Chapter 39 38 first win

After breakfast, Guo Fugui came to the old man Han's house, and there were only three Jiang Shirong's tenants in the yard.There are nine families in total. They held a small meeting here yesterday. Comrade Wen Cai explained a lot of truths to them, and they all seem to understand. Today, they made an appointment to go together to ask for a red deed. Why didn't they come?Then they split up to find those houses.Guo Fugui was very excited.He planted ten acres of dry land in Jiang Shirong, and he had to pay four shi in rent every year.Every year, he argues with Jiang Shirong about the four stone rent, and makes him angry.This land is not good, and there is only four or more than five shi of millet in total. If it is not for a part-time job, there is not even water to drink all year round.I wanted to leave this place several times, but it was not easy to find another place: others valued his strength, but worried that he had no property.He thought that the land reform would give him the land, and he would be considered to have his own capital. He would have enough to eat, so he would fasten his trousers and drink two years of water. Come to one or two acres of land, take root, and you will not be afraid.He is eager to get the land, has a lot of vigor, and is not afraid of getting into trouble. He keeps looking for someone, and he just thinks about getting the red contract.He has never seen such a vital thing in his life!

Slowly everyone came together.There was a tenant named Wang Xintian who was only seventeen years old, and three old men. They were not very afraid when they were sandwiched among a group of young people, but they were always relatively silent.After a small meeting yesterday, they were all willing to bring the red deed, but they only told Wen Cai that Jiang Shirong had been a chief of the armor, and if he could do it, they were afraid that he would not give it to him! Zhang Yumin also said that Jiang Shirong wanted Bai Yin'er to spread rumors, saying that the real dragon emperor was in Beijing; he also sent his wife to mobilize Zhao Delu every day.This man is cunning, and he is afraid that these tenants will not be able to do anything.Wen Cai pinned them down again and asked, "Are you still afraid?"

They all replied in unison: "With you here, we are not afraid." Cheng Ren told Hou Zhongquan's story again.Last year when Hou Diankui was liquidated, everyone divided the land. The village cadres forced Hou Zhongquan to go to him to settle the accounts, but Hou Zhongquan had no choice but to go in.Hou Diankui lay on the kang and asked, "Who is in the yard?" Hou Zhongquan said, "Second Uncle, it's us." "Oh! It's you, what are you doing here?" Hou Zhongquan said, "It's nothing, come and see Look at Second Uncle's." After speaking, he found a broom and started sweeping in the yard. "Oh! After all, you still have a conscience. I thought you also came to settle accounts with us. If you want to settle, go to Lord Yan to settle accounts! See who he is destined for! Oh, we say loyalty, you owe us Let’s forget about the 10,000 money we received. We are a family, and after decades of work, we finally have a bond.” “Oh, that’s not going to happen, that’s going to happen……” Hou Zhongquan walked out.Someone outside asked him if he had forgotten it, and he said, "Forget it, forget it, we still owe him 10,000 yuan!" Later, the peasant association gave him an acre and a half of land, but he still quietly gave it back to others. up.Cheng Ren even said: "You don't know how to be Hou Zhongquan, right? This kind of person who refuses to stand up even if he dies!" Everyone smiled and replied: "No one is that weak, just treat it as a joke!"

Although they also told the sufferings of many farmers and made many promises, Wen Cai always felt uneasy.He had no choice but to imitate the voice of a landlord and asked sharply, "What are you doing here?" Guo Fugui understood what he meant, and replied, "Let's settle the score for you. "" Settling accounts? Very good!" Wen Cai continued: "You planted our ten acres of dry land. Did you beg to plant it, or did we force you to plant it? Shi Zuzi, have you ever owed rent? Now you have to settle the account, yes! Pay the owed rent and then settle! If you don’t want to plant, then simply, I have land, but I’m afraid I can’t find a breeder? Let me ask you , Is the land yours or ours?" "The land will grow grains for you?" Wang Xintian also said.Guo Fugui went on to say: "Jiang Shirong! Tell you! You were the head of the armor earlier. With the influence of the Japanese, you swallowed our ration cloth. Who didn't know? And that year when you repaired the house, you agreed to a liter of rice a day. , we worked for you for one month and three months, and you only gave ten liters of rice. Think about it, is there such a thing?” Didn't we make a tent during the performance of "Rewarding the Gods"? We didn't ask for it! You repaired the house for us, and we didn't treat you badly. Wouldn't it count if you ate food for one month and three days? Besides, the year before last Japan Before the devil left, you fought for us, and paid back everything you wanted, so you can’t stop blackmailing people? We also came to work for the Eighth Route Army!” This made everyone angry, and there was a quarrel at home Get up: "Okay, you still say that we blackmail you, without us suffering, you will not enjoy happiness! How much land did you have before? How much land now? If it weren't for our blood and sweat, you would have fattened you? If you don't take the red deed today Come out, and we will beat you to death..." They were arguing, and they all laughed when they saw Wen Cai, and then they laughed too. Some people even said, "Comrade Wen, you can really succeed in pretending to be a landlord!" Others said: "Just like Jiang Shirong, Jiang Shirong is a tough guy!"

