Chapter 40 39 Brightness is only a prospect

Take the red deed back to the nine tenants of the peasant association, and now they will handle Jiang Shirong's land.This is something they never dreamed of.Nine people crowded into Guo Fugui's house, and the peasant association sent Han Tingrui to help them write the accounts.They don't know where to start, they just feel that there is a lot in their hearts and they want to pour it out.Life in the past three days has changed too drastically, especially among the three older ones, one of them said: "Oh, the day before yesterday, the Farmers Association asked us to talk about the hardships of our life. Come here, have you ever had a happy event? What other people are happy with has become an unhappy thing when it happens to us. That year when the child was in confinement, people saw us and said congratulations on becoming a master. We thought to ourselves, alas, what is there to say, his mother is lying on the kang, waiting for us to borrow some millet to go back to make rice soup. We ran all day and didn't borrow it, so we took a quilt to be escorted the next day I bought three liters of rice and came back... Another year, we owed Jiang Shirong a stone and a stone in rent, and Jiang Shirong forced it. Our family didn’t even have chaff, but we were afraid of him. If he was going to get annoyed, he would send you to pay for it. We couldn’t help it. , sold our eldest daughter. Well, who cares about her, she must have a way out. We didn’t cry, but I liked her in my heart. —— Anyway, we didn’t say anything, we are no longer human, our The heart is different from other people's hearts. We didn't say anything. The peasant association told us to go and get the red deed together. We didn't dare to go, and we were getting old. Why would we cause trouble for the next generation? But We dare not say no, so let's follow along. Alas! Who knows that the world has really changed today, well, Jiang Shirong's 127 mu of land is in our hands! The seal has been changed. Lord! The poor are also in the country, we really didn't expect it! Oh, this meeting should be happy, but it's strange to say, but we are sad! I remember everything!"

The other also said: "In the past, we always thought that we owed Jiang Shirong. We owed him the debt in the previous life, and we owed him the debt in this life. It is always repaid. But everyone did the calculation yesterday, no, we gave him a plant. Six years of land, eight shi a year for rent, he didn't move at all, just dialed the abacus. Sixty-eight forty-eight shi, plus rolling interest, not to mention fifteen acres of land, let's set aside fifty acres of land We are poor, so poor that we can’t turn over for the rest of our lives, and our children and grandchildren have to be cows and horses because they eat our rent. The more we feed them, the more they can’t get off our necks. We’re not really Animals, after all, are still humans! Why do we behave like a horse in a bridle, and our hair turns gray without grunting! Now we finally understand, alas, our descendants are not treated like we were in this life! "

The third old man also said: "Jiang Shirong's land, we have got it. But he is still the village head, and some people are afraid of him and have to listen to him. We have to get rid of the village head this time! Besides, the rich Well, he is not the only one who oppresses us, and it is impossible not to fight them all. Let's say, this matter is not over yet!" At this time, some people also said: "Jiang Shirong is very arrogant on weekdays. You see, he just wanted to show us his prestige when he saw us. How come he is like wax that has been on fire, softening, bowing and bowing again? Let's see." , this is because we have a large number of people, and he knows that we have a backer now, and the Communist Party of the Eighth Route Army is backing us!"

Han Tingrui had stayed in the Eighth Route Army, so he encouraged them at this time, saying that the Eighth Route Army is good, and that they live and die for the poor.Wang Xintian was a young man. After hearing this, he was very enthusiastic. He jumped up and said: "Tomorrow, we will sue the comrades and tell them everything you have said. If we don't get up and fight, don't fight Qian Wengui properly." We were not willing to fight for a fight. We were only fourteen years old that year, and they sent us to Guang’an stronghold to repair fortifications, saying that we were lazy, and wanted to send us to Zhuolu City as a youth league member. The members of the regiment are soldiers and puppet soldiers! Our father asked Liu Gan, and Liu Gan was the leader of the armor at that time. Our father was also hot-tempered, and scolded Liu Gan for being heartless; Liu Gan didn't say anything. The next day, two Jia Ding came to tie us up, Jia Ding beat our father, and our father was going to fight Liu Qian. Liu Gan knelt down to our father and said: "You beat us to death, we are also a No way. If you don’t go to Hades to find the kid, your son’s name can be ticked off from the book of life and death?’ Later, someone told our father to look for Qian Wengui, and Qian Wengui pushed back and forth. Later, we sold the house and pawned six shi The grain is delivered to the office of Jia Gong. Our father also blamed Liu Qian for taking our grain for six shi. It was not until Liu Qian sold the land to pay off the debt, and then he went crazy again, that our father realized who was wronged! Don’t dare to say anything more, you can’t offend him! Hmph! If you fight him, as long as everyone does it, our father can settle accounts with him and ask for our house!”

