Thunder Mountain does not know their names: some workers drove up all night with tools

Freezing Point Special Issue 1176 Thunder Mountain Does Not Know Their Names

On February 18th, a construction worker going to lunch at the Lei Shenshan Hospital in Wuhan. It is understood that many of the workers in the Raytheon Mountain Hospital construction project come from rural areas in different regions. China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Zhao Di / photo

There is no name on the construction site of Lei Shenshan, and the common name is XX "Master". The attentive worker would write the last name on the side of the yellow helmet and "Wuhan Come on" on the back of his head.

At the peak, 25,000 builders worked day and night in the construction of the board room hospitals in Wuhan, Vulcan Hill and Raytheon Mountain Hospital, in response to the epidemic. When the number of new crown virus infections rose sharply, the total planned area of ​​the Thunder Mountain Hospital increased three times in six days, from 30,000 square meters to 79,900 square meters, and the number of beds changed from 1,300 to 1,600.

I rushed to drop this drawing into the real crowd. Some people took the tools to drive the car overnight, and some people rode the bicycle for 2 hours. Talking about that life, a worker said that he was "tired to sleep while standing". Another said that it was the first time in his life to participate in a construction project with a halo like this.

"This is the highest paid job I've ever done," said Zhou Ping, who drove to Wuhan by van.

Before starting, 50-year-old Zhou Ping said to his wife that it seemed that he had never done something that made him feel glorious in decades. He hoped to seize this opportunity. When he was young, he had a military dream, but the medical examination failed. This time, he felt like going to the battlefield to fight the enemy. It was a matter of pride to say to his juniors. "When talking to his children, my father also supported him at a very critical time."

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Workers and building materials all arrived in Thunder Mountain in batches. There are dozens of procedures in the construction of the hospital. Shi Zhenyong, 29, was one of the earliest workers in the installation group. He was a foreman and took 80 workers around.

Shi Zhenyong is from Shiyan, Hubei. In June 2019, he and a friend opened a steel structure company in Wuhan to sell push-pull canopies online. After he served as a soldier and the news of building the Thunder Mountain Hospital spread, his comrades laughed at him and ran away. He listened to the upset in his heart and ran out with "hot heads."

There is no night in Thunder God Mountain during construction. On the evening of January 26, when Shi Zhenyong rushed to the Thunder God Mountain, a strong smell of disinfecting water came out. This place is shrouded in light. Hundreds of machines and equipment in the open space are busy waving "long arms" and making a booming sound.

Xiong Xiaohua is from Tianmen, Hubei. On February 6, he hid his family and drove on a highway with Zhou Ping in the same town. Also at the same time was Yi Tao, who was in Jingzhou. The three have known each other for many years and worked together in the installation of hydropower in Wuhan. The day before they closed the city, they returned to their hometown to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Zhou Ping and Xiong Xiaohua are at the construction site. Photo courtesy

During the epidemic, Yi Tao felt that staying at home was "a bit wasteful" and that he could still make money by going to Thunder Mountain. He heard that the salary was 1,200 yuan a day, and he couldn't believe it. Xiong Xiaohua and Zhou Ping made a phone call to dozens of friends around them, "Some say that the year is not over, and some directly say that they are afraid of death." When starting the day, there were 9 people, and the first 5 people left He changed his mind.

Xiong Xiaohua understands that "not everyone is willing to hung their heads on their belts and rush forward." He didn't think of any consequences himself, and attributed it to impulse, "What's behind the impulse can't be said now."

In addition to high returns and unknown risks, there is also some "meaning". Xiong Xiaohua doesn't know how to describe this meaning. "This is a peaceful era, and there is nothing worth talking about, but it is difficult for one party to support this idea."

When they arrived in Wuhan, it was raining lightly, and there were few vehicles on the wide avenue and it was horribly quiet. This was Wuhan they had never seen. The staff on the highway were very enthusiastic, poured hot water, made instant noodles, and some paid tribute to them.

Hundreds of private cars were parked on both sides of Thunder Mountain Road, like an oversized parking lot. Judging from the license plates, people mostly come from Wuhan and surrounding areas. Some workers pulled a red banner on the private car and wrote "So-and-so Construction Team" or "A family supports the construction of Thunder God Mountain".