Wen Cai asked them again, what if Jiang Shirong's wife ran out crying like Li Zijun's wife?They all agreed, who cares about the broken shoe.Guo Fugui even said: "That year when the broken shoe came here, he asked us to help them roll the mill one day. We dare not not go. After grinding the wheat, we milled the millet sticks again. When it was dark, we cleaned the mill for them, and then rolled the millet. He led the mule to the trough and fed it with grass. Just as he was about to go home, the woman said, "Have a bowl of rice soup and let's go." Before we stopped, Jiang Shirong came back and said as soon as he entered the door; You are not at home, what are you doing here? You molested our woman! Good! Send it to Mr. Jia to punish the coolies. The woman sat in the house without saying a word; We didn’t do anything to us after carrying coal twice in the garden. If it weren’t for the broken shoes, we wouldn’t have suffered that loss. We still have to settle accounts with her. If she cries, we beat her! It’s not like us father!"

Wen Cai asked them some more questions, and they all agreed well; he wanted to give them some encouragement, but they couldn't help it.Someone said: "We're all in trouble, let's go." Wang Xintian also said: "We must win, comrades don't worry!" So they sent them to the street, watched them go out, and still followed some people, Cheng Ren also followed behind, so as to inquire about the news and see what happened to these people. The nine of them rushed to Jiang Shirong's door like a gust of wind.Guo Fugui stepped into the gate first, and the others followed behind.There was no one in the yard, and the sound of moving furniture was heard in the upper room.Guo Fugui rushed up the steps and rushed into the middle room.At this time, Jiang Shirong was already standing in the middle of the house, seeing only a few poor tenants coming in, he guessed that they were here to ask for a red contract.But he was not afraid of them, he said: "Did the peasant association ask you to come? You can do whatever you want, and we have also been with the Eighth Route Army, so we don't understand anything! But you have to be clearer, don't go to other people's houses." Sure! Okay, Wang Xintian, are you here too?"

No one else spoke, only Guo Fugui said loudly: "We know everything, Jiang Shirong! Let's settle the accounts of these years!" "What kind of account!" Jiang Shirong only said one sentence, paying attention to the faces of several people, and heard footsteps in the yard. He was afraid that the working group and village cadres had also come, so he immediately changed his countenance, and continued: " We don’t know that the village needs land reform? This is a good thing. We have a lot of land, and we can’t grow it ourselves. We discussed it with the cadres a long time ago. We want to donate land. Everyone grows the land, and everyone eats when there is food, that is the truth!"

As soon as Wang Xintian heard that he was going to donate the land, he was stunned and asked anxiously, "Where is the red deed?" Jiang Shirong hurriedly opened the drawer, took out a paper bag, and said, "It has been prepared a long time ago, and I am planning to give it to the farmer." I will send it to you. You came at a good time. There are twelve pieces of land here, with 53 mu and three parts. These lands are not bad. We are young and can suffer. It doesn’t matter if you take more land; Wang Xintian, your five mu The land is also included, and you can give it to the peasant association. If it’s still too little, just say what Jiang Shirong said, and it’s okay to donate some more land. We are still the village head, and we have to set an example!”

"Jiang Shirong! What are you pretending to be!..." Before Guo Fugui could continue, Wang Xintian grabbed the red deed and ran out.Others saw him run away, and saw that the red deed was also in hand, so they followed him.People standing in the courtyard, at the entrance of the porch, and at the gate, saw Wang Xintian running out in a daze, and they didn't know what happened, so they squeezed out without asking.Some even asked in fearful and uncertain voices, "What's the matter?" The group rushed out the door recklessly, and ran back on the road.Cheng Ren rushed forward and asked, "What are you doing? Well, it's up to you!"

Wang Xintian raised his hands high, unable to restrain his excitement, he was as uneasy as a rooster who had just fought, he was speechless. A tenant next to him said, "Here we come! The red deed is here! We will give it as soon as we go!" His voice was not so much joy, but panic. At this time, Wencai Yang Liang and others also came over, and they thought they were scared back, so they hurriedly asked how they were doing. Wang Xintian was still holding the red deed tightly, showing a naive and nervous look.Wen Cai said: "You just didn't say anything, did you bring someone else's red deed?"

