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The death of a soulful hair salon girl
By Fu Jianfeng (southweekend)
Updated: 2005-10-20 08:57 Soon June had gone by, but the release date was still faraway. On the day
when she was released, her husband Chen Xiaolin was still trying to borrow money
in Beijing and thinking about how to get her out.
In July, the night time weather in Lanzhou began to turn cold. Gou Li took
pity on a roommate at the detention center. She childishly wrote in the diary:
"Husband, this morning, I gave my pair of jeans to the new roommate who came in
last night. Do you blame me?"
Late August, she was surprised to be told that she would be released two
months early for good behavior. On that day, Chen Xiaolin was still in Beijing
trying to borrow money and working on ideas to get her released earlier.
The ecstatic Chen Xiaolin hurried back from Beijing. His wife met him at the
train station. When they saw each other, they embraced and cried. The wife had
not eaten well in the past few months, so Chen Xiaolin borrowed 500 RMB from his
fourth uncle and took everyone who had helped him for a big chicken dinner.
But Gou Li's four months behind bars had already cost Chen Xiaolin 10,000
RMB, which were all borrowed. Four months in the city had brought no money for
them, and actually increased the debt. In particular, a 1,300 RMB loan had to be
repaid within the next 10 days. So Chen Xiaolin spent one day with his wife, and
then he had to go back to Beijing to work and gather money. Their plan was for
Chen Xiaolin to find 800 RMB in Beijing and Gou Li to borrow 500 RMB from her
own family. When the money arrives, "You must come to Beijing immediately. We
will spend a happy mid-Autumn festival in Beijing. Then we will work together in
Beijing and start a new life," said Chen Xiaolin.
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