Seeing the dense yellow hats on the construction site, most of their tension was eliminated. The construction site has arrived.

The construction was far more intense than expected. Shi Zhenyong arrived at Thunder God Mountain at 12 o'clock in the night. Before he had time to rest, he was called to work on the site all night. They have to work behind the excavator-after digging the soil, install the drainage pipe.

In this board room hospital, they felt the complexity of the construction. The production of the model room must be completed quickly. The drawings only provide a rough plan, and you can only "make adjustments while taking photos while you are constructing." Materials are temporarily collected from different companies, and different models and standards add trouble when used. The size of the medical equipment also needs to communicate with the doctor in real time.

In order to avoid cross infection, Lei Shenshan designed a negative pressure ward with a fresh air system and an exhaust air system. The outdoor fresh air is sent to the medical aisle and the ward after high temperature sterilization. The air in the ward is discharged after being adsorbed by the two-stage filter . The 12-meter-long pipe was hung on the roof, and the pipe was thick enough for adults to enter. Workers needed seven or eight people to put it on an iron shelf and connect it to the thin pipe in each room.

On February 18th, a construction worker preparing to go to lunch at Lei Shen Shan Hospital in Wuhan. China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Zhao Di / photo

On February 1, Zha Hanjun was put into this job as soon as he arrived at Thunder Mountain. When he was in it, he felt that the scene was like a man repairing a reservoir in the 1950s and 1960s. "It's hot, people are everywhere."

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Work is getting busier and newcomers come in almost every day. Roger, a 31-year-old worker, recalled that from February 1st, the construction site was in full construction and "more and more people are needed." The number of his team reached a peak in early February. His younger brother Luo Chong, just held a wedding in his rural hometown in Xinzhou District, Wuhan, and also called for five relatives and friends to come to support.

In order to catch up with the construction period, the workers pivoted. After installing hydropower for two days, Zha Hanjun began to work late nights, working one night a day, and then waiting for the white class master to take over. Hundreds of pounds of pipes weighed down on people's back and back, and the roof frosted everywhere at night, and people always fell on their heads. Catch the rain, the clothes are full of water vapor, it is uncomfortable to stick to the body. In order not to let himself fall asleep, Zhan Hanjun kept moving. "When you sit in any position, you hate having to move, that foot doesn't look like your own."

"Time is too urgent." Roger is responsible for coordinating a team of dozens of people. He takes two cell phone chargers a day, and his face is hard to remember. He will turn his head and talk again.

It's after 10 o'clock in the evening. Roger didn't have time to watch the news about the progress of the epidemic, and returned to the dormitory and almost fell asleep. There were only a handful of phone calls home, and he was worried about waking up his 6-month-old daughter.

As a foreman, Shi Zhenyong is responsible for the statistics of workers' accommodation information, and issues wages, masks and water for workers. When netizens enjoy the rise of the hospital through live broadcast in front of the screen, he thinks about how to complete the construction task every day.

In those days, it often rained in Wuhan. Shi Zhenyong ran around the mud wearing rain boots every day, and his feet were scratched. Due to the arduous tasks, some people in his team left, some were tired, some were afraid of death, and felt that "there is no way to change their lives for money."

On the evening of February 6, Xiong Xiaohua, Zhou Ping and Yi Tao arrived at the peak of construction when more than 10,000 people and nearly 1,500 machinery and equipment were put into construction.

Standing on the roof and looking, the entire construction site was densely packed with yellow hard hats. The distance between people is only tens of centimeters or even zero. When hearing older workers coughing a few times, Zhan Hanjun would be extremely sensitive and try to stay away from them. Xiong Xiaohua's heart also referred to his throat when he heard someone was isolated because his temperature was too high.

People who like smoking can only bear it. I couldn't bear it, so I went to the open space to draw two, and quickly finished the work. Several people live in the same dormitory. Yi Tao pays special attention to protection. Once someone smokes, he will immediately remind him: "Don't want to go back again? Would you harm everyone?"

