wenhu, the director of the village trade union, Zhao Quangong, the branch organizer, and Li Chang, the branch propagandist, were eight people in total.Only the village head did not come.Who is the village chief?But it was Jiang Shirong who was defeated last year.In the spring of this year, they reinstated him at Zhao Delu's suggestion. Their reason was that he was required to run errands, saying that he was a rich man who could miss work, as long as the real power did not fall into his hands.The village cadres thought this was reasonable, so they did it.

None of the eight people had any preparations, and they were very happy in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say for a while, and these people were still strangers, so they were afraid of saying the wrong thing.An honest man like Zhang Zhengguo just felt shy and restrained. He squatted at the door of the room and refused to even go to the kang.His heart is hot, and he has many thoughts, so he doesn't speak, and he doesn't intend to speak. Since he joined the militia work in Nuanshuitun, he has believed that he is not afraid of water or fire. He is working hard, but he is not talking.

The talkative old Dong conveyed the meaning of the land reform in this small meeting. Every time he spoke, he always started like this: "The land reform is to eliminate the feudal exploitation of the big landlords..." Then he said that he would get rid of the three fears. Thoughts, followed by words, went far away, and even the stories of Canadian workers on strike, Italian sailors... I don’t know when I heard them all.The listeners didn't understand at all, and he didn't think so. Instead, he talked about it with gusto. If Comrade Wen Cai hadn't stopped him, he might have taken up the whole night.Comrade Wen Cai wanted to save the dullness of the meeting, and especially felt that the cadres' thinking should be cleared up first, so he went on to explain the instructions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Central Bureau on the implementation of land reform one by one, and he knew almost all of them by heart.

They talked very late, and they didn't stop until they believed that everyone present understood, and Comrade Wen Cai decided to hold a mass meeting the next night. Various mass organizations could hold meetings at the same time to convey policies. Can attend separately.This notice is to be sent out before the common people go to the fields tomorrow morning.Comrade Wen Cai's opinion is that this work should be finished in at least a week, and at most ten days, because the situation on Pingsui Road is very tense, and the Kuomintang has to use guns and knives from time to time, so it has to hurry.

After everyone left, Zhang Yumin still stayed here, and seemed to have something to say.Comrade Wen Cai didn't notice, and only repeatedly instructed him: face the masses and let go; he said that there are too few party members.Regarding these criticisms, Zhang Yumin accepted them all, but when he wanted to say something, he saw that they were tired and yawned loudly, so he had to back out.When he came out, he told them that he had sent the sentry, and explained that there was an alley leading to Xitou outside the courtyard wall in the backyard, and that all the people in that alley were his own people, and he also told them that this village was not easy to get out of. things.

After he left, Comrade Wen Cai gave him a conclusion: "This man is timid, and he still has the style of a elder brother."