The sweet girl of heaven who was forced to death by the husband of the town tyrant

Preface

At the beginning of 2018, I accompanied my wife back to my natal home. At the beginning of the heavy snow that day, we went for a walk and ran into her junior high school classmate Mixia at the gate of my wife's alma mater.After seeing each other for a long time, the two of them were naturally overjoyed. After a greeting, the two who had reached middle age remembered the past on campus. When she was leaving, Meixia suddenly said faintly: "Days can't help but pass! In a blink of an eye, Teacher Bai has passed away for more than 20 years. She was less than 30 years old when she left." As she spoke, Meixia's voice choked with sobs. The eyes of his wife were flushed.On the way back, I asked my wife what kind of illness did the teacher Bai, who had left at such a young age, got? After hearing this, she hung her head for a while, and then slowly said: "Mr. Bai is not sick. She hanged herself."There was a sudden shock in my heart, and I couldn't speak for a while. The wife spoke up and told me about the past intermittently.

1

In the autumn of 1990, I entered the only middle school in the village. On the second day of school, the moment the English teacher walked into the classroom, the students' eyes widened unanimously.

That was the most beautiful female teacher I have ever seen. She was tall and tall, with a foot of 1.7 meters. She had fair skin, bright eyebrows and apricot eyes, and she wore a white dress. At that time, most of the female teachers in the country wore trousers, and occasionally they wore skirts in dark colors. Only this female teacher fluttered in white, like a beauty who had just walked off a calendar.

"My name is Bai Xuemei." She introduced herself to the students.

From this day on, Teacher Bai has become the focus of night chats in the girls' dormitory. Everyone is looking forward to becoming a person like her when they grow up: have a good job, wear beautiful skirts, behave gracefully, and live happily all their lives.

After getting along for a long time, we gradually learned some personal information about Teacher Bai, for example, she was married and had children. But at the same time we also discovered a secret: Teacher Bai seems to have never laughed. Most of the time, her face is always stiff and cold, and occasionally she shows some dazed, sad look.

Once, a male student in the class got up in the dark, mistakenly used shoe polish as toothpaste, and was sent to the infirmary to wash his teeth. The teacher in the next class couldn’t help but laughed, but Mr. Bai just took a long sigh of relief. There is no smile.

Later, we were surprised to find that Teacher Bai seemed to have no friends in school. After dinner every day, the female teachers who have no work assignments love to take a walk and chat on the playground with their companions. Only Teacher Bai went straight back to the dormitory after coming out of the cafeteria. She walks alone most of the time.

In the first semester, our school puts wheat on vacation, and the students go home to help their parents. I was chatting with my cousin between cutting wheat and accidentally talked about Teacher Bai and her white skirt. The cousin who was studying in the county high school was surprised: "Huh? She dare to wear a skirt now?"

She said that Teacher Bai used to wear long gowns and trousers when she led classes, and she also wore long gowns and trousers on days when female teachers like Teacher's Day and school celebrations wear skirts. It seems that because men always beat her, Teacher Bai is afraid of being laughed at by showing her injured arms and legs.

Our school is in a remote location, surrounded by dense woods. It is not convenient to go to and from school, so boarding is adopted. When enrolling, many students will bring in a cart full of wheat to cover meals, and each dormitory will live more than 50 students.

One late night in September 1991, everyone was sleeping soundly, and I suddenly heard a vicious male voice: "Don't move, I'm carrying a knife, who made the noise, I killed her!"

In the middle of the night, the girls' dormitory entered the gangsters. More than 50 girls were so frightened that they buried their heads tightly in the quilt like an ostrich. The footsteps of the bad guys were very clear. About a few minutes later, a girl suddenly cried, and then more people cried. A few minutes later, the teacher in charge of the supervisor ran in in a panic, and the bad guy had already jumped out of the window.

Self-study early the next day, the school leaders temporarily decided to give male and female students separate classes of physiological hygiene. Our head teacher and dean instructor all came. They first comforted the girls who were molested by the hooligans, and then promised that the school would strengthen management and secret investigations, and "never let this happen again."

The leader strongly advised us not to talk about what happened in the girls’ dormitory last night. In addition to damaging the school’s reputation, it will also ruin our own reputation. In the end, the girls all chose to be silent.

In the days that followed, the school did strengthen the doors and windows of the girls’ dormitory, and the surrounding walls were filled with broken glass. Girls will check again and again before going to bed to ensure safety.

But what really scares everyone is far more than that.

