The landlord Chen Wancai had only one son, Chen Zhong, who was a teacher at a school in Haikou, and when he heard that his landlord parents were being fought against by the villagers, he hurriedly asked for leave to return to his home in Nantian Village. As soon as he returned home, he was dumbfounded, his family lived in another family, the land was divided, the property was gone, his father was imprisoned, and his mother committed suicide. He fainted in a fit of rage, found Chen Hanhe with a wooden stick and fought, beat Chen Hanhe to the point that his head was bleeding, and then set a fire in his yard, which was extinguished before it was completely burned, and the arsonist Chen Zhong was arrested by the militia after attempting suicide. After Li Qiming learned about this incident, he regarded the incident of Chen Zhong beating people and setting fire to the people as a negative example of the landlord class's counterattack and resolute hostility against the people. Li Qiming wants to make an example and resolutely and quickly extinguish the counterrevolutionary arrogance of the landlord elements! At this time, the whole country was vigorously launching a campaign to suppress the counterrevolution, and in order to cooperate with the counter-revolution movement, Li Qiming wanted to arrest and kill a group of class enemies in the counties under his jurisdiction who were full of hatred for the new Communist regime and wanted to change the world. Chen Wancai, Chen Zhong, father and son were all included in the list of people to be killed, and the two of them were tied up and taken away by the armed militia sent by the county. Wang Hongju was very surprised to hear that the Chen father and son were the targets of the suppression, and he believed that even if the Chen father and son were guilty, they should not be punished, and that human life must not be killed by mistake. Wang Hongju felt that Li Qiming was suspected of making up the number of killings and comparing the results of the rebellion with other counties, and he wanted to stop it but could not do anything.

In a few earthen huts in Nantian Village, a number of landlords, rich peasants, and counter-revolutionaries who were about to be executed, including Chen Jiulai's father and son, were imprisoned, and new people were being arrested every day. Li Qiming decided that a few days later several villages would jointly convene a huge struggle meeting, at which these people would be tried and executed, in order to show the victorious results of the reform and suppression of the counter-revolutionary movement! On the first night of the public trial meeting, there was a sudden thunderstorm, and the rain was pouring down for several days, and the public trial meeting could only be postponed. As soon as the heavy rain stopped, the prisoners who were about to be executed were loaded onto trucks and driven to the site of the struggle meeting. At this time, Li Qiming received an urgent circular from the leaders at a higher level, which demanded that governments at all levels should be cautious in killing and killing less in the course of suppressing the rebellion, that counter-revolutionaries who were about to be executed should be re-screened, that counter-revolutionaries who had committed crimes and that did not kill those who had committed crimes and that were not enough to be indignant to the people, and that no other criminals should be killed. Li Qiming did not understand the spirit of his superiors' instructions, and although he was resistant in his heart, he had no choice but to carry them out.

Fortunately, due to the timely notification, this carload of people picked up a life.

After more than two months of land reform in Nantian Village, Wang Hongju received a notice asking him to return to the army. After Wang Hongju returned to the army, he learned the reason for his return, and it turned out that the army wanted to send some cadres to support Hainan. He was on the list of demobilized workers. As soon as Wang Hongju heard that he was going to leave the army, he was anxious, and he resolutely disagreed with the arrangement of his superiors. From the day he joined the army, Wang Hongju has tied his life closely with the people's army, except for the death in battle, he never thought of leaving the army and his close comrades-in-arms, leaving the army is like having no family and losing his parents, which he can't bear. Wang Hongju wanted to stay in the army and not leave, but there was no room for negotiation with the battalion commander.

Faced with the decision of the superior leaders, Wang Hongju felt dissatisfied, disappointed and aggrieved. But the military order fell like a mountain. As a soldier and a member of the Communist Party, he had to resolutely obey the organization's arrangements, and a few days later the unit held a brief farewell party for these demobilized and demobilized cadres and soldiers. After Wang Hongju said goodbye to his comrades-in-arms with tears in his eyes, he took up the post of teaching, and he was assigned to a town middle school on the bank of the Wanquan River as the principal.

