Chen Zikun and his family were arranged to stay in a Beijing hotel because the Political Consultative Conference will not officially convene until September 21.
This period of time was relatively relaxed before that, and they could visit relatives and friends to see old friends.
That night, Zhou Enlai held a dinner at the Beijing Hotel to welcome Chen Zikun and the CPPCC members and democrats who arrived at the same time.
During the dinner, he met many familiar Kuomintang elders, such as Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Cheng Qian, etc.
Everyone gathered together and talked about the future, all full of hope.
As early as the beginning of last year, the left wing of the Kuomintang established the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in Hong Kong, referred to as the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
Chen Zikun was also an early member of the Kuomintang and a veteran.
After being recommended by Soong Ching Ling, he joined the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in a ceremony held in a room in a Beijing hotel and was recommended by the party.
Served as a member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
According to them, not only members of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, but also the Democratic League, the Democratic National Construction Association, the Peasants and Workers Party, the Zhi Gong Party, the Jiusan Society and some non-partisans attended the CPPCC meeting this time.
The new government will be a truly joint democratic government.
"China will usher in a new era and we are all witnesses of the era."
Cheng Qian, chairman of the Hunan Military and Political Commission, said.
A handsome man wearing a People's Liberation Army uniform who followed Cheng Qian also nodded in agreement: "The Communists' broadmindedness is admirable.
Back then, I fought bloody battles with the Democratic Alliance Army in Siping and forged a deep hatred. , but they ignored it and instead entrusted me with the important task of appointing me as the commander of the 21st Corps.
Compared with me, Jiang is just a chicken."
Chen Zikun said: "Your Excellency, is it General Chen Mingren?
I have heard of him for a long time but have never met him.
Unexpectedly, I met him at the CPPCC meeting.
The general resolutely revolted and saved the people of Hunan from the disaster of war.
It is very admirable."
Chen Mingren said: "Chairman Chen disgraced me.
We were inspired by you to revolt.
You are our role model and guidepost."
Chen Zikun said: "Let's stop flattering each other.
The Communist Party is still wise and great, otherwise we wouldn't be able to come together."
Everyone laughed.
The next day, Chen Zikun took his family to play on the street.
Chen Jiao was already at the age of graduating from high school and gradually became sensible.
She looked around with her big eyes and asked: "Dad, you said you used to pull a foreign car.
The foreign car is here." where" There are no traces of foreign cars on the streets of Peiping anymore.
Human-powered tricycles have replaced them.
Chen Zikun waved to three tricycles and took his family back to their old way.
First, we went to the courtyard in Liushu Hutong outside Xuanwumen.
The place had changed.
The courtyard had been razed to the ground and no trace of the past could be found.
A group of workers were laying bricks on the original site.
When I went over and asked, they said they were going to build a building here. a school.
Then go to Shihuma Street in Xuanwumen, where is Lin Wenjing’s Beijing residence and the place where Chen Zikun first fell in love.
After many years, the kind and talkative Uncle Zhang has long since passed away.
Several families live in the yard, looking at this suspiciously.
A group of well-dressed guests.
"Who are you looking for?"
someone asked Chen Zikun.
"If you don't look for anyone, just look."
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Chen Zikun knew by looking at the way these residents were dressed that they were poor people nearby.
In the pre-liberation era, when there was chaos, empty houses belonged to whoever robbed them, and he could understand that.
Their house was occupied, and everyone's mood was slightly affected.
Yao Yilei said: "I remembered that there is a small building in my house on West Chang'an Street.
Go and see if it has been occupied too."
When I came to the Yao family's former mansion, I saw, as expected, that there was a sign indicating an office of the Peiping Military Control Commission hanging in front of the door, and there were sentries standing guard, making it impossible to enter.
"Let's go to your Uncle Xue's house."
Chen Zikun did not complain and took his family directly to the Ziguang Depot in Fa Hutong.
The weeds on the walls and eaves along the street were all pulled out.
It looked completely new.
The gate of the depot was repainted.
