Long historical novels of

the Cultural Revolution

《Ghost scholar》(excerpts)

author: Huang Xuezhang

Chapter 1

Talent Liu sleepless in rainy night, strong talk worried.

YangX embarrassed due to wear little clothes go to toilet.

In March 1966, the spring was chilly and drizzly. Rows of gray old second floor dormitory buildings of Jiangdong Institute of technology stood quietly in the rain and darkness. At this time, a political storm in Beijing thousands of miles away is quietly unfolding based on the chance of the publication of Yao Wenyuan's article 《review of the new historical dram “Hairui's dismissal"》in November last year.

As Jiangdong city is a medium-sized city far away from the political center, and the political storm first blows from the literary and artistic circles, the "Institute of technology" is still in a peaceful state for the time being. Only a few swifts, aware of the gusts of high pressure air from the north, lowered their figures and walked in panic among the willows in the drizzle.

At the moment, Jiangdong Institute of technology students dormitory room 103, near the window of a double bed upper bunk, a youth is tossing and turning can not sleep. Listening to the drizzle outside the window hitting the French sycamore tree, he whispered:

"…… ,

Phoenix trees in the fine rain.

At dusk, bit by bit.

This scenc, what happened.

It is deep sorrow! "

Unexpectedly, the students sleeping in the lower bunk did not sleep. He got out of the tent and whispered to the upper bunk, "ha ha, Comrade Liu Zhiyuan has come back to the petty bourgeoisie mood. What worries the revolutionary youth? "

Liu Zhiyuan is a well-known student of Jiangdong Institute of technology. His classmates call him "talent". In response, he replied, "brother Ge Chengguang, aren't you sleeping with proletarian sentiment? "Ge Chengguang said," how can I sleep when you turn around and say something? "Liu Zhiyuan said," it's too boring to rain! Forget it. Let's go for a walk. Then he climbed down from the upper bunk. Ge Chengguang said, "good! "

Wearing vests, pajamas and blue Zhongshan suits, they pushed open the dormitory door and came to the corridor. Looking out of the dark, misty building, they strolled from the west end of the corridor to the east end. As they were walking, they suddenly saw that the door of dormitory 113 opened and a man rushed out of it. he almost collided with Liu Zhiyuan. This man is the Secretary of the Youth League branch of chemistry 611 class, and his name is Yang Yaoqiang.He only wore shorts and waistcoat, and took an umbrella. He rushed out of the building without lifting his head. Seeing his impatience, they all laughed.

Befor that the eight old dormitory buildings were barracks during the Japanese occupation period, and there were no toilets in the buildings. The toilets are located in the middle of the two buildings, about 100 steps away from the dormitory building. Therefore, every night, there are always several scenes to rush to the toilet. It will be more wonderful if you encounter wind, rain and snow. At this time, the students are running, while scolding "hateful Japanese devils! Occupy our country, the toilets are not repaired in the dormitories ! Some of them also ran and sang, "cut the big knife at the devil's head! "

What's more, the original barracks didn't have a women's toilet. They were all "equipped" with men's toilets, that is, there were long urinals inside. After it was changed into a student dormitory, a toilet in the East was designated as a male toilet, while the one in the West was designated as a female toilet. Because the size as like as two peas and the shape of the two toilets are the same, the signs at the door are very unattractive, so they often make jokes. Some boys have a rush to urinate. They rush in and see a urinal beside the wall. They take this as evidence. They think it's a men's toilet. They untie the buttons, pull it out and sprinkle, which often makes the girls inside scream.

If you meet a lady with a strong sense of "class struggle", it will be miserable! Get a "hooligan! lady-killer! Pervert! "Is the least. If it is not done well, you will be publicized and investigated for your position and motivation. At this time, the misguided boy who made the "directional" mistake knew that he was in the wrong, so he had to swell red face, scurry run in confusion ..

