Chapter 14 Only Worse "Remember what you said. ...
“Remember what you said.
"Let's not talk about the fact that I write my articles in the same place every day. If I was really wandering around, how did you see me? What are you trying to do by following me and staring at me? Are you being a hooligan?"
Being a hooligan is not a minor crime. In serious cases, you may even be shot to death.
"I didn't! I didn't! I didn't follow you! I...I heard it from someone!" The colleague panicked. He also has a family, and if he was reported for being a hooligan, he would be finished.
"You just said that you saw it with your own eyes."
"I, I remembered it wrongly."
Li Daohua smiled and said: "Oh, your eyes don't work well, and your brain doesn't work either. I really doubt whether your brain is enough when you are at work.
Now you say you heard it from someone, so I'll give you one last chance, who told you that? You can't tell me, but you are the one who slandered me.
According to Article 145 of the Criminal Law, which stipulates the crime of defamation, I can sue you directly in court."
The Criminal Law was only promulgated last year, on July 6, 1979. It has been less than a year since then, and many people who don’t pay attention don’t even know about it.
When Li Daohua talked about defamation, many students of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications already felt something was wrong. By the time Li Daohua detailed which article of the Criminal Law the crime of defamation was, those who knew the matter had their pupils trembling.
Gangsters are not scary, what is scary is gangsters with culture, and Li Daohua is such a case.
The people in the staff building have begun to despair. They can’t win in an argument or a fight. They think the other party is educated, but is there any justice in the world?
After hearing what someone said, Ouyang Yuan's colleague looked around helplessly, trying to find someone who could save him.
He is a timid person to begin with. Because he is timid, he dares not start his own business, so he wants to take advantage of others. Even if something goes wrong, he will not be the one to be arrested.
Those whose eyes passed by him either lowered their heads or raised their heads, looking up and down, left and right, but just refused to look him in the eye.
Dead brain, think quickly! Quickly pass the buck!
"Yes... yes, it's Huang Laidie!" I'm sorry, Aunt Huang, since you've been exiled to nowhere else to be sent, just make use of your last bit of energy.
"You're talking nonsense! You're a worthless person who gave birth to a son, you..."
It was like a bolt from the blue. It was not Li Daohua who said this, but Huang Laidi.
During this period, she tried her best to reduce her presence so as not to let Li Daohua target her. She also became much more honest. Whenever she felt like talking about something irrelevant, she would think of the lesson taught by Zhao Sucheng.
I can only complain silently in my heart, or find a place where there is no one and curse at the sky and the earth.
She has been enduring so much, and yet someone is throwing dirty water on her. Who can tolerate this?
"I never said anything like that, you bastard!"
Ouyang Yuan’s colleague never expected that Huang Laidi was here. He just looked around and clearly didn’t see anyone.
He was slapped hard on the face, and there was a bloody mark left by the fingernail.
This is the consequence of being inexperienced and unprepared. When the original body fought against Huang Lai and his men, if he had not accidentally fallen, he would have been able to escape safely.
"No, no, I was wrong. It's not you, it's Aunt Meng."
"You bastard! Give me your life!" Aunt Meng was also there.
Aunt Meng even served the rice and put it directly on his face, blocking his vision and reducing his fighting power.
Because he couldn't see clearly, he could only wave his hands around, and the people closest to him were Huang Laidie and Aunt Meng.
The problem was revealed as soon as he touched it. He placed his hand squarely on Huang Laidie's chest and pinched it, then gave him another big slap.
"You are a hooligan!"
The farce finally came to an end when people from the school security department came and pulled the three people apart, leaving the onlookers in amazement.
They can discuss this for a year.
After this incident, no one dared to take advantage of Ouyang Yuan anymore. Are you kidding me? They really thought Li Daohua was easy to mess with.
The next day, the weather was sunny and the temperature had risen a lot by the end of April. Many people put on Zhongshan suits and went to work in high spirits.
Bicycles can be seen everywhere on the streets of Beijing.
Opposite the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is the University of Political Science and Law. Li Daohua waited for the traffic light and was drowned in the army of bicycles.
At the entrance of the School of Political Science and Law, I saw a group of girls trying to get in. “Hello, comrade. Are you a student of the School of Political Science and Law?”
"Yeah, what can I do for you?"
"It's like this. I want to find someone who knows criminal law to help me with the case. I can pay for it."
The girls looked at each other; this was the first time they had encountered such a situation.
We were originally planning to go back to school, so there was no need to rush. We all moved to the side so as not to hinder others from entering and exiting.
"Tell us what happened first, and we'll give you some advice. We don't have to take it to court."
Nowadays, very few things go to court. Many are resolved privately, and most people prefer this solution. They will only choose to go to court when they are really desperate.
"It's like this. My husband's colleague maliciously slandered me, saying that I was seducing others. Many people heard him say that, but it's not true. I wanted to sue him to clear my name."
