-- Yan'an

Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi looked at everything in Yan'an curiously, this is the heart of the Chinese Red Party, whether it is Yan'an's Qianmo traffic or Yan'an's military organs, there is a mystery in the eyes of Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Jiang, this is Yan'an, it's a little different from what we imagined." Barred said, looking at the street.

Jiang Cheng turned around and smiled and asked, "Oh? I'm curious, what is Mr. Barred's imagination of Yan'an? ”

Bao Ruide touched his beard and said, "Before I came to China, I had a premonition that I would come to Yan'an, so I first read Mr. Snow's "Journey to the West", according to this book, I learned that Yan'an is a small city that hates to be dilapidated, and the nearby countryside is also like the Middle Ages, and from time to time wolves and beasts in the wild attack passers-by and villages, the civilization is backward, and the people are ignorant. As he spoke, Bao Ruide looked around with some sighs and said, "But what I see now is an orderly countryside and city, the road is a cement road, and you can see children with schoolbags everywhere, even if it is a child, when they see me, a foreign devil, they are not afraid, it is really different from what I thought." ”

Speaking of Snow, Bao Ruide asked Jiang Cheng, "I heard that Snow returned to Yan'an after that, is he still in Yan'an?" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, after we started the Sino-Japanese war, he went to a lot of battlefields to report, about 39 years, he returned to Yan'an, and found that there were great changes here, so he stayed, I heard that he was writing a new book, called "Continuing the Westward Journey", also known as "The Inside of the Red Zone", but he himself said that he was not satisfied with how he wrote, and he felt that he was behind reality no matter how he wrote, so ah, he was still running around the three border areas, reading everywhere, writing articles, and this time I don't know if you can see him. ”

"That's a pity," said Palade, "and I brought a copy of his book, thinking that if I met him, I could ask for an autograph." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Wow, he is also you American, I think he is very happy to meet his compatriots in his hometown, in fact, you are right, when he wrote "Westward Journey", that is, four or five years ago, the entire border area was similar to what you thought, I remember that they had statistics at that time, less than 5% of the people in the entire border area can read and write, and the people who can read and write are people like bureaucrats and squires, culturally, the northwest at that time was probably one of the darkest corners of the world, you know? Due to the lack of water in the northwest, the local people are not educated, so they try not to wash, and there are more people with braids here than in other places, but after the Red Party came, everything changed. ”

Jiang Cheng pointed to the pedestrians on the road and said, "In fact, the common people are the most practical, but also the most reasonable, as long as the reason is explained to them clearly, they will change their habits when they find that there are indeed benefits, you see, young people nowadays are short haired, although the clothes can not be said to be good, but they are clean, as far as I know, whether it is a township or a factory or the army, there are literacy classes, Mr. Mao and I said that the goal of their Red Party is to wait for the end of the war for 20 years, the literacy rate of Chinese adults will exceed 60%, 40 years later, more than 80% This is a grand goal that has never been achieved since the beginning of mankind. ”

Xie Weisi listened in the back, and quickly calculated, this is basically to let all Europeans know words, this is incredible, you know, even in the United States at this time, there are still a large number of people who can't read and write, in fact, even Jiang Cheng doesn't know that in history in 1988, the United States once did an adult literacy survey, and the results showed that 21%~23% of American adults have severe dyslexia, only reaching level1 or even below level1. The criteria for Level 1 are: be able to write your own name, find out the name of a country from a passage, find the expiration date on your driver's license, and understand the total amount of deposits when you make a deposit in the bank. Of course, this also has to do with the characteristics of English, which can easily cause people to suffer from dyslexia, so if you can't learn English at all, don't be uncomfortable, because you are likely to have dyslexia.

