Five o'clock in the afternoon.

The dismissal bell rang.

The members of Tianya Island stopped working and went home.

At half past five, the adults who had packed up came to the school playground in twos and threes and arranged themselves in groups of one, two, three and four, forming a huddle of people.

Wang Yi was called into the brigade committee.

Wang Dongxi was squatting on the ground, and Wang Xianghong was glaring at him with eyes that hated iron.

Seeing Wang Yi entering the door, Wang Dongxi stood up quickly: "Teacher Wang is here..."

"What does it have to do with you that he's here? Now that he's here, there's no need to criticize you?" Wang Xianghong glared at him.

Wang Dongxi lowered his head and squatted down again.

Wang Xianghong handed a piece of newspaper to Wang Yi and said: "Take a good look at the part I have highlighted. Later you will come on stage and read it to all our members."

Wang Yi took the newspaper and read it.

An authoritative newspaper, "Jiangnan Daily".

A few minutes later, Wang Xiangxiong came in and said: "The militiamen are back and are collecting today's catch. Do you want the clerk to go over and count it for them?"

Wang Xianghong waved his hand: "We won't do statistics for now, and don't rush to clean up. Let the children's group watch, and then we will have a formal meeting."

The militiamen were led to the playground wearing rain boots and lined up in a dejected manner.

Wang Xianghong led Wang Yi and Wang Dongxi out.

Old office desks and chairs were placed on the campus. Teacups and notebooks were placed on the table, as well as a metal drum speaker to create a temporary venue.

Wang Yi's scalp felt numb.

He was not frightened by this scene. What he was afraid of was the word "criticism" that Wang Dongxi said yesterday.

He had read about this kind of thing from history books, and wanted to tie people up!

But the reality was not so cruel. No one was tied up. It was Wang Xianghong who asked him and Wang Dongxi to stand on both sides of the desk.

Wang Xianghong glanced seriously at the venue.

Hundreds of people watched.

He said calmly: "We haven't held a member meeting together for some time. Spring has been busy recently. I know that all comrades are very tired, so I didn't want to disturb everyone."

"But there is nothing we can do now. Some comrades have hairy thoughts, and some comrades have begun to indulge in unhealthy tendencies. A criticism meeting must be held in time, because we must treat illnesses and save people, and avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones!"

After speaking, he handed the loudspeaker to Wang Yi and said: "Comrade Wang Yi, come up and read to all the comrades the news report in the newspaper I gave you."

Wang Yi held a loudspeaker in one hand and a newspaper in the other: "Ahem, "It's good to collect a banquet tax - to economically restrain the unhealthy social custom of extravagance and waste"."

“In order to change the unhealthy trend of making grand presentations, our province will begin to collect banquet taxes from February...”

"There is a very bad trend in society at present. It is common for weddings and funerals to be grand and grand, with ten tables and twenty tables, and thirty or fifty tables not uncommon. It has added a lot of trouble to the people.

It has a due burden and has also caused a lot of waste to society."

"The broad masses of people are very disgusted with this and hope that the party and government will take effective measures to change this unhealthy trend..."

“Our province’s banquet tax and economic measures to restrict large banquets reflect the common aspiration of the people. This will help change the unhealthy trend of eating and drinking in society and reduce the problems caused by comparisons among the people.

The burden is a good promotion for correcting the national customs and folk customs..."

"We hope that the people can act in a spirit of diligence and frugality, put an end to extravagance and waste, and take practical actions to strive for a further improvement in social atmosphere!"

"Finish!"

After reading, Wang Yi calmly looked at the crowd below.

As long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed!

Wang Xianghong asked: "Comrade Wang Yi, when was this newspaper published? Is it from the past few years?"

Wang Yi said: "No, it was the newspaper that was just printed on April 5 this year, and the news was just released."

Wang Xianghong nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it's the newspapers and news on this year's Qingming Festival. What does this mean?"

"It shows that the country is still in a relatively difficult period, and the broad masses of the people need to continue to uphold the spirit of hard work, diligence and frugality to contribute to the development of the country! Right?"

"Yes!" The members below responded in unison.

Wang Xianghong was very satisfied with their attitude and pointed at a group of militia members: "As a result, some comrades now see that our country has progressed, developed, and our living standards have improved, and then they have become lazy and think that we can just enjoy ourselves.

, is this right?”

"That's not right!" Everyone continued to say in unison.

Wang Xianghong was even more satisfied and became more energetic: "Everyone in the team knows what's going on in the team recently. At night, there are people eating and drinking, and the aroma is wafting all over the island, making the greedy children of this family scream and the wives of that family drooling.

"

"Now everyone has no intention of working when they go to work. They are all discussing with each other how to eat well and eat well, which seriously affects the enthusiasm of labor!"

