The brother who sent the test under the epidemic
"I tell my child, all the people in Guangzhou are with you"
For Zhang Zhenxin, a taxi driver who has participated in the caring test for more than 20 years, this year is particularly special.
On the eve of the college entrance examination, in response to the epidemic, Guangzhou Public Transport Group selected 800 drivers to send candidates in special areas one-on-one. Zhang Zhenxin was one of them.
Starting from June 4th, he stopped operations, performed nucleic acid tests, was familiar with the pick-up route, and submitted documents to the candidates’ residential area to go through the entry and exit procedures. After a series of tedious preparations, he was dressed in protective clothing and received the candidates’ notice on the morning of the 7th. Lu (pseudonym), their destination is the Guangzhou Fifth Middle School Examination Center, which is 7 kilometers away.
Xiaolu's parents, who were unable to send the exam, expressed their gratitude with both hands ten meters away.
"Don't be afraid, although your parents are not by your side, all the people in Guangzhou will accompany you to the exam this time." Zhang Zhenxin said to Xiaolu.
He regretted that he had not sent his son to take the college entrance examination. In the last few kilometers before the short exam, he became Xiaolu's temporary parent.
"Brother" has volunteered to take the test for more than 20 years
Beijing News: Is this the first time you have participated in picking up candidates?
Zhang Zhenxin: I am 56 years old and have been driving a taxi for 22 years. During the college entrance examination, I have been voluntarily picking up candidates for more than 20 years.
Every year in our city, there are two to three hundred vehicles participating in the test delivery. This year, the epidemic situation is special, with a total of 800 test delivery vehicles.
Beijing News: What is the difference between this test and before?
Zhang Zhenxin: This time, it was arranged by the transportation, education, health, and public security departments of Guangzhou City to organize us to specially pick up candidates with special circumstances, such as close contacts of patients, second close contacts, and candidates in high-risk communities who need to be isolated at home.
Drivers are required to complete two injections of the new crown vaccine, and both nucleic acid tests are negative.
In addition, drivers with stable driving skills and good service attitude were selected. After all, we are picking up candidates, which is a major event in their lives.
Beijing News: What preparatory work has been done before?
Zhang Zhenxin: On June 4th, drivers of us who joined the caring team will no longer operate. We have done two nucleic acid tests and got acquainted with the route and the situation of picking up candidates.
The day before the test, we conducted a "drill", went to the test taker's community to go through the entry and exit procedures, met with her, and got acquainted with the road from the test taker's home to the school.
Beijing News: What is the situation of the candidates you are going to pick up?
Zhang Zhenxin: It's a little girl. Her community had a confirmed case a while ago, and it has been closed for management.
She just unblocked it a day or two ago, but she still needs to be isolated at home, so she also has to take the exam in a special examination room.
Her home is about seven or eight kilometers away from Guangzhou No. 5 High School Test Center, and it takes 20 minutes to drive.
"All the people of Guangzhou are accompany you to the exam"
The Beijing News: What happened when the test took place today (7th)?
Zhang Zhenxin: I arrived at 7 o'clock in the morning, and a family of three candidates walked to the gate of the community. Her parents were not allowed to leave the community, so they said goodbye at the gate. About ten meters away, they clasped their hands together to express their gratitude to me.
I know that my parents are anxious and they definitely want to send their children to the examination room by hand, but unfortunately they can't.
The child could only contact me from the time he walked out of the community until he entered the examination room.
Beijing News: What did you say to the candidates in the car?
Zhang Zhenxin: I was afraid that my child was nervous, so I didn't take the initiative to chat.
The families in Guangzhou take the college entrance examination very seriously. I used to send the exams, and the candidates and their parents often had to sit in a full car.
While waiting, parents voluntarily organize themselves to maintain order in the surrounding area, paying special attention to it.
This child went to the exam alone. I was afraid that she would be uncomfortable, so I told her that although his parents are not around, all the people in Guangzhou are accompany you to the exam this time.
Beijing News: How did she perform before entering the examination room?
Zhang Zhenxin: She read a book for a while on the way.
Because she belongs to a special examinee, and the other 4 children take the test in an independent examination room, and there will be teachers outside the examination center, including the killing staff.
When we arrived at the test center before the other children arrived, I told her to stop reading and rest in the car for a while before I got out of the car.
Beijing News: Why did you get out of the car?
Zhang Zhenxin: I wear protective clothing all the time. In accordance with the epidemic prevention requirements, we cannot use air conditioners in a confined space, but we can open windows for ventilation.
Today (7th) the weather in Guangzhou is very hot. I think that the destination has arrived, so I will leave her in the car so that I can turn on the air conditioner to cool her down for a while.
In addition, I think whether I will make her feel uncomfortable when I am in the car. I feel nervous to see a person wearing a protective suit and fully armed. I want to give her a quiet place to be alone.
About less than 10 minutes later, the teacher came to pick her into the examination room.
"I'm just doing a little effort"
Beijing News: What did you do after the candidates went to take the exam?
Zhang Zhenxin: I arrived at the concentrated rest point of the Aixin Motorcade. There have been a lot of colleagues there. Everyone took off their protective clothing to rest. The weather was too hot. Although I didn't wear it for a few hours, my whole body was soaked and the clothes were covered. On the body.
Candidates do not go home at noon, and the test center will arrange meals and rest.
All we can do is wait patiently.
The exam ends at 5 pm, and we start disinfection, wear protective clothing, and go outside the exam center at about 4 pm to wait for the end of the exam.
Beijing News: Send the candidate home, would you ask her about the test today?
Zhang Zhenxin: I think I will ask, adjust the atmosphere, and encourage her to continue to work hard and take the exam.
But she won't ask a lot in depth, and can't create tension for her.
Beijing News: After taking part in so many exams, is it obligatory every time?
Zhang Zhenxin: It is obligatory. This time, we will suspend transportation for 6 days from preparation to the end of the exam and no longer pick up other guests.
I heard that the government will give some subsidies, but it is nothing to me. The college entrance examination is a major event in the children's life, and I am just doing something that I can do.
My hometown is in Hubei. When I was young, I came to Guangzhou to work. I brought my child with me. His studies were delayed. He didn't take the college entrance examination and worked early. This is a great regret in my heart.
So I am very happy to send these children to the exam.
Especially this year's epidemic situation is special. On the one hand, it is to serve the candidates, and on the other hand, it is also to help fight the epidemic.
I often follow the news of foreign epidemics, and every time I am very thankful that we were born in China, the whole society can be mobilized to fight the epidemic, and I feel at ease.
Beijing News: Since the epidemic, how do you feel as a taxi driver on the roads of this city every day?
Zhang Zhenxin: We should belong to the group most closely related to this city. Although we cannot fight the epidemic like medical staff and reporters, we also want to use our own practical actions to support the fight against the epidemic.
A few days ago, a medical worker rode in the car of "Brother" Master Yang and talked about the work of her colleagues in the hospital. After arriving at the destination, when she picked up her mobile phone to pay the fare, Master Yang accepted the payment code. , Let her get off the car quickly and go home to rest.
On June 3, I also heard that a driver, Master Liang, refused to accept the fare for reporters who came to Guangzhou from Beijing to cover the situation of the epidemic.
On the afternoon of June 4, three nurses took a taxi to Haizhu District to support nucleic acid sampling in the community, but they were refused by the driver when they paid the fare.
There are many taxi drivers like me, everyone comes from different places, but they all hope to contribute a little to this epidemic.
Beijing News reporter Zhang Jingshu