In the morning, the Agricultural and Sideline Products Distribution Center on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on the outskirts of Xining City has long been bustling with traffic and goods. Truckloads of fresh vegetables such as potatoes and cabbages from other places were loaded, weighed, loaded and transported to Xining City, which is being hit by the epidemic.
Since October 28, Xining City, Qinghai Province, has successively added a number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Under the influence of the epidemic, including Xining, whether the supply of vegetables and other materials in various places is sufficient and whether the price of vegetables is stable has become the focus of public attention.
This is the Agricultural and Sideline Products Distribution Center on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and workers are carrying freight boxes containing vegetables. (Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Li Ning)
The Agricultural and Sideline Products Distribution Center on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has an average of about 1,800 tons of vegetables entering and selling every day, and is the main wholesale vegetable supply market on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. On the afternoon of October 31, after scanning the code and showing the nucleic acid test report, the truck driver Gao Jingchun pulled a truckload of 30 tons of potatoes from Ordos, Inner Mongolia, to the distribution center.
"Before I left, I heard about the outbreak in Xining, so I rotated with my companions and tried to arrive as early as possible." Gao Jingchun, who looked tired, said that he had driven more than 1,000 kilometers all the way, and in addition to nucleic acid testing, refueling, and going to the toilet, they basically did not get off the car.
On November 1, Xining citizens bought potatoes at the Pengfa Smart Farmers Market. (Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Li Ning)
Hu Chunli, the wholesaler who received this batch of potatoes, has been engaged in the vegetable business for nearly 30 years and is a well-known "big household" in the distribution center. Hu Chunli said that in October, the supply of local vegetables in Qinghai is very small, mainly relying on external purchases. Affected by flood disasters in many places, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, the price of vegetables in various places has generally risen.
Potatoes, which can be made into dishes and as a staple food, are one of the most popular foods on the table of the masses in the Northwest Region. The price of potatoes has also become the most direct "pointer" for local people to feel the price change.
Two weeks ago, Hu Chunli contacted dealers in Gansu, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. Due to the tight supply everywhere, Hu Chunli asked a circle of old acquaintances, only to ask for two more truckloads of potatoes, "the market is looking for sources in many ways, xining potato wholesale price in these days has gradually dropped to about 1.2 yuan per kilogram."
On the morning of November 1, Yin Xinjian, who runs a vegetable stall at the Pengfa Smart Farmers' Market in Chengxi District, Xining City, drove a small truck to the Agricultural and Sideline Products Distribution Center on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 9 kilometers away to buy goods. These days, he deliberately bought more potatoes, "potatoes are good to make tubes full, but also durable, but also emergency, I will buy 60 pounds more today." ”
On November 1, Yin Xinjian sorted potatoes at his stall. (Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Li Ning)
"At the beginning of the epidemic, everyone was inevitably nervous, often buying more vegetables and fruits to reserve, bringing obvious price fluctuations." In the past two days, due to the abundant supply, the price of vegetables has come down. Yin Xinjian said that during the special period of the epidemic, the price of vegetables is added to the transportation of oil and booth rent, sold at cost prices, "everyone tides over the difficulties together, money, and then slowly earn."
At Yin's newly built stall, a pile of selected potatoes and cabbage was sorted and put into a freight box marked "Xinghai Road". The vegetables were purchased by the local government and transported to the sealed Xinghai Road street in Xining City.
According to statistics, since October 28, pengfa smart farmers market merchants have shipped more than 1,000 daily necessities to Xinghai Road, of which the supply of potatoes is nearly two tons.
"There are 19 buildings in our street that have been sealed and controlled, and vegetables are uniformly transported to the entrance of the buildings, and community workers and volunteers deliver them door to door." Song Liying, deputy director of the Xinghai Road Street Office, introduced that it is fully sealed and controlled, people do not leave their homes, and daily necessities are delivered every two days.
On November 1, community workers and volunteers in Xinghai Road Street in Xining City were distributing daily necessities. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
Receiving a WeChat notification, Deng Peixian, a 71-year-old resident who lives at No. 10 Xinghai Road, opened the door and picked up the kit at the door. "4 potatoes, a piece of pork, and eggs, cucumbers, bamboo shoots..." Seeing these meat dishes, Deng Peixian felt at ease, "Although it is sealed and isolated, but eating and drinking are guaranteed, tonight you can also make a wife's favorite potato braised pork." ”
Under the influence of the epidemic, potatoes have entered thousands of households in the urban area, which is inseparable from the efforts of all links, and it also condenses the firm confidence of the people to work together to overcome difficulties...
Reporter: Li Ning Xie Tongqiang
Source: Xinhua News Agency