Fellow countrymen:
I, Ye Haiyan, am truly at the end of my rope and can only seek help from you all. Many netizens may still remember me. I am the “Rogue Swallow” who became popular on Tianya Community because of nude photos. That popularity was not what I wanted. The past is gone. Who would have thought that more than 20 years have passed? Now I am old, my temples are already gray, I am a mother and a wife. Some old friends may still remember Yu Yan Danfei, a single mother wandering in the south. You remember me, I have always lived a very difficult life. Many friends want to ask, how have I been in these years? I am ashamed. I have been living a more difficult life than 20 years ago, but I have been working hard. I have never given up writing, and I have also taught myself painting, and now I am doing pottery. You all know that I was born in the countryside and have always wanted to escape the fate of farmers, to get rid of the nightmare of the lowest level, and to live a life with more dignity. For this goal, I have been studying and have been striving.
These are some of my recent ceramic paintings and products.
10 years ago, I was relatively active on the internet. Because I have loved literature since I was a child, I always like to write articles and express my opinions, and I have become a public welfare person, with a strong sense of social responsibility, and I like to meddle in other people’s business. It caused a lot of people’s dissatisfaction. But in 2014, I withdrew from the public welfare circle. I haven’t appeared on public platforms for ten years.
I want to live a quiet life. Because I am married and have a family, I must be responsible for my family.
In order to live a quiet life, I gradually and consciously faded out of the public eye. I do not participate in public activities, nor do I participate in discussions on public topics. Nor do I criticize at will as I did before. On the internet, I only post some advertisements and some romance, and I don’t touch on sensitive topics.
Despite this, the control and suppression of me has not stopped. For ten years, I have been expelled many times. Recently, I was making porcelain in Jiangxi, and my husband was taking care of the yard where we had lived for many years in the grassland. Starting from August 6th, the landlord asked us to move out. My husband did not expect that it would be the interference of the relevant departments. He thought it was the landlord’s own idea. He had to borrow money to rent another yard. Just as he was preparing to sign a contract with the new landlord. The relevant departments said that because his wife was a celebrity, he could not live in Xilamuren Grassland. Then they began to put pressure on the landlord.
At that time, he had already borrowed money and worked hard for several days to move the furniture into the new yard. The landlord, because he was afraid of the pressure from above. Asked us to move out again. But we have no money, and secondly, we have nowhere to go.
When he moved out of the original house, the original landlord also told him that it was because he could not bear the harassment of the local relevant departments that he had to take back the house.
A month has passed since today. My husband can neither live in the original yard nor is he allowed to live in the new yard. He spends every day on the grassland in fear. He can only sneak into the yard to rest after everyone has fallen asleep, and he doesn’t even dare to turn on the lights at night. It is said that many people in the local area are observing his movements and reporting to the leaders at any time. If they find him in the yard, they will make things difficult for the landlord. The landlord has collapsed.
I am actually very confused. I clearly don’t live on the grassland, and I haven’t made any reactionary remarks. Moreover, there is nothing outrageous or illegal. I have been making my porcelain with peace of mind and selling goods through live streaming. It has nothing to do with Inner Mongolia, why does Baotou want to drive my husband away? He is just an honest man, and he is usually too lazy to post on his Moments.
I am not a bad person, nor have I hurt anyone, nor will I hurt anyone.
In these ten years, although I have not spoken on public platforms, I am open and transparent to all the netizens who follow me. Everyone can see my words and deeds.
I want everyone to help me analyze what the reason is for the local relevant departments to treat me like this, and what is the basis for law enforcement? Also, what should I do to help my husband?
Ten years is enough to see a person’s nature. I believe everyone knows what kind of person Ye Haiyan is.
First, I have no hostile feelings towards any individual. When I look at people, I only look at their essence, regardless of which camp the other party is in. I am very polite and enthusiastic to people within the system, even those who come to maintain stability for me. There is no hostility, and there is no malice.
Second, I never make remarks against the political system. I am just talking about some specific things and my suggestions. I will not use harsh words to attack those with different political views. I want to say that I have rationality and restraint.
Third, I have been working hard to live. I have not had any contact with the outside world, including the overseas that you are worried about. For ten years, even when I was in difficulty, I did not ask for help from any overseas celebrities. I have been working hard, wanting to live the life of an ordinary person.
I have always longed to integrate into Chinese society and return to the life of ordinary people. I hope that I can be accepted by the system through my character and facts. I have been making such efforts. Therefore, I have always actively cooperated with the work of the relevant departments.
However, my efforts seem to have no effect in Baotou.
Countless people have advised me to leave China. There is always a voice sighing in my heart. I am a person who cannot leave this land. Although society accepts me and cares for me, but the government does not accept me, what should I do?
I have become an exile in my own country.
As for the reason?
I think it’s just the troubles I caused ten years ago when I loved to meddle in other people’s business.
I hope that all those who understand me and sympathize with me, my fellow countrymen, can speak up for me. As long as everyone expects, I, Ye Haiyan, can do it, I will go forward a hundred steps to work hard.
I hope you will speak up for me, considering that I have been living seriously for so many years. Give me and my loved one a peaceful life in Baotou. Even if you give me ten years of peaceful life, let me die at the age of 60, I will not regret it.
If I die in these few years, I haven’t had a few days of peaceful and leisurely life, then I’m too wronged. After all, Ye Haiyan is not a bad person. Why should I be driven to the end of the road for a poor, vulnerable woman like me? Moreover, it is not necessary to implicate an ordinary person because of me.
Thank you all. If you are willing, you can tell them what kind of person you see Ye Haiyan as.
So that they know what true fairness and justice are.
In addition, I would like to add that not all provinces will expel me. I lived in Tianshui, Gansu for a while, and no one harassed us, and we were content to paint and sell paintings. This peace is so beautiful to me! Therefore, I have always been very grateful.
I also thank the netizens from many places for inviting me to live in their cities, and thank all the kind people.
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