Chapter 50 49 Decisive Battle II

Old Wu hurriedly walked, from the main street to the alley, from this alley to that alley, many people had already stood at the intersection of the street, and when they saw people flowing from the entrance of the alley to the street and then to the front of the stage, Already followed.Some of the people here were neatly dressed, showing a very cautious look.Occasionally, there are one or two businessmen wearing gentleman straw hats. They are crowded among the people and joking with them.There are also women with a thin layer of powder on them, their hair is shiny and their clothes are well-tailored, and they are crowded together in twos and threes, standing at the back.There are also poor old men and poor wives who stayed in the house, and now they also locked the house and came.Also, because there are too many children, the woman who can't come out also hugs one, leads the other, and walks staggeringly.Some people ask:

"Is there a meeting yet?" Zhang Yumin stood in the center of the stage, commanding: "Women stand to the right, you guys move over. Everyone stand still and don't move. Stand in front of the wall." People moved at his command.I just stood up, but they all turned their heads, and some people walked back again, and the elementary school students in the school lined up to participate in the conference.Teacher Liu led them, and they sang. These children were like athletes participating in the sports meeting, nervous and lively. They sang vigorously: "Without the Communist Party, there would be no new China..." The singing resounded through the sky.Zhang Yumin hurriedly greeted him and gave up a corner in front of the stage.The team came in from the crowd.People naturally made way for it.Teacher Liu was also very busy, and finally arranged them, and told them to stop singing.

People were talking quietly underneath: "Has the partner come yet?" "No, it's still locked!" "Look at that old man Hou Diankui." Qian Wengui's wife was also standing behind the stage. She leaned against the stage with her back and pulled her shirt to wipe her tears from time to time. Her nose hung on her lips. She had just brought food to her husband. Weeping, he said, "Since you became cadres, what has his father done to you? If you don't look at gold noodles, you have to look at Buddha noodles. Let's see if Qian Yi is still in the Eighth Route Army."

Someone threatened her: "If you say any more, I'll tie you up with a rope." But she still didn't go away. Someone shouted: "Let's have a meeting!" "Yes, it's a meeting!" Zhang Yumin jumped onto the stage again.Still unbuttoned and unbuttoned, he watched the crowd, waiting for the crowd to quiet down. Li Chang whistled, "gimmick—gimmick—" Zhang Yumin reported: "It has been more than ten days since the land reform in our village. It is not easy for us to stand up. There are many landlords in our village who exploit us and oppress us. Let's come to the top today. Last night we put the famous The person whose nickname is Sai Zhuge has been detained!..."

People applauded unconsciously, and shouted: "Good buckle! Kill him!" "There's more!" Zhang Yumin continued, "Our security officer, Zhang Zhengdian, doesn't care about us ordinary people, but toward his father-in-law, sabotaging our land reform, and the county dismissed him from his post. Look at him more..." The audience applauded again.Everyone whispered to each other: "Ah, there is another thing, this can be done right." And some people shouted: "Down with the capitulators!" "Tie up these slippery ones." Zhang Yumin said again: "Today our meeting is to settle accounts with Qian Wengui. Let's do the calculation first, and the calculation is almost done, and we will do the calculation in front of him another day. We farmers will preside over this meeting by ourselves, and we will elect ordinary people to be the chairman. Do you think it will work?" "Success!" "It is Zhang Yumin!" "The Peasant Association will also be successful!" "..." Several voices shouted.

"Good morning, common people. Choose the ones you think are reliable." Old Dong also stood behind Zhang Yumin and said. "Success, choose whichever you choose, let's mention Guo Fugui." It was the voice of that young man Wang Xintian. "Guo Fugui, do you agree or not?" "I agree. Let's mention Old Man Li." "Which Old Man Li?" "You have to nominate someone..." "Uncle Li Baotang..." "Uncle Li Baotang, good." "Let's also mention Zhang Yumin. Without him, we can't do anything. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's him." "Hands up! Hands up!" "what……" People pushed Guo Fugui and Li Baotang up in the crowd.Li Baotang just laughed.Guo Fugui didn't know what to do, he was restrained like a groom. Zhang Yumin pulled Li Baotang in the middle, and chatted with him for a while.The old man straightened his face, took a step forward, and he spoke!He said: "Our old man is a poor man. I have been looking at the orchard for decades, but there is not a single tree. We are 61 years old this year, and it is almost as good as the leaves of the fruit trees in autumn. I never dreamed that I have today. , We have become the chairman! Good! We are happy, we are the chairman of the poor, let’s fight that Qian Wengui today, revenge if there is revenge, revenge if there is grievance, pay back money if you have money, and pay for life if you have money. We only have With one mind, we are a poor man. Our chairman has finished talking, and now everyone says it."

