To Li Yunlong's surprise, since Ma Tiansheng had a big fight with him last time, he didn't seem to hold any grudges. He always greeted each other with a pleasant face every day, and seemed very reserved, as if there had never been any unpleasantness between the two of them. . In contrast, Li Yunlong did much worse. He is a person who can't hide his inner activities. If he is unhappy in his heart, he must show it. The old political commissar Sun Tai'an was a good old man with a good temper and no ambitions. He always followed Li Yunlong in everything and maintained Li Yunlong's prestige, so the two never had a quarrel and lived in peace with each other. In a sense, Li Yunlong was "used" by Sun Tai'an. But Ma Tiansheng is different. He thinks he is a person who sticks to principles. He will never allow others to intervene in any work that belongs to him. If there is anything that needs to be finalized, he will never ask for Li Yunlong's opinion. He makes his own decisions. When he and Li Yunlong met for the first time, he politely called Li Yunlong an old comrade, and hoped for a lot of help. Li Yunlong was quite pleased with what he heard, but after a long time, Li Yunlong found that what Ma Tiansheng said at the beginning was just to be polite, and he had nothing at all. Those who need Li Yunlong's "help" just treat Li Yunlong as a cadre at the same level, neither seeming alienated nor particularly respectful. They didn't even call him "Commander Li" like they did at the beginning, but called him "Old Li" casually. This lack of polite behavior made Li Yunlong very dissatisfied, always muttering in his heart: Old Li? Is that what you called? Damn, a little major is now on an equal footing with me. Where the hell is he going to reason?
Ma Tiansheng is very busy all day long, and his work is very tedious, such as organizing Mao Zedong Thought seminars, the company's "one-on-one, one-on-one red" activities, focusing on training some Maoist activists in the grassroots companies, and organizing troops. Help farmers plant in spring and harvest in autumn, fight drought and flood. According to reports from grassroots cadres, Political Commissar Ma did take the lead in helping the people, and on one occasion he was so exhausted that he passed out in a field. He has a strong spirit of self-discipline, does not smoke or drink, and has no personal hobbies. Except for important occasions, he usually wears an old military uniform with patches. He has not been transferred for a long time, and he has visited almost all the grassroots companies. In the eyes of the soldiers, he is like an amiable company instructor. In front of the bed, the soldier was moved to tears and shouted over and over again: Long live Chairman Mao! There are also some soldiers whose family life is difficult have received letters from their families, claiming that they have received remittances, that their family difficulties have been resolved, and they hope to serve with peace of mind. The fighters whose families were helped believed that the remitters were most likely the work of the political commissar Ma who had come down to camp. Because only Political Commissar Ma had talked with them and asked about their family situation. There are also some soldiers who go to work at night. They have seen the lights of Political Commissar Ma's room turned on late at night.
Secretary Zheng once went to Ma Tiansheng's house to deliver documents, and when he came back, he told Li Yunlong that the house of political commissar Ma was empty, except for a few pieces of furniture distributed by the government, there was almost nothing there, even the bedding on the bed was patched, but he There are many books, Zheng Bo glanced at them, and only remembered a few, including "Natural Dialectics", "History of the 1871 Commune", "Imperialism is the Highest Stage of Capitalism", and "State and Revolution". There are also works by Hegel and Spinoza, whose titles are unclear. Zheng Bo commented in this way: "It can be seen that Political Commissar Ma is a theoretical cadre with a high level of education. It can be seen from the collection of books. I have also been to the house of the old political commissar Sun Taian before. Political Commissar Sun has no collection of books, except for ' In four volumes, there is only Ben Ai Siqi's "Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism". From a theoretical point of view, the two political commissars are incomparable." Li Yunlong didn't like it very much, so he said with a gloomy face: "Secretary Zheng, should I say hello to the cadre department and transfer you to work with Political Commissar Ma?" As soon as he said this, Zheng Bo stopped talking, and never mentioned the collection of books and theoretical level of Political Commissar Ma again. .