Liu Zhiyuan and Ge Chengguang lean on the railing of the corridor and watch Yang Yaoqiang run to the West toilet. Ge Chengguang patted Liu Zhiyuan on the shoulder, pointed to Yang Yaoqiang's figure and said, "look, brother Liu, there's a good play!" Liu Zhiyuan looked up with interest. Yang Yaoqiang ran to the door of the West toilet. He suddenly stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then turned around and ran to the East toilet. Liu Zhiyuan sighed and said, "Yang Yaoqiang, the steering is really fast!, and a good play is gone ! "

They were disappointed when they didn't see the good play. The faint light of the street lamp outside, through the water mist, fell on their faces. Ge Chengguang, wearing a pair of short-sighted glasses, said, "brother Liu, don't worry about Yang Yaoqiang. You just recited poems. I can see why you don't sleep at night. "Liu Zhiyuan said," Oh, you are called 'small-Zhuge'. What am I？thinking? "Ge Chengguang said with a smile," you are young and in the prime of your life. What can you worry about? It's not about Love yet? The graduation project is coming in half a month. You must be worried about whether you can share the same subject with her, right? "Liu Zhiyuan said," small-Zhuge, you are too vulgar! Do you think that Li Qingzhao's "slow voice" poem that I read just now is worried about "love"? Big mistake! Li Qingzhao was worried about the collapse of her country and her family. She was worried about the downfall of the Song Dynasty. This is the same, that Mao Zedong worried the Party Will turn into revisionism? worried about the successor of the revolutionary cause, and worried about who is 'Khrushchev' sleeping beside him? "Small-Zhuge couldn't help laughing:" you really know nonsense. Li Qingzhao is a feudal poet, Mao Zedong is a proletarian revolutionary leader. It's a big difference!" Liu Zhiyuan said, "Otherwise, the performance of worried people is the same, nothing more than burning eyebrows and sad faces, not thinking about tea and rice, not sleeping at night, and getting rid of "people are thinner than yellow flowers for you".

Small-Zhuge said, "the more you say it, the more wrong you are ,You say I'm not sure, then you say yourself, why do you stay up at night? surely it doesnt mean that Are you worried about sleeping under you, Khrushchev? "Liu Zhiyuan said with a smile," ha ha, is that what I am a grassroots worry about? To tell you the truth, I am worried. Yesterday, the Branch organization member Xu Zhenghong informed me that the Youth League branch would hold my "membership meeting" again tomorrow afternoon. "small-Zhuge said with a scornful smile," ha ha, is this the elegant thing? This is a good thing! Congratulations on your becoming a glorious member of the Communist Youth League. What are you worried about? "

Liu Zhiyuan said helplessly, "Small-Zhuge, don't you know that we are going to graduate soon. What kind of regiment are we going to join? Xu Zhenghong, the branch member, mobilized me. However, it has been more than a year since I submitted my application. I passed the form once in August last year. At the meeting, I was told that my family composition was not clearly written down and failed to pass the examination, which made me look pale. This time, we mobilized again and said that we should catch up with the "Last Supper". But I think this dinner is a chicken rib. It's tasteless. "Small-zhuge said," ha ha, it's not just chicken ribs! Just like Jesus Christ, the last supper is about to cross. "

Liu Zhiyuan said, "the Communist Youth League, the cross, Small-zhuge, your analogy is the head of the ox is not the mouth of the horse! "Ge Chengguang said with a smile," Telent Liu, you don't lie to me. I don't think Old Mster Xu can mobilize you to join the league. Must be someone else? "Liu Zhiyuan said, "you act or talk like a fool ! Where else?" Small-zhuge said, "I guess it must be Ms. Zhou Jingru. She is the real lobbyist for you to join the league? So this chicken rib is still a pity, isn't it? "