At that time, there were a group of "teachers" in the school's political education department. Most of them were the children of cadres in the village. They were young and dressed in fancy clothes. In addition to smoking and drinking on the playground, some of them had long hair. The work of the Political and Religious Office is very leisurely. It is mainly responsible for maintaining the school's teaching order. If students dare to smoke, drink, and fight on campus, they will arrest the students who made mistakes in the "small black room" of the Political and Religious Office for punishment.

Before, the girls in our dormitory had never dealt with the political and religious office. Since the late-night indecency incident occurred, the Office of Political Affairs and Education has started a secret investigation, and all 50 girls have become the subject of questioning. One night for self-study, Xiaohong from our class was taken away. Her bed was by the window of the dormitory. People from the Political and Religious Affairs Office said they had something to ask her.

When we returned to the dormitory, we found Xiao Hong was sitting on the side of the bed, her eyes flushed. Everyone hurriedly asked what was going on. She lowered her head and said in silence for a while, "They asked some disgusting questions, and they deliberately touched me before leaving, which made me mad."

After speaking, she lay on the bed and started crying. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort her. That night, many girls didn't sleep well, fearing that they would be dragged by people from the Political and Religious Affairs Office for interrogation.

Self-study in the evening the next day, Teacher Bai suddenly came to the classroom and said that she would be responsible for self-study in the evening for a period of time. Everyone was surprised, because by convention, the teacher on duty for self-study is the head teacher.

A few days later, people from the Political and Religious Department came to our class and asked Meixia, who was studying in the evening to go to the Political and Religious Department to "understand the situation." Meixia and I are both front and back tables and good friends. She was born handsome, but her skin was a little dark, and she was nicknamed "Black Peony." After being named, Meixia looked at me in horror, but there was nothing I could do.

At this time, Teacher Bai came over and offered to accompany Meixia. In less than 10 minutes, the two of them returned. At night, when we asked about the details, Meixia sighed and said that they had arrived at the political and religious office. Those people were very polite when they saw Teacher Bai. Just a simple question, let Meixia come back.

"Teacher Bai also asked me to tell everyone that, whenever the Office of Political Affairs and Education will lead someone to investigate, let's go to the office to find her. She will accompany us."

"Those people in the Political and Religious Affairs Office are so crazy, why are they afraid of Teacher Bai? She is not the leader." Some people were puzzled.

Another classmate explained in a low voice, saying that Teacher Bai's family seemed to be officials in the village.

In the days that followed, Teacher Bai really accompanied a few girls to the "little black room", but the secret investigation by the Political and Education Office did not make any progress, and finally ended up without disease.

2

Three years of junior high school was fleeting, and in the midsummer of 1993, I graduated. One morning, I went to the next village to go to the big fair, and I met an elementary school classmate at the market. As soon as she saw me, she shouted excitedly: "Mixia from your class has been admitted to the middle school!"

In those days, being able to enter a technical secondary school or a normal school was even more exciting for peasant children than entering a key university now. Because after graduation, the state will be allocated, and there will be wage subsidies to the family. Hearing the good news, I didn't even care about buying things, so I rode to Meixia's house. It was the busy farming season, but Meixia's family had gathered a lot of relatives and neighbors who came to congratulate her, and she was beaming with joy.

After we had lunch, Meixia's parents told her daughter to bring a gift to the teacher Li's home in the afternoon to get the admission letter. At that time, the traffic was not well developed, and the admission notices of graduated students would be mailed to the school uniformly, and then sorted and distributed by each class teacher.

Meixia and I packed up the things her parents had prepared and were about to set off when the courtyard door was suddenly opened. A village neighbor led Teacher Bai in. She pushed her bicycle in a hurry, and there was a lot of mud and water splashed on her clothes.

After entering the house, she didn't care to drink water, so she carefully took out a cowhide envelope from her purse, and slowly pulled out a piece of paper from it and solemnly handed it to Mixia. After taking a look, it was the admission notice from the Municipal Normal School.

"Teacher Bai, aren't all the admission notices with Teacher Li?" Meixia asked.

"I want to come from him. Meixia, this is the admission letter, you must keep it, sure!"

This is the last time I saw Teacher Bai. After that, I went to an ordinary boarding high school. I heard from my junior high school cousin that Mr. Bai still didn't laugh, and he didn't seem to be in good health, so he often had headaches.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year in 1996, I suddenly learned that Teacher Bai had hanged himself. Everyone said that Teacher Bai was forced to death by her man. Her maiden family went to the township government to file a complaint, and then wanted to go to the county, but was stopped halfway.

