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Chapter 99 Cat Town (20)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 3622Words 2018-03-20
A pessimist has merit: he must at least think about it before he becomes pessimistic. His mind may be unsound, his heart may be weak, but he knows how to use his brain.Therefore, I prefer small scorpions.As for the two groups of scholars, I put my hope in the new group of scholars. They may be as confused as the old scholars, but their appearance is happy and lively. As far as this point is concerned, I think they are enough to fill the gap. Scorpion's shortcomings; if Xiao Scorpion can muster up the courage and be as happy and lively as this group of young people, I think he will definitely do something beneficial to the society and the country.He needs some optimists as his assistants.I'd love to see more of the new group of scholars and see if they can help Xiaoxie.

I inquired from the fans where they lived. To find them, pass several schools on the way.I'm not in the mood to visit again.I don't want to listen to Xiaoxie's words completely, but these schools are all surrounded by an open space with four walls.Even if such a school is not as bad as Xiaoxie said, I can't admit that there is anything to see in it.As for the male and female students coming and going on the street, when I glanced at them, my eyes became wet for a while.Their attitude, especially the older ones, is the same as when the big scorpion was carried away by the seven cat people, very arrogant and complacent, as if they all regarded themselves as living gods, and did not realize that their country was Like the most embarrassing country in the world.The people who run the education are confused, so there are such ignorant students. I should forgive these young people, but people in their twenties can't see anything wrong, and they can be very proud and arrogant in this hell. I really don't know if they have hearts or not.What is there to be proud of?I almost caught them for questioning; but who has time for that!

One of the new scholars I was looking for was the curator of the Antiquities, and I thought I could visit the Antiquities by visiting him.The building of the Antiquities Academy is not small, and there are always twenty or thirty houses in Changli.Sitting outside the door was a gatekeeper, with his cat's head leaning against the wall, sleeping very soundly.I looked inside, but there was no one there.It's amazing that the Antiquities Institute can open all four doors, and no one is looking after it!Besides, cat people are so fond of stealing things, strange!I didn't dare to disturb the gatekeeper, so I walked in by myself.Walking through two empty rooms, I met my new friend.He is very happy, clean, lively and polite, I can't help but love him very much.His name is Cat Rafsky.I know that this is by no means a common name in the country of cats, it must be a foreign word.I was afraid that he would tell me a bunch of words with the suffix "Fusiji", so I told him straight to the point that I was going to visit ancient relics and asked him for guidance.I don't think he will make all the antiques "Fusky"; if he is not "Fusky", I have a way. "Please, please, this way please." Catlavsky was very cheerful and polite.We entered an empty room, and he said: "This is a stone tool preservation room from 10,000 years ago. It is arranged according to the latest methods. Please take a look."

I looked around and saw nothing. "It's evil again!" I said in my heart.Before he could ask a question, he pointed to the wall and said, "This is a stone jar from 10,000 years ago, with a foreign character engraved on it, worth three million national souls." Oh, I understand, there was a line of small characters engraved on the wall, and the stone jar worth three million was probably displayed there. "This is a stone ax from 10,001, worth 200,000 national souls. This is a set of stone bowls from 10,020, worth 1.5 million. This is... 300,000. This is... ...four hundred thousand."

Among other things, I really admire him for being so familiar with the value of ancient objects.Entering another empty room, he still said politely and courteously: "This is a book preservation room fifteen thousand years ago. The oldest books in the world are displayed according to the latest arrangement." He memorized a set of titles and values; I saw nothing but a few little black bugs on the wall. I looked at ten empty rooms in a row, and my patience was exhausted by Catlavsky, but I was about to say goodbye to him and go outside for some air, when he led me to another room, outside the room. There were more than twenty people standing, all holding sticks in their hands!There was indeed something in it, thank God, I was lucky enough not to leave, ten rooms were empty and one room was solid, it was worth the trip.

"It's a coincidence, sir. After two days, you won't be able to see this thing." Malavsky said very politely: "These are some pottery from 12,000 years ago. According to the latest Arrangement method display. Twelve thousand years ago, our pottery was the most exquisite in the world, and then, since eight thousand years ago, our pottery industry was cut off, and until now, no one can make it." "Why?" I asked. "Yayavsky." What do you mean, Yavsky?Before I could ask, he continued to say: "These pottery are the most valuable things in the world. They have been sold to foreign countries. A total of 30 million national spirits have been sold. The price is not high. If the government is not eager to sell, probably It can be sold for at least 50 million. In the former, we sold some stone tools that were less than 10,000 years old, and we sold them for 20 million. This agreement is finally a failure. The failure of the government is still a trivial matter, and we have done very little Some kickbacks are worth noting. What do we point to for dinner? Salary has not been paid for several years, and we don’t rely on selling antiquities to get some kickbacks. Does it make us feel bad every day? Naturally, the kickbacks for selling antiquities are huge, but looking after the antiquities All of them are new-style scholars. Our daily expenses are many times higher than those of old scholars. All the things we use come from foreign countries. We can buy enough things for old people who study for many days. This is indeed a problem! ’ Catlavsky’s ever-happy face took on a certain misery.

