What happened when I was a child (2)
Text/Guo Liang
Chapter 5 After Liberation
Section 1 Elementary School Stage
In the winter of 1948, North Simburg was liberated for the second time. At this time, Mr. Liu Shijun returned to Beixinbao from Huaishi Affiliated Primary School, and Mr. Yue and Mr. Hou were gone. Later, I heard that Mr. Yue committed suicide by drinking sulfuric acid and died a miserable death. After the liberation, the school was run under the leadership of the party, and at this time, Mr. Dong Huizhi from the Silkworm Camp and Mr. Zhang Deqing from Beixinbao came to the school to teach.
The year 1948 was an extraordinary year, and the PLA won battles everywhere. The news of the liberation of various places kept coming, especially the crossing of the Yangtze River by a million troops, the liberation of Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek's old nest, and the whole village went to the tent erected in the Dasha River in the village to hold a celebration meeting. After the meeting, the school was closed for three days.
Classes are in attendance, but there are no textbooks. Students learn what the teacher teaches. In addition to Chinese and arithmetic, there are also abacus, singing and sports, and calligraphy is a must be written every day. At that time, Mr. Liu Shijun mainly taught Chinese and arithmetic in the fourth grade, and was also responsible for music, physical education and abacus in the whole school. At that time, the organ used to teach singing was an old-style pedal organ bought from Lao Ran, a missionary from Gaolouzhuang.
Teacher Liu Ruinian is still teaching in this school, Teacher Dong Huizhi teaches the third grade, and Teacher Zhang Deqing teaches the second grade.
I remember a lesson that said, "If there are ten birds falling on a tree, shoot down one with a gun, and ask how many birds are left in the tree?" Answer: "There are nine more." "Wrong! All flew. There is also a lesson called, "A square table has four corners, and one corner is sawed off with a saw, and how many corners are there?" Answer: "There are three more corners." "Wrong again! There are also five corners. ”
At that time, Mr. Liu Ruinian also taught us to guess riddles:
An army of millions rolls up the white flag,
No one knows what is going on in the world.
The king of Qin does not know people and He,
scolded out of the temple and had no horses to ride.
(typed four words)
"One, Two, Three, Four"
We also learned a lesson that said:
Kuang Heng is poor, Kuang Heng is poor.
Kuang Heng people are not exhausted,
I have been studying hard since I was a child.
There is no money to buy lights at home,
Chisel the wall to illuminate the light.
On the eve of the Spring Festival that year, even if the fourth grade graduated from junior primary school, most of their classmates went to the "Huaishi Affiliated Primary School" to study in the upper primary school. There were six people who went, including Zhang Detai, Zhang De'an, Yang Qingye, Ding Qizhang, Liu Hanwen, and Gao Qixian.
In 1949, when I was in the fourth grade, it was an extraordinary year. Especially on October 1, the great People's Republic of China was born, and the celebration was even larger. None of us knew how to sing the national anthem at the celebration meeting, so Mr. Liu Shijun taught us personally. At that time, I learned it, but on the day of the meeting, I really sang and stumbled, and I finished the celebration meeting.
I didn't study much that winter, so I rehearsed the play. We have successively rehearsed six operas and allegro plays, including "Returning to the Team", "Spinning Cotton", "Little Cattle", "Little Couple Going to Winter School", "Glorious Couple", and "One Night to Dawn". are all co-directed by Liu Shijun, Liu Ruinian, and Zhang Deqing.
I played four roles in these six plays. In "Homecoming", I played Director Liu of the Peasant Association, in "Glorious Couple", I played Wang Baosheng, and in "Little Couple Goes to Winter School", I played Chunni. In "One Night Till Dawn", I play the district chief again. These six plays were very popular with the masses after their performances, especially the opera "Homecoming" and the allegro opera "Little Couple Goes to Winter School" were particularly popular. In particular, "Homecoming" impressed me the most, and most of the lines are still fresh in my memory. Now I'll send it to you to see.
"Homecoming"
The content says that in the winter of 1947, our Northeast Field Army successively liberated Changchun, Siping, Shenyang and other places, and the troops advanced southward. On this day, the troops came to Zhaojiazhuang Village, near the hometown of soldier Zhang Jincai, and temporarily stationed there.
The first scene
Zhang Jincai said a piece of allegro at the sentry: I (shouting, the crisp drum sounds, the horn horn eats the horn), I, Zhang Jincai, come to the sentry and put a list of our victories in this battle. Our team was ordered to set off to fight a sports battle, and won quite a few victories. American guns, American guns, say to capture prisoners, it is more lively, at that time the enemy is running all over the mountains. I, Zhang Jincai, laughed when I saw it, found a terrain and lay down. It was too late, but it was too soon, and the enemies came thirty meters away. Here I picked up my gun and shouted: Stop! Surrender your guns! The enemy he heard and ran fast. I! The sound of the 38-style snap! One was killed and one was hung up. There was also a fear that he would not get up when he knelt on the ground. Shouting, sir, you spare me, and he doesn't raise his head when he closes his eyes. I took two prisoners and three guns and sent them back to the company headquarters.
