However, in the office of the party branch of Guangming Middle School, when Lao Cao, the dark and sturdy party branch secretary, looked at Teacher Zhang Junshi, the head teacher of Class 3, Grade 3 with trust and asked him this question in another way, Teacher Zhang didn't think it was weird and absurd. He just thought about it very seriously for a minute or so, and then replied flatly, "All right! I really want to know him ... "
The thing is this: A few days ago, the Public Security Bureau released the rogue Song Baoqi from the detention center. He was detained because he was involved in a collective crime. During the trial, inspired by the powerful forces and policies of the dictatorship of the proletariat, he sweated all over and his lips trembled, and made a more thorough confession, exposing the key crimes of the first offender. Therefore, the Public Security Bureau dismissed his education according to his specific situation-it is best to confess if the circumstances are minor, and he is dissatisfied with 16 years old. His parents thought it was impossible to show their faces in front of their old neighbors, so they moved to another room, just near Guangming Middle School. According to the "nearest school" method implemented in recent years, his parents applied to transfer Song Baoqi to Guangming Middle School. He should be in Grade Three, and there is an empty seat in Class Three (3) of Grade Three. In addition, Mr. Zhang has more than ten years' working experience as a class teacher, and is the only party member among the class teachers in this grade. So, after research by the Party branch, I accepted Song Baoqi's request for transfer. Lao Zeng directly found Teacher Zhang, told the situation bluntly and asked him, "What's the matter? Why don't you take Song Baoqi? "
As you know, as soon as Mr. Zhang's thoughtful eyes met Lao Cao's eyes full of expectation and encouragement, he agreed.
two
What kind of person is Teacher Zhang?
We can carefully observe the day when he rode to the public security bureau to get to know Song Baoqi in the spring sandstorm.
Teacher Zhang is so ordinary. He is thirty-six, of medium build and a little fat. His clothes and trousers are obviously old, but they are neat. Every button is properly buttoned, and even the training button of the uniform coat is meticulous. His face is long and round, there are three deep wrinkles on his forehead, and his eyes are small, but he can see people brightly. Students who lie are most afraid of his eyes. However, what makes the students awe is teacher Zhang's mouth. People say that people with thin lips can talk, but Mr. Zhang has a pair of thick lips, which are often blown out by the wind in winter and spring. Generate's words from these thick lips are always so warm, vivid and smooth, like a seeder that never rusts, constantly sowing the seeds of revolutionary ideas and knowledge in students' hearts, and like a big broom, constantly sweeping away the dust in students' hearts. ...
Along the way, Mr. Zhang's expression was quite dull. It was not until he listened to the briefing by the comrades of the Public Security Bureau and turned over the file that a strong expression appeared on his face-indescribable, neither all indignation nor all disgust and contempt. It seems that determination has gradually gained the upper hand, but anxiety and heaviness are also obvious.
It's already three o'clock in the afternoon when teacher Zhang returns to school from the public security bureau. He took out a neatly folded handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked into the grade group office. Obviously, the teachers in the same group already know that Song Baoqi will come to his class tomorrow. Teacher Yin, who teaches mathematics, was the first person to know him, and formed the first wave of discussion about Song Baoqi.
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Teacher Yin and teacher Zhang are the same age, graduated from teachers' college and assigned to Guangming Middle School to teach, often teaching in the same grade. They always talk to each other, and even if they quarrel, they never insinuate or criticize others. They always pour out their ideas, leaving no "bottom".
Teacher Yin has a slender figure and tight facial features, so that he can never get rid of the "baby face". Thanks to a pair of glasses with deep myopia on his nose, he won't lose the dignity of the elderly in front of the students.
In the spring of 1977, Teacher Yin felt a bright sunshine in her heart. His vision of the education front, his own school, the courses and classes he teaches are all full of aura. He feels that all unreasonable places should and can be improved quickly. In his view, the pernicious influence of the Gang of Four on the education front should be discovered and eliminated in a short time, forming an ideal realm. However, he is a little impatient these days. He wants everything to be as smooth as a boat by the river, but he still has to face some complicated problems without thinking about it.