Only remove the mask when eating. The athlete restaurant of the 2019 World Military Games in Wuhan has become the logistics support building of Lei Shenshan Hospital. Workers eat here every day, and the tables and chairs are removed from the restaurant. They sit on the floor or squatting. At peak meals, line up for half an hour to an hour.

Breakfast is mostly noodles, you can get three dishes and one meal at noon, and you can eat meat every day. Every few days, a bag of cooked Chinese medicine will be issued to help them "strengthen their resistance." After lunch, Luo Chong and his coworkers were able to receive a mask, which was initially N95 for a few days, but later turned into a blue medical surgical mask.

Before going to Thunder God Mountain, Zhou Ping prepared daily necessities, but found there was no need. Rain boots, raincoats, quilts, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and shower gels were all available in the dormitory. At 10 o'clock every night, overtime workers can also get drinks, milk and bread to supplement their energy. The supply of mineral water has not been interrupted. Zhou Ping felt distressed to see some workers throw it away without drinking.

The workers did not go back to their lunch break, and they fell asleep on the construction site for a while. Newcomers arrive almost every day, and dormitories are constantly being adjusted.

The drainage pipe of the ward is located under the floor. Workers need to climb to the inside for construction. Because the construction mezzanine has only a gap of 40 cm to 60 cm, knees need to be bent. Zhou Ping is too tall to enter, and she handed tools outside.

Lei Shen Shan Hospital "builds, inspects, trains, and treats", sometimes rushing to catch up with the work, catching up on rainy days, and the workers can't even wear a raincoat. Seeing the increasing number of deaths every day, the patients waited in line for a bed. Xiong Xiaohua said that everyone was anxious and always wanted to do it quickly. When anyone doesn't want to work overtime, the foremen will encourage them to stick to it, and stick to it, "an hour is equivalent to saving a life."

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Roger recalled that on February 8th, the inspection and acceptance of the 24 wards they were in charge of was completed, sanitation was completed in the afternoon, and the ambulance that escorted the patient arrived at night.

In addition to ambulances, vehicles donated by caring companies are often found on construction sites. Some are pulling pipes, air conditioners, and some are full of milk, instant noodles and energy drinks for workers.

After the first batch of patients moved in, the workers' daily settlement salary also changed, from 1200 yuan a day to 2,000 yuan a day.

By February 14, the interior of Thunder Mountain Hospital was basically delivered and a large number of workers began to evacuate. Some workers asked Shi Zhenyong for quarantine, and he said, "The people above said there was no place to arrange." Workers are required to go home for quarantine and receive benefits during the quarantine.

Dozens of Shi Zhenyong's workers left. He had planned to return to his hometown of Shiyan, but the local village cadres did not want him to go back and said that he would "grab him" when he returned, which made him very angry. Later, the staff of the county public security bureau called to appease him again and said, "You are the one from us, and you are also our hero. How can you be locked up?" But he also hoped that he would stay in Wuhan.

The county also sent alcohol and masks to his home, and issued a special pass for his father, so that the old man can go to see his grandson in another village. Shi Zhenyong relented and decided to stay in Wuhan for some finishing work.

In his team, eight plumbers stayed for the last 10 days to conduct close-up inspections on dozens of wards to ensure that the lights, sockets, air conditioners, and televisions in the wards can be powered on, and more importantly, ensure that the Every valve is impervious to water.

In addition, the workers also need to debug the negative pressure ward, and seal all the places that may leak air with foil tape-tie a stick to a small strip of paper towels and place them in the gap. , Tissue movement represents a leak. The workers just tested it a little bit until the whole house was airtight and as tight as a balloon.

They also “stand by” for the shower in the ward bathroom. When installing the shower, they found that there was always a shower missing the next day. After making up, a few more were found missing on the third day. They felt a fire. The patient has not yet moved in, several workers are finishing in different rooms, and the door cannot be locked. In order to prevent the shower from being stolen again, the two of them took turns on duty at night. From 10pm to 7am, they toured around every hour.

Just before the end, the doctors checked the ward and found new problems: the air inlet duct was installed at the bedside of the bed, the exhaust duct was at the end of the bed, and when the wind came in from the bedside, it would increase the air flow and increase the infection of medical staff risk.

