Click.
Li Aiguo picked up a peanut and stuffed it into his mouth.
Suddenly asked: "Uncle Zhao, have you ever seen a donkey that dared to fight with a train?"
Hearing this.
Zhao Gang's eyes widened: "Don't donkeys run away when they see a train? How dare they fight with a train?"
"That's not true."
Li Aiguo clicked Holding a cigarette, he said slowly: "That was two months ago. I was driving through Langfang, which was still far away. My co-driver reported that there was a donkey standing on the track.
At that time I I didn't care, because this thing is timid and will definitely run away if it blows the horn twice. Who would have thought that when the horn sounded, the donkey would not run away, but would turn and run towards the train. Come here.”
Li Yunlong was also attracted and couldn’t help but said: “What’s the result?”
"Needless to say, all the employees in our locomotive depot ate donkey meat and burned it that night." Li Aiguo said: "This means that there are too many donkeys, and there are all kinds of donkeys. It is inevitable that half of them dare to compete with the train. "
He paused for a moment, looked at Zhao Gang and said: "I am a train driver, and I don't understand so many principles, but I know that there are all kinds of birds in the forest.
In this world, there are. There are good people and bad people, there are upright people like Uncle Zhao, and there are also those who are selfish.
This is human nature.
When we look at the problem, we must look at the overall situation and not just because of individual people.
I don’t know about other people, just take my father-in-law as an example.
He opened a tailor shop before liberation and was often bullied by black dogs. , many of his colleagues were devastated.
Now that they are liberated, they can live a good life.”
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong have been in the army, and they are very important to local workers. I don’t know much about life.
Especially, there is their contribution here.
Hearing Li Aiguo talk about these things, both of them felt a sense of accomplishment.
Li Yunlong stood up and poured Li Aiguo a glass of wine: "Aiguo is right. Compared with before liberation, there have been earth-shaking changes."
After drinking it all in one gulp , picked up a peanut, clicked it twice, and Li Aiguo continued: "A country has a family. We railway workers understand this best."
"There is a master Zhang in our locomotive depot. Ten years ago (1910), I worked at the Harbin Eastern Railway General Factory (also known as the "Dongqing Railway" and "Eastern Province Railway" according to different historical periods) and lived in thirty-six sheds
At that time. There was an outbreak of plague in Harbin, and Tsarist Russia organized a so-called "quarantine team" consisting of a large number of armed military police under the pretext of "eliminating the epidemic"
The quarantine team rode in medical bun trucks and carried iron hooks to catch people everywhere. People."
Hearing this, Zhao Gang clenched his fists tightly: "What is a medicine bun cart?"
"It was a sealed carriage. Thirty-six sheds of Chinese residents call the carriages of these "quarantine teams" "medicine bun carts" or "murder carts";
The groups of "quarantine officers" are called "medicine buns";< br>
"Medicine Bunzi", who thought they were plague "patients", would indiscriminately push and lock them into carriages.
Then they were escorted by military police to wooden crock trucks on remote railway lines, then locked and transported to a dilapidated small house in the wilderness for so-called "quarantine". "
Li Aiguo gritted his teeth and continued: "Master Zhang was a worker who made wheels back then.
One day, Master Zhang was about to enter the factory to start work.
A group of Tsarist Russians arrived in a "medicine dumpling truck". Several heavily armed military police jumped out of the truck and blocked his way.
Several Tsarist Russian "medicine buns" wearing white coats and large masks, holding large iron hooks in their hands, also jumped out of the car.
They looked up and down at One Eye and his fellow workers.
At that time, the workers had nothing to eat, and they were all skin and bones from hunger, and their faces were sallow.
Medicine Bunzi pointed at the workers and said excitedly, "You have contracted the plague."
Then without any explanation, he raised the big iron hook and hooked it around Master Zhang's neck to take Master Zhang away.
Once taken to the isolation point, Yaobaozi would tie a lead-sealed noose around the workers' necks and force them to work.
Master Zhang resisted vigorously, and the workers around him stopped working.
The guys got together and started fighting with Yao Baozi.
