On October 2, 1949, the day after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Fourth Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The 15th Corps of the 4th Field Corps and the Liangguang Column launched an attack on the Kuomintang troops defending Guangdong, and on 14 October, the PLA took Guangzhou and pursued the main force of the enemy fleeing in the southwestern direction of Guangdong. By the end of October, a total of more than 60,000 Kuomintang army corps and their remnants had been wiped out, and the whole province had been liberated except for the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island. In the face of the powerful attack of the People's Liberation Army, the defenders of the Leizhou Peninsula are like ants on a hot pot, and they know that they will not last long. After several painful choices, the soldier who had participated in the expeditionary force to fight against Japan in Burma had long been tired of the fratricidal civil war, and he knew that fighting with the unstoppable communist army at this time could only be a dead end, in order to save the lives of the officers and men of the regiment and leave a way back for himself, he decided to lead the whole regiment to revolt and surrender to the People's Liberation Army. With this idea in mind, he summoned all the officers of the regiment to a meeting to discuss the matter, and the atmosphere of the meeting was very tense. Lin Nanhui doesn't know much about politics, but he is a disciple of Captain Mai and a staunch supporter of Captain Mai. At this meeting, Lin Nanhui took out a pistol and stood behind Captain Mai as a bodyguard, if anyone dared to oppose Captain Mai's decision, he would collapse someone. After Commander Mai explained the stakes of the uprising, all the middle- and lower-ranking officers of the regiment unanimously agreed to surrender to the PLA.

The people of Haitou Town woke up one morning and suddenly found a strange phenomenon, the Kuomintang soldiers in the town took off the blue sky and white sun badge on their hats overnight, claiming to be the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and there were almost no things to bully the people, and then a large number of PLA troops were stationed in Haitou Town and the surrounding areas.

After the uprising, the original structure, personnel, and positions of Commander Mai remained unchanged, and some backbone elements were sent by the Siye Army to reorganize the team. At this time, Wang Hongju was already a party member and a cadre with a company-level title, and he was assigned by his superiors to Haitou Town as a political instructor of Lin Nanhui's company.

The troops wanted to force their way across the Qiongzhou Strait to liberate Hainan Island, looking for and borrowing boats, building ships, and recruiting boatmen. Wang Hongju and Lin Nanhui led their soldiers to political education and military training all day long. After listening to a few political lessons given by Wang Hongju, Lin Nanhui felt that many of the political ideas of ** were for the good of the people, and his team was more energetic than before! He was glad that Captain Mai had taken him to the ** team.

One day, after training, Lin Nanhui and a few soldiers who grew up by the sea were helping fishermen repair boats preparing to cross the sea, when a young girl found him. The arrival of this girl immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Wow! Whose family is this girl? It's so beautiful! ”

"Even if it is placed in our entire Leizhou, it can be regarded as one of the two beauties!"

"Yes, even if you get to Guangzhou, this sister won't lose anyone!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the girl in front of them intently.

This girl is Lin Nanhui's niece and Lin Nancai's only daughter Lin Meijiao. Lin Meijiao is twenty-eight years old, it is the fresh flowering season of the water spirit, her melon seed face is equipped with apricot kernel eyes that are shining, her black eyebrows are like a crescent moon, her skin is fair and delicate, and her thick black hair is shining like a metallic luster in the sun. Lin Meijiao is wearing a white and black silk dress today, revealing a well-proportioned and graceful figure under the blowing of the sea breeze. Lin Nancai and his wife are average-looking, but they gave birth to a beautiful woman.

Lin Nanhui is not married and has children, he treats this niece as his own and loves him very much. He felt very strange when he saw Lin Meijiao coming to the army to find him, so he put down his work and walked to Lin Meijiao's side. He asked, "Meijiao, why don't you stay at home and come here to find me?" Lin Meijiao saw that there were many people next to her looking at her, and she lowered her head and did not speak. Lin Nanhui pulled Lin Meijiao aside and asked her why she came to the army, Lin Meijiao hugged her uncle's shoulders and cried before she could speak.