On New Year's Eve, Ma Tiansheng mobilized politically at a meeting of cadres above the entire army and proposed to celebrate a "revolutionary Spring Festival." Li Yunlong interjected from the side: "Comrades, you must correctly understand the meaning of the political commissar Ma. What is a 'revolutionary Spring Festival '? It is hard and simple, and you are not allowed to eat good food. If you have seven dishes and eight bowls, big fish and meat, can you still be revolutionary?" ?
Let me tell you, that’s how revisionism came about. If you eat fucking goulash all day long, can you stop cultivating? Therefore, this year's Spring Festival should highlight politics, and think about sweetness after a hundred million bitternesses. Don't even think about big fish and big meat. All divisions should have a company as a unit to remember bitterness, and invite old poor peasants and old workers to remember bitterness. Bitter water, Zhao, and one more thing, the political cadres of each unit must be strictly checked. Old poor peasants and old workers are illiterate, and they tend to get confused when they talk. , After thinking about it for a long time, I just remembered that it was 60 years ago. Is this plausible? Fortunately, he was an uneducated old poor peasant. If it came from the mouth of an educated political commissar Ma, wouldn't that be considered a counter-revolutionary? Don't laugh, comrades, what's so funny about that? Is the tip big? If you put it in politics, it's heavier than his mother's millstone. Don't you believe it. For example, maybe you are a good person, but you usually offend others. If someone hates you, they always think about you, but you don't Long eyes, inattentive speech, causing political troubles, who will they blame if they don't pull your pigtails? Who made you blind? Who do you not consider this counter-revolutionary? If you really get to this stage, even I, the army commander, can't save you. You deserve it. Okay, that's all I'll say, what else does Political Commissar Ma want to say? "As the political commissar, Ma Tiansheng was originally the chairperson of the meeting, but Li Yunlong turned him into a spectator in a daze, and Li Yunlong turned into the chairperson of the meeting, pretending to ask him what he wanted He said, he didn’t have anything to say, he said in his heart that you have said so much, what else should I say? Didn’t you let you say everything?
Ma Tiansheng cleared his throat and said: "Just now the commander made an instruction, and I agree with it with both hands. It is a good form to eat bitterness. Everyone should realize the superiority of our socialist system through this form, and today's happy life It is not easy to come by, I hope that everyone can turn memories of bitterness and sweetness into work motivation, and have a new atmosphere in the new year, and carry out the movement of the Cultural Revolution in depth. Well, I think that's it, the meeting is over!" Li Yunlong Here we go again:
"The cadres of the headquarters and the political department are all staying, and everyone else has to leave quickly." Ma Tiansheng sat still, watching Li Yunlong coldly, wanting to see what he was going to do.
"Everyone sit together, don't sit so scattered, Deputy Director Lu, what are you two muttering behind?
If you have something to say on the table, there are no class enemies here, so you don't need to think about it all day long..." Li Yunlong greeted angrily.
The officers all laughed, and Lu Shan, the deputy director of the Political Department, blushed and pleaded: "Commander, I was just asking about the way of recalling bitterness, and I didn't think about it..." "It doesn't matter if you think about it, your Political Department Isn't that what they do? Let's not talk about that, let's get down to business.
Today's bitterness-recalling meal, the headquarters and the political department put together, and after the meal, they have to organize a study, learn the "old three articles", the revolutionary Spring Festival, that's how it is, no one wants to get two mouthfuls of bitterness-recalling meal Going home to eat fish and meat, this is a fraudulent organization, and there is no door. Don't you all match up right? What are you laughing at? 'A gang of one, a pair of red', what is not a pair? Don't think in a wrong way, learn in pairs, the advanced ones help the backward ones, and become popular together. Don't let the backward ones drag the advanced ones into the water, and become a level. A Bird Like'. "The officers laughed loudly. They were used to hearing the commander's foul language, and they all found it very vivid and not boring at all. Only Ma Tiansheng and Lu Shan frowned slightly." Now that everyone is matched, I also There is no exception, and there must be a pair. Who should I find for a match? It seems that I can only find the political commissar Ma..." The next room was full of laughter. Because there is an unwritten practice of this kind of pairing, usually the advanced ones take the initiative to find the backward pairing, and the army commander obviously feels that he is advanced , but the political commissar has become a backward element. In the eyes of these officers, the army commander and the political commissar are really "a bird." Whoever helps whom.