On hearing the news that Song Baoqi was coming, he couldn't help but have a boiling passion. As soon as Mr. Zhang entered the office, he vented his "incomprehension" to his old comrades. He scolded Teacher Zhang: "How did you agree to come down? At present, the situation facing the whole grade is to pay close attention to teaching quality. If you get a hooligan and get stuck in the mud for his personal work, how can you have the energy to grasp the quality of teaching? If you can't make trouble, you can have a' one mouse shit ruined a pot of porridge'! You ah you, also don't think calmly, agreed to come down, it's really let a person can't understand ... "
Other teachers in the office, some agree with Mr. Yin's point of view, but disagree with his outspoken attitude; Some don't agree with his point of view, but feel that he really means well; Some people can't figure out how to treat the truth for a while, but they just put such a heavy burden on Teacher Zhang out of thin air, which breeds sympathy and worry ... So, although they all looked at Teacher Zhang sitting or standing, they didn't speak for a while. Even the ear model, a teaching aid for physical health class on the storage shelf, seems to have deliberately stretched itself to a foot and a half long, waiting for Teacher Zhang to answer intently.
Teacher Zhang thinks that Teacher Yin's views are extreme. But I don't think what Teacher Yin said is unreasonable. He thought quietly for a minute, and then replied, "Now, there is no reason to send Song Baoqi back to the public security bureau, and there is no need to send him back to his original school. Since I am the head teacher, then when he comes, I will start my work ... "
These are really a few plain words. If Mr. Zhang retorts Mr. Yin aggressively, it may cause a heated debate, but he unexpectedly answers like this, and Mr. Yin seems to be at a loss. Other teachers are also very moved, and some can't help asking themselves: "What would I think if Song Baoqi was assigned to my class?"
Teacher Zhang really must start working at once, because at this moment, Xie Huimin, the secretary of the League branch of his class, stopped him.
four
Xie Huimin is taller than the average boy. Her back is always straight and looks strong. Once, she walked past the wall of an amateur sports school and was taken a fancy to by the basketball coach inside. The coach warmly invited her in, thinking that she had found a rare training object. Who knows that this girl with a round face and big eyes was particularly disappointed after trying to run blue several times-it turned out that her jumping ability was poor and her arms and wrists were too stiff. When asked, she was not interested in any ball games.
Indeed, Xie Huimin has almost no hobbies except watching movies with everyone and singing songs recommended at every stage. Her homework is average, and sometimes she can't finish it, mainly because social work takes up a lot of energy and time-only in this way can teachers and classmates understand it.
Last summer, when Mr. Zhang took over as the head teacher of this class, he was already the secretary of the Youth League branch. Shortly after Mr. Zhang came, it was the turn of the whole class to study agriculture in the countryside. On the day of returning to school, the team was far away from the village. Xie Huimin suddenly found a boy with ears of wheat in his hand. She couldn't help but run over and criticized in surprise and anger: "How can you take wheat from poor and middle peasants?" Give it to me! Have to send it back! " The boy said unconvinced, "I want to take it home to show my parents how great the wheat here is!" " "As a result, there was an argument. Most students don't support Xie Huimin. Some people call her "stubborn", others call her "excessive". Finally, naturally, it was teacher Zhang's turn to speak. Xie Huimin's hand tightly holding the full ears of wheat, his mouth slightly open, looking forward to teacher Zhang. To the surprise of many students, Mr. Zhang agreed to the request and sent the ears of wheat back. There is a sound wave in my ear that is intertwined with loud arguments and low discussions. Seeing the unique back of the muddy driveway running back to the village after the rain, Mr. Zhang once moved to think: The question is not whether Xiao Maisui must be treated like this: you see, this branch secretary, who is only three months old, is defending "never let poor middle peasants lose a grain of wheat" with all pure and noble feelings.
