Text|Meng Xiancong.
An ordinary person, an ordinary job. It is precisely because of this person's persistence in wearing the stars and wearing the moon, weathering the wind and rain, and not being afraid of cold and heat, that people can breathe fresh air and walk cleanly, which also interprets the importance of this job.
Author's inscription. On the dam, early in the summer morning.
At four o'clock, the earth was still so quiet, and the willow trees by the street hung low, supple like a maiden, and the pure breeze swept across the cheeks, making people feel refreshed.
A tall middle-aged man in green overalls, swinging a shovel to carefully clean up every piece of garbage, his angular face revealing resoluteness, he raised his arm from time to time to wipe the sweat on his face, and the orange street lamp stretched his shadow very long.
He is Dong Shaowen, the leader of the cleaning team of the former county sanitation and cleaning team in Shangyi County. Dealing with garbage for more than 40 years has made a "most beautiful Zhangjiakou person".
one
In September 1981, the late autumn on the dam was picturesque.
The sun is soft, the sky is blue and pure, the white clouds are like cotton wool, rolling around arbitrarily, the earth is golden, whether it is a mature crop, or a small grass, all show the hardness of hope, bid farewell to the impetuousness of the hot summer, in the indifferent and quiet autumn color, there is how much mature charm, gentle and amorous autumn rhythm.
I'm going to report to the county sanitation team tomorrow, and I'm a sanitation worker. Dong Shaowen, who was lying on the kang, crossed his hands behind his head, stared at the newspaper ceiling, his thoughts were uncertain, and his heart was like boiling water in a pot.
He rolled over and walked straight to a poplar forest next to him, the afternoon sun was still soft, and the autumn wind made the leaves make waves of brushing sound. Countless branches stretched out from the tall tree, and the leaves shook gently in the wind, falling from time to time, covering the earth with a golden carpet.
Dong Shaoming is white, sanitation worker is an elegant name, to put it bluntly, he is actually a "stinky" worker who takes out garbage and washes toilets. Although there is always a shadow of "unseemly" in my head, there is always a job.
A gust of wind swept by, and there was a splash of brushing in the woods under the dappled sun, gently touching Dong Shaowen's inner heart, which no one knew and could not describe. He, patting the dirt on his buttocks, walked out of the woods with resolute steps, and walked ...... in the sun
Early the next morning, Dong Shaowen was the first to report to the sanitation team for work. The captain gave him "five major items": a small four-wheeled tractor, a manure tank, a shovel, a pickaxe, and a broom, and became a garbage collector. Since then, he has used these "five major pieces" to write a "sanitation relationship" without regrets.
At the beginning, Dong Shaowen always felt a little unable to wipe his face, and covered a big mask every day, this protective mask was the best cover tool in his opinion, and wearing it would not be recognized by classmates, acquaintances, and friends. When he gets off work, he always walks with his head down, walking along the most remote alleyway, for fear of meeting acquaintances who ask him to work at **, and even the class reunion excuses him.
Although he was secretive and low-key work, he was still known by many relatives and friends, and they all came to persuade him to give up this job. One night, his mother said to him earnestly, "Son, don't do it!"Your job is not good to say, it is not easy to say, it is not easy to do, and you can't even find a daughter-in-law if you do it, even if you are a construction worker, it is better than digging a toilet!”
Mother, who doesn't want to have a good job that is both easy and decent?However, someone has to do this job, and if no one is dirty, what will the county look like?Don't persuade me, I recognize the ...... that will not changeDong Shaowen said softly to his mother.
I remember that on the first day of work, the captain arranged for him to clean the public toilet next to the auditorium in the western part of the county, and he confidently assured the captain that the task was completed. However, because he didn't know the essentials, he did it by feeling, and as a result, his body was full of feces, and the men and women around him covered their noses and bypassed, and some of them showed contempt, Dong Shaowen couldn't wait for a crack in the ground to get into. At noon, he secretly washed his work clothes, and was so sick that he didn't even eat. In the afternoon, he drove a tractor and appeared at the work of cleaning the toilets.