No one laughed at him and was very satisfied with the chairman. There are a lot of people who want to speak, and the chairman said to come one by one.But when they came one by one, there were not many people who spoke.After saying a few words, he stopped.When everyone roared, the momentum was very high. After one or two people spoke sparsely, but they didn't speak clearly, the meeting seemed to relax. Li Chang shouted slogans vigorously.At this time, Liu Man was so anxious that he jumped onto the stage from the audience, with his eyes wide open and his fists raised, he asked loudly, "Do you want to talk to me?"

"Liu Man! Liu Man! Say it! You can say it!" "If you want us to tell you, we have to ask the cadres, do we want to punish us?" "Liu Man! Tell me! Who dares to punish you! Today we will see you, and see you take the lead for the whole village!" Zhang Yumin comforted him with a smile. "Who dares to punish you! Liu Man! Tell me! You beat that security officer well!" Someone from below encouraged him. "Let's talk about Qian Wengui!" Zhang Yumin reminded him again. Liu Man looked at the crowd with his eyes that were red from insomnia. He beat his chest and said, "Our account is going to be long. Today we have to start from the beginning. Someone knows about us. There are also people who don't know, ah! How can you know the grievances of the past ten years. We are filled with grievances." He patted his chest again, indicating that it was full of grievances. "Our father gave birth to four of our brothers, and each of our brothers is a good laborer. With our strength, we should be a good family! Before the accident, the five of our fathers had saved about two hundred yuan. Our father wanted to buy some property. It's unlucky. Somehow, I ran into Qian Wengui. Qian Wengui told my father that opening a mill would be beneficial. He urged my father to open a mill, and rented a house for my father. He also attracted a friend of his. , came to be a buddy, not from our village, our father was reluctant, but he agreed because of his face. That friend took care of things in the mill, and within two months, his friend disappeared. Even the two big mules Thousands of catties of wheat are gone. Our father asked him, and he said yes, scolding that friend, saying that he was troubled, and he took our father to Zhuolu County to file a lawsuit together. The lawsuit was approved. Let me tell everyone that the lawsuit We can't fight! We lose money once or twice, and the lawsuit never comes to a judgment. Our father became ill with anger and died the next year. Our four brothers swore to kill chickens during the year, and we have to avenge this. Alas! Let's move Haven’t moved yet, one day our elder brother will be tied up and dragged to serve as a soldier! What more to say, someone here has used a trick! As soon as our elder brother left, the Japanese devils came. The stone fell into the sea, and we I look forward to it every year, but I can't look forward to any news. My sister-in-law can't keep it, she is married. If you lose a little girl, won't you still follow us?"

Someone at the bottom promised him: "There is such a thing." "The second year the Japanese came," Liu Man continued, "Qian Wengui asked our second brother to tell him that he was sorry for our father in the past, and the mill lost money. He was always very sorry, and he said he would help us. , persuaded our second brother to be a leader, and said that he could get back as much as he wanted. Our second brother didn't want to, he is an honest man, and no one in the family farms land, and he is not a person in the scene. Our brothers all hate him and refuse to do it. This matter. We rejected him, and he left. Half a month later, Daxiangli came on business and appointed our second brother as the head of the armor. Our second brother had no choice, so we put him on. Daxiangli today Ask for money, ask for food tomorrow, and ask for help the day after tomorrow. Groups of spies and traitors come to the village. Our second brother can’t serve him, and he is scolded and beaten every day. He will go? He is still saying that our second brother is not loyal to the imperial army and will be sent to the barracks. Our second brother has been a captain for three months. If he hadn't gotten sick, he wouldn't have spared his second brother! Second brother! Come on up Let everyone see what it looks like! Where is our second brother, second brother! Second brother!..." His voice became hoarse and blurred, and when he couldn't speak, he beat his chest with two fists .