However, after that, until the Gang of Four was found out, a thick cloud hung over the land of our motherland, and the shadow of the cloud naturally fell on Class 3, Grade 3. The Communist Youth League Committee controlled by the Gang of Four has sent liaison officers to Guangming Middle School. It is said that it is to cultivate some kind of "typical". Whether to set up an office in Class 3, Grade 3 has been under their consideration, and Xie Huimin is naturally a topic they often talk about. Xie Huimin can't understand their "teachings" because she has no political speculation. She is pure and sincere. However, since then, there have been some seemingly inexplicable contradictions between Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang. For example, Xie Huimin complained that two of the five league members dozed off while organizing life in the League branch. Teacher Zhang didn't blame the two ugly league members, but suggested; "You live an organized life, why do you always read newspapers? Can't we hold a mountain climbing competition next time? Make sure they don't doze off! " Xie Huimin's eyes widened, and he could hardly believe his ears. After a long time, he protested: "Climbing a mountain, what is organized life? We read a batch of articles by Song Jiang ... "For another example, it was as hot as being locked in a steamer that day. After class, the girls all ran out of the window to get some air. Teacher Zhang called Xie Huimin aside, looked her up and down and said, "Why are you still wearing a long-sleeved shirt? You should take the lead and put on short sleeves. Besides, you girls should wear skirts! " Although Xie Huimin was panting with heat, her face was flushed with surprise. She simply doesn't understand what style teacher Zhang advocates! Only the propaganda Committee member Shi wore a short-sleeved shirt with small broken flowers and a pleated skirt. In my opinion, it is a manifestation of "stained with bourgeois style"!
After the downfall of the Gang of Four, the contradiction between Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang can be clarified, but it has not been completely eliminated.
Now, I found Teacher Zhang. Report to him: "Everyone in the class knows that Song Baoqi is coming, and some boys say that he used to be the fourth child in the food market, which is particularly powerful;" Some girls are scared and say that Song Baoqi will really come tomorrow, so she won't go to school! "
Teacher Zhang is stupefied. He hasn't had time to anticipate these situations. Now that these things have happened, he felt a special need to cooperate with the Youth League branch, so he asked Xie Huimin:
"Are you afraid? What do you suggest we do? "
Xie Huimin shook his short braid and said, "What am I afraid of? This is class struggle! If he dares to go crazy, we will hit him! "
Teacher Zhang is hot in his heart. In an instant, the back running in the muddy driveway jumped into the memory screen. He kindly said to Xie Huimin: "You should get all the members of the Youth League branch and the class committee quickly, and let's have a cadre meeting in the classroom!"
five
At about 4: 20, the cadre meeting ended. All the other cadres have left, leaving only Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang in the classroom.
Shihong just sat facing the window, and the afternoon spring sun shone on her round face, making her cheeks more rosy; She holds her chin with a pen, her eyes are wide open, her bright eyes are swimming slowly, and her plump chin is slightly upturned-this is the eyes that math teachers are familiar with and love whenever she thinks of a more ingenious way to solve a teaching problem. But at the moment, she is not solving math problems, but thinking about how to write a horn poem and meet everyone tomorrow morning, including Song Baoqi.
Teacher Zhang is talking with Xie Huimin. The work needed to receive Song Baoqi has been fully implemented. Male cadres went to find boys to do work separately, telling them that Song Baoqi was not a "hero" in the food market, but a person who made a mistake and needed help. Don't be curious or even awe of him, and don't discriminate against him. Everyone wants Qi Xin to help him together. Female cadres will go to those girls' homes alone, either because they are timid or out of anger, and announce that they will not come to school tomorrow, making it clear to them and their parents that the school will ensure that girls will not be bullied by Song Baoqi; For a rogue Song Like, passive avoidance can only encourage his bad habits. Only by uniting with him and teaching him can we turn harm into benefit and gradually turn harm into benefit. Teacher Zhang will pay a home visit to Song Baoqi, get a preliminary understanding of him and his parents, and carry out the first ideological work. Tomorrow morning, Shi Hong's Poem of Quarrel will emphasize to everyone: "Let our classroom ring the footsteps towards the' four modernizations'!"
When the horn poem was almost finished, the conversation between Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang ended. Teacher Zhang put a few things just shown to the cadres on the table. It was brought back by teacher Zhang from the police station and found by Song Baoqi after committing the crime: a bicycle spring lock for fighting, a broken greasy playing card, a nickel-plated cigarette case with novel style, and a novel with its cover torn off. Small cadres are disgusted with these things by frowning and pouting. Xie Huimin suggested: "The Youth League branch will hold a live meeting after class tomorrow, and activists will also participate. Take these things out and severely criticize them!" Everyone agreed. Teacher Zhang nodded and said:
"Yes, we should take this opportunity to do better anti-corrosion education."
