Hibiscus Town Page #2

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on to three generations...

Everyone go back to work, act

conscientiously, and don't make trouble...

- Dismissed!

- Let's go! Everyone back to work!

- Crazy Qin!

- Here!

Do you have supplies leftover

for painting slogans?

Sir, I still have some...

Paint another slogan on that

wall over there. Write...

I'lll have a look at some reports...

Wait a bit and come by to transcribe it.

Yes, Sir!

Sir, should today's slogan be painted

Whatever you used last time will be fine.

Yes, Sir... I guarantee

completion of this task!

Never forget...

...class struggle!

How's it look?

Director Gu...

Wang Qiushe agreed to sell

this part of his land to us...

- We want to build a small house here...

- Oh...

Use this to clean your face...

- OK, then...

- Take care...

Uncle, why was my request

to transfer denied?

You're the County Party Secretary,

can't you help it along?

Your transfer order is

coming down soon...

You are to become Section Chief

for the County Commerce Department.

- Wow, great!

- Have some tea!

- Eat some candy, give some to the child!

- This house is so bright and merry!

After we finish taking down the old house,

Guigui and I want to adopt a child...

We will call on you for the

brigade's support at that time...

OK, I'll support you...

Director Gu, when the time comes,

will you be the child's godfather?

Me, godfather? The one who

sells you rice chaff? People will talk...

Ha ha, I'm just joking, of course

I'll be godfather... We'll all prosper!

Hey, Li... Manager Li...

I mean, Section Chief Li...

You've been gone

for more than a year, eh?

After you get settled, I want

to apply for Branch Secretary...

- You're Wang Qiushe, right?

- Yes...

- Wang was a Land Reform activist...

- Hi, Old Wang!

We'll be coming to your house soon...

Huh? My place is a filthy wreck,

you don't want to see that...

We're looking for someone

who has borne a heavy resentment...

Take care, watch your step!

You officials are really tireless...

Comrades, it's already been

Yet Land Reform activists

like Wang Qiushe...

...have not yet been fully emancipated!

How do we solve this problem?

If we don't seize class struggle and

launch movements, what else can we do?

What's going on in the town?

Oh, Hu Yuyin is celebrating her

new house, its really lively...

They have wine and meat, we should go.

Chief Li, let's go over there!

Hu Yuyin?

The one who sells rice tofu?

That's her. If I didn't run into you,

I would have already gone over there...

- Come on, drink up! Give her a full cup!

- It's a special occasion!

Drink it dry!

- Come help me drink this!

- OK, I'll help her drink!

Open wide and drink it down!

- Punish her by making her sing!

- Make a speech!

I'm no good at speaking...

But I'll bow before all of you!

Hey, over here! Bow for us, too!

OK, over here!

Brother Mangeng, help me!

OK, OK! Let's ask Old Gu

to say a few words...

Never forget class struggle!

The rich get richer,

and the poor get poorer...

That's the cause of this polarization

we have in the villages...

- Comrades, our task here is momentous!

- Yes...

Qiushe, why didn't you come

over and drink yesterday?

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer...

It's time for a movement...

Chief Li, is this movement going

to be like during Land Reform?

Right, like a second land reform?

A second land reform?

Should we redraw the class lines?

Correct, we are overhauling

the class ranks and alignments...

...to make a clear demarcation

between left, right and center!

Old Wang, you've got quite

a few ideas, eh? That's good...

Are we going to split up

everybody's property and wealth?

- Something like that...

- Now this is a movement I can support!

Old Wang, you are from

this place, so tell us...

Which cadres in this town are

reactionary? And who are the newly rich?

Townsfolk Add to the Glory

of the People's Commune

The Hardworking Couple Receives

the Bounties of Socialism

Is Hu Yuyin here?

Here! Oh, Section Chief Li...

I heard you had returned, but I haven't

had any time to come by to see you...

Come in and have a seat...

Guigui! Section Chief Li is here,

get some tea ready!

- Come in, sit here...

- That's OK, I can do it...

Go boil some more water...

Have some melon seeds...

He's still so shy...

I should have come here earlier...

I came here on behalf of the Work Section

to have a look at your new place here...

There are a couple matters I'd like

to discuss with you...

- Have a seat...

- Yes...

- No market day today?

- No...

Our County Work Section Committee

is in town, you must have heard?

We're launching a movement...

We're inquiring into each household's

political and economic situation...

You need to be completely honest with

the Work Section, just as with the Party...

Do you understand what I mean?

- Have some water...

- Yes...

I have here the basic

information of your accounts...

Have a look to make sure

they are correct...

Every market day you sell approximately

And take in about 50 yuan...

There's six market days a month, so

you make about 300 yuan in that time...

About 100 is deducted from the net,

which leaves 200 yuan...

Hu Yuyin...

Your income is the same as what

a upper-level provincial official makes!

We're just a small enterprise...

Usually we pass the days in such

a muddle, we've never added it up...

Section Chief Li, we have

a business permit!

I never said for certain you

broke the law or exploited anyone...

OK, we'll leave it here for now...

This house is built on land...

...given to the peasant Wang

Qiushe during Land Reform, right?

And these matching couplets

hanging by your door...

...were written by the reactionary

Rightist Qin Shutian, right?

There's also...

...the matter of Grain Distribution

Director Gu Yanshan...

...giving you 60 pounds of

white rice every market day...

B- b-but...

That can't be considered white rice,

it's just powdered rice chaff...

A lot of Work Units and families alike

buy it to feed their pigs...

Other people feed it to their pigs

that are then sold to the state...

But you? Your powdered rice chaff...

...is turned into a commodity

to fatten yourself, right?

In total, Grain Distribution Manager

Gu Yanshan sold you...

What? No! Section Chief Li...

That's correct? Isn't it?

Don't be nervous!

I'm just trying to get to

the bottom of this...

I've got things to do,

so I can't stay any longer...

The reports from the provincial, county,

and municipal Party Committees...

The reports from the provincial, county,

and municipal Party Committees...

...on class struggle in the Four Cleanups

Movement are now concluded...

We now move to the second

item on the meeting agenda...

Is the Capitalist Rightist

Qin Shutian present?

Here!

Come up here!

Get up there! Stand here!

This here is... Hibiscus Town's own,

the famous Qin Shutian...

- Also known as Crazy Qin!

- Yes, yes, that's me...

- Be serious! Stand still!

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