Ma Tiansheng did not expect that Li Yunlong would take the initiative to find him to form a pair. He knew that Li Yunlong had some opinions on him, so why not Ma Tiansheng?
Ma Tiansheng has not been transferred for a long time, and his foundation is still shallow, so he is still willing to ease the conflict with Li Yunlong.
He stood up and said sincerely: "I am willing to form a pair with Commander Li, and I hope to get help from Commander Li to make progress together." Seeing that Ma Tiansheng agreed, Li Yunlong made a decision and said: "Okay, this matter is settled, I will remember the bitterness Let's make arrangements. Everyone get ready for the "old three chapters" and study them all night, do you have any different opinions?" "No!" Everyone said in unison. So what if you have an opinion? Who dares to say that they don't want to celebrate the "revolutionary Spring Festival"?
Li Yunlong approached the cooking squad leader in the canteen of the military headquarters, and asked, "Can you cook Yiku rice?" "Report to the commander, it's easy to make, just get some bran, cut some cabbage and steam it together." "What's the pain of eating such a good thing? The poor in the old society can eat bran in the disaster year and won't starve to death. No, you think about it for me. Is there any Guanyin earth?" "Oh, there is nowhere to find it. Go." "By the way, what's your origin?" The story squad leader puffed up his chest and said, "A farmer, a 100% proletarian." "Then what did your family eat during the disaster year?" "Listen to my father, eat I have eaten wild vegetables, elm trees, and bark. By the way, Commander, didn’t you eat grass roots when you marched on grass? You are an expert in grass eating. How many grasses do you choose? As for leather shoes, just chop them up and boil them.” Li Yunlong pointed to the yard: “What kind of plants are those? Just eat them.” He looked out of his neck and took a deep breath: "God, those are hemp sacks, sunflower stalks and horseradish grass, they are not fresh, they are all dried out. Commander, are you kidding?" Can you eat it?" "Who said you can't eat it? Didn't you ask me what I eat when I walk across the grass? Tell you, just eat this. Just do it, get some hemp stalks, sunflower stalks, horseradish grass and chop them up Now, get some more rice husks and cook it with your pair of leather shoes." Li Yunlong made a final decision. "But... Commander, is it okay? The rice husk is not boiled at all, it must make your throat worse, and the horseradish grass is bitter and astringent, and it turns thin after eating, and the sack... no, it's hemp Stalk...Anyway, I have to rely on this to celebrate the New Year tonight, and I will definitely be scolded." The cooking squad leader said anxiously.
"Why don't you get the hang of it? Isn't this remembering suffering? Can eating big sex and big meat make you suffer? Did your family eat big fish and big meat in the old society?" There are enough steamed buns and meat, and sometimes they give wine." "Nonsense! I see you are beautifying the landlord, be careful that I organize people to criticize you, go, just do it." The cooking squad leader executed the order very clearly, The "Reminiscence of Bitterness Rice" he cooked was even worse than Li Yunlong imagined.
On New Year's Eve, when the old poor peasants were crying and complaining on stage, Li Yunlong took a nap and didn't hear anything. It wasn't until everyone sang the "Song of Recalling Bitterness" according to the customary procedure of the Recalling Bitterness Association that they woke up.
The sky is full of stars, and the moon is shining brightly. The production team held a meeting to complain about their grievances.
