(Health Times Tan Qixin)
"It is expected that the city will be unsealed and restarted, and the fireworks in Xi'an can be rekindled as soon as possible." On January 7, a health times reporter interviewed a number of ordinary people who were in the midst of the epidemic in Xi'an, including online shop owners, real estate salesmen, and folk singers who still had a longing for music, and they told their situations and stories when the city fell into a temporary shutdown.
The moat of Xi'an. Courtesy of respondents.
"I hope that the lights of the houses will be as usual and the roads will no longer be empty"
On January 1, Wu Wei received a "New Year's Eve gift". Courtesy of respondents.
"It's not terrible when it's dark, I'll keep the flickering afterglow." The avalanche is not terrible, I am guarding my own edge..." This is a song written by Wu Wei (pseudonym) during the sealing period, and the song title is "Child".
Wu Wei, 40, is a local real estate salesman in Xi'an and a part-time bar owner. Before the outbreak of the epidemic, Wu Wei's daily schedule was very full. "Take guests to see the house during the day, work at the bar at night, work 16 hours a day, and then deduct the time on the road, maybe stay at home for a little more than 6 hours a day."
The pause button for Wu Wei's fast-paced life was pressed on December 11. On the same day, Qujiang New District of Xi'an City found a positive nucleic acid test result in the periodic nucleic acid test for medical institution practitioners, and the activity trajectory involved Yanta District and the development zone. Wu Wei, as a close connection, received a notice of home isolation, but Wu Wei at that time did not think that the isolation period would be so long.
The number of confirmed cases in Yanta District, where Wu Wei is located, has continued to grow and has become a key sealing area. As of January 7, it was the 28th day of Wu Wei's home isolation as required. "I haven't been out of the community for a long time, and life has become very slow and slow. The children and their wives were isolated in other districts, and day and night they thought about unblocking the first thing was to rush to meet them. Wu Wei said.
At 00:00 on January 1 this year, Wu Wei, who had just finished videotaping with his child, sat at his desk in a daze, remembering that if everything went as usual, he should sit in the crowded bar and count down with everyone present, "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" Happy New Year! And this year, when he looked out the window, the lights of wanjia were as usual, but the road was empty.
It was during this cross-Chinese New Year's Eve that he wrote "Child," a song for a child, hoping that she would grow up to be strong and survive every lonely night in her life." Wu Wei told the Health Times reporter.
"What I miss the most is the smell of the restaurants and grill stalls outside"
Li Xue kept a barbecue picture in the mobile phone photo album. Courtesy of the respondent.
On January 5, volunteers came to the door and gave Li Xue and her husband statistics on nucleic acid and materials at home, so that Li Xue could see the hope of understanding the imminent sealing.
Li Xue, 32, is a Xi'an food specialty online shop owner. "I forgot what the restaurant smelled, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva when I thought of the barbecue stalls, and I missed it very much." After the speech, Li Xue (pseudonym) smiled embarrassedly, and she told reporters that the first arrangement after unsealing must be to eat a good meal with the child in the restaurant outside.
On the afternoon of December 22, when the notice of the closed management of Xi'an city was issued, Li Xuezheng and employees counted the inventory in the warehouse of Yanliang in Xi'an, unaware of everything that was about to happen, until they left the warehouse, the entire circle of friends was brushed by the "Xi'an lockdown", she returned to the warehouse with hindsight, took out a bunch of fast food noodles, filled the trunk compartment of the entire car, and went straight to her home 8 kilometers away.
At midnight on December 23, the megacity with a population of more than 10 million pressed the pause button, and Li Xue has never been out of the community gate since that day. Today, the background panel on the homepage of Li Xue's online store has been replaced by a close-up of "Xi'an Taste" to a striking announcement of the suspension of shipments of goods, and the last sentence of the announcement is: We will refuel and hope to see you soon.
"After unsealing, drive a motorcycle to the streets of Xi'an"
Tang candy singing in the bar. Courtesy of respondents.
"Now the most exciting thing in my heart is to drive my little motorcycle to the streets of Xi'an after the unsealing, and re-feel the fireworks of the city." Tang Sugar told the Health Times reporter.
Tang Sugar, 30 years old, is a folk singer. In the year of college graduation, Tang Sugar decided to stay in Xi'an with his guitar after tangling. Over the next decade, he worked as a resident singer, clerk, and barista in bars, and before the pandemic, he had just stabilized in a children's guitar training class, and every night he was stationary singer in a bar, writing songs and composing songs in his spare time.
On December 22, when the news of the "lockdown" suddenly came, Tang Candy had just left the guitar training class and was preparing to rush to the bar. "After seeing the news, I turned back home, and when I passed a supermarket near my home, I saw people coming and going with large bags, full of daily necessities. By the time I got to the vegetable shelves, it was empty. ”
After coming out of the supermarket, Tang Candy was a little confused, and he only grabbed some instant noodles and ham, he was a little worried, what if he couldn't buy vegetables after isolation? Since December 27, Xi'an City has stipulated that before the results of a new round of nucleic acid testing are released, everyone is not allowed to go out except for nucleic acids, and the purchase of daily necessities is no exception.
At this stage, Tang Candy, whose mood and life have entered the "winter", wrote a song - "No Winter Is Insurmountable", and uploaded the "rough version" made of self-playing and singing to the Internet on an afternoon after doing nucleic acid.
"Winter is white is black is gray, the epidemic is directly ruthless and naked, the wind blows through the empty city, blows through the cold and silent night, blows through my life, spring is in the same boat is to help each other, real gold is born in the fire..." Tang Candy sang emotionally, someone heard it, found it, said very moved, proposed to use it in an anti-epidemic propaganda film, Tang Candy was very happy, "Xi'an is my second hometown, I hope that more people can hear it, feel a little warmth and hope." ”
Thankfully, everything is getting better. In order to protect the daily necessities of residents during the epidemic, the community where Tang Sugar is located has set up a group, and the owners in need can write down the needed daily necessities in the WeChat group, the community conducts statistics, and then the distribution chamber of commerce will deliver the materials to the door of the community, and the owners of the community will receive them according to the list.
When Tang Candy was interviewed at 9:30 p.m. on January 7, he told reporters, "This sudden epidemic has made me more determined about music, and the love and hope I want to express during this period are richer than in previous years."