The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

As soon as the foreigner finished speaking, Li Yuan continued: "I am the master here and you are the guest. Do you need to maintain the order of the master's house as a guest?"

"you!..."

"Comrade Li Yuan, how can you speak to international friends in such a tone? Don't let your rudeness affect our country's international image."

A thin tabloid reporter with a mustache stood up and shouted a question.

"Yes, we have always been a country of etiquette and we must treat foreign guests with sufficient respect."

Another reporter, a squat reporter with a disgusting pimple on his face, stood up and echoed.

The white reporter who had been questioned by Li Yuan just now and felt that he was wronged instantly recovered his blood.

Since coming to China in 72, he has gradually become accustomed to the feeling of being superior and the awe-inspiring expressions of Chinese people. He prefers to see the expressions of Chinese people who dare to be angry but dare not speak.

Today, just now, he felt that he had lost face.

He straightened his back, arrogance creeping onto his face again.

Looking directly at Li Yuan, waiting for his apology.

Li Yuan looked at the two tabloid reporters who stood up with a mocking expression.

"How do you respond to someone who is rude?"

"Of course we should repay evil with kindness and treat each other with courtesy."

"Well said", Li Yuan clapped lightly.

The other party clearly heard the ridicule, and their faces darkened.

Li Yuan smiled and said in a soft voice, "Two gentlemen, I think you are both bastards and villains. Please quietly get out of my venue, okay?"

The reporters around me kept taking notes, feeling that today was the right day.

This doesn’t even get into the topic yet, there’s a lot to write about and let them get their creative juices flowing.

Reporters from more than a dozen major newspapers looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes, secretly criticizing Li Yuan for being too immature.

They did not expect this situation, or they expected that someone would make trouble at the venue.

But I didn't expect that Li Yuan would be tit for tat.

This is a taboo in interviews. They think the best way is to avoid the important and take the easy way out and do more Tai Chi.

With reporters from major newspapers like them carrying the sedan chair and releasing some positive news tomorrow, this storm will end smoothly.

However, Li Yuan's high-profile actions will bring great changes to tomorrow's report.

For the sake of traffic, what these tabloids like most is all kinds of conflicts.

Now, with foreigners mixed in, it’s easier to write stories.

There are now more than 1800 newspapers, large and small, in the country. Many tabloids suddenly appeared like dogs peeing on moss after being re-opened.

The streets are full of newsstands with a wide range of magazines. Everything from fashion, novels, biographies, pictorials, literature to gossip.

Firstly, they pay attention to the "sufferings" of the people; secondly, they introduce foreign democracy, freedom and civilization; some also introduce foreign physical liberation and independent thinking.

The "sufferings" among the people are the most likely to resonate with the Chinese people. While watching, they wiped away tears and cursed.

After dinner, I moved a small bench, sat at the entrance of the alley, and exchanged these contents with my neighbors again. Then, the process of chatting, wiping tears, and scolding was repeated again.

When talking about the situation abroad, and then looking at the scarcity of materials, backward science and technology, and outdated culture in China, many people started to curse again.

In this way, before going to bed every day, everyone scolds each other, feels comfortable, and goes home happily to sleep.

The 80s was an era of vigorous development and an era of frequent social problems.

Under the impact of Western thought and culture, many people are extremely dissatisfied with their lives.

A large number of young men and women who have returned to the city cannot find jobs and wander the streets every day.

Some bold people started small businesses and quickly made their first pot of gold.

Those with overseas connections constantly show off gifts such as home appliances sent back by relatives abroad.

Such a contrast makes it even more contradictory.

After years of repression, many young people, especially, have seen the prosperity of foreign countries and yearned for it.

The 80s was a golden age of fashion, with Hong Kong style, American street style, French elegance, etc. making people overwhelmed.

Many young people followed suit, and long hair, bell-bottom pants and floral shirts became a common sight on the streets.

In terms of literature, scar literature, reflective literature and reform literature have become mainstream.

Therefore, the present is an era of great ideological turmoil.

In the literary world, pro-Western literature has become a trend, and translating foreign works has become a trend.

Criticizing China's past and criticizing China's history has become a trend.

Therefore, those current intellectuals who are the first to come into contact with the Western world, especially those who have studied abroad, feel extremely inferior in their hearts.

Deep down, I have a feeling of respect for foreigners.

When Li Yuan refuted the foreigners face to face, the inferiority complex inside these tabloid reporters was triggered, and they involuntarily began to defend the foreigners.

I hope that through this method, foreigners will realize that Chinese people are very polite and China is a land of etiquette.

Of course, many of them have turned their backs on the Lord to seek glory and become eagle dogs of the West.

Li Yuan was a grassroots person and did not receive the etiquette that upper-class people should have.

In addition, before the transfer of souls, the country's strength had been unprecedentedly improved, not only breaking through the first island chain, but also driving the enemy out of the South China Sea.

Therefore, his soul is proud, and he has no respect for foreigners, and even has a little contempt for them.

So when Li Yuan told them to get out with a smile, the two tabloid reporters felt seriously offended and made their foreign friends laugh.

"What did you say? Do you dare to say it again?"

"I said, please get out," Li Yuan said softly, but he could clearly hear the coldness inside.

“You bastard, you are smearing the country by treating journalists like this in front of foreign people.

We want to report you, we want to expose you and let your evil deeds be exposed to the public." Mustache trembled angrily.

"I support you," a well-dressed young male reporter stood up and said.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the white reporter, shrugged, raised his hands in front of his chest, and apologized.

The white reporter had regained his composure and responded with an elegant shrug.

“We have freedom of interview, but how dare you say such rude words in front of many reporters.

We protest, we refuse to interview you”.

Another female reporter got up angrily, picked up her notebook, put it in her bag, and turned to leave.

But he was grabbed by his companion beside him.

She looked at the other reporters around her. They were all as steady as old dogs, and no one left.

Finally, he glared at Li Yuan and sat down angrily.

Li Yuan clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"I understand you, but... by the way..." Li Yuan looked at Mustache.

"May I ask your surname?"

"I am Mu Bai, a reporter from Asahi Evening News. Do you want to apologize to me?"

After speaking, he raised his head proudly with a look of disdain.

"Comrade Mu Bai, no, it should be Mr. Mu Bai. Mu Bai, Mu Bai...".

Li Yuan muttered a few words softly, and suddenly smiled very strangely on his face.

Reporter Mubai seemed to also react and glared at Li Yuan.

“Mr. Mubai reporter, please be patient and please be patient, and everyone be patient.

I asked Mr. Mu Bai just now. . . ".

Li Yuan deliberately emphasized the word "Mu Bai", which made his mustache turn red with anger.

“How would you respond if you were faced with a rude person?

I remember Mr. Mubai's answer was, repay evil with kindness and treat each other with courtesy.

Just now, I just did a small test to see if you would behave as you said you would if you were faced with a rude person.

However, the result was so embarrassing that you chose to get angry and fight each other! "