dream village

"Let's take a look at what's piled up in those rooms in the brigade headquarters!" Zhang Tao said while leading them to the brigade headquarters next to the school.

In a large unused house, near the door is a pile of rice that has not yet been removed, and a few chickens and ducks with their feet tied up, which were obviously just snatched from Chunfeng's house.Further inside, there are some miscellaneous things such as bed frames, dining cabinets, tables, stools, and baskets.Some things have been left alone for a long time, and they are covered with thick dust.

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

"What is this worth?" Mengzi said disdainfully.

"These things are indeed worthless, but for ordinary farmers, this is the only thing that is worth anything in their family, and it is the property they have spent many years of hard work to accumulate."

After a pause, Zhang Tao said with great resentment: "These chickens, ducks, and rice will be taken away by the food requisition team, and other worthless things will be locked in this house by them, waiting for the owners of these things to get money or Take food to redeem."

"How could this be? Is the burden on the peasants heavy?" Mr. Gun interrupted and asked hesitantly.

"It's more than heavy. In the past, there was a tyrannical government as fierce as a tiger, but now it is as big as a tiger. Let's say that my village is a remote, poor and poor village. The average burden of farmers is more than 200 yuan per mu, and some surrounding villages have more than [-] yuan. Yuan. Farmers can’t earn so much money even if they plant an acre of land without eating or drinking!”

"Didn't the higher-ups shout every day to reduce the burden on farmers?" Mengzi asked suspiciously.

"Burden reduction!? That's just a sweet talk to fool the common people! Over the years, the left reform and the right reform have not reduced the burden on farmers at all, but have become heavier. Many items are at best just replacements. For example, the agricultural tax is now It has been reduced, but the tax on agricultural specialties, village retention, township overall planning and other exorbitant taxes have increased significantly.”

Having said that, Zhang Tao stopped talking and waved his hands back vigorously, as if trying to get rid of something.He then said angrily, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about these heart-warming topics, let's go home and smash snake meat!"

"Little Fugui, stop playing, come home with me, I'll give you something nice!" Zhang Tao turned his head and said mysteriously to Xiao Fugui.

"Brother Tao, what good things are there?" Xiao Fugui raised his face and asked eagerly.

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

"I like it! I like it so much!" Xiao Fugui said while jumping and looking into the basket.

"Let's go home and see. There are many people here. If you find out later, they will come and ask me for the little white rabbit." Zhang Tao said worriedly.

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

"This one! This one!..." Zhang Tao hesitated for a long time without saying anything.Although the reality is dark and cruel, the hearts of children are pure, and the nature instilled in them should also be some beautiful and positive things.But Zhang Tao's heart was still full of dissatisfaction and hatred for reality, and he couldn't turn his head to answer this question head-on.

The fat man said flirtatiously, "Little Fugui, don't you have a lot of articles like this in your Chinese textbooks? Old society! It's actually very simple. It's Zhou Papi, Nan Batian, Liu Wencai, and forcing Yang Bailao to pay off his debts." Huang Shiren who wanted to take his daughter Xier by force. In short, those big landlords, big local tyrants, big bullies, hired a bunch of people to work for themselves, work, etc., this is the old society."

Mengzi also rushed to express: "The old society turned people into ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people. In the old society, every family had no overnight food, and the people were starving and shivering, and the famine drove them far away." It is not uncommon to go abroad and sell children and daughters. You can see how beautiful our life is now, the sun is shining, singing and dancing are peaceful, we have food, clothing and housing, and everyone is smiling and full of energy."

"Yes! Xiao Fugui, these two elder brothers are right. The old society is useless and can only be summed up as evil. You have to remember that today you can have books to read, food to eat, and a good life. How did you come to have a happy life, you have to thank the party and the government." Zhang Tao earnestly taught.

Little Fugui murmured in disbelief, "Then tonight, Uncle Chunfeng's house will have no food, and Uncle Hongnian will have no room to live in. Who caused this?"

"This is just a special case, and special cases have to be treated specially. The mainstream of this society is that the situation is good, but it also has its shortcomings and flaws. This is what you read in your textbooks. Everything has pros and cons. The road is tortuous, but the future is great and bright." Zhang Tao finally fooled the issue of little wealth by rambling.