I never thought that when Mr. Zhang restrained these items, suddenly there was a contradiction, which was quite stiff.
Everything else is in the bag, only the novel is left. Teacher Zhang didn't care to read it carefully, picked it up and couldn't help saying, "Ah!" Give a shout. It turned out to be the novel The Gadfly published by China Youth Publishing House before the Cultural Revolution.
I thought teacher Zhang looked a little abnormal, so I came over to read a book. She has never heard of this book before, let alone seen it. When she saw the photos of foreign men and women in love, she couldn't help exclaiming, "Alas! How yellow! Tomorrow, I will severely approve this yellow book! "
Teacher Zhang thought with a frown. He recalled his middle school days. At that time, the youth league branch had recommended this novel to the students ... sitting around the campfire, everyone read it in turn with youthful enthusiasm; Leaning against the wall of the Great Wall in Wan Li, everyone is discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the character "the gadfly" enthusiastically ... This work by the British novelist Voynich once excited Mr. Zhang and his contemporaries, and they drew upward strength from the image of the protagonist in the novel ... Perhaps the shortcomings of the novel have not been criticized enough? Perhaps, the understanding of the essence of the novel is not accurate enough and profound enough? ..... But, anyway-teacher zhang thought of here, can't help but tell:
"This gadfly can't be said to be pornographic ..."
Xie Huimin's eyebrows almost flew out from his forehead. She looked at Teacher Zhang with wide eyes and asked fiercely, "Why? Not porn? ! This book is not pornographic. What is pornography? " In Xie Huimin's mind, an iron logic has long been formed, that is, books not sold by bookstores and books borrowed by libraries are all black books and yellow books. I really can't blame her. The years when she began to contact books happened to be the most fierce years when the Gang of Four engaged in fascist cultural absolutism. Lovely and poor Xie Huimin, she simply believes in everything that is newly printed in type, but in those years when the Gang of Four controlled the tools of public opinion, how many newspapers and periodicals she read with a pious attitude were filled with their "gang articles" and how many poison was spilled! If someone of my closest friends pointed out to her in time that two "important articles" by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao called "On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" were doubtful, and such a big article by Tang Xiaowen was by no means an "authoritative work" of Marxism-Leninism ... how wonderful it would be! But for various subjective and objective reasons, no one pointed this out to her. Her parents often told Xie Huimin and her brothers and sisters to listen carefully to Chairman Mao, listen to the radio and read newspapers. They are required to observe discipline and respect teachers; Ask them to study hard ... Xie Huimin has benefited a lot from such family education, and has strong proletarian feelings and the temperament of future generations of workers; However, in the struggle environment where the bourgeoisie and revisionists become beautiful women in vain, simple proletarian feelings are easy to fall into credulity and blind obedience, while "whites" are desperately using some people's credulity and blind obedience to betray their traitors! In this way, Xie Huimin was in his prime, full of ambition, and wanted to be a good revolutionary and strive for the great goal of capitalism, but he was hurt by the narrow-minded and ambiguous Gang of Four. With the Gadfly, she will think it is poisonous weeds. When our story happened, "Song of Youth" had been reprinted, but Xie Huimin still kept the habit formed before the Gang of Four was found out-treating those students who were keen on spreading "literary news" as "What new movies are on and what new songs are broadcast on the radio?" Just a few days ago, she found Shi Hong reading a thick novel in the self-study class, and she confiscated it after class. It's Song of Youth published by 1959. She turned over a few pages casually and made her heart beat wildly-she decided it was a "yellow book" and was about to give it to Teacher Zhang. Shi Hong smiled and grabbed it back, patting the cover and saying; "What fun! You also have a look! " As a result, the two had a quarrel; Later, she was busy attending a meeting of the Youth League Committee, but forgot to report to Teacher Zhang. Unexpectedly, Teacher Zhang is even redder than Shi Hong today-she denied that this foreign "yellow book" is not yellow! In Xie Huimin's mind, foreign "Yellow Book" is definitely more yellow than China's "Yellow Book". Faced with such a teacher Zhang, she recalled many trivial contradictions in the past. In this way, the sense of respect that usually dominates has suddenly decreased a lot. She pursed her mouth slightly, threw her flying eyebrows back and twisted them into a fast knot.