Seeing that her niece was crying, Lin Nanhui hurriedly asked her why she was crying, Lin Meijiao cried very sadly, she said breathlessly: "There is an accident at home." ”

Lin Nanhui urged: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with your parents?" ”

After Lin Meijiao's mood stabilized, she briefly described what happened at home to her uncle, Lin Nanhui only felt five thunders when he heard it, he never expected this kind of thing to happen in his own home. It turned out that Lin Nancai's home was raided by the poor peasants who had just organized in Shipo Village, and Lin Nancai and his wife were not only raided, but also dragged to the village as landlords to hold a criticism meeting, led by the village head Luo Nanhai.

"What? Luo Nanhai became the village head? What's going on? ”

"It was elected by the villagers when the people of the land reform team convened the villagers' meeting a few days ago."

This Luo Nanhai is a foreign surname in Shipo Village, and he is a good friend who grew up with Lin Nanhui since childhood. He lost his father soon after he was born, lost his mother when he was ten years old, lived in a broken thatched house left by his parents, and ate hundreds of meals from a family to the west since he was a child. Don't look at Luo Nanhai as an orphan, but he has a flexible mind and can speak well, and he also blows Xiao well, and often blows Xiao like a cry when he is idle. This Luo Nanhai has had a temper with Lin Nan Whitt since he was a child, and the two are almost the same age, so they can play together. Lin Nanhui is strong and good at fighting, Luo Nanhai is smart and clever as a military advisor, and the two of them lead a group of children from Shipo Village to often fight with children from several nearby villages, and they are almost invincible opponents in nearby villages. Because the brothers are very good, the righteous Lin Nanhui often receives some silver taels for Luo Nanhai, and pulls him to his home for dinner every Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival. Lin Nanhui's sister-in-law was the daughter of a big family before she got married, and she had Xiao, qin, guzheng and other musical instruments since elementary school, she especially liked to listen to Luo Nanhai play Xiao, so she also especially liked Luo Nanhai to play at home, one was to give him a full meal, and the other was to listen to him blow the flute. When Luo Nanhai grew up, as long as he couldn't mix outside, he came to Lin Nancai's house to find Lin Nanhui to live for a few days, and the hospitable Lin Nancai and his wife often said to him: "It doesn't matter if you live permanently, it's just a lot of dishes and chopsticks for eating." "This Luo Nanhai is a diligent person, he will not live in other people's houses for nothing, and often do some odd jobs for Lin Nancai's family.

Unexpectedly, such a very good friend since he was a child led someone to raid his home, Lin Nanhui was really angry, he threw down the shipbuilding tools and returned to the company, and privately brought a few brothers who had followed him for many years to pick up the gun and run to Shipo Village. Before leaving, a soldier asked him worriedly: "Company commander, don't we greet the instructor?" ”

Lin Nanhui said without annoyance: "Don't be long-winded! The house is on fire, let's go! ”

The highest part of Shipo Village is a flat place, where Lin Nancai's yard sits, and standing in front of his house can overlook the whole village. Lin Nancai's courtyard was left by the ancestors of the Lin family, with an area of nearly one acre or so, surrounded by high walls built with cyan mountain stones. There is a tall watchtower on the left and right sides of the gate of the Lin family, which was built to prevent bandits from robbing. Entering the gate is a row of main houses, two rows of east and west wings, and there is a tall and dense Brahmi tree in the courtyard, and there are many huge jackfruit fruits hanging on the trunk. From the middle of the main house through to the backyard, the pattern of the backyard is almost the same as the front yard, but the house is taller and bigger, the yard is planted with a teacup mouth thick smiling tree, the smiling tree is full of flowers, in the afternoon spit out bursts of rich dark fragrance. Passing back from this yard is a large open space, in addition to some trees, there are several pigsties, chicken coops, and so on. From the construction of this old mansion, it can be seen that the Lin family was prosperous back then. After the liberation of the Leizhou Peninsula, the land reform working group was stationed in Shipo Village to organize the peasants to carry out the land reform movement of fighting the landlords and rich peasants to divide the land and divide the land.

