The Chinese New Year is a happy festival to take stock of the harvest and share the joy, a beautiful festival to look forward to the future and seek common development, and a warm festival for family reunion and family joy. Starting today, this station will set up a column of "Walking to the Grassroots in the New Year" to organize reporters to go deep into the grassroots to conduct interviews, fully demonstrate the remarkable achievements made in the development of various industries in various parts of Guizhou, and vividly display the gratifying scene of the people in the province celebrating the Spring Festival in a happy and peaceful manner.
As the largest river in Guizhou, there are more than 130 cargo ships on the Wujiang River all year round, with nearly 500 crew members. These crew members are either post-70s and post-60s uncles, or post-90s or even post-00s. Why is there such an age difference? When the post-70s meet the post-00s, what kind of sparks will collide? The reporter looked for the accompaniment of the roaring engine and walked into the life of the people at the helm of the Wujiang River, looking up at the mountains, looking down at the water, and riding the wind and waves.
On the avionics 648 ship from Zunyi to Chongqing on the Wujiang River, this reporter met Tian Yongyu, captain of the avionics 648 ship of the Guizhou Wujiang Steamship Co., Ltd., and Tian Ziyang, an apprentice. This time, they carried 500 tons of basalt from Shawan Wharf in Yuqing Port District, Zunyi Port to Pengshui County, Chongqing City.
The two Tian masters had solemn faces, their eyes staring at the front, and their hands were holding the ship's rudder and control stick tightly. Captain Tian Yongyu issued instructions to his apprentice Tian Ziyang from time to time, "Steady, steady, pass, go to my side" He told reporters: "This section is a natural river, and in front of it is a 'ghost rubbing road', which is very complicated, with many reefs, great bends, and difficult to operate." This means that the slightest carelessness can lead to breakage and breakage of the hull. The master and apprentice worked together, and finally passed this section without danger.
Although it has been less than 9 months since they sailed together, Master Oda and Master Lao Tian have already cooperated quite tacitly. Tian Yongyu said: "When he doesn't do well, he is often yelled at by me. But Tian Ziyang understood this.
The reason why Lao Tian is so strict with this apprentice is because they are not only master and apprentice, but also father and son.
Wujiang River is one of the eight major tributaries of the Yangtze River, in the 70s and 80s of the last century, Wujiang River was the most convenient and economical mode of transportation in Guizhou, known as the golden waterway. Tian Yongyu recalled that era and couldn't help but tell reporters: "That array was very brilliant, and it was really difficult to enter (this) unit, too difficult." We can get 40 or 50 yuan a month, and we can only get 30 yuan for other jobs on the shore. At that time (as long as it was from our company) it was easy to find a girlfriend. ”
However, at the beginning of the 20th century, due to the construction of cascade hydropower stations, the golden waterway Wujiang River was cut off. Most of the crew members either changed careers or went to the Yangtze River and other river basins to sail. In 2021, through the construction of hydropower hub navigation facilities and dam turning transportation system projects, the Wujiang River will once again realize the northward flow into the Yangtze River. The adrift crew members have returned to Wujiang, and Tian Yongyu is one of them.
However, after 20 years of sailing, Wujiang shipping has not been accepted. The old captains are all over half a hundred years old, so who will hand over the baton of Wujiang shipping? In this regard, Lao Tian insisted on taking his son on the Wujiang River despite the opposition of the whole family. In order to be able to teach his son personally, he applied for the captain's certificate only when he was first Chinese and was about to become a flower. Lao Tian said that he was born in Wujiang, grew up eating Wujiang water, and has a lot of affection for it. Therefore, Lao Tian hopes that his son can also serve Wujiang more.
Even though he was reluctant at first, seeing his father's sincerity, Tian Ziyang still started his life as a crew in a down-to-earth manner, and passed the ship's second-class pilot test in only 4 months.
The company of his son made Tian Yongyu feel very happy. He told reporters that he and his son are not only father and son, but also master and apprentice, and comrades-in-arms. This kind of fate is wonderful.
After 20 years, the father and son have witnessed the great changes in hardware and software while sailing on the Wujiang River. Tian Yongyu said that in the past, it was all about eyes and sailing experience, but now there are a lot of navigational aids, radar, AIS, sounder, and satellite navigation (GPS) to ensure the safe navigation of ships. In the past, when you passed the gate, you had to call to make an appointment first, which was very inconvenient. Now, according to the itinerary plan, you can fill in the gate declaration plan in advance through the mobile APP, which is much more convenient than before.
25-year-old Wu Jun was admitted to Wujiang Steamship Company with Tian Ziyang, and now, he is the apprentice of Gong Guihong, a crew member of Avionics 648. Four people, two pairs of master and apprentice, piloted the avionics 648 together. The old captain is very good at navigating the new cargo ship, but the old master and the new apprentice are not so smooth and silky. The age gap and the generation gap in ideology will inevitably produce some small episodes between the old and the new.
That said, young people have more respect for these shipping seniors from the heart. The age difference between the father and the son also allowed them to gain the same affection as the father and the son.
Avionics 648 passed through Tian Yongyu's home along the river county. Resting on the shore at night, Tian Yongyu and his son Tian Ziyang just went home to have a look. Tian Yongyu's wife, Yang Yaling, had already prepared a meal, and the family finally had the first reunion dinner of the New Year.
For Yang Yaling, the health of the whole family is her biggest New Year's resolution. As a wife, she was worried about her husband's cold on the ship, so she prepared a new down jacket for him, wearing the New Year's gift prepared by his wife, Lao Tian smiled from ear to ear, and as a mother, she also hoped that her son could make more progress and the two young children on the ship could settle down as soon as possible.
After sleeping at home for one night, at dawn the next day, the Tian family father and son took new clothes and snacks and set out on the trip again. Back on the boat, the Wujiang helmsman began to set sail again.
Source: Dongjing Guizhou