Unlike Quanzi's mother, who felt like cutting flesh with a blunt knife, without Chen Deyuan as a backer, the changes in the Hong family's life can be described as "immediate". Each of them was brought back to their original shape almost overnight. And this
This feeling of embarrassment in terms of political treatment is even more difficult to describe.
The first thing that started was that the Sugar Cake Company exempted Hong Lucheng, the target of "internal control reform," from all preferential treatment, and reassigned the previous tasks of cleaning toilets and digging gutters to him. Then, after Chen Deyuan was cremated,
On the third day, the company's rebels transferred Hong Lucheng's job from the clean and comfortable food warehouse to the cold sundries warehouse converted from the air-raid shelter. From then on, the group began to "dig deep into ideological trends"
"For the reason, Hong Lucheng was forcibly detained in an underground warehouse for more than half a year.
During this period, Hong Lucheng not only had to take on all the dirty work in the underground warehouse by himself, but he also had to stay up late every day to write confession materials. Not only did he eat and live underground, he even had only two breaks a day to go to the toilet.
This time, he felt like he was going to jail. To be honest, this may be the source of his leg problems in the future.
As for the visiting time of family members, it also depends on the mood of the rebels. It may be two or three days, or one or two weeks, and it must be approved after repeated applications and good words. And every time she visits, Wang Yunlin will try her best to give Hong
Lu Cheng brought some food, but when she saw Hong Lu Cheng's face getting thinner every time they met, she knew that her husband's life was not very comfortable, so she couldn't help but feel sad secretly.
Especially once, she saw with her own eyes that when Hong Lucheng walked out of the air-raid shelter, he failed to help a passing rebel carry a syrup bucket because he didn't understand half of a sentence. As a result, the rebel whipped his husband severely.
A slap in the face. But what about Hong Lucheng? Even if there are red and swollen fingerprints on his face, he must continue to help without complaint or words. To be honest, this scene is simply sad and uncontrollable. But the only thing Wang Yunlin can do is,
It was just a matter of silently shedding tears into my stomach.
But having said that, although Hong Lucheng’s life at work was indeed difficult, Wang Yunlin was actually not feeling well at home either. Because in these days, the treatment of “untouchables” is implemented in every corner of life. Since Hong Lucheng was born,
After being put under control by the rebels, Mao Yuanfang, the chief director of the street, jumped out and continued to make things difficult for the Hong family.
Director Mao's first move was to formulate several control measures specifically for the Hong family and posted them on the wall of the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan. The harshness reached the level of Fululi. The specific contents included:
1. Get up at six o'clock in the morning at the latest and go to bed at ten o'clock in the evening.
Second, in addition to cleaning the streets every morning, in rainy and snowy weather, we are also responsible for clearing snow and sludge, and performing labor reforms.
Third, relatives are not allowed to interact with each other. If anyone comes to visit the Hong family, it is bribery.
4. If you encounter people while walking, you are not allowed to walk in the middle. You must keep your head down and walk aside.
5. No writing is allowed. All letters received or sent must be brought to the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee and reviewed by the director of security first.
Sixth, you must write a "heart-to-heart" material and submit it to the Revolutionary Committee every week. In addition to the regular conversations every Sunday, you must also accept investigations at any time and participate in the "study" of the Revolutionary Committee.
Although the old Bian's wife had strong opinions on this, saying that the Hong family had improved a lot and there was no need to treat her like this. However, Mao Yuanfang had been "trembling" in the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee for several years, and now he has basically taken control of the power. So.
She didn't pay any attention to Lao Bian's wife's words. Instead, she deliberately made things difficult and asked Lao Bian's daughter-in-law to personally supervise her. She also said that if she slacked off, she would also be held accountable. As a result, Lao Bian's daughter-in-law was so angry that she almost slammed the table.
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In this way, Wang Yunlin lived a life of sweeping the road before dawn every day, going to work during the day, and writing materials after get off work. And she couldn't rest every weekend. She had to attend the review meeting of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee and submit The material is taken out to confess “thinking trends”.
Often at such meetings, a group of street activists, with the support of Mao Yuanfang, would always speak one after another, criticizing Wang Yunlin for not being proactive in reform, and even resisting reform. However, their strong rhetoric, making trouble out of nothing, and making false accusations were almost like a joke, but Wang Yunlin faced
This kind of "picking a bone in the egg" is difficult, but one must make a respectful gesture in order to pass the test.
In short, Mao Yuanfang would not let Wang Yunlin go easily without torturing Wang Yunlin until she was exhausted and embarrassed. Only when the abnormal mentality of this "stinky hut" who likes to humiliate people is fully satisfied, would she temporarily come to an end.
Under such circumstances, Wang Yunlin was naturally exhausted physically and mentally. Both mentally and physically, she was getting worse day by day. Not to mention, fortunately, the enthusiasm of the masses had subsided during this period, and "parading" was no longer popular.
In addition, Hong Yanzheng got married two years ago and has a newly married eldest daughter-in-law who can help her with the housework. Otherwise, she might not be able to bear it long ago.
This kind of suffering is not limited to Hong Lucheng and his wife. Similar to his parents, Hong Yanzheng, the eldest son of the Hong family, has returned to the lowest level in the Red Star Furniture Factory.
In fact, since he was assigned to the factory in 1960, Hong Yanzheng has been doing the worst and most tiring job in the factory - adze work.
The carpentry industry at that time was still basically in a primitive state. The Red Star Furniture Factory had few electric equipment at all, so most of the work here was manual work. The adze was probably the most primitive tool for carpenters. It was shaped like an axe, and was placed across a piece of wood.
