Lin Nanhui confiscated the guns of the members of the land reform team and also snatched away the landlords who were being struggled, and this incident exploded like a bomb in the troops, causing a great sensation. Wang Hongju, as the political instructor of Lin Nanhui's company, failed to manage his company commander and soldiers well, and received a major demerit. At that time, Lin Nanhui went to Shipo Village and Wang Hongju didn't know that he was indeed a little wronged by being punished with a major demerit, but he accepted it calmly. He knew that this was a company dominated by rebellious Kuomintang soldiers, and there were still many bad habits left in the troops, and this incident of Lin Nanhui sabotaging the land reform work showed that he had not done a good enough job in the political and ideological work of the company. He decided to talk to Lin Nanhui about it.

Lin Nanhui, who had seriously violated military discipline, was locked up in a hut awaiting disciplinary action, and soldiers stood guard with guns outside the door. Wang Hongju asked the soldiers to open the door and walked in. Lin Nanhui, whose hands were tied behind his back, sat on the chair, he just looked up and didn't speak when he saw Wang Hongju coming in, Wang Hongju pulled a chair and sat opposite Lin Nanhui, and looked at Lin Nanhui without saying a word. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, but Lin Nanhui couldn't hold back, and he said to Wang Hongju: "Instructor, untie my hands, I won't run!" ”

Without saying a word, Wang Hongju stepped forward and untied the rope that bound Lin Nanhui, "Thank you." Lin Nanhui rubbed his arm that was tied up.

Wang Hongju took out a cigarette and took one in his mouth, and handed another to Lin Nanhui.

"Comrade Lin Nanhui, do you know the seriousness of your problem?" Wang Hongju asked straightforwardly.

"What's serious, isn't it just snatching my brother and sister-in-law? They didn't recruit anyone, provoked anyone, why should they be raided and fought? Others bully your family, and you don't care if you look at it, you're not a man! Lin Nanhui looked unconvinced.

Wang Hongju said solemnly: "Let me tell you, the seriousness of the mistake you made can almost carry out the highest disciplinary punishment on you!" With that, he made a shot gesture.

"My parents died early when I was a child, and it was my brother and sister-in-law who brought me up, and they spent a lot of effort on me, my brother and sister-in-law are like parents! I went out for my brother and sister-in-law! ”

"I understand your deep affection for your brother and sister-in-law, but your behavior violates the party's land reform policy! Do you know? You're playing against the party! The consequences of your doing so are dangerous! I ask you, what is the purpose of our participation in the revolution? Do you remember? ”

"I don't remember." Lin Nanhui said dryly.

"If you don't remember, it's a dereliction of duty in my work, and it's a matter of course to punish me!" Wang Hongju sighed

"It's none of yours, it's my fault!" Lin Nanhui said in a hurry, and Hongju laughed when he heard it.

"You've finally confessed your mistake! What's wrong with you? ”

"Instructor, I'll tell you the truth, when I heard that something big had happened at home, I forgot about discipline as soon as I got angry in my heart, and now it's too late to regret it. If you had stopped me at that time, I wouldn't have made such a big mistake. ”

"Our troops are disciplined, and if individuals have problems that they can't figure out, they can report them to the leaders, and they absolutely cannot act on their own will. You do this to show that your old warlord style has not been completely changed! ”

Lin Nanhui said: "Instructor, as a company commander of the People's Liberation Army, I left the team without organization and discipline, and I did make a serious mistake in treating the comrades of the land reform working group with rough means. ”

"You name it."

"I can't think about it, how could someone as kind as my brother and sister-in-law become the enemy of the revolution?"

"It's a question of political economy, and you won't understand it if I tell you now. However, it is unfair that only a few people in your family occupy the most land in the whole village, and your family rents the land to other people for high rents, which is exploitation, and their class composition is the landlord exploiting class, so you may understand. ”

"That field was left by my ancestors, and the money was earned by doing business by myself, and it was not robbed or stolen." Lin Nanhui thinks she has a point.

"I told the fighters the other day: Why should we take up the gun and make a revolution? The simplest way to put it is to let the poor people all over China turn over and live a good life. You see, many people in your village have no land to plant, there is not enough food to eat, and some people are even poor and have no clothes to wear, but your family has too much land to grow, and the grain in the storehouse has fattened the rats. We will distribute your family's extra land to the landless people to plant, and take out your family's surplus grain for those who do not have enough to eat, so that everyone has land to plant, and everyone has food and clothing. Isn't it good to take the wealth and social means of production concentrated in the hands of a few people and redistribute them rationally, this is the goal we want to achieve by overthrowing the old society? Wang Hongju used as plain language as possible to inspire Lin Nanhui.

"Actually, my family is richer than yours, but since I have joined the revolutionary ranks, I will abandon all selfish distractions, put the revolutionary cause first, and sacrifice my ego to obey the overall situation." Wang Hongju was still afraid that Lin Nanhui would not understand what he meant, so he said: "Even the old soldiers in the company say that you are a righteous man, so is it a righteous act to distribute the land that your family can't grow and the grain that you can't eat to the poor?" You can't stand robbing the rich and helping the poor to your own head! I don't think you're a real man! Wang Hongju reprimanded Lin Nanhui very harshly. At this time, Wang Hongju was no longer as young as when he first did political propaganda, and he used popular language to make Lin Nanhui bow his head.