There are no holidays and days off at work, and he has been dealing with feces, sludge, sewage, and garbage for many years, and his footprints are all over the streets and alleys of Shangyi County.
In summer, the stench of garbage is overwhelming, mosquitoes and flies are flying, and passers-by cover their noses and walk, but he is accompanied by the smell, meticulous in his work, and insists on completing the cleaning task.
In winter, the cold air on the dam hits people, dripping water into ice, garbage freezes into icebergs, a pickaxe goes down, a white spot, and the splashed garbage collapses into his mouth and eyes from time to time, but he does not retreat, has no regrets, sweats in ordinary posts, and fulfills the promise of "no regrets, silent dedication" with practical actions, and becomes a respected sanitation worker who "one person's dirt in exchange for ten thousand people's cleanliness".
The summer of 1988 was a rare hot summer. Despite the fact that it was a dam, the sky was clear blue with a fireball like a sun, and there was not a trace of white clouds, and the poplar trees in the street stood listlessly and lazily. The weather was very hot, and the thick air seemed to freeze.
At the beginning of August, the unit received a notice that the relevant departments at the higher level should randomly inspect the sanitation of the county, requiring all toilets and lanes in the county to be kept clean and hygienic every day, and they had to go to the toilet every three or five times to go around. Cleaning up toilet feces in the summer is the biggest headache for cleaners, and the smelly feces are often splashed all over the body. At the mobilization meeting, after the captain read out the documents of his superiors and clarified the working hours and requirements, the venue was dull, and no one said anything for a long time. The captain knew that everyone was willing to sweep up the garbage on the street and not to clean up the feces in the toilets.
I'm young, and I'm doing the work of cleaning the toilet!Dong Shaowen stood up and took the initiative to ask. When he saw everyone looking at him in amazement, he raised his voice and said, "You clean up the garbage on the street, and I clean up the feces in the toilet!"The captain looked at Dong Shaowen's dark face, raised his hands and applauded, and then the whole venue burst into long-lasting applause.
After that, Dong Shaowen ran between the toilets every day without a trace of complaints. Once, he drove a small tractor to transport manure as usual, and because the manure tank that had been damaged for many years could not withstand the bumps, a foot-long hole was cracked, and the smelly fecal water went straight out. If it is not dealt with in time, the streets will be full of manure as the tractor moves forward. Dong Shaowen immediately stopped and jumped off the tractor, took off his shirt, and with the help of a well-wisher, quickly blocked the crack in the manure tank.
In the process of Qingtao Marathon, which lasted for more than 40 days, Dong Shaowen successfully completed the task. Due to his outstanding work, he was trained by the party branch as an active member of the party, and later became an honorable communist party member after inspection and approval.
In the whole process of sanitation work, the filtrate cleaning of garbage treatment plants is the dirtiest, smelliest and most tiring livelihood, and the stench is not tolerable to ordinary people. Dong Shaowen said. In spring and autumn, it is cleaned once a month, and in the summer, it has to be cleaned once every 20 days. Every time it is time to clean up, Dong Shaowen will rush to the forefront without hesitation, in order to lead everyone to work together to complete the task.
II. II. II
In the winter of 2012, several successive heavy snowfalls covered the plateau with snow, covering the land tightly. Rural roads are blocked, and villagers have to rely on forklifts to push snow to open the roads, and some sections of the road are more than 1 meter thick, and people walk on the roads pushed by forklifts, as if walking through trenches. On the streets of the county, the snow is also thick, and the traffic is inconvenient, which makes it very difficult for residents to travel and children to go to school.
At this time, Dong Shaowen, as the leader of the cleaning team, once again took the initiative to ask for help, and led the team members to get up early and be greedy for darkness, fighting on the front line of rushing to transport snow and garbage. When the weather gets cold and the snow turns into ice, he leads the cleaning team to get up early every day and clean up the snow and garbage. Garbage and snow have skyrocketed the workload and made it more difficult to clean up.
