China News Service, Yuncheng, October 19th: Title: Villagers of Nanguan, Xinjiang, Shanxi: Days when they left their homes due to floods
China News Service reporter Lu Qiguo
Quilts, mattresses, cotton vests, socks, purified water, instant noodles, bath tickets, sausages, bowls, mustard tubers, toilet paper... Sun Caixia received the transitional materials for returning home from the resettlement site and boarded the relocation arranged by Shanxi Xinjiang County Government China Pakistan.
In the early morning of October 7th, Nanguan Village, located on the edge of the Fen River, was about to enter the village due to floods. The Xinjiang County Party Committee and County Government made a decisive decision: immediately organize the transfer of 2,330 villagers from Nanguan Village to ensure that no casualties occur.
On the afternoon of the 18th, the 2,252 villagers who had returned to relatives and friends, as well as the centralized resettlement, returned to their homes of thinking day and night.
Villager Cheng Youan’s yard is low, and the basement stores a large number of purchased items.
On October 6, Cheng Youan had been paying close attention to all the information about the flood situation, and had not fallen asleep for a long time.
Villagers in Nanguan receive purified water.
Photo by Wei Liang
"In the early morning, it was about two o'clock. I heard the loudspeaker in the village telling the personnel to evacuate." Cheng Youan responded immediately and took his family to his sister's house.
The person is outside, the heart is at home.
During the temporary stay, Cheng Youan is most worried about his house.
I don't know how many times, he kept in touch with the duty officer in the village by phone.
"There are obvious cracks in the south house, small cracks in the main house, and there is still water in the basement." On the morning of the 17th, after completing the drainage, dredging and disinfection of the accumulated water on the roads in the village, Nanguan Village allowed one person per household Go home and check.
Although imagined countless times, Cheng Youan still feels distressed by the sight in front of him.
"The most important thing now is to minimize the loss." For two days, Cheng Youan has been busy cleaning up the water and silt in the basement.
Some of the items stored in the basement have been moved to the yard to dry.
"The food security is so good, it's far better than eating in my own home." Villager Yang Xiaoe said that during the temporary stay at the Xinjiang Middle School resettlement site, three meals a day, three meals a day, sufficient supply of eggs, milk, and bread. .
Pull up the disaster relief supplies and go home.
Photo by Wei Liang
During the temporary stay, Yang Xiaoe was a little uncomfortable, and the Xinjiang County Government arranged for medical staff at the resettlement site to check and provide medicine for him.
Like her, no matter who it is, as long as she has a headache, she can get timely diagnosis and treatment.
"It's very warm in my heart." Yang Xiaoe said. Before returning home on the 18th, the local government brought a lot of quilts, mattresses, blankets, cotton vests, self-heating food, convenience food, and drinking water.
Back in the village, another batch of transitional materials was distributed.
From the 7th to the 18th, Sun Caixia has been temporarily living in a centralized resettlement site.
"Counties, towns, villages, and schools have staff who provide full service. In addition to three meals a day, snacks are distributed twice a day."
Sun Caixia couldn't sit still seeing the chefs at the placement point busy all day long.
"People are so tired, how can we sit there and eat ready-made meals?"
During the temporary stay at the Xiguan school resettlement site, Sun Caixia turned into a "kitchen helper" from the next day.
Choosing vegetables, washing vegetables, and cutting vegetables, as long as she can do the work, she always takes the initiative.
After Sun Caixia moved to the Xincheng Elementary School resettlement site midway, she didn't need to cook anymore because she served meals in different places every day. She didn't need to help the kitchen. She could still find work: helping the staff distribute meals and clean the resettlement site.
In the early morning of the 7th, villager Li Yadong sent his mother to the resettlement site of Xiguan School, and his wife returned to her natal home.
Ordinarily, he can stay away temporarily, waiting for the flood to go back home.
However, he took the initiative to change his status as a "placed person" into a "flood-fighting volunteer."
"I have a tricycle, and I can drive past where the water is shallower." On the 7th, Li Yadong drove his tricycle frequently back and forth between the rescue headquarters and the Fenhe dam.
Woven bags, shovel, water pump, tent... "As long as my tricycle can pull it, what can I pull?"
"So many cadres in counties, towns, and villages are on the front line of flood fighting. They are all in the water and mud. It is not easy to organize forces to resettle the masses, drain, dredge, and kill. There are so many reinforcements from outside. Work hard, I'm only in my 40s. Can I be worthy of my conscience without any effort?" On the morning of the 19th, Li Yadong, who was busy helping the village committee to pull supplies, left with a single sentence.
Wen Sheng, a cadre in Nanguan Village, was called by the villagers as "a person who stayed in the village but did not care about his own home."
Vin Sheng’s house has a low terrain with 1.2 meters of water.
In the early morning of the 7th, after his family moved to another residence, he stayed on the front line of flood fighting.
Determine the installation location of the water pump, install the water pump, turn on the power supply, and wherever an emergency is needed, he organizes the personnel to run there.
"Most of the villagers who have water in their house drained the water, and the water drained from his house was late." The villager introduced.
From the afternoon of the 18th to the morning of the 19th, more than 40 of the last 78 villagers who temporarily lived in the centralized resettlement sites returned home.
Uniting one heart and setting out to rebuild their beautiful homes is the "greatest common divisor" of the villagers in Nanguan today.
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