The doctor suggested that the air inlet and outlet pipes be swapped. Eight masters quickly discussed the construction plan, and temporarily made a model room, which was adjusted by the doctor after acceptance by the doctor. In order to ensure completion as soon as possible, six workers were urgently transferred here from other areas, and 14 workers worked overtime overnight.

Around February 24, dozens of wards welcomed residents. Zhou Ping feels that this is a real feedback on the results of the work. "You will think that I installed the lights in that room and the flush valve in that room was installed by me. I have such a feeling. "

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During the closing inspection, Shi Zhenyong had the idea of ​​going home several times, but since February 12 when some workers on the team returned home, they were found to be infected and the requirements have become stricter. Xiong Xiaohua's wife called the town government and wanted her husband to go home, but the town said that it is better not to go back, and to be isolated outside after returning, all costs should be borne by themselves.

Several masters felt that it would be better to return to their hometowns with peace of mind. They encourage each other to persist.

The new task came quickly-enter the hospital to repair the smoke detector. Due to the workers' construction on the roof in the early stage, some lines were worn, which caused some smoke detectors to fail to operate normally.

At that time, the patient had moved in. The corridor is divided into a walking area for medical staff and a walking area for patients. When I heard that I was going to the hospital, the masters felt afraid and hesitated to enter the door. The project manager continued to appease and everyone was still afraid to take a step.

Shi Zhenyong had to take the lead. He said that he has always been timid and scared, but since he is a foreman, he should rush forward. When Yi Tao accompany him into the corridor, he realized that he was worried about it. In addition to the medical staff walking in green overalls, there were other workers in the corridor.

After the smoke detectors in the corridor are repaired, they should go to the ward to install smoke detectors. This is another psychological test-entering the ward cannot avoid contact with the patient, which brings the risk of infection.

The protective clothing was worn on the body, and then the tension slowly disappeared. The two layers of protective clothing were wrapped around the body like huge plastic bags, and the whole person was sweating. The nurses trained them to wear protective clothing, goggles, and helped them tighten the nose bridge clips of the two masks.

For the first time, workers realized the difficulty of medical staff. They go in and out of the ward three times a day, and each change of protective clothing takes 20 minutes. Because the clothes are thin and they are afraid of scratching, they dare not disturb the operation, and the operation range is not too big. Once you sweat and the goggles have fog, you can only pause first, find a place to sit, calm down and continue. construction.

What Shi Zhen feared most was going to the intensive care unit, where there were tubes in the forty or fifty patients, and they moaned in pain. When the two workers installed smoke detectors inside, they witnessed a farewell. That was an old man in his 80s. Seven or eight medical staff stood in front of his bed and could not save his life. The scene was dignified. As the old man was pushed out of the ward, the two felt for the first time that death was so close to themselves.

Before coming to Thunder Mountain, several workers thought that they would be able to go home in seven or eight days. I didn't expect the days to go home to be delayed. In order not to worry the family, they report peace to the family every day. If he has to work overtime, Xiong Xiaohua will inform his family in advance, so as not to worry them.

Shi Zhenyong's family urged him to go home every day. One night, his cell phone was out of power. After restarting the phone, he received a dozen calls. The family asked him if something had happened, and he had to video with him. Chat with confidence.

On March 5, the work was finally over. Few people dared to tell the family about entering the ward. Zhou Ping didn't dare to tell this to her family until she had done a nucleic acid test. He sent a photo of his protective suit with his name to his wife, saying that what he did was very meaningful and safe, so she was assured. Yi Tao has never mentioned it to his family. He plans to go home and talk again.

The night awaiting test results was "quite long." Xiong Xiaohua can't go to sleep over and over and smokes constantly. This night, the dormitory lights were on all night, but the room was quiet and nobody spoke. Seeing the news that many people are "asymptomatic infections", he is always skeptical of his body. "Many of us have a slight cough because of staying up late. Everyone suspects that there may be something wrong with them." After arriving in Wuhan, they were careful everywhere, and they did not even dare to take off their masks while sleeping.