At around 4 p.m. on January 8, 2013, Dong Shaowen was dumping garbage at the garbage dump with a large cart of snow and garbage as usual. There were many ice cubes on the truck, one of which was more than 1 cubic meter in volume, and this large ice cube loaded onto the truck by the loader got stuck when it was poured.
Dong Shaowen stabbed with a shovel, and the ice suddenly slipped down, and after pushing Dong Shaowen out more than two meters on the shovel handle, it smashed heavily on his leg. Dong Shaowen fell to the ground on his back, his head was broken, and he also fainted. More than 10 minutes later, a dumpster found him, dragged him out from under the ice, and took him to the county hospital. Doctors bandaged his head wound and diagnosed a fractured left leg, requiring him to stay in bed for 3 months after surgery.
During Dong Shaowen's hospitalization, leaders, colleagues and residents all visited him, and Lao Dong felt that he had not done his job well and was injured. Dong Shaowen, who was lying on the bed every day, looked at the ceiling, and there were waves in his heart, and it was difficult to calm down: "It is the critical moment to clear the snow, lying on the bed by myself, and it is uncomfortable for people who are used to doing work every day not to work." ”
So, despite the obstruction of his wife and daughter, he was discharged from the hospital and returned home after only staying for more than 10 days. Although he rests at home, he is still concerned about the garbage removal work, and asks his teammates about the snowdrift and garbage cleanup every day.
More than two months later, when Dong Shaowen appeared at the garbage cleanup site on crutches, everyone showed incredible expressions, some greeted him, some cared about him, and some blamed him for not recuperating well and came to the construction site, persuading him to go home quickly.
However, Dong Shaowen said: "Thank you for caring about me, but I am the team leader, even if I can't work with a shovel or broom, but I can command everyone and accompany everyone to do a good job, which can be regarded as a kind of encouragement." In this way, Dong Shaowen led the cleaning team to fight on the front line every day, successfully completed the snow and garbage cleaning tasks, and let the residents have a clean Spring Festival.
After recovering from his injuries, Dong Shaowen was transferred to the garbage dump to engage in management work, responsible for road cleaning and garbage management at the garbage dump. The dump has a steep slope of more than 200 meters, which must be cleared. Whenever it snows, Dong Shaowen always rushes over at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night to clear the snow on this section of the road and ensure that the garbage dump is unimpeded. Thanks to his efforts, there has never been an incident where garbage trucks have been blocked on this slope.
In the practice of environmental sanitation work for many years, Dong Shaowen creatively summed up the working method of "one guarantee, two links, three attendees and four breakthroughs". One guarantee is to ensure that the garbage removal does not exceed 12 hours;The second pass is to report the cleaning task before the class, clarify the cleaning requirements, exchange cleaning information in the class, and support and help each other at any timeThe three diligences are to be diligent in the mouth, hands and legs;The fourth breakthrough is to seek a breakthrough in expanding the scope of work, a breakthrough in breaking the boundaries of the responsible area, a breakthrough in the quality of cleaning and transportation, and a breakthrough in the efficiency of cleaning and transportation. The new work method has improved work efficiency and reduced labor intensity, and has been fully affirmed by the leaders and the masses. In 2015, during the sheep race held in the county, there were more than 30,000 people at the venue every day, and more than 10 tons of garbage were generated every day.
After years of heavy physical labor in the morning and night, Dong Shaowen suffered from respiratory tract infections, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases, especially after fractures and injuries, which left sequelae, and the pain was unbearable as soon as the weather changed. After more than 10 minutes of hard knocking with a rubber hammer at home to relieve himself, he still walked to the garbage cleaning work site selflessly, sometimes landing on one foot when the pain was so bad, but also to complete the task, and "beautify" the town without regrets.
