On Zhao Tugen’s 100th birthday, the township will host a banquet for him to celebrate his birthday. Mr. Zhao was reluctant to accept. He said: “Not long before the lecture, a leader in the town drank and died on the spot. I also heard that the organization determined that the leader who died of drunkenness was killed on duty because he was on duty. I drank a lot with my superiors.”
The cadre in the township said: “Happy events are happy, and this is also human nature.” The implication is that this wedding wine is still to be done.
“Chairman Mao said,’Revolution is not a dinner party’!” Mr. Zhao said clearly and well: “But at the moment, Chairman Mao’s quotations have been tampered with and changed to a dinner party for the revolution. The world is getting worse!”
“Your old man still remembers Chairman Mao’s quotations? But we know that you are illiterate.” The township cadres were indeed puzzled.
“That’s not what I learned during the Cultural Revolution? I still don’t know a lot of Chinese characters. This is true.” The old man Zhao obviously got his head.
“Decades have passed, do you still remember the Cultural Revolution?” The township cadre also came with curiosity: “Or, father tell us.”
Maybe the township cadres are making fun, but Mr. Zhao is serious. Once he opens his chat box, the past is as vivid as it is in the eyes, and it is like a few treasures:
That was the year when the Cultural Revolution had just begun, and Mr. Zhao was now the captain of the production team. On that day, an old woman with five guarantees in the team passed away. As the Cultural Revolution broke the Four Olds and the bad habits of burial were also eliminated, Captain Zhao had to leave the village to contact the cremation.
“Please recite Chairman Mao’s quotations, otherwise you are not allowed to leave the village!” A red soldier guards the entrance of the village, specializing in reciting the highest instructions as a pass.
“Everyone in the village knows that I am illiterate. I can’t read books or newspapers.” Old man Zhao was eager to pass, so he wanted to use ignorance as a shield: “I am loyal to the party, to the people, and to the great leader Chairman Mao, but I mean No quotations from Chairman Mao!”
“Educated people have to recite the third eldest article. Just letting you come up with a quotation is already taking care of you!” What Hong Xiaobing said was the truth, and they didn’t intend to really embarrass this Captain Zhao who provided facts for the villagers.
“It’s all because I don’t pay attention to studying, but I must have a process of studying quickly. After all, I am over 50 years old!” Captain Zhao did not expect that this village has been free to come and go for decades. , But today was stuck by a few stunned greens who had no hair on their lips. But he didn’t dare to do it again, after all…
“It’s time to let it go!” A red soldier made a gesture of approval.
“What?” Captain Zhao was really confused about this sudden change.
“You just recited a quotation from Chairman Mao, and you can pass.” Hong Xiaobing explained.
“What did I say to me?” Captain Zhao Ruruo fell into the mist.
“You said that you are in your fifties.” Red Xiaobing further explained his doubts: “Chairman Mao’s first two sentences in “Remembrance of Bethune” are’Comrade Bethune is a member of the Canadian Communist Party and is in his 50s.’ You still recite the quotation. Now.”
After leaving the village, Captain Zhao quickly arrived at the crematorium.
“Please recite Chairman Mao’s quotations before you can go in.” Captain Zhao was stopped by the red guard at the door again. Next, Zhao was still illiterate.
“Just read the quotation on the wall at the door, and I will read it to you if you are illiterate, ‘we are all from all corners of the world, we have come together for a common revolutionary goal.’” The attitude of the Red Guards is still good.
“I heard it, and I saw it!” Captain Zhao thought it was time to enter.
“I will teach you one more supreme instruction. Chairman Mao often signs ‘read’ on documents he has read.” The Red Guards are really good at doing it to the end.