The next day, all people showed negative results. Several people bought a box of beer and bottles of liquor at a nearby supermarket to celebrate "rebirth".

Finally relaxed. Zhou Ping couldn't hide her joy, "I felt awful, this battle came down, I haven't been injured yet, I have earned the money I have to do, I have also done the things I can do, and I can go back to my wife and be happy Do not?"

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Later, after leaving Thunder Mountain, workers will be arranged to the hotel for isolation. Shi Zhenyong both went to the hotel and stayed in Wuhan, waiting for the city to unblock.

On March 20th, in response to the issue of workers returning to work in the Hanshan and Leishanshan hospitals, Wuhan Urban and Rural Construction Bureau issued a notice saying that foreign personnel will be arranged to return to the country. Those who are willing to continue to work in Han will Arrangement of employment in connection with resumption of work and production.

Subsequently, workers in Hubei Province continued to return home.

Seeing the return of medical staff, workers also hope to lift the quarantine as soon as possible. "Nurses are real front-line contacts who can withdraw. Why can't we withdraw?" Said a worker.

Xiong Xiaohua felt that the isolation period was a bit long. "In fact, I don't need the isolation (subsidy) fee. I can get more than 1,000 yuan a day (out of work)." During the isolation period, they can only stay in the hotel. It's boring, just walk around the room and watch TV.

One day, the news of going abroad to build a square cabin hospital suddenly spread among the group. The recruiters claimed that the daily salary was more than 1,000 US dollars, and the workers who had not been out of the hotel door for a long time were tempted to report their ID cards, phone numbers and bank card information. It was later discovered that it was a rumor, and even the words in the information were wrong-the words "square cabin" were written as "Fang Hang".

Xiong Xiaohua said that craftsmen rely on the market to eat and have no money to do anything. "So they always want to break their heads to find good opportunities and earn more money." Workers usually get used to work and just want to return as soon as possible.

After staying, Xiong Xiaohua missed the spring plowing at home. His family has 6 acres of land. In the past, when spring plowing was done every year, he would ask for a dozen days off to go home and plant. This year, I had to ask folks to help with the cultivation.

Shi Zhenyong's steel structure company has not yet fully resumed work, but there have been continuous orders online to order sliding canopies. Because the quarantine period has not yet arrived, he can only give up on customers who are anxious for the goods and watch the list fly away.

The Hubei Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a notice saying that on April 8, Wuhan will lift surveillance from the Han channel. Yi Tao plans to go home immediately after unblocking, and usually works in Wuhan. He often returns home half a month. The 8-year-old son doesn't like expression, just smiles at him during video chat. Before returning for almost two months, he knew his son missed his father.

Zhan Hanjun planned to wait until the country was unsealed before returning home. He heard that some workers in the village avoided leaving after he returned to his hometown, and was angry. Tian Kui is one of them. On March 3, he began medical isolation observation at the designated isolation point. On March 21, he returned to his hometown of Yangyang with the certificate of hospital opening and the green "health code".

What he didn't expect was that before he returned home, the village cadre almost door to door told people to stay away from his home. "This is the case in the countryside, and I don't know how to explain it to everyone." Tian Kui was a little annoyed, and the governments at all levels let go, but the people in the village avoided him like the god of plague.

He wanted to wait for Wuhan to unblock and then return to this familiar city and finish the project that was not completed years ago. Originally, before the city was closed in Wuhan, he and his father drove back to Xiangyang from Wuhan, where they were separated for 14 days. After the quarantine period expired, the father and son embarked on the road back to Wuhan again, this time to help Wuhan.

"At the time, I was thinking that the outbreak might not be so good this year. I can earn more if I can earn more money. On the other hand, I stayed in Wuhan for about 20 years, no matter how emotional," Tian Kui said. "If Wuhan collapses, those of us who have taken root in Wuhan for a long time will have more trouble in the future."

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These days, workers watch the city sink into a trough, and help it out to dark moments. Cars started to flow on the viaduct outside the segregated hotel. The lights on the opposite office building were previously off, and now each room is lit one by one.

