The Ups and Downs of the Commoners 2 Page #28

This book is the second volume of the novel "The Ups and Downs of the Commoners". It will tell you about caused by the disastrous consequences of the "Great Leap Forward" and the People's Commune Movement in China in the middle of the last century to the livelihood of the Commoners, as well as the difficult path of study of the protagonist of this book, Fang Zhengben.

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Fang Xinyou and Fang Xinlin also followed, crowding into the crowd to watch.
For Fang Zhengben at this time, the pain of flesh and skin was nothing, and the most unbearable thing for him was to lose face in front of these acquaintances. One is the fourth grandfather who watched him grow up, and the other is two friends of the same age who collected firewood and cut grass with him and went to school together, so that they saw themselves hanging from a beam like this, and only for steal two Leaf Mustards, it was so too lose face! He felt great humiliation and only complain that there is no hole in the ground for him to get into. He thought that although he was caught by Fang Fatie, he had not actually stolen the Leaf Mustard, and even the Leaf Mustard he touched was still standing intact in the field, so he must not keep this reputation for theft to himself, and should firmly deny it.
Fang Zhishu continued to interrogate: "Make it clear, why did you come here to steal Leaf Mustard? Who called you here?" Fang Zhengben still answered: "I didn't steal the Leaf Mustard, and I just went there to dig tree stump." Fang Zhishu shouted loudly and said, "Don't quibble, you can't make it clear, today's thing is not over!" Fang Zhengben was silent.
There was a silence, and Fang Zhengben's two arms seemed to no longer belong to him, and sweat soaked his close-fitting clothes.
"Snap!" A slap hit Fang Zhengben's face. Fang Fatie couldn't bear it anymore, he gave Fang Zhengben this slap and roared loudly: "Look at you kid is not honest!" You want to deny it, can you deny it?" Half of Fang Zhengben's face immediately swelled. Zhishu also took advantage of the situation and ask: "You quickly and honestly explain, why you come here to steal Leaf Mustard?" Fang Zhengben still insisted: "I didn't steal Leaf Mustard, I just went there to dig tree stump."
After another moment of silence, Fang Zhishu suddenly remembered that Fang Zhicheng had said just now that this kid was a "reader", and she immediately had an idea. She turned to Fang Zhicheng and asked, "Didn't you just say that he was a reader? Where does he go to school?" "He is studying in middle school at Xinghua Middle School." Fang Zhicheng said. Fang Zhishu turned back to Fang Zhengben and asked, "Which class are you from?" Fang Zhengben replied weakly: "Class 1, Grade 1962, junior high school." Fang Zhishu raised his eyebrows and threatened: "By the way, if you don't honestly explain today, I'll call your school immediately! What are the consequences, you yourself should understand! Honestly, why did you come to steal Leaf Mustard? Who called you here?" This trick of hers really works. This is what Fang Zhengben is most worried about. He thought that if Fang, the secretary of this party branch, really called the school, it would become yellow mud stuck to the bottom of his pant- it was feces, it was feces, it was no feces, it also was feces! Back at school, even with a thousand mouths, he couldn't explain it clearly. So, what awaits him? That must be the result of Xie Fanghua!
The more Fang Zhengben thought about it, the more afraid he became. He remembered the winter of the year before last, when someone in the third canteen insisted that he had picked the lock of Kang Shuncheng's house and pulled him to dig the winter rice field, which was nothing more than to find a scapegoat in order to end the incident. Today, they caught him to here, mobilized so many people to participate, and if they do not torture him to obtain a satisfactory result, and they were not willing to give up!  I might as well admit it to end this matter. He made such a decision and said, "Okay, I say it!" When Fang Zhishu heard him say that he was willing to confess, she said, "You well say it!" Fang Zhengben then said in detail why he came out to dig tree stump, and why he had the idea of chop two Leaf Mustards back home and eat, but in fact, he was caught without chopping. Fang Zhishu asked suspiciously: "So, you want to chop some Leaf Mustards back home and eat, but you haven't chopping them yet?" Fang Zhengben said: "Yes!" She turned her face again, looked at Fang Fatie, and asked, "Did you see him chopping Leaf Mustard?" Fang Fatie said: "He was about to chopping Leaf Mustard when I caught him, but he wasn't chopping yet!" Fang Zhishu is very satisfied with Fang Fatie's dedication. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to Fang Zhengben: "That's right! IF you admit it earlier, Isn't it better? In this way, we will let you go back today, but you will not be allowed to come to our forest farm to make trouble in the future. If we find out that this kind of thing happened in the future and we caught you, it would not be as easy as it is today! Fang Zhengben listened silently.
Then Fang Zhishu said to Fang Fatie, "Put him down!" Fang Fatie untied the rope that hung Fang Zhengben and lowered him off the beam. At this time, Fang Zhengben only felt numb in his limbs, dizzy, and unable to stand. Seeing this, Fang Zhicheng hurriedly stepped forward to support him and let him sit down on the stool. At this time, I don't know which kind person said: "I see that he is sweating a lot, let him drink a little water." Fang Zhicheng said: "This is not okay! He is a person who has just been hanged, put it down and drink water immediately, something will happen. ”
Fang Zhengben sat on the stool for a while, drank half a bowl of water, and his mental condition improved slightly. Fang Zhicheng escorted him out the door and whispered to him, saying, "You can't afford to mess with these people in the forest farm, and it's best to walk long away from it in the future, less to this territory!" After that, he asked Fang Xinyou and Fang Xinlin to escort him home.
Fang Zhengben walked out of the site of office of forest farm, as if he had walked out of the Dragon's Nest and Tiger's Den, and he only wanted to get away from it as soon as possible. He walked out with the Fang Xinyou brothers for a while before he stopped and let out a long sigh of relief. At this time, he remembered that he had forgotten to dig his own tree stump tool, and said: "Oh, I forgot my hoe and back basket!" Fang Xinyou said: "Where can you take care of these now, It's more important that you yourself leave first!" Fang Zhengben felt that what he said was reasonable, so he no longer forced it. At this time, he was hungry in the stomach, all body sore, one's head is heavy and one's feet light, and stumbled to walk, but thanks to the escort of Fang Xinyou's brothers, he did not fall.
Just as the people in the family were anxiously waiting for Fang Zhengben to return home, he finally appeared at the door of his house under the escort of Fang Xinyou's brothers. Seeing that his son finally returned, a big stone hanging in Wang Qihui's heart finally landed. But as soon as she saw his lost-soul, and accompanied by Fang Xinyou's brothers, she was still puzzled in her heart, and hurriedly asked: "Why did you come back at this time? And make it look like this.” Fang Zhengben so then said what happened to him today. When the family listened to his story, they were very sad, and it was even more inconvenient to blame him. Wang Qihui said: "As long as the person comes back safely, it's good. You eat first, and the rest will be discussed tomorrow! Just provoke them less in the future!" While letting Fang Zhengben eat, she thanked Fang Xinyou's brothers and let them go home.

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