Wake up（76）

 

76

 

Li Tiandao, He Jiafu, and Nanshan Yun walked out of the grove, and there was a small river in front of them.

It was hot at noon in summer, so hot that people couldn't breathe. Li Tiandao and his party came to the small river. Nan Shanyun stood on the bank, watching the waves in the small river, waves of coolness rippling in his heart, then he took off his shoes and walked barefoot along the small river. He likes the feeling of the water of the small river rushing through his feet, he is very happy.

Leaning on crutches, He Jiafu looked at the flowing river and his happy grandson, and just glanced at the fish and fine stones under the river surface to see every detail of them: the scales of the fish were shining, and the scales of the stones were shining. The texture is delicate and delicate. The clean and clear running water made his mood clear.

Li Tiandao's mood was completely different from theirs. What he thought of was the past events of "big water conservancy" during the Great Leap Forward era.

Years of uncontrolled consumption of resources, soil erosion, drying up of rivers and lakes, soil deterioration, water quality deterioration, desertification, sandstorms, greenhouse effect, air pollution, smog, frequent food and drug problems, etc., are like a sharp sword over the heads of the Chinese. Some people completely blame the reform, opening up and economic development for the destruction of China's ecological environment, far ignoring the historical origins and serious consequences of the ecological and human settlement disasters caused by the Mao era, especially the Great Leap Forward period.

The great destruction of China's natural ecology and human settlements reached its climax in the rampant acts of the "Great Leap Forward" of barbaric plundering and clearing up the wilderness. In those years, under the will of Lao Mao that no one dared to violate, not only did the class struggle and political movement of "fighting against people" become dark, but also "fighting against the sky" and "fighting against the sky" of "lowering the mountains and giving way to the river" "Fighting against the land" has become very popular, and the devastating damage to the natural ecology and human settlements has been extremely tragic.

In those days and months, in order to realize the dream that "one day is equal to twenty years", the people were forced to work endlessly like animals - to "change the sky and change the land" of "ordering three mountains and five mountains to clear the way" day and night; Lake "open up wasteland and create land"; suspend work and production, abandon farmland, force thousands of troops to "smelt steel" and "do water conservancy"; do not hesitate to do a lot of absurd "inventions and creations" at the expense of the people; search all farmers The private property they depend on for survival, including smashing stoves, pots and bowls are not allowed to cook for themselves; even large-scale demolition of houses, turning many farmers into "savages" without homes, or multiple people living in one place "Prisoner". A series of savage and crazy tossings not only severely damaged agricultural productivity, but also caused great damage to the ecology and human settlements due to indiscriminate digging, soil erosion, tree felling, and house demolition.

"Great water conservancy" is the "opening masterpiece" of the Great Leap Forward. Hundreds of millions of people were forced to work in large and small dams, reservoirs, and canal projects. How many people died of exhaustion and starvation caused landslides, river siltation and Flooding. Searching for all metal products to "smelt iron and steel", demolishing farmers' thatched huts and earthen walls to make fertilizer, or shoveling up the land and using firewood to "fume the soil to make fertilizer", and then "plow ten feet deep" to release satellites, destroying natural resources and farmers' property , and further caused damage to human settlements and ecological environment. In 1958, the whole country "eliminated the four pests" and almost exterminated sparrows. In that year, 2 billion sparrows were eradicated across the country; Peking University suspended classes and work for three days to eradicate sparrows, and achieved a record of eradicating 502 sparrows. In 1959, a large-scale pest disaster occurred across the country after sparrows were eliminated as "natural enemies" of pests. All small creatures such as snakes, insects, frogs and mice that can be caught have all become delicacies for the hungry. All of them have paid the price of destroying the ecological balance and sacrificing the ecological environment... Many people also participated in all kinds of labor when they were young. Forests, green mountains and green waters, but after the Great Leap Forward, when I went to the countryside, all I saw were barren mountains and ridges stretching as far as the eye can see.

Large-scale steel smelting, public canteens, forced villages to live in, felled, demolished, and burned all trees and farmers’ houses on the mountains have caused the largest scale of forest destruction and human settlements in human history in just a few years. In April 1959, Tan Qilong, the second secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, reported in writing during his investigation in Jining, “The county moved 714 villages within a few days, with 36,140 households, accounting for more than one-third of the total households in the county. The Japanese devils’ Sanguang policy is still very strong.” At that time, Shouzhang County, Shandong Province demolished 53,000 houses and dug up 38,000 ancestral graves in a short period of time.

