In the bedroom of Ruan Mingzhu's uncle Peng Zichao, there is a large photo that occupies almost half of the wall, except for Peng Zichao, everyone who has seen this color photo will be in awe, giving birth to a kind of infinite emotion and sadness. In Peng's view, this photograph taken more than 30 years ago is his single most precious family carnival. Although there is a traditional outsider in the photo, Peng Zichao has long regarded him as a member of the family, and his place is set up in the solemn ceremony of the deceased every year.

This person is Zheng Erqi, the former senior leader who is sitting on a square bench in the middle of the photo, sitting on his left side and listening to Peng Zichao's brother-in-law and Ruan Mingzhu's father Guo Yonghuai, sitting on the right with a spring breeze on his face Peng Zichao's sister and Ruan Mingzhu's mother Peng Jie, and the big boy snuggling next to Peng Jie is Peng Zichao.

Peng Zichao heard his brother-in-law say that the background of the time when this photo was taken is that the country is about to carry out an unprecedented private enterprise transformation movement, Guo Yonghuai is one of the few industrialists with national influence in China, Zheng Erqi preached to him on behalf of the government the great significance of the transformation movement to the country's economic construction, and hoped that he could play an exemplary role, take the lead in the movement, and make dedication to the construction of the country and the interests of the people! Guo Yonghuai said that he felt extremely honored and excited to have a heart-to-heart talk with a government leader like Zheng Erqi who was in a high position. In addition, Guo Yonghuai still has a political halo on his head, and it is his duty to assist the government. Guo Yonghuai didn't say a word, and immediately complied with the government's requirements, took the initiative to accept the transformation, and handed over all his enterprises to the state. Driven by him. The renovation campaign in Sanjiang City is progressing rapidly. During that period, every day you could see the procession beating gongs and drums to report the good news to the government, and Guo Yonghuai was often seen making reports to encourage colleagues to participate in the reform movement.

The joy that this photo brought to Guo Yonghuai lasted only a few years. It became the bane of his family's disaster. Soon after the beginning of the turbulent years, Zheng Erqi was knocked to the ground, stepped on one foot, and never turned over, and Guo Yonghuai's bad luck followed.

First of all, Guo Yonghuai, as the "disciple and grandson of Zheng Erqi, a capitalist roader", was continuously criticized, and the scene was enthusiastic, the momentum was huge, and the slogan was high-pitched. It is far from being comparable to the transformation movement of the year. At the criticism meeting, kneeling is a common thing, and the taste of "taking a plane" has been tasted many times. For Guo Yonghuai and his wife. This humiliation is only the first round of "touching the soul". The husband and wife comforted and encouraged each other, and comforted themselves with Ah Q's spiritual victory method: it was not his family who was criticized and paraded on the streets, but from Sanjiang City alone, it was a pattern of flowers everywhere. Recall that when the old society was founded in the society, the government and bandits colluded to defraud. made Guo Yonghuai suffer a lawsuit for three months in vain. also lost thirty "small yellow croaker". I've suffered all that kind of hardship, but now it's nothing, so I gritted my teeth and got through.

Guo Buhuai underestimated the current situation! How could he have thought that a creative rebel with lofty ideals would never let go of his big fat piece easily?

That afternoon, Guo Yonghuai's house suddenly broke into four lively Red Guards, with green military uniforms and red sleeves. A medium-sized Red Guard said loudly: "We are the rebels of the invincible combat squad, we will take revolutionary action against the exploiting class, your good days are over, we Red Guards will repose your life and dictate your government." You are only allowed to be honest, and you are not allowed to talk nonsense! ”

Guo Yonghuai and his wife were so frightened that their faces were as earthy as earth. I don't know what to do.

Another Red Guard shouted: "You two go to the toilet and stay, as long as you are honest and don't move, we guarantee your safety, if you are not honest, immediately escort Lu out of the city and wear a high hat to parade through the streets, do you hear?" ”

Guo Yonghuai and his wife trembled and walked into the toilet, not daring to say a word.

Four Red Guards rummaged through the room, more than an hour later. They took Guo Yonghuai and his wife to the living room, pointed to a pile of antiques on the ground and said, these things are all exploited by you, and they are the blood and sweat of the working people! Our rebels want to confiscate it all and return it to the working people, will you accept it? Guo Yonghuai stammered and said, serve, serve. The man at the head said, "Okay, let's count them one by one and make a list."

In about half an hour, please finish ordering the items. The leader said, Guo Yonghuai, look at it clearly, is the list written correctly? Guo Yonghuai put on reading glasses and looked at them for a while and said, that's right. The leader said, "That's good, let's sign it." The leader signed "Chen Weidong of the Invincible Combat Team of the Eighth Middle School of the City" on the two lists, and the other signed the words "Liu Weimin".

After completing the "formalities", the four Red Guards carried the items to the tricycle in a big way, and took turns to move them four or five times before they were completed.

Guo Yonghuai's family property accumulated all his life disappeared in an instant, and the couple wanted to cry without tears and had no sleep all night. The next day, Guo Yonghuai found that his hair was all white!