They were still looking at him in a daze, wondering what's wrong with this? "We want to settle accounts with him, we don't want him to donate the land. The land is ours, what qualifications does he have, and what is the right to say to donate the land? We don't want his land, but our own. You don't count , run away with the red deed, no, people will say we are unreasonable, right?" When these inexperienced tenants heard this, they said, "That's right! We're going to claim our own account! Why did someone silence you so quickly? It's Wang Xintian's son who can't do anything. He ran away and killed everyone." Bring them all out, go back! Let's go!" "Where's Guo Fugui? Has he gone home?" "No." So they found that he was the only one still in Jiang Shirong's house, and no one saw him come out. "Let's go!" Everyone's courage increased, and another group of people turned around and ran back. When Guo Fugui saw Wang Xintian and the others running away, he panicked and shouted again and again: "Our debt has not been settled yet, why are you running away?" But no one listened to him, and he didn't know what to do. But the woman with broken shoes came out from the inside. She sized him up with a disgusted look, and then asked her husband in a strange voice: "It's just a bunch of bandits who took away all the red deeds." What?" So Guo Fugui stopped in his tracks, looked at her viciously, and asked her, "Who are you scolding, who is a bandit?" The woman had long unkempt hair, showing a small pale face. The flesh between her eyebrows was twisted red and purple. Her upper lip was short, and a row of irregular teeth could be seen, because two of them were covered with gold. , so it is more noticeable.Still ignoring Guo Fugui, she walked over as if avoiding a pile of dog shit, and said sarcastically: "You dead man! You were taken away by others, didn't you buy your land?" Could it be that it was robbed! You will not talk to others about the truth, communism, communism, you will be finished with others, public wife, public wife, let’s see you become a bastard tomorrow!” "Fuck your mother! Shut up your stinking mouth!" Jiang Shirong knew that it was useless to wink at her, so he reprimanded her, and also turned to Guo Fugui angrily: "What do you want? Your ten acres of land You also donated it, and you still don’t go back?” "We haven't figured it out yet." Guo Fugui remembered that he had agreed to come to settle accounts, but now he was the only one left. He felt that his mouth was stupid at this moment, and he hated that woman so much, so he hit her a few times Well, he couldn’t stretch out his hand for a while, let’s go away, and he was not willing to show weakness. He was not afraid of Jiang Shirong, but just felt embarrassed. Suddenly he saw Wang Xintian and the others coming back. He was as happy as a pardoned prisoner, and he couldn’t help shouting. : "Wang Xintian!" Wang Xintian ignored it, walked straight into the house, threw the red deed on the table, and shouted: "Who wants you to donate the land! Today we only want our own!" Then he winked at Guo Fugui, as if very happy As if sure. Guo Fugui immediately had an idea, he puffed up his chest and said, "Jiang, we didn't count the accounts before, only after Japan occupied this place, how much do you think your land should be acquired in a year? We don't care about it." Seventy-five years of rent reduction, let’s just split it half and half. In one year, you can see that we have an extra one stone, five or six, and there is still a burden. After nine years, the profit will increase. How much do you think we should refund? And what you owe us For wages, you often ask us to help you do this and that at home, and then calculate." Followed by a burst of shouting: "Jiang, we can't give you six years of white land!" At this time, many people in the village knew that Jiang Shirong's rent account was being counted here, and they also came to watch the excitement. Seeing Jiang Shirong still hesitating in the room, they cheered outside the window: "Damn it! He is a leader. Arbitrarily sending money, sending gangsters, and sending people from our village to Tangshan and Tiehongshan, and there are still people who have not returned home. We want him to pay for his life!" The people inside the house saw that there were many people outside, and they became more courageous. The three old tenants who came with them didn't want to talk at first, but at this time it was "the monk is chanting scriptures, so that's the same", so they also yelled.One of them scolded: "Jiang, on the night of New Year's Eve, do you remember that you brought Jia Ding to our house and took away all our pots and pans, just because you owed you three buckets of rent, we committed a crime." What kind of crime did you commit to burglary? On the first day of the new year, our family didn’t even have a mouthful of rice soup, and everyone cried and cried, you are so cruel!” The shouts were always louder outside the house than inside: "Damn it, beat him to death, shoot him!" Seeing that the momentum was not good, the woman with broken shoes hid in the house for fear of being beaten.Jiang Shirong was furious, but he didn't dare to be strong anymore. He thought to himself: "Damn it, we should be unlucky! A hero doesn't suffer from immediate losses. But he didn't dare to think about it - let's shoot him! Many memories stimulated him , isn’t Chen Wu a role model? He ran inside, took out another red cloth bag, bowed to the ground in public, and begged with a mournful face: “Good men, Jiang Shirong is sorry to all the folks, please forgive us, We owe you too much, and we can't pay it back, so we have to discount the land. This is our red deed, and it's all here, 127 mu.I hope you hold your hands high, and we must be good citizens. ..." Everyone saw that he lowered his head and took out all the red deeds, so they retreated. It turned out that there was no further plan. Everyone did good and evil, so they took the red deeds, and said: "Okay, let's count." Let's see, if you have more, you can pay back, if you don't have enough, you can think of a way." With the sound of "Let's go", the people inside and outside the house all coaxed away, only to hear a burst of chaotic footsteps, although there were some cursing mixed in, they were full of pride.Jiang Shirong walked into the yard, looked at the passing figure with absent-minded eyes, looked at the gray sky, and he let out an "ah" unconsciously.At the same time, there was a "wow" in the room, and the woman cried sadly.