He talked passionately about this topic, and instead of pointing his gun at Wang Yi and Wang Dongxi, he fiercely criticized all members of the militia.

The only thing related to Wang Yi is that he revealed in his words that Wang Yi had a serious problem with eating and drinking. The reason was that the militia group couldn't help but come to take advantage of Wang Yi.

He criticized him eloquently for a long time. It was getting later and later, the sun was setting in the west, and the sea was rippled.

It's starting to cool down.

The members are impatient now, and they are hungry.

Wang Xianghong criticized the issue of overeating and drinking and then changed the topic to hard work:

"These comrades are not the only ones who have fallen behind in their thinking recently. There are also many comrades who saw people outside driving diesel boats, and then they became greedy and felt that they were tired of rowing!"

"Here I have to tell everyone about Secretary Hai's story again - this happened right next to us, and it was about Comrade Xu Jinjin, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the General Supply and Marketing Cooperative."

"Everyone is familiar with Comrade Xu Jinjin. He is an old comrade of mine. He comes to our Tianya Island as a guest every year. He changed his career two years after me. He is a professional cadre and was an officer in the army before!"

"After he came to the local government, he became an official, but he was not like an official. He always maintained his true nature of serving the people. He consciously practiced the three communions with the fishermen, eating, living and working together."

"Even the former first secretary of the prefectural committee praised him, saying that he 'sweats more than fishermen, has more fish sticks than fishermen, and does more heavy work than fishermen.' He is a cadre with more than three talents!"

The more he talked, the more energetic he became, and the members became more and more impatient.

The sea breeze has become colder, and I am still hungry.

The big guys in the militia were able to watch him criticize the militia earlier, but they would naturally not be happy to hear him criticize the entire militia -

I am happy to criticize others, and I am the one who hates others when I criticize myself.

Moreover, Wang Xianghong also used Xu Jinjin's past as an example. He had said this matter countless times, and everyone's ears were getting calloused, and they naturally became more and more impatient.

Wang Xianghong is not stupid either.

Although the sky was getting dark now, there was no nightfall. He could hear the sighs and see the frowning expressions, so he became angry.

"...Secretary Xu went to the office building but never felt superior, let alone eating, drinking and having fun. He never forgot about the fishermen and fishermen. As long as he entered the fishermen's unit and went to the outer island team, he would eat with the others.

Cooking rice and sleeping in the same bunk!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the entire audience with a gloomy face.

Finally, when someone yawned, he couldn't help but burst out: "What's the attitude of each of you? What time is it? It's not even six o'clock and you are impatient? Do you want it to end?"

"You don't like to listen to me anymore, do you? Okay! Then I won't say anything, and you just sit there until seven o'clock!"

"The clerk looks at the watch. No one can help me lift my butt until it's o'clock!"

Wang Yi saw that this was not possible.

Wang Xianghong spared his life today. Apart from slapping him a few times, he did not criticize him or attack him, allowing him to take advantage of him.

One of the reasons why he was able to take advantage of her was that Wang Xianghong was not very angry. If he was angry, he would definitely find an outlet to vent his anger, and then his comfortable life would probably come to an end!

After hesitating for a moment, he went to comfort Wang Xianghong: "Party Secretary, please don't be angry yet..."

"Are you impatient? Do you want to end the meeting?" Wang Xianghong asked him unceremoniously.

Wang Yi quickly expressed his position: "No, I am very excited to participate in our team's collective meeting for the first time. How can I be impatient?"

"I don't think our comrades are impatient. It's just that everyone has realized their mistakes. Your words, Party Secretary, are really inspiring and enlightening. They are from a high position and have indeed served the purpose of avoiding past mistakes and avoiding future ones, treating illnesses and saving lives!"

Wang Xianghong sneered: "Do you think I'm an old fool? Look at them. They all want to grow wings and fly home. Do you realize that you are wrong?"

Wang Yi said: "That's absolutely not the case. It was your criticism, Party Secretary, that made everyone feel ashamed and couldn't sit still."

Wang Xianghong sneered again, he was not easy to fool.

He said: "Then I won't criticize you. Everyone, please sit down until the meeting is over. I will sit with you to avoid anyone saying that I am paternalistic!"

Then he actually sat down on the ground.

Wang Dongxi glanced at Wang Yi asking for help: "You are a cultural person, what should you do about this?"

Wang Yi smiled bitterly and asked in a low voice: "Does the party secretary have any hobbies? Or what if we can suggest something to make him happy?"

Wang Dongxi thought for a while and then whispered: "He likes to listen to storytelling, "Yue Fei's Biography", "Yang Family General", "Fire King" - but this is useless, there is no storytelling on the radio at night."

After hearing what he said, Wang Yi clapped his hands.
To be continued...