In May 77, Hua Ying gave birth to a girl, who weighed only 4 pounds and was pitifully small, and Dapeng named her: "Zhang Ruihua." "Zhang is the surname of Dapeng's stepfather, Rui is Dapeng's father's surname, and Hua is not only a commemoration of Hua Guofeng's reign, but also Huaying's surname, in fact, it is a combination of three surnames. It's more difficult for a family of four now, what to do?

In the summer, Dapeng wants to go to the mountains to burn bricks. A piece of dry billet is a penny, and Dapeng has set a hard target for himself, and he must complete 1,000 yuan a day. He once kept accounts in the earthen kiln, which was a group of two people with soil materials, and on the mountain, four people supported the blank alone, and every day by the soil, stuffy material, on the case, supporting the blank, drying, and taking the frame are all done by one person, that is, one person has to do the work of two people, can you stand it for a long time?

At two o'clock in the morning, I have to do it before dawn, and I don't finish work until it gets dark, especially the small bites, mosquitoes, and big blind midges, which are even more difficult to endure under the scorching sun, and I have to live in a dark and damp tent at night, and people are already tired and deformed. Loading out of the kiln to lift billet bricks is a heavier physical strength, and Dapeng has been unable to bear to hold on.

When he went down the mountain, Dapeng was already paralyzed, not only was he tired and thin, but his face looked so thin and deformed. Because the rain washed away the bridge, Company Commander Yu decided to take a detour home from the north. Three small red cars pulled the workers along the Sino-Soviet border in Heilongjiang and went straight to Heihe County, on the way, only saw the Soviet watchtowers on the other side of the border, but could not see any armed forces on our side.

Since the Zhenbao Island incident, the border has been heavily pressed, standing on the riverside of Heihe County and looking at the opposite side, which is the territory of Hailan Pao China, and it is also the place where the Oroqen people grew up. Dapeng raised the borrowed telescope and looked at the various high-rise buildings standing opposite, where the Soviet Union was called Blagoveshchensk, Dapeng sang the song of Oroqen and shed tears affectionately, not knowing when the unjust "Aihui Treaty" could be abolished.

When he got home, Dapeng was paralyzed and walked on crutches, and in order to deduct his salary, Dapeng asked Director Dong of the educated youth to hold a meeting to solve it. Director Dong presided over the meeting and said: "Do you have any questions? ”

"Workers have problems with the salary schedule, and as a leader, they can't cover up crimes. Dapeng proposed at the venue.

"Wait, Zhang Dapeng, you have to have a basis for what you say, who is covering up the crime?" Director Dong asked.

"The company commander asked people to make a table, if there is no 500 yuan problem, I don't want my salary." Roc replied.

"Okay, in the afternoon, Zhang Dapeng will check the accounts and redo the table, and the meeting will be dismissed." Director Dong said categorically.

If there is no problem, not only will Dapeng's salary be in vain, but the remark that "leaders cover up crimes" will inevitably be raised to the political level, and there will also be a high risk of being criticized and rectified.

The audit found out the problem of 560 yuan, Dapeng re-made the table and paid wages truthfully, and the workers happily appreciated, although it was Dapeng who received the order, this is also the result of the new educated youth Dong instructor being able to uphold justice. However, Instructor Chen was isolated and censored due to economic and political issues.

As soon as it was dark, a worker surnamed Wang came to Dapeng's house and informed him to go to the camp guest house, saying that he was looking for the political commissar of the regiment and the director of the political department. Dapeng didn't even eat dinner, and when he came to Room 5 of the Sanying Guest House, Director Cai stood up and sent the messenger Wang Zhi away first, and repeatedly told him to keep it secret. After Wang Zhi agreed to leave, Director Cai held Dapeng's hand and introduced: "This is what I said about Comrade Zhang Dapeng, who was the leader of the assault team during the construction of the reservoir, and he vomited blood many times and made great contributions to the completion of the dam construction. Let me introduce you, this is the political commissar of our regiment. Political Commissar Cui didn't get up or shake hands, just nodded and said solemnly: "Give you a difficult task that must be completed, this time it is not for you to build a dam and use force, but to record Instructor Chen's problem with a pen." Don't be afraid, with me and Director Cai in charge of you, no one will trouble you. This is a political struggle, and in order to restore the innocence of history, you must be bold, seek truth from facts, be responsible to the party committee of the regiment, and conscientiously make a good record, and your work will be arranged by the director. ”

Political Commissar Cui is of medium stature and chubby, while Director Cai is tall, majestic and dignified, their age is similar to that of their fifties, especially the temperament of a soldier is solemn and respectful. They not only lead more than 10,000 officers and men, but also control nearly 30,000 hectares of cultivated land and the work arrangements of various organs, battalions, and companies.

