Source: Zhonggong Net - Workers Daily
【Spring Festival Special】
Original title: Companionship No matter where you are or where you belong, you are not alone
Editor's Note
Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and other 8 departments jointly issued the "Notice on Carrying Out the Service Action of "Spring Warm Migrant Workers" during the Spring Festival in 2022", emphasizing the need to do a good job in the travel services for migrant workers. All localities and enterprises have also responded positively, adopting "point-to-point" special train trains, chartered flights to return home, and serving self-driving personnel to ensure the smooth and orderly return of migrant workers. At the same time, due to the needs of work arrangements or epidemic prevention and control, some migrant workers have also chosen to celebrate the New Year on the spot.
Whether it is staying in another place or trekking back home, companionship is the most core element of the Migrant Workers' Spring Festival. In the past year, there have been too many emotions, laughter and admiration on the road to work; in the moment of the New Year in place and the journey back home, why is there no wonderful story worth sharing?
Comic: Zhao Chunqing
Workers become chefs, lovers stay by their side, and there is a sense of ceremony on the job...
Migrant workers celebrate the Chinese New Year on the spot
Workers Daily-Zhonggong Network reporter Mao Nongxi Pei Longxiang Chen Xi correspondent Zhao Yuanqing
The Spring Festival of 2022 is coming, some people have ushered in a reunion, some people are returning home, and some people choose to celebrate the New Year on the spot due to job arrangements or epidemic prevention needs. Recently, Beijing, Shanghai, Shaanxi and other places have issued local New Year initiatives, while requiring holiday subsidies and guarantees for those who stay on the job, to enrich the lives of migrant workers during the local New Year with warm and targeted services.
Front-line workers become construction site chefs
In the staff canteen of the Yanliang production base of China Railway Chang'an Heavy Industry Company, several front-line workers are washing and cooking in a tense and orderly manner, and the chef who is preparing to show his skills is no one else, it is Wang Wanqiu, the heat treatment worker in the workshop.
It turned out that the chef in the construction site canteen could not continue to work because of the home sealing control. In order to solve the problem of eating for more than 400 workshop workers, more than 10 front-line workers of the company took the initiative to ask for help, from fitters and welders to chefs and helpers. Coloring, stir-frying, cooking... A pot full of color and flavor of the meat is delivered to the rice window on time.
Wang Wanqiu's craftsmanship not only made the workers in the kitchen hungry, but also received praise from the workers who came to cook, he said with a smile: "Although it is harder to stay in the steaming kitchen for a day than in the factory, it is worth watching the workers eat happily, tired and hot." ”
Staying at the construction site must not only eat well and sleep well, but also the spiritual and cultural life of the workers cannot be delayed. At the project site of Rongmin Science and Technology Innovation Park in Xi'an High-tech Zone, the project department has organized more than 10 special trainings on steel bar lashing technology and quality common disease prevention. "The technical training held these days, my co-workers and I like it very much!" At the end of the concrete construction technical training, He Xi from the reinforcement lashing class said happily, "For us, mastering one more skill is equivalent to one more good opportunity to get a high salary!" ”
Since January 24, Xi'an has been reduced to a low-risk area, the order of production and life has been restored in an orderly manner, and Wang Wanqiu has returned to work in the workshop. Due to the needs of the construction period and the consideration of the epidemic prevention requirements, he will continue to stay at his post during the Spring Festival this year, and the experience of becoming a chef has made him and his co-workers closer.
The New Year in a foreign land also has a sense of ceremony
Also cooking well is Ma Ping, who works as a domestic worker in Shanghai's Changning District. Counting this year, Ma Ping has spent 8 consecutive Spring Festivals in Shanghai. "At first, I couldn't go, but now I have feelings for the city of Shanghai and my employer's family, and I am used to celebrating the New Year in Shanghai," she gradually opened the conversation box when talking to reporters about the stories of these years.
In 2015, Ma Ping came to Shanghai from her hometown in Nanyang, Henan Province, and her first door-to-door service was photographed by her employer with her good cooking skills. She said, "I am from Henan, my employer's hometown is in Shandong, and my living habits and tastes are relatively close. ”
In the first few years, the elderly she cared for could basically take care of themselves, but when it came to the New Year, she often couldn't leave, "the old people and children are busy, Chinese New Year's Eve and when they finish eating, they are busy with work, and when they arrive at the New Year, the old people don't even have a person to talk." Looking at the expectant eyes of the 80-year-old man, Ma Ping still decided to wait for the holiday to find time to go back.