It is not difficult for a person to do one thing, what is difficult is perseverance day after day, year after year. According to rough estimates, Dong Shaowen has cleaned up more than 300,000 tons of garbage and more than 50,000 tons of manure, saving more than 1.8 million yuan for the unit.
Three
When I first went to work, many people said behind my back that Dong Shaowen was so stupid, he loaded garbage and scooped up dung every day, and happily thought that he had found a good livelihood, so he dried it stinky and dry, and he couldn't even find a daughter-in-law!
These words may not sound pleasant, but when you think about them, they are true.
Dong Shaowen, who is in his 20s, has watched his peers neatly dressed and holding his girlfriend to "press the road" countless times, watching his peers riding bicycles to and from work decently, while he drives to and from work all day long in his work clothes to remove garbage
However, every time I see piles of frowning garbage, cleaned up by myself and my co-workers, an indescribable sense of pride arises. Countless times, Dong Shaowen stroked his work clothes and thought: Someone has to do this job.
The ancients said that fate determines three lives, as long as there is fate and affection, even if they meet for thousands of miles, they can eventually become dependents. In the first month of 1982, when people were immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival, Dong Shaowen was introduced to the girl Zhang Junfang by a matchmaker, although Dong Shaowen was sweeping the streets and pulling garbage when they met.
Tall, with a black and red face, and a simple smile, he got to work, and he had endless energy. Everything is good, but the work is not good. This is Dong Shaowen's first impression of Zhang Junfang.
Subsequently, Zhang Junfang followed the matchmaker to Dong Shaowen's house, Dong Shaowen's nearly 70-year-old grandmother was sick and lay on the kang all day and needed someone to serve her, Dong Shaowen's mother was not in good health, and she also took medicine all year round.
In the autumn of 1982, in the eyes of people full of doubts, Zhang Junfang married Dong Shaowen, in addition to taking care of all the housework in her small family, she also took on the burden of taking care of Dong Shaowen's grandmother with her mother-in-law.
A year later, they had a lovely little daughter, and whenever Dong Shaowen came home from work exhausted, his wife saw that his head and body were full of filth, and she always made a cup of hot tea and brought it to him in distress. At this time, he looked at his wife, teased his daughter, melted into the warmth of family happiness, and forgot all the fatigue of the day.
Husband and wife are birds of the same fate, and birds of the same fate will depend on each other for a long time and will always be with each other. Time blink of an eye to 1993, in the autumn of this year, Zhang Junfang was influenced by her husband and was also hired as a sanitation worker. Since then, in the sanitation team of Shangyi County, there has been one more sanitation couple. At 4 o'clock in the morning every day, the two of them get up early, simply eat breakfast, grab shovels, brooms and other tools, ride electric bicycles, rush to the place of work, and start the day's work.
Zhang Junfang is also a strong woman, and she is well-known in the sanitation team. Every year during the Spring Festival, the sound of firecrackers comes and goes, and the fireworks are colorful, adding a festive atmosphere to the joyful festival and bringing people good wishes for the New Year. On the first day of the first lunar month, the scraps of paper after the residents set off firecrackers were red in the wind, and Dong Shaowen and his wife got up early and needed to clean up the scraps of paper all morning. Mothers in their 70s have become accustomed to not being able to come back early to pay New Year's greetings.
Near noon, Dong Shaowen and Zhang Junfang hurriedly rode motorcycles to their old mother's house. As soon as he entered the door, Dong Shaowen said with a smile: "Mom, you understand your son's job, the street has been swept clean by us, and people are smiling, isn't this more energetic than giving you a New Year's greeting?"The old mother trembled and took her son's hand: "Child, I'm so old, I just look forward to you coming back soon, let's have a reunion dumpling together!."”
Perhaps, we can't imagine how difficult it is to keep the street environment clean under the scorching sun, in the wind and snow, and in the traffic coming and going, but we must admit one thing: sanitation workers like Dong Shaowen and Zhang Junfang are indeed very hard.
