On July 15, 2014, a train full of oil tanks, which were regarded as "moving bombs" and carried great danger, was running steadily along the tracks on the Laiyuan County section of the Beijing-Yuan Railway.
In the cockpit, the three work closely together, the conductor and the two drivers who are in control. "Oops, this rain came so suddenly! The conductor complained and reminded the drivers.
It was still a sunny sky just now, but in the blink of an eye, it was pouring rain. Raindrops hit the windows, blurring the road ahead and making drivers extra nervous. "You see, there's a man there! ”
One of the drivers suddenly shouted. "It's a middle-aged man! Stop or your life will be in danger! The conductor immediately ordered a stop in case of an accident.
Did he try to kill himself? The conductor thought about it and thought it was unlikely. So, he carefully observed Lu Wei's movements and found that he was making an emergency braking gesture to stop the train.
The conductor told the driver that China's law stipulates that it is illegal to intercept a vehicle without permission and will be severely punished by law. So why did Lu Wei risk being fined to stop the train?
Lu Wei is a 42-year-old farmer from Wang'an Township, Laiyuan County, Hebei Province. He herds sheep for a living, but the number of sheep is very small, and he can earn up to 20,000 yuan a year.
In Shanpao Village, a small impoverished mountain village, Lu Wei has been working hard to take care of his family and the lives of the villagers. The only valuables he has in his house are a second-hand refrigerator to store medicines for the sheep to administer injections.
However, this refrigerator is in stark contrast to their family's dilapidated and dilapidated house. In the early years, Lu Wei's wife suffered from diabetes and was unable to participate in labor, so she had to rest at home.
As a result, Lu Wei became the main economic leader of the family, working day and night to support the family. However, the hardships of life did not stop Lu Wei from helping others.
Later, Lu Jinhuan's younger brother suddenly suffered an accident, resulting in high paraplegia and losing his ability to take care of himself. Lu Wei did not hesitate to take his younger brother home and take on the responsibility of taking care of his younger brother.
He used his actions to show us that no matter how difficult life is, as long as we have love in our hearts, we can overcome all difficulties.
Lu Wei was a hard-working farmer who got up in the dark every morning to prepare breakfast, and then began to work in the fields until the sun sank. He toiled day in and day out, working hard to support his family and send his son to school.
Fortunately, my son lived up to expectations and was admitted to university and found a job in Beijing. With the promotion of national support policies, Shanpao Village has also begun to respond to the call to develop animal husbandry.
Lu Wei also joined the sheep herding team in an effort to increase the family's income. However, as fate would have it, a mudslide in July 2014 caught him off guard, and he had to rely on himself to use the money he had saved to buy sheep.
On that day, the village told him to go outside the village to collect the sheep and that he needed to find a way to bring the sheep home.
On the sweltering afternoon, Lu Wei prepared nervously and orderly, fully equipped, and determined to rush to the entrance of the village as soon as possible, because he was worried that it would be dark early and the sheep would not come back yet. Walking on the road, Lu Wei sweated like rain, but his heart was full of expectations.
At four o'clock, he arrived at the site, and after a brief exchange with the person in charge, he carefully counted the number of lambs, which numbered more than 170. Seeing so many cute lambs, Lu Wei's heart was full of joy.
However, just as he was about to drive the sheep home, a hail suddenly fell from the sky, and the hail fell on his face like raindrops, and instantly turned into water droplets. Lu Wei found that it was not rain, but hail.
Hail in July is not uncommon, but Lu Wei decided to gather the sheep together, find a place to rest for a while, and wait for the hail to stop before going home.
After the sudden attack of hail, the sky was covered with hail torrential rain. Lu Wei immediately took the sheep into the cave to take shelter from the rain, his heart was full of worry, and he didn't dare to move for a moment.
In the process of sheltering from the rain, he suddenly remembered the 2012 North China "721 Heavy rain". The disaster was the worst flood disaster in North China in 61 years, killing more than 100 people and causing tens of billions of dollars in economic losses.
Looking at the heavier and heavier rain outside, obviously heavier than the rain two years ago, Lu Wei's heart was full of fear. On the one hand, he is worried about his life, if he has an accident, who will the family rely on to live?
On the other hand, he is also worried that his sheep will get lost or fall ill in the rain, which will make the already difficult situation even worse for the family.
Lu Wei was unable to contact his family during the rainstorm and could only smoke to relieve his inner tension. Suddenly, he heard a loud bang, and a landslide occurred in the tunnel, and a large amount of earth and stones poured down in an instant, blocking the entrance of the tunnel.
Soon, more dirt and stones collapsed and even spread to the tracks, creating a landslide that was 20 meters long and about 1 meter high. This is a very destructive natural phenomenon, and if it is not avoided in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.
With his own experience of herding sheep in the mountains, Lu Wei knew that every day around 5 p.m., a train would pass through this place and have to pass through a tunnel. And this place is the only way for the train, if the train can't stop in time, it may overturn when it encounters obstacles, resulting in the tragedy of car destruction and death.
Lu Wei's heart was full of uneasiness, and he knew that disaster was coming. He immediately left his flock behind and rushed out of the cave. The rain and hail hit him violently in the face, and the slippery mud made it difficult for him to walk, but he had only one thought in his mind, and that was to save the lives of the whole car.
He made his way through the bushes, thorns cutting through his body, but he persevered. He struggled up the hill, climbed over the iron fence, and went straight to the tracks**. He knows that every second counts and that he must act as soon as possible.
He knew that only by standing in the most conspicuous place could he get the driver's attention. He waved his arms, fiddled with his body, and made an emergency stop gesture. Despite the fog and poor visibility, his movements were like a bolt of lightning that instantly illuminated the darkness.