At this time, Jin Shan pointed to the front and said, "Boss, we are coming." ”

Bao Ruide asked, "Is this where Mr. Mao lives?" It feels very average. ”

Jiang Cheng replied, "They don't pay much attention to this, naturally they don't live as well as the chairman, you don't know, when Snow interviewed Mr. Mao, it was not as good as now." Let's go, Mr. Mao heard that you are coming, and he is very interested, so let's come directly to him for lunch, and Mr. Zhou, Mr. Dong and others will accompany us. ”

Xie Weisi asked in the back seat, "Mr. Zhou?" Could it be Mr. Zhou Guansheng? Who is Mr. Dong? ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "That's right, Mr. Dong is Mr. Dong Biwu, he is one of the founders of the Chinese Red Party, he has studied in Japan and the Soviet Union, he is a legal expert, and many government decrees in the border area are written by him." ”

Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi nodded, saying that they were very satisfied with the specifications this time, and soon, the group came to the chairman's courtyard, Xiao Wang saw Jiang Cheng and his party raise their hands and saluted, and after saluting, they found that something was wrong, and then opened their mouths and said, "Mr. Jiang, you are here, the chairman and other leaders are waiting for you in the room, I will go and report to you." ”

Jiang Cheng waved his hand to let him go, and Bao Ruide asked Jiang Cheng, "I said Jiang, you seem to know a lot of people in the Red Party, and they all respect you very much, whether it is in Lianyungang, Taiyuan, or now Yan'an, you are regarded as a guest." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "If you can provide enough medicine to an army and save the lives of their countless soldiers, I believe that you will definitely be regarded as a distinguished guest." Saying that, Jiang Cheng patted himself and said, "Look at what I said, aren't the two of you about to bring them more precious than those medicines and materials of mine?" ”

As he was talking, a hearty laugh came, and he saw the chairman and his party of five people walking out, namely the chairman, Zhou Guansheng, Dong Biwu, Ren Chi and a white man who Jiang Cheng didn't know.

"Chairman, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Dong, Mr. Ren, and this is..."Jiang Cheng asked, pointing at the white man.

Zhou Guansheng introduced, "This is Tillerson, the representative of the technician from the United States, these two are Lieutenant Colonel Barred and Consul Xie Weisi, right?" ”

After the two shook hands with the chairman and the others, Barred asked Tillerson curiously, "Are you American?" ”

Tillerson was a white man with a big beard and a reddish complexion, wearing an off-white worker's uniform, and he looked at Tillerson with some stage fright, but still said "Yes, I am from Washington, D.C., and my comrades and I have been here for several years, but this is the first time I have met the emissary from my hometown, if you can, I would like you to go to our residence and meet my comrades, I think they are all willing to see you." ”

"Comrade?" Xie Weisi asked, "Are you a member of the Red Party in the United States?" ”

Tillerson waved his hand and said, "No, no, I'm not a member of the Red Party, I say comrade because I have the same ambition as them." ”

Bao Ruide asked curiously, "What ambition?" ”

Tillerson took a breath and pointed outside, "China is a great place, it's a place where people are very nice, we want to make it a place free of hunger, poverty and war, we want people here to be well fed and warmly clothed, and many of us have found meaning in our lives here." ”

Barred and Xie Weisi looked at the American in front of them in shock, and they even wondered if the American was a fake.

"Okay, everyone, please come in first, our lunch is ready, we Chinese have a culture called food culture, also called wine table culture, that is, chatting while eating, many strangers can talk very relaxed." Zhou Guansheng stretched out his hand and said.

Dong Biwu also said, "Yes, let's go, go in and eat and chat." ”

Because in order to take care of Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi, Dong Biwu and Zhou Guansheng both spoke English, Jiang Cheng stepped forward and wanted to translate for the chairman, but he didn't expect the chairman to also come out in English, "Let's go, let's go in, otherwise outsiders will say that we don't know how to treat guests." ”

Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi looked at the chairman with wide eyes, Zhou Guansheng and Dong Biwu next to them were full of smiles, and Ren Chi looked outside as if he didn't know anything. Bao Ruide slowly said in broken Chinese, "This Mr. Mao, are you speaking English?" ”

This sentence suddenly made everyone can't help it anymore, and burst into laughter, although the chairman learned English earlier, as early as when he was a student, he began to learn English, but he has not been able to learn well, and even thought that the language problem gave up the plan to study abroad, and in the Yan'an period, he only knew some simple English words, but he has always insisted on learning, he often recites aloud with English textbooks, but the incomparably thick Hunan accent makes people can't help laughing, people like Snow or Smedley are used to it, Where had Bao Ruide heard English with such an accent, and he immediately made a joke.