Xiong Xiaohua, Zhou Ping and Yi Tao are contract workers of a new energy automobile company, who install charging piles in various underground garages. Being a plumber is highly mobile, and once you do n’t work, it means no money.

In 2020, the three of them planned to open a breakfast shop. At Thunder Mountain, they had discussed this topic happily, thinking about what food to sell, where to rent a house, and how to divide the work among three people. But after Wuhan unblocks, the first thing they need to do is continue to "drill" into the ground and deal with charging piles.

Xiong Xiaohua likens medical staff to flowers and workers to soil. "The soil is also behind the flowers, we, soil."

In Zhou Ping's opinion, the return of this aid construction is far greater than the pay, and the daily wage is 4-6 times that of daily life. On the other hand, he feels that life is over half, this is a memorable journey. "As our age, I feel that in this society, if we can do our part and get the recognition of others, it is very useful. A sense of accomplishment. "

One day, a worker from Vulcan Mountain told Shi Zhenyong that someone was infected there and asked him to leave quickly. He said that he had always been timid, and he didn't fall asleep all night when he heard the news. "That day was the most scared. I am only 29 years old this year and (infected) will be gone for a lifetime." But I can't say what to leave. He will encourage a few words when others want to leave.

Shi Zhenyong said that he is a person who will not refuse, and choosing to stay is just like when he chooses to come, with impulse and a sense of inexplicable mission. When he was a soldier, he resisted floods, droughts, and repaired dams. This time, he instinctively felt that he had to come.

He didn't like lazy and complaining workers. When he was nervous to catch up with the schedule, he saw that there were still workers busy broadcasting live on social networking sites, so he was furious and wanted to smash his mobile phone.

In Zhan Hanjun's opinion, this experience is neither worth showing off, nor does it mean that he "has noble style". He only knew that the country paid itself such a high salary, and it should be worthy of this salary and its own conscience. "Surely don't do some sneaky and slippery things. When you work, do it well. I think I have a good conscience. . "

Roger thought of the story of "Zigong Redeemer". In ancient times, Lu had a law: If the Lu people saw their natives become slaves in other countries, as long as they were redeemed, the treasury would reimburse the person's ransom. After Zigong redeemed a Lu nationality, he refused to allow the country to reimburse the ransom, thinking that his behavior was more like a natural obligation to the country. Confucius criticized Zigong for "it would not be detrimental to take his money, and he would not redeem him if he did not take it." The general idea is that if you do n’t want this money, although you yourself have a sense of moral satisfaction, other People's enthusiasm has decreased.

"I feel that this story is very relevant to this matter. We got a higher salary than usual, but not a hero." Roger said.

He witnessed the growth of the city and watched Hanyang develop from backward to present. He can set out to index the major projects he has participated in—Wuhan Garden Expo Park, Hanyang International Expo Center, and the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department Building ... He also often ran out of Wuhan to discuss life—Lanzhou, Chongqing, Nanning, Jinzhou, International cinemas and scenic spots in Shaoxing and other places. Most of the time he did hydropower engineering, logistics, warehouse management, driver, he also did. Years ago, he worked at the U.S. Consulate in Wuhan. After the outbreak, there was no news of his return to work. He has not studied English and relies on translation software to keep in touch with foreign friends he knows at work.

A worker proudly introduced to reporters that he had participated in the construction of Wuhan Greenland Center. This building, originally designed at a height of 636 meters, will be a landmark.

Although they are not sure where they came from, they have seen some "commemorative cards", some of which read "Pioneer of Anti-epidemic of Volunteer Action against Wuhan New Crown Virus in 2020", and the payment was "Gift from Thunder God Mountain Commando". Some are packed in red boxes with "Souvenirs of Anti-epidemic Soldiers" printed on them. Roger and co-workers have seen different versions, and they speculated that someone might have made it themselves and left a memorial. Shi Zhenyong would like to have such a memorial card. In the days of boredom waiting to be unblocked, many workers have "stolen" such maps, leaving themselves a "commemorative card" in the WeChat circle of friends.

China Youth Daily • China Youth Daily reporter Yin Haiyue Ma Yuping Source: China Youth Daily