Silver cross-country survivors posted online and live broadcasts to help villagers sell unsellable apples
The apples in the village of Baoen, the rescued have a market
After 5 months after the cross-country accident, Zhang Xiaotao returned to Baiyin.
Five months ago, he almost died here. Five months later, he came to help the kind villagers here.
On May 22, 2021, the Yellow River Stone Forest Mountain Marathon 100-kilometer cross-country race was held. Zhang Xiaotao was one of the contestants. In the race, he successfully ranked among the top six.
But at this time an accident happened, and the squally wind mixed with hail and freezing rain caused the temperature to drop suddenly.
Zhang Xiaotao was once in a coma due to hypothermia, but was fortunately rescued by Zhu Keming, a herder from Changsheng Village, Jingtai County, Baiyin City.
On that day, Zhu Keming alone saved 6 contestants.
Zhu Keming was not the only rescuer. It was learned that an athlete was in distress. Almost all the villagers in Changsheng Village except the young and old went up the mountain. Without these kind and brave villagers, the consequences of the accident would be even more daunting. Imagine.
After Zhang Xiaotao was rescued, he once told the media before leaving Baiyin that he must return to Changsheng Village. He thanked Zhu Keming and the villagers here.
Therefore, he came back.
Gao Shuang, Zhang Xiaotao
Identity: Silver Cross Country Survivor
Annual Memory: Helping Save People Villagers Sell Unsalable Apples
On May 22, 2021, severe weather such as squally wind and freezing rain occurred during the 100-kilometer cross-country race in the Yellow River Stone Forest Mountain Marathon, resulting in the unfortunate death of 21 contestants due to loss of temperature.
Many athletes survived with the help of villagers in Changsheng Village, Jingtai County.
In October, the main source of income for the villagers in Changsheng Village-Apples encountered a problem of slow sales. Survivors such as Gao Shuang and Zhang Xiaotao helped the villagers successfully sell tens of thousands of catties of apples through their own means, realizing dignified help and repaying favors. Wish.
Help villagers sell apples as a reason to come back
In October 2021, when Zhang Xiaotao returned to Baiyin, it was the time when the Gansu area was under epidemic control. Jingtai County issued an epidemic notice on October 26 and decided to close primary and secondary schools from 12:00 on the 26th, and closed communities and villages. Traffic suspension, road management and control.
This posed a problem for the villagers in Changsheng Village: How to sell the apples in the village?
Apples are the most important source of income for the villagers of Changsheng Village. The total cultivated area of Changsheng Village is 3,500 mu, of which more than 2,400 mu is grown with apples.
According to Wang Zhong, the village director of Changsheng Village, there are differences in apple planting years in the village. On average, the annual output of apples on an area of 2,400 acres can reach about 6,000 tons.
During the harvest season, the village produces a lot of apples, and you can see semi-trailers delivering apples one by one.
However, slow sales often occur.
“Slow sales are very serious, and half of the apples are often not sold. Some of the unsalable apples are given to relatives and friends, some are fed to sheep, and the rest rot in the end.” Wang Zhong said.
Helping the villagers in Changsheng Village sell apples is the reason Zhang Xiaotao came back. He knows that this is an opportunity for him to repay his life-saving grace.
Buying is a dignified help to the villagers
Gao Shuang is also one of the survivors of the Silver Cross Country.
After being rescued, he kept in touch with the villagers in Changsheng Village.
In July 2021, Gao Shuang proposed to Wang Zhong the idea of donating supplies, but Wang Zhong responded that if he really wanted to help the villagers, the best way was to buy apples from the village.
On October 27, 2021, Gao Shuang posted an article "Village Benefactors of the Silver Cross-Country Race, they beg everyone to buy an apple" on the WeChat public account.
In the article, Gao Shuang described the good deeds of the villagers in Changsheng Village, the difficulties encountered by the villagers, and the wishes of the rescued: "What they need is not charity, but dignified help."
"It's all done!" Gao Shuang wrote in the article.
"Buy it and it's done!" Many netizens commented after the article.
Apple's sales soared after online sales
Gao Shuang recalled that before he posted the article, the daily sales volume of the Taobao store in Changsheng Village was only 13 orders. After posting the article, the Taobao store's sales exceeded 1,000 orders. Later, it sold more than 3,000 orders and sold about 50,000 catties of apples. .
"In order to ensure timely delivery, I now set the purchase quantity every day, and the purchase link is closed after the count. If the goods and order processing can be supplied, there will be no such problems in the future." Wang who is also the owner of Taobao shop Zhong later said in an interview with the media.
At the same time, Zhang Xiaotao is also working hard to help Zhu Keming, a lifesaver, sell apples.
He used the live broadcast platform.
In the live broadcast room, he was telling the story of Changsheng Village, tasting the apples of Changsheng Village, and Zhu Keming was still humming songs from time to time.
In this way, it only took more than 10 days, and Zhu Keming's apples were sold out.
When the traffic in Jingtai County was restored, trucks carrying apples from Changsheng Village rushed across the country. The trucks carried the hope of the villagers, the blessings of netizens from all over the country, and every survivor such as Gao Shuang and Zhang Xiaotao. Of repaying kindness.
The apples of Changsheng Village have good results
But in the eyes of Gao Shuang and others, this is not enough.
"After all, teaching people how to fish is not as good as teaching people how to fish. In 2021, I can solve part of the sales of apples for the village by publishing a document. In the next year and the next year, how can I ensure that the villagers can continue to sell apples? I hope to find a stable one. In the sales channel, some people accept a large number of orders from the village." Gao Shuang told a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily.
Those who are sincere and do not move will not have it.
The sincere heart of the survivors touched countless netizens and businesses.
Recently, Zhang Xiaotao told a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily that the apples in Changsheng Village did not appear to be unsalable again, and some merchants were already contacting Changsheng Village to discuss the possibility of bulk purchases.
The apples of Changsheng Village had a wonderful result.
Text/Reporter Qu Chang