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When it comes to combat, I am brave, and I am ahead of the charge to kill the enemy, but I have a bad concept of homesickness. When it comes to home, I miss it, and I feel uneasy day and night.
Zhang Jincai is off. On the field was squad leader Wang of the same village, a friend from the same village who joined the army at the same time as Zhang Jincai. His lyrics are:
Zhang Jincai, he was homesick, and mental anguish affected him. In the class, there is no progress. Isn't it, I can't take care of it if I have little ability? Isn't it, comrades won't help? I want to remember what the instructor said! I'll have to be patient to convince him.
Squad leader Wang is down.
The second scene
The background is a rural area in a liberated area in Northeast China. After the land reform, the peasants turned over and became the masters, and a thriving scene appeared everywhere. Zhang Jincai's wife happily walked on the stage. Her lyrics are:
One
Seeing that the New Year is about to be celebrated,
This year is different from previous years.
There is food and clothing at home,
The peasant association helped us write Spring Festival couplets.
The government sent people to deliver rice and noodles,
Flocks of chickens and ducks flew all over the yard.
Hey, hey, hey, oh
I can't help but like it so much, well, hey, hey.
Two
The sun comes out and the clouds disperse,
The poor man who suffers turns his body over.
The husband joined the army on the front line,
I take care of things at home.
I will do the work of women,
Let's look at it differently.
My family divides three and a half acres of land,
Count back the grain one load and three loads.
The days at home have changed dramatically,
The poor are all smiling.
Hey, hey, hey, oh
I can't help but like it so much, well, hey, hey.
At the same time, Bao, the wife of the Wang squad leader, had a sad face, and the lyrics after coming on the stage were:
August 15 unknown,
I don't feel at ease during the New Year.
Bao'er and his father joined the army for a year,
I don't see a letter back, a letter, a letter.
I can't help but worry about my heart,
Worried.
Could it be that he was seriously ill in the team?
Didn't he die on the battlefield?
I can't sleep at night and have strange dreams,
I hope he is safe and sound, no disaster and no illness, mmmm,
No disaster, no disease.
I just hope that he will come home for a ride, mmmm,
Take a ride.
The third scene
Zhang Jincai returned to the class after being laid off, and when everyone was asleep at night, he quietly got up, put the big gun in the bed, sneaked out of the barracks, and sang on the way home:
Heavenly Moon Unknown,
The road is uneven at night.
Feeling the path I walked forward,
Suddenly I heard a dog bite,
Afraid that anyone will see it,
I'm afraid someone will see you!
Slow down!
Slow down.
Zhang Jincai's wife was very happy when she heard that her husband's unit had arrived in Zhaojiazhuang. So she prepared a basket of eggs and went to the procession to visit her husband. After taking the stage, the lyrics were:
The team drove to Zhaojiazhuang,
I like it so much.
This time the husband and wife met,
Rejoice, rejoice, say something, say something.
Unexpectedly, when she came to the army, she didn't see her husband. The instructor told her: "Zhang has said goodbye, and we are sending squad leader Wang home to find him." ”
Zhang's wife was very angry when she heard this, so she left the eggs for the instructor and hurried back. One of her lyrics on the road is:
The more I went along the way, the more unhappy I became,
I heard that he deserted and ran home.
Hurry up, hurry up, I'm moving forward!
Go home and see him speak clearly,
Make it clear.
Liu Moumou, director of the village peasant association, in order to do a good job in supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to his family, held two glorious lamps in his left hand, held a dry tobacco bag in his right hand, and smoked a cigarette in his mouth. Xingxing goes, goes to Xingxing, beats around the bush, and comes to the foyer. Oh, it's here! "Jin Cai's family! At home? ”
After hearing this, Jin Cai's wife opened the door for Director Liu. But as soon as Director Liu entered the house, he heard a pot of porridge in the house. Director Liu walked into the house and saw Zhang Jincai and Squad Leader Wang both in the house. As soon as they saw Director Liu coming, it was like a big savior, and they rushed to tell Director Liu about their feelings.
Zhang's wife sang: Director Liu! Director Liu! Are you listening: Jin Cai deserted and returned home, and I persuaded him to go back to the team, but he didn't listen? He shouldn't have been dissuaded, and he wouldn't go back.
Bao sang: Director Liu! Director Liu! Listen to me: Bao'er and his father are too confused. He doesn't go home once a year, he shouldn't be dissuaded, and he will return to that team soon.
Zhang Jincai sang: I'm called Uncle here, you can call the shots with me about this matter, Jincai I'm too confused, I shouldn't leave the team.
