Father Chang Wenhua is 86 years old. Although he is not seriously ill, he has been unable to go out for many years. I led the old man around several narrow hutongs and entered his father's house. The old man looked around the room and muttered, "It's still the old peasant style, three old houses, an old TV, a heatable adobe sleeping platform …" When his father saw the guests, he stood up to meet them. I was about to introduce myself when my father's eyes lit up and said in a rare excited voice, "It's Lao Zhang. Are you still coming to see me? " Lao Zhang grabbed his father's footsteps, stared at him for a while and said in a long sad voice, "Lao Chang, I can finally see you again." The villagers say hello to you! " Say that finish, two old people embrace together, also don't know whether to cry or laugh, beating each other. ...
The two old people told each other about the past, and I heard many stories about my father that I seldom knew.
My father is from Nanhedi Village, Yushe County. 1937, he secretly applied to join the China * * * Production Party, becoming the first batch of party member in the neighboring mountainous countryside. 1940, the Japanese army invaded Yushe. Under the leadership of the superior Party, Party branches were established with neighboring Zhoucun, Dazhai and Macun (then called Dabian Village). He served as secretary of the branch and organized the masses to resist Japan. Zhang Shu was the first batch of party member developed by his father in this village, and he was also the village head and militia captain of the anti-Japanese regime in this village. After liberation, he served as the village party secretary for many years. During their stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, they fought against Japanese invaders together to protect the safety of villagers. After liberation, my father went to his village to work in the countryside, and they engaged in production and construction together, forming a deep friendship among comrades.
Today, through cutie's narration, I have a more comprehensive understanding of my father's deeds in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and his experience in the anti-rightist struggle. When I was sensible at the beginning of liberation, I saw the propaganda New Year pictures printed by the local family, which showed my father and his comrades climbing up the hill to fight against the Japanese army and facing their sworn enemies, and also painted words to introduce my father as a "Taihang hero who killed the elderly." When I grew up, I saw a brief introduction in the book "Memories of Party History Figures in Yushe" published by the Party History Research Office of the County Party Committee: "The militia in northern Henan resisted Japan tenaciously", and the villagers around the bottom of the South River smashed the traitor's plot to defend the Japanese army, organized a combat team to fight the devils, ambushed the Japanese army twice, killing eight people at a time and killing two others. They also organized militia from neighboring villages to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to actively harass the enemies in their strongholds, and went to Taigu and Qixian to destroy the enemy's traffic and telephone lines, becoming the right-hand man of the Eighth Route Army and being commended by the Taijun Division.
Cutie's account gave me a clearer understanding of my father's past. Zhang Shu said: "It is difficult for us to fight against life in wartime, and we may die one day. Your father led us to fight the devils. When we retreated before the war, we were courageous with him, and the devils we fought dared not come to our village to sweep. " I said, "My father never tells us about him, and all he knows is from others." Uncle Zhang turned to his father and said, "Lao Chang, there are some things to explain to the children so that future generations can remember the lesson." Zhang Shu elaborated on his father's "mistakes".
My father was a member of the Second District Committee of our county during the War of Liberation. 1946 transferred to the enemy-occupied area of Yuci District 4, served as deputy secretary of the Committee and chairman of the National Salvation Federation, established armed forces and launched guerrilla warfare. When Yuci was liberated, the party accepted Yuci public hospital as the dean. At the beginning of liberation, he served as the chief of Xiaoyi County Health Center and Yushe County Health Center (later transferred to this bureau). When he retired, he was an ordinary cadre of the county industrial and commercial bureau. The reason is that he made a mistake. It was during the 1958 Great Leap Forward that the local rural areas engaged in "deep cultivation" and "close planting". Dig three feet deep and plant Hosta as thick as hemp. At that time, he appealed to the party for advice, and his father, who was a farmer, told the truth. He said, "I have no problem with the party, that is, digging and turning up raw soil will not plant crops, and planting Hosta is too thick to end, but it will reduce production." Although what he said was true and scientific, the county magistrate who presided over the anti-rightist work at that time thought that he was "fighting Taiwan" with the party and was anti-Party. He didn't know it yet and should be classified as Rightist. According to informed cadres, the main reason is that he doesn't listen to the county magistrate. Once the county magistrate wanted to reimburse the excess and signed it for him in violation of regulations. He refused and angered the county magistrate. At that time, many county cadres came from the countryside, thinking that he was loyal to the party and his thoughts could not keep up with the situation. With the persistence of the cadres of workers and peasants, he was treated leniently. Although he didn't wear a rightist hat, he was demoted to work in the countryside. Since then, he has eaten, lived and worked with farmers in the countryside for nearly 20 years.
My father went to the countryside where he once led Zhang Shu, who had fought with the devils. He said to Zhang Shu, the village party secretary, "Lao Zhang, I was wrong." Zhang Shu said, "I know who you are, and so do the masses. Just be at ease." The understanding of comrades-in-arms and the masses warmed his heart and actively engaged in production with farmers, and the grain output increased year after year. By 1960, three years of natural disasters, coupled with the prevalence of extreme "left" routes, blew up the "wind of exaggeration" and "wind of blind command", so that all the land was planted with high-yield crops and the grain output was falsely reported. Many cadres who are eager for success blindly follow the trend and plant jade anchors on arid and barren land. Coupled with years of drought, there is basically no harvest in their posts, and the grain output is greatly reduced. However, if the output is falsely reported and public grain is paid, each member can only get 100 kilograms of coarse grains. Because bean crops are not allowed to be planted, people and animals starve to death from time to time. He and cutie, two rural cadres, knew it was wrong, but in the political situation at that time, they obviously risked their political lives. What should we do?
Zhang Shu said, "Your father is simple, honest and frank. He speaks honestly and works more practically. He argues that planting beans on the top of the mountain can yield some crops, so planting Hosta is futile. I know this better, but it's too risky. But with your dad around, I am confident, just because I am worried about your dad, and he is still carrying punishment. But your father said,' You are not afraid of death after beating the Japanese army, and now you are afraid of losing your official position? As long as I support the masses, as long as it is beneficial to the party's work, what responsibility shall I bear! "So we still grow crops according to the actual situation of agriculture, and there are still some gains. We both agreed not to tell lies and report the output truthfully. Members got a certain ration, pods were fed to cattle and sheep, and people and animals survived the disaster year safely. Later, someone reported that the village did not listen to the command to grow beans, and the superior traced it. The two of us are scrambling to take responsibility. As a result, my village official was lost, and your father went to a more remote mountain village to go to the countryside. Your dad is a good man, and the villagers are still talking about it ... "
When my father experienced this political risk, I was sensible as soon as I entered junior high school. I asked him about it with my sensible brothers and sisters. I still remember that he said very deeply and seriously, "You don't understand this matter. Remember: whatever you do in the future, you must be honest, do it well, and don't slip your skin (dialect, meaning have it both ways, flattery)! " He prepared for the worst, and we sounded like wills with a heavy heart. His problems were corrected in the later rectification and screening, but we always remember his words. Seven of us, brother and sister, all took part in the work through our own efforts to go to school and join the army. No matter what work we do in which unit, although there is no great "promise", it reflects that our work is practical and popular, and we don't know whether it is genetic or educational influence. When we are about to retire, we understand our father and uncle Zhang. They are not afraid of sacrifice in wartime, and their down-to-earth and pragmatic spirit in peacetime is a precious spiritual wealth left to future generations. We should be realistic at all times!