The county where Wang Hongju teaches is a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese, and the people have always attached importance to education and respected scholars. The town's middle school is small. It was built in the early years of the Republic of China by overseas Chinese donations. The main building of the school is a small white French-style two-story building, the first floor of the building is the school office, and the second floor is the staff dormitory; At the back of the building are two rows of bungalow classrooms. In front of the building is a playground.

Locals rarely see northerners, and Wang Hongju, who speaks a northern dialect, caused quite a stir in the school as soon as he arrived. Most people would look at this tall and handsome vice principal with curiosity and reverence, and those unmarried young female teachers and senior girls would secretly look at Wang Hongju when they met him.

After Wang Hongju arrived at the school, he quickly entered the state of work, and he wanted to use intense work to forget the melancholy of leaving the army. Wang Hongju served as the principal and also served as a Chinese teacher, and he formulated a series of targeted teaching reforms according to his own understanding of education, especially the Chinese courses he taught, which were lively and lively, and used easy-to-understand language to turn the dull articles in the textbook into interesting and easy-to-absorb knowledge, not only students love to listen to his classes, but also teachers love to listen to the scriptures. Wang Hongju works well in the school, he lives happily with the simple and lovely students every day, and the school staff also respect him. The psychological shadow of Wang Hongju when he first left the army gradually disappeared.

Not far from the school walls is the winding Wanquan River, which takes less than a few minutes to walk out of the campus along the winding stone path. The gently flowing river is clear to the bottom, and the banks are lined with coconut, cotton and plantain trees. There are few people here, and occasionally a few village women can be seen washing clothes on the stone slabs by the river.

Wang Hongju likes the riverside environment very much, he often goes to the river after dinner, and whenever he is tired of walking, he will sit under the coconut trees by the river and watch the sunset on the horizon. As the day drew to a close, it was silent, except for the whispering sound of the leaves being stirred by the breeze. The clouds are floating in the sky, and the afterglow of the setting sun is painted with magnificent colors on the floating clouds. This dreamlike scenery made Wang Hongju think about it, and he seemed to feel like a cloud floating into the distance, tasting the loneliness and sorrow of being a stranger in a foreign land alone; Although he was surrounded by a group of pure and lovely students, he did not have a close friend to confide in; Although his current work is going well, the setbacks of the past have left him with unspeakable bitterness in his heart.

A person will always recall the memories of the past when he is depressed, and when he is lonely, he always looks forward to having a caring confidant by his side, how Wang Hongju hopes at this moment that Huang Tingting can be by his side! If that were the case, he wouldn't feel lonely and lonely, and if they would be teaching at school together, walking along the river, jumping into the river and swimming together, snuggling under the coconut trees to watch the sunset, feeling each other's pleasure and sharing each other's pain.

Whenever he thinks of Huang Tingting, Wang Hongju will have the urge to write a letter to Huang Tingting. But soon the idea of writing a letter will be discouraged. Wang Hongju is a person with strong self-esteem, he thinks that since Huang Tingting rejected his show of love, he can no longer stalk Huang Tingting and not let go, which is not only disrespectful to the other party, but also very embarrassing for himself, lest he leave a bad impression on the other party. How to deal with the relationship with Huang Tingting made him in a dilemma, and he had only one way, which was to miss Huang Tingting in his heart and silently wait for her to change his mind.

On this day, Wang Hongju walked back to the office after class, he opened the office door, and a person sitting at his desk surprised him, as he rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked at the person who came. The man had already rushed up on crutches and hugged him tightly.

"Instructor, don't you know me Lin Nanhui?"

"You're Lin Nanhui, of course I know you!"

Wang Hongju saw that Lin Nanhui was not dead, so he was surprised and grabbed his hand tightly and asked, "Didn't you sacrifice?" I've seen you and your ship blown away by shells, are you a human or a ghost now? ”

Lin Nanhui smiled and said, "God won't accept me, I'm not going to die yet!" ”

"It's great that you're alive!"

Two comrades-in-arms who shared life and death on the battlefield hugged each other tightly.

It turned out that during the beach-rushing operation, Lin Nanhui, who was already injured the moment the enemy shell hit the sailboat, jumped into the sea with all his might, and he was not blown up but was stunned. Unconscious, he was pushed onto the beach by the sea, and when he woke up, he was rescued by the troops who landed later, and spent months in the hospital before gradually recovering. Due to the severity of his injuries, his left arm and left leg bone were broken. Crippled, unable to return to combat units, had to be demobilized.

