This article**: People's Daily Online-Anhui Channel.
People's Daily reporter Wang Ruihua.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, at an altitude of 1,140 meters above sea level in Anhui and Zhejiang Tianlu, Zhou Zaohuan, director of the Jingzhou Service Station of the State Grid Jixi County Power Supply Company, packed up his kit and marched to the depths of the mountains to start a new day of line patrol work.
The Anhui and Zhejiang Tianlu is the highest highway in East China, known as the "Tanggula" on the border of Anhui and Zhejiang, and the dangerous environment brings severe tests to the power workers stationed here.
More than 30 miles of line, Zhou Zaohuan (left) has been guarding for 20 years. Photo by Bu Houji.
The temperature in this mountain is not earlier than the cold wave under the mountain. After the mountain is closed in November every year, the materials can only be carried on their shoulders. Zhou Zaohuan said.
Despite this, Zhou Zaohuan has no complaints, and this is twenty years.
Every Spring Festival, he is either on duty in the power supply or on duty in the unit, and has never accompanied us to spend a complete Spring Festival. In the face of an interview with reporters, Zhou Zaohuan's wife complained, but she was distressed in her heart. Zhou Zaohuan said, "The Spring Festival of our electric power people is to let the villagers in the mountains celebrate the New Year in a bright and dignified manner." ”
Although he maintained an optimistic attitude, in the face of the double pressure of the Spring Festival and the cold wave, Zhou Zaohuan did not dare to relax the patrol work.
There is only one 10,000-volt line in Jingzhou Township, and if there is a failure, the entire township will have to lose power. Zhou Zaohuan said, "This is the lifeline of the people of the mountains, and it must be guarded." ”
In recent years, Anhui Zhejiang Tianlu has become a popular tourist destination, in order not to affect the tourist check-in, the power corridor has to cross from the steep slope of the mountain forest, which brings great difficulty to the patrol work.
Zhou Zaohuan (left) in the patrol line. Photo by Bu Houji.
does not take the usual road, this is a true portrayal of Zhou Zaohuan when he patrolled the line. The mountain roads under your feet are covered in ice and snow, the soft ground is frozen hard and slippery, and the cold wind in the mountains makes you shiver ......Sometimes a 10-minute journey often takes an hour.
In order to speed up the efficiency of line patrol, Zhou Zaohuan always carries a piece of cloth with him, picks up a dead wood branch, ties the cloth, and makes a simple non-slip crutch. With its help, the pace of patrol is significantly faster. "After so many years of walking in the mountains, we also have our own secrets. Zhou Zaohuan said with a smile.
Every time he arrives at a tower, Zhou Zaohuan will stop, carefully check the icing of the line, and constantly clean the tree barriers on both sides of the tower to ensure the safe operation of the power corridor. More than 30 miles of mountain roads, stop-and-go, often take more than ten hours to go down. And such a mountain road, during the Spring Festival cold wave, Zhou Zaohuan is a day.
During the Spring Festival, the frosty Anhui Zhejiang Tianlu has a different flavor, attracting many backpackers, and serving the travelers well has become an indispensable work during the Spring Festival.
Our inn has been open for more than ten years, and Zaohuan has also served us for more than ten Spring Festivals. At the end of Tianlu in Anhui and Zhejiang, the homestay run by Wang Haiquan is the terminal of Zhou Zaohuan's Spring Festival visit.
I can memorize Zao Huan's **, if there is any problem, it will be no problem to find him. Wang Haiquan said, "Some time ago, because of the safety of cycling at night, I deliberately asked Zaohuan to help solve it, and dozens of emergency lights illuminated the mountain road. ”
In 20 years, more than 30 miles of power lines, Zhou Zaohuan can walk with his eyes closed. 3,500 residents, he is familiar to every household, as long as he comes to the door, the villagers will affectionately shout "Zao Huan".
What kept Zhou Zaohuan was not only the sonorous oath to protect the lights of thousands of homes, but also the heart-to-heart reluctance of 3,500 residents in the mountains. This "heavenly road", Zhou Zaohuan still wants to continue to walk, dedicate his youth and sweat to the clouds, and do a good job in this bright cause worthy of guarding for a lifetime.