Unwilling to be silent, Mao Mao also pulled Xiao Fugui and pointed to the forest in front of him, saying: "Look, Xiao Fugui, this society is like the forest in front of you. It has tall and tall trees, green grass, red flowers, and heavy fruits. , singing birds, etc., all of which we can see at a glance, but if we look closely, we can see those vines clinging to the trees, roots crawling underground, and those Fallen leaves, dead branches, poisonous mushrooms, foul-smelling Malan flowers, etc. Doesn’t this explain your question just now?”

Xiao Fugui nodded his head half-understood, and didn't bother with the problem anymore. He lowered 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 those unhealthy things in his heart. .

Zhang Tao and the others couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled proudly. It seemed that the things they had learned on weekdays were not completely useless, and it was okay to take them out to fool little kids once in a while.

After a while, Xiao Fugui asked another question out of the blue, which made everyone laugh and cry and was difficult to answer. "The boss Zhou Papi in Midnight Crowing is also quite pitiful. He wakes up earlier than the long-term workers, and he has to work hard to learn how to crow?"

After a long time, Zhang Tao bit the bullet and pretended to be angry and said: "Zhou Papi is afraid that the long-term workers will be lazy, so of course he has to get up earlier than the chicken. He is not worthy of pity. He wishes that the long-term workers will work for him without sleeping. He will not take the initiative to pay overtime pay or raise wages, the cafeteria to eat is also very poor, and the dormitory building is also very simple and depressing. In his eyes, long-term workers are not as good as the kittens and puppies he raises..."

"Hey! Hey! Brother Tao, this is educating children, so you're digressing!" Mr. Gun reminded.

Zhang Tao also quickly realized the problem, and immediately stopped talking.Then he patted Xiao Fugui on the head and said: "You go to my house first and say we are back." Zhang Tao was so confused by Xiao Fugui's problem that he simply dismissed him.

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

"You said, is there really such a person as Zhou Papi in the world?" Fatty asked first.

"How could there be such a foolish landlord? You can think about it, which wealthy boss would go to the chicken coop so early to learn how to crow? It’s dark, isn’t this a waste of crops? Besides, offending the long-term workers is harmful to the landlord. The long-term workers deliberately slow down or make small damages. This is working in the field. Can the landlord supervise him from time to time? This is a very serious problem. Simple reasoning, smart landlords will coax long-term workers to work."

Gun Lao also lamented: "History is written by successful people. It is true. Most of the things that we have been forced to put in our minds since we were young are verified in reality. Most of them are ridiculous and unreasonable. Almost none of the heroes and angry villains who have moved us to tears over the years are real; they are all virtual, even twisted and deformed."

Before the stick had finished speaking, Meng Zi snatched it up and said, "I heard that Liu Wencai's water prison, a bully and landlord, is nothing but a myth."

"Liu Wencai is actually a relatively 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 now how many government officials and businessmen keep more than a dozen mistresses?" What about it? I heard that there was a concubine who was so loyal to him that she would never marry until her death." Niach also added.

Everyone's debate also plunged Zhang Tao into deeper confusion and pain.Although people in the new society are better off, the evil of the old society has not been eliminated. It is like a huge cancer, buried deep in society, becoming more and more rotten and corrupt, and spreading to all directions.

Huang Shiren lent money to Yang Bailao and dragged his daughter to repay the debt, what is this?Are there still few people who are forced to jump off buildings and commit suicide by taking poison if they can't finish usury?In the past, it was said that the gate of the yamen opened to the south, and no one could come in without money. Now I am afraid that there is nowhere to appeal.

Back then, I used the slogan of equalizing land and distributing wealth. Of course, it could arouse the curiosity of the people at the bottom. Land is the lifeblood of farmers, and the slogan of equalizing land is always very attractive, even though this method deprives the landlords It is not difficult to understand that it was carried out on the basis of the land of rich peasants and even the persecution of landlords and rich peasants and their families, but in that irrational era, coupled with the threat of Japanese invaders abroad.But in the end?The land is still taken back to the country, and times have changed.