Chapter 61 3. Back to Beijing!

One day in late October, the secretary of the Party Committee of Laodingshan Commune came to convey to Ding Ling and Chen Ming the Central Committee (1978) No. 55 document, namely, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central United Front Work Department, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs "Implementation Plan for the Decision to Remove All Rightist Hats").The document pointed out that for those who were wrongly classified as "rightists" in the past, we must adhere to the principle of correcting mistakes and do a good job in correcting them.

"Removing the hat" and "rectifying" are completely different in nature. The former's rightist nature has not changed, but the hat has been removed;The two of them analyzed the situation and believed that Chen Ming's plan to be a rightist was completely implicated by Ding Ling, so it should be classified as a "wrong plan"; Go to Beijing for activities and find someone to do dredging work.Chen Ming said: I will go to Beijing! On November 30, Chen Ming left for Beijing. As soon as Chen Ming left, guests came to the house. On December 1, after Ding Ling had breakfast and was taking medicine, a stranger pushed the door and walked in. Seeing Ding Ling looking at him suspiciously, he quickly reported to the house and said, "I am Ma Feng!" Ding Ling suddenly remembered Lost the old familiar voice and appearance.Ah, it's not Ma Feng!Ma Feng said: "I'm old, I'm old, you don't know me anymore. But I still recognize you, even if I'm walking on the street." They haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. Both of them are very excited. Ding Ling Eagerly ask about this person, that person.Ma Feng told her that he and Chen Dengke were the ones who were not classified as rightists in 1957, mainly because they were local.Ma Feng is now the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. He came to Changzhi to participate in the social education team. He said he was passing by today and would come back in a few days.He remembered that Ding Ling could drink a little wine, so he brought four small bottles of Shanxi famous wine and a few catties of Hunan oranges, which he said Kang Zhuo asked him to bring.He said, don't care if the orange is good or not, it's from your hometown in Hunan.When Ding Ling heard Kang Zhuo's name, she immediately thought of some past events, and said, "Don't worry about the past, it's a thousand miles away, human understanding and emotion can't be taken away."Ding Ling also mentioned Lin Mohan's article in "People's Literature", and Ma Feng said that article was bad.Ding Ling was very happy to hear that, and felt that she had a bosom friend.

Two days later, someone from the family came again. It was Liu Zhen, a student Ding Ling liked at the Institute of Literature.Liu Zhen found an excuse, saying that "Poetry Magazine" asked her to write about Peng Dehuai, and she wanted to ask Ding Ling for information, and the Propaganda Department of the Changzhi Revolutionary Committee sent a car to bring her here.She stayed at Ding Ling's house for almost a whole day, and told Ding Ling: "Many people asked about you and wanted to know about your situation." She talked about the events of 1955 and 1957, saying that they hated Kang Zhuo the most. When they were together, they scolded Kang Zhuo. Someone asked her to investigate materials, and she spoke well of other writers, except for Kang Zhuo.She also talked about the situation of many acquaintances in the Institute of Literature, and said that Gu Yu and Li Yong were both classified as rightists, and they were in labor camps in the Yellow River flood zone, with many children, and their lives were miserable.Ding Ling felt very sad when she heard this.

Throughout December, Ding Ling lived alone.She and Chen Ming passed each other frequently, communicating with each other and discussing countermeasures. This was another battle. On the 10th, Ding Ling wrote to Chen Mingxin, asking him to "don't look for people too much, but don't hide from people, be more confident, but talk less and listen more, calm and sophisticated. We have been in the bottom for more than 20 years, and we have a rustic air. It is the feelings of the people. We have been oppressed for a long time, but we must have a sense of resistance. We are straight and hard, not crooked and soft." On the evening of the 14th, Ding Ling wrote to Wang Zhen, proposing ideas Then go to the Great Northern Wilderness.He also wrote to Chen Ming, saying, "Send a letter to Wang first, and a letter to Deng and Hu tomorrow. I have considered this matter for two days and decided to do this. Naturally, I have to discuss it with you first. This way There are a few good points: first, it is actually a reminder. Second, we will go to the Great Northern Wilderness in May next year, and come back in August and September, and we will have a harvest, and we can write five or six short articles.” Two days later, I wrote to Chen Ming again Speaking of why I want to go to the Northeast, it is because I can write about Wang Zhen, and "these articles are still easy to sell, and now I need to get the goods, so I can save the long articles and write slowly. If you have an article in the newspaper, people don't care whether you write it well or not, as long as you write it." Note that you have come out. Poet Ai (refer to Ai Qing) is right, Duck Dad (refer to Luo Feng) is the opposite, Bai (refer to Luo Feng’s wife Bai Lang) is asking for trouble, we We need to look forward. Your health and mine are not that bad. You still have to fight the country, and you can’t live on your money. What’s more, you don’t have any money to eat now. I don’t know where it is? If I come back from the Northeast, I won’t go back to my hometown here Well, let’s just find a house. An uneasy home is also very good. At that time, I was in Beijing, so it was easy to talk. I always talk about treating diseases, but people are afraid of trouble. I don’t treat diseases, as long as I go, I can cure diseases Well, you are motivated, and people are willing to help. I went to the Northeast to find Wang’s materials and write about Wang. Why didn’t he help? (The last time you were in Beijing, didn’t you hear: ‘Do the work first.’ We still need With this energy)."