In Nanxiong County, Guangdong Province, in order to demolish Shangwei Street in the county seat and build a new village, 105 households with 932 rooms, one granary, and 18 large ancestral halls were forcibly demolished, and the solid walls were blasted with explosives and detonators. Before the demolition, the masses are required to finish moving in one day, and the closed doors that have not been moved are not allowed to move again. The people whose houses have been demolished live in cowsheds and manure huts, suffering terribly. In Linru County, Henan Province, 50 villages were stripped, and people were forced to relocate 130 villages, demolished 21,966 houses, and left 54,950 mu of land barren.

When Liu Shaoqi returned to his hometown for an inspection in the spring of 1961, he recorded that there were 1,415 houses in the Tianhua Brigade before the commune, but only 621 dilapidated houses remained after the disaster of the Great Leap Forward.

In November 1958, in Fengxian County, Shanghai, in the work of eradicating cotton pink bollworm, all 2,131 houses that had let cotton were burned down, and another 2,146 houses were demolished during the "house demolition and village merger". The people whose houses were demolished were displaced and homeless. Some were exposed to the rain and cold, and became mad with anger, and some complained and rolled over each other. During the "big water conservancy", in order to lay four-wheeled wooden tracks for earthwork transportation, more than 9,000 looms in the county were dismantled, and even the doors, windows, floors, and walls of the members were also removed, and the cemetery was also dug out. There are more than 8,000 coffins in it. The grave was excavated without the consent of the owner of the tomb, and the bones were not dealt with aftermath.

Li Tiandao, an old man from Sichuan, will not forget those things in Sichuan. Rongxian County, Sichuan Province has aggressively merged teams, dining halls, and houses. Among the 2,870 households in Changshan Commune, 1,133 households had their houses demolished and forced to move. In Pi County, which has only over 200,000 people, more than 12,000 houses were demolished, and the Hexing Branch of Hongguang Commune, which Lao Mao inspected, destroyed 2,768 houses. In order to build a "high-yield belt" along the Chengguan Highway, thousands of farmhouses were forcibly destroyed overnight, and tens of hundreds of farmers were crowded into one place like prisoners. In many places, there is no consultation with the commune members when demolishing the houses. They smash the doors and pick the locks without permission, and discard the clothes of the commune members all over the ground, turning the house into a pile of rubble in an instant. Some people go out for a trip and come back and see their house, wife and children, and they can only cry bitterly. Due to the forced demolition of a large number of houses, some commune members moved seven or eight times a year, and various properties and livestock suffered huge losses due to the relocation. The collective residences are overcrowded. Some have to live in pigpens or cowsheds. Some families with three surnames live in the same room. Dirty and smelly. The Heming New Village, Fenghuo New Village, and Liujiazui New Village on the outskirts of Xichong during the Great Leap Forward were all built in 1958 by demolishing farmers' houses, forcing them to live in groups, and felling trees indiscriminately.

Li Tiandao, He Jiafu, and Nan Shanyun walked out of the grove and walked along the small river. There are no beautiful green hills or spectacular waterfalls here, only this small river. The creek is clear, so natural and pure. The surface of the river is as horizontal as a mirror, and the light from the rising sun shines on the surface of the water, like soft halos floating on the river.

Through that layer of bright and clear water, you can see the world in the water. Groups of fish dangled in the water. Li Tiandao put his hand into the transparent river water. In an instant, the little fish ran away in a panic. Li Tiandao knew that he had disturbed the peace in the river.

On the quiet river surface, there are a few water birds flying close to the water surface, and the golden reed grass by the water is gently swaying with the wind.

The clear river water failed to wash away the painful memories in Li Tiandao's heart.

Everything in the world is constantly changing, spring and autumn come, and flowers bloom and fall, all of which give us inspiration in life. Li Tiandao is a caring person. Looking at the flowing water passing east, he seems to feel the reminder of the passing of time. His gaze was fixed on the stones by the river, the softest water can penetrate these hardest stones, as if to tell us that a drop of water can also penetrate a stone. the

Sensitivity, sadness and vicissitudes are no longer a thing for Li Tiandao's age. He has long stopped being sensational, complaining, sad, or crazy, but he doesn't want to see himself as a spectator, and he doesn't want to escape his true self. There are still many contradictions in his heart.