When using the front end of the long wooden handle, the person has to stand on the log and plan it. The main task of this type of work is to use an adze to repair the logs covered with bark into regular wooden squares on all four sides, and then stack them and dry them for ease of use.
Continue deep processing to produce boards and wooden cubes.
However, although this job looks simple, it is not that easy to do. Because it is dangerous to do this job, when the sharp and sharp adze blade is cutting down, your arms will naturally exert force on your arms.
It will cut on the instep of one's own feet. Therefore, there are indeed a lot of adze workers who have their toes chopped off, the insteps chopped off, and the calf bones chopped off. Therefore, the carpenters in this line of work have their lower parts tightly wrapped.
They also tied hard bark and iron pieces to the insteps. But in this way, it was okay in winter, but the feeling in summer was simply pure suffering.
In addition to the hard and dangerous work, the most uneconomical thing about this job is actually the low wages. Because adze workers are required to be apprentices for two more years than other types of work, even after becoming a full-time worker, the salary will only increase from 18 yuan to 18 yuan.
Twenty-six yuan, not to mention doing other things, is not even enough to eat. This has led to the job of adze worker becoming the most unpopular occupation in the furniture factory, and every adze worker is trying his best to transfer to other types of work.
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Originally, Hong Yanzheng had no idea. He knew his identity, but after all, he was almost thirty years old. Not only could his monthly salary not help his family, but he had to rely on his parents to make up for it. As a man, he felt worried.
He felt awkward. So he tried to mention it to Chen Deyuan once, asking Chen Deyuan to help him talk to the leader. Unexpectedly, Chen Deyuan really regarded this matter as a priority for him, and soon brought his own cigarettes and alcohol.
Hongxing Furniture Factory.
In the end, things went smoothly. After two drinks with the military representative and the factory director, Chen Deyuan transferred Hong Yanzheng to the woodwork workshop. Not only did his salary immediately rise to thirty-six yuan, but he also arranged for the best craftsman in the factory.
The seventh-level carpenter Wang Hanping personally took him there, so that he finally had the opportunity to learn a full set of carpentry skills in a serious way. What moved Hong Yanzheng the most was that afterward, Chen Deyuan not only confiscated his thank you gift, but also told him not to tell Hong Yanzheng.
Mr. and Mrs. Lu Cheng said that it was necessary for their two families to help each other, and it would be meaningless if they did this again.
It is precisely because of Chen Deyuan's help that Hong Yanzheng's life has become much easier. Not only does his boss smile when he sees him again, but his co-workers and colleagues also treat him less coldly. The most important thing is that he himself also sees the future.
There is a glimmer of hope, not only because his salary has increased and he has saved money every month, but also because the work in the carpentry workshop is far more interesting and practical than the adze work.
Soon, Hong Yanzheng used the skills he initially learned to help his family and neighbors repair broken furniture, which also made him popular in the entire alley. This rare equality and respect, in turn, became a
This motivation prompted him to become more immersed in the world of woodworking and wholeheartedly learn the craft from his master Wang Hanping.
You know, the reason why Wang Hanping gets the first salary of 79.4 yuan among all the workers in the factory is because he was trained by the most famous woodware shop in Beijing, "Long Shuncheng". And someone as capable as him
What traditional craftsmen like the most is Hong Yanzheng’s hardworking spirit. So Hong Yanzheng, who only knew how to work hard, moved Wang Hanping’s heart to love talents, and actually formally accepted the apprentice in private.
Erba Jing took Hong Yanzheng as his direct disciple. Within two years, under Wang Hanping's generous teaching, Hong Yanzheng had become the best carpentry craftsman among the young workers in the factory.
To be honest, in fact, by this time, Hong Yanzheng had completely fallen in love with the job of carpenter, and even determined to work hard for ten years, strive to be better than his master, and surpass his master to become the best carpenter in the Red Star Furniture Factory.
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It's a pity that Chen Deyuan's death changed everything again. The virtuous circle ended here. As soon as he heard the news of Chen Deyuan's death, the factory director immediately turned his face, and even ignored the common objections of the workshop director and Wang Hanping, insisting on replacing Hong Yan.
He was transferred back to work as an adze, and the position in the carpentry workshop was given to another adze, who was the nephew of the wife of the nearby vegetable market manager.
This sudden blow naturally made Hong Yanzheng very sad. At the same time, he couldn't help but fall into another kind of deep distress. Because in the past, this would have made him feel awkward at most, and it had no real meaning.
Damage. But now his situation is different, because his wife Xu Manli is pregnant, and his salary has been reduced by ten yuan. How will he live in the future?
Because of this problem, Hong Yanzheng had to muster up the courage to give gifts to the factory director. But the factory director didn't like the little thing he gave him, and even tried to bully him. In the end, he was so hurt that his face turned red and he couldn't wait any longer.
All he had to do was leave, and everything would be completely over.
Thanks to his kind-hearted master Wang Hanping, who couldn't bear to see his apprentice being wronged, after learning about this incident, he took the workshop director with him to find the military representative. Finally, he gave up his old face and gave Hong Yan a new one every night.
Helping the carpentry workshop with overtime work. In this way, Wang Hanping can continue to teach Hong Yanzheng some carpentry skills, and can also give him five or six yuan more overtime pay per month, which finally temporarily relieves this apprentice's urgent need.
But there is a flaw in this, that is, most of the time Hong Yan has to live in the factory and has less time to go home. Even if he knew that his wife was about to give birth, he could not have too many opportunities to work for the family. Instead, he used Xu Manli in disguise.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Hong family has an even heavier burden on the family.
In this regard, Hong Yanzheng could only feel a silent gratitude and debt to his pregnant wife in his heart. Besides, he had no other choice.