Faced with the furious workers, the general manager of Medicine Bunzi, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately winked at the group of "Medicine Bunkers" and the military police and signaled them to evacuate.
This group of evil-doing Tsarist Russians jumped on the carriage and fled.
Master Zhang’s left eyeball was hooked out.
Fortunately, the workers called in a doctor and treated him to save his life, but he was nicknamed "One Eyed" from then on.
”
Bang!
Just after he finished speaking, Zhao Gang slammed his fist on the table, and the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered, making a crisp sound.
"It's so abominable. They simply don't treat us as human beings."
"Yeah, fortunately, now that we are liberated, our workers in the locomotive depot are the masters of their own affairs, and they can live a good life." Li Aiguo said slowly: "Master Zhang is now married, in his fifties, and has a fat boy. He is so happy that he can't close his mouth all day long, praising the new world."
At this point, Li Yunlong finally understood the purpose of Li Aiguo's long talk.
Zhao Gang was also touched.
What Li Aiguo tells is not a story, but a person’s life.
This man is alive, flesh and blood, real, and his fellow countryman.
Although Zhao Gang can't stand some things, as Li Aiguo said, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, there are too many donkeys, and there are all kinds of donkeys.
Zhao Gang nodded silently, but still felt a little unfair in his heart.
"Patriot, what you said is a bit interesting, is there anything else?" Li Yunlong was also addicted to it.
Now Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang are in high positions.
There are cars and security guards when going out, and the people they usually come into contact with are either senior officials or chiefs.
The things Li Aiguo talked about in the market are particularly fresh and heart-warming.
"Of course there is, there are many more! A while ago, I went to Linxi Coal Mine to pull coal, and I met a group of bad guys who were ready to destroy the coal mining machine. They used to be the big cabinets of the coal mine. You may not know What's the big cabinet?"
Li Aiguo told Lin Xi's story.
The tragic experience of coal miners before liberation was in sharp contrast to their happy life now. Li Yunlong stood up excitedly.
Patting Zhao Gang on the shoulder, he said loudly: "Did you hear that, Lao Zhao, our blood has not been shed in vain, so you should be as patriotic in the future."
Li Yunlong Looking at Li Aiguo: "Patriot, what do you mean by that sentence?"
Li Aiguo took the opportunity to continue and said: "We must look at things comprehensively, and we must not let one leaf blind us, we must see the general trend of historical development.< br>
There are indeed some scum in the real society, but they do not affect the overall situation. We cannot deny the overall situation because of the actions of individual people. "
As he spoke, Li Aiguo emphasized his voice: "The overall situation now is that the people have turned over and become the masters, and they will no longer be bullied!"
Li Aiguo spoke very vaguely.
Zhao Gang felt suddenly enlightened, but a sudden voice sounded in his mind.
"Yunlong's father-in-law, Mr. Tian, came to my home as a guest and talked about some very profound things." Zhao Gang said in a deep voice: "Take what happened when Li Yunlong and I entered the police station a while ago. , he said that if Li Yunlong and I were not leaders and did not know Li Aiguo, we would definitely be punished if we made trouble in the police station.
We were actually using our privileges, no different from those before liberation. "
Tian Moxuan. Hearing this name, Li Aiguo frowned and thought for a while before finally remembering it.
Isn’t this guy Tian Yu’s father and Li Yunlong’s father-in-law?
In the original work, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were able to escape after showing their IDs at the police station.
Later, Tian Moxuan found out about this during the family dinner.
This old man attacked the current system hard at that time, pretending that everyone was drunk and I was sober, which made Zhao Gang, who was already frustrated, take it for granted.
It can be said that Zhao Gang's subsequent tragedy is inseparable from Mr. Tian.
Seeing that Zhao Gang had fallen into the trap again, Li Yunlong said slowly: "Don't listen to that old man, he is just a crazy person."
Zhao Gang, however, admired Tian Moxuan quite highly and said loudly: "Yunlong, Tian The old man is educated, thoughtful, courageous, and has a certain strategic vision. He is a very good scholar. I am deeply impressed by his words about Li Aiguo and Tian Moxuan. Views express dissatisfaction.