"Then again, I personally think that if your brother was just a rich man and didn't do anything bad, there would be no public anger, and the peasants of the land reform would not do anything to him. Remember what I said to you, reflect on it here, and wait for the organization to punish you! Wang Hongju called the soldiers outside the door to come in and re-tie up Lin Nanhui, and then walked out.

Within a few days, Lin Nanhui's punishment notice was conveyed: Lin Nanhui was dismissed from his post as company commander and notified to the whole army, instructing him to conduct a thorough inspection at the company's meeting. For the time being, the deputy company commander will act as the deputy company commander. Lin Nanhui changed from a company commander to an ordinary soldier, he felt that it didn't matter, as long as he was still a soldier, Wang Hongju also encouraged him to get up from where he fell.

Lin Nanhui was released as soon as the confinement period expired, although he was no longer a company commander, the soldiers still respected him very much, and Lin Nanhui still practiced with the soldiers as usual while building ships. But he still couldn't let go of his family in his heart, one day he asked Wang Hongju for leave and said that he wanted to go back to Shipo Village to visit his sister-in-law and niece, Wang Hongju was afraid that Lin Nanhui would cause trouble again and resolutely disagreed. Lin Nanhui saw that the instructor was not allowed to take leave, so he told Wang Hongju about his worries, he couldn't take care of his brother and sister-in-law's affairs, but his niece Lin Meijiao was a child who lived in a honeypot since childhood, he was afraid that the weak Gillian would not be able to bear such a big change in the family, and he was even more afraid that she would be implicated by the landlord's parents, so he wanted to take her to Haitou Town to live and avoid the limelight.

Wang Hongju is a very sympathetic person, he understood Lin Nanhui's worries, he said to Lin Nanhui: "Your worries are justified, I can understand, but understanding is understanding, discipline is discipline, you can't leave the company half a step in the punishment!" Besides, our troops are extremely mobile, maybe they will be pulled out that day, and you can watch your niece every day in Haitou Town? ”

"Hey! Our two brothers of the Lin family are guarding such a child as Gillian, I am afraid that she will be wronged, it is much better to stay in Haitou Town than to stay in Shipo Village, this is no way. Lin Nanhui's moist eyes were full of disappointment, he shook his head and walked away slowly.

Wang Hongju looked at Lin Nanhui's back and thought, it is really rare for such an upright and rough man to have a tender and childlike side! He wanted to help him. Wang Hongju hurriedly called Lin Nanhui back, and he asked, "Lin Nanhui, how old is your niece this year?" ”

"Gillian just turned sixteen this year."

"Has she ever read?"

"She is the only girl in Shipo Village who has ever studied, went to school in Haikou and graduated from junior high school."

"What does your niece look like?" Wang Hongju asked with a smile.

Lin Nanhui looked at Wang Hongju strangely and asked, "Instructor, aren't you looking for Gillian's in-laws?" ”

Wang Hongju still smiled and did not speak.

Lin Nanhui said proudly: "Instructor, you can inquire, my family's Gillian is not to mention in Shipo Village, even in Haitou Town, I dare to say that she is the top beauty!" You can't find her in-laws with flowers on cow dung! ”

Wang Hongju couldn't help laughing.

"Instructor, what are you laughing at?" Lin Nanhui was laughed.

Wang Hongju smiled and pointed at Lin Nanhui and said, "I see that when you talk about Gillian, that look is like an old grandmother." In this way, I will send someone to Shipo Village to carry a letter, and ask Gillian to go to the company to see how you are? ”

"Thank you, instructor!" Lin Nanhui happily gave Wang Hong a military salute.

"Do you really want to be a matchmaker for Gillian?" Lin Nanhui asked.

"I'm going to be a matchmaker for Gillian, but this mother-in-law is our army! Don't you know that our military art troupe is recruiting Cantonese literary and artistic soldiers? After listening to your introduction, I think Gillian is quite suitable. Do you agree to be an uncle? ”

Lin Nanhui was of course happy to hear Wang Hongju say this. Wang Hongju said that the head of the art troupe, Wu, was his old comrade-in-arms and good friend, and he was ready to recommend Gillian to the head of Wu.

Lin Nanhui was happy and a little worried and asked: "Instructor, Gillian's family composition is not good, can the art troupe want her?" "You don't have to worry about this, you used to be a Kuomintang officer, and now you're not also a revolutionary soldier!" After Lin Nanhui left happily, Wang Hongju returned to his house and wrote a letter of recommendation to the head of the art troupe, Wu.

Within a few days, Lin Meijiao came to the company to visit her brother, and Lin Nanhui brought Gillian to Wang Hongju, "Hello Instructor Wang!" Gillian greeted Wang Hongju a little shyly, and she stood like a beauty in the wind. Wang Hongju looked at Gillian carefully, and couldn't help but admire in his heart: this girl with a high forehead and black eyes is really a typical southern beauty as soft as water! Her entire body was designed by the Creator with great ingenuity.

Wang Hongju nodded with satisfaction to Lin Nanhui and said: "What you said is true, this Gillian is indeed a very good girl, I think the head of the art troupe Wu can't refuse her!" ”

Lin Meijiao was very happy when she heard that she was going to join the art troupe. Within a few days, under the recommendation of Wang Hongju, Lin Meijiao joined the art troupe, put on a brand-new military uniform, and became a heroic PLA literary and artistic soldier.