Siege battle
It never occurred to Ma that one day she would be “locked up” in her own home — shut up, because she could not come back.
On July 15, 2016, a notice was posted outside Ma’s barbershop asking residents to move out within two days. That afternoon, Ma Xiuli was cutting the guest’s hair, suddenly the TV was off, the wall lamp was off, turn on the tap water is not out.
Ma Xiuli knew that this was the last ultimatum.
In late 2013, the plot of land outside Beijing’s East Fifth Ring Road was put up for auction, and residents of the surrounding buildings moved out in early 2014 after months of struggle, negotiation and compromise. Amid the pigeons’ nests, ma’s 30-square-meter barbershop persists as old buildings crumble and new commercial houses spring up.
When the barber shop next door recently closed, she knew she would be next.
On July 16, Ma’s husband Qin Wei found the break in the power supply, started to connect it and called the police station. After waiting for nearly an hour for the police car to arrive, several policemen visited the scene and made a registration. “We will go back to investigate who cut your appliances,” he said. With the pipes still not connected, Ma bought several bottles of water at home and waited for the police station or some other department to tell her.
July 17, the first day of the month, and two days before the deadline. Early in the morning, around 7 o ‘clock, Ma Heard the sound of bustling voices outside her house, along with the sound of iron plates rubbing against the ground. When Ma Xiuyuan pushed the door open, two dozen young men dressed in security clothes and wearing electric studs around their waists started to set up a construction ring outside the barber shop. “What are they doing?” Ma Xiuli shouted at the group.
“Construction site, no admittion. get out!” The security guards say that will come up to bang Ma Xiuli.
Qin Wei then came out of the house, standing in front of his wife and pushing and shoving with the security guard. “This is my house, why let me go!” As they were outnumbered, the blue enclosure closed into a semicircle, completely isolating the barbershop from the outside world. Qin Wei trembled with anger and clenched his fist. “Is there any law left?” Ma Xiuli keeps repeating, “House in my house, house death I die.”
Ms. Ma has taken a hard line because the developer has refused to provide a document on the demolition, which means that the size, location and amount of compensation are not written in black and white, only in verbal white. Ma Xiuli, of course, refused to move.
Of course, she also has a selfish: anyway also is the last family of this piece, hold a few days longer, by chance can give some more, later also can save for the son.
On July 19, the couple had been trapped inside for two days, with three or four guards at the door and shifts during the day and night, making it impossible for the couple to get out. Qin Wei tried to call the police station, but the police came to criticize the two. fence motionless, the home of food and water left little, two people decided to discuss, Qin Wei slipped out at night for help, Ma Xiuli continued to stick to the home.
that night, Qin Wei turned out from the wall, the security guards have been aware of, two or three in the morning began to throw bricks from the outside of the enclosure inside, ma Xiuli was awakened in sleep, listening to the outside of the house “ding MAO” smashed the door sound, her husband is not around, she was very afraid of a person, can only give himself courage by Shouting abuse.
Ma hoped that her husband would find a quick solution outside, and she was well aware that the long war was just beginning.
“The Living Man”
After ma finished the bottle of water in her hand, there was only one bottle left at home, and besides the long and unpredictable mental fatigue brought by the confrontation, the physical hunger and heat seemed even more difficult. After being trapped, the power is cut off again, and every contact with the outside world becomes more important.
She contacted her best friend pei yan on WeChat, as well as a few close neighbors who previously lived nearby.
For friends, to help, the first task is to send materials. Barber shop is located in the corner of a crossroads, PeiYan and way to barber shop doorway of a bus driver, the car turned a bit bigger after the barber shop the door, the door opened and PeiYan with inertia will be prepared ahead of time water, bread, sausage, charging treasure, the article such as small fan, all thrown into WeiDang.
One day, Ma Heard a car horn in the house, immediately ran to the door to wait, and sure enough, she saw a large white bag falling in a parabola. She dashed outside, grabbed the bag and ran inside. You can’t run too slow. The security guards will catch you. Last time they tore a big hole in the bag and spilled all the way.
From the day qin Wei ran out, he went to the police station and called the government hotline, but no one cared. “Not to mention the house, I can’t go home now.”
Qin Wei tried to slip back at night, but was stopped outside the perimeter by security guards. He was worried that during her stay in the house, Sonny had not slept well at night and was always awakened.
He found that there were always three or four people on the night shift. After getting familiar with each other, Qin Wei invited these security guards to eat skewers and drink beer and spread out the words on the table. The security guards also worked hard for The boss and ate Qin Wei’s meal.
Ma never imagined that one day she would be “locked up” in her own home. Ma never imagined that one day she would be “locked up” in her own home.
After the first few days, nothing happened.
