On the evening of February 3, Huaihua ushered in cooling and snowfall. Heavy snow mixed with freezing rain, and in less than an hour, everything on the earth was covered with thick "ice armor". The superposition of ice and snow on the Spring Festival brings severe challenges to the safe and smooth flow of the expressway in the Spring Festival.
However, in order to meet this ice and snow, there is a group of people who stick to the front line, rush to the front line, face the wind and snow, fight the severe cold, and keep the flow of the road, writing a "warm heart" story in the ice and snow, bringing warmth to the people returning home on the ice and snow road.
Three braziers
On the evening of February 3, due to the impact of freezing bad weather, a bus from Fujian to Guizhou was stranded in the Wulangxi toll station square of Zhitong Expressway, carrying 46 returning passengers, including elderly people and children. It was late at night, the temperature was as low as -2°C, and the sky was still covered with snow and freezing rain.
(Three braziers)
The Golangxi Toll Gate is a small station with no accommodation facilities, only a small duty room. The toll station staff immediately placed more than 10 passengers such as the elderly and children in the duty room to rest, and then placed more than 20 passengers in the parking shed.
Although the parking shed can shelter from the rain and snow, the cold night below zero is difficult. In order to solve the heating problem of the drivers and passengers, the staff close to home brought braziers and charcoal from their homes. After a while, three braziers were lit, and the passengers sat together, the red charcoal fire exuded a strong warmth, dispelling the cold and gradually calming down the worried hearts of the passengers. The wind and snow outside the shed did not stop, the charcoal fire in the shed was lit, the staff came from time to time to add carbon, deliver drinking water and instant noodles, and the passengers spent a night of "cold outside and hot inside" by the three braziers.
At 13 o'clock on February 4, the temporary traffic control at the Wulangxi toll station was lifted, and all stranded passengers resumed their journey. "Thank you, it was definitely the warmest night I've ever had, the warmest fire I've ever had!" they thanked the staff as they left.
"Street Lamp Mom"
"I took a picture of my baby and the 'street lamp mom' and told him this heartwarming story when I grew up. At noon on February 4, the temporary traffic control at the Huaihua West Toll Station was lifted, and Mr. Feng's family, who returned to his hometown in Sichuan from Hengyang, submitted a request to the "Street Light" volunteers to take a group photo.
It turned out that Mr. Feng's family was stranded in the Huaihua West Toll Station Square due to bad weather, and the "Street Lamp" volunteers placed them in the conference room of the toll station. Their 6-month-old baby suddenly howled and cried, and no matter how much they soothed, they were overwhelmed but helpless.
"Ah, it's so cute, is it okay to let Auntie hug me?" At this time, Peng Xiaoqun, a volunteer of "Street Light" who was guiding the stranded driver, heard the crying and walked over and said to Mr. and Mrs. Feng, "I am a mother of two children, let me try." ”
After Peng Xiaoqun took the baby, he took the family to another office, held the baby and coaxed it for a while, and the baby really stopped crying. The husband and wife were very surprised and hurriedly asked Peng Xiaoqun for advice. "Maybe there are too many people in the conference room, the air is not good and noisy, and the baby must be uncomfortable. "They were exchanging experiences and teasing the baby, and after a while the baby was laughing. "You are so gentle and patient, no wonder the baby is so close to you. "The baby is fine, and Mr. and Mrs. Feng are also happy.
Seeing that Peng Xiaoqun and the baby got along so well, Mr. Feng immediately proposed the idea of taking a photo with them, and gave Peng Xiaoqun a loving name - "Street Lamp Mother".
("Street Light Mother" Peng Xiaoqun and the baby)
Heart-warming "Staff Meal"
On February 4, the highway in Huaihua was affected by bad weather, and the toll station was temporarily controlled. The toll stations of Huaihua Branch of Hunan High-speed Group thought about what they wanted, provided them with ginger tea to ward off the cold, and prepared "staff meals" to send them "warmth on the tip of the tongue".
At the Xihuangshan toll station, more than 200 stranded drivers and passengers lined up in an orderly manner in the canteen of the toll station, and the staff distributed dishes and chopsticks and cooked noodles for them. Considering that everyone's tastes are different, the staff thoughtfully fried two yards of stir-fried meat with green peppers and sour bean meat foam, and the driver and crew can season it according to their preferences.
For drivers and passengers who don't like to eat noodles, the staff also prepared steamed buns, eggs, and pork ribs and kelp soup. "Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Looking at such a thoughtfully prepared food, Ms. Liu from Tongren, Guizhou Province, gave a thumbs up again and again.
(Stranded people queue up in the toll booth canteen to serve meals)
At the Huaihua West Toll Station, the staff placed more than 20 drivers and passengers stranded at the scene in the conference room. At lunchtime, the staff served them a hot meal. "This braised beef brisket is so delicious, it's not worse than my mother's cooking. Li from Guangxi Vocational College of Economics was full of praise while feasting.
The ice and snow on the edge of the New Year's Pass erased the colors of the earth, and the contrast was the firm figure of the Huaihua high-speed people's "snow" fighting, stirring up the snow, melting the ice and snow with the "high-speed temperature", and warming the way home of a group of people.
(Huaihua Daily all-media reporter Zhang Zhuo, Pan Yu, correspondent Su Cuicai, Shu Shan, Yang Jing, Peng Dandan, Liang Dan)