A day later, another group of Red Guards came to raid Guo Yonghuai's home, headed by Lin and surnamed Lin. After reading the slip of the house, they regretted that they were late, so they had to return in a huff. Unexpectedly, another day later, the surnamed Lin brought a piece of news that made Guo Yonghuai collapse: there were no two people, Chen Weidong and Liu Weimin, in the invincible combat team of the city's No. 8 Middle School, that is to say, Guo Yonghuai's family property was robbed by someone with open fire! Guo Yonghuai decided to call the police, but in that turbulent era, even the lives of people like Guo Yonghuai were trampled on like ants, not to mention their family property?

From then on, Guo Yonghuai could not control his fate, and the only thing he could call the shots was to pass his only daughter Guo Mingzhu to his aunt and cousin, and change her surname to Ruan. This is what he talked to Peng Zichao before he disappeared, and the only thing he has done in his life is both resolute and helpless, sad and happy. Guo Mingzhu was only ten years old when she left the Guo family, and the mother and daughter cried together. Guo Mingzhu cried and said, Mom, don't you want me? I don't want to go, I want to be with my mother! I won't be hungry anymore, I'll go to the countryside to find wild vegetables to eat! My mother cried and fainted three times, and every time I woke up, I repeatedly told me that when I arrived at my cousin's house, don't come home, you will be surnamed Ruan in the future, you are a member of the Ruan family, and the descendants of poor middle peasants who are rooted in Miao Hong!

Guo Mingzhu was escorted by Peng Zichao to his cousin's house in the countryside, and the cousin kept her promise to raise Mingzhu as her own daughter, and changed Guo Mingzhu to Ruan Mingzhu, who was later admitted to university as a poor peasant from a family. She never saw her parents again: Guo Zihuai and his wife disappeared mysteriously three years after Mingzhu left home, and their whereabouts are still unknown!

Peng Zichao enlarged this "family carnival" photo and hung it on the wall, the purpose is to remind himself of his responsibility at all times, and he has the meaning of trying to be brave. Peng Zichao originally had a wife, and after Zheng Erqi's accident, Peng Zichao, like Guo Yonghuai, was implicated in this "family carnival" and was put into the list of "black line figures", and was dragged to the conference by the rebels for criticism in three days. His wife took the initiative to draw a line with him in a timely manner, exposed his reactionary ideas touting Zheng Erqi in front of thousands of workers at the conference, and announced her divorce from him on the spot. Peng Zichao personally felt that life was sinister, even his wife didn't believe him, and regarded him as an enemy and a reactionary. Peng Zichao was discouraged and had the idea of suicide.

He hesitantly walked to the balcony, the night in Sanjiang City was the same as yesterday, half of it was lit by thousands of lights, and half was dark. On one side of the lights of the house lived the victors of the Armageddon a few days ago, who took control of the power plant and announced a phased punishment for the other side: three days of power cuts. Peng Zichao's house is at the junction of light and darkness, the light in the house is still on, it is the light of his wife, and it is Peng Zichao who will be swept out of the house in a few days.

Peng Zichao wanted to jump down over the railing with his eyes closed, and this life would be a hundred! It's too tiring to be a man, always living in the mental torture of fighting and fighting, and what's worse is that this kind of fighting shows no signs of stopping, everyone is like a big rooster in anger, staring at each other, not blinking, and longing for the eyeballs to fall off!

Now he has nothing to worry about, his sister and brother-in-law are locked up in the cowshed, it seems that there is no future, and he can only pray to God to bless them and ask for more blessings, and he can't help at all. Suddenly, Peng Zichao's heart tightened, and he thought of a person: his niece's daughter Mingzhu! In front of his eyes, Mingzhu cried heartbreakingly, tears poured out like a fountain, although her cousin treated her well, but after all, it was not her own flesh and blood, after a long time, it was inevitable that there would be pimples. Besides, at the moment, my sister and brother-in-law can't take care of Xiaomingzhu, and I can send some money and food to subsidize the subsidy every three forks. If even she is gone, Xiaozhu will become a veritable outcast, how will she live in the future?

Peng Zichao suddenly understood that his thoughts were too selfish, and he only wanted to be happy for a while, completely ignoring the life and death of his sister, brother-in-law and niece. In vain came three words in his heart: No death! If he leaves so unexplained, someone will add another charge to him: stubbornness and self-isolation from the people.

Peng Zichao still remembers to this day that the day his wife publicly announced her divorce from him at the conference happened to be "Halloween", and he almost jumped off the balcony and became a veritable unjust ghost. That is, from that day on, Peng Zichao's desire to survive was extremely strong, and he made a vow that not only could not die unexplained, but lived well, to cultivate Xiaomingzhu as an adult, and to live a personal life! Peng Zichao finally did this: today's Peng Zichao is worthy of Zheng Erqi in "Family Carnival", and even more worthy of his sister and brother-in-law. He silently comforted Yingling in his heart: Zheng Yiqi's unjust case has already been announced to the world, his historical status has been reaffirmed, and the grievances of his sister and brother-in-law are also being clarified step by step according to Peng Zichao's plan, and it is expected that the day when the truth will be revealed is not far away! (To be continued......)