China News Service, Huzhou, November 4 (Reporter Shi Zinan) Every morning at around 6 o'clock in the morning, there will be a motorcycle carrying a heavy newspaper on the road in Daixi Town, Wuxing District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
This man on a motorcycle is Shi Leyang, a 64-year-old delivery boy.
At the same time, his wife Ye Ecai was also riding a battery car through the lanes in Daixi Town, delivering daily newspapers to subscribers as quickly as possible.
In Daixi, many people may not know the names of Shi Leyang and Ye Ecai.
But when it comes to the couple, everyone nods their heads.
Ye Ecai is delivering a paper photo by He Weiwei
Beginning in 1995, Xie Leyang and Ye Ecai have traveled through the streets and villages of Daixi Town, delivering more than 1,000 newspapers to more than 300 subscribers.
So far, they have broken down 5 bicycles and 8 motorcycles, travelled nearly 570,000 kilometers, and sent out 8.64 million newspapers.
Over the past 27 years, Xerox Yang and Ye Ecai have adhered to their original intentions in ordinary positions, and have formed a deep friendship with the people of Daixi with a serious and responsible spirit and honest and trustworthy character. In 2021, they were successfully selected as the "Huzhou Good People".
Speaking of his 27-year newspaper delivery life, Xerox Yang felt that the luckiest thing was that he had never had any serious illnesses.
The honors the couple have won Photo by He Weiwei
"There are only a few simple colds and fevers in the middle, otherwise it will definitely affect the delivery of the newspaper." Even in the rain and snow, Xileyang and Ye Ecai never asked for leave.
Even if they were unwell, they insisted on delivering the newspaper in the morning and seeing a doctor in the afternoon.
The newspapers not delivered by one of the husband and wife will be delivered to the other party without affecting every subscriber to read the newspaper.
In winter in the mountains, the temperature is much lower than in the plains.
The newspaper delivery started at 6 o'clock in the morning. At the end of the day, the families of Xie Leyang and Ye Ecai were all frozen.
"If the sky is not beautiful, a small snowfall will make the roads in the mountainous area very slippery, and sometimes people will fall out with a car without paying attention." Ye Ecai said that her husband would occasionally break the motorcycle on the road. If the situation is lost, then two people can only push home together.
Someone left an account for Xerox’s central calculation: riding a motorcycle for 60 kilometers a day, it is more than 20,000 kilometers in a year, and the total number of kilometers in 27 years is nearly 570,000 kilometers, which is equivalent to going around the earth 15 times.
"This kind of work is hard, and the salary is not high. You didn't consider changing jobs. Isn't it better than sending newspapers?" Faced with such concerns, Xerox Yang said, "Seeing that new newspapers can be delivered to subscribers in time every day. , I feel extremely relieved in my heart."
"Most subscribers are just like old friends, and they are very happy to see each other every day." For many years, Xeroyang's delivery rate on time has been 100%, whether it is in the mountainous area or in the town, and there has never been a complaint.
The couple were selected as "Huzhou Good People" photo by Shi Lina
Hong Ruimei, a retired teacher in Lianshan Village, Daixi Town, has subscribed to the newspaper for more than ten years, and waiting for the arrival of the new newspaper has become an important part of her daily life.
On a typhoon day this summer, Hong Ruimei was waiting to read the new newspaper as before, but suddenly dark clouds came up, and then it started to rain heavily.
"Looking at the storm outside, I thought that I should not be able to read the new newspaper today. Unexpectedly, the deliveryman still came with the newspaper." Hong Ruimei said, Xile Yang's face was raining down his clothes. But the subpackaged newspapers were not wet at all.
Such accidents often appear in the newspaper delivery careers of Xie Leyang and Ye Ecai, but they have never delayed delivery because of this.
In the 27 years of travel, they have also witnessed the earth-shaking changes in Daixi Town.
"In Daixi in the 1980s, most of the rural roads were muddy dirt roads, and they were bumpy when it rained. Now all roads have been renovated and improved, and our newspaper delivery has become more and more convenient. The construction of a new rural area also makes this small The town is becoming more and more beautiful." Shi Leyang said.
Right now, Xie Leyang and Ye Ecai are getting older and older, but they are still on the way to deliver the newspaper.
Faced with the praise of the people and the affirmation of their superiors, the couple always calmly said, "Our job is to ensure that everyone has a newspaper to read. Since we have done this job, we should do it well." (End) )