Li Yunlong was humming a song out of tune with his eyes half closed, when he suddenly smelled a strange smell straight to his nose, it turned out that Yiku Fan was brought, he took a closer look, and even himself was a little stupid, he didn't expect The recipe I made myself is so bad. It should be admitted that the knife skills of the cooking class are quite excellent. All the herbs are chopped so fine that they cannot see their original appearance. The leather shoes are cut to the size of shredded radish. The appearance of the pot before, it is stuck in the bowl, it looks very sharp. This is a bowl of yellow not yellow, green not green, sticky, and exudes a pungent smell. Li Yunlong, who claimed to have learned how to survive in the wild and ate countless termites, snakes, and earthworms, felt his stomach churning.
Everyone may have the same feeling, because when the Yiku meal was served, the miserable singing suddenly became chaotic, and even Ma Tiansheng was staring at the bowl of things in front of him in a daze.
As soon as Li Yunlong took a sip, his throat got stuck, and he swallowed it with great effort. He secretly groaned in his heart, and regretted that the prank was big. But the matter has come to this point, there is no way out, so bite the bullet and eat.
He knocked on the side of the bowl with his chopsticks as if nothing had happened, and said: "Well, it's okay. Everyone knows it. The working people in the old society ate this food. We eat it today to not forget our roots. People who are soaked in honeypots can't always think about it I want to enjoy myself, but I also want to liberate all mankind, so that the poor people of the world are soaked in honeypots. Isn’t that right? Political Commissar Ma, can my political mobilization be okay?” “The commander is right, don’t underestimate it.” The meaning of this meal is politics, and it is the most concrete measure to oppose revisionism and prevent revisionism. Come, let's eat!" Ma Tiansheng picked up the bowl and took a bite.
Li Yunlong was heartbroken and devoured the contents of the bowl.
The army commander and the political commissar had eaten, so it was natural for others not to be stunned, and everyone swallowed the contents of their own bowls.
Li Yunlong filled another bowl, and said in his mouth: "Commissioner Ma, another bowl?" Ma Tiansheng replied calmly: "No problem, we are a pair of reds." After Li Yunlong finished the second bowl, Momoka , patted his stomach, and seemed to be full of meaning: "I'm full." He didn't panic at all, because he had prepared his "secret weapon". When I was learning how to survive in the wild, the Soviet instructors taught me that once I accidentally eat poisonous plants, I should drink charcoal ash water immediately.
When Li Yunlong vomited out the contents of his stomach in the toilet and returned to the meeting room, he found that Ma Tiansheng's face had turned gray and his head was sweating continuously, and he seemed a little restless.
"Political Commissar Ma, which one should we study first? How about I suggest that we study"Serving the People" first?" Li Yunlong asked with a smile on his face.
"Okay, I'll read..." Ma Tiansheng resisted the discomfort and opened the book.
Li Yunlong was secretly surprised, this guy really has some perseverance.
That night, the "pair of reds" read the "old three articles" several times and discussed them. Li Yunlong claimed to have shaken hands with Comrade Bethune, and several fighters in his independent regiment were under the leadership of Comrade Bethune. "You see, 'I went to Yan'an last spring, and then went to Wutai Mountain to work, and unfortunately died in the line of duty'. Wutai Mountain is not too far from the territory of our independent regiment, and all the seriously wounded are sent there. When I went to send the wounded, I met Bethius. Comrade, he is tall, with a big nose, and his eyes seem to be blue..." Ma Tiansheng didn't say much, his complexion was very bad, and he was sweating a lot. Li Yunlong could hear the sound coming from Ma Tiansheng's abdominal cavity across the wide conference table. Bursts of bowel sounds. Every ten minutes or so, Ma Tiansheng would throw down the book abruptly, interrupt Li Yunlong's eloquent talk very impolitely, and rush into the toilet. The severe diarrhea turned the horse's natural complexion from gray to green. Li Yunlong didn't seem to pay attention to this, he opened the book again, and asked Ma Tiansheng for advice: "Should we learn "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain" now?"