Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Xu Damao walked around the village for a long time, chatting with everyone he met, and thought he had gained a lot. So he happily returned to the team headquarters, found a bench, lay down in his clothes and took a nap.

Liu Guohua looked out the window at Xu Damao who was already asleep, and felt more and more confused.

When it was almost dark, Xu Damao was already waiting in front of the projector. The members of the commune brought stools from their homes and sat in front of the screen. There were not only members of the village and team, but also people from other villages who had heard that Liujiazhuang was showing movies and rushed here early. Some children were unwilling to move the stools, so they climbed up the tree branches next to the open field. Although the distance was far, they could sit high and there was no one blocking their way.

It was getting dark, and the movie started playing. It was a new film made in 64, Ashima, starring Yi actress Yang Likun, about the story of the Sani people of the Yi ethnic group. The main line is the love story of Ashima and Aheige, telling the story of Ashima's unyielding struggle against powerful forces, revealing the human ideal that light will eventually replace darkness, goodness and beauty will eventually replace ugliness, and freedom will eventually replace oppression and confinement, reflecting the national character and national spirit of the Sani people of the Yi ethnic group who "cannot bend but break". (I recommend everyone to watch the original film, I watched it when I was in high school)

The scenery of Yunnan Stone Forest and the beautiful costumes of ethnic minorities attracted the attention of the members. The vicious and cruel rich man who robbed and whipped Ashima made the villagers shed tears of sympathy and evoked their memories of the past, when they were also oppressed and forced by the landlords. Someone shouted: "Down with the landlords! The people will rise up and become the masters!"

The people were outraged and shouted: "Down with the landlords and bullies! The people will rise up and become the masters!"

Xu Damao saw this passionate but not chaotic scene and once again felt the power of the people. He was also excited because this was what he wanted to use. He paused the movie, picked up the microphone next to the projector, and shouted in unison: "Down with the landlords and bullies! The people will rise up and become the masters!"

After the movie in the evening, Xu Damao still only asked Liu Guohua to make a bowl of noodles. After eating, he did not go out again, but lay on the bed, thinking about what he had gained today. When he was walking around at noon, he specifically asked which families were in poor conditions, and he went to those families. Those families were very enthusiastic to see him coming, and thanked Xu Damao for giving their meals to their families so that the children and the elderly could have a good meal. The villagers' expression was very simple, just holding his hand and thanking him constantly, wishing him good rewards, longevity, and good health. What should be done today has been done, and it depends on tomorrow.

The next morning, Xu Damao was eating steamed buns and pickled vegetables when he saw Liu Guohua carrying a chicken and two strings of dried black fungus and mushrooms into the brigade headquarters. "Projectionist Xu, please put these on the car later. Thank you for your hard work in showing movies for our members."

Xu Damao put down the chopsticks and steamed buns in his hand and said to Liu Guohua, "Captain, take your things back. I won't take anything. Not only today, but from now on, whenever I, Xu Damao, come to show you movies, I won't take anything from you. I took a look around our village yesterday and found that the members' lives are really hard. I have enough food and drink in the city, and I can't take things that the members take out of their mouths. If I do that, I will really be a non-human. I have taken things before, and I didn't do it well, but in the future, I will never take a single needle or thread from the members again."

"Projectionist Xu, why are you saying this? The villagers gave you these gifts to thank you, not because you asked for them. You should just take them."

"No, if I say I won't take it, then I won't take it. I can't control others, but I can control myself. I want to change, so don't stop me." Xu Damao expressed his determination righteously.

Seeing Xu Damao was so determined, Liu Guohua could not insist any longer, so he said, "Okay, I won't take it today. I'll keep it for you. Remember to ask me for it when you need it."

Xu Damao knew that this change would not only take time for himself, but also for others to accept and believe in it. He said nothing more. After tying the projector firmly to the back seat, he waved goodbye to Liu Guohua: "Captain, I'm leaving. Thank you for your hospitality."

Watching Xu Damao disappear on his bike, Liu Guohua was filled with questions: "What's going on?"

"Captain, look!" The member who was cleaning up Xu Damao's bowl took a piece of paper and wrote: Captain Liu, I'm leaving 1 cents for your meal and half a pound of food coupons. I didn't expect you to put meat in the noodles, so I didn't bring the meat coupons this time. I'll make up for it next time you come.

Liu Guohua looked at the sun rising in the east and said, "Fuck! The sun is rising in the west! How can I still give you money? This is too scary!"

Before the Lunar New Year, which was the slack season for farmers, Xu Damao and other projectionists showed movies to the members in various villages every day. Xu Damao still followed his own ideas, only eating noodles for meals and not taking anything when he left.

Jin Dachui hadn't received any offerings from Xu Damao for several days. One day, he ran into Xu Damao in the office and asked, "Xu Damao, have you been missing something recently?"

"Chief, what did I miss? Just tell me and I'll do it right away!" Xu Damao asked knowingly.

"Have you been to the village to show a movie recently?"

"Yes, I always go to the place you arranged, and I dare not miss any."

"So you brought back less stuff?"

"The projector, screen, power cord, microphone, all of these have been brought back. Nothing is missing. Chief, what did you find?"

"What about the village's thanks?"

"The villagers said that I put on a good movie, so they called you to thank me? No, it's because of your leadership, Section Chief!"

Jin Dachui saw that Xu Damao was pretending to be confused, so he said bluntly: "The mountain products I mentioned are the mountain products that should be brought back from the village every time. You haven't delivered them for a long time!"

"I didn't hand in anything?"

"What did you say? You didn't take it, who would believe that? You plan to eat it all by yourself, right?"

"Chief, you have the phone numbers of all the villages. You can call and ask if I have got them!" Xu Damao felt that he had no leverage over the other party, so he spoke in a tough tone. Seeing that Jin Dachui had no intention of continuing the argument, he left the office with a cold face.

Jin Dachui was very surprised. Xu Damao must have taken the wrong medicine. What did he want to do as a projectionist without taking any benefits? Jin Dachui didn't believe it and picked up the phone to call the Liujiazhuang team. After a long time, the call was connected. Jin Dachui found out in a roundabout way that Xu Damao not only did not take any benefits, but also gave the team money for meals. This was really unprecedented. He thought Liujiazhuang was a special case. He went to several villages where Xu Damao showed movies, but he didn't ask for anything and even gave money for meals.

Jin Dachui felt that there must be something going on here, there must be a huge conspiracy. He couldn't let this conspiracy succeed, he had to smash it!