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5.
In the evening, my daughter's colleague, "Old Two," called: "Jiang Qiuying, do you still want to continue working? As a government employee, how can you cause such a commotion over personal matters! If you don't listen to reason, don't blame the organization for being unkind.
The soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who have nothing to lose.
Now, I, Old Lady Jiang from Jiangcheng ’s countryside, am willing to risk everything for my daughter.
I snatched my daughter's phone like Yu Huanshui: "So you're that useless leader of my daughter’s, huh? What are you so proud of? On what grounds do you meddle in my daughter's private affairs? Your reach is too long! Let me make this clear today: I’m not afraid of the Jia family, and I’m certainly not afraid of scum like you!
My daughter conducts herself well and has no issues at work; on what basis do you dictate her life? Just because you and that useless Old Jia are classmates?"
The next day, my daughter came home looking distressed: "The Human Resources Department called me in for a talk; they want me to go to Wenyuan County's Bayuliu Township for counterpart support!"
Wenyuan is the poorest county in Jiangcheng, and Bayuliu Township is the most backward and remote area in Wenyuan County.
Damn it, is there really no sense of reason here?
At dinner, neither Qiu Ying nor I could eat.
Can I accept this? Can I be content?
Just wait and see how I handle this.
I prepared carefully and went to the entrance of Old Jia's community, took out a loudspeaker, and started playing a recorded message: "The Jia family at Unit 108, Building 2 is worse than pigs and dogs; they keep mistresses and abuse my daughter..." Along with a looped recording of Jia Matriarch boasting about her family: "My daughter's leader called me saying they want to send my daughter to the most remote township in all of Jiangcheng; this leader's surname is Qiao and is a classmate of that Jia."
Soon, I was surrounded by a crowd.
People were discussing: "I saw their encounter at the Divorce Service Hall on short videos; it turns out it was real?"
"I saw it too!"
"The Jia family is truly despicable!"
...
My boldness and fearlessness made the Jia family hesitant to confront me directly.
But then the police arrived.
"Ma'am, you can't do this; you're disturbing public order," said the leading officer.
Jia Matriarch smirked at me from behind.
"This disturbs public order?" I said defiantly, "Are you going to detain me today? When I get out, I'll come back here and do it again!"
He was momentarily speechless, "Why are you so angry, old lady? We didn't say we would detain you, but you can't act like this."
"Then please tell me what I should do?" I played the recording of the arrogant woman from the Jia family and the conversation with the clerk at the divorce office, and then I played the threatening call my daughter's boss made to her. "They have connections everywhere; you tell me, what should I do?"
The crowd around us began to stir:
"That's too much bullying!"
"Poor thing!"
...
"But you can't cause such a scene!"
Two police officers half-pushed, half-supported me into the police car.
6.
The rental apartment where my daughter and I lived became a "reception office." Journalists from social media and short video platforms came in waves to "interview" me, bringing my elderly mother plenty of food, drinks, and supplies, making me feel quite embarrassed.
The landlord insisted on lowering the rent by 200 yuan: "The girl has been living here for a while, and that Jia guy and his mother even came by before. They chased after her with clothes hangers to hit her, but I stopped them; my home surveillance caught it all!"
The internet celebrities and bloggers surrounded the landlord, eager to ask him for the footage.
That night, I saw myself in multiple short videos.
When my daughter returned from work, having not eaten well for days, she held her bowl as if she were eating a candle: "HR is pushing me to report to Bayuliu Tree!"
Jia Huairen came with his slick father and gas canister mother.
"I've lived in this city for most of my life; do you think you can just uproot our family?"
The gas canister mother was undeterred, "You should understand that it's always the people against the officials, right? Right now, you are the people, and our Jia family is the officials."
"Those videos will be forgotten in a few days; things will still be as they are," said Jia's slick father with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. "Jiangbei TV People's Livelihood Focus, Jiangcheng TV's Social Reference, Jiangcheng Evening News... Have they come looking for you? Those so-called internet celebrities are useless; don't waste your effort."
I felt like I couldn't catch my breath.
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