Director Liu understood everything after listening to everyone's words. So under the persuasion of Director Liu, everyone understood. Zhang Jincai saw that after the reform of his hometown, his family lived a happy life, and he no longer worried about his family. Bao's mother saw that her husband was very good and became a class leader, and she no longer worried about it. So squad leader Wang led Zhang Jincai to return to the team smoothly. This concludes the operetta.
Cast in the play:
Director Liu - Guo Liang
Zhang Jincai - Gao Zhande
Wang squad leader - Liu Yongxian
Kim Chae's wife - played by Liu Huixin
Bao - played by Liu Yongfeng
At that time, in the club of the village, three large-scale song and dance dramas were also performed, including the Jin opera "Xiao Erhei Marriage", the Ping drama "Little Son-in-law" and "Liu Qiaoer". At that time, the ideological mood of the masses was very high, and there was a scene of joy everywhere.
In the winter of 1949, in addition to rehearsals, our children's troupe also had to learn to twist Yangge. The women of the village are also learning to twist Yangge, and the militia are practicing walking on stilts.
On the day of the Spring Festival in 1950, the old custom of welcoming the gods before liberation had been abolished, and it was replaced by New Year's greetings to the families of military martyrs. At that time, the women's Yangge team, the children's group and the militia stilt team went to the homes of the martyrs of various armies to pay New Year's greetings to the families of the martyrs in the sound of gongs, drums and suona. After the New Year's greetings, it is time to eat dumplings when I return home. As soon as the dumplings were eaten, the opening gong sounded on the stage, so I quickly packed up and prepared to go to the play. In the evening, the large-scale cultural and recreational activities begin. The adults' dry boats, the old men's carts, the Yangge team of women and children, the stilt team of the militia, and the sound of gongs and drums, suona, and firecrackers, the whole team occupies half of the street. The people who participated in the parade at that time each carried a lantern in their hands. A lantern is a wooden board the size of a ping-pong racket, with a nail on it, a candle on the nail, and a cover on the outside. Some patterns are painted on the cover, which not only protects the candle from going out but also looks very good.
I was dressed up as a girl. The cotton pants I wore underneath were put on my fiancée's purple pants, and then I put on my wool blue cotton cheongsam. Let Gao Bin and his sister rub rouge and touch the powder for me. Then put on a girl's little flower hat, and dress up to really look like a girl.
Look at the lively crowd, crowded and overwhelmed. At that time, starting from the front of the South Temple, first going east, when you reached the Dasha River, then turned north, and then turned west from the back street. When you arrive at the west end of the village, go south, continue to move forward through the back pit of Liang's house, and after passing the door of the old Liu Geng's house, you will go south to the West Street. Then after going around the field for another week in Liu Baozhang's yard, he rested on the spot. At this time, the village cadres brought out a box of fresh guests for us, one for each of whom was considered a condolence. I ate it, it was sweet and crunchy and very tasty. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the third day of the Lunar New Year, there are three days of trouble. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be three days of trouble.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather gets warmer. It's time for farmers to start farming, and it's time for students to start school. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1949, we were vaguely considered to have graduated from junior high school. At this time, many students in our class went to Huaishi Affiliated Primary School to sign up. At that time, teacher Liu Shijun stared at the registration office to see how many students in Beixinbao, Silkworm Camp and other villages were going to go to high school. In the end, it seems that there are more than a dozen. So he decided to start a formal high school in North Simborg. The news spread, and the students who signed up at the Huaishi Primary School all returned to Beixinbao, and finally 14 people signed up. Among them are Li Yuanquan, Liu Yunchun, and Dong Huiren of the Silkworm Fang Camp, and Chang Daan of Ganzibao. Beixinbao has the largest number of people, they are Gao Zhande, Liu Baorui, Liu Shimin, Ding Chengru, Ding Chengwu, Jiang Zhengye, Liu Yongxian, Gao Youfu, Liu Rongsheng and Guo Liang, a total of 14 people in the class. So Mr. Liu Shijun reported to the Huailai County Education Bureau and applied for the establishment of "Beixinbao Complete Primary School". Later, with the approval of the County Education Bureau, Beixinbao Complete Primary School was officially established.
Section 2 North Simburg Elementary School
When North Sinborg Primary School was first established, the conditions for running a school were very difficult. The only teaching equipment in the school at that time was the tables, chairs, benches and old pedals that were salvaged from the fire of the foreign school, and the old pedal piano bought from the high-rise village.
Principal Liu has a good hand of calligraphy. But he wasn't happy enough with his pen. So he asked Mr. Qianqing Jinshi Mei, who lived in Huailai County, to write the school card. The school sign reads "North Simbor Complete Primary School" in seven glittering letters.
Later, the school bought a fir pole about ten meters long from Huailai County as a flagpole, and the students did it themselves, digging a pit and erecting it, which was the best flagpole at that time.