Lu Wei, who had worked on railways in 1996 and underwent three days of training in Beijing, skillfully applied this knowledge to successfully stop the train from entering the hole.
Lu Wei stood by the train in horror, looking at the speeding train, his heart was beating faster, and he almost jumped out of his chest. Even though he knew that he couldn't be heard from the other side, he shouted desperately"Parking", while waving his hands anxiously.
As the train got closer to the mudslide, so did his panic and despair. When his eyes fell on the full tank of oil behind the car, his heart was half cold.
If the driver can't brake in time, then the moment of impact, it is the moment of the fuel tank, and he and his teammates will be reduced to ashes together. During the train 200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters from the tunnel mouth, he closed his eyes and was full of fear.
It wasn't until the conductor saw his gesture clearly at 30 meters that he let out a long sigh of relief as the train finally stopped with the sound of emergency braking.
With a long whistle, the train came to a safe stop. Lu Wei was relieved and danced excitedly in the carriage. The three people in the cab looked out the window suspiciously, and found that the four-meter-high mound of earth in front of them was covered by the railroad tracks, and the train was about to crash, and the consequences were unimaginable.
They looked at each other, and it took a while for them to come back to their senses and remember the man standing in the middle of the railroad tracks. The conductor immediately signaled to open the door and let Lu Wei come in to take shelter from the rain. "Big brother, thank you for saving our lives, come in and take shelter from the rain! ”
The conductor's gratitude was palpable. "It's okay, I happened to see a mudslide, and I saw a train coming, and I thought that if I hit it, it would be over, so I came to stop it.
You're all right, I'm going to see the sheep!" At this time, Lu Wei suddenly remembered the frightened sheep in the cave. With no one there to keep an eye on it, the flock may have been scurrying around.
Lu Wei hurried back to the cave along the same path, and the rain gradually increased on the way. By the time he finally reached the cave, the rain had almost stopped. He breathed a sigh of relief and saw that most of the sheep were still in place, and the stone in his heart fell.
So, he began to count them one by one. In fact, he was ready to lose three or five sheep. However, counting from left to right, there are only more than 140 sheep left in the cave.
This means that thirty sheep have gone missing in the rain. Lu Wei felt that the sky was about to fall at this moment, and he kept blaming himself in his heart. As it got darker, he had to drive the rest of the flock home and make other plans.
When Lu Wei returned, he was soaking wet, and his face was covered with mud and scars, which frightened his wife. His wife was busy wiping away his sweat and mud, and asked him distressedly, "Are you okay?"
We're all scared to death! Lu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, I just slipped." Although Lu Wei's tone was relaxed, his wife could see his uneasiness and anxiety in his eyes.
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Wei came to the railway workstation in Shanpao Village early and cautiously asked the staff: "Hello, I went to stop the train yesterday afternoon, but I lost my sheep, have you seen my sheep?" ”
The staff asked in surprise: "Ah, it turns out that you were the one who stopped the tanker truck yesterday!" Lu Wei hung his head and said: "Yes, but I lost thirty sheep, which I just bought and spent a lot of money." ”
When the staff heard this, they immediately promised to help him find the sheep: "Thank you so much for avoiding a catastrophe." Don't worry, we'll help you find sheep. Lu Wei listened, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt relieved.
In response to the county's support policy, Lu Wei has introduced Northeast cashmere goats for breeding in recent years, and the cost of each sheep is as high as 2,000 yuan. However, the loss of 30 sheep this time meant that all his three years of income were lost, and he was distressed.
Upon learning of the incident, the railway department quickly dispatched personnel to assist in the search for the sheep. After much hard work, 9 sheep were recovered, but the remaining 21 are still missing.
Despite this, Lu Wei expressed his gratitude to the railway staff, and then silently drove the recovered 9 sheep home, feeling heavy along the way.
A few days later, Lu Wei received a strange call from someone claiming to be from the railway department and wanted him to go. Lu Wei was anxious about the lost sheep, thinking it was a fraud**, so he hung up directly.
A few days later, the leaders of the railway bureau visited in person. Lu Wei was cleaning the yard without knowing it. The leader shook Lu Wei's hand and said excitedly: "We are from the Railway Bureau, and we are here to thank you for your heroic behavior.
Thank you so much for saving the lives of three of our staff members that day. Lu Wei was very surprised, he didn't expect that he would save others.
In an interview, Lu Wei's wife was surprised to find that her husband had almost died that day. The wife covered her face and cried, reproaching Lu Wei: "Why don't you tell us about such an important matter?" ”
Lu Wei bowed his head and blamed himself, saying, "I'm afraid that you will be worried, and besides, I lost the sheep." The staff of the railway bureau were deeply moved by this kind and simple couple and decided to compensate them.
A few days later, the Beijing Railway Bureau awarded Lu Wei the "Discovery and Prevention of Major Safety Hidden Dangers" award and rewarded him with 10,000 yuan. Although Lu Wei lost nearly 40,000 yuan as a result, he was already satisfied with this award.
After the story of Lu Wei's heroic firefighting spread, many ** interviewed him one after another. Facing the camera, he showed an attitude that was not arrogant or impatient, did not become arrogant and arrogant because he was noticed, and still maintained his unpretentious nature.
As his heroic deeds gradually spread, Hebei Province decided to make him a moral model and reward him with 100,000 yuan. Subsequently, the Baoding Municipal Party Committee and the Laiyuan County Party Committee and County awarded him 100,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan respectively.
In addition, various departments in the province also jointly rewarded him with 40,000 yuan. In the end, Lu Wei received a total of 300,000 yuan in cash, which was enough to make up for the loss of his sheep.
However, he did not become arrogant because of these awards and honors, and still lived a low-key life, unchanged.
If you lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing."