Chapter 30 Chapter Eight (2)

Li Kuiyong snatched a pole from a local and yelled: "Beijing educated youths, copy your fellows, follow me." He rushed to the locals first, and the Beijing educated youths picked up bricks one after another and rushed forward Rushed... The locals who besieged the restaurant became timid and retreated one after another, and the two sides formed a confrontation... An educated youth shouted: "Director Ma of the County Educated Youth Office is here." The crowd gave way one after another. Director Ma of the County Educated Youth Resettlement Office led several police officers into the crowd.

This is a middle-aged man in his fifties. He is not tall, but he looks very capable. He raised his arms and shouted: "Comrades and folks, I am Ma Guiping from the County Educated Youth Office. What happened today, the county party committee is very concerned." Pay attention, send me to deal with this matter, comrades, please believe that the county party committee will handle this matter properly." A local yelled: "No, the educated youths in Beijing stole things and beat others. We can't spare them. We have to hang signs on them and parade them through the streets."

The locals became noisy and excited. Li Kuiyong was furious: "Fuck you, all the educated youths in Beijing stole things? Are you parading around with a sign? You want to bully us educated youths in Beijing, try to move? Your county will be flattened." The man raised an axe: "You curse? Do you dare to curse again?" Li Kuiyong also raised his shoulder pole: "It's not easy to scold you, I'll beat you." Hundreds of Beijing educated youths behind him started a commotion and rushed forward one after another... Director Ma saw that the situation was difficult to control, so he decisively ordered the police around him: "Director Zhang, fire a warning shot."

"Bang! Bang!" The police fired into the sky.The crowd fell silent. Director Ma sternly shouted: "On behalf of the county committee, I repeat that today's matter will be properly resolved by the county committee. Whoever dares to instigate trouble, whoever makes a move again, will bear all consequences at his own risk." There was a burst of applause.On the roof, Zhong Yuemin and his gang raised their arms and shouted loudly: "Resolutely support the correct decision of the county party committee..." Director Ma looked up and saw the educated youths on the roof, and suddenly burst into anger: "You all, come down for me..."

Zhong Yuemin and the other educated youths who caused the accident sat in the conference room of the County Educated Youth Office.Director Ma and two staff members sat across from them. Director Ma glanced back and forth at the several educated youths involved in the accident. The faces of the educated youths were not ashamed, and even looked triumphant. His gaze finally fell on Guo Jie, and he asked sternly, "Say, why are you stealing?" Guo Jie replied nonchalantly, "Because I'm hungry." "Hungry? That's the reason? If I'm hungry too, shouldn't I steal things too?"

"That's your own business. Maybe you are more enlightened than us and won't steal, but aren't we less enlightened? We only have the skill of stealing." Director Ma was about to get angry, when Zhong Yuemin said: "Director Ma, calm down, don't be as knowledgeable as us, in terms of age, you are our elder, you should be our uncle, right? How many brothers? Let's call Uncle Ma together ." The educated youth shouted, "Uncle Ma." "Uncle Ma". "Uncle Ma". Director Ma was annoyed: "If I want you trouble-making nephews, I must live a few years less."

Zhong Yuemin said kindly: "In terms of status, you are an official and we are grassroots. Why are you an official? Because you are more enlightened than us, and those of us who are not enlightened should be grassroots. If we have your awareness, don't we all Have you become an official? Besides, we are not good people in the first place, why else are we here?" Director Ma didn't listen well: "Did I say that you are not good people? According to what you mean, only bad people are worthy of our place in northern Shaanxi? Isn't that right? Tell me clearly." Zhong Yuemin: "Uncle Ma, don't misunderstand me. I said that we are not born because of bad background, or because of our bad performance. In short, people in Beijing call us hooligans, and those with good background are all enlisted in the army. , those who were selected were sent to northern Shaanxi. If you insist that northern Shaanxi is good and that it is an honor to come to northern Shaanxi, then you should let those who have a good background and good performance come to northern Shaanxi. We will serve as soldiers. Such an honorable thing Let us take it all, and we are really sorry in our hearts, aren't we? How many brothers?"

