No more sleep will have an accident, xiao hongbing thought," hit me is their own business, hit others on the harm." "
He`s been driving at high speed for seven days and seven nights, and he`s only had one hour and 40 minutes off in the last two nights. He found a spacious emergency parking belt and went to sleep. As if only a squint of kung fu, there was a very close knock on the door. Outside the car stood traffic police, who found himself sleeping for more than three hours, the longest he had ever slept in a few days.
The police came up and asked," Where are you going, gay? "
——" I`ll go back to Hubei. "
"Why rest in the emergency lane? "
——" I`m so tired. "
In the widely - circulated video, Xiao Hongbing`s eyes were swollen.
These days, he drove his car from high-speed to national highway, to provincial and county roads, and finally to high-speed, every step was forced; from sichuan to shaanxi, and from shaanxi to hubei, the whole journey was empty; navigation around, confused xiao hongbing found himself reversed, he began the direction to shaanxi.
The 50-year-old man was almost out of ammunition, leaving a few boxes of instant noodles and several packets of milk.
The E-M`s car suffered numerous discriminations and deportations, but it was also his only home.
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This is a 4-meter-high light truck with a red front and a green rainproof cloth. Like all trucks at high speed, it carries goods from north to south for more than one dollar per kilometer, running at least five or six hundred kilometers a day and earning five or six thousand dollars a month, enough for a small city family.
But from January 7, the car had been "drifting" all the way on the highway for more than 20 days, the road ahead was blocked, and the door behind the foreign land was closed. Everything, just because the license plate of this car, E M 3 B 350.
This is a car from the epidemic area, the driver is 50 years old Xiao Hongbing, from Tianmen, Hubei Province.
Xiao Hongbing and his car
January 7, the epidemic has not been surging, Xiao Hongbing want to take advantage of a few more years ago. An epidemic to all pressed the pause button, but in the highway Xiao Hongbing, but no longer have a way, easy to stop.
From last October running van, Xiao Hongbing`s daily life cannot be separated from the light truck and the stretch of the highway. A run for two days, a dozen times a month, from one city to another, hungry noodles ham pipe full, thirsty drink mineral water, tired in the car to take a nap, a few days to find a small city hotel, shower, change clothes, continue on the road.
The truck stuck in the highway
Short gap, xiao hongbing navigation destination to Jingzhou, hubei, that is the only place he has to go home, this should also be his most relaxed journey, watching the number in the navigation from thousands of kilometers to hundreds to dozens, will always be full of energy; more often, he will pick up some orders near hubei, so that not only can deliver goods, but also by the way, row.
The family has old people and children, only he a labor force, Xiao Hongbing dare not easily stop. On January 7, Xiao Hongbing received a delivery order to Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, he set out from Jingmen, more than 800 kilometers away, a day and night enough. According to the past sports car habits, he ran Guizhou, Xiangtan, back to Yiwu, and then to Shenzhen, Fuzhou.
Truck driver sleeping
Usually on the road, mobile phone on navigation, rest time is only a short squint, Xiao Hongbing rarely pay attention to the news, he vaguely heard the family call, said that Wuhan appeared respiratory diseases, many people do not go that way.
Xiao Hongbing thought, I am not in Wuhan. Near the Spring Festival, he wanted to run Fuzhou`s list to go home for the New Year, but some boss added 200 yuan, want to let him go to Sichuan`s urgent work, the time is still in time, Xiao Hongbing agreed. The boss gave him more than a dozen masks and stuffed him with a can of red bull and some gloves.
On the day of Sichuan, it was New Year`s Day, and Xiao Hongbing felt something was wrong. He ran so long that he first saw the police and the men in protective clothing at high speed. There were not many cars on the road. Everyone was wearing a mask. He took out the mask from the boss and asked about it.
Sichuan Ganzi epidemic checkpoint
It turned out that Wuhan Fengcheng, many high-speed began to strictly control foreign vehicles, especially, his car also from the sensitive Hubei. After entering Sichuan, the police came before they had finished unloading the goods. Xiao Hongbing kept the high-speed invoice along the way, he explained, I did not come from Hubei.
