I have been talking to An Lan almost every day these days, and she told me that her place has also begun to implement lockdown management. Unless there is something particularly important, she is not allowed to leave the community.
The same is true here, everyone is working together to win this battle.
However, due to the lockdown, there has been a shortage of many supplies, the most serious of which is food.
The volunteer group has been sending messages asking if anyone is willing to help deliver food to citizens, because the current situation is getting more and more serious, and many people are afraid to volunteer anymore.
An Lan told me that they are now isolated in the community, and volunteers deliver food every day.
So when I saw someone in the group posting this message, I almost didn’t hesitate and contacted the manager and told him I could go.
It’s not that I’m not afraid, and it’s not that I want to show off, but someone has to stand up.
All the food is arranged, and volunteers only need to deliver the food to the designated location without coming into contact with anyone throughout the process.
In addition to delivering food, he also occasionally helps with running errands and so on.
I think this can be more fulfilling, which is better than being locked up in a hotel all the time.
I did this work in the next few days, and I was very fulfilled every day. At the same time, I was also waiting for the day when the lockdown was lifted.
That night, after my last delivery, I went back to the hotel and bought a box of lunch and sat on the roadside to eat it.
Suddenly an Audi A4 stopped in front of me, and then the window opened. I subconsciously looked at the people sitting in the car.
She was a woman, and she looked familiar. If I thought about it carefully, wasn't it the Audi A4 that I accidentally hit that day?
She seemed to recognize me too, no, she probably recognized the car I was driving.
When I met her, I was wearing protective clothing, and she had no idea what I looked like.
She looked at me and asked me, "Is this car yours?"
Sure enough, he recognized the car I hit him with. I nodded and said, "What a coincidence, we met here again."
"It looks familiar to me, why are you sitting here eating?"
"It doesn't matter where you eat, has your car been repaired?"
"Okay." She nodded, looked at me again, and asked, "Are you a volunteer?"
Because I was wearing a volunteer vest, you could tell at a glance, so I immediately nodded and replied, "What? Do you need help?"
"Can I join you?"
I smiled and said, "At this time, it's too late for others to hide. Do you still want to join?"
"Is there any problem? I just don't know where to join. I just saw you sitting on the roadside wearing a volunteer vest from afar. I came over to take a look. I didn't expect it was you."
"Being a volunteer is very hard! There are not many girls in our entire volunteer group."
"You look down on me, don't you? I'm telling you, I'm going to be a volunteer."
"Do you want to take this opportunity to take a photo so that you can show it off to your friends? If so, I can lend you my vest for a photo."
I don’t know why, but I never have a good impression of this woman. Maybe it’s because the words she said to me during that car accident were too specific.
She glanced at me and said, "Why are you talking? Who wants to take pictures and show off?"
I ignored her and continued eating.
She got out of the car, and even though she was wearing a mask, I hurriedly said to her: "Don't come over, stay away from me, I'm eating."
She stopped, at least three or four meters away from me, and said to me: "If you know how to join as a volunteer, just tell me, I really want to join."
"No problem, we are short of people right now, but can I ask why?"
"Need a reason?"
"No, I just want to know why you want to be a volunteer."
She then said to me: "My dad was saved by a volunteer. He had a heart attack and was sent to the hospital. He was later diagnosed with the disease."
I was stunned for a moment, thinking how could it be so familiar? It couldn't be such a coincidence, right?
She continued: "My dad is still receiving treatment in the hospital. My dad said that he was very grateful to a volunteer because he couldn't get a taxi at the time. It was a volunteer who took him to the hospital and he was not there at that time.
Knowing that I was infected might have harmed the volunteer, so I wanted to be a volunteer."
After hearing what she said, I was basically certain that the volunteer she was talking about was probably me.
What a coincidence. I really didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.
Could it be that she was in a hurry that day just to go to the hospital to see her father?
Of course I didn't tell her that the volunteer I was talking about was me.
I was silent for a while and then said to her: "Well, you can add my WeChat account and I will add you to the group and tell you how to join as a volunteer."
Then, I told her our WeChat ID.
After she was added, I invited her to join the group chat.
In the group, I explained the situation to the administrator and obtained the administrator's consent.
Then I said to her: "Okay, tomorrow you can go to the location posted in the group to pick up the task, but I have to tell you, it's really hard."
"I'll say it again, I'm not afraid of hard work."
After saying that, she returned to the car and drove away.
I looked at the tail lights of her car going away and smiled unnaturally.
After finishing my lunch, I drove back to the hotel. After washing, I lay on the bed and chatted with An Lan again.
I would share with her some of what I saw and heard every day, and she would also tell me how she lived every day.
It's like we are in a long-distance relationship, but we both miss each other very much.
I asked someone about the lifting of the lockdown, and they said they didn't know the specific time, so I guess I'd have to wait.
However, this sudden crisis has affected many cities across the country, including Chengdu, and all companies have suspended work and production.
This is an unprecedented impact on all companies. When this crisis passes, many companies will definitely be severely affected or even go bankrupt as a result!
This is no exaggeration. Gao Sheng also reported to me the situation of Yuanfeng Group in recent days.
All industries under the group have ceased production, including export trade and new energy industries.
This loss is immeasurable, because the livelihood of more than a thousand people in the group must continue to be maintained, and this amount of money is unimaginable.
Although the logistics company has been operating, it is all a public welfare operation. If there is no income, you have to subsidize the gas money yourself.
But it doesn't matter, as long as we can win this battle, it won't be a problem even if we start over.
When I went to pick up the day's volunteer assignment the next day, I didn't expect that the woman driving the Audi A4 was actually here.
She and I were actually assigned to a group because I was the one who brought her into the group, and the administrator asked me to bring her along.
I thought she wouldn't be able to stand it for long and would quit, but at the end of the whole day, not only did she not complain that she was tired, she actually worked harder than me.
And she hardly looked at her phone for the whole day, let alone took photos and posted them on Moments.
Today's task was completed quickly. When I was about to go back to the hotel, she stopped me.
"Hey, are you going to eat lunch again?"
"if not?"
"Go to my house. I'm alone anyway. I'll treat you to food."