Director Cai took Dapeng to a room, where the worker Lu Changshui sat on the bed, and he was on night duty in the dormitory. Director Cai brought a pen and paper and asked Dapeng to write a confession for Lu Changshui. Before leaving, he also deliberately said to Lu Changshui: "Lu Changshui, you have to be responsible for the problem you told Political Commissar Cui today, as long as you have a correct attitude, explain in line with facts, and let Zhang Dapeng ghostwrite for you, I can guarantee that I will not give you any punishment." ”

Director Cai closed the door and left. Dapeng took out the pen and paper as a ghostwriter, and Lu Changshui seriously told every case that Instructor Chen asked him to handle. Nearly two hours of records passed, and Dapeng wrote and read it to Lu Changshui again and again, and it was completely Instructor Chen's use of his authority to take credit in the oil room, tofu workshop, vermicelli warehouse, canteen, carpentry room, etc., with time, place, and quantity. The numbers are staggering. For the sake of prudence, Dapeng asked Lu Changshui to repeat and repeat it, because there is a contradiction between the front and back, Dapeng slaps the table and yells like a prisoner, in fact, it is also to avoid untruths, maybe there must be an element of false accusation, and then he will bear legal responsibility. It wasn't until dawn that the materials were completed, and then read it to Lu Changshui, but after admitting it, he asked him to sign and draw the pledge, and suddenly heard Hua Ying shouting in the corridor!

Hua Ying saw Dapeng crying: "If you don't go home for a night, I'm so scared that I don't dare to sleep all night, I'm scared to death." ”

Dapeng could only explain: "I have a major task and can't go home. ”

Hua Ying said: "No matter how big the matter is, you can't keep your family from knowing? I thought you were murdered?"

Director Cai hurriedly came over and explained: "I really didn't know that Zhang Dapeng was married and had a family, so I blamed me for this." ”

Director Cai and Political Commissar Cui received the materials, apologetically let Dapeng and Hua Ying go home to rest, and three days later, the instructor was not only dismissed, expelled from the cadre team and placed on probation in the party, but also went to the Youth League headquarters to study for half a year, which was also the result of his adherence to the Gang of Four line, and since then, he has ended his lifelong political career.

Chen Shusen is also a veteran cadre of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and he did not fall from the rain of bullets, but he stepped into the ultra-left line in the political struggle of the Cultural Revolution. What is so strange about this: Aren't some leading cadres represented by the Gang of Four also flying the banner of revolution and above everything else? If they are allowed to continue, what will China become? Even if Chen Shusen has great achievements, he should not have defeated so many veteran cadres, nor should he have killed two intellectuals, nor should he ignore the minimum survival of the workers like he did with prisoners, still less should he have Marxism-Leninism to the outside world, but he himself should use his power to eat away at the assets of the National Corps. The final punishment is also his own repercussion, right?

If Dapeng is still managing the canteen, Chen Shusen's external debts will inevitably be implicated like Lu Changshui, which shows that it is difficult to maintain his work during the movement. Like the educated youth Wang Zhihe, it doesn't matter, but Chen Shusen is different, he uses the power of the revolution as capital, not only is he grandiose and radical and specializes in rectifying people's nature, it can be said that even though he is a mediocre person of the movement, he himself is encroaching on the property of the National Corps, he is the image agent of the Gang of Four in the whole country and even the Corps, and it is really happy that they were defeated.

Wang Zhen was the brigade commander of the 359th Brigade during the revolutionary period, and he served as the minister of the Central Committee after the founding of New China. In order to reclaim the sleeping virgin land in the Great Northern Wilderness, he once came to the theater on a private visit, and he saw why there were three rows of seats in the front row, and he didn't let the guards follow and deliberately sat there to see what was going on. Someone saw the old cotton clothes he was wearing, with a rope tied around his waist, and a pair of felt bumps worn by Northeast peasants on his feet.

Wang Zhen's secretary came to stop him, and after reprimanding him, he asked that he was the director of the county office, and that the three rows of seats reserved were for the county leaders. Minister Wang Zhen ordered the county leaders to come to the theater immediately, and when the leaders arrived, Minister Wang solemnly announced in front of all the cadres and the masses that he would be dismissed from his post as county magistrate. Cadres who embody the best members must not enjoy privileges above the common people.

Why can't Chen Shusen be as honest and honest as those revolutionary cadres such as Hu Qinglu, Secretary Lu, Political Commissar Wang Yu, Director Ding, and Instructor Li? Loving the country and the people like that? Loving the roots of the revolution like that? But like those traitors in the Japanese period, he followed the Gang of Four? Dapeng not only admired and admired those upright revolutionary cadres, but also hated Chen Shusen and the Gang of Four, and how much did they bring a heavy price to the country and the veteran revolutionary cadres?

Director Dong convened a meeting of all the cadres, officers and men, educated youths, and workers of the Third Battalion, and he not only announced that a company commander of the Song Company would be transferred from the first company, but also officially announced at the meeting that the four categories of workers would be abolished and that they would no longer be allowed to hold criticism meetings in any way. The officers and men, educated youths, and workers of the whole battalion are completely treated equally, and they all have the same name, that is, the staff of the Corps. He also held a meeting to emphasize that the employed workers in the past are also regular workers of the XPCC. As a result, the employed workers and their families were politically liberated, and from then on, like the officers and soldiers and educated youth, they officially became the masters of the Corps and lived a normal life. This was a great political change of historic significance, after the smashing of the Gang of Four, and it was also the implementation of the policy of the great Party Central Committee.

See Chapter 52: Remembrance of the Speech.