When several girls heard this, they thought this was indeed a serious and bad crime, a hooliganism crime, and it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman.
A girl's reputation is so important. It's too much that some people use it to slander others.
"Don't worry, we will definitely clear your name. We don't want any money. This is what we should do."
Li Daohua was still wearing her original clothes and did not look wealthy.
As college students in the 1980s, they usually received subsidies, and if they were frugal, some of them could even send the subsidy money back home.
The first step is naturally to collect materials. They need to know how widely the news has spread, how many people have heard about it, and what versions they have heard.
As a student from the School of Political Science and Law across the street, I went to Beihang University and asked people everywhere, and soon the news spread throughout Beihang University.
It was during the investigation that this group of girls found out that the rural woman who approached them was Li Daohua, the author of "Li Yaomei's Laid-off Life".
"It's true that when you are famous you are prone to gossip."
"Who says it's not true? I heard that they wanted Teacher Daohua to help them make money, but Teacher Daohua didn't agree, so they became resentful and slandered Teacher Daohua."
The person who cooperated with them in the investigation was very excited and told them what he knew. He asked, "Why are you asking so many details?"
They didn't just ask her, they asked everyone who was basking in the sun.
"Oh, Teacher Daohua has officially authorized us to file a lawsuit in court against Liu Jie for malicious defamation."
The person who had just been sharing the melon with them with a grin on his face suddenly closed his mouth in fear, and the smile on his face disappeared.
When they went to the next place to ask others, there was only one question in these people's minds: Are you really going to sue?
They thought that it was just talk and threats, and that this should be everyone's daily habit.
"You're going to be sued! For libel!"
The enthusiastic people immediately ran to the library and told Liu Jie the bad news.
Huang Laidi and the others shouted loudly at the time, even calling them hooligans, but they stopped when Liu Jie's family came to their house and demanded compensation.
Neither family gained any advantage and the matter was considered a private settlement. Liu Jie was indeed beaten badly by the two of them.
"Ah?" Liu Jie didn't expect that he would be sued for what he said casually.
"I was just talking nonsense. I admit that I was talking nonsense. Is that not enough? I was wrong. I apologize to my sister-in-law. Please don't let her sue me. If she sue me, I will be finished!"
Liu Jie pulled Ouyang Yuan and kept begging for mercy, almost kneeling down to him.
I originally thought that being sent to the warehouse to do hard labor was already the limit for Huang Laidi, and that she had been the worst treated for offending Li Daohua, but I didn't expect that there would be something even worse.
There is really no worst, only worse.
If he really goes to jail, he won't be able to continue this job. Not only that, his family will also be implicated and looked down upon.
At this time, Li Daohua was sitting in his own little corner in a happy mood, thinking about "Adventures on Wall Street".
What she is going to write this time is a novella of about 90,000 words, with the protagonist Li Lai Te as the main line, starting from China to Wall Street, and then from prosperity to decline.
Few people pass by here, and few people know that she is here. Of course, Ouyang Yuan knows this place.
"Liu Jie said that he was willing to make a public self-criticism in the cafeteria. He read the apology letter aloud at mealtime for three consecutive days. The apology letter would also be posted on the notice board at the entrance of the cafeteria."
"So you come to plead for him?"
"How is that possible? I just think that you should know about this matter. It's up to you to decide what to do. I support you no matter what decision you make."
Ouyang Yuan knew that Li Daohua was more decisive, more powerful, and smarter than him, and he would not make decisions for her.
"Okay, as long as he can really complete the task without any compromise, then I won't sue him, but tell him not to bargain anymore. I don't have that much patience."
"Okay... Do you feel uncomfortable living here?" Ouyang Yuan hesitated for a moment before speaking.
Li Daohua, who was about to continue writing, looked up and said, "It must be very cramped. The place is so small."
Even when she later worked and rented a house, the house she rented was about the same size as their current house, but it didn't have as many things as they have now, and she lived alone.
"How about...I'll go back to Lijiazhuang with you."
"Are you sick?" He didn't want to stay in Peking and went back to the countryside in Henan Province. He was sick, no matter what time it was.
Ouyang Yuan was thinking that in Lijiazhuang, Li Daohua's family at least had three earthen houses and a yard.
In Lijiazhuang, her father-in-law is the team leader, and no one in the village dares to do anything to Li Daohua. Unlike now, it has only been a short time, and people keep bullying her.
(Huang Laidi, Liu Jie: Do you want to listen to what you are saying? Who is bullying whom?)
"Once I finish this book and get the royalties, I will buy a house." She plans to sell this novella worth more than 90,000 yuan for a good price.
After all, she is now a well-known author, so it is not excessive to increase her royalties. And if she remembers correctly, the Publishing Bureau will formulate a new royalty system next month, and she will wait until then to publish the novel.
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