On the day of the funeral, Mr. Bai’s husband Ma Wengui, Pima Daixiao, kneeled at the head of the team. Some elderly people say that in our village, in recent decades, such an incident has never happened. According to local tradition, the younger generation of the deceased should wear hemp and filial piety, but it is not used between husbands and wives. Unless the living has made a big mistake and feels ashamed of the dead, they will wear filial piety to ask for forgiveness.

A few months later, Ma Wengui was transferred to work in other counties. After a few years, Ma Wengui's father also retired from the position of township head. Before long, he went to another county to reunite with his son's family.

On the National Day of 2003, our junior high school classmates organized a party to entertain the teachers of the year.

After the meal, everyone took a group photo on the playground of the alma mater. When the cameraman asked us to shout "eggplant", Meixia, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly lowered her head and was full of tears: "Sorry, I suddenly thought of Teacher Bai. If it were her It's still alive now, that would be great."

In the fall of 1996, Meixia graduated from the middle school and was assigned to be a teacher at the alma mater of the junior high school. In a small chat, she curiously asked her senior teacher Geng: "Why did Mr. Bai marry someone like Ma Wengui back then? If you can't get along, isn't it all right for a divorce?"

Before Teacher Bai was alive, there were many rumors that she married the Ma family because she was greedy for the wealth of her husband's family, and she was beaten by herself.

Teacher Geng and Teacher Bai are from the same village. They used to be teachers and students and later became colleagues. He almost watched her grow up. After hearing Meixia’s words, Teacher Geng suddenly changed her color: "Those are all nonsense. Someone is deliberately making Xiaobai mean. But don’t ask if you care about it. A few years ago, I was irritated for Xiaobai. People retaliate. I'm not afraid of them, but my wife and children are afraid."

At that time, Teacher Geng had not retired and he had some scruples, so he didn't dare to say anything more about Teacher Bai. After many years, the Ma family moved away. Now that some students mentioned Teacher Bai again, Teacher Geng simply said something very happy.

3

In 1969, Bai Xuemei was born in a peasant family. After her parents gave birth to the eldest daughter, they gave birth to two more children and one daughter.

Xuemei was seven or eight years old and could cook and wash for the whole family. After she started elementary school, she ranked first in every exam. The parents had planned to let her go home to take care of the housework and take care of the younger siblings when she graduated from elementary school, just like other people in the village.

In the eyes of Teacher Geng, Daya Bai is a child who loves to laugh, love to learn, and is very family-oriented.

Xuemei entered the middle school, with more than 500 students in the same class. Her grades have been stable among the top few. The teachers in the class said that this girl was a seedling for college entrance examination, but her parents really did not have the ability to allow her to go to high school in the county—if Xuemei were allowed to continue her studies, the two boys in the family would not be able to study.

At that time, some young men in the village heard that Xuemei was not going to high school, so they went home and begged their parents to ask a matchmaker to go to Bai's house to find out. At this time, Xuemei was fifteen or six years old, and she was already a pretty girl who was counted in ten miles and eight villages. But these people who were interested in getting married were turned down by the Bai family. They said that Xuemei was going to take the middle school teacher.

In the mid to late 1980s, if a child from someone's family was admitted to a technical secondary school or a secondary teacher, it was a matter of glory. Not only can the hukou be converted into non-agricultural status, but it can also be an iron rice bowl after graduation. Compared with technical secondary schools, early-admitted secondary schools are more favored by underachievers because of the exemption of tuition, the state also subsidizes living expenses, they are directly assigned to be teachers after graduation, and their income is stable and respected.

This directly leads to greater competition for teachers and more difficult admissions. In this remote village and township middle school, very few students can enter the technical secondary school, let alone secondary school. But Xuemei did it. After several rounds of examinations and physical examinations, she stood out from hundreds of people and was admitted to the city's secondary teacher.

When I got the news, the whole school was boiling. A big red happy announcement was posted at the school gate. Long firecrackers were set off in the village where Xuemei’s family was located. Everyone was also preparing to show an open-air movie in the village—since more than ten years ago, Da Geng in the village was recommended. After becoming a worker, peasant, soldier, Xuemei, Xuemei was the first scholar in the village to enter the city.

On that day, Xuemei smiled very happily. Teacher Geng from the same village told her to go to the teacher's teacher Ma's house to get the admission notice, "Be sure to bring more things and say more good things."

At that time, Xuemei's head teacher was Ma Wengui. He is quite notorious in Shilibaxiang, and being a teacher is "forced". His father was the mayor of the township, and he had only a few daughters before he became the only son. Ma Wengui was not good at school, and when he grew up, he fought around with friends and friends. By 1983, the "strike hard" was carried out vigorously. The head of the township's father was worried that his son would hit the gun, so he used his relationship to arrange him as the secretary of the youth league committee in the township middle school. However, Ma Wengui has not changed his temperament, and often takes advantage of the situation to oppress his colleagues, and everyone dares not to speak.

