Chapter 52 51 Hu Tai

This day, Gu Yong came to the meeting with the same mood as everyone else.He first stood in front of the wall, not far from Hou Diankui, he didn't want to stand with the old man, so he walked away and stood aside.But he found that several family members of the landlords were also standing near him, so he had no choice but to walk away.In order not to be noticed by others, he quietly squeezed into the crowd.There were people in all directions exchanging ideas, and they also talked to him.He didn't dare to agree, just listened, he knew that today was fighting Qian Wengui, and he liked it in his heart.But I am afraid that others will fight against me. Didn't I say that I am a "gold and silver" landlord?The meeting started, and he felt relieved when he saw that Li Baotang had become the chairman.This is a very honest man, they know each other very well, they have been farming together since childhood.He later bought Li Zijun's garden and often went to the garden. At the beginning, he didn't know how to clean it up, so he often asked Li Baotang.They often stay together, one looks after the garden for others, and the other cleans up their own. There is no barrier between them, just like when they were young.Because their way of life is still not far from the same, working hard, he feels that Li Baotang understands him.Li Baotang would never treat him as a "gold and silver" landlord, and would never take revenge on him.So he stood more comfortably, dared to look at the people around him, and dared to answer some questions raised by others, and sometimes intervened to express a few opinions of his own.Later he saw Liu Man on stage, and Liu Man's accusation aroused his great sympathy. "Hey! Look, his family has tormented him. If there is no revenge, is there any justice?" So he followed many people to fight.Then he suddenly saw his son Gu Shun come out, Gu Shun asked Qian Wengui to pay for his pear tree, and said that Qian Wengui forced them to marry each other, Qian Wengui also forced his sister, molested her, uneasy and kind, hum !This is still his daughter-in-law.When Gu Yong heard his son say this, sometimes he was happy and felt that he had vented his anger for himself, and sometimes he was anxious, thinking that he should not say everything, what a shame!But no one laughed at them, only aroused the anger of the crowd, and everyone shouted: "Shameless! What a donkey!" Finally, he also completely threw himself into the crowd's fury, like a galloping horse on the battlefield, following the crowd, Shouting slogans, waving fists and palms, blushing, forgetting the pain I have suffered for more than half a month, forgetting the burden of "gold and silver" landlords on my back!When Qian Wengui begged for mercy with his face crooked on the stage, and kept shouting: "Good men! Good men!" He laughed too. Does such a world really exist?How did this happen? Didn't this turn the world upside down?Ha... So he supports everyone on the stage, everyone's accusation and resistance, and the Communist Party. Would it be possible without the Communist Party?

The Communist Party is right! The meeting broke up, and he returned home. Men, women, and children were there, as if the meeting was still in progress. You talked to each other, and the children were also mixed in, repeating some scenes that they were happy with. One cursed loudly: "You don't have a place to stand on this stage. Kneel down and kneel down to the elders of the village!" One of them imitated again in a crying voice: "Good men!" At this time, Gu Shun asked loudly in the crowd: "Mother!" Dad! Let’s talk about it, let’s donate some of our land?” Gu Yong felt as if he had been hit by something when he heard these words. Standing in the porch blankly, I didn't have the courage to go in.At this time, Gu Shun said again: "What do you say is wrong with the Communist Party? He helped the poor to defeat bullies, and even gave away our family's anger. Our family's land is much more expensive than Qian Wengui, and they don't hold meetings to fight. They didn’t send anyone to get the red deed; do you think it’s because they’re afraid of us? We’re just stubborn and stuck with a few acres of land. Let’s say it’s impossible. Let’s find Zhang Yumin and the others early and wait for someone to come to our door. It doesn't look good when you come here! What do you think?

Uncle!father!Where is dad?Why hasn't dad come back yet? " "What the third child said is right. It doesn't matter if we lose a few acres of land. We will also distribute it to the poor folks. What's the point? We women have this experience." This is the voice of Gu Yong's eldest daughter-in-law. Some women also yelled, and there was excitement and terror in it.Gu Yong didn't want to talk about this issue, he didn't know what to do, and he heard that everyone inside was looking for him, so he quietly withdrew.There was no one on the street, he strolled here alone, and then he walked back to the open space in front of the stage.Some melon seed husks mixed with soil, fruit cores, watermelon rinds, and a torn white paper hat were scattered all over the ground. The pieces of paper flew to the ground, leaving only a hat stand with a few pieces of torn paper stuck to it. , also flew to this side with the wind, and then flew to that side, and then lay on the ground rolling after flying not far.This place seemed even more empty because of the hustle and bustle just now, and Gu Yong's heart was as restless as that torn paper hat.He walked to a wooden rafter in front of the wall and sat down. He looked around stupidly, trying to distract himself from his unhappiness.He didn't object to his son's opinion, he just kept thinking, he wanted to find someone to ask: "People like me have suffered all their lives, why should they be like Li Zijun and the others? Landlord, my land was bought with my blood, sweat, and my life!" He felt very uncomfortable with this "gold and silver" landlord's hat, and he was not convinced. He often thought: "I won't Donate land, how much do you want, how much do you take, if you want to fight, fight.”