Under the guidance of the working group, the poor peasants of Shipo Village were organized, and Luo Nanhai, who had no home or job, was the poorest proletariat in Shipo Village, and he became the village chief of Shipo Village after being recommended by the land reform working group and unanimously approved by the villagers, and Afu, a young man who was less than 20 years old, became the militia captain.

Luo Nanhai is the leader of the village, but he is resistant to copying Lin Nan's wealthy family. He thinks that it is true that Lin Nancai's family has money and land, but it is earned by his ancestors by trading with others, not by stealing and robbing. Lin Nancai and his wife have never done evil in the village, have never bullied the poor in the village, and sometimes help some villagers and neighbors who can't open the pot, why should they raid his home and divide his land. The comrades of the agrarian reform working group severely criticized him, saying that he had no proletarian consciousness and no revolutionary stand, and that he had to draw a clear line with the landlord class through practical actions, otherwise he would be removed from his post as village head. Hearing that the working group was going to remove himself from his position as village head, Luo Nanhai felt that he was not looking good; In particular, when Ah Fu and others scolded him for sympathizing with the landlord class and standing on the opposite side of the revolution, he was frightened, and he hurriedly told the leaders of the working group that he must raise his class consciousness and draw a clear line with the reactionary landlord class. One morning, Luo Nanhai and Ah Fu smashed open Lin Nancai's house with many militiamen.

When Lin Nanhui rushed back to his house with a few soldiers, he saw many slogans posted on the walls of his courtyard, and two large plaques with undried paint erected at the entrance of the courtyard, one of which read: Shipo Village Villagers' Committee, and the other read: Shipo Village Land Reform Leading Group.

Lin Nanhui stepped into the door, and the first thing he saw was an ancestral rosewood bed that had been dismantled and thrown in the courtyard, his heart chuckled, and then he saw that there were some smashed vases and antiques scattered on the ground in the courtyard. He secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good.

"Big brother!" Lin Nanhui shouted loudly in a hurry, and rushed into the main room. The original furnishings in the main room were gone, only a generous dining table and a few wooden chairs, and a few portraits of revolutionary leaders were hung on the walls of the central hall. Luo Nanhai and Ah Fu were meeting around the table with a few uniformed men. They were surprised to see a few people in military uniforms breaking in from outside, and when Luo Nanhai and Ah Fu saw that it was Lin Nanhui, they felt a little uncomfortable, and they hurriedly stood up and greeted Lin Nanhui. Lin Nanhui didn't fight when he saw that the two of them were angry, he crossed his hands on his hips and asked angrily: "Ah Hai, we are good brothers, I really didn't expect it!" You actually led people to raid my brother's house? Luo Nanhai's face was flushed when he was asked, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Lin Nanhui. The land reform cadres in the same room didn't know what was going on, and stood aside and watched.

The young and vigorous Ah Fu said to Lin Nanhui: "Lin Nancai is a big landlord, our poor man's sworn enemy, and our land reform object, we must defeat him!" Ah Fu learned what the land reform cadres had said.

Lin Nanhui looked at him with contempt when he heard Ah Fu say this, and pouted his mouth and said, "Drink, I haven't seen you for a few days, you idiot will also say a few official words!" Ah Fu was originally a little afraid of Lin Nanhui, but now Lin Nanhui is the commander of the People's Liberation Army company, although Lin Nanhui doesn't speak well, he still doesn't dare to talk back. Lin Nanhui asked reluctantly: "Ah Fu, who is right between my brother and our Shipo Village?" How is he your nemesis? You say! ”

"Lin Nancai has a lot of land, a lot of houses, a lot of money, and he still opens a business in the town to do business and exploits others, he is the sworn enemy of the poor! Such people are going to be beaten. Ah Fu muttered quietly. Lin Nanhui scolded loudly: "You're farting! ”

Among the several land reform cadres standing on the side, there was an elderly man, who came to Lin Nanhui and said solemnly: "Comrade, you have to pay attention to your attitude of speaking!" A few of us came down from Siye, which part are you? ”

"I'm from that unit, you don't care! I'm going to ask you more! I was preparing to cross the sea to liberate Hainan Island in the front, but you raided the home of me, a comrade of the People's Liberation Army, in the back. Lin Nanhui glared.