In the spring of 1984, for some reason, Ma Wengui recommended himself to be the class teacher, and the school asked him to take Xuemei to the class.

Xuemei once told others that she disliked the new head teacher very much, saying that he was "disgusting in his behavior, words and deeds."

That night, Ma Wengui suddenly went to the Bai's house and said that he was here to deliver the admission letter. Xuemei’s parents hurriedly gave him a warm welcome, but he said it’s not troublesome: "I can give Xuemei this admission letter, but you have to promise me one condition first."

No one would have thought that this "condition" turned out to be that Xuemei would marry him after she finished studying in the middle school.

Xuemei’s parents were shocked: First of all, the two were in a teacher-student relationship. The age difference was nearly 10 years old. In terms of seniority, Xuemei had to call Ma Wengui "uncle"; second, Ma Wengui’s father was the town chief, and his family was a farmer. The mud legs, the door is not right, the household is wrong.

Ma Wengui ignored the refusal of Xuemei's parents, and said that he was going to school at the time, and he fell in love with Xuemei at a glance, "Otherwise, why do I have to be her head teacher?"

"I won't marry you if I die." Xuemei suddenly snatched Ma Wengui's bag and rummaged frantically, but it was empty. Ma Wengui smiled and said that he didn't bring the notice at all.

Xuemei’s parents said that it’s not easy for their children to take exams, so they begged Ma Wengui not to embarrass them, but Ma Wengui said that as long as Xuemei agreed to marry, he would bring the admission notice tomorrow and lead her to go through various procedures. "Xuemei followed me. No loss, I promise your whole family will be delicious and spicy in the future-but we also said the ugly words first, if you want to sue me, then I will say that I have given you the admission letter tonight, yes You lost it yourself."

"In addition, in our village, if I ( dialect: father ) stand up, no one would dare to sit down. Which of the people who complained in our village before had good fruit?" Ma Wengui also mentioned Xuemei's two younger brothers. , Saying that they also want to study when they grow up, and even if they don’t study, they still have to live in this village.

At night, Xuemei cried for a long time with her mother in her arms. Early the next morning, Ma Wengui took her to the township office to go through various procedures for "transforming farmers from rural areas". Along the way, when he met everyone, he said that he and Xuemei had been a partner. Xuemei lowered her head and said nothing.

The unknowing folks were very surprised and talked a lot. Some felt that Xuemei was blind and went with this stubborn object; some thought that she fell in love with the wealthy and powerful Ma family and found it for herself in advance. A golden nest.

4

In the autumn of 1984, Xuemei went to the city's secondary school to study English. Ma Wengui goes to the city once a month, and when he meets everybody, he says he goes to the city to see someone. Even though he got to school, he always stayed behind closed doors.

Xuemei graduated in 1987. According to the policy at the time, she was assigned to teach English at her alma mater. At that time, Ma Wengui was already the secretary of the school's Youth League Committee. Since Xuemei went to work, Ma Wengui, who had rarely been to school before, was like a different person. Not only did he come every day, he wanted to stick to Xuemei's side.

Once, the school held a tea party, and Ma Wengui took the opportunity to announce in public that he and Xuemei would hold a wedding one year ago. Everyone is welcome to watch the ceremony. Everyone looked at each other, someone wanted to say a few words of blessing, but Xuemei looked frosty.

A few days later, Ma Wengui left school to do errands, and Xuemei seemed to be in a good mood. After dinner, everyone went to enjoy the shade under the big poplar tree by the playground, and suddenly saw a young man in the distance walking towards the school holding a bunch of flowers and shouting Xuemei's name.

Xuemei was a little shy and greeted her happily. After that, she introduced her to her colleagues and said that he was Xiao Hao, a classmate of her junior high school, and her boyfriend. Now she teaches English at Hudong Town Middle School. Everyone was shocked, and Xuemei explained how Ma Wengui threatened and forced herself.

When my colleagues heard this, they were filled with indignation, but a few old teachers expressed concern, saying that Xuemei is not easy to marry, but Ma Wengui will definitely bully her at work in the future, and even use some tricks to destroy the future of her brothers and sisters.