It was very difficult to run a school at the beginning. Because on October 1, 1949, not long after the birth of New China, the country was poor and white after years of war, and the people were not able to make ends meet. Under such circumstances, it is naturally not easy to run a school. At this time, Principal Liu discussed with the village cadres. The village leaders decided to send carpenters to make a batch of desks and benches for the school. But it's not painted, and the table top is bare.
At that time, the school did not have a playground, and physical education classes had to be held at the site of the burned down foreign school. After the foreign school was burned down, the old site was leveled, which was the playground. At that time, the teaching staff was very unstable, one would come and the other would leave. Later, a teacher named Zhang Enmin came, but he used to be a soap maker, and it was okay to teach us Chinese, but he couldn't teach arithmetic well, and his classmates had opinions. In the end, it was fixed on Mr. Zhang Dexian.
Zhang Dexian graduated from the Law Department of Chaoyang University in Peking in 1948. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to take them to Taiwan, but he returned to his hometown of Beixinbao without going. At this time, Principal Liu was recruiting, and he heard that he had nothing to do at home, so he invited him out. When a college graduate comes to teach elementary school, it's really an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes, and it's overkill. But he was idle at home and had nothing to do, so he came.
At that time, the school had already entered the formal form, and the students also had official textbooks. Our Year 5 subjects include six subjects, namely Chinese, Arithmetic, Politics, Geography, History and Nature, and secondary subjects include Physical Education, Music and Abacus. At that time, there were no art classes, let alone English (in fact, Mr. Zhang Dexian's English was very good, but the school did not offer English classes at that time). Brush calligraphy is a must to be written every day. At that time, there was a double level of teaching, which meant that the fourth and fifth grades were taught in the same classroom.
Our homeroom teacher is Mr. Teo Tak Yin. He taught us Arithmetic, Politics, History, and Nature, as well as Grade 4 Arithmetic and Physical Education for the whole school.
Zhang Simin, the fourth-grade homeroom teacher, is also in charge of our Chinese class.
At that time, in addition to managing the teaching work of the whole school, Principal Liu also had to take charge of our geography and abacus. When he talks about geography, he has a characteristic that when talking about a province, he must first draw a map of the province with a large piece of paper, and draw the mountains, rivers, roads, and railways of the province. It is also necessary to indicate the provincial capital, prefecture-level cities, districts and counties, as well as properties, etc., so that you can see at a glance and be deeply impressed. For example, when I think of Gansu, I think of it like a big bone stick, and when I think of Hunan and Hubei, I think of it as a big cap. Principal Liu also has his characteristics when he talks about abacus. He often asked us to take our abacus to the shade of a big tree in the wilderness for lessons. Every year in October, it is the season for farmers to sell Chinese cabbage in the field, and Principal Liu asked us to take an abacus to the vegetable field to calculate how much Chinese cabbage was sold for the villagers. In this way, it plays the role of applying what you have learned.
In terms of school construction: we leveled the blank space behind the current classroom as a playground, and built a basketball court there. The basketball hoop was made by the carpenter of the village, and the ball frame was made by the blacksmith. The basketball and tennis nets were bought from Beijing by Zhang Dexian, his fourth brother Zhang Detai, who was in middle school in Beijing.
Mr. Zhang played basketball well, and under his coach, he trained a very decent basketball team. In 1950, at the county's "June 1st International Children's Day" celebration meeting, Beixinbao Primary School defeated Huaishi Primary School with an excellent score of 26:4 and won a pennant for Beixinbao Primary School. We felt honored and returned to school with the gongs and drums of victory.
However, after the "International Children's Day", we also saw the gap between Beixinbao Primary School and Huaishi Primary School. At the entrance ceremony, the front was a flag bearer waving the school flag, followed by a military band with three drums, 16 snare drums and 24 trumpets, and all the students who walked behind were wearing school uniforms. So, they won first place at the entrance ceremony.
We also wanted to learn from them when we came back, but we lacked the funds. At this time, Principal Liu discussed with the village cadres, and after the village leaders passed the study, they decided to allocate two acres of high-quality vegetable land to us in the Xitan field, so that our students could farm the land by themselves and be self-reliant. As a result, a mass movement to accumulate fat was launched in this way.
We first built a large toilet with sorghum stalks at the root of the east wall to accumulate human feces and urine, and then put some loess on it to make a good organic fertilizer. When there was a lot of fertilizer accumulated, the students and teachers went up together to carry manure into the field.
It's a good season to grow Chinese cabbage. The village sent migrant workers to dig holes, fertilize and pile up for us, and the Chinese cabbage was finally planted. The future management is all the business of the teachers and students.