Everyone is almost thinking about the hard times in the past.Guo Fugui also said a lot, but he always felt that it is better to divide Jiang Shirong's land as soon as possible. He remembered that Wen Cai said that he wanted to use this to make other tenants anxious, and they would go to their masters to settle their accounts. It's easy to make trouble.So he urged everyone, and said: "Let's show our faces, don't collapse. Comrades and cadres have told me that this is for the poor. We don't plan to take this land ourselves. Let's take these lands. Distribute it to the poorest people, so that the people in the village can say that we are fair and not selfish. We are young and have no wives and children. We can eat a bite no matter what. We don’t want this place. You are old and young, It’s okay to keep a little bit, but don’t keep too much, let’s keep no more, no less. There are many victims in the village, and we should also think about their suffering; the peasant association also said that most of the land is planted In our hands, we have to let it out, and the opinions we put forward will be reviewed at the conference, and everyone will agree to it."

After they returned to the peasant association yesterday, Wen Cai, Yang Liang, and Zhang Yumin had a discussion.Everyone's opinion is that Jiang Shirong's land should be divided first.However, it is impossible to hold a mass meeting for the time being to select land evaluation committee members, so we have to temporarily decide to let these tenants make a preliminary allocation, and then bring it to the masses for discussion, in order to make the upsurge that has been fluctuating in the past few days more intense. The high rise also strengthens the confidence of these winners.So the nine of them temporarily became land appraisal committee members again.

As soon as the news spread, many people became anxious and ran to the cooperative to find the peasant association.They sued Jiang Shirong, and they also demanded to settle accounts with Jiang Shirong. They demanded that his property be confiscated. Why did they let him live in such a good house?That house was newly built by him when he was Chief Jia, and it was all the blood and sweat of the common people!Why let him save so much food?He has a wall of grain, and they know that there is a narrow alley behind his house, where he hides grain; why do he store so many clothes in the closet?How many people are without clothes today?They were arguing, and some people flocked to Jiang Shirong's house; Jiang Shirong was moving around, looking for cadres, and wanted to leave him more land.Seeing that he was not there, everyone was afraid that the cadres would be confused by him. After hearing what he said, more people went to Yang Liang and Wen Cai again, asking for all those things to be brought out.I was afraid that I would become a leftist, mechanically clinging to the literary talent of a few "policies", thinking that this is no longer a land issue, and I don't want to take care of these things, but persuade everyone to stop.But these people did not leave, and some people had to move by themselves.The militia also came over.Everyone said: "What are you doing here to guard us?" Yang Liang discussed with Wen Cai for a long time before he finally got his agreement. All Jiang Shirong's floating wealth should be confiscated by the peasant association.Literary talent depends on the situation, and it is impossible to leave it alone, so I handed over this responsibility to the peasant association.Cheng Ren took the militiamen to put up seals, and sealed up all the cabinets, tanks, and uninhabited houses, leaving only a room and a kitchen for them to live in temporarily.But crowds of people still went to see it, still not believing it, and shouted: "Let's not do anything, just watch, it's right if you have your peasant association to do it! As long as it's not left for Jiang Shirong!" They were pointing and watching, and finally sealed up Jiang Shirong's daily oil and salt jars.Jiang Shirong had already returned home, bowed to everyone, and asked for fewer posters.The broken shoe had red eyes, and sat angrily on the grinding pan in their yard; someone else said: "There should be a note on this grinding pan." Another said: "Where is he afraid that he will move? Don't post it." Already!..."

In the afternoon, Bai Yin'er also went to the cooperative to find the farmer's association, and said how Jiang Shirong forced her. She had a dead man and couldn't live. She wanted to marry.He often invited some people to play for money, and gave her the lottery, and sometimes he took the lottery too.Now Jiang Shirong still owes her 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.The people in the peasant association were so busy that they didn't bother to talk to her, and the spectators also said: "Go back, you have a lot of debts, you'd better settle it at the top of the kang." Bai Yin'er said again that Jiang Shirong wanted her to spread rumors. The gentleman is very clever, the real dragon emperor is in Beijing, so that the land reform in the village will not start.Everyone laughed again, and cursed: "Liu Guisheng's little baby boy, you killed him! You said that people's hearts were bad, and Grandpa Heaven punished you. Liu Guisheng's wife cried to death, and Xiao Bao'er's illness was delayed. If you don’t have a new security guard, go to see a doctor in Zhuolu City, and you’ll always be a little hopeful! 'People’s hearts are not good’, it’s just your hearts that are not good!"