Why cut off the pottery industry?Yayavsky!Selling antiquities?Scholars get some kickbacks.I can no longer retain even the slightest hope for the new scholar.I didn't have the heart to ask any more questions, I simply didn't bother to talk to him anymore.I just think I should cry bitterly with those ancient relics in my arms.There is no need to ask any more, the government uses the sale of antiquities as one of its sources of finance, and new scholars only take kickbacks and report the value of the antiquities sold, so there is nothing left to ask.However, I still asked: "What if these things are also sold out, and everyone can no longer get rebates?"

"Ayavsky!" I understand, Yayafski is more than 10,000 points more perfunctory than Xiaoxie's "perfunctory".I hated Catlavsky, and I hated his Yayavsky even more. I'm not good at getting angry when I'm used to eating lost leaves. I actually didn't slap the cat Lavsky twice.I seemed to think about it, why would a Chinese get angry about the cat man?I can see clearly: the new scholars in the cat country have only been to foreign countries, read some, or listened to some, the latest arrangement method.They don't have the slightest sense of judgment at all, and they don't know what is good and what is bad. They just make a living based on a little new arrangement method they hear.It's such a pity that the Tao industry is cut off, it's only worth Yayavsky!How sad it is to sell antiquities, and Yayavsky!No backbone, no judgment, no personality, they just went abroad once, and then they called themselves scholars, so that they can be comfortable Yayavsky!

I ran out without saying hello to Catlavsky.I seem to hear some whimpering in those empty rooms, and I seem to hide my face and cry when I see some ghosts.If I were those antiquities, if the antiquities were things with souls, I would surely bleed those who betrayed me and those new scholars to death! When I got to the street, my heart was a little calmer.In this dark society, selling antiquities to foreign countries may not be a blessing for antiquities.Stealing and destroying are things cat people are most used to doing. Instead of telling them to destroy the historical treasures themselves, it must be better to take them to foreign countries for preservation.However, this is only for antiquities, and it must not be used to forgive Malavsky.Of course, it was not his idea to sell antiquities alone, but his shy attitude was unforgivable.He didn't seem to know what shame was.The pride of history, in my opinion, is the most difficult part of human nature to get rid of.But the youths of the cat country will ruin their own historical treasures without any emotion. Besides, cat Rawski is still a scholar. As a scholar, what should illiterate people do?My hope for the revival of the cat country is completely dead.Excessive effort is sometimes enough to kill a person or a country, but I cannot help admiring those who vomit blood to death due to hard work.Catlavskys only know Yayavsky, hopeless!

I have no intention of going to meet another new scholar.I also don't want to look at other cultural institutions.Seeing one more person will reduce my hope for an "ideal person", and seeing one more institution will make me shed a few more tears, why bother!Xiaoxie is admirable. He didn't lead me to see it, and he didn't explain it to me in advance. He asked me to see it by myself first, which was implied. Passing by a library, I don't want to go in and look, I'm afraid I've been tricked again.A group of students came out of it, of course they were reading books, which aroused my desire to visit.The building of the library is very good. Although it looks like it has been in disrepair for a long time, it has not collapsed.

As soon as you enter the gate, there are a few words on the wall that seem to be just written: "library revolution." Who is the library revolutionizing?I'm not a very bright person to guess right away.I walked two steps inside, only looking at the writing on the wall, and suddenly my legs were hugged, "Help!" Someone on the ground shouted. There were about a dozen people lying on the ground, and the one hugging my leg was, I recognized, one of the new scholars.Their hands and feet are bound.I let them all go, and everyone ran away like released fish, only the new scholar remained. "What's going on?" I asked. "It's a revolution again! This time it's a library revolution!" He said in a panic. "Whose life did the library destroy?" "He's ruined the library! Please look, sir," he pointed to his leg. Oh, he had put on a pair of short trousers.But what does putting on pants have to do with the library revolution? "Don't you wear trousers, sir? We scholars are committed to introducing foreign culture, morals and customs, so we also started to wear trousers." He said: "This is a revolutionary cause." "The cause of revolution is not so easy!" I said in my heart. "I put on my trousers. It's too bad. When the university students next door saw my revolutionary behavior, they all came to me and asked me to give each of them a pair of trousers. I am the director of the library. The books I sell have always been I need to give some money to the students, because some of the students believe in "Master's Christianism". I can't stop selling books, I can't live without selling books, and I can't sell them without giving them some money, Mr. Master Christian believers are very good at killing people. However, Dafu Siji is used to it. Today they saw me wearing trousers and asked Dafu Siji. I don’t have the money to make trousers for everyone, so they counter-revolutionary; Wearing trousers is a revolutionary cause, and they came to kill me when they couldn’t wear trousers, so they tied us all up and robbed me of my little savings!” "They didn't grab the books?" I don't care much about personal gain or loss, what I want to see is the library. "Nothing can be snatched away. The books were sold out fifteen years ago, and we now specialize in sorting them out." "If you don't have books, what else do you organize?" "Clean up the house, prepare for the revolution, and change the library into a hotel. The name is still called a library. In fact, it can be rented out to collect some rent. Originally, soldiers have been stationed here many times. Others are naturally better than soldiers. Yes." I really admire the cat people, because I admire them, I dare not listen any more; I'm afraid the admiration has turned into cursing.
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