After autumn, the Chinese cabbage was harvested, and one was more than ten catties. These two acres of Chinese cabbage were harvested for more than 20,000 catties and sold for more than 1,000 yuan. How is this money spent? Teachers and students sat down and discussed together. In the end, it was decided that:
1. Arm our basketball team. So I bought trousers, bought a vest, printed numbers, etc. In this way, this basketball team is very decent.
2. Buy military music and build the school's military band. (So I bought a big drum, two snare drums, and four military horns from Beijing.) Or is Principal Liu personally taught, how to play the drums? How do you beat the snare drum? How do you blow the military trumpet? He personally demonstrated and taught by hand. First of all, I started with the old three sets, and then I learned some playing and blowing methods. So we went to the village to attend some kind of convention, and when we walked down the street, we looked majestic and very powerful. ）
3. Start a small band. (At that time, I bought four erhus, two flutes, and a pair of bells, and I was taught by Principal Liu himself.) In this way, a decent little band is established. ）
4. Buy krona chess and skipping rope for junior students.
In this way, the North Simbor Primary School is running very decently. However, the original school site was not enough to occupy. At this time, the west courtyard was opened, and the village office was also moved out. As a result of the renovation, the first-grade classroom is still in the east room, the second-grade north house, the office of the village office that was moved out has been turned into a teacher's office, and the unrenovated room inside has been turned into a dormitory for students. The three north rooms on the west side are for the third grade classrooms, and the four and fifth grade classrooms are in the two rooms in the West House. The west room facing the street on the west side is a room. The school also has a husband Chen Sheng, who is in charge of grocery shopping, cooking and rattling bells in and out of class. At this time, teacher Liu Cunkao was transferred to Huangjiachong to teach, and two newly graduated female teachers were assigned from Zhangjiakou.
At the back of the classroom is a playground with a basketball court in the middle, a flagpole in the middle of the west end, and a toilet on the east wall. Every morning, the national flag is raised, the national anthem is sung, and then the formation is dispersed for morning exercises. After that, I went to morning self-study.
One day, when I was studying in the morning, Mr. Zhang said "I have to take the exam this afternoon", and I heard someone below say "I love to take the test or not". This sentence immediately angered Mr. Zhang, and he immediately asked who said it? There was no sound down there. Zhang Li chased after him, and no one was silent below. In the end, the finger was pointed at me. Speaking from the heart of the life is almost over now, I don't remember if I said this? But at that time, due to the pressure of the situation, I have to admit that I said it. Maybe I said it, because my classmates heard it. Even if I said it, it was because I was confident and took exams as a matter of course. What's the big deal?! But Mr. Zhang just didn't let me go. The students in the other classes had already gone home for breakfast, but our class meeting was still in session.
It's easy to get out of class. Teacher Zhang left me behind for a one-on-one conversation, saying that I was contempting the teacher. Do I dare? But I could only stand there and listen.
It's easy to get me home for dinner. My father was very angry and said, "Let's stop reading this book, go home and farm with me." I am eager to read, so how can I stop studying because of this?
I thought it was over. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang didn't let me go, he sued me from Principal Liu, and asked Principal Liu to give me a punishment. Principal Liu asked me for a one-on-one conversation again. I don't admit that I despise the teacher, and Principal Liu also admits it, but Teacher Zhang insists on disposing of me. In desperation, Principal Liu had to give me a "dismissal from the position of deputy of the Children's Team" to end it. This left a deep scar in the depths of my young mind.
Later, in the county-wide examination of Huailai County, I scored six 100 points in six homework and won the first place in the county-wide examination. At this time, Mr. Zhang began to like me again.
In 1950, Huailai County held the county's "Militia Women, Teachers and Children's Congress". When the children's representative was elected, Mr. Zhang took the initiative to recommend me. Some classmates reflected: "Guo Liang has been punished, so he can't be chosen." Teacher Zhang also took the initiative to do the ideological work of the students, "If you change, you will be a good student." In the end, I was elected as the children's representative, and I attended the congress together with Principal Liu and Teacher Dong Huizhi.
The quality of Ms. Zhang's teaching is very high. In the 1950 county-wide examination, Beixinbao won the first place in the total score of the primary school, and the Huaishi Affiliated Primary School had to settle for the second place and the third in Wolf Mountain.
At this time, Principal Liu and Teacher Zhang Dexian have made great contributions to Beixinbao Primary School, and they have also won glory for Beixinbao Primary School.
In 1950, at the behest of US President Harry S. Truman, US imperialism attempted to use the DPRK as a springboard to invade all parts of the northeastern part of the mainland and then occupy the entire territory of China, taking advantage of the fact that our new China had just been born and gaining a stable foothold. U.S. imperialism also mobilized the United Nations forces of eight countries to cooperate with the South Korean Syngman Rhee's march into Korea, which soon crossed the 38th parallel and landed at Incheon on the west bank of Korea. Due to the small strength of the Korean state and the weak resistance, it will soon come to the Yalu River. In order to resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the country, Chairman Mao asked Peng Dehuai to lead troops into North Korea to aid North Korea. Peng Dehuai immediately ordered his troops to cross the Yalu River on October 25, 1950, and fight alongside the Korean People's Army under the direct leadership of General Kim Il Sung.