In his opinion, Tian Moxuan is a cultural man with profound thoughts and an intellectual who cares about the country and the people.
Zhao Gang now regards Tian Moxuan as his teacher.
Pfft.
As soon as Zhao Gang finished speaking, Li Aiguo laughed out loud.
Maybe it was not satisfying, so I actually slapped the table and laughed.
Li Yunlong felt the smell of gunpowder between the two, rolled his big eyes, and quickly picked up the plate.
“Hey, please be gentle, you knocked the plate down.”
Zhao Gang did not use his identity to suppress Li Aiguo, but frowned and explained: "Aiguo, I know you are a worker, and you may not look down on scholars like Mr. Tian.
But they are indeed the backbone of our nation.< br>
Mr. Tian has been contributing articles to newspapers for four or five years. He is not afraid of power and criticizes social injustice.”
“You still have your spine!” Li Aiguo slapped Li Yunlong’s hand holding the peanuts and squeezed it himself. Filled one piece into his mouth.
Li Yunlong wanted to get angry, but when he thought that Li Aiguo might attack Tian Moxuan, he quickly made a gesture of all ears.
He has been tortured by his father-in-law these years.
After chewing the peanuts twice, Li Aiguo said: "Uncle Zhao, you just said that Tian Moxuan contributed articles to newspapers in 1945 to criticize society. What about four or five years ago? What he was doing What?”
“This” Zhao Gang was speechless.
Tian Moxuan has declared to him several times that he is a veteran, and he has been publishing articles in newspapers criticizing unfairness since four or five years ago.
Yes, what was Tian Moxuan doing four or five years ago?
Why don't you submit an article to criticize the newspaper? Why do we have to wait four or five years?
In four or five years, the time when the Japanese were defeated was really important.
"Why do you think it is?" Zhao Gang also came and was interested.
Li Aiguo continued: "My Xueru has talked a lot with sister-in-law Tian Yu.
I also learned that the Tian family has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for generations, and sister-in-law Tian Yu's cultural enlightenment was a private school education.
Tian Moxuan invited an old gentleman who had passed the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty to be her tutor.
Sister-in-law Tian Yu later attended the Western School, a famous aristocratic girls' school in Jiangnan. He studied house economics, which was specially designed to train aristocratic wives.
In other words, the Tian family lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou throughout the Anti-Japanese War.
At that time, the Japanese committed atrocities in Jinling.
Why didn’t Tian Moxuan, who had only succumbed to the truth his whole life, criticize the current situation in the newspaper when faced with the brutal massacre by the Japanese?
"This" Zhao Gang felt his throat was a little dry. Li Yunlong's face turned ugly: "Mr. Qingtian was also a traitor. No wonder he has such a big opinion against me!"
"We have no evidence whether he is a traitor or not." Li Aiguo continued: "I once heard Tian Yu's sister-in-law say that her family mainly lives on farm property. Suzhou and Hangzhou are enemy-occupied areas. So the "iron-bone" Tian Moxuan will cooperate with the Japanese's grain and supplies requisitions. Or are you not cooperating? "
If it was just speculation, this is the real deal.
The Japs are not soldiers, they don’t have such a good temper, and they won’t reason with you.
If Tian Moxuan did not cooperate with the grain collection, weeds would probably have grown over Tian Moxuan's grave.
Both Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong came from the previous dynasty, so they naturally knew the virtues of the Japanese and those landlords.
To be able to stay under the eyes of the Japanese occupying forces and live a good life of owning property and collecting rent, who can believe that these people are pedantic!
"This old man is true. When the devils come, he cooperates. When I come, he calls me a bandit." Li Yunlong smiled awkwardly.
He remembered the time when he went to Tian's house to propose marriage. Tian Moxuan couldn't help but accuse him of kidnapping Tian Yu and being a bandit.
At that time, Li Yunlong thought that this old man was really not afraid of power, but now it seems that he was just watching others play the game.
Zhao Gang frowned: "Aiguo, so we were all deceived by Mr. Tian?"
Li Aiguo stood up and said loudly: "Uncle Li is a bamboo craftsman in Dabie Mountain, and Uncle Zhao is here Students learn military knowledge. Mr. Tian collects rent and drinks wine in Suhang. How can he be from the same place?