The police looked at the papers and asked for information. They told him to take care of it as soon as possible. Xiao Hongbing thought, not very good ah, he thought, Sichuan is too sensitive, go to other places to see it. He contacted several companies on the receiving platform, but saw that the car in hubei was a little rejected, evading," not very convenient ", and the high speed was full of points, to take temperature, register, he wanted to go home.
Xiao Hongbing knew that Wuhan road closure, home became not easy, more than 1000 kilometers of distance, high-speed fees plus gas money, won more than 1000 yuan, he ran a month to earn five or six thousand, Xiao Hongbing cannot be willing to "empty a trip ".
He took another single to Shaanxi, thinking that Shaanxi is more familiar, but also close to home, then go to Shaanxi first.
Hong Kong Central North Service Area
The car just drove 80 kilometers, the owner`s phone came, Hubei`s car, no. From the start of the day of Fuzhou departure, to be trapped in Sichuan, Xiao Hongbing only rested for more than two hours, now on the road to Shaanxi, the service area has not allowed him to stop to rest, add oil to go, high-speed also do not allow, can only go all the way forward. Tired, unknown destination, cannot retreat the road, Xiao Hongbing a little collapsed.
The high-speed minimum speed limit was 60 km/h, but he was so tired that he could fall asleep on the open that he punched himself in the face, pulled his hair, forced himself to be awake, kept at a speed of 30 or 40 and staggered forward.
If you`re too sleepy, find a wide emergency parking belt, put a warning sign far away and sleep like a pin. It wasn`t long before traffic police came and knocked on the window without a fine, but told him," Don`t stop here. "He called his family, the road was sealed, the village was sealed, the motor vehicle was not allowed to go on the road, not even the electric car.
He turned to traffic police, the other side only said, do not know what the situation, here do not let go, let him hurry home.
He called 110 from his home and got the reply," Try not to come back if you are safe in the field, the local medical resources are very tight, to avoid putting more pressure on the government, the hospital ", and suggested that he "contact the place where he is 110, find a place to put it down for the time being, and wait until the epidemic is over ".
He also turned to staff on the highway for help, with hotels that housed people in hubei, but worried about the money, he didn`t know how many days to stay, the second has wasted a lot of tolls and gas, the money spent on more than 300, he was reluctant.
Suddenly, it seemed, he was nowhere to go, nowhere to go.
Xiao Hongbing`s headline account today explains the general story
But Xiao Hongbing or add Jingzhou to the navigation, thinking, can be a little closer is also good. He walked on in a muddled way, not knowing where he was going.
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On January 29, Xiao Hongbing walked to the high-speed entrance of Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, with a red banner saying "epidemic prevention and control prohibited passage ".
So with the beginning of the scene, he felt that no more sleep about the accident, parked in the emergency parking belt, sleep for three hours, the police knocked on the car window, some inquiries.
Almost exhausted, he said with a crying voice:" really too tired, too tired ", the only extravagant hope is," find a good sleep, a meal, satisfied."
Traffic police in hanzhong, shaanxi, learned about him. They said," you can`t stop at the high speed when you rest," and then added," wait a minute for you to go with our car, go to the north-central han service area, rest there, rest and continue on your way to hubei."
Traffic police said," no one can control this outbreak, you know," xiao hongbing raised his sleeve to wipe a tear, listen to the other side continue to say," the only thing we can do is to take care of each other, help each other. "
At the toll station, the staff took his temperature, checked in, and traffic police bought him bread, noodles and milk, as well as fruit from the service.
The staff gave Xiao Hongbing instant noodles and fruit
After seven days and seven nights on the highway, Xiao Hongbing, who was often coldly rejected, cried again with excitement.
Xiao Hongbing and his light truck
After eating instant noodles for several days, Xiao Hongbing especially missed the taste of rice, he spent 16 yuan to buy a box meal from the service area, a few mouthfuls after pulling to realize that, quite expensive, but really delicious ah.
The staff helped him put the car out of the fire and told him to observe it for a few days.
The following 10 days, Xiao Hongbing has been living in the car. There was a board at the back of his cab, which was just enough for a man to lie down and sleep.
At last he could lie down and sleep. Every morning, the staff of the service area will come to take his temperature and bring some food, sometimes steamed bread, sometimes local bread.