At that time, the task of our children's group was to engage in propaganda. There are two ways to advertise: rooftop broadcasts and door-to-door publicity.
Rooftop broadcasting is the use of loudspeakers (microphones) on the roof to carry out propaganda. We chose five vantage points at that time.
The first vantage point is located at the highest point of the east wall of the school. First beat a gong and drum here, and then stop and shout with a loudspeaker: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please pay attention, now start broadcasting." Then the second point shouted the same thing, and then the third, fourth, and fifth points all shouted the same. After finishing the first point, he began to shout the second sentence: "Now I report to you a good news, a certain unit of our volunteer army has conquered a certain position of the US army." And so on and so forth, until you have finished the manuscript in your hand.
I remember that there was a commanding height, which was set on the top of the east shadow wall of the Great Gallery. Because, that's the commanding heights of my shouting.
The second way is to go to the house. At that time, we chose to go to every house after dinner to spread the word, and we asked them to remember what we were promoting.
At that time, the black-eyed mother next door to us couldn't remember the propaganda and came to our door in a hurry. "Big brother, what do you think I should do?" I said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry! You just need to remember the words "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", "Defend the Home and Defend the Country", and "Die with Cold Lips and Cold Teeth." At this time, she had the bottom in her heart.
Another time, we went to the South House in the Liu family's compound on South Avenue to publicize. At that time, they had already fallen asleep, and we called them up again to publicize it. They had to light the lights, get dressed, open the door, and let us go into the house and sit on the kang to carry out propaganda.
At that time, there were no young and middle-aged people in the family who wanted to serve in the army, and when you carried out propaganda, they received you warmly, talking and laughing. If there is a young man of school age in their family, the more you talk about him, the more he will cry. I was afraid that my son would go to the front line to die as a soldier and fight.
But at that time, there were also many hot-blooded young people who signed up for the volunteer army and entered the DPRK to fight the Yankees. At that time, we also donated an aircraft in Huailai County, named "Cunrui".
At that time, my uncle Guo Lianxuan also entered the DPRK to participate in the war. He dedicated his leg to the Korean people. Fan Jianzhong from our village also entered the Korean War, and he was wounded on the battlefield. After recovering from the injury, he also brought back a hero brand gold pen and an enamel jar "for the loveliest person".
At that time, in order to set an example for the people of the whole country, Chairman Mao let his own son Mao Anying go to North Korea to participate in the war and died in North Korea.
Fast forward to 1951, we were in the sixth grade, and there was not enough space in the school.
At this time, the East Cross Courtyard was opened. There are three north rooms and three west rooms in the east courtyard. The two rooms on the north side of the west room are the sixth-grade classrooms, and the south room is the office of the fifth-grade homeroom teacher, Ms. Zhang Simin, and the sixth-grade homeroom teacher, Ms. Zhang Dexian. The three rooms in the north room are for the fifth grade. This east cross courtyard was originally the house of the rich peasant Gao Zhirong's family, and it was owned by the village after the land reform.
In the sixth grade, we are going to start evening self-study. However, at that time we did not have electric lights there. So, we hung a kerosene lamp on the roof, and everyone sat under the lamp to study.
At that time, there were 13 students in our class, and there was a group of two people on duty, and there was only one person left who had nothing to do, so he was asked to wipe the lampshade every day.
One day, I was chopping firewood in our backyard. There was a branch of a tree, and I went down with an axe and didn't cut it off. I was angry, and then I gave it an axe with all my might. As a result, the axe went down, and not only did it cut it off, but it also struck my ankle, and cut my ankle with a big grunt, and I was bleeding a lot. We have a dirty method in that place, which is to put a little bit of sycophant (a fungus spore powder) on it and wrap it up. Now I couldn't walk, so my dad carried me on a donkey every morning and took me to school. At noon, my mother sent me food to school, and I had lunch at school, rested for a while, and continued to attend classes in the afternoon. In the afternoon, after school, my dad picked me up on a donkey.
There is a Western doctor living in our old Donghong's house in the south of the wall, his name is Liu Jinghe. His wife saw me and said, "This is not going to work!" The wound will gradually become inflamed and fester. Let me take care of it. So she cleaned my wound, put stab medicine on me, and bandaged it. I changed the medicine a few times, so that I got better day by day.
At that time, our school also held an essay competition. At that time, in order to avoid the teacher's personal feelings in judging the papers, the students were asked to hand in the essays without writing their names, but just making their own passwords. As a result, I won the first place in my essay, and the school awarded me a brush. Along with the copper cartridge that was awarded to me last time by the prefecture, I have kept these two things as treasures for more than ten years. Later, the bottom of the copper cartridge was corroded to the point that it rotted, so I threw it away.