Ding Ling, who has passed the year of "knowing the destiny", now also understands the strategy of struggle. To Zhou Yang, at first Ding Ling wrote in her letter, "Don't go to see 'Uncle Zhou', and ask Zu Hui not to look for him again. These people are still resisting." On the 21st, the letter also said: "I think you can go and see Uncle Zhou too. .Just tell me the purpose and situation of your trip to Beijing, and say that I am in good health. Diabetes has some effects, but it is not very important. We will still meet in the future. If I go, I will also see him. Anyway, he was also affected by the 'Gang of Four' '' persecution, just express a little sympathy for him. Go to Huangmei once. You should also talk to him about your problems. He was responsible for the past. You can also look at their attitudes during the conversation. To old acquaintances , I think everyone can forgive me except for a few people, in fact, these people are forced to do so, and they still miss us."

On December 22, Ding Ling wrote to Chen Ming in her letter: "My current mental preparation is that you will come back next year." But on the afternoon of the 27th, I received a letter from Chen Ming, reporting good news: Comrade Curry of the Organization Department of the Central Committee told him that Ding Ling could First go back to Beijing for medical treatment, and the Ministry of Culture will make specific arrangements for reception.At this time, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party had just concluded. I can finally go back to Beijing, the good news came so suddenly!That night, Ding Ling suffered from insomnia.

On the last day of 1978, Chen Ming returned to Zhangtou Village, and they were about to move. In the early morning of January 12, 1979, Ding Ling got off the train and stepped onto the platform in Beijing. When I left Beijing in 1958, I still got on the train from Qianmen Railway Station. When I came back 20 years later, it was the newly built Beijing Railway Station, which is magnificent and magnificent.The world is vicissitudes, things are not, and people are not.I was 54 years old when I left, and I am 75 years old now. 20 years have passed away in farms, prisons and rural areas.The talented female writer back then is now an old woman with gray temples, full of emotions.

Zu Huiliangpeng and his wife came to pick him up, and people from the Ministry of Culture came to pick him up.The old couple lived in the Guest House of the Ministry of Culture in Hepingli. In the next few days, Luo Lan, Gan Lu, Chen Dengke, Li Na, Ding Ning, Zhang Fengzhu, Xu Guangyao, Wang Yuqing, Xia Gefei and other old friends came to visit. Most of them hadn't seen each other for more than 20 years.When she was having dinner at the Friendship Hotel, she also saw Shen Congwen and his wife. Ding Ling felt that they were already "old-fashioned". Li Ji, deputy secretary of the party group of the Chinese Writers Association, Wei Bo and Zhang Xi, heads of the Review Office of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Writers Association, all visited the guest house and talked about preparing the review conclusion for Ding Ling and listening to her opinions.Jiang Feng also came. He went to see Lu Dingyi. Lu Dingyi said that he was responsible for Jiang Feng's mistakes in 1957.After hearing the news, Ding Ling also wanted to visit Lu Dingyi, but I also heard that when a good friend's daughter-in-law asked Lu "Aunt Ding Ling's question", Lu Dingyi said that he and Zhou Yang had different opinions on Ding Ling's question. unanimous.Ding Ling gave up the idea of ​​going to see him.Later, in 1980, the People's Literature Publishing House edited the book "Recalling Qiubai", edited by Lu Dingyi, who firmly disagreed with the inclusion of Ding Ling's "Comrade Qu Qiubai I Know", which made Qiubai's daughter Qu Du Yi felt very embarrassed. After Ding Ling passed away in March 1986, in the "Report on Request for Comrade Ding Ling's Funeral Arrangements" drafted by the Chinese Writers Association and approved by the Organization Department of the Central Committee, Lu Dingyi's name was included in the list of party and state leaders who were invited to attend the farewell ceremony for Ding Ling's body , but he was not seen in Babaoshan.Three years later when Zhou Yang passed away, Lu Dingyi wrote to Zhou Mi, saying: "Comrade Zhou Yang is a good man, a decent man. He is too kind. . . . .”

On the afternoon of January 20, three members of Jiang Zulin's family also came from Shanghai. That night, eight members of three generations of the family reunited for the first time.On the evening of New Year's Eve, they participated in the Spring Festival Gala of people from all walks of life in the capital in the Great Hall of the People, and they merged into a joyous atmosphere.During the Spring Festival, the family of eight took a "family portrait" group photo. After the Spring Festival, Ding Ling began to urge to review the conclusions.This work is in charge of the review office of the Chinese Writers Association, and the person in charge of the review office is Zhang Xi.In July of the previous year, the Chinese Writers Association established a temporary party group, with Zhang Guangnian as secretary and Li Ji and Feng Mu as deputy secretaries.Because Zhang Guangnian was suffering from intestinal cancer, he had an operation at Union Hospital on February 5. In March, Chen Huangmei acted as the temporary party secretary of the Writers Association, and Zhang Xi was promoted to deputy secretary.

On February 17, Ding Ling wrote to Wei Bo and Zhang Xi, saying: "In the middle of last month, when you came to talk about my problem, you said that you should try to solve it in the middle of February. Now I don't know how it is going." Three days later , When I went to Babaoshan to attend Cui Wei's memorial service, I met Li Xin. He told Ding Ling: The Organization Department of the Central Committee has transferred your historical files to the Writers' Association and asked the Writers' Association to review and deal with your problem.Ding Ling also told him that she absolutely disagreed with the 1956 conclusion of the Central Propaganda Department on historical issues.At that time, Li Xin was working in the review office of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. His unjust case had been corrected in December of the previous year. The conclusion of the reexamination of the group case", concluded that this is "a case that was completely wrong and should be completely corrected."