Control Diary (6)

I am lazily looking at Moments.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang! This doorbell was the device of the developer back then. It is already 18 years old. The screen is already black and white with snowflakes flying around, but the ringtone is still as urgent and loud as ever. The sound is like a ghost urging someone to wake up.

Is it express delivery?

There are express instructions for unblocking! A burst of ecstasy came over me. Open the door quickly,

"Hello! This is the "Exit Card" for our community's controlled area. Please sign for it." Two volunteers presented the "Exit Card". Why do I feel like I am in a closed area now? Is it necessary to "stay at home" in the control area?

I thought the lockdown had been lifted, but now the control has become stricter. Grid management, we are the 001 grid. I have to go out with my card and wear an N95 mask. Where can I find an N95 mask now?

"By the way, who is the contact person on the card?"

"You."

"What about the contact number?"

"It's still you."

"Oh? Oh, oh. Okay."

It seems that the 14-day control period in the control area cannot be ended early, so we have given up.

Just stay at home.

"Look, look, look, Baiyun District has adjusted the control area and the sealed area. Our Qifu Road has been adjusted to a prevention area. We have unblocked it!" My lover's joyful cry swept away my annoyed mood.

So happy! Happiness comes unexpectedly!

"Then do we still need to go to the community for nucleic acid testing?" My wife asked me.

"Well, I think we still have to do it. It's free anyway. But if we go to some places and they ask us to show a negative nucleic acid test certificate, we have to pay for it at our own expense."

"Okay! Let's go downstairs to do the nucleic acid test now, and then go for a walk outside."

"Wow! There are many people doing nucleic acid testing in the community," my lover said.

"Then let's go to other testing points outside the community. There shouldn't be many people outside. By the way, let's take a look at the unblocking status of Qifu Road."

Walk to the gate of the community, "Please show your "Exit Card"." The security guard said.

I took out my "Exit Card" and the security guard signaled that we could go out.

"Isn't there one card per household? How come both of us can go out?" We looked at each other.

"Yes, one card per household, but it doesn't say one card for one person per household. The two of us belong to the same household, so one card is OK."

"Interesting, like the 301 family of 6, they only need one card to travel with the whole family, hahaha!"

When we arrived at Qifu Road, we were dumbfounded. Why was Qifu Road still surrounded by water horses like yesterday? There are also police standing guard at the intersection.

"Comrade police, may I ask why Qifu Road is still sealed off? Hasn't it been changed to a precautionary area?"

"We have no orders to lift the lockdown here."

"The Baiyun District Epidemic Headquarters has just issued a notice. Take a look."

"We are performing our tasks as ordered, and we have indeed not received any order to lift the lockdown."

"Oh, okay, how come you are the police in Zengcheng?" We saw the police's regional logo.

"Yes, we were sent here by Zengcheng to perform the mission."

"Then what time did you come here?"

"We rushed over from Zengcheng at 5:30 in the morning to carry out the mission."

"Your stability maintenance work is really hard!"

"It should."

This happiness comes and goes quickly.

"I don't believe it anymore. Did we understand Baiyun District's announcement wrong?"

I said, "Let's do this. Let's do the nucleic acid first, and then I'll go to the intersection before and after Qifu Road to check the situation, okay?"

"OK."

Sure enough, there were very few people at this nucleic acid testing site outside the community, and the two of us couldn't even get together 10 people per tube.

When doing nucleic acid sampling, I specially sprayed the space occupied by the head of the person in front with 75% alcohol. Dabai who took the sample also smiled at me. "I am awesome!" I thought to myself.

On the way back to the community, I saw some fresh vegetables on sale in front of a fast food restaurant.

I picked some cabbage sums, and after weighing them, the clerk said: "Seven taels, do you want one pound?"

"That's enough, how much is it?"

"Boss, how much does a pound of cabbage cost?" the clerk asked the boss.

"8 yuan a pound."

"More than twice as expensive?" I said.