At that time, there was also a prefectural examination. One of the questions in the exam asks what kind of countries are Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand?
This question will not be answered by the students. I can't answer either.
At that time, our homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhang Dexian, deliberately sat next to me and put the answer in front of his face. It means that I can see the answer.
I couldn't see it clearly, and he pushed the answer to me again, but I still couldn't see it clearly. Finally, he whispered in my ear, "Semicolony."
In the end, I got it right, and he praised me in front of my classmates.
However, I didn't get the first place in the entrance examination. Because the questions in this exam are beyond what we have learned in our textbooks.
Section 3 Old Middle School
At the end of 1951, we graduated from high school. There are 13 people in the graduating class (Dong Huiren joined the army halfway), and everyone has to go to middle school after graduation.
I was going to go to middle school, but my father wouldn't let me go, so I wanted to go home and farm with him. I don't do it! He doesn't allow it! I just made a fuss, I couldn't roll on the kang, and I didn't eat. In the end, my dad couldn't help it, so he let me go.
At that time, there were six of our classmates who went to Zhangjiakou to apply for the middle school entrance examination, including Li Yuanquan from Jamsil Fangying, Chang Da'an from Ganzibao, Ding Chengru from Beixinbao, Liu Yongxian, Liu Rongsheng and me. As a result, four people were admitted to Zhangjiakou City Middle School, namely Chang Da'an, Ding Chengru, Liu Yongxian, and Li Yuanquan. Moreover, Chang Daan also won the 8th place among more than 1,000 candidates, and Liu Rongsheng also won the 15th place, while I fell behind Sun Shan. I know the reason I didn't get into the exam was because I got a big arithmetic problem wrong and lost 20 points. The big problem is to find the area of a ring. He gave what is the inner diameter of this ring, what is the outer diameter, and what is its area? I got this big question wrong. There is also a small problem of memorizing the song of the 24 solar terms of the year, I memorized it wrong, and I lost points again.
I didn't get into middle school, and I went home to see Jiangdong's father. At this time, Zhangjiakou Agricultural School advertised for admissions. I was very happy to see it, and Liu Rongsheng and I stayed again, and we could go to Zhangjiakou Agricultural School in two days.
The results were beyond my surprise. Also among more than 1,000 candidates, I took the 5th place and Liu Rongsheng took the 53rd place.
So we can go home and give an account. My dad is also very satisfied, because this school does not need to pay for meals, and the cost is saved.
Four of the other students were admitted to Huailai Normal School, namely Gao Zhande, Liu Shimin, Jiang Zhengye and Ding Chengwu. The three were admitted to Xuanhua Accounting School, namely Liu Baorui, Liu Yunchun and Gao Youfu.
Chen Sheng was self-taught, and when he was a servant, he took time to take a small bench and sit behind us to listen to the lectures, and later was admitted to Huailai Normal School. In this way, our progression rate is 100%.
After graduating from our class at the end of 51 years, Mr. Zhang Dexian was promoted to teach in Huailai County Middle School because of his outstanding teaching performance. The principal, Mr. Liu Shijun, was rated as the first model educator in Huailai County because of his hard work and outstanding results, and his salary was increased to 64.5 yuan per month, which was the highest salary among the primary school teachers at that time. Teacher Liu Ruinian was appointed as the director of Beixinbao Wan Primary School because of his hard work and hard work.
Epilogue
If I use the term "time flies by", it seems too outdated. Then I'll use time like an artificial satellite and time like a cruise missile!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, fifty-seven years have passed. On April 19, 2009, when the first graduating class of '51 was in full bloom, we had a reunion at our alma mater.
When they were separated, they were young, and when they were reunited, they were already pale. Some of the classmates don't know each other anymore. At half past eight in the morning of April 19, all the teachers and students met in the conference room on the second floor of the North Simburg Central Primary School and had a tea party. The students came from all over the motherland: Liu Yongxian and Ding Lizhen, who lived in the Urumqi Geological Workers' School in Xinjiang, Ding Chengru from the Qiqihar Earthquake Bureau in Heilongjiang, and Ding Chengwu from Quzhou Machinery Factory in Zhejiang; Chang Da'an, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhangjiakou Jin Opera Troupe, and Liu Yunchun, who works at Zhangjiakou South Railway Station, Gao Youfu from Beijing Capital Normal University and me from Shandong Shengli Oilfield, the others are Gao Zhande, Liu Baorui and Liu Shimin, who have been living in Beixinbao, and Chen Sheng, who works in Chicheng. He Tianshou, director of the Huailai County Education Bureau, was specially invited to attend the class reunion. Also present at the gathering was Mr. Zhang Dexian, the 84-year-old class teacher at the time. Li Yuanquan and Liu Rongsheng were unable to attend due to illness, and Jiang Zhengye died young.