Traffic police and anti-epidemiologists are inspecting and disinfecting mr. xiao and his van
During the day, Xiao Hongbing basically did not get out of the car, he did not want to give others trouble, but also worried about being driven away, this E B car, is the reason he was rejected, but also his only dependence. He would go to the bathroom during the evening when there were fewer people, get some boiling water and finish the noodles. When he felt cold, he would start the car to blow a little warm wind and go to sleep.
On the morning of the lantern festival on february 8th, traffic police in the north-central service area of han zhong arranged a small office reception room for xiao hongbing who had been isolated for 10 days.
Water and food for Xiao Hongbing from traffic police in Hanzhong
This day, almost a month in the car "live" Xiao Hongbing finally can take a bath, but also eat a bowl of hot dumplings. Also this day, Xiao Hongbing and traffic police dialogue video on the Internet fire, that "I am too tired" touched a lot of people in front of the screen, that day, he received a voluntary donation of more than 10,000 yuan.
Screenshot of the donation
In a recent media interview, xiao hongbing was still in the house in the north service area of hanzhong. He was wearing a mask. Someone brought dumplings and cool skin.
Xiao Hongbing`s temporary residence
Settled Xiao Hongbing finally can talk to the home phone, he was afraid of family worries, now, he only hope that the epidemic quickly over, early home. He wrote a poem in Timeline," A car floating all over the world, rivers and lakes pity for the home, sky high elastic finger near, cliff deep according to the cloud Qi, New Year`s Eve Guan Dongjing, the first Langju line, there is no rural sound ahead, dream back to Lu Yuting. "Lu Yuting, the landmark of the Tianmen Gate of Hubei Province, is his home.
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Hubei is not the only severe epidemic area, and Xiao Hongbing is not the only one stranded on the road. Wenzhou, zhejiang, is the country`s most severe outbreak of the city except Hubei. If the time is set back to the New Year`s Day, Master Chen may hesitate to leave Wenzhou. Master chen from anhui, after doing the kitchen outsourcing business in wenzhou.
At his best, he contracted dozens of hotels. But two years ago, he lost money and went straight to foreign debt.
Career frustration, feelings also appeared problems, wife with her 11-year-old son, went to Sichuan to live. Every New Year is his busiest time, because foreigners in Wenzhou are home, his catering business, pointing to those days to earn money.
But to add insult to injury, this year`s New Year, his store did not receive customers, instead received countless calls back.
For every phone call, it could cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Store is not open, cash flow is tight, not much money, he does not want to go back to anhui hometown, do not want to go back to his wife`s home in sichuan, just a friend of jiangxi asked him to go to play, said there are mountains and waters have to play.
Master chen, also on a 5-hour drive, he thought, go to jiangxi, it should be a distraction. He drove to jiangxi, only to find that not only was he not able to relax, but the raging epidemic had left him in a dilemma. Because of his Wenzhou licence, but also because of his foreign identity.
On the first day of New Year`s Day, every place became nervous after Fengcheng in Wuhan.
In a hurry, he found that his ID card also fell, to add insult to injury, wake up to find that the time line is saying that the outbreak in Wenzhou is very serious. Master Chen is a little worried, he thought, or stay in Jiangxi for a few days, after the first six better. He wanted to go back to his friend`s house, but the village was blocked.
No documents, no place to live, can only live in the car, but the hotel also do not allow mandarin-speaking people to go in, even go to the supermarket to buy a thing have to sneaky, a careless was reported.
As if the Wenzhou license plate of the car is "virus ". When he was really helpless, Master Chen bought a rice cooker and learned to cook his own food. He usually drove the car to the edge of the desolate graveyard.
Master Chen`s rice cooker
Not without fear. The night was cool, the hot air in the car formed a mist on the window, far between heaven and earth, only a handful of light in the car, Master Chen always felt that outside is Sensen cold, staring at him. After 10 days of guerrilla warfare, he was reported.
The police told him," Shangrao is completely closed, you have to leave," and took him to a nearby health center for tests, which turned out to be all right.
