MY HOME DESTROYED BY VILLAGE OFFICIALS

The Story – How My Home Was Destroyed

It was in early October 2020, that my younger sister told me that my home in the native village was demolished. I thought it impossible, therefore I contacted my elder brother in the village. He has in fact tried to call me the day before, but failed because my handy was shut off. Therefore he told my sister the story. He said he heard the noises and began wondering what was happening there and went there only to  see the truth that my old house in the village was being torn down. He thought I have agreed with the village official to remove the house, because the village official also did not talk to him about the action nor did their get his consent before the destruction. (Even if he agreed to do so, without my permission it is invalid)

Thus my only house in this world, the humble home which my mother gave to me, was destroyed by the newly selected village head and his men, without prior consultation and agreement with me and from me. This is not the forced demolishing in general meaning, it is a unknown bandit who came to destroy my home and rubber my wealth. I wanted to call for police, but I hesitated because I thought I have no time to deal with all the things connected with police inquiries and investigations afterwards. I was dealing with some of the most important issues in my life then.

I just came to Hangzhou in June once again. Before leaving the village I told my brother that once again, clearly, that without my permit, nobody is allowed to touch my house.

But the new village chief did want to touch my home in a hurry and therefore, barely a week after his taking position as the village chief, he mobilized to destroy my house.

About on 9th or 10th of October last year of 2020, he and his men told my brother-in-law that they wanted to talk about the house in Hangzhou with me, I rejected saying that I was very busy. They said no second word to destroy my house the next early morning. Before that no words were said about possible destruction of my home, no formal discussion was held, also no discussion with my brother in the village. They simply destroyed it secretly while I was in Hangzhou, far away from the village.

This house was left to me by mother. I have a proprietary certificate. And this humble house has been the house of our family over the last 200 years, nobody in the world is allowed to change the proprietorship without my formal agreement and permission.

Robbers And Hooliganism

In this world there exist no words and laws which permit people to destroy the homes of others without the prior agreement and discussion. There are no such regulations and laws in human society, absolutely none, nor in the world of beasts. It is the result of loose of mind of the village head, a mad dog indeed.

In this world, I have never heard that one found one’s house disappeared while awakening the next morning, without reasons. I have never heard that people can destroy the homes of others at will, whatever your reasons and on whichever names. There are no such laws in the world, otherwise the whole human civilization will no more exist.

No consultation, no agreement, no formal formalities. Which departments of the government have issued commands? What are the reasons? If anybody can destroy other’s home just by finding a reason without the need to seek consulting and agreement, will this country not fall into chaos? If it is absolutely necessary to remove a house by force, there are still necessary procedures to go through. In retrospect of my case, there were none. Simply a decision by the village chief together with the deputy head of the township, and then they called the bulldozer to destroy my home. Such things never heard!

And this deputy town head with family name Qian is a ungrateful villain. Once and only one time he came to me together with the village chief, saying that his sister was at that time admitted into the company for a job because of my help, for at that time I was the manager of the quality department of the Siemens subsidiary in Shenzhen, about 30 years ago. I have helped his sister in need, and he should help me in return now. Instead, he came to ruin me. If people act this way, they are no better than the beasts. And the government, how can you trust these beasts?

Their behavior is too ridiculous. Observing the whole world, this is an exception. Their behavior is overbearing and extremely arrogant, and they can no longer be described in words. They have broken through the bottom line of human morale and are no longer human behavior. If this kind of "person" is in charge, which place shouldn't be messy?

No government will act so recklessly. At least it should go through legal procedures. Even if demolitions are inevitable, there are still necessary reasonings and formal steps for demolitions.

I have always been gentle and kind, especially respecting the elderly. Wherever I go, no one dislikes me, and never hate others. If I don't like them, I just stay away from them, nothing more.

However, I never imagined that I, who was such a nerd, and who did not compete with the world, and who lived a life only reading sacred books and cared for no affairs outside his windows, would be ruined by the villains in my own village, and destroyed my survivals. They destroyed my only dilapidated residence in my house, thus directly cutting off my sources of survival. To this day there is no second person to bully me like this, because I have never tried and have no ability to bully others. I have never been causing troubles, but always trying to mitigate the big troubles to smaller things, the small things to nothing, and to swallow my angers.

The Lawlessness Of The Countryside Bullies

I have never imagined that although I have been working hard all my life, and yet in exchange I was impoverished, and what's worse, I was even stricken by some country bullies.

