Chapter 4 second quarter

"What did you hear again?" I asked Zhu Jiayin, with a bit of sarcasm in my tone.In the past few days, he has "analyzed" a dozen possible reasons for the sudden drop in temperature, such as the alien invasion, the revenge of the underground people, Greece launching a nuclear war for repudiation, and the deletion of the "comment" function on Sina Weibo. One is more unreliable than the other. Zhu Jiayin didn't make a long analysis this time, he handed me the radio nervously: "Listen yourself!" I put my ear to it.This is a shortwave radio, theoretically it should be able to receive the sound from the other side of the ocean, but in the last few days, it has not been able to receive a single station, and we speculate that perhaps the United States and Europe have also been destroyed.Now, however, I was pleasantly surprised and delighted to hear a recognizable human voice on the radio.

This is a man's voice, the pronunciation is very stiff, there is no link between the words, and there is no cadence or emotional color, it should be synthesized by a computer.He repeated only one sentence: "Mankind is facing a disaster that will last for a long time. The country has started to study countermeasures. Comrades, please quickly carry out self-rescue and mutual rescue work." I felt relieved. In any case, the country has not forgotten us. .But Zhu Jiayin was crying and bewildered.I asked him what was wrong, and Zhu Jiayin told me that as part of the national disaster early warning system, the government has set up radio stations in the civil defense fortifications in major cities.Once a devastating war or disaster occurs, these broadcasting stations will automatically start and start broadcasting pre-recorded information on all bands.

Immediately, I was enlightened and leaned on secretly.In other words, no one will rescue us at all.The next batch of people to enter the library is likely to be archaeologists hundreds of years later. I quickly turned down the volume.This kind of news is great for everyone to know.I said to Zhu Jiayin, "Don't tell anyone about this." After thinking about it, I changed my mind and said, "Forget it, you can say whatever you want." No one believed him anyway.Zhu Jiayin nodded, lowered her head and continued to tune the band persistently. I sat back by the fire, and everyone beside the fire was happily tearing all kinds of success books into the fire one by one. It was a bit like burning test papers and textbooks after the college entrance examination. No one noticed us During the conversation just now, only Li Chao glanced at me suspiciously and made a threatening sign of the cross.Xu Cong walked over with a book: "I'm looking for you, does Jobs' biography count as success?" "Forget it." I hesitated.

"It doesn't count, what kind of success is this! This is a poisonous weed." Tian Xiao denied it.Liu Yueyi was not happy when he heard it: "It's the end of the world, what are you doing! I think this is the study of success. Jobs' success is undeniable." Tian Xiao's neck twitched: "I am an Android user." The words came to an end In this regard, it is not a debate of reason, but a dispute of positions.I stopped the discussion in time and put it to a vote.The result was six to six votes.Liu Yue counted the heads and was very surprised: "I remember that there should be seven people who use iPhones here. Who voted against?" Deep hatred, but did not explain the reason.

The approval and disapproval were equally divided, and we focused our attention on Li Chao, the only one who didn't raise his hand.He is reading "Jobs Biography" with relish. "Li Chao, vote." I urged him.His vote will have far-reaching historical significance.If the biography of Jobs is burned in the name of success studies, then almost all the biographies of historical celebrities—except for Van Gogh—can be used as fuel without review, which will be a great resource. Li Chao turned a few more pages. Seeing that we were really pressed, he raised his hand and said, "May Jobs' body rest in peace, and may his soul enter the palace of the Lord. The writings of brothers in the Lord should be preserved..." "Don't be an idiot, Jobs is a Buddhist." Shao Xuecheng interrupted.Li Chao's face changed, and he quickly changed his words:

"Heretical! It should be burned!" Seven to six, so it was decided.We moved out more than ten copies of "Jobs Biography", which is a bestseller and has a large stock.Xiaoying also added a few iOS software development textbooks on top of this stack of books.According to her, it is better for these textbooks to be extinct as early as possible, lest people in the new century know that the old society still has such inhuman things as iTunes.We can probably guess why she voted no. Starting from this, we successively took out books such as "The Biography of Buffett", "The Biography of Bin Laden", "The Biography of Li Ka-shing", and "Interview with Yang Lan". Shouting "in the name of success studies" while throwing these books into the fire.Successive people have turned to ashes one after another. If there is a historian present, we will tell him that Christians are still to be blamed for the burning of books.

