Chapter 147: Helpless
Unlike Quanzima's blunt knife to cut meat, without Chen Deyuan's backer, the changes in the lives of the Hong family can be described as "immediate", and each of them was beaten back to their original shape almost overnight. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and this kind of embarrassment in political treatment is even more difficult to describe.
The first thing to do was that the Sugar Pastry Company exempted Hong Lucheng, the object of "internal control transformation", from all preferential treatment, and reassigned him the work of cleaning toilets and digging gutters in the past. Then, on the third day after Chen Deyuan's cremation, the company's rebels transferred Hong Lucheng's job from a clean and comfortable food warehouse to a cold air-raid shelter converted into a sundries warehouse. From this moment on, this gang forcibly detained Hong Lucheng in an underground warehouse for more than half a year on the grounds of "digging deep into ideological trends".
During this period, Hong Lucheng not only had to undertake all the dirty work in the underground warehouse alone, but also had to stay up late every day to write confession materials. Not only does he eat and live underground, but he only goes to the toilet twice a day, which is like going to prison. It is not unfortunate to say that the origin of his leg disease in the future may be here.
As for the length of the family's visits, it also depends on the mood of the rebels. Maybe two or three days, maybe a week or two, but it has to be approved after repeated applications and good words. And every time she visited, Wang Yunlin would bring some food to Hong Lucheng as much as possible, but when she saw Hong Lucheng's face getting thinner and thinner with every meeting, she knew that her husband's life was not very comfortable, so she couldn't help but feel sad secretly.
Especially once, when she saw Hong Lucheng walking out of the air-raid shelter, she couldn't help a passing rebel carry the syrup bucket in time because she didn't hear half a sentence clearly, and the rebel slapped his husband hard. But what about Hong Lucheng? Even if he has red and swollen fingerprints on his face, he still has to continue to help without complaint. Seriously, it's a sad scene. But the only thing Wang Yunlin can do is to silently stream tears into her stomach.
But then again, don't look at Hong Lucheng's life in the unit is really difficult, but in fact, Wang Yunlin is not very comfortable at home. Because in this year, the treatment of "untouchables" is carried out in every corner of life. Since Hong Lucheng was controlled by the rebels, Mao Yuanfang, the big director of the street, also jumped out and continued to embarrass the Hong family.
Director Mao's first move was to formulate several control measures for the Hong family and paste them on the wall of the east courtyard of Guanyin Academy. It is as demanding as the first of Phaureus, and the specific content includes:
1. Wake up at 6 o'clock at the latest, and go to bed at 10 o'clock in the evening.
2. In addition to cleaning the streets every morning, rain and snow, they are also responsible for snow removal and sludge removal and labor reform.
3. Relatives are not allowed to come and go, and if someone comes to Hong's house to move around, it is to buy and win over.
4. If you walk and touch people, you are not allowed to walk in the middle, and you must bow your head and walk to the side.
Fifth, it is not allowed to scribble. All letters received or sent must be submitted to the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang for review by the director of public security.
6. Every week, a "heart-to-heart" material should be written and submitted to the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, except for a fixed conversation every Sunday. It is also necessary to be investigated at any time and participate in the "study" of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang.
In this regard, although the old daughter-in-law has a lot of opinions, saying that the Hong family has been transformed well, and there is no need to treat each other like this. But Mao Yuanfang has been "shaking" in the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang for several years, and now he has basically taken control of power. So she didn't care about the old daughter-in-law's words at all, but deliberately asked the old daughter-in-law to be personally responsible for supervision, and said that if there was any laxity, she would be held accountable, and as a result, the old daughter-in-law was so angry that she almost slapped the table.
In this way, Wang Yunlin lived a life of sweeping the road before dawn every day, going to work during the day, and writing materials after work. And she can't rest every weekend, she has to go to the review meeting of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, hand over materials and take them out to confess her "thinking trends".
Often at this kind of meeting, a group of street activists, with the support of Mao Yuanfang, will always speak one after another, criticizing Wang Yunlin for not being proactive in the transformation, and even resisting the transformation. And the degree of strong words, nothing to do, and chasing after the wind is like a joke, but Wang Yunlin must make a respectful statement to pass the test in the face of this kind of "picking bones in the egg".
In short, if Wang Yunlin is not tossed and exhausted, Mao Yuanfang will not let her go easily. Only when this "stinky thatched house" likes to humiliate people's deformed mentality is fully satisfied, will she come to an end temporarily.
In this case, Wang Yunlin was naturally physically and mentally exhausted, both mentally and physically and mentally, it was worse day by day. Not to mention, fortunately, the enthusiasm of the masses has subsided during this period, and there is no longer a "street parade", plus Hong Yanzheng has married two years ago, and there is a newly married eldest daughter-in-law at home who can help her with housework. Otherwise, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to stand it a long time ago.
This ordeal is not limited to Mr. and Mrs. Hong Lucheng. Similar to his parents, Hong Yanzheng, the eldest son of the Hong family, has also returned to the bottom of the Red Star Furniture Factory.
In fact, since he was assigned to the factory in 1960, Hong Yanzheng has been doing the worst and most tiring type of work in the factory - adzeworker.
At that time, the carpentry industry was still basically in a primitive state, and there were few electric equipment in the Red Star Furniture Factory, so most of the manual technical work was done here. The adze, probably the most primitive tool of the carpenter, is shaped like an axe, which is attached to the front end of a long wooden handle, and is used by a person standing on a log to plan. The main task of this type of work is to use a adzes to repair the logs wrapped in bark into regular wooden squares on all sides, and then stack and dry them, so as to facilitate further processing and make planks and wooden squares.
