Emmett's Epoch of Endeavor Chapter 26

The circular saw is not a revolving door, although it is spinning. You can watch the revolving lantern if you want to, or turn away if you don’t want to. Once the circular saw is running, you have to keep feeding wood to the saw blade, and you have to concentrate on feeding it. If you are not careful, something will happen. My former teammate, the lovely Master Luo, suffered a big blow from the circular saw due to an accidental mistake. Four fingers and half of his palm were bitten off by the whirling saw teeth. , disabled for life. This was five years after I left there.

On the afternoon of February 14, 1977, I was feeding wooden boards on the workbench of the circular saw, cutting and sawing the original boards into box boards. I went to work sick, with a fever and dizziness. Thinking that tomorrow is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, my family’s reunion day, I don’t have much money in my pocket, and I don’t know what to do. Worry came from it, and I couldn't concentrate on it, so I accidentally fed the middle finger of my right hand. The guy was so polite that he only bit off the back of the tip of his middle finger, gnawed off his nails, and then bounced away. I didn't feel any pain at that time and I was still laughing. The pain only started at night. After that, the pain made it difficult to sleep every night. My middle finger was injured and I couldn't hold a hammer to make packing wooden boxes for a whole month. My family's life became even more difficult. I thought that after the Gang of Four fell from power, my family would be better off. Who knew it was like this!

There is something even more annoying. An article in Shanghai's "Wenhui Po" criticized Yao Wenyuan, saying that he supported "Grass and Trees". It turns out that two years ago, when "Poetry Magazine" was preparing to resume publication, Yao Wenyuan gave instructions: "We are not afraid of publishing "Grass and Trees"!" It was obviously a battle slogan, so how could it be "supporting" me?

I remembered that in 1958, people like me were bourgeois reactionaries, representing the overthrown exploiting class. In 1959, we became agents of the US-Chiang Kai-shek gang on the mainland. In the early 1960s, we opposed revisionism and became agents of imperialism, revisionism and reaction. When the Cultural Revolution began, we became the social foundation for the restoration of the "capitalist roaders within the party". After Lin Biao died in the desert, we found that it was the social foundation for Lin Biao's "self-denial and restoration of rituals". Later, it was attributed to Confucius. When criticizing "Water Margin" and Deng, people like me were called to join the new masters, the Gang of Four. The Gang of Four stepped down, and it was finally found out that I was nothing but the social foundation of the Gang of Four. In this case, it is not surprising that Yao Wenyuan "supported" me.

Family disasters followed one after another. On March 25, 1977, He Jie was detained in the Chengxiang Town Police Station. Kun Kun brought her food every day. On the morning of April 22, he came back from delivering food and said, "Dad, they are taking Mom away!" He put down the basket of dishes and chopsticks and ran to the police station again. After entering the gate, he saw the militia tying up He Jie. He wanted to go forward and give the money and food to He Jie, but others would not allow him. He Jie was tied up and taken out of the police station and walked towards the east gate. Kun Kun followed and walked to the corner of Xiaodong Street and Dadong Street. When he was sure that He Jie was being taken to the county, he went home in tears.