The crowd was commotion underneath, someone found Liu Qian and sent him to the stage, he smiled idiotically.People passed him to each other and sent him to the entrance of the stage, and Guo Fugui was busy pulling him up.The crazy pseudo-armor leader didn't know what was going on, and looked at everyone like a fool.His hair was a few inches long, and he was shaggy all over his head. His face was black with streaks of mud marks, his two big eyes were sunken, and the white eyes were twinkling. Children would be frightened when they met him at night. cry. No one spoke anymore, and some old people sighed softly. Liu Man suddenly raised his hands and shouted, "We want revenge!" "Revenge!" A thunderous roar followed him.The fists are raised upwards densely.Li Chang also led and shouted: "Qian Wengui, you are really tricky, you don't need a knife to get rich and kill!" Everyone followed him and shouted vigorously.The women over there are also working hard, don't want Dong Guihua to urge her anymore. "We also have to settle accounts with Qian Wengui." The young man Wang Xintian jumped up.A few days' work has already changed him, he seems to have grown up a few years.He was no longer so absurd, he was already sure in his heart, he took the struggle as a matter of course, as if it was right in front of him, it was easy to do, and the more he fought, the more vigorous he became.When he saw some people still hesitating and sighing, he became anxious.This young man was full of confidence. He told about the past when Liu Qian was the head of the armor, Qian Wengui secretly tricked him to tie him with a rope and sent him to the Youth League.He asked his father on stage if he wanted Qian Wengui to return the house.His father promised him in the audience: "I want him to return the house!" So people shouted: "Qian Wengui, he tied up people randomly, asked for a house, and asked for food!" Another old man came out from the crowd, and he was pushed up by the people.He didn't say a word, just looked at everyone with his eyes.Everyone knew him as Zhang Zhen. His son was sent to Tiehong Mountain to work as a coolie. After liberation, many coolies returned home, but his son never came back.He looked at everyone, looked at, and suddenly burst into tears.Everyone urged him: "Speak up! Don't be afraid!" But he opened his mouth, couldn't speak, and began to cry again.well!The audience fell silent, and there was a sound of booing in the silence. Then came up one by one, and when everyone finished speaking, the crowd always responded with enthusiastic roars.The more everyone talked, the more angry they became. Some people couldn't say a few words, and stood aside with a choked throat. After a while, they gasped and talked again. Wen Cai and the others had never seen such a scene before, and they couldn't help being excited and uncomfortable.Especially the old Dong, he walked around happily and said from time to time: "Ah, the common people are getting up now!" Hu Ligong also asked those members of the presidium from time to time: "How do you see today? You have done it before." Is this the case?" The old man Li Baotang said: "No, now he has turned over, he is not afraid of anything, and he doesn't care about anything! Well, let them all talk about it and pour everything out! When you want to liquidate Li Zijun, you see Let’s talk about it, let’s talk about it from the time of his grandfather.” They felt that the opportunity must not be missed, and they discussed calling out Qian Wengui to take advantage of this momentum. It doesn't matter if the meeting time is extended, as ordinary people will not get tired of meetings like this. Li Baotang expressed this opinion to the masses, and everyone agreed with it.So Li Baotang ordered Qian Wengui to be taken immediately.Zhang Zhengguo personally took a few militiamen away. The speech stopped, and some people whispered quietly.Some children left the venue and waited at the entrance of the alley, waiting there with a curious heart. There were also those who walked away to urinate, the sound of coughing one after another, the babies in their arms cried, and the women started to coax the children.The chairman had no choice but to report for a three-minute break. But people still came back quickly, they wanted to wait and see Qian Wengui.Only a lot of women slipped away and sat down again. Dong Guihua and Zhou Yueying, the shepherd's wife, went to pull them one by one. The cadres of the bureau were busy discussing some things and arranging some things. After a while, a load of cold water came, and people rushed to drink it. After a while, another tall hat made of white paper was brought out, with the words: "Eliminate the feudal forces" written on it. The militiamen lined up very neatly, standing in several rows, both behind the stage and behind the stage, holding their guns solemnly and arrogantly. So people gathered around again, they looked at the hats, they watched the militiamen, they were all their own people, just to see how proud they were. Everyone is waiting for the object of struggle to arrive.