"There is hot water, ginger soup, and you can pick up your own if you need it. On the morning of the 4th, in the west sentry box of the South Square of Hankou Railway Station, Wang Qian, a staff member of the General Management Office, was greeting passing passengers. There is a thermos bucket and a water dispenser on the table inside the sentry box, and the buckets and bags of instant noodles are neatly stacked aside.
Travelers come to pick up hot water and ginger soup. Photo by trainee reporter Chen Xingyu.
Xiong Bofang, 58, is standing at the table, waiting for the hot water to boil before instant noodles. She and her husband wanted to go back to Chengdu for the New Year, got up at 6 o'clock in the morning, transferred to the subway three times, and arrived at Hankou Station at 9 o'clock.
Sanitation workers receive ginger soup. Photo by correspondent Chen Xinlin.
It was also a hassle to go back to our accommodation, so we wanted to wait until 4pm to see if we could buy tickets for other departures in between. Xiong Bofang and his wife found a place to squat at the underground site. Seeing that the sentry box provided ginger soup, instant noodles, etc., she came to the sentry box. took the steaming ginger soup from Wang Qian's hand and took a sip, the expression on Xiong Bofang's face finally relaxed, "Thanks to this hot mouthful." When he left with instant noodles, Xiong Bofang thanked the staff repeatedly.
Tourists enjoy free instant noodles delivered by enthusiastic citizens. Photo by trainee reporter Chen Xingyu.
Behind her, there are quite a few travelers in line. A 16-liter bucket of ginger soup bottomed out in a short time. "Don't worry, the next bucket is ready, I'll have them bring it right away. "Since 6 a.m., ginger soup has been boiling in the kitchen of the Hankou Station Integrated Management Office. At 7 o'clock, Wang Qian opened the sentry box and gave passengers a free ** hot drink, and now it is the third barrel.
In Wang Qian's record book, the reporter found that it read, "At 10:15, Nongfu Spring sent water dispensers and 4 buckets of water; At 10:39, enthusiastic citizens brought porridge, white water eggs, and instant noodles.
Visitors drink heart-warming porridge made by enthusiastic citizens. Photo courtesy of the correspondent.
With a water dispenser and plugged in, passengers can drink hot water with one click. The relevant personnel of the caring enterprise said that as long as there is a shortage of water, they will be notified, and the vehicles will not be able to enter, and the water will be sent by hand.
Wang Qian told reporters that an enthusiastic citizen came with a big red bag in his hand, a pressure cooker full of pumpkin and millet porridge on one side, and boiled eggs, instant noodles and paper bowls on the other.
Enthusiastic citizens brought hot porridge, eggs and instant noodles. Photo courtesy of the correspondent.
Eggs and instant noodles donated by enthusiastic citizens. Photo courtesy of the correspondent.
It is understood that from the 2nd, Wang Qian and her colleagues have entered a 24-hour state of readiness to persuade the evacuation of stranded passengers, and the two volunteer booths in the east and west have been opened to respond to the needs of passengers in a timely manner and do a good job in providing service guarantees to the masses.
(Yangtze River ** trainee reporter Chen Xingyu correspondent Chen Xinlin).