Quincy's Quiet Contemplation Chapter 54

Ma Lichun ran home and said to the portrait of her mother-in-law on the cabinet cover in the middle hall: "Mother, I have no face to live, I'm going to find you!" She looked for a rope to hang herself, but couldn't find it. She saw a bottle of 666 medicine behind the door of the main hall. It was used to kill lice, so she took it and drank it. After drinking it for a while, she rolled on the kang in pain. When her husband and Liu Shan arrived, Ma Lichun had no energy to roll around, but just groaned. When they saw the empty 666 medicine bottle on the kang, they quickly pressed her down, opened her mouth, and dug her throat with their fingers, forcing her to vomit a lot. Then they poured a bowl of rice water, and Liu Shan ran to report. Ma Lichun had her intestines washed at the health center, and she survived, but she became stupid from then on, unable to do anything. She sat on the village road all day laughing. As long as someone said: Feng Xie is coming! She stood up and ran home, closed the door, and pushed the bar behind the door.

When Ma Lichun became stupid, Feng Xie no longer went to Ma Lichun's house, or even passed by the door of Ma Lichun's house. He said to Liu Xueren: Did we go too far towards Ma Lichun? Liu Xueren said: I feel at ease living in the wing of her house. Authority is established through struggle. Who can see you being disrespectful now? Feng Xie said: Ma Lichun used to be a tadpole, but now she is a big fish. Liu Xueren said: We can't let the real big fish slip through the net. We won't expose it for the sake of face at the meeting, so we will set up a report box and let everyone put notes. If I don't believe it, there will be no results!

Liu Xueren asked Ma Lichun's men to make the reporting box. It was very sturdy, with a hole one finger wide and five fingers long on it. Then it was locked and nailed to the old catalpa tree.

Every day during dinner, Feng Xie and Liu Xueren would open the box and collect the notes, and then take the notes back to the village office. The people eating under the tree were all watching without saying a word. When Feng Xie and Liu Xueren left, they started chattering about who had stuffed the notes in and what was written on them, and they were all frightened. Once Feng Xie took the note, looked back at the old village chief's nephew and sneered. Everyone guessed that the note must have reported the old village chief's nephew. The next day, the nephew of the old village chief brought the bowl to the old catalpa tree and said: Everyone, look at it, it’s time for me to stuff a note! He stuffed a piece of paper into the report box. Someone said: Mingtang, who are you reporting? Mingtang said: Whoever reports me, I will report! And he said: Who is referring to? Mingtang said: Everyone wants to go! Many people couldn't sleep that night. They suspected that so-and-so had reported them, so they retaliated with teeth and also reported so-and-so. Some were afraid that someone else would report them, so they used offense as defense and reported other people first. . At first, the report box only received one or two notes a day, but suddenly there were more. Later, there were more and more suspicions. There were five clans in the village, the largest being Feng and Wang. The Feng clans united to report the Wang clansmen, and the Wang clans united to report the Feng clansmen. Feng Xie said: This matter is difficult to handle. How can we hold a meeting? Everyone can't have their tails cut off, and the village is split into two! Liu Xueren said: That's fine. If we report each other, everyone will be honest. If we divide them into two groups and let them fight harder, our poles will be stronger and the work will be easier. But when it came down to how to hold the meeting and how it would end, the two of them had to ask Lao Pi for instructions and report, but Liu Sixi appeared. Qipan Village found Liu Sixi, held three criticism meetings in a row, and was sent to a commune study class.

Liu Sixi is the son of Liu Shaokang. Liu Shaokang was sent to a commune study class by Wang Yaocheng for reporting him. Liu Sixi had always held a grudge against Wang Yaocheng. After he started reporting, he stuffed Wang Yaocheng with four notes. Tomb Sheng came to Qipan Village to get a haircut again. He called Tomb Sheng to his home, gave Tomb Sheng a rice noodle roll, and said: Am I good to you? Tomb student said: OK. He said: "Then tell me, have you ever reported anyone on me? Do you know anyone who has been reported?" Tomb student said: How do I know this? He said: Oh, you don't know. Tomb Sheng was eating the vegetable rolls, his mind buzzed a few times, and he quickly slapped his forehead. Liu Sixi said: You have to do something after eating my vegetable rolls. You go to the corner of the eaves and press a piece of linoleum. It will leak when it rains. Tomb Sheng raised his head and looked at the corners of the eaves. Two rafter heads had rotted and a few pieces of tiles had fallen off. He said: Sixi, just stay in peace these days and don't go out to cause trouble. Liu Sixi said: Are you telling me that the little chicken will step on the egg for the old chicken? ! The tomb student went up to the corner of the eaves and used bricks to press linoleum felt. He was very careful and said to Liu Sixi: Really, remember my words. But Liu Sixi couldn't care less about Tomb Sheng and thought it was ridiculous. He got up in the middle of the night, secretly went to Lao Catalpa Tree, used a wire to pick out the note from the opening of the report box and took it home. After reading it, he secretly put the note back. Report box. He did this for several nights in a row. He tore up any note he found accusing him of, and also wrote down the contents of other notes. He was very proud in those days. When he saw Wang Guanglin, he said: Do you still have kidney beans at home? Wang Guanglin said: There are no kidney beans, but lentils. He said: Then bring me some lentils. Wang Guanglin said: Have you given birth to a grandson for me? ! He said: I was going to tell you something, so I won’t say it anymore and just wait for bad luck! Wang Guanglin felt strange and reported Liu Sixi's words to Feng Xie and Liu Xueren. Feng Xie and Liu Xueren had already discovered that when sorting the notes, the notes were wrinkled and some were rotten. They suspected that someone had peeked at the notes and got Wang Guanglin's tip, so they hid them not far from the old catalpa tree at night. After being called three times, Liu Sixi went to steal the note and was caught red-handed.