In Suhang, people like Tian Moxuan experienced the Manchu, Beiyang, Republic of China, Japanese and Republican periods. , who has been an obedient citizen for so many years.
Now that he is liberated, he jumps out and starts to lash out at the new world.
The reason is simple, he knows the past. You really dare to shoot at those people.
Such people talk about doctrines but only care about business.”
Li Yunlong also always felt that something was wrong with Tian Moxuan.
But he still couldn't figure it out. After Li Aiguo's analysis, he suddenly realized it.
“Patriot, I think he is so dissatisfied because those people in front did not confiscate his land and we gave his land to the people.”
Although Tian Moxuan is Li Yunlong's father-in-law, Li Yunlong has nothing but respect for his elders.
"Uncle Li, I just said it as a family statement. Let me just say it. You, please listen to it."
Li Aiguo has no problem with cultural elements. During the war, many progressive young people With the paper and pen in hand, he made a huge contribution to the victory.
It’s just that I can’t stand the speculator Tian Moxuan.
He did not contribute during the war, but after liberation he went out to pick peaches.
In addition, the reason why Li Aiguo wanted to bombard Tian Moxuan in front of Li Yunlong.
It’s really because Tian Moxuan is too harmful.
In the later period of "Bright Sword", Tian Moxuan was messing around.
The final endings of Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Ding Wei are inseparable from Tian Moxuan.
You have ulterior motives!
Li Yunlong also knew very well that Li Aiguo said this because of his special relationship with Tian Moxuan.
But he didn't care.
In Li Yunlong's view, Li Aiguo, a worker, is his true comrade-in-arms and true relative.
As for Tian Moxuan. Well.
After I go back this time, I will have less contact with him.
During the chat between the two, Zhao Gang remained silent.
His CPU was shattered.
I wanted to defend Tian Moxuan, but I couldn't find any reason.
Tian Moxuan always compared himself to Mr. Lu in the past, but now that he thinks about it, it’s really ridiculous.
Mr. Lu has been fighting all his life. He has scolded countless people and never gave in. He has been wanted several times and has lived in exile.
And Tian Moxuan had surrendered all his life, until he was liberated, and suddenly started fighting again.
Is this what he means by only surrendering to the truth throughout his life?
Zhao Gang felt as if he had been fooled.
The stone weighing on his heart finally became loose.
Unconsciously, it was already dark, and the lights in the room were dim, making Zhao Gang's face flicker.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh:
“It seems that I personally have committed the stinky habit of intellectuals, and I will reflect on it!”
Zhao Gang’s first Once he stood up, picked up the wine bottle, and took the initiative to toast Li Aiguo.
"Aiguo, I didn't expect that you, a train driver, would have such insight."
"Old Zhao, Aiguo is not an ordinary train driver." Li Yunlong said with wide eyes: "I It seems that this kid is smart, has a heavy responsibility, and has made countless achievements, but he likes to stay in his job as a train driver, and all he wants is freedom.”
Zhao Gang thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case.
Even though he is the chief, he spends his time talking about mountains and rivers, and has to be responsible for coordinating all aspects. His small life is really not as easy as that of Li Aiguo.
Li Aiguo is a train driver. He drives a big train every day, and his wife and children warm up on the bed at night. This is a magical life.
After some explanations from Li Yunlong and Li Aiguo, Zhao Gang felt much better.
But Li Aiguo knows that Taishan is easy to move, but nature is hard to change.
A person with Zhao Gang's temperament will definitely suffer a big loss if he stays in the capital.
Afterwards, no one talked about Tian Moxuan anymore.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Li Aiguo suddenly asked, "Uncle Zhao, do you still want to go to the front line to lead the team?"
"Why don't you want to!"
The argument about Tian Moxuan just now not only did not make several people feel bad, but the relationship became closer.
At this time, Zhao Gang completely regarded Li Aiguo as his nephew and did not hide it from him.
"It's just that everything is liberated now. Except for Lao Li, but Lao Li's side won't be able to take action for a while. There is no war to fight now!"
