My happy times
Text/Yang Xusheng
I am a bus swipe card machine, some people say, because of my existence has greatly improved the service level of bus operation, convenient for the public to travel, save manpower, reduce operating costs.
In my own opinion, I am an inconspicuous, everyone who gets on the bus will report to me, take the bus card to greet me, and I will only "drip, drip" call, or say "Jilin Tong" or "old age card" and other perfunctory them, my work is simple, repetitive, procedural. Sometimes, I think, "The designer who made us must be a rigorous, unsmiling person, how good it would be to design more colorful and beautiful sounds!" ”
Every morning, I watch people in a hurry, happy or worried, from the grandfather and grandmother who rush to the morning market, from the sleepy-eyed students carrying school bags to school, to the manual workers carrying silk bags of small tools, and the young men and women carrying briefcases...
In the evening, there are three or three or two shopping mall workers who leave work, they tell the wonderful experience of the day, or imagine the plan after arriving home, and some are nagging their children's learning, calculating the amount of money they need to spend this month.
I see them almost every day, at the same site, at the same time, either simply leaning on a chair for a nap or chatting endlessly about the same story. Occasionally, there are male and female students who study for the next night, sitting quietly in the inconspicuous back seat, snuggling up to each other, chatting intimately about something, slowly enjoying the good time of solitude, they look forward to the car walking slowly, but also looking forward to a better future.
I am often irritated by the monotony of work, and I am also rejoiced by a casual greeting (even if it is a greeting to the driver), in fact, don't think that I am just a machine, I also have joys and sorrows, there are happy, depressed, and sad, no matter what, the work must be done well, and the days must continue!
The drivers I work with are three men and two women who drive in shifts. My favorite is Guo Fat Brother, he is in his fifties, short and fat figure, big belly, bald brain, he is very kind, laughing every day, he always has a sentence on his mouth" "That's not a thing." He drives steadily, his mouth is sweet, when he stops and waits for guests, his mouth will keep "uncle, big mother" "beautiful woman, handsome man" shouting, often take the car to catch the morning market of the big aunt and uncle always chat with him non-stop, and Guo Fat brother will not chat seriously with the big mother, he has to concentrate on driving, to ensure everyone's safety, just occasionally hippie smiley face interaction, even so, get a reply to the big mom and uncle is also extremely excited.
Guo FatGe is the star driver in the team, and has also received pennants and commendations! One day last year, at about eight o'clock in the morning, a young pregnant woman with a big belly came up from the Jianshe Street site, wearing a cartoon image of maternity clothes, she held a bag of french fries in her left hand, chatted with her mobile phone WeChat in her right hand, chatted endlessly with others about something, squeezed into the car with difficulty, and when she used the mobile phone payment system to "brush my face", I was worried about her, thinking: "The children are about to be born, and they are still out." ”
Guo FatGe kindly reminded: "Which one gives a seat to a beautiful woman, focus on protecting it!" Everyone's eyes converged, and someone quickly gave up their seats. The pregnant woman glared at Guo Fat Brother fiercely, and after sitting down, she raised her voice and shouted: "Drive your car well, more donkeys." Brother Guo Fat still smiled and reminded everyone: "Everyone sit well and hold steady, my donkey cart is going to run!" This caused the passengers in the car to laugh.
After about five minutes of driving, the pregnant woman suddenly screamed and cried "pain", and the potato chips were scattered on the ground. A middle-aged passenger next to him shouted: "Pregnant women have broken amniotic fluid, hurry up and send them to the hospital." Guo FatGe judged the situation, opened the double flash at the first time, and kept pressing the horn to drive towards the nearest children's hospital. The bus team also informed the traffic police for the first time, escorted by the police car, in less than ten minutes, the pregnant woman was sent to the hospital, and the mother and child were safe.
Afterwards, the family of the pregnant woman sent a thank-you pennant to Guo Fatge, and the motorcade called on everyone to learn from Guo Fatge. During that time, Guo FatGe was full of energy every day, and I even saw him stealing pleasure in the mirror a few times. It was from that incident that Guo Fat Brother became my idol and was willing to go out with him every day!
The driver of the convoy, Big Brother Zhu, has a bad temper, and every day he has a bitter melon face, he often has small conflicts with passengers, and he is not happy to go out of the car with him, especially the contradiction with the old lady, which makes me still have palpitations.
One day in August last year, two old ladies swiped the "old age card" to ride for free, and just got on the bus and complained: "The tickets have risen to two yuan, and the air conditioner is not turned on, it is too hot!" Immediately, one of the old ladies actually took off her shoes, and everyone covered their noses and dodged to the side. Brother Zhu advised him to put on his shoes and speak more directly, but I don't think there was a bad attitude. The two old ladies did not do it at that time, pointing at the nose of Brother Zhu and began to accuse, the old lady who took off her shoes kicked at my body, fortunately, some passengers promptly persuaded to stop the excessive behavior. And I was kicked for no reason, and I was in a bad mood! At that time, I was thinking: "If it is Guo Fat Brother, this will definitely not happen." ”
Liu Jie is the driver with the longest working hours in the team, experienced, usually informal, "not angry" in the team, no one has ever joked with him, and working with her always feels a little depressed.
Last year, near the end of the day on New Year's Day, there were only three or four passengers in the car, the world outside the car was cold and windy, from time to time there was a lot of small green snow splashed on the window, from Xi'an Bridge Station came up an old lady, she was slightly thin, with a dark scarf on her head, carrying a plastic bag full of fabrics and other things in her left hand, she looked slightly nervous when she swiped the old age card, I clearly saw that she seemed to want to say something to Sister Liu, but after hesitating for a moment, she went straight to the back, then crouched down, stood up again in less than two minutes, and then squatted down, The cycle repeats for about ten minutes.
The bus drove to Chongzhi Street Station, and only the big lady in the back row was left. Sister Liu pulled over the car and turned around and walked to the back of the car, and on the winter night near ten o'clock in the evening, my heart was full of throat eyes, afraid that something would happen. Sister Liu moved to the back row, greeting her mouth: "Big sister, what are you doing, do you need help?" ”
The scarf lady stood up twistedly, as if she were deliberately hiding what she was holding—the thread and a needle wearing a thread, like a child who had done something wrong. Sister Liu suddenly understood! It turned out that the scarf lady's homemade cotton cushion was being installed for the seat of this bus.
Later, the Jilin City Channel reported this incident, and the tall image of the scarf lady always haunted my heart, touching and inspiring me at all times.
For several years, as a member of the team, I have to experience all kinds of people every day, encounter a variety of things, there are joys and sorrows, there are disappointments and hopes, but I never give up, insist on doing every ordinary job well, and do my best to serve the people is my happiest and happiest thing, because I love this beautiful and happy city.
About the Author:
Yang Xusheng, born in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is a demobilized cadre of the army, likes literature, and is willing to make friends with literature and write a beautiful life.
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