However, despite the fact that this job seems simple, it is not so easy to do. Because of the danger of doing this work, when the sharpened and snowy adze blade is cut down, the arm naturally has to be pushed into the arms, and if you don't get it right, you will cut it on the instep of your foot. Therefore, it is true that there are quite a few dry workers who have their toes cut off, cut off the instep, and cut off the calf bones. As a result, the carpenters in this line of work wrapped the underside tightly, and some even tied hard bark and iron sheets to the instep of their feet. But in this way, it is better to say that the taste of winter is simply pure sin.
In addition to the hard and dangerous work, the most uncost-effective thing about doing this job is actually the low salary. Because the adzede worker is counted as two more apprentices than other types of work, not to mention that even after becoming a regular worker, the salary has only risen from 18 yuan to 26 yuan, let alone doing anything else, and even eating is not enough. As a result, the work of an adzeworker has become the most unpopular profession in the furniture factory, and every adzeder is trying to transfer to another type of work.
Originally, Hong Yanzheng didn't think about it, he knew his identity, but after all, he was almost thirty years old, and his monthly salary not only couldn't help the family, but he also had to rely on his parents to make up for it, so he felt awkward as a man. So he tried to mention it to Chen Deyuan once, wanting Chen Deyuan to help him talk to the leader. Unexpectedly, Chen Deyuan really took his matter as a priority, and soon went to the Red Star Furniture Factory with his own cigarettes and alcohol.
As a result, things went very smoothly, Chen Deyuan drank twice with the military representative and the factory director and transferred Hong Yanzheng to the carpentry workshop, not only the salary immediately rose to 36 yuan three, but also arranged for Wang Hanping, the best seventh-level carpenter in the factory, to take him personally, so that he finally had the opportunity to learn a full set of carpentry skills seriously. And what touched Hong Yanzheng the most was that Chen Deyuan not only confiscated his thank-you gift afterwards, but also asked him not to tell Hong Lucheng and his wife, saying that it was right for their two families to help each other, and it would be meaningless if they did this again.
It is precisely because of Chen Deyuan's help that Hong Yanzheng's life is much better, not only the leaders see him smiling again, but also the workers and colleagues have a lot less cold eyes on him. The most important thing is that he himself sees a glimmer of hope for the future, not only because of the increase in wages, but also because he has a monthly surplus. It is also because the work of the carpentry workshop is far more interesting and practical than that of the adze.
Soon, Hong Yanzheng used the skills he had learned to help his family and neighbors repair broken furniture, which also made him gain a good popularity throughout the hutong. This rare equality and respect in turn became a driving force, prompting him to immerse himself more in the world of carpentry and wholeheartedly follow his master Wang Hanping to learn the craft.
You must know that the reason why Wang Hanping took the first share of 79 yuan and 4 among the workers in the factory was because his mentorship originated from the most famous wood shop in Beijing, "Long Shuncheng". And a traditional craftsman like him who has the ability to love the most is Hong Yanzheng's diligence. So Hong Yanzheng, who only knew that he was immersed in hard work, made Wang Hanping move his heart to love talents, and he officially accepted the apprenticeship ceremony in private, and accepted Hong Yanzheng as a personal disciple. In this way, in less than two years, under the teaching of Wang Hanping, Hong Yanzheng has faintly become one of the best carpentry skills among the young workers in the factory.
Seriously, in fact, by this time, Hong Yanzheng had completely fallen in love with the job of carpenter, and even determined to work hard for ten years, striving to be better than the blue, and surpass the master to be the best carpenter in the Red Star Furniture Factory.
It's just a pity that Chen Deyuan's death changed everything again. As soon as he heard the news of Chen Deyuan's death, the factory director immediately turned his face, and even ignored the joint opposition of the workshop director and Wang Hanping, and insisted on transferring Hong Yanzheng back to work as an adzeworker, and the position of the carpentry workshop was given to another adzemer, who was the nephew of the wife of the manager of the nearby vegetable market.
This sudden blow naturally made Hong Yanzheng very sad. At the same time, he could not help but fall into another deep distress. Because if he wants to put it aside, this will make him feel awkward at most, and there is no substantial damage. But now his situation is different, because his wife Xu Manli is already pregnant, and his salary is ten yuan less, so how should he live in the future?
For this problem, Hong Yanzheng had to have the courage to give gifts to the factory director. But the factory director didn't like the little thing he sent, and he used words to squeeze him. In the end, he was so damaged that his face was flushed, and he couldn't stay any longer, so he had to leave, and then the matter was completely yellow.
Thanks to his master Wang Hanping's kindness, he couldn't see that his apprentice was too wronged, and after learning about this, he pulled the workshop director to find the military representative. finally gave up his old face and gave Hong Yanzheng an errand to help the carpentry workshop work overtime every night. In this way, Wang Hanping can continue to teach Hong Yanzheng some carpentry skills, and he can also give him an extra five or six yuan of overtime pay per month, which finally temporarily solves the urgent need of this apprentice.
But there is also a fly in the ointment in this way, that is, Hong Yanzheng has to live in the factory for most of the time, and he has less time to go home. Even if he knew that his wife was about to give birth, he couldn't have too many opportunities to work for the family, but in disguise, Xu Manli, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Hong family, took on heavier family chores.
In this regard, Hong Yanzheng can only have a silent gratitude and debt to his wife who is pregnant with Liujia in his heart, and besides, he has nothing else to think of.