Li Yunlong also nodded. : "Yeah, I feel like I'm getting rusty after being stuck in the south these past few years."
Li Aiguo said slowly: "Where's Ah San?"
As soon as these words came out .
The room suddenly became quiet.
Zhao Gang, who was drinking, brought the wine glass to his mouth, but there was no movement.
Crack.
Li Yunlong opened his mouth wide and the peanuts in his mouth fell down.
The two were stunned for a long time.
Li Yunlong suddenly pointed at Li Aiguo and laughed: "Patriot, amateur, you are an experienced driver when driving a train, but you are definitely an amateur when it comes to fighting.
Ah San is an honest man, how can he fight! Besides, he also You can’t beat us.”
I have to say that Ah San’s diplomacy in these years is really good.
The non-aligned one attracted Lao Mei and Lao Maozi at the same time.
In addition, other people's liberation relies on real guns and real knives, blood and fire.
Ah San went on a hunger strike and committed self-mutilation.
Anyone who sees it must praise this child for being so peaceful.
Of course, Li Yunlong and the others did not ignore Ah San because of this. The key is that Ah San really stretches her crotch.
Li Aiguo said: "What if they don't know that they are not good?"
As soon as he said this convoluted sentence.
The expressions of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang changed.
In this day and age, Bangzi is still gnawing bitterly on cabbage, not even able to fill his stomach, and there is no way to boast that the whole world is full of Bangzi.
Then Brother Asan likes to brag the most.
In fact, Brother Asan does not regard himself as a member of the region at all.
Although the patriarch left without leaving a single pound, he left Ah San with noble democracy and freedom.
Just imagine, who can use English as their official language like the noble patriarch?
You must know that based on English alone, Brother Asan is already more than 3,000 years ahead of other Asian countries at the starting line.
In Ah San’s opinion, the people around him are all poor people, and none of them are his opponents.
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong are both masters who often watch internal affairs, and they also know that Ah San is particularly energetic in regional affairs, similar to the energetic young men on the street.
But they still couldn't believe that Ah San would challenge themselves who had just defeated a powerful enemy.
"That's impossible. Ah San's troops have no combat effectiveness at all."
"Yes, they have never fought in a war, and they can barely maintain law and order. If they really want to fight with real swords and guns, they will definitely be scared to death."
Seeing the two people's brows furrowed, Li Aiguo stood up and poured tea for them, and then said: "Uncle Li, Uncle Zhao, have you ever heard of Yin Ming Lun?"
< br>Hearing this, Li Yunlong looked confused and scratched his head: "What the hell is that."
Zhao Gang squinted his eyes: "You are referring to Gu Asan's set of Fei Tuo? Yunlong, You have to study more in the future. If you are uneducated, you will suffer a big loss."
Seeing that Zhao Gang understood instantly, Li Yunlong was a little embarrassed: "They say it was Ancient Asan. That was thousands of years ago, and it is different from now. What does it have to do with it?"
Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong helplessly and said, "Although it is something from thousands of years ago, Ah San particularly believes in this."
"But this theory of cause and effect has nothing to do with it. What does Ah San’s fight have to do with it?”
At this time, Li Aiguo said: “Uncle Li, we normal people believe in the theory of cause and effect, which means that the development of things has causes and effects, which is a materialist thought.
Asan believes in the theory of cause and effect. People who are influenced by the theory of cause and effect believe that the world revolves around them
Whatever you want, as long as it is perfect enough, the world will automatically come true.
It can be understood as taking it for granted or daydreaming.
They think they are better than us, so they are better than us. "
Li Yunlong's eyes widened in shock: "Is there really such a fool? "
"Not one fool, but 390 million fools. "Li Aiguo also felt that Ah San was weird in his previous life.
After coming to this era, he studied some of Ah San's books and learned about this weird 'Yin Ming Lun'. He was very concerned about Ah San's weird behavior. I feel relieved.
Zhao Gang is an intellectual and has studied Yin Ming Lun. Naturally, he knows that if he believes in this thing, people’s brain circuits will be different from others.
“Don’t say that. , if Asan loves to daydream, he might actually get into a fight. ”
(End of this chapter)