The Ups and Downs of the Commoners 2 Page #14

This book is the second volume of the novel "The Ups and Downs of the Commoners". It will tell you about caused by the disastrous consequences of the "Great Leap Forward" and the People's Commune Movement in China in the middle of the last century to the livelihood of the Commoners, as well as the difficult path of study of the protagonist of this book, Fang Zhengben.

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Xie Fanghua, the class leader, wore a gray cloth short shirt and walked in through the back door of the classroom listlessly.
Seeing Xie Fanghua come in, Zheng Guoqiong said loudly to him: "Xie Fanghua, you go and see, why is the kerosene in those lamps gone?” Hearing the shouting "Xie Fanghua", everyone turned their eyes to him in unison, which made him feel a little overwhelmed. He hurried to the podium and looked at the empty kerosene lamp on the table, looking dazed. At this time, Deng Youming asked him: "What the hell is going on? Is it because we didn't participate in the self-study at night, and the school took the kerosene to back?" Xie Fanghua blurted out, "No! It must have been stolen by someone else!" Zheng Guoqiong hurriedly said: "Then should hurry up and report to Teacher Tang, everyone is still waiting for the self-study at night!" Xie Fanghua quickly left the classroom and went to the office to find Teacher Tang and report the theft of kerosene in the class. When Teacher Tang heard the report, he still couldn't believe it, and thought: Who would come to the classroom to steal kerosene? He rushed to the classroom, looked at the kerosene lamp on the desk, and was surprised: "This has never happened since I came to work at this school!" He thought to himself: I don't have to be busy making this public, let me check it privately before talking about it! But he suddenly thought again: Well, no! The whole class is still waiting to light the lamp for self-study at night! This kerosene is supplied by the district supply and marketing cooperatives according to the plan of the state and number of students living in the school, and others cannot buy it, and it is impossible to solve the problem of students' oil consumption for self-study at night without reporting to the school. After thinking about it, I had to bite the bullet and report to the school truthfully.
When Principal Yang of the school learned of this situation, he immediately said: "You can first solve the kerosene urgently needed by students for self-study at night, but the matter must be investigated clearly! As far as I know, the theft of kerosene in the classroom is something that has never happened in this school! As the saying goes: 'The needle will not be missed on the ship, and if the needle is dropped, it must be on the ship', and another saying is called 'the thief in your own house is difficult to prevent'. You should check among the students in your class first! You see, if the whole school had not stopped the self-study at night in last week, and the school still had not a little reserve of oil, your class will have been in the dark during the self-study at night this week.”
Teacher Tang returned to the classroom, asked Xie Fanghua to carry a kerosene bottle, and went with him to the office to get kerosene. They went to the office to find Master Xiao, and after Teacher Tang explained the situation to him, Master Xiao said: "This week was originally using the kerosene distributed last week, and none of the classes came to get kerosene. It seems that your class is special." After that, they were reissued kerosene to their class for a week, and the class finally started self-study at night as usual. Teacher Tang's investigation was also carried out in the class.
Teacher Tang first mobilized in the class: "Students, everyone knows that the kerosene used in our class for self-study at night was taken away. This is something that has never happened in our school. The kerosene in the class belongs to public property, everyone should cherish it, and all have the responsibility to protect it, but someone quietly took it away! What is this behavior? It's a theft! Who took it? As the saying goes: 'The needle will not be missed on the ship, and if the needle is dropped, it must be on the ship', I think the person who took the kerosene is in our class! Paper can't contain the fire, if you want others don't to know , unless you don't do it yourself!  Who took the kerosene from the class, come and explain it to me earlier.  A person, it doesn't matter if you do something wrong, the scary thing is doing something wrong but not daring to admit it, hoping to cover it up. As long as we take the initiative to make it clear, we can deal with it leniently. On the other hand, if you don't explain it clearly, don't take the initiative to admit your mistakes, and are reported and exposed by your classmates, you will be punished heavily! If there are students who know the situation, they should actively assist in the investigation and boldly report and expose! ”
After that, the classmates were called to the office one by one for questioning. Fang Zhengben was also called.
Teacher Tang's gaze was like two sharp swords shining with cold light, piercing to Fang Zhengben's eyes. He asked straight to the point: "Fang Zhengben, have you left the school in the past few nights?" "Nope!" Fang Zhengben  replied directly. "Who can prove that you haven't left?" "I think my classmates next to me can prove it." "Let me ask you again, how did you spend this Sunday?" "I've been reading in the classroom in the morning and going out on the street in the afternoon, but I always go with my classmates." "Which classmates are you with?" "It's with Zhu Zihong and Wang Dingjun." Teacher Tang asked again: "Do you know who took kerosene from the class?" "I don't know." Fang Zhengben said. "So what suspicious phenomena have you found?" "I didn't find out." Teacher Tang continued: "Think about it again, is there anything suspicious among the classmates? If you think of it, please let me know in time. "Teacher Tang didn't get anything valuable from Fang Zhengben.
Teacher Tang's inquiry was Zhu Zihong's turn. What he asked was almost stylized. After asking the first two questions, Teacher Tang suddenly asked, "Where did you go on Sunday afternoon?" "I've been out on the street." "Which classmates are you with?" "I went with Wang Dingjun and Fang Zhengben." Zhu Zihong replied in the affirmative. Fangzhengben's previous answer is confirmed here. Subsequently, Teacher Tang also told him that if you thought of anything suspicious to report in time, the inquiry would be over.
When it was Xie Fanghua's turn to be questioned, his heart was pounding, and his expression was extremely nervous. Teacher Tang stared into his eyes and asked, "Have you left school any nights in the last few days?" "No, no..." His voice was a little trembling, and his eyes immediately moved away from Teacher Tang's gaze. Teacher Tang then asked, "Can anyone prove that you haven't left?" "I go to bed every night before the lights go out. If you don't believe it, you ask Fan Zhengkun!" Fan Zhengkun is Xie Fanghua's primary school classmate, and their beds are next to each other in the dormitory. Teacher Tang continued to ask, "What did you do on Sunday?" "I... I sleep in my dormitory in the morning and read in the classroom in the afternoon." "Can any classmates prove it?" "I think many of the students in the class know." Xie Fanghua replied. Because he was a little older than the other students, was the class leader, and performed well in all aspects, Teacher Tang had always trusted him, so after simply asking a few words, he said to him: "Okay! You go down and think about it carefully, see what doubtful are in our class in the past few days, and tell me again when you think of it." Xie Fanghua was relieved and quickly fled Teacher Tang's office.

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