Paint, and there is an honorary plaque on the door bearing the honorary name of a member of the revolutionary army.
Chen Zikun stepped forward and knocked on the door.
A girl wearing Lenin clothes opened the door and looked at them: "They are Uncle Chen's family, right?"
"How do you know?"
Chen Zikun was a little confused.
The girl said: "My mother said you might come here in the next few days.
That's right.
Come in quickly."
As soon as she entered the door, Xing'er greeted her with a bright smile: "Da Kunzi, I was talking about you just now.
I really said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here.
This is my daughter Si Bao.
She is now working in the art troupe of the army."
Chen Zikun smiled and said: "Okay, you have joined the army at a young age, and by the way, where is Baoqing?"
"He is a very busy man.
He went to the district for a meeting.
He is a popular figure in the district and an activist in the transportation company.
I heard that he also wants to be a people's representative."
Xing'er smiled broadly and invited everyone to come in and sit down.
Bao poured tea and began to ramble.
In the past, every time Chen Zikun came to Beijing, he would always talk about himself and the general trend of the world.
Now it's the other way around. doctrine, democratic dictatorship.
Chen Zikun smiled and interrupted: "Myolie, you have made great progress now."
Si Bao said: "That's right, my mother is a street activist."
While they were chatting, Bao Qing came back.
He was wearing a blue canvas overalls, carrying a lunch box, his head was shaved, and he walked with a straight back.
He had long lost the decadence he had in the past.
"Hey, Dakunzi is here.
I've been waiting for you to come."
Baoqing's voice was like a bell, full of energy.
"Baoqing, we meet again, you don't look old at all."
Chen Zikun stepped forward and hugged his old friend, and the two looked at each other and laughed.
Bao Qing took a step back, looked at Chen Zikun with gray temples, and sighed: "Brother, you really look old."
Chen Zikun said: "There is nothing I can do.
I have to worry about the thirty million elders in Jiangdong.
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It's strange that my hair is not white."
Xing'er said: "Don't worry about that.
Now that Chiang Kai-shek has escaped, imperialism has also been defeated.
From now on, we will focus on construction and building a new socialist China.
The whole country will be united, so you don't need to worry about it."
Chen Zikun said: "Sister Xing'er is right.
Once the country is unified, there will be less internal friction and we can concentrate on construction."
Bao Qing said: "I'm hungry.
Let's eat.
I haven't prepared anything at home.
Let's go to a restaurant.
Come and treat me."
Chen Zikun said: "Oh, Baoqing is so prosperous."
Bao Qing said: "No, the People's Liberation Army has come, and my good days have also come.
Now our family is a member of the revolutionary army, and I am a model worker in the district.
The organization plans to establish a new transportation company and hire me as deputy.
Manager."
Chen Zikun said: "That's good, my eldest son joined the army in which army?"
Si Bao rushed to say: "The eldest brother is a fighting hero of the Fourth Field Army, and now he works as a correspondent with Deputy Commander Wang in Wuhan."
Xing'er said: "By the way, I still have a certificate at home.
Si Bao, please take it out and show it to your Uncle Chen."
Bao Qing said: "It's a coincidence.
Da Shuan was injured in Wuhan and was hospitalized.
He met an old acquaintance.
Who do you think he is, Wang Dongliang and Deputy Commander Wang?"
Chen Zikun said curiously: "He has become the deputy commander, which is good.
I remember that after Feng Yuxiang's defeat in the Central Plains, part of the army was absorbed by Zhang Xueliang.
Wang Dongliang transferred there at that time.
He probably joined the Communist Party and the light after the Xi'an Incident.
He made the right move, I have to meet him if I have the chance."
Bao Qing smiled and said: "It's easy to handle, let Da Shuan arrange it."
Suddenly, Chen Zikun remembered that he had seen Zhao Jiayong at the station, and asked about other old friends.
Bao Qing sighed and said, "Zhao Jiayong has been hanging out with Li Junqing.
He doesn't have much contact with us.
It seems that he became a station policeman again and was retained by the new government after liberation."
"Where's Li Junqing?"