Thousands of miles away in Henan, the old mother of the family was also looking forward to her return for the New Year, and one year when she returned home in the Mid-Autumn Festival, her mother took Ma Ping in her arms and cried for a long time. This year's Spring Festival, she hesitated again and again, and her employer proposed that she wanted to go home and reunite with her mother, "I haven't accompanied my mother for many years for the New Year, and I want to go back to spend a reunion year with her." The employer readily agreed, but before she could find a temporary replacement aunt, the news of the repeated epidemic in Henan came, and she could only dispel the idea of going home for the New Year.
In the Shanghai New Year, Ma Ping never gave in, and pulled the sense of ceremony to the fullest. As in previous years, she had to get up on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve busy pasting spring festivals and window flowers, and then went out to buy ingredients for Chinese New Year's Eve meals, chatted with the old man in the afternoon, and accompanied him to wait for the children to come home for reunion.
"The old man and my father are about the same age, and we have been family for a long time." Ma Ping admits that working in Shanghai for many years has made her gradually feel at home. "Like me, there are still many peers who choose to celebrate the New Year in Shanghai, and we will keep our posts and contribute to epidemic prevention."
To be accompanied by love is to be reunited
Staying in Beijing with massage therapist Cai Wenfang for the Chinese New Year is her husband who works hard in the city with her. Cai Wenfang, 47, from Tianshui, Gansu Province, learned massage after she and her husband went to Beijing in 2004, and did not think that this line of work would be more than a decade.
Cai Wenfang has been working in a massage shop near Jishuitan for 7 years, taking two days off every month, from 12 noon to early morning. After years of work, Cai Wenfang's fingers are thick and short, and her thumbs are still a little outturned, she said, "The fingers should often be pressed and forced, and it will be like this over time." ”
For Cai Wenfang, the most enjoyable moment of the day is to walk half an hour back to the couple's small rental house after work in the early morning. "One person blows the wind, walks slowly, and the whole person relaxes." Sometimes, when her husband, who works on a waterproof project, comes home from work, Cai Wenfang can eat the hot meals he makes.
For the couple, this year's Spring Festival is also a little special. "The sons and daughters can't get together, and I'm afraid that the epidemic will delay my return to Beijing to work, so I simply stay at ease." Cai Wenfang said that her son was a soldier in Xinjiang and stayed in the army for the New Year, and the beauty salon run by the eldest daughter was in Yanta District of Xi'an City, for epidemic prevention considerations, she did not plan to leave the province, and only the youngest daughter who went to college in Lanzhou went home to accompany her grandparents for the New Year.
"Usually, I receive three or four guests a day, but I have recently doubled, so I am waiting for the New Year's break." As the year draws to a close, Cai Wenfang's work is even busier. The Spring Festival holiday not only means that you can have more than ten days of rest, but your husband, who is on the go all year round, can also live at home for more days. She said, "The two people at home are lively and lively, have a few meals, talk about the heavens and the earth, and then walk around Beijing City together." ”
For more than ten years in the north drift, the family's life is getting better and better, and Cai Wenfang cherishes the happiness in front of her. But she also admitted that the countdown to her time in Beijing has entered, "when the grandchildren are born, we will go to help with the children." In the conversation, she revealed that she was reluctant to take advantage of the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics to visit more parks and attractions, "This has long been my second hometown, I want to take a good look at it."
The motorcycle rides to the road of entrepreneurship
Workers Daily-Zhonggong Network reporter Ye Xiaozhong correspondent Huang Jiali
On January 13, Su Fugui drove a motorcycle to the Longshan gas station in Foshan City. As soon as he entered the station, the gas station employees who knew him well had already greeted him and asked about their trip home this year. Su Fugui was a little shy, or his son Su Zixuan behind him said: "Dad not only wants to go home for the New Year, but also to go home to start a business!" ”
Su Fugui is a native of Pingle, Guangxi, who has been working in Foshan for more than 20 years. As a carpenter master of a furniture factory in Longjiang Town, Foshan City, Su Fugui can design and build with one hand, from wooden doors, wooden beds, wooden cabinets, to small wooden toys.
