Chapter 41 Barbecue and World Events
In the evening, the seven brothers Xu Dashuai, Zhang Hua, Monkey, Zhong Aiguo, Wan Ming, Ye Yaojian, Jiang Dawei and Zeng Zhi, and nine of them hurried to the pig farm with their arms around. At noon, this "remembering bitter rice" made their appetites. Zhang Hua yelled to eliminate all Li Siming's inventory tonight.
During the Spring Festival, the company arranged two other left-behind personnel to temporarily replace Li Siming and Zeng Zhi. They were far away from the company's headquarters in the pig farm. They usually couldn't see anyone talking. Unlike Li Siming and Zeng Zhi who liked quietness. When they came back today, they quickly moved back to the company's headquarters. The mute was also quite scheming. During the Spring Festival, they did not tell the secretly hidden game, otherwise they would not be able to be knocked away even if they were knocked away.
Zeng Zhi's baking level has improved greatly. The spores were roasted in his hands, with grease dripping, and a tempting fragrance. Others couldn't help swallowing. Compared with the disgusting meal at noon, it was really a matter of ice and fire.
While eating delicious food, they drank white wine. This wine was taken from home during the Spring Festival. No one cared about who brought it. These days, the stomachs of educated youth were hungry, and their small salary was almost all contributed to the restaurants of the Youth League headquarters on Sunday. In the cold season, most people have developed a good amount of alcohol. Erguotou is the most popular, whether it is produced in Beijing or the local Beidahuang brand liquor, it is strong enough. If you drink a sip of heat all over your body, you will be brave and have a few sips of courage.
After eating half full, everyone automatically slowed down, and chatted while eating, and was joking around in the vast ocean and the sky. From national affairs to peddlers and pawns, they were all involved in happiness.
"This national event is really changing. It was an irreconcilable enemy in the past, and it became friends in a blink of an eye. It is really a great trend in the world. If you have a long relationship, you will be divided. If you have a long separation, you will not be able to be combined." Zeng Zhi pointed to the newspaper and said in confusion as he chewed a piece of meat.
"What a sour thing? It's like an old pedantic." Zhong Aiguo family came from "Gegan" and always had a gap with people like Zeng Zhi who were born into "capitalists", but they were not bad.
"You see, it doesn't say: The Japanese war orphan search team in China visited Beijing and was warmly welcomed." Zeng Zhi pointed to a news report in the newspaper and said.
"What's the matter? Didn't Japan establish diplomatic relations with our country in September 1972? Didn't the US President Nixon come here too?" Xing Man said disapprovingly. Xing Man's name is not good. Every person who hears this name will naturally have associations. He appealed to his father many times, but they all ended up invalid. His father is a filial son, saying that it was named by the dead old man himself, and only the old man can change it, so Xing Man can only give up.
"I remember that when the Japanese devils occupied my country and killed my compatriots, there were 300,000 people in Nanjing alone. They were full of blood debts. I can't figure out why they welcomed the Japanese and how could they join the irreconcilable enemy?" Although Zeng Zhi was a young educated youth, he was still very concerned about the national military and political affairs. This is the characteristic of the entire era. Different classes of people are of course different in their concerns. People with good backgrounds and political progress are keen on politics to keep in line with the Party Central Committee and find theoretical basis for criticism. People with hats examine when they can take off their hats according to the front-page editorial of the newspaper. Don't go all the way to the black, while people of the Xiaoyao faction are concerned about whether there are any new changes and don't stand in the wrong team.
"Isn't the 'Soviet Revisit' in a hostile position with our country. In international politics, there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests." Mr. Xu's international political vision is obviously broader.
"But our political stance is different, that's an imperialist country! Amin, tell me, is this central policy going to change?" How can one stand aside if Zhong Aiguo's position is inconsistent?
"I want to see, Marshal Xu said a lot just now. In international politics, there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests." Li Siming tore a piece of pheasant meat and continued, "At that time, we resisted the United States and aided Korea, defeated the United States, separated North Korea from the south, and won a buffer zone with the US imperialists. At that time, we were enemies, but the Soviet Union engaged in revisionism and promoted great power chauvinism, and was politically in our enemies, so the "Soviet Revision" became our enemy. The United States has strategic significance for today's my country, and currently has a common goal with our country in a sense. So we are close to the United States and Japan."
"We are just little educated youths. We care about this and come and drink!" Zhang Hua didn't care about the so-called national affairs at all. Yes, we are just small people. The intrigue between countries does not affect the lives of small people.
