- My son is in the first year of junior high school, and the school asks to see "Jiandang Weiye". After reading it, my son asked a series of questions, which are recorded below.

Zi: What is Jiandang?

Father: It's some people who set up an organization to achieve a certain goal.

Son: Is it an illegal organization?

Father: This ...... No.

Zi: But last time, a few of our classmates discussed and organized together to give advice to the teacher, why did the teacher say that we were an illegal organization?

Father: That's because you didn't get the teacher's permission beforehand.

Zi: But who gave them permission to build the dang?

Father: Chairman Mao is different from you. You are students and you should devote your energy to studying.

Zi: Wasn't Chairman Mao a student at the time?

Father: Seems so, right? Changsha Normal School.

Child: Changsha Normal School? One or two?

Father: Well, by today's standards, it should be a junior college.

Zi: Oh, Chairman Mao didn't get into the exam, so he has to go to Jiandang, right?

Father: Nonsense! This has nothing to do with what university you go to. You see Zhang Guotao in the movie, he is from Peking University.

Son: That's weird! You often say when you and your teachers are pinging that our task is to get into a good university, and if you go to a good university, you can do it all, right?

Father: That's right.

Zi: But Zhang Guotao has already been admitted to Peking University, why do you still want to go to Jiandang?

Father: This ...... Not for themselves, but for everyone.

Son: For everyone?

Father: Live a good life for everyone.

Son: Does this include our family?

Parent: Absolutely.

Son: Is our family's life better now than before?

Father: Of course! Let's talk about housing, you see that our family now lives in a house of more than 100 square meters, how big was it before the reform and opening up......

Zi: I'm not asking before the reform and opening up, but before the establishment of the dang.

Father: This ...... Whether life is good or not depends on many aspects......

Son: Let's talk about housing, how big was the house our family lived in at that time?

Father: At that time, our family lived in a courtyard house, and even the yard had to be four or five hundred square meters.

Son: Is the yard still there?

Father: It's still there, but it's not our family anymore.

Sub: Why?

Father: Taken away.

Son: Who took it away?

Father: State.

Zi: Is it the country after Chairman Mao founded Dang?

Parent: Yes.

Son: The state took away our courtyard house and replaced it with the current house for us, right?

Father: No. This house was later bought by us with our own money.

Son: Then why did the country take away our courtyard?

Father: That's right, when Chairman Mao was first established, they wanted to engage in the public system, and everyone shared the good things so that everyone could live a good life, so later they took away many people's property, including our family's house, and then distributed it to everyone.

Son: Oh, that's right. Then our family's current house should be given to us, why do we want to spend money to buy it?

Father: Because after a period of public you system, we found that there were not enough things, everyone was very poor, and they couldn't go on, and many people starved to death, so we engaged in the private you system again, allowing everyone to earn money to buy a house, so our family got the current house.

Zi: Can you earn money to buy a house before you build dang?

Father: Yes.

Son: That'...... Why do you work so hard?

Father: I can't say that. In fact, it is not entirely a restoration of the previous private system, theoretically speaking, our country is still a public system.

Son: Why am I getting more and more confused?

Parent: This question is your point complicated. Let's put it this way, you can have some things private, but the important things are public.

Sub: What are the important things, for example?

Father: For example, land, oil, etc.

Son: Then how do I see that you have to pay every time you refuel? And I heard that gasoline is still quite expensive, and the price has always increased? Isn't it a public one?

Father: This ...... The situation of oil is special.

Son: What about the land? This must be a public you, right?

Father: Yes, there is no doubt about that.

Son: So we don't have to pay for land for our house, right?

Father: No, on the contrary, it's a lot of money.

Zi: I understand, the land was originally owned by the public, and we paid for it and made it our own.

Father: No, it's still public after we pay for it.

Zi: Didn't you just say that the house is our own?

Father: The house is our own, but the land under the house is public.

Son: I don't understand how it works.

Father: Let's put it this way, we have to return the land after 70 years.