At that time, I finished writing "Horn Poetry" and was preparing to give it to Teacher Zhang and Lang.
When I was reciting, I suddenly heard Teacher Zhang say, "This gadfly can't be described in yellow books ..." Only then did she know that the quilt book turned out to be a gadfly, and quickly gathered around Xie Huimin to read it. As soon as Xie Huimin questioned Teacher Zhang loudly, he shook his arm enthusiastically and said, "Don't say that! I heard from my parents that The Gadfly is worth reading! I've been reading How Steel was Tempered these two days. Pavel Colta King is a proletarian hero, but he especially worships the Gadfly ... "Shi Hong had long wanted to read The Gadfly, but she never borrowed it, so when she took it from Xie Huimin, she felt a strong thirst for knowledge: When was this book written? Where does this story take place? What kind of person is the gadfly? Is there really something to admire? ..... When she returned the broken book to Teacher Zhang, she couldn't help asking, "What should I pay attention to when reading this book? Learn what? " Xie Huimin bit his lip, narrowed his eyes and looked at Shi Hong discontentedly, his heart pounding. Teacher Zhang flipped through The Vicissitudes of the Gadfly. He tried to patiently explain to Xie Huimin why it was not a "yellow book", but this book was copied from Song Baoqi, and you see, whenever the heroine Qiongma appeared in the illustration, she was savagely given a moustache. How do you know that Song Baoqi and others don't regard it as a "yellow book"? The phenomenon of life is complicated. The experience of this "gadfly" is bizarre enough. For Xie Huimin, a naive child actually. It takes a lot of time and appropriate occasions to analyze literary and artistic works with complicated life phenomena and coexistence of essence and dross.
Considering this, our teacher Zhang put the shabby gadfly into his schoolbag and said kindly, "Let's talk about this book another day." Look, it is almost five o'clock. We'll listen to Shi Hong's Horn Poem at once, and then we'll split up and stick to the plan. "
Xie Huimin didn't take Shi Gongnian's poems to heart. She looked at the mottled tree shadows reflected on the desk in pain and confusion. She is very, very willing to respect Mr. Zhang, but Mr. Zhang's strange attitude towards such a book makes her have to whisper in her heart: "Still a teacher. How did this happen? " ! ……"
six
Just after five o'clock, Mr. Zhang rode to the new home of the Song family. The things in the two rooms in the east of the small courtyard have not been carefully sorted out, which is very messy. For example, a pot of flowers begins to hang.
The "arrow" was improperly placed on the sewing machine covered with plastic cloth.
Song Baoqi's mother is a shop assistant. She is resting for moving this day and rushing to clean up and decorate the house. Seeing teacher Zhang coming, she was a little relieved and a little ashamed. She called Song Baoqi out of the room and asked him to salute the teacher and pour tea. We are not busy looking at Song Baoqi with teacher Zhang's eyes. Let's sit with teacher Zhang and talk to Song Baoqi's mother to get a general picture of this family.
Song Baoqi's father works in the nursery of the Bureau of Landscape Architecture and has been in the "normal class", that is to say, he can't go home until after 6 pm. But he often goes home at eight or nine every day. Why? Song Baoqi's mother sighed again and again. It turns out that he has developed a bad habit in recent years: on his way to work, he always leaves his bike and goes to the Woods with some people to sit on the floor and play poker for fun. Sometimes he stays up until dark and moves to the street lamp to call next year. It was not until one of them stood up and hurried to the factory to work the night shift that they dispersed.
Obviously, since such a father lacks a rich and meaningful spiritual life, it is conceivable that he has insufficient educational control over Song Baoqi. As for the mother, it's not hard to see how she endured the bitter fruit of doting and letting her only son go.