I live a quiet life. In the past, wherever I went, I was respected for my knowledge and hard work (German, British, French and American companies regarded me as a guest of honor), but now I am bullied by country bullies. Is this the code of conduct in this society? Who gave the power to let a small gangster in the village to dare to bully me, a high-level intellectual? If such injustice cannot be upheld, how to maintain social justice and stability? If such lawlessness is allowed to exist, who can live in peace? Although it is only a few villagers, if they are not severely punished, bullies at all levels will follow suit. When that happens, the stability and security of the country will be greatly threatened.

I stay away from the world, never participate in world affairs, have nothing to do with politics, and hope that politics will not coerce me as well. My original life philosophy is to have no fight with the world. I don't want to deal with any unwanted people, only three or two confidants are enough to me. I don't want to be an official or a businessman. I just want to rely on my own skills-that is, my outstanding learning and research ability-to make a living.

Now I am a useless person, of no value to anyone, let alone a threat.

I thought that in this way, the gangsters would not come to harass me, but it was counterproductive. Although I never harm anyone, others are still hurting me, incurring ruthless blows from villains, with the techniques and power that are unheard of. I guess there is no second case in China.

After I have returned to the countryside, they saw that I was a scholar who had no power, so they would find opportunities to harass me from time to time, so that I couldn't settle down peacefully in my studies and business. In one word, you can't live quietly in rural areas now. I left the countryside when I was a teenager, and I don’t know why people are so sinister and vicious. I used to have no prejudice against the rural areas and farmers, on the contrary, I was protective of them, because I came from the rural areas, and now this view is completely subverted.

Now I don’t know how to protect my own interests and get back my demolished house. I don't have a fixed place, and I am wondering in the world like a dog without home. A diligent university student in the past, a doctoral candidate from prestigious foreign universities, I am now being suppressed in this way. Whose responsibility? Whose misery? I am about to enter my 60th birthday, is there any chance for me? Why is there such a beast in this world so vicious to me? Is there no law and justice now?

Why Did They Dare To Be So Cruel To Me?

Obviously, they know that I have no power, no money, and can be mishandled, so they can treat me unscrupulously without considering the consequences, thinking that I have no way to fight back.

They know that I don’t have a government official position (I’m a person who vows never to become an official and wants to completely break with the government officers centered system), nor a government officer to rely upon, and no relatives there as well (in the past, we have some relatives at the low level officials in some places, but they have long since retired ). If you have no money, no government relations, you are not going to win a lawsuit in the court. And therefore you can't fight back if you are stabbed.

Indeed it is so. I have no power. Although I entered the central government agency at the age of 20 in 1983, because I was able to speak 5 foreign languages at that time, and the country was in urgent need of talents like me, and therefore I was highly respected. But I left the capital long time ago and wandered around the world, and I was no longer in the government system.

I don't have money, and that's also true, although I was of a high-paying class 30 years ago, and there were good business opportunities more than a decade ago too, especially in solar energy at that time. But my business has made no progress for many years, which has dried up my financial resources.

Of course I have had many classmates and friends, some of them are very rich and powerful, but they may not be willing to intervene in this matter, and I also don't want to engage them in this trivial matter as well.

Although I have no power, my learning and research skills are outstanding. With my rich knowledge, good experience, and decency, I don’t think anyone will do anything harmful to me. On the contrary, most people do respect me (but farmers without knowledge and insight will despise me).

I have never imagined that the village villains and bandits will do something harmful to me. I really don’t know why they hate me so much, and tread me to death. It was rumored that one of my words has made the village head unhappy and therefore would take revenge on me. If this type of person is not judged and punished, the country will tumble and the laws and morale will collapse. It will happen pretty soon.

As low as a village chief, he can already destroy my home at will. He becomes the king of that village, and his words become laws, and he wants to show his power. I guess in his eyes, every body must obey him, otherwise he will take revenge. A little villain in the village who never knows what an officer looks like, would do such a horrible thing only a few days after he took over the position. If this kind of thing continues to happen, how badly will this village be treated. He regards the properties of the village as his own, disposing them at his will. According to my knowledge, the village heads in nowadays villages are almost all occupied by the underground society, called Green Belly in local language. People with upright behavior and honesty have never any chance to become village chief – the same situation applies to the heads of towns.

Epilog

Now there is no home for me to stay in this gigantic country, no place for me to study and research of my favorite subjects quietly. A lowest officer in the village can ruin the life of one who is so experienced and educated. What society this is?