Liu Zhiyuan blushed and said, "Small-zhuge, you are really there! Jingru is an active and popular person in the college. She has always advised me to make political progress and get close to the organization. Probably because of my temperament, I always feel that this organization is difficult to get close to. Tomorrow's branch membership meeting is still not very good. "Small-zhuge said," ha ha, I'm still not wrong. It's a common thing about the love ? You have a confidante to help, progress! I'm lagging behind to the end. I can't be a "red kid" of the Communist Youth League in my life. I have to fight to be a "Bolshevik" directly after graduation. "

Liu Zhiyuan and Ge Chengguang belong to class 611 of chemical engineering department. There are 31 students in class. Now only five of them have not joined the league. Therefore, Small-Zhuge is quite indignant. Liu Zhiyuan said, "follow the fate, maybe you are better. "Ge Chengguang said with a smile," ha ha, you're a member of the Communist Party. but bilieve to fate. Do you think you are a monk? Liu Zhiyuan said, "don't mention it. I really feel like a monk. Sakyamuni, Buddha Buddha, is a belief, but Marx, Lenin and communism are not? " Small-Zhuge said," brother Liu, you can't take this to the membership meeting tomorrow. "Liu Zhiyuan said," how can we? Would I be so stupid? "Small-Zhuge said," don't worry, I didn't attend your last watch meeting. I will support you tomorrow afternoon, escort you and make sure you pass! "

Just then, Yang Yaoqiang came back from the toilet to the door of dormitory 113 with an umbrella. His legs were wet with rain. Somehow, the door of the 113 bedroom was locked. Yang Yaoqiang twisted left and right, but he couldn't open it. His face turned red with anxiety. Ge Chengguang went over and said, "what's the matter? Comrade YangX can't go home? "

Yang Yaoqiang's father was Yang Yiqing, Secretary of the Jiangdong municipal Party committee, an old revolutionary. Yang Yaoqiang inherited the "red gene". Usually, Marxism Leninism is often talked about, so people call him "yangX".

At this time, YangX said angrily, "I don't know what happened! When I came out, it was clear that the door was open. Why was it locked in a moment? Damn it! "Ge Chengguang said with a smile," maybe it was closed by the wind. "Yang Yaoqiang said," when the sky is so stuffy, where is the wind? "Liu Zhiyuan asked," where is your key? "Yang Yaoqiang said," it was put by the pillow, but it didn't come out. "So Yang Yaoqiang slapped on the door and yelled," old Gu! small Qian! Open the door! "

He called the five people inside one by one, but the people inside seemed to be dead asleep, and no one responded. Yang Yaoqiang was angry and anxious. His face turned blue and he cried out, "don't pretend to be dead. Don't try to make fun of me! Open the door! "But there was still silence inside.

Just at this moment, a strong torch light came over. "Who is it? What are you doing here so late? "It turned out to be old Tian, who was on duty at night. His face was old and thin. He was over 40 years old and looked like an old man who was nearly 60 years old. He has a red armband on his left arm, a flashlight, and a stick in his right hand. Looking at old Tian, Yang Yaoqiang said, "I'm from this dormitory. I can't get in because the door is locked. "

old Tian turned to Liu Zhiyuan and asked, "what about you two? "small-zhuge covered the strong light of the flashlight and squinted and said," Uncle Tian, it's our dormitory 103. Old Tian looked closer, turned off his flashlight and said, "it's you. It's so late that I'm scared. Chairman Mao said that the string of class struggle should be tightened and should not be loosened! Go back to your bedroom and go to bed! Don't get cold. Don't affect others. Then he flashed his flashlight and went to the front to check.

Liu Zhiyuan and Ge Chengguang watched YangX in a hurry, but they didn't think they could help. Liu Zhiyuan hold back a smile and said In Russian:"Товарищи Ян，спокойной ночи!" ( Good night, Comrade Yang) Ge Chengguang then called out:"До свидания！ЯнPKC！ (goodbye, YangX!) And they went to their bedroom. From behind, YangX's anxious knock on the door continued. The two men laughed again, returned to the bedroom, went to bed, and continued to listen to "phoenix trees with drizzle" and no more voices.