"Let's take a look at what's piled up in those houses at the brigade headquarters!" Zhang Tao said as he led them to the brigade headquarters next to the school.

In a large idle house, next to the door was a pile of rice that had not yet been removed, and a few chickens and ducks with their feet tied, which were obviously just snatched from Chunfeng's house. Further inside, there were bed frames, cupboards, tables, stools, baskets, and other miscellaneous things. Some things had been left on hold for a long time, and they were covered with a thick layer of dust.

Zhang Tao pointed to these things and said, "Look, these are all snatched from the villagers' homes!" ”

"What is it worth?" Mengzi said disdainfully.

"It's true that these things are not valuable, but for ordinary farmers, this is the only thing that their family can value a little, and it is also a household property that they have spent years of hard work to accumulate."

After a pause, Zhang Tao said with great hatred: "These chickens, ducks, rice, and those grain requisition teams are going to be taken away, and other worthless things will be locked in this house by them, waiting for the owner of these things to take money or grain to ransom." ”

"How so? Is the burden on the peasants heavy? The stick elder interjected hesitantly and asked.

"What's more? In the past, there was a harsh government as fierce as a tiger, and now it is a harsh government as big as a tiger. Let's just say that my village can be regarded as a remote poor and white village, and the burden of farmers per mu is more than 200 yuan, and some surrounding villages have more than 400 yuan. Even if a farmer doesn't eat or drink an acre of land, he won't be able to make so much money! ”

"Isn't it shouted every day to reduce the burden on farmers?" Mengzi asked suspiciously.

"Load off?! That's just nice to say and fool the people! Over the past few years, the peasants' burdens have not been reduced in the slightest due to the reform of the left and the right, but have become heavier and heavier, and many projects have at best been replaced in name. For example, at present, the agricultural tax has been reduced, but the tax on special agricultural products, the village retention, the township overall planning, and other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been greatly increased. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tao stopped talking and waved his hand back vigorously, as if to get rid of something. He then said angrily, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about these heartwarming topics, let's go home to the snake meat!" ”

"Xiao Fugui, don't play, come home with me, I'll give you a good thing!" Zhang Tao turned his head and said mysteriously to Xiao Fugui.

"Brother Tao, what's good?" Xiao Fugui raised his face and asked eagerly.

"A little white rabbit, do you like it?" Zhang Tao touched Xiao Fugui's head and said lovingly.

"Like! Love it so much! Xiao Fugui said as he jumped and looked at the back basket.

"Look at it when you go home, there are a lot of people here, and when you know about it, you will come and ask me for a white rabbit." Zhang Tao said worriedly.

"Brother Tao, what is this old society like?" Xiao Fugui, who was holding Zhang Tao's hand, suddenly asked.

"Well! Well, this one! ......" Zhang Tao didn't say anything for a long time. Although the reality is dark and cruel, the hearts of children are pure, and the nature of instilling them with something beautiful and positive should also be. But Zhang Tao's heart was still full of dissatisfaction and hatred for reality, and his brain couldn't turn around to answer this question head-on.

The fat man said teasingly, "Xiao Fugui, aren't there many such articles in the Chinese textbooks you are studying?" The old society! In fact, it is very simple, it is Zhou Papi, it is Nan Batian, it is Liu Wencai, and it is Huang Shiren who forced Yang Bailao to repay his debts and forcibly took his daughter Xi'er. In short, it is those big landlords, big tyrants, and big bullies who hire a group of people to work for themselves, and so on, this is the old society. ”

Mengzi also rushed to perform: "The old society turned people into ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people." In the old society, there was no overnight food for every family, and the common people were so hungry that their faces were yellow and thin, and they shivered from the cold, and it was not uncommon for them to be forced to leave their homes and sell their children and daughters due to famine. You see how beautiful our life is now, the sun is shining, singing and dancing, there is food, clothing and shelter, everyone is smiling and energetic. ”

"That's right! Xiao Fugui, these two brothers are right, in the old society, it was useless, and it could only be summed up in terms of all evils. You have to remember that you are able to read books, have food to eat, and live a happy life today, and you have to thank the party and the government for how that came about. Zhang Tao earnestly taught.

