China News Network, Poyang, Jiangxi, July 15th, electric question: "Chinese Aunt" on the pier: watching the rescue fighters is very distressed
Reporter Liu Zhankun Wu Pengquan Liu Lixin
"You have worked hard! Come, drink more..."
The scorching sun shone. On Changjiangwei, a group of aunts quickly carried three or four iron buckets on the dam, and delivered freshly cooked white fungus soup to the soldiers who were fighting the floods here.
Affected by the recent concentrated heavy rainfall, upstream water and the high water level of Poyang Lake, the water level in the Binhu area of Poyang County, the "biggest county in Jiangxi" with a population of 1.6 million, exceeded the alarm level.
An aunt sent the white fungus soup to the soldiers who participated in the flood relief. Photo by Liu Zhankun
The rising water level has led to dangerous situations in the dykes of Zhujiaqiao Village in Poyang County to Changjiangwei in Jiangjialing Village. The straight-line distance of the Changjiang Wei Embankment from the seat of the Poyang County Government is less than 3 kilometers. The importance of this embankment is self-evident.
Poyang County was humid and muggy in the rain. On the afternoon of the 15th, a reporter from Chinanews.com walked on the dike of Changjiang Wei, and in less than ten minutes, she was sweating.
Worried about the heat stroke of the army soldiers under high-intensity work, the 64-year-old villager Zhu Aixiang of Zhujiaqiao Village and several sisters hurriedly prepared food for the army soldiers.
The aunt sent the white fungus soup to the soldiers who participated in the flood relief. Photo by Liu Lixin
This is not the first time the aunts have given food to soldiers. A week ago, Zhu Aixiang called on the WeChat group of sisters who usually danced together in square dances to do logistic work for the soldiers of the anti-flood rescue team, which received a positive response from everyone.
"Give them some watermelon and mineral water in the morning, and mung bean soup or white fungus soup in the afternoon." Zhu Aixiang said, "I hope they eat more and have enough energy to be energized because it is too hard."
"Most of them are about the age of my grandson, and they are young children in their 20s. Every day I see them sleeping on the side of the pier, and I feel very sad, especially distressed." Zhu Aixiang choked several times.
Zhu Zaoqin, 47, is Zhu Aixiang's "dance friend" and one of his active responders.
That afternoon, Zhu Zaoqin was very busy. Together with the sisters, she carried the iron bucket full of white fungus soup to the rest of the soldiers of the troops, and then scooped the white fungus soup into the paper cup, and delivered it to the soldiers in portions.
The aunt sent a portion of the white fungus soup to the soldiers who participated in the flood relief. Photo by Liu Lixin
"Without their anti-flood rescue, our homeland is very dangerous. So we also want to do something for them, and we will work harder without them," she said breathlessly.
"The fellows here are very enthusiastic, they will send us supplies every day, and we work harder." After drinking the white fungus soup, a troop soldier named Pan Zhaoxi and his comrades joined the flood fighting and rescue.
Outside the dam, the floods are raging; inside the dam, the warmth flows. (Finish)