"I heard that Japan's economy is quite developed, and every family has a car! The salary I saved is not enough for a 'permanent' car." Jiang Dawei sighed. Nowadays, the Chinese people are still fighting for food and clothing. It would be great for ordinary urban families to have a semiconductor radio, let alone a car.
"I don't think the newspaper said that it would be better to have socialist grass than capitalist seedlings. This is not true. Why can't we Chinese live in villas? Why do we want us to eat corn shreds!" Zhang Hua complained. He only dared to say this here, not worrying that someone would spread it.
"I think it is because our country is underdeveloped in science and technology, and schools are engaged in sports. Last year, the "anti-trend" incident between Zhang Tiesheng, the "white-book hero" and Huang Shuai, a primary school student, disappointed the majority of educated youth. How can they improve their scientific level without practicing books or going to school? How can they create excellent machines and commodities? Ning Weidong is a proof." Although Xu Dashuai is also a typical political activist and belongs to the "five red categories" with a strong root, it does not hinder his skepticism about some political events.
What he just said was a letter from Zhang Tiesheng, who submitted a blank paper in the cultural examination of college admissions on July 19, 1973, with the title of "A thought-provoking answer sheet", and added an editor's note. On August 10, the People's Daily reprinted it. Some people praised Zhang Tiesheng as a "hero of anti-trends". This incited a bad trend of denying cultural learning. On December 12, Beijing Daily used "Letter from a Primary School Student and a Day" with "Letter from a Primary School Student"
As the title of "Excerpt", a primary school student named Huang Shuai wrote a letter based on the parents' intentions after having conflicts with his class teacher, and a diary excerpted by Beijing Daily in accordance with the needs of anti-"dignity of teachers". On December 28, the People's Daily reprinted the full text. As a result, a wave of "breaking the dignity of teachers" and "returning the revisionist education route" was set off in primary and secondary schools across the country, which made the original education order restored to the point.
Shuai Shuai's words reminded everyone of Ning Weidong and were silent.
From the perspective of the future, Li Siming certainly agreed with Marshal Xu's analysis. It was not that he did not realize this problem in this era, but under the general environment, the opposition voices could not play any role, and even caused harm.
"I love to hear the words of the Grand Marshal. Take Japan as an example. There is a story that during the Meiji period in Japan, the Japanese envied foreign technology and sent students to study abroad. When they were about to return to their studies, they were stopped and said that books were not allowed to be brought back to Japan. One international student committed suicide by septum." Li Siming looked at the puzzled expression of everyone and then said, "Suicide was to let others stuff books into their stomachs and bring them back to their country, so Japan became stronger, and then there was victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Do you know what to do with the Qing government's war reparations? They were all used to run education!" Everyone looked shocked.
"Hey, I don't know when we will have the chance to go to college!" Zeng Zhi always wanted to go to college. After Ning Weidong committed suicide, he threw all the textbooks into the bottom of the box and never looked at them again. In fact, not only him, but even the people in this room had thought about going to college. But in fact, there are only so many places recommended by the Corps to go to college every year, which are assigned to the regiment, then to the battalion, and finally to the company for a few years, it is not a turn.
"It's almost! What's the problem of origin? In my eyes, I don't think it's worth it, so Zeng Zhi and all comrades-in-arms must not throw away the books. If you have the chance to take the exam and go to school, it's too late to cram!" Li Siming said with a smile. Everyone couldn't believe it when they saw his confident expression. Although Zeng Zhi didn't believe it, he was very grateful to Li Siming for his encouragement. They didn't expect that this day would finally come to fruition in three and a half years.
"Hey, who do you know what's going on with this 'Japanese War Orphans Searching Group in China'?" Ye Yaojian asked. Among these people, he belongs to the kind of person who cherishes his words as much as gold.
"This is when Japan occupied half of China's territory, many of the military families, children and the children of the so-called reclamation group. In 45 years, they retreated in a hurry. Many children were separated from their parents, so they stayed in China. Many people were raised by kind-hearted Chinese. Now that China and Japan have established diplomatic relations, these Japanese parents are coming to find relatives." Li Siming explained. Not all Chinese people at that time knew that in later generations, these war orphans made a lot of contributions to China-Japan friendship, such as resisting the tampering of history by the "right-wing" forces in Japan.
"Japanese boy?" Zhang Hua took out a cigarette from Li Siming's pocket, lit it with firewood, and spitting smoke rings into the air.
Chapter completed!