Success Science is indeed one of the best-selling book categories. This kind of book has been kept warm for two days. We are very grateful to the authors for their unremitting efforts.The second batch of fuel was similar workplace management books, especially "No Excuse", which was first torn to pieces and then burned, becoming the most fully burned book.Regarding the classification, some people think it belongs to workplace textbooks, and some people think it belongs to workplace novels. Xu Qi said that whether it is novels or workplace success studies, the first few batches will be burned anyway, and there is little difference between early and late.

However, when selecting the third batch of books, the book review committee had serious differences.According to my idea, the next batch of books to be burned are books on life and health care.Most of these books are bound on coated paper, which is resistant to burning.This opinion has the support of most people.But Sister Zheng quit. She thought it was an insult to her: "You young people don't take care of your body, but you will regret it when you get old. Now we are trapped here, don't we have to pay more attention to our health? These health care methods They are all natural, left by the ancients, learning from nature, returning to the basics, which is most suitable for the current situation. If the burn is gone, if you want to take care of your health, there will be no guidance. You must have a sense of nature and natural remedies. Be in awe!" "It's good that we can survive this time, why should we pay attention to our health, what you said is too biased..." Long Aotian retorted unconvinced.Sister Zheng jumped up and pointed to his forehead: "Seeing how young you are, how do you talk? Sister, I thought you were thin just now, and I pity you. I gave you an extra piece of chocolate. Why are you so ungrateful now?" Long Aotian special Grievance: "I don't have one. One thing is another thing. I can't ignore right or wrong just because I ate your chocolate." Sister Zheng was furious, and scolded the little boy like a cannonball. Hanging low, not daring to say a word.

Sister Zheng couldn't get enough of her scolding, so she dragged Lao Wang in again: "Old Wang, you are from here. You were there when Shennong tasted the herbs and Hua Tuo designed the Wu Qin Xi, right? Are you right?" Lao Wang was obedient. , noncommittal, but glanced out the window. As soon as I saw that a fight was about to start, I quickly said, "Let's vote and see what everyone thinks." Probably Sister Zheng's performance was too much just now. This time, except for herself, everyone else agreed to burn life and health care.This is a democratic decision, so we ignored Sister Zheng's yelling and dispatched Shao Xuecheng, Long Aotian, Tian Xiao, Xu Cong, and me, a total of five strong men, to form a transportation team and enter the library to carry related categories. Books.Lao Wang stood in front of the library and prepared the library card according to the regulations, while the others gathered around the fire and kept adding fuel to ensure that it would not go out.

The structure of this library is very simple, as soon as you enter the door is the front desk, then the reading room, with offices on both sides, and at the end of the reading room is the library, separated by a long counter.The long counter has been dismantled and burned by us, so the library can be driven straight in.The library is huge, and countless bookshelves are arranged in an orderly manner, like a deep forest.Even in such a low temperature environment, I can still smell a faint fragrance of books.I suddenly recalled the pilgrimage mood when I entered the library for the first time. At that time, I never thought that one day I would go into the library, pick books like picking chickens from a chicken coop, and burn them one by one to ashes.

