Going to move!
The only "container police station" in the country will move into a new building in September this year
"These days, we are busy moving to a new house." On the morning of August 17, the Huaxi Metropolis Daily and cover news reporter contacted the elder Yu of the border police station at the Uliji port in Inner Mongolia, and the voice on the other end of the phone was a touch of oppression. Constantly excited.
Next month, the police station will move out of the blue container and move into the new two-story office building next to it.
By then, the history of the only container police station in the country will turn a new page.
On the Gobi Desert with gray and yellow as the main color, two blue containers are in sight, and the hunting and flying police flag on the roof swears the "sovereignty" of the house.
Here is the border police station at Wuliji Port.
Drive north from the Alxa League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. After a full 430 kilometers drive, you will arrive at the Wuliji Port.
Two containers, less than 60 square meters, house 9 policemen.
The border management area of 18.4 square kilometers along the China-Mongolia border is under their jurisdiction.
In addition to border patrols on weekdays, they are also responsible for the registration of temporary residents, the handling of public security cases, and the mediation of conflicts and disputes.
"Container Police Station"
I can’t put one more stool
As the only police station in the country "loaded" in containers, the border police station at Uliji Port has a history of nearly 5 years.
At the end of 2016, the barracks had not yet been completed, and the police station moved into two temporary blue container houses.
One is an office, the other is a dormitory, two beds, a wardrobe, a desk, and one more stool can’t fit.
"The space in the house is limited, and a guest can only sit by the bed and talk about things." Lao Yu has become accustomed to this kind of hospitality.
Lao Yu's full name is Yu Fengdong. He is not tall and has a stocky build.
Although he was only 43 years old, he always laughed at himself and looked old, so everyone called him "older than".
As a veteran policeman who has been on the border for 21 years, he has served in 3 grassroots units.
In 2017, he came to a place full of wind and sand, relying on hard work to bring out a good team to support this newly established unit.
In 2017, the "container police station" on the border officially operated and office on the front line of the country.
As the first director, Lao Yu and his colleagues have been working and living for nearly 5 years in this container that needs to sit beside the bed when entering the door.
Today, such days have entered a countdown, and it is expected that in September of this year, they will move into a new two-story building next to them.
Speaking of the new building that is about to move in, Lao Yu introduced that the new building was built by the Wuliji Port Construction Headquarters, with a building area of 1,450 square meters.
As for the containers that have accompanied me and my brothers for more than four years, there is still one container that will remain on the Gobi Desert.
"This is the memory of 9 of us, and it is also our honor." Lao Yu said that the pennants and commendation certificates that everyone sent before will stay in this box. "Seeing them, seeing this container, we will It surged with the hard work when I first came to Wuliji Port."
Take a bath once a month
Summer is like a "steamer" and winter is like a "refrigerator"
Uliji, Alxa Left Banner, is one of the regions with the lowest annual precipitation in my country, with an average annual precipitation of 80-200 mm, while evaporation increases from the southeast to the northwest.
"In summer, it is basically above 40°C, the container is wrapped with iron sheet, and the wall thickness is less than 10 cm. Under the sun's scorching, the interior is like a'steamer', and the heat is too hot to breathe." Old Yu talked about it. In winter, cold air blows from the north, and the temperature is often as low as -30°C, and the container becomes a "refrigerator" again.
"365 days a year, there are small winds every day, and strong winds are three or sixty-nine." People living at Wuliji Port always describe the weather here.
When sleeping at night, the container is squeaked and dust is often flying indoors. Everyone can only put a basin to increase the humidity, and then put on a mask to sleep. Even so, often woken up in the middle of the night.
In addition to these, the "post-90s" policeman Wu Hongge believes that the deepest memory is taking a bath.
When I first came more than 4 years ago, because the new facilities at the port were still being improved, the domestic water had to be drawn back from 100 kilometers away, and I could only take a bath once a month.
Not only that, but the signal here is so bad that the mobile phone is just like a display. You need to find a high sand dune to make a call, let alone connect to the Internet.
"In your city, you can use as much water as you want, but we can't." Wu Honggeer's bathing problem was solved in 2019-the new office building bathroom of the Port Management Committee was put into use.
However, after all, once lived in a corner of water trapped, now looking at the clear water flowing from the tap, Wu Honggeer and his comrades are still reluctant to "enjoy".
They placed two large buckets outside the door of the container to hold the remaining water that the policemen washed, and then used it for the second time.
9 policemen each hold several positions
And the masses are like a "family"
The Alxa League has a population of about 250,000 and a total area of 270,000 square kilometers. It is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the country.
Wuliji Port is even more sparsely populated. There are only two herdsmen within a 40 km radius of the police station.
Around July 2017, several batches of migrant workers came here, including carpenters, cement workers, steel workers... "Most of them are from Gansu and Sichuan, because they can earn 100 yuan more per day than in the local area, knowing that the conditions are difficult. coming."
But Uliji's hardship at the time was beyond the imagination of some people.
"Young people born here want to go out, but many outsiders cannot hold on for a month." 29-year-old Ji Qinxian is a field police officer at the police station.
According to his memories, when he first came to the police station, he and his colleagues visited the company once.
As soon as I walked in, I saw a migrant worker lying on the ground, looking uncomfortable, Ji Qinxian and others sent him back to the dormitory.
After a while, the workers eased, and asked in the first sentence, "Can I go home? This place is too bitter. It's really not a place for people to stay."
But the contractor said that according to the agreement, he would leave in less than a month and would have no wages.
In the end, under the mediation of Ji Qinxian and others, the contractor paid the workers' wages.
In the early hours of the next morning, the worker hurried away with his luggage.
As the ports become more and more lively, the "business lines" of the police are also expanding.
Not only responsible for the registration of temporary residents at the port, handling public security cases, and mediating conflicts and disputes, but also everyone’s hygienists, security guards, postmen, salespersons, herders, hairdressers... "Monkey Wukong has seventy-two changes, and the nine of us are also different. I have multiple jobs." Ji Qinxian said, "Think about it, the vast Gobi, the vast desert, we are all with you day and night, the police, herdsmen, and migrant workers have been like a family for a long time."
West China Metropolis Daily-Cover News Trainee Correspondent Zou Ajiang