In Beixiaomen East Community, Beiguan Street, Lianhu District, there is such a doorman: he keeps 48 strings of house keys, and the residents affectionately call him Lao Meng.
Lao Meng's name is Meng Xiangpo, 67 years old this year, and he is the doorman of the No. 23 courtyard of the Second City Construction Company. Why would a resident give the key to his house to Lao Meng for safekeeping?
On February 18, the reporter found Lao Meng to learn the story behind him and the 48 strings of keys.
The trouble caused by the key is small, but it is very frustrating. Lao Meng said: "Someone went out to take out the garbage, a gust of wind blew, and with a bang, the door of the concealed room was locked; Some people are sick and bedridden, their family members are not around, and neighbors want to go in to take care of them, but they have to worry about the locked doors; If a person travels out and has an accident such as a broken and leaking water pipe or forgetting to turn off the gas stove at home, the neighbor can only enter by looking for a lock company or a firefighter to break the door. If I had a spare key at this point, I would have been able to solve the problem in time, which is why the residents asked me to keep the keys to their house. ”
I'm old and forgetful, and I often go out and forget my keys and shut myself out. asked Lao Meng to pry open the window security net many times, get into the house and open the door. Later, I simply left the keys to both doors of my house to Lao Meng. Since then, I don't have to bring a key with me when I go out, and I don't have to worry about not being able to get in. 78-year-old Xing Zuoying said with a smile: "Although it has caused trouble to Lao Meng, I have no worries." ”
It turned out that there was only a four-story tube building in the No. 23 courtyard of the second city construction company, which was an office building earlier, and was transformed into a residential building in 2020, and most of the residents were the employees of the former Xi'an Construction Engineering Construction Project Management Group. Lao Meng's lover has been serving as a doorman due to his leg disability, and Lao Meng often helps his lover on duty. Later, the family also moved to this courtyard. In 2007, Lao Meng worked full-time as a doorman and his lover took turns on duty. According to Lao Meng's words, "I have been a doorman for 17 years, and I have actually worked for more than 30 years." Because there was no cleaner in the yard, the enthusiastic Lao Meng became a volunteer cleaner and regularly cleaned the public health in the building. A few years ago, he became a member of the community grid, in addition to volunteering to clean public health, he also checked the fire protection, electricity and water safety in the building every day, and popularized the common sense of safe life to residents.
After coming and going, everyone got acquainted with Lao Meng and trusted him very much. Therefore, many people also learn from Zuoying's practice: hand over the key to their house to Lao Meng for safekeeping. Some people go out temporarily, and in order to facilitate their children to enter the door, they put the key here for Lao Meng; Some people go out to travel, so it is convenient for Lao Meng to help take care of the house, and they will also leave spare keys; There are also people who decorate the house, because they go to work by themselves, it is convenient for workers to enter the house, and they put the key here in Lao Meng.
The reporter saw on the door of Lao Meng's house that he separated these keys from house to house and strung them with silk rope or iron wire, and marked the name and room number of the household on a piece of cardboard for easy access. After counting, 48 strings of keys to the homes of residents in the community were stored in the old Meng house. "There are 54 households in the courtyard, and I didn't expect so many families to let me keep the keys. Lao Meng said with a smile.
We have been neighbors for many years, he is a sincere and warm-hearted person, and we all trust him. Zhou Jianmin, who had just returned to Xi'an from Shangluo's hometown after the Spring Festival, told reporters that when he returned to his hometown on the 28th of the lunar month, he handed over the key to his house to Lao Meng for safekeeping. It is convenient for relatives and friends in Xi'an to come to visit the house, and it can also let Lao Meng help take care of the family.
The 48 strings of keys represent the trust of 48 residents. Lao Meng said that he wants to keep the trust of the residents in him and be a good "warm-hearted housekeeper" for the residents.
*: Xi'an Evening News.