In the blink of an eye, a year has passed since the unsealing of Wuhan on April 8 last year.
This heroic city was reborn, people's lives gradually returned to their former appearance, and the economy recovered and grew.
But looking back at the suffering that Wuhan has experienced, people still can't help but cry, and the ravages of the epidemic have changed the lives of everyone here.
Too many people to remember, too many things to worry about, put together, compose you and I about the common memory of the fight against the epidemic.
Among them, there is a loyal dog named "Little Dog",
It was forced to wander during the epidemic and was dependent on Zhang Lianhao, an engineer who stayed in Wuhan.
Today, we will tell its story.....
(Screenshot of the video in this article, from director Zhou Hao's documentary "Wuhan Factory")
Zhang Lianhao, who has passed the age of confusion, was originally from Tianjin, and for work reasons, he was dispatched to Wuhan to work as a product engineering manager at Lenovo's Wuhan factory, and he lived alone in a rented house far from his family.
Zhang Lianhao
In January 2020, Zhang Lianhao took the high-speed rail back to Tianjin for the Chinese New Year.
At that time, the new crown virus had quietly spread among the people.
Unfortunately, zhang Lianhao's carriage was also infected, so he was quickly isolated by the "close contact".
Fortunately, Zhang Lianhao himself was not in serious trouble.
Next, however, he made a big decision: "retrograde" back to Wuhan.
His Lenovo Wuhan factory, which is Lenovo's largest own factory, can be described as "pulling the whole body" after the shutdown in January. At that time, for every extra day of work stoppage, it would lose about 100 million yuan.
Therefore, he chose to return to Wuhan to help the factory carry out anti-epidemic work and revitalize production.
It was from this time that he became acquainted with the "little dog".
Zhang Lianhao's rented house is just opposite the factory, and it is only a 10-minute walk from home to the office.
After the lockdown, he found that there were some strange stray dogs in the community, which were very affectionate and clean, and some of them still had collars around their necks.
The most conspicuous of these is a small yellow dog.
In the words of Zhang Lianhao, it is very "food protection", every time it is fed, it is the most positive one, if there are other dogs next to it to grab food, it will relentlessly scare them away....
This little yellow dog is the "little dog", and Zhang Lianhao improvised to give it a name.
"Little dog" is particularly well-behaved, often put the front paws on the body of the person to spoil, it is also very humane, the instructions can basically be understood, Zhang Lianhao thought, this is probably a domestic dog separated from the owner because of the epidemic.
Since feeding it once, the "little dog" has "lai" Zhang Lianhao.
Every morning and evening, at a fixed time, the "little dog" waited for Zhang Lianhao's appearance at the entrance of the community and the door of the factory, escorted him to and from work, and accompanied him to work for 10 minutes.
A bit of a loyal dog Hachiko feeling.
In February, Wuhan was empty, and the streets of the past were now cold and silent, and Zhang Lianhao, who lived alone, inevitably felt lonely and afraid.
But the appearance of the "puppy" eased his mood, every day to work and commute with this little guy, the days became less difficult....
And the "little dog" also believes that Zhang Lianhao is its new owner. After one time, the "little dog" followed Zhang Lianhao all the way into the apartment door, and cleverly sat on the elevator, looking like he would go home with him.
But he hesitated, but still took the "puppy" out and did not let it into the house.
Although Yu can't bear it, Zhang Lianhao does have his own concerns: his house is rented. Not sure if the landlord agrees. At the same time, because I live alone, the time after work is not fixed, and I may not be able to take good care of it. It's better to let it stay outside, and there are some well-meaning people feeding it.
The "little dog" also understood Zhang Lianhao's meaning, no longer forced to go home with him, but only waited for his appearance at a fixed place every day...
Enjoy the time when the two accompany each other on the way to and from work every day.
One day after returning from work, Zhang Lianhao could not see its figure in the place where the "little dog" often haunted, he was a little anxious, how to blink his eyes, he found that this guy was lazily lying next to the flower bed in the community.