The couple exchanged on the night of Aug. 1, when Xiuli remembered that her father’s former co-worker, now working for the government, had asked for his help. Their method was as follows: Qin Wei drove the car under the fence, the front of the car against the iron plate, Xiuli found a ladder from the fence to climb out, onto the front of the car, Qin Wei turned in the same way, Xiuli drove away.
The next day, the security guard accidentally found the shadow of a man in the barber shop. Just then Qin Wei put his head out and startled the security guard. “Big brother, why are you? When did you come in?” security begged Qin Wei and Beauty quickly exchange back, if they were found “head”, he did not end up.
But the escaped Beauty sought out the father’s colleague for help, but was refused. She ran back and forth to a few of her “best friends”, who had called her sisters to each other in the barber shop, and tried to ask for help, but to no avail.
After two or three days outside, Xiuli and Qin Wei exchanged again on the night of August 4. Xiuli returned home and at zero o ‘clock, she welcomed her 47th birthday. Xiuli wrote this in her circle of friends: “If the road is blocked, choose to turn; Love, become light, choose to let go. Life is like a play, all rely on acting, I may never learn, but I know who is who in my heart.
It’s been 20 days since I got stuck in the barbershop.
Ease negotiations
From the day of her detention, Sonnez was prepared for prosecution, using her last defensive weapon — a photo shoot, a recording of a phone call to authorities and a video of a security guard smashing the door at night. Qin Wei in the outside, formally charged forced demolition.
When the developer heard about this, he talked to him two or three times. Developers want to complete, a little earlier to remove the barber shop, a day earlier can build a new building, no time can be delayed again; Qin Wei wants a clear guarantee and statement, compensation how to calculate, these days of grievance how to say, the two sides deadlocked.
Ma xiushu in the house, no electricity and no water to do nothing, but often think of the first days in the barber shop.
In May 1995, a year after she and Qin Wei got married, she came here and opened a barber shop. Since then, it has been her home as well as her work place. When their son was born in 1998, the family of three spent nearly two decades in the barbershop.
Now beautiful trapped things, vacation travel son did not know, “it is no use telling him, can only worry.” Speaking of her son, Beauty was full of pride and affection. “In fact, she just wanted to give him (her son) more protection. What’s not the case with every parent? Fight and fight to the end, but also to let their own not regret it, after all, I tried, this is my right, I fought for it.”
It was no surprise to old clients and friends who knew her well that Beautiful had persevered so long. “She is a woman of habit, and she must have some explanation.”
In the past 30 days, from the beginning of Shouting and cursing, complaining about everything and everything, to calm down and being tired, Ma Xiuxian thought about the past days, but she felt a long-lost sense of peace. Pei Yan is afraid of her stuffy, threw into her a cross embroider, after embroidering is a happy “blessing”, these days she just embroider a beginning, she hopes that at the end of the year, no matter where you live, can put the finished product on the wall, have a good year.
On August 20, Qin Wei communicated with the developer for the third time, and both sides showed obvious fatigue. Qin Wei knew that what he was competing for now was endurance. From the very beginning, qin Wei only wanted to solve the demolition, and now there was also the infringement of personal safety.
During the negotiation, the other party offered to provide paper documents, but Xiuli had to leave the room by 21 days. Qin Wei request must see with one’s own eyes, get that document with one’s own hands, otherwise have no to talk.
communication over, Qin Wei made a phone call to Xiuli to explain briefly, hung up the phone, Xiuli gave her best friend Pei Yanfa to report a safe message:
“That’s about it. Don’t worry.”
Silent farewell
On the morning of August 25, Qin Wei met the developer for the fourth and final time. the other side brought the document, in black and white, there is the head has signed a red chapter, Qin Wei withdrew, the two sides each step back, qin Wei picked up xiuli in the afternoon.
On the last day of the dog days, when the enclosure was opened to give way to a doorway, Beautiful, in a state of panic, came out in a leng Leng way. A few steps later, she looked back at the barbershop for the last time.
Sometimes Xiuxi remembered that before she and Qin Wei built the barbershop in 1995, an old man had been selling watermelons here all summer long. His melons were big, sweet and cheap, and people in the neighborhood knew him and came to visit. He was afraid that the watermelon would go bad on the ground, and he would make a small sand pile under the watermelon. At that time, he also regarded this land as his only business.
The arrival of Beauty is an eviction order, an eviction with a “business permit.” And at this time, she also as if expelled general, self-confessed disgrace, who can say who is right and who is wrong?
On her phone is a photo of herself sent by Pei Yan, the last “photo” of her with the barbershop, even though there is no sign of Xiuli herself. “I was in the room, here, here,” Ms. Xiuli said. “He said, pointing to a small gray eave that had escaped from a blue enclosure in the photograph.
The day after Beauty walked out, she received a message from one of her regular customers, “When you see your shop being pulled down, tell me where you are moving to, and I’ll ask you to cut your hair.”
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