Su Zixuan, a 22-year-old son, grew up working with his father in Foshan, and every Spring Festival, the father and son rode motorcycles home for 10 hours. All of this has changed this year.
In 2021, after Su Zixuan graduated from college, he discussed with his father the plan to return to his hometown to start a business. "My dad has carpentry skills, I worked as a part-time tour guide, and I also have a certain amount of professional knowledge, so I wanted to go back to my hometown to try the tourism business opportunities of rural revitalization." According to Su Zixuan, Pingle County is a subordinate county of Guilin City, with rich tourism resources, and the homestay and self-driving tour markets have the potential to develop.
Su Fugui, who has been working outside for many years, also has the idea of ending wandering, and after listening to his son's plan, he decided to support entrepreneurship. At 5:00 a.m. on January 17, Su Fugui's father and son embarked on the last motorcycle ride back to their hometown and came to the "Warm Feelings Station" in Longshan, which they pass by every year.
Su Fugui took out eight treasures of porridge, biscuits and other foods from the "Easy Jet Fu Bag" he received and forwarded them to the busy volunteers on the spot. "For so many years, you have always cared about those of us who are foreigners who ride back by bicycle, and I will stay in my hometown after that, and you must be well." Su Fugui is not good at talking, but he is sincere.
Luo Wenfeng, a volunteer who has served in the station for 8 years, recognized Su Zixuan, "I remember the first year I saw you, I was not tall enough to be on my shoulders, and now I have to go back to start a business!" Luo Wenfeng said frankly that the small station not only served many migrant workers who were looking forward to reunion, but also witnessed their dream of changing motorcycles for cars become a reality.
The car stabilizes the hearts of workers
Workers Daily-Zhonggong Network reporter Yang Mingqing Zhang Yan correspondent Lin Zihan
"Let's get our luggage, let's go, go home!" On the morning of January 21, at the entrance of the Jimo Central City Project of China Railway Construction Engineering Shandong Company in Jimo District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, Sheng Zhaoguang, a worker from Tengzhou City, Zaozhuang, picked up his luggage while greeting other workers to hurry up and get on the bus.
According to Feng Qingtao, project manager of Jimo Central City, according to the information of workers in advance statistics, there are more workers in Heze, Linyi and other places in Shandong Province, and the project department organized docking with Qingdao City Transport Holdings Delivery Bus Terminal, and successively issued 5 special buses to return home. Feng Qingtao said, "This not only eliminates the trouble of workers grabbing tickets and rushing to the road, but also does a good job in epidemic prevention work, 'point-to-point' to send workers home." ”
The red and tongtong blessing word, the festive pulling flower... The special bus to my hometown is full of New Year's flavors. Under the guidance of volunteers, 17 out-of-town workers boarded the bus in turn. "This year's project is a key project, and I earned more than last year, and I specially bought the specialties of jimo hemp flakes and jimo old wine for my family to taste." Worker Su Xianchun excitedly showed reporters the gifts he bought for his family and said that this was the first time he had taken a special car home.
Sitting on the spacious seat of the special car, Zhang Qiankun from Dongming County, Heze, said to his family on a video phone: "Rest assured, I will be home in another 6 hours, and I will be able to eat a reunion dinner in the evening!" Xia Li, secretary of the party branch of the Jimo Central City project, is busy handing over the New Year gift packages containing Spring League and Fu characters to the hands of the workers one by one, she told reporters that through the special car to send the workers from the door of the construction site to the doorstep, so that the workers and their families and the project department can rest assured.
In order to ensure the safe and smooth return of workers, the main bus station strictly controls the vehicle load factor, rationally plans the operation route, avoids the known medium and high-risk areas on the way, conscientiously disinfects and ventilates the vehicles, and is equipped with disposable protective masks, 75% alcohol wipes and other epidemic prevention items; conducts body temperature detection, health code inspection, baggage safety inspection before departure, and purchases safety insurance for workers.
Escort the dream for eight thousand miles
Workers Daily-Zhonggong Network reporter Wu Duosi correspondent Ma Anne
"Go home!" On January 6, with the joy and excitement of returning home, Yang Hongyuan, who works at the Xianhe Oil Production Plant in Sinopec Shengli Oilfield, took flight SC2209 from Dongying, Shandong Province, to Karamay, Xinjiang. This is the first point-to-point charter flight between Karamay Airport and Dongying Airport in Xinjiang in 2022 to send migrant workers home for the Chinese New Year, and after a short pause, the plane carries personnel from Dongying to their hometowns after the end of work.