Seeing that she ignored her, Bai Yin'er was afraid that the seventy or eighty thousand yuan would be thrown away, and even more afraid of getting involved, so she sat far away outside the door, and when she saw a cadre coming, she went up to her and muttered. Afterwards, people had no choice but to say: "You can talk about it when the general meeting is held. As long as the common people believe in you, maybe two acres of victory fruits will be shared. It's better not to talk about it on the street today." Although these situations are not enough to show that the masses have risen, they are partly the buds of enlightenment, and they have begun to recall how their sufferings have been, and they have automatically settled themselves. This has never happened in this village. situation.From his very little experience, Comrade Wen Cai felt that the mobilization of the masses was too good, and even thought that maybe there was something too much.He appreciates these small victories very much, appreciates these successes, and he feels that it is because he is here to lead.Like Zhang Yumin, they also found it unexpected. Although there were struggle meetings in the past, they were not as chaotic as they are today. They were completed in response to everyone, but today they are full of chaos. When the masses are mobilized to do things, even Wencai has to obey everyone, or else put up the seal immediately, maybe do it without waiting for orders.A single spark can start a prairie fire. Although this is just a little fire, it can foresee a bright future.In the excitement of the working group, they demanded to speed up their work, so that the differences that had been put aside for the time being were immediately demanded to be unanimous, and the contradictions became more acute.Based on his closeness to the masses, Yang Liang believed that most of them were poor peasants, and they all had opinions on Qian Wengui. He believed that Qian Wengui was the most insidious leader of the landlord class. Turn over, the main thing should be to hit him.The opinion on Zhang Yumin has also been brought to the fore. Zhang Yumin was born as a hired worker, and today he still has no overnight food, and he has not separated from the most miserable masses. He has prestige among them, how can he oppose the masses? Come and see?The relationship between cadres and the masses cannot be viewed mechanically, just as the so-called resistance cannot be viewed mechanically.But Comrade Wen Cai thought that he had surrendered to the cadres, and he became even more distrustful of Zhang Yumin for no reason.However, he himself did not go deep into the masses to obtain objective facts, but only emphasized the slander of some people, such as Zhang Zhengdian's words.He even exaggerated his occasional gambling with Bai Yin'er in the past, calling him a hooligan, or Jiang Shirong's gang of gangsters... Looking at the facts in this way, how can there be right and wrong?Although Yang Liang also lacks work experience, he is more able to look at things calmly, gets closer to some poor peasants, and gets some breath from the masses, so he understands the problems here better.But because he is young, because he has not yet accumulated considerable courage and persuasive analytical ability from his work, especially because literary talent is in charge here, he cannot decide any issues, so he often feels headaches about literary talent. I even regret working with such a person.I wanted to face the masses more and learn something, but my own team turned out to be such a trouble, and it was more complicated and difficult than mobilizing the common people.

But when Wen Cai was complacent about his victory over Jiang Shirong, he didn't understand that this only agitated the emotions of the masses, and it could not be said that the masses had fully awakened and formed a movement.But he overestimated this. He was already worried that when a movement came, it would inevitably go to the left.Therefore, he feels that at such a time, the leader should be more adept at grasping, and more carefully listen to the various voices from the masses. At this time, he is most afraid that he will jump into the wave and let the water foam blur My own eyes can't recognize the direction.Therefore, he resolutely refuses to accept opinions, and only engages in arranging similar struggles.He is trying his best to find people who have worked as part-time workers for Gu Yong, because he has no tenants, only part-time workers.But there are too many people who have worked for him, and it is impossible to find some backbones for a while.Many village cadres also played for him, but even they were not active.Wen Cai thought that not only were they lulled by the small favors and flattery of some rich people, but they actually absorbed his son Gu Shun into the Youth Federation as the deputy director.From this point alone, he judged that the class line of the cadres was poor, and this should be carefully studied.Zhang Yumin said it nicely, none of them have ever shared the fruits of victory, so now he doesn't go to the field all day long, what does he eat?Didn't Zhao Delu borrow Jiang Shirong's grain?He can't wait to convene a mass meeting immediately to teach these selfish cadres and childish workers a good lesson.He believes that the time has come, and there is no delay!

Of course Hu Ligong was on Yang Liang's side, but he couldn't solve the problem.They debated until the evening, when unexpected news came.Although the fire to liquidate Jiang Shirong was fanned, the bustling orchard disappeared, and many people went home.The control and sale of the fruit, which once made people so excited and joyful, has suddenly lost interest.It is said that Liu Man and Zhang Zhengdian quarreled over a small personal quarrel, and later fought; at that time, no one tried to persuade or take sides, they just quietly observed the attitude of the security officer and waited for the outcome of the matter .This seems to be a very unusual thing, but it can be seen that the efforts of the past few days have been almost completely destroyed. If this decline cannot be restored in time, the impact will be spread quickly.This immediately warns of shallow complacency.Brightness is only a prospect, and the journey is difficult!