Xiao Fugui muttered in disbelief: "Then Uncle Chunfeng's house will have no food tonight, and Uncle Hongnian will have no room to live in, who caused this?" ”

"It's just a special case, and a special case has to be treated specially. The mainstream of this society is that the situation is very good, but it also has its shortcomings and defects. That's what you read in your textbook, that there are both positive and negative sides to everything. The road is tortuous, but the future is great and bright. Zhang Tao finally got straight to the point and fooled Xiao Fugui's problem.

Mao Mao, who was unwilling to be silent, also pulled Xiao Fugui and pointed to the forest in front of him and said: "Look, Xiao Fugui, this society is like the forest in front of you, it has tall trees, green grass, red flowers, heavy fruits, and singing birds, etc., which we can see at a glance, but if we look closely, we can see those vines that cling to the trees, the roots that creep in the ground, and those fallen leaves, dead branches, poisonous mushrooms, stenching horse orchids, and so on." Doesn't that explain the question you just asked? ”

Xiao Fugui nodded as if he didn't understand, didn't dwell on this question anymore, buried his head, and kicked the pebbles on the road from time to time, as if he was digesting and understanding the teachings of these big brothers, and driving away the unhealthy things in his heart.

Zhang Tao and they couldn't help but look at each other and smile proudly, it seems that the things they learn on weekdays are not completely useless, and it is okay to take them out occasionally to fool the little children.

After a while, Xiao Fugui coldly asked another question that made everyone laugh and difficult to answer. "The boss in the middle of the night is also quite pitiful, he gets up earlier than the long-term worker, and he has to work hard to learn the chicken?"

After a long time, Zhang Tao stubbornly pretended to be angry and said: "Zhou Papi is afraid that the long-term workers will be lazy, of course he has to get up earlier than the chicken." He is not worthy of pity, he can't wait for the long-term workers to work for him without sleeping, let alone take the initiative to pay overtime or raise wages, the canteen for food is also very poor, and the dormitory building is also very simple and depressing. In his eyes, the long-term workers are not as good as the cats and dogs he raised......"

"Hey! Ay! Brother Tao, this is educating children, you are off topic! The stick old reminded.

Zhang Tao also quickly realized this problem and immediately stopped talking. Then he patted Xiao Fugui's head again and said, "You run to my house first and say that we are back." Zhang Tao was so troubled by Xiao Fugui's problem that he simply broke him up.

Everyone was aroused by Xiao Fugui just now, and in front of children, there are some things that are difficult to say. Now, as soon as he walked away, everyone started talking enthusiastically.

"You say, is there really such a person in the world?" The fat man was the first to ask.

"How can there be such a stupid landlord? You can think about it, what wealthy boss would go to the chicken coop so early to learn how to crow? Even if the long-term workers get up so early and the chickens haven't crowed yet, it must be dark outside, isn't this to spoil the crops? Besides, offending the long-term workers is harmful to the landlord. The long-term worker deliberately slacks his work or does some small damage, which is working in the field, can the landlord supervise it from time to time? This is a very simple truth, and any wise landlord will coax a long-term worker to work. ”

The stick elder also sighed: "It is true that history is written by successful people, and most of the things we have been forced to put in our minds since we were young are verified in reality, and most of them are absurd, ridiculous, and unreasonable." Almost none of those heroes and villains are real, they are all virtual, even distorted and deformed. ”

Before the stick was finished, Mengzi grabbed it and said: "I heard that the water prison of the bully landlord Liu Wencai is a non-existent thing." ”

"Liu Wencai is actually a good squire in the local area. He often donates to the primary school in his hometown, which shows that he still attaches great importance to education. The book says that he married five wives, but how many of the wealthy businessmen today don't keep more than a dozen mistresses? I heard that there was an aunt who was so loyal to him that she refused to marry until she died. Loach also added.

Everyone's argument also made Zhang Tao fall into deeper confusion and pain. Although the people of the new society have become more affluent, the evils of the old society have not been eliminated, and they are buried deep in the society like a huge cancer, becoming more and more erosive and corrupt, and spreading to all sides.