"There's nothing you can do about it. In this day and age, you're lucky enough to have food to eat!"

I suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling of happiness. Indeed, I am really happy to have food to eat now.

"You go home first. I'll go check out the surroundings now." "Okay."

I rode a shared bicycle and came to Qifu Road East. The place is guarded by the police and no one can enter or leave. Goods entering the controlled area can be handed over here. Guaranteed trucks can also enter the control area.

"Comrade police, can I go out?"

"Can't!"

I cycled to the west of Qifu Road again. The place is still guarded by the police and no one can enter or leave.

There are police standing guard at every cross-branch intersection along Qifu Road, and there are also police patrolling back and forth on motorcycles.

It seems that Qifu Road has indeed not been adjusted to a prevention zone.

From this point of view, is there a problem with my understanding of the "Notice", or is it not written clearly in the "Notice"? I'm really puzzled.

Finally, I confirmed that it was my failure to learn Chinese well.

Because I learned Chinese during the turbulent decade of the Cultural Revolution, and I don’t know if the person who taught me Chinese was a Chinese teacher or a physical education teacher, so it was my fault.

Go home!

Storage and transportation trucks collecting garbage and medical service personnel shuttle back and forth on the road.

Passing by "Guli Building", the dormitory of the high school department of Peiying Center, I heard music playing inside.

School uniforms were hung to dry on the balcony. It seems that the students did not go home. They were enclosed in the campus by the control zone.

Come on, classmates!

After riding a few steps, a loud tenor voice suddenly came to my ears.

"Come, come, come, come, come, the girl will come to accompany my singing..."

The singing came from a parking lot guard box.

"Hello, big brother! You sing so beautifully."

"I'm so bored, I've been here for six full days!"

"You have been living in this post for six days?"

"Yes, I am on duty at this post 24 hours a day. I cook noodles, eat, drink, and sleep here. Sometimes when the owner of the shop opposite comes back, I wash my face. I haven't shaved my beard in six days."

"Why not change the shift? Is there no one on duty?"

"There is someone on duty, but he comes in, and I can't go home. There are two of us. You look at me, and I look at you. It's better for me to be more tired. In fact, I am exhausted, and he can take over the shift."

"Brother, you are such a good person! Thumbs up for you! What's your surname? Are you celebrating your birthday this year? Are you from Guangzhou?"

"My surname is Fan, I'm from Guangzhou, I'm 59 years old. I used to live in Xiguan, but now I live in Lingnan Garden outside the controlled area, just across the road from the controlled area, but I just can't go home. My daughter and son-in-law work in the neighborhood committee of the controlled area in Haizhu District. My grandson called me and asked me, 'Grandpa, is it hard? You have to take care of yourself!'" As he spoke, his eyes were a little moist.

This parking lot guard box is less than two square meters. During this COVID-19 epidemic, every ordinary person has their own ordinary, ordinary, and difficult life in the controlled area.

When I got home, I passed by the Yuncheng Street Community Health Service Center and my general practitioner prescribed a box of 20 tablets each of "Benzbromarone" and "Colchicine Tablets" to treat gout. Get it for 9 yuan.

When I walked into the community, I saw that Metro was selling food ingredients at the entrance of the community clubhouse.

Behind the community clubhouse, residents are picking up group-bought products.

Life during the control period is difficult, but it can be guaranteed through hard work.

The community’s nucleic acid testing has not ended yet. I suddenly remembered that I should ask my parents, who are over 90 years old, to take another nucleic acid test. If they need to see a doctor, they can also provide negative 24-hour, 48-hour, and 72-hour nucleic acid test reports. I led them staggeringly to the nucleic acid testing point. After the old mother finished taking the nucleic acid sampling, her legs no longer obeyed the instructions and her feet became weak. So I immediately carried my old mother home.

When I was little, my mother carried me on her back. Now that my mother is old and her legs are bad, I am my mother’s legs.

"The son wants to be raised, but the relatives are here too", what a blessing!