"Don't move!" shouted an Annan patrolman holding a rifle.
He spoke Chinese, and it sounded like an accent from Guangxi. He was probably from Annan, which borders Guangxi, and he learned a word or two from the locals.
The white inspector walked over with his hands behind his back, looked at the dozen students in front of him, and said in blunt Chinese: "I am Inspector Anderson, and I am now officially informing you that I am suspected of illegal assembly and violating the laws of the concession.
,So, I want to arrest you."
The female student stepped forward and said loudly: "Fellow compatriots, do you just watch helplessly as the patrol arrests people randomly? May I ask, which law stipulates that people are not allowed to sing on the street?"
"You're right, why should you arrest someone?"
"It's just that you are afraid of the Japanese, but we are not!"
The crowd of onlookers was very excited, and everyone reprimanded Anderson.
Anderson was unmoved and waved his hand with a cold face. The patrolmen pulled their bolts and loaded their guns, pointing their guns at the people around them.
Anderson turned to the female student and said: "Let me tell you the reason for arresting you now. Of course there is no problem with singing, but your inflammatory remarks have had a very bad impact on the security of the concession!"
At this moment, a well-dressed woman came over, stretched out her hand and tugged on Anderson's sleeve, and whispered: "Anderson, please, don't arrest them. They are all students from the Northeast, and their homes are gone."
, it looks very pitiful..."
Someone in the crowd said loudly: "Inspector Anderson, your sweetheart is here, please give me some face."
The onlookers roared with laughter. The sudden appearance of this Agui girl completely ruined what was originally a serious matter.
This girl, Agui, is the female maiden of Nuanxiang House. She can only be considered average in terms of appearance, and somehow she caught Anderson's eye. Every time she goes to Nuanxiang House, no one else is looking for her, but Agui is the only one who wants to accompany her.
From time to time, many people in the area of Sima Road know that Inspector Anderson of the Central Police Station and Miss Agui who often visit Nuanxiang Pavilion.
Anderson was somewhat embarrassed and could only act selfless and said: "Anyone who violates the laws of the concession must be punished accordingly!"
As he spoke, he waved to the patrolman.
The Annan patrol officers took out handcuffs from their waistbands and handcuffed all the dozen students behind their backs.
One of the students struggled and shouted: "The Japanese invaded and occupied the four northeastern provinces. Isn't this a fact? As a Chinese, what's wrong with expressing your inner thoughts?"
Seeing this scene, Xu Siqi outside the crowd sighed and said: "The law of the jungle is the eternal truth. If you are not strong, you can only wait to be bullied. What's the use of complaining... Solemnly, am I right?"
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With a solemn and gloomy face, he said in a hateful voice: "I don't know if you are right or not, but I know one thing, no matter whether they are Japanese or Western devils, none of them are good!"
Watching the policemen arrest the students, he took a long and solemn breath and said, "Let's go, there's nothing left to see..."
If it were Zheng Zheng before, he would have been the first to rush forward when encountering such an unfair thing, but this time he was able to hold back and not move.
Xu Siqi felt strange in his heart and did not ask. After all, after so many years, Zheng Zheng was no longer the hot-blooded young man he used to be.
"Siqi, I have something to do later, so I won't accompany you... Oh, by the way, I ordered a new bedding for you. Someone will send it to your home in the afternoon. The money has been paid. You can just wait at home."
"Didn't you ask for leave?"
"I just suddenly remembered that I had an appointment with a client at ten o'clock...I won't say it anymore, I'm running out of time, I have to hurry over!"
After saying this, he looked around solemnly, flagged down a rickshaw, and left the fourth road in a hurry.
Xu Siqi stood on the street for a while, then walked towards the tram stop.
Along the way, Xu Siqi couldn't help but feel filled with emotion as he looked at the blossoming scenery of the concession outside the car window and recalled the dilapidated appearance of Fuxi Road in Zhabei.
The prosperity of the concession further reflects the depression of Zhabei.
The problem is that the two areas are almost within easy reach, separated only by the Suzhou River...
When he arrived at Foch Road, Xu Siqi got out of the car and walked slowly along the street, keeping in mind the nearby streets and alleys.
When a foreigner arrives in a strange city, he must first become familiar with everything here as quickly as possible, especially the neighborhood where he lives.
"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper. Director Chiang Kai-shek gave a speech at the camp in Nanchang..." A boy of sixteen or seventeen years old held a stack of newspapers and kept selling newspapers to passers-by.
"Give me a copy of Le Monde."
"Two cents a piece, please take it..."
After returning home, Xu Siqi opened the newspaper. On the front page of the newspaper was a line of bold words: Director Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech "The Essentials of the New Life Movement" at the Nanchang camp.
Xu Siwen didn't even look at it, he turned directly to the advertising page, read every advertisement carefully, and finally sighed softly and put the newspaper aside.
He sat in silence for a while, then picked up the newspaper out of boredom, read the speech ten lines at a glance, and read it softly in his mouth: "We want to reform society and rejuvenate a country and a nation. This cannot be achieved by force, but by force."
How can we succeed? To put it simply, the first is to equip ordinary citizens with national morality, and the second is to equip ordinary citizens with national knowledge. The higher the morals and the better the knowledge of the citizens, the easier it will be to make the society more prosperous day by day.
The more progress they make, the easier it will be to revive their country and nation!"
"Without the use of force, would the robbers who broke into the house leave on their own initiative?" Xu Siqi disagreed with this idea.
“Tuk-tuk!”
There was a knock on the door.
Xu Siqi put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up, walked to the door, reached out and opened the door, and there stood a strong young man outside the door.
Seeing that it was Xu Siqi who opened the door, the young man was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?"
"Who are you looking for?" Xu Siqi asked back.
"I'm looking for Zheng Zheng."
"He's not here. If you have anything, I can convey it to you. Oh, I'm Zheng Zheng's classmate. My surname is Xu."
"Just say that Ah Yuan from the pier has passed by."
"A Yuan from the dock...Okay, I've written it down. Is there anything else?"
"No, thank you."
After saying this, A Yuan turned and left.
An hour later, a man who looked like a young boy pushed a cart and delivered some daily necessities including bedding.
After arranging these things, Xu Siqi cleaned the house thoroughly, then cut out the main contents of the New Life Movement from the newspapers and pasted them on the wall.