Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

What happened in front of the office yesterday quickly spread throughout Nanluoguxiang and some nearby factories. Some people with ulterior motives secretly remembered the Hope New Village Office, and some warned their subordinates not to provoke the office.

However, there are many people who do not believe in evil. Most of them are those who have gained the right to speak in the region through movements in the past six months and are keen on launching movements and making trouble for others.

As soon as Liu Guozheng arrived at the office in the morning, he was surrounded by people. It seemed that those people were waiting for Liu Guozheng's arrival.

"Brother Zheng, don't go down. These people are well prepared."

Li Dabao was not stupid. They had just arrived and so many people showed up. Most of them were Little Red Guards, and some were from the patrol team. It was not clear which department the patrol team was from, and it was not easy to distinguish them. The red armbands they wore were all the same.

"It's okay. This matter will eventually be resolved. It's not a big deal to keep making trouble every day."

Liu Guozheng shook his head. He was not afraid even if there were twice as many people, let alone forty or fifty of them.

Liu Guozheng got off the car. As his brother, Li Dabao naturally would not stay in the car any longer. They should share the good times and the bad times.

"Brother Guozheng, look, our beautiful walls are covered with big-character posters."

Hearing the sound of the car, Huang Qiuxia and Zheng Jiandong walked out of the office.

"Sister Huang, Brother Jiandong, are you okay?"

Liu Guozheng didn't even look at those big-character posters. Now they are everywhere in the streets, all units and departments. There is nothing that can be done about it.

"Guozheng, we are fine, you and Dabao come in quickly."

Huang Qiuxia was very anxious. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that something was wrong. The office was surrounded by people who looked aggressive and eager to smash it down.

"Sister Huang, you guys go in first and wait for me to deal with this matter."

"Brother Guozheng, we are with you."

Huang Qiuxia and Zheng Jiandong stood behind Liu Guozheng without hesitation.

The Little Red Soldiers and the pickets did not take any action and no one spoke. They were probably waiting for their leader.

Liu Guozheng didn't say anything either, but made a gesture to Jiang Ping. Jiang Ping came to Liu Guozheng and nodded.

"Director Nie is here, hurry up, get out of the way."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't block the road."

The Red Guards stood on both sides, and a female comrade in her thirties walked from the back. She was wearing a green military uniform and had short hair that reached her shoulders, but it was a little sparse. Her forehead was a little flat, her eyebrows were thin, her eyes were upturned, and her mouth was pointed and very thin. From her facial features, she did not look like a good person.

"Liu Guozheng?"

This person's voice is very unpleasant, with a heavy timbre, loud and unfocused, and sounds a bit piercing.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I am Director Nie Yuanying of the East City Joint Action Committee."

"What are you doing today?"

"Someone reported that you were engaging in capitalist-walking activities. We are now taking over your office and you are also required to undergo ideological transformation."

"Why?"

"It is based on your loyalty to society, your loyalty to the elders, and the quotations in my hand. This is also the guiding ideology for your transformation and a powerful weapon for dealing with all kinds of monsters and demons."

Seeing the Little Red Book in Nie Yuanying's hand, Liu Guozheng smiled. He was not prepared to preach to these people. It was impossible to reason with these radical so-called hot-blooded young people. They only believed what they wanted to believe. As long as they determined that there was something wrong with you, they would not believe it no matter how much you explained.

Liu Guozheng was still thinking about how to find a way to resolve this matter, but Nie Yuanying came to him on her own initiative.

Thinking of this, Liu Guozheng also took out a red book from his pocket, looked at Nie Yuanying and said, "I am the most loyal."

"Humph, Liu Guozheng, you now have one more crime, which is attempting to speculate and evade the people's judgment. Don't think that you are loyal just because you have a copy of the Little Red Book."

"Haha, Nie Yuanying, whether someone is loyal or not doesn't count for you or me, so let's let this little red book judge who is loyal."

"how to say?"

Nie Yuanying was also very interested. After several months of struggle, she and her men had defeated group after group of people. Many people also came up to them to reason with them and present facts. She really didn't expect to meet such a special person like Liu Guozheng today.

"Since you say you are loyal, I'm sure you know all the quotations in this little red book by heart, right?"

"Of course. I recite it every day from beginning to end."

"Really? Then let me ask you, what is the sixth sentence on page 10?"

"I.."

Nie Yuanying almost choked. She had never seen anyone ask a question like this.

"Why? You don't know?"

"Liu Guozheng, I didn't remember it, do you know it?"

"I know."

Liu Guozheng recited the sixth sentence on page 10.

"Yes, yes, he has his back to the right."

"Is this a daze?"

"Maybe, maybe he just saw that page today."

"should be."

"Wait and see. I don't believe he can memorize the entire Little Red Book."

"Well, that makes sense. Taking shortcuts is not the right way after all."

Now there were not only Little Red Guards and pickets at the door of the office, but also nearby residents watching the excitement from the outside. Basically everyone carried a copy of the Little Red Book. While Liu Guozheng was reciting, they all turned to that page and compared it. It turned out that what Liu Guozheng said was exactly the same.

Nie Yuanying's heart sank. She had a bad feeling. She had heard that there were strange people among the people who had photographic memories. Could it be that she had met one today?

"Director Nie, page 15, what's the first sentence?"

"this.."

Liu Guozheng recited it again in front of everyone.

"This doesn't count, let me ask you."

Nie Yuanying naturally did not believe that Liu Guozheng had the ability to remember everything he saw. She thought that Liu Guozheng just happened to know those pages of quotations, or that Liu Guozheng had memorized those pages specifically to fool people.

"Okay, today I'll show you who is the most loyal warrior."

"Liu Guozheng, don't be so arrogant. I will expose you in front of everyone. Let me ask you, what is the tenth sentence on page 35?"

After Nie Yuanying asked the question, Liu Guozheng answered without thinking, and he did not make a single mistake in a single word.

"Page 50, what's the fifth word in the third sentence?"

"..."

"Page seven, sentence six."

"Page nine, sentence seven."

"The last page, the tenth word?"

"..."

"What's the twelfth punctuation mark on page twenty-three?"

"..."

Liu Guozheng answered all of them one by one, without any error.

Nie Yuanying's face was pale, with beads of sweat on her flat forehead, and her hands holding the book were shaking. When the red book fell to the ground, it awakened everyone who had fallen into silence.