Within a few minutes, the library arrived. Director Hong Renyuan saw Geng Chaozhong and Zhao Ersheng walking in, talking and laughing, and his face suddenly darkened.
Geng Chaozhong quickly stopped his smile, walked quickly to Director Hong, and explained: "Director, Mr. Deng asked me to stay and listen to the lecture. I can't refuse, so..."
"That's all." Upon hearing that it was Mr. Deng who retained the person, Hong Renyuan's expression softened and he said warmly:
"Xiao Zhou, as the end of the term approaches, there are many people coming to the library to study. It's best not to go out at will during this period. After this period of time, the library will be much freer, and you won't be able to do your own thing at that time.
Late."
"Mr. Hong, I understand." Geng Chaozhong cupped his hands and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute," Hong Renyuan stopped Geng Chaozhong, looked at him for a few times and then asked, "Do you know that little girl Zhao Ersheng?"
"We just met during class." Geng Chaozhong replied quickly.
"Well," Hong Renyuan nodded slowly, "do you know who her father is?"
"who is it?"
Director Hong seemed to have something to say, and Geng Chaozhong suddenly became curious.
"Zhao Kezhen, director of the Peking Education Office." After Hong Renyuan finished speaking, he stared into Geng Chaozhong's eyes.
"Oh, it turns out she is the eunuch." Geng Chaozhong's expression changed.
From this point of view, Zhao Ersheng's father ruled Yanda.
He had long noticed that Zhao Ersheng's family background was unusual. Now when Hong Renyuan told him, this Zhao Ersheng was actually the daughter of the director of the Peking Education Office. No wonder Zhao Ersheng was very familiar with the principal Situ Leideng and called him Uncle Situ.
"Yes," Director Hong nodded slightly, "Zhao Kezhen first served in the Beiyang government. He has deep qualifications and many close relatives and friends. He has no children and only gave birth to such a daughter when he was in his forties. She is really regarded as a treasure.
You should be careful and don't offend the daughter of the Zhao family, I won't be able to protect you then."
"No, no, I just bumped into each other when I was returning to the library. We chatted for a few words on the way, and we were just acquaintances." Geng Chaozhong waved his hands repeatedly, looking frightened.
"Well, I don't mean anything else, I'm just giving you a casual reminder." Seeing Geng Chaozhong's fear, Director Hong couldn't help but smile.
Geng Chaozhong understood what he meant. He was afraid that he would not know the situation and cause unnecessary trouble. Director Hong was a good-hearted person.
"Yes, I understand. Thank you Director Hong for the suggestion." Geng Chaozhong nodded vigorously.
"It's good that you know," Director Hong nodded and said, "Go and do the work!"
Geng Chaozhong agreed, turned around and glanced at Zhao Ersheng, and found that the little girl was looking at him with curious eyes. Geng Chaozhong quickly turned around and ran to the fourth floor.
.........
It's been a week in the blink of an eye.
Although the affairs of the library are complicated, they are not too difficult. Even if they encounter some foreign books, Geng Chaozhong can basically handle them with ease, which makes the director Hong Renyuan overjoyed.
The reason why the assistant director of this library has always been vacant is because it is too difficult to find an associate director who is proficient in foreign languages. This is because many of the books in the Yanda Library are donated by Harvard University and various circles in the United States, and many of them are in foreign languages. For ordinary people, they would just put them there.
It was not easy to return to the original place, let alone organize the archives. With Geng Chaozhong, Hong Renyuan gave up all the options and simply handed over all the affairs of the library to Geng Chaozhong, enjoying his leisure time.
However, Geng Chaozhong suffered a lot in this way. He was busy jumping up and down all day long, complaining repeatedly, and sometimes he even worked until nine o'clock in the evening, sorting out books. In this way, he had no time to spare to deal with it.
It’s a matter of cultural relics.
During this period, Zhao Ersheng came over often, but after Geng Chaozhong knew her identity, he naturally did not provoke her and usually laughed it off.
At noon that day, Geng Chaozhong had just finished sorting out his books when he heard a burst of noise outside, and then several students walked in. The final exam had just finished, and some students should have come to return the borrowed books.
Sure enough, as soon as several students came in, they placed books in front of Geng Chaozhong. The first person was Zhong Yue, a junior in the Department of Politics. He often came to check papers near graduation, and he knew Geng Chaozhong.
"Associate Zhou, these are the books I borrowed. Please check them." Zhong Yue handed over the two books.
"Well," Geng Chaozhong took the book and looked at Zhong Yue. Seeing that his face was red and angry, he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong, classmate Zhong? Who provoked you?"
"Japanese!" Zhong Yue put down the book heavily and snorted.
"Japanese?" Geng Chaozhong was also surprised, "Let me tell you, Xiao Zhong, several divisions of the Japanese army are just outside the city. You should be careful and don't cause big trouble. Even the school can't protect you."
"You don't even read the newspaper?" Zhong Yue looked at Geng Chaozhong in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Geng Chaozhong was a little confused.
I have been so busy these days that I have no time to read the newspaper.
"The Tanggu Agreement has been signed! Didn't you see the newspaper that was just published this morning? You really don't hear anything outside the window and only read the books of sages!" Zhong Yue was speechless.
"Oh, I almost forgot! But isn't it a secret agreement? Is it announced now?" Geng Chaozhong was surprised and touched his head.
"What secret agreement? The Nineteenth Route Army had already revealed the news. It was written in black and white in the newspaper!" Zhong Yue said speechlessly.
Geng Chaozhong said "Oh" and picked up a pile of newspapers piled next to him.
The library also collects current newspapers published from all over the country, but Geng Chaozhong waited until he got all the newspapers at noon before starting to organize them. It was not time yet, so he let the boy who delivered the newspapers put them on the table and ignored them.
It was written clearly in the newspaper: The Tanggu Agreement was signed and the sovereignty of North China was lost!
Geng Chaozhong picked up the newspaper and started to read it. Zhong Yue's voice came next to him: "Our army has retreated to the Changping-Shunyi line. Thirty miles further, we will reach the city of Beijing! The Japanese are still stationed in Miyun. This and the occupation of
What’s the difference between Peking and Beijing?”
"Yes, yes, how unbecoming is this?" Geng Chaozhong replied while flipping through the newspaper.
"Hey, Assistant Manager Zhou, your attitude is wrong. How can it be done with just one sentence? We are going to march and demonstrate and protest!"
"Very good, very good, you go ahead!" Geng Chaozhong said casually, staring at a line of words in the newspaper.
That line read: The above-mentioned police agencies shall not use secret force groups that stimulate the feelings of the Japanese army.
Geng Chaozhong understood that this secret armed group refers to the Fuxing Society.
No wonder no one came to the Peking Station after it was destroyed for more than a week. So that’s what happened!
"You don't want to go? We have made an appointment to go to Peking Dongzhimen and demonstrate near the Japanese Consulate in Peiping this afternoon!" Zhong Yue's voice came to my ears again.
"As for me, I won't go. I still have important things to do." Geng Chaozhong waved his hand.
"Is it important? Is there anything more important than fighting against foreign humiliation together?!" Zhong Yue opened his eyes wide and stared at Geng Chaozhong fiercely.