"She is now in a good place again.
She is a democrat."
Xing'er said lightly, as if she didn't like Li Junqing very much.
"Oh, see you when you have time."
Chen Zikun did not continue the topic.
It was getting late and everyone went out to eat.
Xing'er said that you can just go.
I took the children to eat at home.
Baoqing said with a straight face: "On the day of reunion, one less person No, everyone goes."
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The two families came to Donglaishun Restaurant in a grand manner and asked for a seat upstairs.
The hot pot was made of pure copper.
The mutton slices were cut as thin as cicadas and were placed on the plate.
You could see the blue flowers on the plate.
It was like a work of art. .
Bao Qing picked up the wine glass: "First glass, let's wish Chairman Mao long live and Commander-in-Chief Zhu long live."
Chen Zikun said: "Okay, this is a good suggestion."
After drinking the first cup, Baoqing poured a second cup and said, "Second cup, here's to Brother Dahai.
He's not lucky enough to drink with us."
Chen Zikun felt a little sad, spilled the glass of wine on the ground, and said, "This glass of wine is not only to honor Brother Dahai, but also to Ziming."
Bao Qing said: "Yes, I respect them both.
The Zhao family is a loyal family and they are the heroes of our courtyard."
For the third cup, Bao Qing said: "With this cup, I wish our brothers better times."
This hot pot meal was really hearty.
Baoqing ordered two kilograms of Baigan and drank it with Chen Zikun.
After drinking it, it was not enough, so he asked for another two kilograms.
He drank until his tongue was enlarged and he could not speak properly.
"Big, big Kunzi, my life has been miserable these years.
Such a big car factory was ruined in my hands.
The Japanese and the Kuomintang scrapped it.
In the end, not even a single car was left.
My little son died miserably. , Even if you have a little money in your pocket, you can't hurt him to death.
Thank you to the Communist Party and Chairman Mao.
Without our People's Liberation Army, our poor people would not be able to survive the hard life. " As he talked, Baoqing burst into tears.
The man didn't shed tears easily.
No matter how hard or tired he was, he never shed tears.
Now that he has lived a good life, he sheds tears.
After finishing the wine, Baoqing was already very drunk.
Xing'er was very embarrassed and apologized to Chen Zikun: "Baoqing, really, the chamber pot on the bedside is not for holding wine.
You guys are laughing at it."
Chen Zikun said: "Baoqing is happy.
He has been holding it in for too long.
I understand."
The two families went back separately.
Xing'er and Erbao carried Baoqing home, scolding him all the way.
Bao Qing said: "I'm not drunk, I'm sober.
As a fifty-year-old, I have never been so happy and proud in my life except for my wedding day."
Xing'er said: "You're a coolie pulling a cart, but you're still talking nonsense.
You know what it means to feel proud."
Bao Qing said: "Why don't I know?
I understand everything.
Over the years, all my old brothers have become better than me.
Da Kunzi is a high official, Xiao Shunzi is a tycoon in Shanghai, not to mention Li Junqing." , don’t Regardless of whether it was the Kuomintang, the Japanese or the Communist Party, they were among the best, but I was the least promising.
Xing'er, you followed me, I really wronged you.
If you had married Da Kunzi, you wouldn't have suffered so much with me. ” Xing'er said: "Bah, what are you talking about?
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Da Kunzi has so many wives, and it would be really unlucky for me to follow him."
Baoqing thought to himself: "Now it's my turn to be prosperous.
The district leaders have approved me to be a probationary party member.
After a period of inspection, I will become a regular member.
In the future, I will also have to represent the transportation company at the People's Congress.
Gradually I’m going to quit my job too.”
Xing'er said: "What does it mean to be out of labor?"
Baoqing muttered a few words, fell asleep, tilted his head and fell asleep.
It was already half past eight when Chen Zikun returned to the Beijing Hotel.
The staff was extremely anxious.
When they saw him coming back, they went up to him and said, "General Chen, you are back.
I have been informed by your superiors that Chairman Mao will meet you in Zhongnanhai tomorrow
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