Don't think this family is bad. Teacher Zhang noticed that although they still had a lot of cleaning and placement work to do to make the room bright and clean, a framed portrait of Chairman Mao was correctly hung on the north wall, and a smaller portrait of Premier Zhou was placed in a self-made frame surrounded by a silver plum blossom pattern and solemnly placed in the middle of the small closet. This shows that this ordinary couple, who are nearly half a century old, are also surging with emotional waves like hundreds of millions of people. Then, apart from their own weaknesses, who should be responsible for their lack of spiritual life? ……
At a quarter to six, Mr. Zhang asked his mother to do housework. He took Song Baoqi into the back room and started the first conversation with the hooligan.
Now we can take a closer look at what Song Baoqi looks like. He only wore a nylon elastic vest and a pimple on his upper body. The fair complexion fully showed that he was lucky enough to live in our society, and his body contained so much nutrition and energy. Alas, his face, even Mr. Zhang, who is used to looking straight at educated people, can't help but shudder at first sight. It's not that the facial features are not correct. What makes people shudder is that from the facial muscles, from the upper lip that has been cracked in the fight, from the flapping of neurotic nose and wings, especially from Shuang Yi's eyes full of emptiness and stupidity, you will immediately feel like a soul that has been splashed and deformed by sewage, standing naked in the spotlight.
After 30 rounds of questions and answers, Mr. Zhang has made the following comments on Song Baoqi in his mind: he lacks basic political consciousness and his knowledge level is only about the first grade of junior high school. Although he is stubborn, in fact he is not good at any formal sports activities. Teacher Zhang thought that some people who were satisfied with labeling would criticize Bao Qi as a rogue and would definitely say that he was "full of bourgeois ideas". However, with further inquiries, Mr. Zhang felt more and more deeply that it was almost meaningless to say that a rogue had bourgeois ideas, and it did not help to guide him to the right path.
Song Baoqi did have serious bourgeois thoughts, but what bourgeois thoughts were they?
The bourgeoisie flaunts "freedom, equality and fraternity", pays attention to "personal struggle" and "fame and family", and covers up their crimes of pursuing exploitation and oppression with hypocritical "theory of human nature". Where's Song Baoqi? Since he fell into that rogue group, he has been strictly bound, and he has been "fanned by eggplant" by big hooligans many times and burned on the back of his head with cigarette butts. Is he angry? Resist No, he didn't pursue "personality liberation", nor did he call for "freedom and equality", let alone "fraternity". On the one hand, they are superstitious about "buddy loyalty" and are willing to be "cooks" for hooligans. On the other hand, he regards slapping a hooligan younger than himself as his greatest pleasure. He didn't even think about "getting married by fame", because since he was sensible, almost all experts-scientists, engineers, writers and professors ... were labeled as "smelly" by Lin thieves and the Gang of Four. In terms of ranking, it seems that they are still below their hooligans. For him, what is there to envy? What is the need to fight for it? One of the typical bourgeois ideas is "knowledge is power". Sorry, our Song Baoqi has no such idea. What is the use of knowledge? It is best to "rebel" endlessly. It is said that Zhang Tiesheng got a "big duck egg". Didn't he become a big official instead? ..... So, we can't give Song Baoqi a general label of "full of bourgeois thoughts" and stop here. We should prescribe the right medicine! The rising bourgeoisie has few or no ideas. He has the reactionary ideological influence of "buddy loyalty" in the feudal era and hedonism in the declining stage of the bourgeoisie ... Please don't close your eyes in front of Teacher Zhang's analysis of Song Baoqi. It's a fact! Moreover, it is a pity that if you love our motherland and worry about the future of our lovely motherland, then you have to admit that this kind of problem reflected by Song Baoqi is not unique to some extent!
Please take the attitude of solving practical problems and treating local gangrene in the strong body of the motherland, and think about how to educate and transform young people with teacher Zhang!
Liu (1942-) is famous in the world for his short story The Head Teacher, and is regarded as the representative work of scar literature. The characteristic of his works is to pay attention to reality. His novel "Bell and Drum Tower" won the Mao Dun Literature Award and is one of the mainstream contemporary writers. After 1990s, he became an active researcher of A Dream of Red Mansions, and gave a series of lectures on Qin Keqing in CCTV Lecture Room, which promoted the prosperity of folk redology.