Xiao Hao hurriedly said that he had told Xuemei's experience to his uncle who was the principal. It happened that the middle school in Hudong Town was short of English teachers, so his uncle sent an emergency report to the county board of education and applied for Xuemei to be transferred. The leader of the Board of Education is a comrade-in-arms of his uncle, and he has already agreed verbally, "If it is fast, Xuemei will be able to transfer over next month. When we have a firm foothold, we will transfer all of Xuemei’s two younger brothers to our town. 'S elementary school..."

But a month later, Xuemei did not transfer to Hudong Town Middle School as she wished. Another month later, Xiao Hao, a high-achieving student, was transferred to the most remote village elementary school in Hudong Town to teach minor subjects.

Ma Wengui came to the big office angrily, and stood beside Xuemei and said, "A little teacher would dare to break his wrist with my Ma family, and would not take a picture of him. If he dares to pester you again, I will let him even be a teacher. Don't take it anymore, what do you think?"

After the Lunar New Year in 1988, Ma Wengui and Bai Xuemei held a wedding.

After marriage, Ma Wengui was transferred to the township government and assigned a house in the government compound, but Xuemei insisted on staying in the school’s single dormitory and did not want to live with him. For this reason, Ma Wengui often beat her, so that in the scorching summer, she would wear long clothes and trousers to cover her injuries.

During that time, Ma Wengui often went to school to make trouble. Sometimes, Xuemei was discussing business issues with her male colleague, and Ma Wengui, who was suspicious, would yell at the other party for "seduce other wives and shamelessly" when she saw it from a distance, and even verbally acted; sometimes, Xuemei chatted with a female colleague, and Ma Wengui saw it Will suspect that they are saying bad things about themselves, and tell other female teachers to "stay away from my wife, don't take her to bad."

As a result, colleagues dare not contact Xuemei, and she is becoming more and more lonely.

In the winter of this year, Xuemei became pregnant, and Ma Wengui put down his fist and stopped hitting her. Later, she gave birth to a son, and the Ma family hosted hundreds of banquets to celebrate. After the birth of his son, Ma Wengui continued to fool around with a group of friends, friends, and sometimes stayed out all night. When Xuemei finished her maternity leave, his son was sent to Ma's house to be taken care of by his grandparents and nanny.

During the postpartum period, Xuemei still lived in the school’s single dormitory, while Xiao Hao had never been married. In the early 1990s, he chose to stay without pay and work hard in the south. In 1995, Xiao Hao Yijin returned to his hometown, hoping to reconnect with Xuemei.

Xuemei asked for a divorce, but Ma Wengui refused. He said that Bai Xuemei was born a member of the Ma family, and died a ghost of the Ma family. Never want to be with that cowardly species in this life. If she ran away regardless, he would go to Shili Baxiang and say that the Bai family was shameless and had an eloped woman, "making your parents and younger siblings unable to raise their heads for the rest of their lives." He would also tell his son that he had an elopement. Mother, "Let him hate you all his life!"

Ma Wengui shook his fist at Xuemei again, and Xiao Hao, who had been standing outside the door, rushed in. In the end, Xuemei did not leave.

Before the Chinese New Year in 1996, according to local customs, my daughter had to go back to her natal home to send off the festival.

Xuemei bought a cut of meat and some snacks, and was going to return to her family's home. She originally wanted to take her son with him, but the little guy had a fever, so she had to call Ma Wengui back to take care of her son and went back alone.

According to the usual practice in previous years, Xuemei was going to stay at her natal house for one night, but she was really worried about her son, so she hurried back after dinner anxiously. When she arrived at the town government compound before 8pm, she took her eldest brother back by bike. She took the key to open the door and found that the door was locked.

After knocking for a long time, no one answered. She was worried that the gas might leak, so she hurriedly knocked on the door of her neighbor and asked them to help pick the lock. Just as everyone was about to kick the door open, the door opened. Ma Wengui came out wearing a cotton coat and asked, "Aren't you going to spend the night at your mother's house? Why did you come back?"

Xuemei asked the child if he still burned, Ma Wengui said that he did not know: "As soon as you leave, I will send him to my mother."

Xuemei thanked everyone, but when she was about to enter the door, a woman suddenly walked out of the room with a pungent perfume. Xuemei stood there in a daze, without saying a word, Ma Wengui swayed away with her arms in full view of the woman.

The crowd was angry and did not dare to speak, and eventually separated.

The next morning, the nanny took the child home to find his mother. As soon as he opened the door, he was so frightened that he ran out, dragging the child, and he fell several somersaults along the way. Seeing this, the people in the compound hurriedly went up to ask what's wrong. Later, some people said that Mr. Bai wore a white dress when she hanged herself, while others said no.

( The characters in the text are all pseudonyms )