In the eyes of employees, the distance between Dongying and Karamay is nearly 4,000 kilometers, and each round trip is a real toss. "In the past, every time I went home, I had to take a 3 and a half hour car to Jinan, then take a plane from Jinan for more than 4 hours to Urumqi, and then take a car from Urumqi for more than 5 hours to get home, which was expensive and long." Yang Hongyuan said.
Limited by the long distance between the two places, workers have many difficulties in returning home, and this problem was finally solved in March 2020. "At that time, due to the impact of the epidemic, the employees who took over the shift could not arrive at work normally, and I was stranded in the unit for two months." Lei Hui, an employee of the Current River Oil Production Plant, said, "I can't get in, I can't get out, and the employees on both sides can only be in a hurry." ”
Just when everyone was distressed about not being able to return to Xinjiang and not being able to go home, Shengli Oilfield Xinchun Company and Xianhe Oil Production Plant, as Party A and Party B, contacted Shandong Airlines and reached a cooperation to plan and implement a direct flight from Dongying to Karamay. Since then, this special voyage has not only undertaken the normal pick-up and drop-off at a fixed time every month, but also become an important means of transportation for migrant workers to return home "point-to-point".
Before returning to his hometown, Lei Hui participated in the nucleic acid test organized by the company and received masks and other epidemic prevention materials. "The flight attendants will also guide us to register the information according to the epidemic prevention policy, and then check it again after we get to the ground." Lei Hui told reporters with a smile that charter flights to return home are not only cheap and convenient, but also at ease, allowing himself to achieve "eating at the unit in the morning and eating at home in the afternoon."
The train is full of homesickness
Workers Daily-China GongWang reporter Huang Shiqiang
"Two cans of eight treasure porridge, two bottles of mineral water, towels..." On the evening of January 15, in the "Chengxin Supermarket" of the industrial workers' apartment of the Shuijiang Tunnel Industrial Workers on the 5 Biaoshuijiang Tunnel on the Yuxiang Compound Line of the Fourth Bureau of China Railway, Wang Jian, a 35-year-old migrant worker, exchanged "safety points" for daily necessities while selecting "dry food" to eat on the way home, and his face was full of expectant smiles.
Stepping out of the supermarket, Wang Jian couldn't wait to video with his wife in his hometown of Tongcheng, Anhui. "I've already bought food on the road and I'll be home around 9pm tomorrow night." On the other end of the phone, his wife carefully instructed Wang Jian to rest early. After returning to the apartment, the workers quickly reminded Wang Jian to do a good job of nucleic acid testing, and he responded: "It has been done long ago, and it has been reported to the village in advance as required." ”
Wang Jian told reporters that the most anticipated by migrant workers is the Spring Festival, and this year's return to the hometown procedure is somewhat complicated, and it is necessary to have a nucleic acid test report and report in advance. "I went to the town's health center for nucleic acid testing, indicating that I was a worker of the Fourth Bureau of China Railway, and after the staff checked my identity information, they arranged the test without charging." Wang Jian was told that the testing fee was uniformly settled by the project department, and "the pride and satisfaction at that moment were particularly 'on top'."
At 6:40 a.m. the next morning, Wang Jian got up early to wash up, specially changed into clean and tidy clothes, took the worker's car to Chongqing Fuling to take a train, and planned to buy some toys for the children after going to Hefei, Anhui. At 10:41, Wang Jian's train pulled out of Fuling Station. On the way, he told reporters by phone that he also met several Tongcheng fellow villagers who were also working in Chongqing on the road, and from time to time there were attendants on the train to check the driving code and remind everyone to wear masks.
At 6:44 p.m., after the train arrived at Hefei South Railway Station, Wang Jian immediately boarded the high-speed train from Hefei to Tongcheng, and then transferred to a car to arrive home at 9:30 p.m. By this time, the wife and parents had prepared a sumptuous meal, and the two sons were expecting the toys that their father would bring back. The cold wind outside the house whistles, but it can't blow away the warmth and warmth inside the house.
Editor-in-charge: Zhu Yidan