A small part of the library has been emptied. After we walked in, we confirmed the storage area for health books, and then we split up.Each person transported fifteen books each time and piled them at the door of the library.After Lao Wang fills out the library cards one by one, these books that are destined not to be returned can be turned into flames to gain new life. I browsed all the way along the bookshelves, almost no need to choose carefully, as long as I saw things like "health code", "use of human body", "what you don't know", "water knows the answer", "secret method", "wisdom" and so on The keyword, even if it is taken down, it will not be wrong.Soon I gathered fifteen copies, stacked them together, and carried them outside.At this time, I accidentally saw Shao Xuecheng standing between two bookshelves, his hands in his pockets, motionless.I asked what he was doing.He pointed to the right corner of the library, where there was an iron door, which looked thick, and an electronic lock hung on it. "That's the underground library that Lao Wang said, and it's absolutely not allowed to enter." Shao Xuecheng smiled slightly, "I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, the more prohibited things are, the more I have to touch them, especially if they are locked. It's just provocative." "Forget it, Lao Wang will fight you desperately." I shrugged.Shao Xuecheng asked: "Aren't you curious at all?" I shook my head, in this kind of ghost place, all my curiosity has been wiped away by the cold, I'm not in the mood to ask gossip.Shao Xuecheng grinned, made a hand into the shape of a pistol, fired at the door, and made a gesture of blowing the smoke from the muzzle of the gun. This guy claims to be a veteran, and his demeanor has a murderous air, but no one knows what his origin is.Everyone was a little afraid of him and kept their distance as much as possible.He didn't mind, he only talked to Zhu Jiayin and me occasionally, and rarely paid attention to others, just like a lone wolf on the grassland. I was about to persuade him, when suddenly there was a quarrel next to him.I ran over quickly, and found that Xu Cong and Tian Xiao were on top of the bulls, with a pile of books scattered under their feet, and Long Aotian was circling anxiously beside them. I asked them what was going on, and Long Aotian told me that the reason was that Xu Cong took a copy of "Discovering the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" and muttered that all books of Chinese medicine should be burned, but Tian Xiao said: "I will burn the books of Ke Yunlu." I don't mind, but I don't like to hear you say that all Chinese medicine books should be burned." The two of them quarreled in the library, chatting endlessly.I don't see it well. This topic has been discussed on the Internet for many years without any results. Now I am trapped in the library, and it is still playing overtime.I hurried over to smooth things over, and without saying a word, Xu Cong and Tian Xiao got more excited and started scolding each other.I was upset when I heard that, I dragged the two of them away, and yelled: "Everyone on Earth is dying, you guys are still arguing! Concentrate on your work!" "The way is different, don't conspire with each other!" Bleeding his eyes, he dropped the book in his hand to the ground.Tian Xiao also aggressively stated that I love braised cooking and I love truth more.Hearing what the two of them mean, even if the quarrel leads to the destruction of the universe, it is necessary to distinguish right from wrong.I regretted so much in my heart, why did I forget that when it comes to life and health care, I will definitely fall into disputes about the preservation and abolition of traditional Chinese medicine.If I had known this earlier, I might as well go straight to burn numerology and divination. It happened that Shao Xuecheng came over, Xu Cong and Tian Xiao dragged him to ask him to express his opinion, but Shao Xuecheng didn't say anything, one of them punched them directly, knocking them down to the ground, their eye sockets were immediately blackened.They both wanted to say something, but they were kicked to the mouth by Shao Xuecheng again, their lips were completely numb, and they couldn't say a word. "Old Ma, you can't do this. This kind of quarrel has no result, just block it and burn it to the sun." Shao Xuecheng shook his head, very disappointed with my weak reaction.I said it was too violent and against the spirit of democracy.However, Shao Xuecheng crossed his neck with a hand gesture, and without saying a word, he bent over and grabbed more than a dozen books and left the library. People outside the library were waiting for us