During the Cultural Revolution, in addition to studying political theory and criticizing and correcting in schools, we red soldiers also had to participate in activities organized by the street when they returned home.

At the time of the Cultural Revolution, in addition to studying political theory and criticizing it in schools, we red soldiers also had to participate in activities organized by the street when they returned home. At that time, the neighborhood committee had to build a "Xiangyang Courtyard" in every courtyard. Our alley had only two courtyards, so it was unified into one "Xiangyang Courtyard".

On the day the "Xiangyang Courtyard" was established, the neighborhood committee gathered the residents of our two yards to our yard for a meeting. The reason they are all concentrated in our yard is because our yard is relatively bright, and although the next yard is exactly the same as our yard (because the building we live in and the building next yard is the same united villa built by the British), the next yard is occupied by the neighborhood committee director , the family of the yard that lives on the first floor, planted crops all over the yard. The husband of the neighborhood committee director is very domineering. He sets a fence in the yard and keeps his eyes on it every day. His two sons are also very powerful. No one in our yard dares to provoke this family. Therefore, their yard is far less lively than ours.

When the meeting was held, the first thing was the director of the neighborhood committee living in the next yard was speaking. She was not very educated, so she led everyone to recite two quotations from Chairman Mao, and talked about the practice of establishing the "Xiangyang Courtyard" in other courtyards, and then announced that our "Xiangyang Courtyard" had also been officially established. Naturally, she served as the director of the "Xiangyang Courtyard" and appointed several people to hold positions respectively. It is hard to tell what these positions are for. The people in the two courtyards applauded, even if they passed.

This "Xiangyangyuan" really has something to do, or the power that can be mobilized is probably us children. After the founding meeting, the director of the neighborhood committee brought a white cloth printed with red "Youth Red Sentinel" and asked us children to cut a "Youth Red Sentinel" pattern, then took it home to find a piece of cardboard as a lining, cover the pattern on it, sew it from the back, and pin it on the chest with a pin, just like the badges of the Red Soldier and the Red Guards. After it was done, we went to our yard to gather.

According to the request of the director of the neighborhood committee, we rushed back home and showed our magical powers. We quickly prepared our badges and returned to our yard one after another less than an hour later. Everyone wore this kind of badge with red letters on white background and lined up neatly, and then the neighborhood committee director appointed a person to be the captain, requiring everyone to take red tassel gun or something, and take turns to stand guard on the streets. I have never had "weapons" such as red tassel guns or wooden pistols and knives in my family, so I formed a group with another child carrying red tassel guns on his shoulders with bare hands and officially "on duty" according to the location specified by the street.

In that era, big cities were also traditional Chinese society. Due to the strict household registration control, people passing by the streets were all neighbors and acquaintances. They rarely saw strangers. Occasionally, they could see one or two beggars or mentally ill people begging for food. In addition, some farmers who came from rural areas secretly exchanged food coupons for peanut seeds. The main responsibility of us "young red sentries" is to "discover bad guys and catch spies."

In that era of "Don't forget class struggle", people, especially children, were particularly obedient, always tightened the string of "class struggle", and were ready to seize the "bad guys" and "spy" as performed in the movie.

is ridiculous. At that time, we probably watched too many movies. Anyone who walked past a stranger or who felt "severe" brought them into the scene of "spy" in the movie, and they were like children's league members who "checked roads" in the movie, blocking people and interrogating them in a big way.

Once, several of us "teenager red sentry" were standing on the road "on duty". At this time, we saw a middle-aged man wearing a blue Zhongshan suit , wearing a cotton jacket inside, carrying a travel bag and a pair of glasses, and he was obviously not the one who lived here.A few of us were about to a large number of people, and we thought this person was very similar to a spy, so we stopped him and asked where he came from. When the man saw that our children questioned him like a mental illness, he ignored us and walked directly in front of us. We immediately became more vigilant and followed the man to see where he was going and who he was going to connect with. As a result, we followed him and found that the man went into our yard and went upstairs. It turned out to be a relative of Mr. C on the upper floor of my house. We immediately scattered with dejected expression.

In fact, where did so many spies come from for you to catch them? Moreover, even adults cannot find the real spy, let alone us children. In our 5th Avenue area, there was a spy at that time. The man was named Li Bendong, a cadre of the street office. No one expected that this man was also a "major general" and "Tianjin Station Station Manager" of the Taiwan Military Intelligence Bureau. He was arrested and sentenced to death in the late 1970s.