Hearing Zhang Lianhao's voice, the "little dog" suddenly stood up, turned around, and immediately ran to his side, and the security guards on the side were surprised: "Hey, this dog actually knows you?!" ”
Zhang Lianhao's tone couldn't stop being proud, saying, "Of course, I feed it every day!" ”
Every day after Zhang Lianhao got off work, he had to chase after me with the "little dog" and play in the community for a while.
The inseparable farewell moment is coming again, and the "little dog" chased all the way to the door of Zhang Lianhao's building, knowing that he could not go in, so he watched Zhang Lianhao go home outside the glass door.
During the period, the neighbors came in and out, the door was opened several times, and the "little dog" obediently stayed outside the door, and did not take the opportunity to come forward.
A man and a dog just looked at each other through the glass door, and no one could bear to leave first.
Zhang Lianhao understands that the "little dog" needs a home that can be relied on, leaving it alone outside, his heart is very unpleasant....
After waving goodbye over and over again, Zhang Lianhao finally went upstairs and disappeared into the vision of the "little dog", and after a silent stop outside the door for a while, the "little dog" left, not knowing where to run.....
Slowly, the "little dog" has become famous in this area, this person and a dog have also become a landscape that the local people wait for every day, the community security understands their relationship, every time they come back from work, the security will take the initiative to tell Zhang Lianhao where the "little dog" is.
Throughout March 2020, Zhang Lianhao, as a member of the factory's "Return to Hanban", undertook the heavy responsibility of bringing 6,800 employees back to Wuhan. In Wuhan, which is still in a state of lockdown, the only way to do it is to point-to-point cars. In the space of 12 days, more than 400 shuttles are arranged, and lists of pick-ups along the way are arranged, routes.
To this end, Zhang Lianhao was busy and experienced multiple pressures.
Under such multiple pressures, the "little dog" helped Zhang Lianhao a lot.
After working every day and playing with the dog for a while, this tension and stress will be much relieved.
Time flies fast, the winter haze never returns, people take off their heavy coats,
Wuhan has finally waited to understand the date of the seal,
However, the day after the unsealing, the "puppy" disappeared.....
Zhang Lianhao searched all over the places where "puppies" often haunted, and also asked colleagues and security, but no one had ever seen it again.
He guessed that the "little dog" may have been picked up by the original owner, or may have found a new home.
His heart was empty....
After the unsealing, there are many fewer stray dogs in the community, and the four or five stray dogs that Zhang Lianhao was originally familiar with are now tied to the rope again and enter and exit with the owner.
But among them, there is no "little dog" figure, its age is not small, if it can not return to his side, Zhang Lianhao's only expectation is that it can have a stable and happy rest of life.
Now, a year has passed since the unsealing unconsciously. In front of the door of Lenovo's Wuhan factory, there is no longer the figure of this person and a dog.
However, Zhang Lianhao saw a photo of himself and the "little dog" last year at the anti-epidemic commemorative film festival held in the factory area. Suddenly, the memories of last year's 2 months of companionship suddenly poured up.
Now Zhang Lianhao has developed a habit of recognizing whether he is his "little dog" every time he sees a dog on the road.
A year has passed, Zhang Lianhao is still thinking about it....
He wrote in his diary:
"Sometimes I wonder if one day he and the puppy will actually meet again. When he heard me call him "Puppy," his eyes lit up and he ran toward me. ”
Looking back at the early days of the epidemic, on the streets of the lockdown, a man and a dog looked at the empty city alone, and I really don't know whether it magnified loneliness or showed the friendship between people and animals.
The dog will accompany us when people are the loneliest, but also can read our mood, feel our emotions, it will stare back at your childishness and its statements, and will also play with you when you are happy, and the relationship between people and dogs is simple but beautiful.
A hint of chance, a companionship, an emotion, although separated, I hope it will be spoiled, and eventually someone will love. ”