The educated youths echoed one after another: "That's right, that's right." Director Ma stared at Zhong Yuemin and said: "Well, I can see it. When I entered the door just now, I found your eyes rolling around. You have a big plan. It seems that you are the leader here. What's your name?" Zhong Yuemin rolled his eyes and said, "My name is... Zheng Tong." Zheng Tong jumped up: "Damn it, I figured it out, if there's something wrong, you'll definitely be called Zheng Tong, Director Ma, I'll expose it, I want to fight back, this kid is called Zhong Yuemin, don't let him go, this kid is really bad, he was not a good bird when he was in Beijing."

The educated youths burst into laughter. Director Ma narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhong Yuemin... Zhong Yuemin also smiled and looked at him, his eyes full of provocation... Zheng Tong interrupted again: "Uncle Ma, is the Educated Youth Office going to hold a study class for us today? Will the study class take care of the meals?" Qian Zhimin echoed, "We won't leave if we want to take care of the food." Cao Gang also booed: "Uncle Ma, what time do we serve dinner here?" Guo Jie asked: "What do we eat at home today?" Director Ma stood up: "Zhong Yuemin, come with me for a while, and the rest of you will sit here and reflect."

Zhong Yuemin walked into the office with Director Ma, and he said with a smile on his face: "Director Ma, did you call me here to cook a small stove for me? Don't be too polite, I will be satisfied with eating a big stove with everyone." Director Ma stared at him and said, "You're right, I'm here to make a small stove for you." He took out a pack of pastries from the drawer and pushed it in front of Zhong Yuemin, then got up and poured a glass of boiling water: "Eat slowly. , not enough and more." Zhong Yuemin was stunned, staring at Director Ma suspiciously.