It was already dusk, and crows flew overhead in bursts.The old man still sat there, smoking pipe after pipe, and looking around with his water-stained eyes, always trying to find some solace. After a while, a figure walked in from the northeast corner, with a slightly bent waist, walking forward slowly step by step. He also looked around, but he didn't see Gu Yong.Gu Yong saw that he was not from the village, but also that he was an acquaintance. He couldn't remember his name for a while, so he stood up and walked over to arrest him.That person suddenly found him, stayed for a while, and then shouted happily: "Second Gu! In-laws! What's wrong with you?" Then Gu Yong suddenly understood who it was, he grabbed his hand, and Unspeakable liking, tremblingly shouted: "Ah! It's you, old Hu Tai!" But suddenly, as if he saw some ghost, he grabbed hold of him in horror, and looked around vigilantly, as if about to After searching for something, he lowered his voice and said, "Go to our house and tell me, how is the incident in your village going?"

The old man named Hu Tai replied frankly: "Our village is over, let's get our car. They also know that this car is here, saying that it is for business, and we don't want it." "Ah!" Gu Yong looked at him in surprise, trying to find more proofs on his face. The old man also took him home and said, "It's okay, don't worry! Is your village not finished yet? Like us, they only judged us as rich peasants, and told us to come out automatically. We automatically acquired 60 mu of land. They didn't want our two cars, they kept the livestock, and let them do business, and the sheep, how about you? You didn't even hire a long-term worker, so you couldn't afford it."

"Well, we can't tell. They didn't say anything, and they took our fruits. Some people said that we are 'gold and silver landlords'." But he had a glimmer of hope. It's much stronger, depending on others, the Communist Party will always make the same trouble! When Hu Tai came to their house, they talked all night.Hu Tai said that taking tens of acres of land like his family is nothing, if there is too much land, you can't plant it yourself, so you have to hire people, and the wages are too high now, which is not worthwhile.The Eighth Route Army is here, and the business is good, so leaving the car is better than anything else.I have never oppressed anyone in the past, and no one bullies me now.In the past, taxes were high and there were many bad people. Honest people did not dare to offend them because they were angry.Today we are talking about equality, and we can talk if we have something to say, so what's wrong with that? "They hired me as a rich peasant, so don't care about him, as long as it's not a landlord." Hu Tai advised him to talk to someone from the working group to find out what it was. Can there be a landlord whose whole family suffers?Not even the rich peasants.Hu Tai also persuaded him to donate the land, saying that it would be wrong not to donate, the poor don't have even an acre of land, and he himself came from the poor, so it is right to help the poor.Gu Yong felt that what he said was right and he felt comfortable listening to it, so he agreed to do as he said.

They talked of war again.Hu Tai said that he saw many soldiers with his own eyes, and they all went to Datong by train, and they also pulled a lot of cannons.Everyone said that Datong must be taken down. Everyone in Zhangjiakou was busy getting Datong, and there was no one who did not send comfort items. People who could read wrote letters to the soldiers in front.Once Datong is taken down, we can do business easily.He also said that everyone in their village used to be timid, but later they defeated two bullies, one of whom was related to the Kuomintang, and the person who specialized in spreading rumors was also beaten, and now he is still locked up in the county police station, so everyone is not afraid.Otherwise, who dares to say anything?I'm afraid that if Lao Jiang comes in the future, he will be controlled by them again.Hu Tai also said that if Lao Jiang can't do it, Lao Jiang won't be able to come. They have the Eighth Route Army living in the village, and they are all proud and strong!The Kuomintang army is all brought in, and it is useless to fight, hum!In the area around Qinglong Bridge, their regular army is not as good as our guerrilla army.

At dawn the next day, Gu Yong took his in-laws away in a car, and he drove him all the way to the river.He saw Baibi pulling the cart down into the river, and thinking about the situation a month ago, he felt that the Communist Party would not make things difficult for him.What is wrong with the Communist Party helping the poor?How wonderful it would be if I had encountered such a world when I was young and poor!He called out to Hu Tai, who had already arrived in the middle of the river, to bless his business.Hu Tai also looked back at him, and answered him something, which he didn't understand clearly, but he understood the meaning. It would be easier for them to survive in the new society.So he also walked back, stretched his head to look at his own land not far away, the field that was about to be donated, but he no longer had any regrets, but felt that there was only a kind of relief after unloading a heavy burden a feeling of.