(Love in the Greater Bay Area) Sichuan youths were funded by Hong Kong people and helped Hong Kong with their families to make 10,000 square meters of emergency roofs
China News Service, Guangzhou, April 21, Question: Sichuan youths were once funded by Hong Kong people to help Hong Kong with their families to make 10,000 square meters of emergency roofing
China News Service reporter Fang Weibin
Standing on the "Island of Life", which is about to be completed, in Lok Ma Chau, looking at the Hetao Project Emergency Hospital, the rows of metal roofs that are covered tightly together, a young man from Daliangshan, Sichuan muttered to himself: "Thank you for your gratitude. !"
"If Mr. Liu Baixing from the Hong Kong Xiaoping Education Foundation did not support me to finish high school, I would not be able to go to university." Born in 1991, Zhu Xinxue is a college student who came out of the mountains. He has been funded by Hong Kong people since middle school, and joined after graduating from university. China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Installation Engineering Co., Ltd., in the central aid project to Hong Kong, served as the metal roof production manager of the first phase of the Hetao project emergency hospital.
Zhu Xinxue said: "Xiaoping Education Foundation's 2,000 yuan (RMB) bursary per semester has always been in my heart." It was the first time I participated in a construction aid project and could build an emergency hospital for Hong Kong compatriots. Zhu Xinxue signed up immediately.
He has been running around on the construction site all the year round, and he even couldn't go home for two Spring Festivals due to work. His father, Zhu Weifu, was not worried. This time, he heard that his son would come to help Hong Kong.
Dad Zhu said: "I want to thank the people of Hong Kong for their support in the past, and I want to repay them."
China Construction Second Bureau Installation Engineering Co., Ltd. supports Hong Kong to fight the epidemic together.
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After entering Lok Ma Chau on March 9, Zhu Xinxue immediately put into high-intensity work, because the metal roof is the last "process" of the project, and the completion of the roof also means that the interior is about to be ready for delivery. patient.
Zhu Weifu cooperated with the project to do the logistical work, taking care of the food and lodging of nearly 150 people in the project department like a "father", especially after the construction of the roof started, in order to save time for everyone to eat and drink, he grabbed more time for the construction period and put water The boxes are carried to the roof, and the lunch boxes are also delivered to everyone at lunch.
The total area of the roof construction is nearly 20,000 square meters, which is divided into several parts. Zhu Xinxue coordinates the entire construction progress and connects with multiple departments. At the same time, he also has a construction area.
"The most impressive thing is to make a 3,000-square-meter roof in one night." Zhu Xinxue said that this task started at 11:00 the night before and continued until 5:00 pm the next day.
At night, Zhu Xinxue was still following up the construction progress on the construction site.
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Zhu Xinxue recalled that more than 40 workers were used for the 3,000-square-meter roofing task, which was completed in two batches. A group of people covered the roof.
According to him, in the process of covering the roof, the most afraid of rain, once it rains, the tools with electric power cannot be used. When the time is urgent, everyone eats and drinks at the construction site. It rains and puts on raincoats to do some preparatory work. For example, material transfer, dispersing materials, etc., once the rain stops, they will immediately rush to catch up with the progress.
The high-intensity construction also made Zhu Xinxue, a young and middle-aged man, overwhelmed.
"On the day of the overnight rush, on the way back to the tent from the construction site, I kept shaking and felt like I was about to float." He recalled his life on the Lok Ma Chau project for more than a month. The longest time he did not wash up for 4 consecutive days.
He sighed: "Washing for 10 minutes is worse than sleeping for a while."
Zhu Xinxue (first from left) and his co-workers rushed to the construction at night.
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In the days of Lok Ma Chau's aid to Hong Kong, the father and son were working on a project, but due to their busy work, they could not guarantee to see each other every day.
On the contrary, this time both father and son came to Hong Kong, but Zhu Xinxue felt an inexplicable peace of mind.
He said that being able to work with his father has turned hard work into happiness, and the most important thing is to be able to repay the kindness of Hong Kong people who sponsored him to complete his studies.
Hong Kong is the capital of charity. Over the years, Hong Kong people have been supporting the development of the mainland. Their love and love have accumulated, nourishing the mountains and rivers of China, and flowing into the hearts of Zhu Xinxue's family.
"Today, I have the ability, and I will also pass on this care." On the 21st, Zhu Xinxue sent a message to reporters that he had completed the work in Lok Ma Chau and was ready to go to the next stop.
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