to bring out the books. They were quite surprised to see that our expressions were not good, and some people had injuries on their faces.I slapped my hands and said, "Don't burn the books on life and health care. Let's keep it. Let's make a vote and burn the books on numerology and divination first." Yes! How can the fate of people be determined by the stars millions of light years away!" Xu Cong shouted excitedly. Xiaoying responded immediately: "Of course, the only one who truly guides destiny is the Great Arcana, which has passed the test of thousands of years!" "Hey, Tarot is also nonsense! Can Egyptians believe it? They don't even count their own demise!" Come out! The only one who can pry into the mysteries of fate is Zhou Yi." "Zhou Yi didn't calculate the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, did he?" "I'm uneducated. King Wen of Zhou calculated that the Zhou Dynasty had eight hundred years of luck, which is very accurate." "You Look, it can only be calculated for 800 years, which is too rough. If he uses Tarot to deduce, the chariot in the right position, the tower in the reverse position, and the lover in the right position, three cards can accurately reach the princes of Fenghuo Opera." Looking at Xiaoying and Xu Cong After arguing together, Liu Yue shrugged and said helplessly to Xu Jia: "Scorpio and Sagittarius quarrel, that's it." Xu Jia nodded with deep sympathy: "Well, I guess both of them have type A blood, so they are prone to superstition , and especially stubborn.” My original intention was to put aside the controversy and divert everyone’s attention, who knew that the differences in the book review committee were more serious this time.Among the thirteen people, there are some who believe in Tarot, some who believe in Book of Changes, some who believe in blood type, some who believe in horoscopes, and others who believe in everything. They really don't believe in fortune-telling. On the contrary, only Christian Li Chao is the only one. With Xiaoying and Xu Cong as the introduction, everyone quarreled fanatically, and the tacit understanding established by the study of success disappeared.Those who believe in blood type say that those who believe in the Book of Changes are superstitious; those who believe in the Book of Changes scold those who believe in constellations and forget their ancestors; those who believe in constellations say that those who play Tarot are devil worship; those who play Tarot say that those who believe in blood types are statistical magic.No book gets more than half the burnt support after all the noise. I saw that the fire was almost extinguished, and it was not an option to procrastinate like this, so I stood up and said, "Why don't we do this, do an experiment, whichever fortune-telling is accurate, don't burn that kind." Everyone quarreled , I didn’t have any better suggestions, so I had to agree, and they all asked me what to do. I said it's simple, let's do a scientific experiment.Several fortune-telling systems each find a masterpiece published last year from the library to see what they predict for this year.Everyone knows the current situation, whichever is right, stay. Xiaoying wondered: "This is not fair. Tarot is not a fortune-telling, but tells you an attitude towards life, showing the multiple possibilities of fate, and in the end you have to rely on yourself." Liu Yue also said: "Everyone's zodiac sign is different. You have to consider the rising sign and the angle with the sun, such a general prediction goes against the original intention of astrology." "Blood type is not fortune telling, but a scientific classification of human personality." Xu Qi said without changing his face.But Xu Cong simply closed his eyes: "How can the secret of the sky be leaked, it will cost Yang's life." No one is willing to accept the test.When I saw that they all shrank, I found it a little tricky.At this time, Shao Xuecheng walked over and said relaxedly, "How about I give you a suggestion?" Everyone looked at him curiously. "I'll drive you out one by one, and then you can use your favorite fortune-telling method to divination for yourself, and if you can figure out who can escape, if you can't, you deserve to freeze to death; if you figure out that you are doomed, it's a magic trick .” After he finished speaking, he picked up an almanac and flipped through it: "Hey, it's a good time to travel today, which one of you will be the first?" Most of the people felt cold all over their bodies, and immediately quieted down, no one objected to burning books . Under the threat of Shao Xuecheng, all the books on fortune-telling and divination were moved to the fire, and every book on the