Director Ma looked at Zhong Yuemin with a kind smile on his face. Zhong Yuemin immediately returned to normal, showing a cynical expression: "Director Ma, you still have something to say, I have never been praised so much when I grow up, so if I do it a few more times, I must No heart disease." Director Ma smiled and said, "Boy, don't talk to me. If you annoy me, I will beat you, because I have the right to beat you. Do you know who I am?" Zhong Yuemin said glibly: Are you my Uncle Ma? Director Ma nodded: "Boy, you're right. You didn't suffer at all from calling me uncle. I hugged you when you were only a few months old. Let me ask you, your hometown is Hunan, right?" "Exactly." "Changsha?" "right." "Your father's name is Zhong Shanyue?" "You know my dad?" "It's more than just acquaintances? You weren't there at that time. I was your father's bodyguard during the Liaoshen battle. Son, you and your father look so much alike. When I heard your surname Zhong just now, I immediately understood." Zhong Yuemin stood up and grabbed his hand excitedly: "You are Uncle Ma Guiping? I heard my dad talk about you. You saved his life." Director Ma hugged Zhong Yuemin lovingly, and Zhong Yuemin suddenly had the feeling of seeing his relatives. This world is so small, I never expected to meet my father's old guard in this remote northern Shaanxi, Ma Guiping, he has heard his father tell him more than once since he was a child, when he surrounded and wiped out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps on the Liaoxi Plain, hundreds of thousands of troops from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party They were twisted together on the narrow Liaoxi Plain and became a pot of porridge. The organizational systems of both sides were completely messed up. They fought for a whole night. Even the senior generals of both sides went into the battle with their guns in hand. In that battle, Ma Guiping served as the commander. Zhong Shanyue blocked two machine gun bullets with his body and was seriously injured.After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Zhong Shanyue was afraid of delaying Ma Guiping’s future, so he sent him to the intensive training team. After the intensive training, Ma Guiping became the company commander. Later, Ma Guiping went to North Korea with the army. I visited the old chief Zhong Shanyue, who was less than one year old and was crying and making noise in the nanny's arms.After Ma Guiping finished his studies, he returned to North Korea, and later lost contact with Zhong Shanyue.Zhong Yuemin remembered that his father had a lot of affection for this old subordinate, and mentioned him many times, saying that this Ma Guiping was a man of affection and righteousness, and there are not many such people now. Director Ma stroked Zhong Yuemin's shoulder and asked, "Son, is your dad okay?" Zhong Yuemin said in a low voice, "It's still in isolation for more than a year." Director Ma said sadly: "Stop talking, this is not about your family, I believe my old chief, he will come back sooner or later." Zhong Yuemin asked, "Uncle Ma, why did you come to northern Shaanxi?" "I was injured in North Korea at the end of 1953, and when I recovered, I transferred here. Son, let me ask you, how did what happened today?" "We came to the county to beg for food, and those two educated youths begged for a long time but couldn't get anything to eat, so they robbed someone of their bacon." Ma Guiping asked in surprise: "You have run out of food? Isn't that right? The County Educated Youth Office gave each of you half a year's rations, so you can't finish eating now?" Zhong Yuemin said: "Ten of us gave 800 catties of grain, and we only have enough food for three months." Ma Guiping complained: "It's outrageous, your food has been withheld, I want to investigate this matter." Zhong Yuemin said indifferently: "Forget it, the fellow villagers in the village can't help it. They are too poor. Now they are so desperate. Let's beg for food. Anyway, this area also has this tradition." "Yuemin, I'm going to solve today's matter, so there's a reason for it. When you go back, don't tell outsiders about our relationship, and don't cause trouble anymore. Regarding the food problem, I will find a solution for you, remember? " "Remember, thank you Uncle Ma." Director Ma gave Zhong Yuemin a loving punch: "Why are you talking about the same thing? Your father is not as good as you, but well, he is at your age, and he is already the deputy head of the team. You boy is still Going to the house to expose the tiles, bad boy..." Zheng Tong and others were still joking with the staff in the conference room: "Uncle, we are hungry." A staff member said: "Don't call me uncle, I'm not a few years older than you, but I can't bear it." Zheng Tong made a sincere statement: "You are modest, we have to be ignorant, that is too small, we come to northern Shaanxi, we are unaccompanied, like children without parents, whoever catches you We all want to be bullied. The Educated Youth Office is our natal family, and you are our uncle. When we are bullied, we can only shed tears to our relatives. When we have difficulties, we can only confide to our relatives. Uncle, I will call you again , we're hungry." The educated youths said in unison: "We are hungry." The staff member spread his hands and said, "I can't do anything about it. If all the educated youths in the county come to the Educated Youth Office to beg for food, they can't help but eat us." Zheng Tong enlightened: "Then you should have some stock, right? For example, there is a bag of biscuits in the drawer, and there is half a cornbread left in the lunch box. Take it out first and fill it up. As for the dinner, we will wait for Director Ma to arrange it." "Sorry, I don't have anything." "Uncle, you just have the heart to watch us starve? Isn't it appropriate? Mr. Lu Xun once said, save the children. Uncle, we beg you, please save us." The staff member said helplessly: "Wait for Director Ma to come later, please be quiet." Qian Zhimin said, "Director Ma is interrogating Zhong Yuemin. Why did the interrogation take so long?" Guo Jie joked: "Comrade Zhong Yuemin is probably going through severe torture." Zheng Tong didn't miss any opportunity to slander Zhong Yuemin: "This grandson, maybe he is a traitor, Fu Zhigao, who sold out our party organization without two whips. Uncle, you go in and tell Director Ma, what about Zhong Yuemin's grandson?" , don't be soft-hearted, first pour him two pots of chili water, then give him a tiger stool, and put eight bricks on it at once, just don't fall into the trap of beauty, the grandson will definitely use his tricks..." "Okay, okay, you Beijing students are so good at speaking one by one, can you just sit down for a while?" Zheng Tong shouted to the back room: "Zhong Yuemin, you have to grit your teeth and hold on, the people's entrustment and the party's secrets are all on your mouth..." The door of the office in the back room opened, Zhong Yuemin and Director Ma came out, everyone was quiet, waiting for Zhong Yuemin to say something. Zhong Yuemin just said: "Let's go, I'm fine now." Zheng Tong and others were very disappointed: "It's over? Is it over? We're still waiting to be detained, where should we go for dinner now..."