Son: Huh? How do you return the law? Demolished the house?

Father: This ...... I don't know. Maybe if you don't demolish the house, you'll have to pay for it.

Son: But haven't we already paid for it?

Father:...... Maybe it's not enough.

Son: Is it that our house is very cheap, so we have to pay a few more times?

Father: No! This one...... It is true that the house in our country is not cheap, and if it is calculated in relation to the national income, it may be the most expensive in the world.

Child: The most expensive house in the world, can only live in 70 years?

Parent: 70 years is the maximum term. The shortest I heard was only 20 years.

Son: Just because our country is a public system?

Father: As I said, it's a complicated question...... In the time of Chairman Mao, it was a public system, and later in the time of Comrade Xiaoping it was not quite so. Anyway, we should still be grateful to Comrade Xiaoping, at least we live in your house now......

Zi: When did Comrade Xiaoping build dang?

Father: Nonsense! Comrade Ping did not build a dang, he and Chairman Mao are the same dang.

Zi: Oh, that is, before Chairman Mao built the dang, the house could be bought with money, and who bought it to whom?

Parent: Right.

Zi: Later, Chairman Mao established the system, and the public system was implemented......

Father: Didn't you make it public immediately after the establishment of dang, didn't you say it in the movie, and fought for decades and sacrificed many martyrs......

Son: Oh, yes, there were many battles and many deaths, so the public system was implemented, the house could not be bought, and the courtyard of our family and the property of many people were taken away?

Parent: Right.

Zi: Later, many people starved to death, so Comrade Xiaoping implemented the private system......

Father: No, didn't I say it, theoretically it's still a public system......

Zi: I still haven't figured out what this system is, how can it be so complicated?

Father: This ...... I don't know, and I don't think a lot of people do.

Zi: All in all, Comrade Xiaoping said, the house can be bought again?

Father: Yes, so we should be thankful......

Zi: But the house that Chairman Mao took away when he took it back didn't you return it to us?

Father: This ...... Yes.

Zi: And we still need to pay for the house ourselves, and the price is very expensive?

Father: Yes.

Son: And then the house we bought for a very expensive amount of money can only live for a while, 70 years for the long and 20 years for the shortest?

Father: This ...... Of course, what will happen then, it's not clear yet.

Son: Don't you think it's a bit of a toss-up?

Father: You can't say that...... Of course, this process is indeed complex and repetitive.

Son: The question is, I can't see what benefits we've gotten, so why should I be grateful?

Father: This ...... You can't just look at ourselves, you have to look at the majority of the people......

Son: Are you saying that most of the people now live in better houses than ours? Or don't have to pay for it? Or can you buy it and live forever?

Father: No, they are in the same situation as us, most of them live in houses that are not as good as ours.

Son: Then I still don't understand...... By the way, what about the people who built the dang with Chairman Mao in the first place?

Father: Oh, didn't you return to the war years after Jiandang, during the war years, your people rebelled, and your people sacrificed.

Son: What about those who didn't die? Is it the same as us?

Father: Those who didn't die during the war years, of course, will certainly have had a much better life than we did. However, they are no longer alive now.

Son: Are they descendants then? How's life going?

Father: Of course the offspring you. Day...... Presumably better than us!

Son: Oh! I understand! Why didn't you say it earlier!

Father:...... You understand what! Sue you that your understanding is wrong!

Son: How do you explain that?

Father:...... Your teacher should explain it to you.

Child: The teacher didn't explain, and it can't be explained, and the teacher won't listen to this kind of question at all! The teacher just asked us to watch "Jiandang Weiye".

Father: Alas, it seems that this kind of movie is not suitable for children of your age.

Sub: Why? Because after we read it, will you have questions? Shouldn't we be thinking? 🤔 Shouldn't you ask questions?

Father:......

Son: And why spend a lot of money on this kind of film? Why do teachers in every school ask students to spend dozens of dollars to watch this movie?

Father:......