Ever since Sun Xiu distributed some temporary worker quotas to close neighbors a few months ago, the Li family has become a new place for information exchange.
The eldest and youngest daughters-in-law of the neighbors often come to visit and gossip about the Zhang and Li families.
When Li Xu returned home, this was the scene he saw.
Several women were chatting with Hu Guilan, while Li Wenbai and some children were running around in the yard, making a lot of noise.
As for Li Chen, he sat next to them and listened to the gossip attentively, with Li Hongtao and Li Botao sitting on his legs respectively.
Walking up to the crowd, Li Xu greeted the neighbors, then moved a small stool and sat next to them. He then took a small doll from Li Chen and teased it while listening to their conversation.
Near noon, these people left.
When Li Ping got off work in the evening, he brought a piece of news that the commissioner had left.
Li Xu knew about this yesterday, so he was naturally not surprised.
Although Li Jiakang and the others just found out about it, they didn't have any special reaction. After all, the commissioner's presence was too weak, and it didn't matter whether he was here or not.
Four days after the commissioner left, two copies of the "First Ten Articles" and the "Last Ten Articles" were distributed to every rural branch across the country and read out to all the people.
Whether in the city or in the countryside, wherever there is a loudspeaker, you can hear the above content, and it is played in a loop.
Those who were dragged through the streets to be paraded among the "five black categories" had even more trouble.
Not only did someone read the above content to them every day, but they were also required to memorize the entire text.
If you can't memorize it, it means you haven't changed your ways. In this case, you naturally have to increase the efforts to reform yourself.
To be honest, Li Xu was speechless when he heard the news.
You have to know that most of the rich peasants and bad elements are illiterate, so asking them to memorize the entire text is extremely difficult...
At the same time, the county had an additional task, which was to send staff to review, examine and re-register the class composition of each rural household.
This is the most troublesome part.
There is basically no need to discuss the class composition of native locals; you can find out by just asking, so the only thing that can be changed is the class composition of those who have moved here.
However, in the past, there were constant wars and people migrated everywhere. Like Tang County, many families moved here from outside before liberation.
But the problem is, when you come to a new place, you just have to follow whatever they say. Who knows what their family did before?
Besides, in the current situation, no one would say something good about their own family background unless they are a fool.
In other words, class composition is difficult to re-evaluate, and at most it will switch back and forth between poor peasants and middle peasants.
But in fact it is not that simple, because the reason why the higher authorities require a re-examination is to find out the hidden five black categories of people.
In a county with a large population like Tang County, who would believe it if I said there was nothing hidden?
So another problem arises here, that is, this thing cannot be changed casually, otherwise it will harm the whole family.
Although the leaders of Tang County admit that they are not good people, they do not want to do such immoral things.
Then they were so worried that their hair almost fell out...
That night.
Li Xu, Liu Wen and Liu Gang brothers sat in Liu Gang's house for dinner, and the wine and food were all bought from high-end restaurants.
Li Xu raised his glass with both hands and congratulated Liu Wen with a grin, "Uncle Liu, I toast you and congratulate you on your wished-for promotion."
Hearing this, Liu Gang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Liu Wen glared at him fiercely, then picked up his cup and held it out to Li Xu, clinking his glasses with his, a forced smile on his face, "Thank you."
The two took a sip of wine and a few more bites of food. Li Xu then advised, "Uncle Liu, there's no need to be so gloomy. Think about it, if you can accomplish something that no one else can, won't your rank rise dramatically in the future?"
Liu Wen shook his head, his face full of helplessness. "I don't want to think about the promotion, just don't give it back to me."
At this time, Liu Gang continued, "They owe you such a big favor this time. Even if they take it back, don't be afraid. They will give you a promotion back in the future."
"That's easy to say, but who knows how long it will take to get back up."
"It's not easy, but there's nothing we can do. The old man has agreed, how can you refuse? Besides, how can you refuse? If you don't go, the old man will have to go. One of you will have to take over."
After hearing this, Liu Wen became even more depressed. He drank the remaining wine in the glass and then kept picking up food to eat.
This time, Liu Wen was promoted from the position of director of the plastics factory to a leader in the county.
However, his first task after his promotion was to determine the class composition of rural personnel.
This was a hot potato and no one dared to take it over, so it was thrown onto him.
There is no way, only Liu Wen can take responsibility for this matter.
Because he has made many contributions, even if his superiors are not satisfied, the most they can do is demote him and let him be the factory manager of another place.
If it were anyone else, their fate would be uncertain. They might be considered to have ideological problems and be dragged away for criticism.
The most important thing is that there are two people in the Liu family who are leaders in the county. No matter from which angle you look at it, only one of them, the father and the son, can be chosen to take the responsibility.
In other words, the Liu father and son had no room for refusal at all.
Mr. Liu didn't want things to develop to the point where everyone united to force him, so he agreed directly and asked for a lot of benefits in return.
Although Liu Wen understood this truth, he still found it difficult to accept it for a while.
This is understandable. After working so hard to get promoted, you end up being the scapegoat and maybe even have to return to your original position. It's normal to find it unacceptable.
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