This smile, but also made everyone feel a lot closer, the chairman took a group of people to the courtyard, only to see that a large round table has been placed in the courtyard, the chairman smiled and said, "We are not like Chongqing, there are not so good conditions, now the weather is still suitable, we will eat under the shade of this tree, how about it?" ”

Satisfied, Barred nodded to the chairman and said, "It's fun, I'm sure we'll have an unforgettable lunch experience." ”

Soon, the food began to be served, and the chairman said to Bao Ruide while watching the food, "Lieutenant Colonel Bao Ruide, our conditions here are not as good as Chongqing, and they are even worse than you in the United States, our scientists predict that we will encounter natural disasters in food this year and next year, so our meal is simpler, don't mind, we are definitely not snubbing you." ”

Tillerson also hurriedly nodded his head to testify, and generally said to Barred: "Yes, the Red Party government here has been engaged in production campaigns and conservation campaigns recently, you see I have lost so much weight, these dishes are really good." ”

But it depends on what kind of dishes they are, which are "braised pork, mushroom cabbage sum, braised wild duck, cucumber, fried peanuts, spicy soup, warm loin, white-cut mutton and meat buns, in addition to gourd chicken, bread and butter, milk"

Jiang Cheng smiled slightly, needless to say, this braised pork must be eaten by the chairman, warm mixed loin, white-cut mutton and roasted bun are Northwest dishes, probably to reflect the flavor of the Northwest, braised wild duck is Hubei cuisine, made for Dong Biwu, Hu spicy soup is made by Gao Yu (the chairman's chef) last time, and it is said to be delicious and specially made, and the mushroom cabbage sum can be said to be a kind of Cantonese cuisine, probably for Ren Chi, gourd chicken is actually a kind of fried chicken, plus those bread, butter and milk, it must be made for Bao Ruide and others, The only thing missing from these dishes is Zhejiang cuisine, no need to ask, it must have been arranged by Zhou Guansheng, but it took a lot of effort.

I saw the chairman pick up a meat bun and say to Bao Ruide, "Lieutenant Colonel Bao Ruide, I heard that you Westerners like to eat sandwiches and hamburgers, this is our Chinese hamburger, you can give it a try." ”

Bao Ruide picked up a meat bun, looked at it, took a bite, only to feel that his mouth was full of meat, and he hummed with great satisfaction, unable to speak.

Xie Weisi looked at the dishes in front of him, and then recalled the state banquet he ate in Chongqing, and suddenly felt that the meal he ate in Yan'an was much more simple than that in Chongqing.

Bao Ruide observed while eating, he found that the chairman, Zhou Guansheng and others were still more reserved, but that Tillerson ate desperately with red eyes, and he almost robbed it, Bao Ruide couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed American, and said to Tillerson, "Tillerson, don't you usually eat meat?" ”

Tillerson finally swallowed it and said with a smile, "No, in fact, as long as we have money, we can buy meat, and our income as workers is not low, but I adopted three orphans, and most of my money is used on them, so I usually eat a little less." ”

Xie Weisi asked curiously, "You adopted an orphan?" Who is it? Why adopt them? What are the conditions for your adoption? ”

Tillerson let out a long breath and said, "It's an orphan from the war zone, we look at it pitifully, so we adopted it, as long as it is older than the child more than 20 years old, you can adopt, their parents were killed by the Japanese, damn Japanese devils, Lieutenant Colonel Barred, please go back and tell our president, we can no longer support the Japanese, the Japanese are bad people, they invaded innocent China, and it is also bad people who support bad people, and we in the United States should not be a bad country." ”

The extremely simple words and reasoning made Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi a little embarrassed, and Bao Ruide hurriedly said, "I will help you tell you." ”

Tillerson suddenly looked proudly at the chairman and the others, as if showing off his merits.

While eating, Bao Ruide asked the chairman, "Mr. Mao, I'm curious, do you really believe that you can defeat the Japanese?" You must know that Japan is much stronger than China, and the Soviet Union has already negotiated peace with Japan, so what should you do if the Soviet Union wants to form an alliance with Japan? ”