Ah Fu said to Lin Nanhui: "Lin Nanhui, he is the leader of the land reform working group in our village, you should pay attention to what you say." ”

Team Leader Liu pointed at Lin Nanhui and asked Luo Nanhai and Ah Fu puzzled: "Tell me what's going on?" Isn't this the home of the big landlord Lin Nancai? How did it become his home? ”

As a last resort, Luo Nanhai spoke: "He is Lin Nancai's younger brother Lin Nanhui, and the two brothers live together." ”

"Didn't the villagers say that Lin Nanhui was a reactionary officer of the Kuomintang, why is he a People's Liberation Army?" That Team Leader Liu looked at Lin Nanhui suspiciously.

"Who are the reactionary officers! Lao Tzu rebelled and is now a PLA company commander. You open your eyes wide, don't I? Lin Nanhui exaggerated his face in front of Team Leader Liu.

Team Leader Liu took a few steps back and said, "I see that although you wear the uniform of the People's Liberation Army, you are still the essence of an old warlord in your bones!" It's inevitable that you'll do it today! Conform to your class nature. He no longer looked at Lin Nanhui but paced around the room with his hands behind his back, he waved his hand as if making a concluding speech and said: "Some people fight bravely to be the first when they change the lives of others, but when the revolution comes to their heads, they become deserters, and some people even become enemies of the revolution!" He suddenly walked up to Lin Nanhui and asked sharply, "Tell me, are you the number?" I want to report your interference with the land reform work to the higher leaders! Let the organization handle you! ”

"Don't pretend to be scary with me, okay? I've seen so much! I don't understand the big truths you said, and I know that you must release them right now! Return my Lin family's house property! ”

"You're a PLA soldier now, are you threatening the organization?"

"Didn't you say that my nature doesn't change? I'm going to threaten you, what's the matter? Lin Nanhui's attitude is very tough, if he can endure anything, he can't bear the fact that his brother was raided! When he saw that the people in the house were not responding, he took out his pistol and said to the brothers standing outside the door, "Take them all down for me!" As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers rushed in and pointed their guns at the people in the house, and as soon as Team Leader Liu was about to pull out his gun, Lin Nanhui stepped up and put his gun down, and a spear that Ah Fu leaned on next to the chair was also put away by Lin Nanhui. Lin Nanhui walked up to Luo Nanhai and pointed a pistol at him and asked, "You say, where is my brother and sister-in-law locked up?" Luo Nanhai lowered his head and didn't speak, Lin Nanhui pushed him out of the door with a gun against Luo Nanhai's back, he and the soldiers went out of the house and locked the door, he told his subordinates: "You are here to watch them, don't let one go!" Lest the rumors leak. ”

"Let's go! Take me to my brother and sister-in-law! Lin Nanhui asked Luo Nanhai to go in front, and he forced him with a gun in the back. When Luo Nanhai and Lin Nanhui were alone, he was like a different person just now, he happily agreed to Lin Nanhui's request, and took Lin Nanhui to the place where Lin Nancai and his wife were imprisoned, and it turned out that Lin Nancai and his family were locked up in a dilapidated house in the backyard of their house. Luo Nanhai took out the key and opened the door, Lin Nanhui walked into the house, only to see that the brother and sister-in-law were tied behind their backs and thrown in the corner, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped them up and untied the ropes. Luo Nanhai also hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two of them, Lin Nancai looked at him and sighed and said, "Hey, I really didn't expect you to do this to me!" ”

"I know you're going to call me ungrateful, but I didn't want to do it at first." Luo Nanhai was busy explaining that he was not compensated, the three members of the Lin family didn't pay attention to him, Lin Nanhui only said lightly in his friendship with him for many years: "Our friendship is over!" ”

After Lin Nanhui rescued his brother and sister-in-law, he locked Luo Nanhai and those people together, and then withdrew with his brother and sister-in-law and a few brothers.