In Tiangongmiao Village, Huashuiwan Town, Dayi County, Chengdu City, adjacent to the Xiling Snow Mountain Scenic Area, Wu Kai, a China Post courier, and his family are doing express sorting once a day. During the first month, the temperature here is much cooler than in Chengdu, and the sleet falls on the tiled roof of Wu Kai's house, and the family spreads a carpet on the ground under the eaves to avoid wetting the package.
Over the past 20 years, this work has been almost uninterrupted. From mother to son, two generations of Wu Kai's family have witnessed the great changes at the foot of the mountain, and have also delivered countless packages to the residents, and there have been no bad reviews so far.
The newspaper delivery person at the foot of the West Ridge
Two generations at a time is 25 years
Mr. Zhao, please take your newspaper and courier today. ”
Wu Kai delivers the newspaper at the Tiangong Temple Fire Brigade.
Wu Kai came to the gate of the school in the center of Huashuiwan Town and delivered the newspaper and the courier package to the recipient. Next, he has to ride around the town, and then go to the mountains thousands of kilometers away from the town to deliver deliveries, every day.
He said that he was a "newspaper delivery person", but Wu Kai's job was much more than just delivering newspapers. With the development of the times, express parcels, letters, and acceptance letters purchased online are all within his delivery scope.
More than a decade ago, the job was done by his mother.
At that time, the coal mining enterprises near Tiangongmiao Village were clustered and there were many shops, which was the "small Chengdu" among the local population, and the demand for newspapers and parcels was very large.
In 1999, the young Yang Yuzhen contracted the delivery work of the Tiangongmiao Post Office, newspapers and parcels from nearby mines, local products sent by mountain residents to relatives and friends, and admission notices for children. In the mountains and outside the mountains, Yang Yuzhen is a bridge that cannot be broken.
Wu Kai and Yang Yuzhen are sorting out the package.
In the next 13 years, this unbreakable bridge has never been broken. "It's really not easy for our student dolls in the mountains to be admitted to university, and I am also happy to see the dolls happy to receive the notice. Talking about her work, Yang Yuzhen is full of smiles.
The area around Tiangongmiao Village is the most remote area in Dayi County, with high mountains and rivers, and in addition to the mines, the local aborigines are mostly scattered in the mountains, and they have to climb mountains and wade through rivers to deliver parcels and letters to their homes. For her, it's not uncommon to hike several kilometers.
In 2012, Yang Yuzhen's son Wu Kai took over his mother's work and became a new generation of "newspaper deliverers". Since 1999, two generations have been working for 25 years.
It's a courier station
One serves more than 4,000 people in the surrounding area
Dayi County Dashuang Road is now a scenic tourist highway. Turning into the alley next to the intersection of Tiangongmiao Village, it is the small courtyard of Wu Kai's family, and it is also the postal agency of Tiangongmiao Village.
The small courtyard of the farmhouse with the green mountains in the back is the express station.
Wu Kai's home is a typical farmhouse in the mountainous areas of western Sichuan, the courtyard is a little old, but it is also very neat and quiet, and during the Spring Festival, the mountain cured meat hangs all over the eaves. Under the eaves, all kinds of express packages are neatly stacked on the shelves, waiting to be delivered.
Approaching the Spring Festival, western Sichuan cured meat hangs all over the eaves.
In addition to Wu Kai and his mother Yang Yuzhen, other members of the family are often involved in courier work. At noon, Wu Kai got the newspaper and courier in the Tiangong Temple area on time. Mother sorting, father registration, Wu Kai packing and handling, and delivering packages are the most tacit things for the family over the years.
The residents of the mountainous areas live scattered, and the demand for express delivery is not intensive, and from the perspective of income, it is really not a good salary. As she grew older, the long-term trek made Yang Yuzhen's body a little unbearable. In 2012, at the request of the old couple, his son Wu Kai took over the job.
Wu Kai and his family set up the express station in their own yard, which is convenient to save costs and easy to take care of. "Now we basically have to send it to three surrounding villages and an area of about 4,000 people. Wu Kai told reporters that since his mother Yang Yuzhen began to deliver express delivery, he has not received any complaints and bad reviews.
Witness the great transformation of the mountains
From the muddy path to the "Jintong Road".
Wu Kai, your package has arrived! Let's take a hand! ”
On the side of the road in front of Wu Kai's house, a "little yellow car" stopped, and the driver opened the trunk, counted the packages, and handed them to Wu Kai one by one.
Passenger and cargo dual-use, shuttle through the countryside "little yellow car".
In the far suburbs of Chengdu, such "little yellow cars" often shuttle through towns, villages, and fields, which is not only the main means of transportation for rural passenger transport, but also undertakes the function of small freight transport. Wu Kai told reporters that in the past, when sending the parcels, they had to ride their bikes to the county seat to pick up the parcels, send them back to the village, and then the villagers would pick them up at the point. With the "little yellow car", the express mail can be directly delivered to the door of the station.
Accompanied by the "little yellow car", there are also wide and smooth roads.
From the middle of the last century to the first decade of this century, the area around Tiangongmiao has been the main production area of Chengdu's coal mines. At the height of the coal mining industry, there was one municipal coal mine and several small coal mines.
Coal mines bring economic benefits, but they also greatly damage the natural environment. The roads were crushed by large coal trucks, and boots were once the most sought-after commodity in town. In 2009, Chengdu's last coal mine, the Chujiang Coal Mine in the Tiangongmiao area, was officially closed, and it gradually transformed into a tourist destination. Nowadays, the muddy and dilapidated path is gone, replaced by a blackened and wide road, which also makes Wu Kai's journey to deliver the goods a lot easier.
In the local area, a number of "Jintong Post Express Station" have been established
According to the Dayi County Transportation Bureau, at present, the county has set up 21 township express logistics operation centers and 47 village-level "Jintong Express Post Stations" like Wu Kai's family, realizing full coverage of village-level logistics nodes in the whole region.
Chengdu ** Jinguan News Reporter Chen Xuyang Photography ** Chen Xuyang Li Dong Editor-in-charge He Qitie.