fortune-telling system was personally burned by the supporters.Even I was assigned a copy of "Lejia Personality Colors", watching all kinds of human nature turn into ashes.Sister Zheng picked up a copy of "Dragon Cave Sand and Water Complete Book", a little hesitant, saying that Feng Shui is not a superstition, and many foreigners also believe it.Shao Xuecheng said coldly: "Burn! Or I will choose an auspicious acupoint for you myself." Sister Zheng threw the book down and suddenly lost her temper. If you don’t allow it, you still want to burn it; now you want to burn Fengshui, why should you listen to it all! Why do you dictate and domineering! Are you all gods? Even if you are a god, you don’t necessarily know everything, right? After she finished speaking, she sat down on a Carrefour shopping bag.The bag is full of vending machines and her own treats, which are with her day and night.Whoever wants to eat has to exchange something with her.So far, she has changed several mobile phones, several notebooks and several rings, and also received a Nokia for prying peach cans. "Let me tell you, from now on, the commissary will be gone! Don't even try to get some food from me!" Sister Zheng waved her arms aggressively, just like Obama announcing an embargo on Iran. Everyone looked at me, and I quickly said to Sister Zheng, don't be angry, we have something to discuss, but she ignored her at all and turned her face away.At this time Shao Xuecheng patted me on the shoulder: "Old Ma, let me tell you something." "Ah?" "You are too weak to be a leader at all, you are just a peacemaker who goes around trying to persuade and mediate , Papermaker. In this situation, I don’t need you, but me.” “This team needs cooperation and trust, not fear.” I replied calmly. "As long as there is fear, the rest is very easy to realize." Shao Xuecheng's hand on my shoulder suddenly exerted force, and I suddenly felt a huge force pressing down, and I let out a scream, and was crushed to the ground by him.Shao Xuecheng turned his head and faced everyone: "Comrade Ma is no longer able to lead everyone due to health reasons. He recommended me. I want to ask everyone, do I need to refuse three times?" Everyone looked at me lying on the ground and shook their heads. "Very good, it's an extraordinary time, all procedures are simplified. Don't worry, I will bring safety to everyone, as long as you absolutely obey." Shao Xuecheng walked around the fire for a few steps, called Xu Cong up, whispered a few words, Xu Cong hurriedly Run to the library.Lao Wang was about to stop him and say that the formalities had not yet been completed, when Shao Xuecheng grabbed his arm: "Comrade Wang, I am going to announce the first order, that is, you must not obstruct or interfere with our taking books from the library in any way." .Those red tapes are unwise in this period." "How can it be, didn't we agree?" Old Wang wanted to resist, but Shao Xuecheng restrained him with only one hand: "New election, new atmosphere, I hope you understand more." Soon Xu Cong ran out of the library with a few books in his hand.Shao Xuecheng took the book and walked up to Sister Zheng: "Sister Zheng, these books are for you." Sister Zheng was a little confused, took the book and looked, it turned out to be "The Biography of Hu Xueyan" and "The Legend of Shen Wansan" and a copy of Venice in the Age of Napoleon.She didn't understand what it meant.Shao Xuecheng said: "I suggest that you read it carefully when you have time at night. It is very educational. What they say is that no matter how awesome a businessman is, as long as he lacks military support, he will be an idiot sooner or later." After finishing this sentence, Shao Xuecheng He stretched out his hand and grabbed Sister Zheng, threw it on the floor, then picked up the shopping bag, and said loudly: "My second order, all the food of Sister Zheng will be confiscated, and everyone will distribute it according to the quota every day." Sister Zheng was stunned. I was stunned, and suddenly rolled on the spot, I thought she was going to show her original shape and turn into a lion or a white elephant, but in the end she just wailed loudly.Shao Xuecheng kicked her up and hit her waist. Sister Zheng was so frightened that she didn't dare to cry immediately, she wiped her tears and rubbed her waist and sat back beside the fire.Shao Xuecheng smiled slightly and looked around: "Next, I will announce the third order." Everyone held their breath, waiting to hear his third fire. "The temperature is dropping day by day, and it will soon be impossible to treat people here. So I announce that the fire will be moved to the second basement library here, and we will leave now."