After the beginning of the party, Mr. Ding Deqin, the principal of North Simburg Central Primary School, first introduced the development and changes of North Simburg Central Primary School in the past 50 years, as well as the achievements of the school, and then everyone exchanged their work in the past few decades. At noon, we will have dinner at the most famous hotel in North Simborg.
(The back row of the above photo from left to right: Gao Zhande, Chen Yi, Ding Lizhen, Liu Yunchun, Guo Liang, Liu Baorui, Liu Shimin, Gao Youfu, Liu Yongxian, Ding Chengwu, Chang Daan, Ding Chengru.) Sitting in the middle of the front row is our old homeroom teacher Zhang Dexian, on the left is Ding Deqin, the principal of Beixinbao Central Primary School, and on the right is He Tianshou, director of the Huailai County Education Bureau)
I originally wanted to sponsor this party for 3,000 yuan, but I had already given the money to Gao Zhande beforehand. As a result, the AA system was implemented for this gathering, and I did not sponsor it. Later, Gao Zhande returned the extra money to me.
In the afternoon we had a one-on-one exchange.
The next day, they traveled collectively to the five-way pot. At that time, I didn't go, but went to Shacheng with Gao Youfu and Ding Chengru to visit our classmate Ding Qizhang in the previous grade and Liu Rongsheng, who was unable to attend the party due to a herniated lumbar disc at that time.
On the third day, most of the students went their separate ways. Only Liu Yongxian and Ding Chengwu are left. At that time, we had another small dinner, and in addition to the four people mentioned above, there were Gao Zhande, Liu Shimin, Liu Baorui, and me from our village. Of course, our old homeroom teacher must be in attendance.
The last time I wanted to sponsor, I didn't accept it. This time, I can't help but bleed. I would have liked to buy a bottle of good wine for about 200 yuan a pound, but I couldn't buy it in North Simburg. I had to buy a bottle of Shacheng dry red for 50 yuan a catty, and a 100 yuan "cloud smoke". When I walked to the door of the hotel, I happened to meet a yellow apricot seller. The apricot blossoms had just fallen in April, and there was a well-ripened yellow apricot in front of the hotel. 15 yuan a catty, I bought another 50 yuan of yellow apricots, took it to the hotel, asked the waiter to wash it, and brought it to everyone to share.
This is the end of this class reunion, and I end my memories with a seven-character poem.
Seven Words Poetry and Friendship
Guo Liang
It's hard to find students for six years,
Break up for the sake of the future;
Although we can meet during the holidays,
It didn't take long and I had to go;
The road of life is bumpy,
Difficult years to spend spring and autumn;
Seventy-eight reforms to open up,
Everyone finally came out;
Before I knew it was my retirement day,
Go home to retire for the elderly;
A few times I went home to visit my relatives,
The hotel gathers to toast each other;
I can't say enough to know my heart,
briefly met and broke up;
09 Teacher and Student Gathering,
Fifty-seven years of Tsukugetsu;
Classmates don't know each other,
It's just that the separation is too long;
What was the alma mater like back then,
Everyone always remembers it;
Now modernized,
The school building is very exquisite;
Meeting room on the second floor,
Spacious, bright and comfortable;
Eighty-four-year-old teacher Zhang,
The upper seat is very powerful;
Students sit on both sides,
Tell the heart from the beginning;
The office building came to take a group photo,
Don't lose it forever;
There are big hotels in North Simborg,
Don't worry about lunch at noon;
The first glass of wine toasts Mr. Zhang,
Teach people to remember tirelessly;
Push the cup to change the lamp to congratulate,
After a long absence, the reunion is endless;
Spring flowers bloom and enjoy flowers,
Five-way pot to travel;
AA system is implemented for banquets,
No one has to be strong;
No matter who is in charge,
It doesn't matter who is richer;
Let no one cry out for bitterness,
No one has to boast about what he has;
Fate to meet tonight,
Classmates are always friends;
In this mourning of Jiang Zhengye,
Fifty years ago;
Yuanquan Rongsheng did not attend,
Sick and unable to walk;
They also deeply regret that
The only chance to meet is lost;
Three days together is short,
hurriedly went their separate ways;
Fourteen years have passed,
The years go by, and there is no turning back;
In the blink of an eye, it is already old age,
WeChat contact and mutual communication;
Everyone's wishes,
I wish I lived to be ninety-nine.
Edelweiss Literature ||Guo Liang: Those Things When I Was a Child (1)
About the Author:
Guo Liang, born in 1936, is now 88 years old, a native of Beixinbao, Huailai County, Hebei Province, with a bachelor's degree, graduated from Beijing Agricultural University, and worked before retirement: Shengli Oilfield Shengli Oil Production Plant Oil Production Technology Research Institute, technical title: deputy senior engineer.