Shi Hanbing: adjunct professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University and visiting professor of Nanjing University
During the day, I accompanied my parents to watch a TV program, which is an introduction to the excavation of the Ming Dynasty's Dingling Mausoleum: more than 3000 precious cultural relics unearthed, such as the emperor's golden silk wing SHANGUAN, the Queen's six dragons and three Phoenix crowns, the golden wine note, the golden basin, the jade bowl, the jade bowl, the blue and white plum vase, etc., are elegant and exquisite, which shocked and exclaimed the world. I've seen this program, and I'm also excited and proud of the exquisite technology and craftsmanship of ancient Chinese craftsmen.
I feel that way.
Mother looked at the picture quietly. Gently said: "people die is still so luxurious, to search how many people sweat and blood ah."
My mother's voice was very quiet. I looked back at my mother, sat up straight, lowered my head, and felt very ashamed.
Yes, behind these luxuries, how many happy families are destroyed. From ancient times to the present, the luxury of vested interests is always based on the suffering of the people.
Parents are very gentle people. Father doesn't like to talk. Mother's instruction to our brothers and sisters is more direct.
I grew up afraid of my mother. Not because of her severity, but because of her wisdom. She can always see my every move very clearly, and her advice to me is always accurate.
My parents came to Shanghai this time. I left my hometown when I was 15 years old and spent the longest time with them.
My parents told me that cooperative medical treatment has also been implemented in rural areas, but the good policy above has changed to the following: after spending money to join the cooperative medical treatment, the price of drugs has skyrocketed. Even after reimbursement according to the prescribed proportion, the price of drugs is far higher than in the past, and also far higher than the price of drugs in general clinics. When the clinic saw the price increase of the hospital, it also increased the price In this way, the original policy of benefiting the people became injuring the people.
Garlic has gone up this year, but farmers have not made much money. One is that garlic lost money last year. Many people don't grow garlic this year. The varieties planted this year are not marketable. Second, when the vendor purchases the garlic, the price is lowered. The farmer gets the information about the price increase late. When he knows the price increase, the garlic in his hand has been purchased by the vendor
Farming is still dependent on the sky. The water conservancy facilities built decades ago have been abandoned. In case of drought or flood, the harvest will be greatly reduced. Last year, when there was a drought, almost no farmers watered the land: there were few wells, even if there were wells, there was no electricity, even if there were both. When the cost of watering the land is included, the grain will lose money. Therefore, no one watered the land during the drought
This is what my parents told me about my hometown.
I have advised my parents not to do that for a long time, but they all listen to me, only this point, they disagree in any case. When I asked them why, my mother talked about 1959.
The mother said, "you only know that your Tainai (father's grandmother) was starved to death that year, but you don't know how many people died of hunger in our family."
I looked at my mother in surprise.
Later, I know: mother's sister, starved to death; father's sister, starved to death; my grandfather (father's grandfather) starved to death In the past, they didn't tell me that when I was a child, I also listened to the villagers.
It was a conversation that cut my heart.
My mother calmly told me about the past: in 1959, all the pots and pans of the family were confiscated and all of them ate in the canteen. However, due to the boast and false report of the cadres on the grain output, they asked for more public grain, and some of them were killed alive. There is no food at home. The canteen can only drink soup. People are starving. My uncle was so hungry that he didn't let go of the bowl. Grandma went to the fields to get some grass roots and vegetable leaves to cook on the iron. The cadres in the team rushed in when they saw who was making a fire. When they saw the delicious ones, they took them away. When they saw the unsavory ones, they smashed them In this way, my mother's two-year-old sister starved to death when her crying became weak
The mother said: "no one in the village can say who is dead. Some eat the dead directly, and some share a bowl of soup without telling XXX's mother ate the dead granddaughter of her family and survived. She ate seven people... " When I think of the kind old man I saw when I was a child, I suddenly feel a chill.
The mother said: "my two-year-old sister died, and everyone in my family was starving When a relative comes to the house, he advises his sister to eat her. She has nothing to eat. She just takes out the liver and eats it How can I eat my sister! My mother also disagreed, crying and saying, how can I eat my own daughter! Better starve than die... "
I see my mother's eyes. She suppressed her tears with all her might.
I turned my back. Mother's tears are on my heart.
The mother said: "in the evening, I secretly buried my sister and added a bowl of soup My family starved six people, and the whole village starved more than 100 people. "
Later, the second uncle will be sent to live. The mother disagreed. The mother said, "if you send the second brother away, if he has any misfortune, and we survive, how can we feel at ease in the future!"
In that year, mother was 11 years old (mother and father were the same year and the same month, and the birthday was only three days short).
In the mother's insistence, the two uncles did not send people. My mother went begging and walked a long way to another area (our family is at the junction of Zhoukou and Zhumadian). An old woman saw her mother and loved her very much. She said, "daughter, we don't have any children in our family. Please stay in our family. Maybe you will die of hunger when you go home..." Mother shook her head firmly. Grandma gave her mother some peeled sweet potato skin. She took it home
The only one who helped my grandma's family was a distant relative. When grandma's family was in the most difficult time, he wrapped some noodles in a newspaper for grandma. This package is very important
This made me understand one thing: every Spring Festival, my mother always takes us to see him. When the old man died, my mother dressed in filial piety and knelt down to cry This is a deep gratitude. This is also the most important reason for mother to educate our brothers and sisters from childhood.
It was sad to see my mother. My father didn't say much, but simply said, "my sister was only four when she died of hunger Grandpa is tired and hungry. He fell to the ground and died while working... "
Then, my father told me that he was beaten when he was a child because of scraping elm bark. The man who beat him is still alive and in poor health. When my father spoke, he was calm and didn't have any hatred.
Father said, "I don't blame him."
Mother said: later, someone risked his life and wrote to Mao. Only when the matter was known, did they send someone to investigate.
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My parents talked about the famous "Xinyang incident" (our family used to belong to Xinyang area) which shocked the whole world.
The land of my hometown, the land that gave birth to me and raised me, carries so much suffering and misfortune! I have no choice but to appeal for the people's livelihood, for my father and mother, and for the suffering villagers. I told my parents about Guizhou's education and future plans, and they nodded happily
Many cadres can't experience the hardships of the grassroots people. The source of cadres' power determines their loyal objects: from the election, they are loyal to the voters, from the appointment, they are loyal to the superiors. People's livelihood is related to this. It has something to do with the fact that China has been unable to walk out of this cycle for thousands of years. The tragedy of 1959 was the result of Wu Zhipu, then Secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee, flattering his superiors. If he didn't please the voters but couldn't be an official, why
My parents always ask me to go to bed on time. Thinking of the conversation during the day, I feel sad Quietly to the study, write down
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