Four
As a sanitation worker, he is often looked down upon, for this, Dong Shaowen has become accustomed to it, talking about things like people's white eyes and being insulted, he just laughs and doesn't care.
It doesn't matter if the work is dirty or tired, the point is that the world's prejudices look down on us cleaners. I also had the idea of changing the working environment, but then I thought about it, this work must be done by someone, I don't do it and others have to do it, the social division of labor is always different, if I can change a clean environment for everyone, I think it is worth it. Dong Shaowen said with a smile.
Once, in the process of removing garbage, Dong Shaowen's car stopped next to a public toilet, and a young man who went to the toilet rubbed the dirt on the car, and scolded him: "Stop and don't open your eyes?"Who told you to park your car here?You stinky, pay me for my clothes!He also picked up a dung tool and pointed at Dong Shaowen and humiliated Dong Shaowen. Although Dong Shaowen was a little angry, he still patiently reasoned: "Young man, it is my job to dig up manure and pull garbage, and cleaning does not mean that there is no dignity!."Please speak with respect!Later, under the accusation of several passers-by, the man muttered, "I'm unlucky to meet you" and left stupidly.
There was a time when small traders and vendors in the county town set up stalls on both sides of the street to sell things, and after the stalls were withdrawn every day, the ground was full of debris. Some people are reluctant to take two steps to throw packaging waste into the bin, even though the bin is close at hand, but discard it at will.
Once, Dong Shaowen was cleaning up the garbage in front of a stall, and a woman in her 40s threw a pile of pieces of paper wrapped in Yali pear on the street that had just been cleaned, and then looked at Lao Dong while munching on melon seeds. Lao Dong came back and bent down to pick up the garbage paper and said: "You can't throw these papers on my tractor next to you, please respect our labor!."”
Before Lao Dong finished speaking, the woman shouted: "Ouch, you street sweeper, I don't throw garbage, what do you sweep?"Don't you expect us to throw away the garbage and eat a bowl of rice?Cow what cow!Lao Dong, who had never quarreled with anyone, stopped his broom and said, "You have a little quality in speaking, okay?""Who do you say has no quality?Do you have qualities?Do you have qualities?The woman pounced on her as she spoke, scratching Lao Dong's face.
When Dong Shaowen dragged his tired body back home, his wife Zhang Junfang looked at the scars on his face and complained: "Why don't we stop doing this work, you are dirty, tired and looked down upon, you are strong and can't earn this money?"”
Dong Shaowen looked at his emaciated wife and said: "To tell the truth, I used to walk with my head down to avoid acquaintances, and even at class reunions, I used excuses to shirk it. Who wouldn't want a good job that is both easy and glorious?If my dirty tiredness can be exchanged for everyone's cleanliness, it will also be regarded as my life to accumulate virtue and do good. Hearing Dong Shaowen's words, his wife's eyes turned around and went to work.
Indeed, Dong Shaowen is a person with a realm and a person who cherishes his work. He has been dealing with dung and garbage for many years as an adult, and has gone through most of his life in a flash. "Fortunately, I've gotten used to it for so many years, and I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I look at the clean streets. "Dong Shaowen, he really fell in love with this job.
Five
On November 25, 2017, the land outside the city was covered in snow. This is a day worth remembering for Dong Shaowen for the rest of his life.
After attending the 9th Zhangjiakou City Moral Model Award Ceremony and the "2017 Most Beautiful Zhangjiakou People" press conference on the 24th, Dong Shaowen was named the only "Most Beautiful Zhangjiakou People" in Zhangjiakou City. Subsequently, he was arranged to return with honor on the first flight of Zhangjiakou's "county and county pass" to Shangyi County, and the leaders of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee personally escorted him to the plane.
As a sanitation worker, I have walked all over the streets and alleys of Shangyi, but I did not expect to have the opportunity to take a plane to see the whole county today. Before boarding, Dong Shaowen deliberately took out his mobile phone and asked the staff to help him take pictures in front of the plane.