The police sent Master Chen to the high-speed port and told him," You drive slowly and we`ll be there. "
The police sent Master Chen to the highway
Where else can a closed section of the road, a foreign licence car sandwiched in the middle, go? Driving to the Sanqingshan service area, Master Chen finally found a supermarket that was still open, and the next day he moved the rice cooker from the car to prepare to cook porridge.
There was a repair shop in the service area, and he asked the workers if they could cook a porridge with electricity and pay $80 in electricity. The workers refused. He met a cleaning aunt, aunt said: I am a temporary worker, cannot do the master.
Later, the aunt`s wife quietly pulled him to a meter box, and Master Chen finally cooked porridge. After a while, the uncle brought a large bag of lettuce and carrots, let Master Chen put in to cook.
Master Chen took out the maotai in the car and gave it to the uncle, who refused. Two hours later, master chen opened the lid to eat, the rice is still raw, he pressed the heat preservation key.
The uncle said he could stay in the workers`lounge. It`s a house of five or six square meters. Master Chen looked and declined. Cooked the rice, the uncle borrowed his washing machine. When all the workers slept in the evening, Master Chen secretly went to do the laundry, which only lasted three days.
Master Chen`s porridge and disposable spoon
Another day, the uncle brought him a fish, said it was from the canteen. Master Chen realized that it must have been the uncle who gave him his share, because the canteen could not have given two fish. On February 8, when Master Chen had had enough of being reported and hiding from Tiibet, he decided to continue his journey to Wenzhou, though the biggest possibility was that he still couldn`t.
But compared to xiao hongbing, master chen is also lucky, he found the unclosed wenzhou east high speed mouth, all the way to yueqing city, or was stopped. Traffic police said that as long as there is a Yueqing restaurant, come out to pick him up. Master chen carefully screened out more than a dozen of his three social app friends. Most of them were his suppliers and well-known hotel owners, who drank as brothers.
Master Chen called each other, but none of them came out to pick him up. So many days of wandering, Master Chen`s body and mind has reached the limit, he collapsed and cried. According to the rules, he should be repatriated, but his body and mind are on the verge of collapse, cannot afford to wander at high speed.
Some media will chen master`s high-speed wandering diary published, attracted the attention of Yongjia county leaders, that said, considering his poor health, can come to Yongjia County to accept 14 days of isolation before returning home.
There are beds to sleep in, hot water to bathe and three meals a day to the door. Although he had to pay for the cost himself, but 14 days 2000 yuan, Master Chen was satisfied. Today, Master Chen is still in Yongjia County quarantine, less than 30 kilometers away from his home.
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The 2020 start was the hard model, with a sudden outbreak blocking many people`s way home and back to work, wondering how many more of Xiao Hongbing and Chen Shifu were trapped between them in the fight against the epidemic. Xiao Hongbing, who had been drifting at high speed for a month, had felt discrimination, helplessness, panic and despair, and the fallen Master Chen had lived on the edge of the graveyard, only because no one there would drive him away.
Xiao Hongbing once said: really, a little sad, I had a sentence at that time really want to say, I said that the disease did not knock us down, but the idea of this kind of compatriots really, really scared me.
Few were willing to accept him, even though he had explained it countless times, even taking out high-speed tickets to prove that he had emerged from Hubei before the outbreak. The dust of the times falls on every man, a mountain.
The sand fell on the heads of Xiao Hongbing and Master Chen, who had a heavy weight, but fortunately, they met the people who helped them carry it together. Eventually, they had a warm place to stay, and they ate a warm meal.
After the incident was exposed, Tianmen Traffic Bureau contacted the Hanzhong service area, saying that if Xiao Hongbing wanted to go home, he could arrange for someone to pick him up. Xiao Hongbing refused, he knew that the situation on the other side of the hometown is not optimistic, go back to quarantine for 14 days, he does not want to occupy public resources, do not want to add trouble to the hometown. He said that if he could go home, the first thing to do would be to "send some emergency supplies to some hospitals "... Now, someone is helping him contact.
The information that car friend helps Xiao Hongbing release
Master Chen said that when the epidemic is over, he must return to Sanqingshan to thank Big Brother. The virus is terrible, but the tenderness and kindness of these humanity, the light of this darkness, makes one believe that the cold winter will pass, and the spring will come.