"Lao Lin, I was also injured when I crossed the sea and landed, and I stayed in the military hospital for more than two months, and I didn't see you in the hospital?

"At that time, our military hospital was full. They took me to the local hospital for surgery, and of course you won't see me. ”

Wang Hongju pressed Lin Nanhui on the chair and poured him another glass of water: "How did you, a ghost elf, find out about me?" ”

"I received a demobilization notice in the hospital, and the first thing I thought of after I was discharged from the hospital was to go to the army to see you and your comrades. Tell you I'm alive. The first time I went to the army, I didn't see you, they said that you went to the countryside to carry out land reform, and the second time I went to see you, they said that you had transferred to this school, and they gave you the address. ”

"You came all the way to see me when your legs and feet were not good, thank you for remembering me!"

"Seriously, the first person I wanted to see after I was discharged from the hospital was you, although I haven't been in our company for a long time, but you are the person I admire the most! After knowing the news of your transfer to the town middle school, I must come to see you! Then he lowered his voice again and said: "When I first heard the news that you were transferred, I really didn't believe my ears, as far as your ability is concerned, you can be a battalion commander, a regiment commander or even a division commander in the future!" I wonder why such a good comrade of yours can't stay in the army? I'll go around fighting for you. Later, someone whispered to me that it was a person who was engaged in land reform who played a copy to the head of the division and said bad things about you. Your change of job has something to do with him, and I don't know what he said about you. ”

"Lao Lin, this is an unfounded thing, don't talk about it by hearsay! This word has a bad impact when it spreads. ”

"What are you afraid of! Everyone else thinks that your departure from the army has something to do with this person! ”

Wang Hongju said very detachedly: "Lao Lin, listen to me, I was really sad when I left the army, and I felt like the sky was about to fall!" Actually, I'm only now realizing that it's good to work locally. When I was in college, I had the idea of becoming a teacher after graduation, and I thought that only by building a country with education could I change the backward face of China, and if that person helped me realize this wish, I would like to thank him! To be honest, I like the work of the school very much now, and if I am asked to go back to the army, it will be to invite me in a sedan chair, and I don't want to go back! ”

Lin Nanhui agreed: "This is true, where is the revolutionary work done!" ”

Wang Hongju said to Lin Nanhui enthusiastically: "Don't leave today, there is a place for you to sleep in my room." In the evening, I invite you to a restaurant for a drink, and celebrate your escape from Lord Hades! ”

Lin Nanhui was happy when he heard it: "Great! I'm fine now, so I'll stay with you for a few more days, and let's have a good chat. ”

Wang Hongju remembered one thing, and he asked with a smile: "Lao Lin, what are your plans in the future?" ”

"Hey! I'm a disabled soldier who can't do anything, and now I'm on the government's disability pension. When I think about it, I feel depressed. ”

"I'll find you something effortless to do, would you?"

"What work? Tell me about it. ”

"Our school used to see that the people in the communication room have resigned due to something, and now there is a shortage of manpower, if you are willing to do it, I can approve it."

Lin Nanhui said happily: "Great! If we brothers can be together, I am willing, of course I am willing! I'll go home tomorrow morning and pack my things and come back to work the day after tomorrow. ”

Then Lin Nanhui asked with some concern: "Instructor, I am your old comrade-in-arms, and I am a cripple, you arrange me for this job, others will not say that you are selfish, right?" ”

"Afraid of what? The ancients said: The virtuous do not avoid relatives and enemies. You are a person who has contributed to the Chinese revolution, you don't have to worry, this matter is settled! You don't have to be so tight on time, I'll leave you this position for a week. Also, don't call me instructor in the future, you have to call me Principal Wang. ”

Lin Nanhui replied simply: "Yes, Principal Wang!" ”

Wang Hongju smiled and said: "You still call me Xiao Wang in private, I listen to it kindly!" ”

"I'll leave tomorrow, I'm going back to see Gillian first. Then tell her about my job with you. ”

Wang Hongju said happily: "I haven't heard from Gillian for a long time, and I saw her say hello for me." (To be continued......)