This is Dong Shaowen's first time on a plane, and it is still such a meaningful flight, Dong Shaowen is excited. The plane took off and rose higher and higher, Dong Shaowen was slightly dizzy but quickly calmed down. He looked around and saw that the buildings under his feet had become the size of bricks, and the plane first flew west to Wanquan, and then north to Shangyi.
About half an hour later, the plane landed in the sports arena in the east of Shangyi County, Dong Shaowen was warmly welcomed by the leaders of the county party committee and the county, the leaders of the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, the leaders of the sanitation team, colleagues and relatives and friends, and sent him a bouquet of flowers, which brought tears to the eyes of Dong Shaowen, a tough guy.
What makes Dong Shaowen most pleased is that his wife and daughter are also more and more supportive of his work. The daughter said: "In the past, I never dared to mention to my classmates and friends what my father did, but now I dare to say that my father is a sanitation worker, you are great, I am proud of you!".”
On February 11, 2018, the 2018 Spring Festival Gala of Shangyi County with the theme of "Singing a New Era and Achieving a New Leap" was passionately held in the multi-functional hall of the County Vocational Education Center. Dong Shaowen was specially invited to the stage as "the most beautiful Zhangjiakou person", facing the camera and flash, he told the people of the county that a Communist Party member "loves his job and dedicates himself to his job and is dedicated to environmental sanitation".
Due to his outstanding work, Dong Shaowen has won many provincial and municipal honors since he participated in the sanitation work in 1981.
In 2000, he was rated as the first "City Beautician" by the Zhangjiakou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government
In 2008, he was awarded the "May Day Labor Medal" by the Zhangjiakou Federation of Trade Unions
In October 2016, he was awarded the "Best Urban Beautician" by the Provincial Trade Union, the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the Propaganda Department
In 2017, he was rated as "the most beautiful Zhangjiakou person" in the sixth "moral model" and "most beautiful sanitation worker" selection of "the most beautiful Zhangjiakou person";
In March 2018, he was named the fourth batch of "Post Learning Lei Feng Pacesetters" by the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee
In October 2018, he was awarded the third "Best Urban Beautician" in Hebei Province by the Provincial Trade Union and the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
In December 2018, he was rated as "the second most beautiful migrant worker in Hebei Province" by the Hebei Provincial Migrant Worker Leading Group
In December 2019, he was listed on the monthly "Hebei Good People" list of dedication and dedication in Hebei Province
He has been rated as a "municipal model worker" seven times and an "outstanding Communist Party member" by the county party committee twice.
Someone persuaded Dong Shaowen: You have become famous, won so many honors, fought so advanced, and now that you are so old, what are you still tired of?Let's change to a quiet job!
What's the picture?For what?Lao Dong doesn't say it, but he has a rod and scale in his heart, because he is a middle ** member!In his heart, party members should be the first to endure hardships.
In fact, the leaders of the sanitation team wanted Dong Shaowen to do some office chores after he was injured with a broken bone. But he thinks: "Office work is labor-saving but brain-consuming, I am not highly educated, and I am still comfortable in the front line." Recalling the painstaking persuasion of relatives and friends when he entered the industry, Dong Shaowen still does not regret his choice.
At the end of 2020, Dong Shaowen retired honorably.
After retiring, he took on the burden of the retired party branch secretary of the County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, in addition to serving the retired old cadres, he still cares about the county's sanitation work, from time to time to the residential area to see, to the garbage point around, for the county's sanitation and cleaning work to put forward reasonable suggestions. In 2021, he was rated as the "Second Batch of Five Good Old Cadres and Party Members in the City" by the Organization Department of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Party Committee.
On the road of Dong Shaowen's life, behind a string of shining honors, Dong Shaowen's hard work and sweat for decades are condensed. He is an ordinary sanitation worker and an ordinary Communist Party member, but he has cast the noble feelings of a Communist Party member with dedication in his ordinary post!