“In order to get through the Beijing Tongzhou Baimiao checkpoint early, my morning alarm clock was set from 6am to 5am and then to 4:30am, and my transportation was changed from public transport to carpooling and self-driving. A one-way trip that normally takes at most 3 hours was jammed into a 4-hour drive last Friday (Jan. 8). “Guo Qiang, who lives in Yanjiao Fudi Plaza, recalled to the reporter, “There are 7 or 8 checkpoints from Yanjiao to Beijing, and this is just one of them “.
The town of Yanjiao, located in Sanhe City, Hebei Province, is only separated from Beijing’s Tongzhou District by the Chaobai River, where hundreds of thousands of “northern drifters” live. Guo Qiang is one of them. Every morning, Guo Qiang took the 818 bus past the Baimiao checkpoint and then changed to the No. 1 and No. 4 subways to go to work in Zhongguancun.
In accordance with the requirements of the document of the Office of the Leading Group for Prevention and Control of the New Coronavirus Infected Pneumonia in Sanhe City, from 12:00 on January 12, villagers and residents will be controlled in and out of the city, except for those who are ill for medical treatment, prevention and control of the epidemic and protection of public utility operations and other important positions related to the people’s livelihood, villagers and residents will not be allowed to go out or enter Beijing during home isolation.
Like Guo Qiang, the cross-city commuters between Beijing and Yanjiao are a special group whose usual commute has been disrupted by the epidemic. Over the past week, as the epidemic prevention requirements escalated and the requirements to enter Beijing became stricter and stricter, the reporter interviewed several commuters, and here is what they experienced.
The bus moved 2 km in 3 and a half hours
Daily early morning commute to work, Xiaofen and her husband, who live in Yanjiao Jiacheng International District, will take the 1-hour fast 815 bus, passing through the Tongzhou Baimiao checkpoint and arriving together at the Langjiayuan station in the East Third Ring Road, where Xiaofen then changes to Line 1 and Line 2 subway eventually arriving at a media company in Xicheng District. Commuting 100 kilometers round trip every day, a total of 4 hours, such a life, Xiaofen repeated for 7 years.
At 6 a.m. on Jan. 8, as usual, Fanny and her husband washed up and hurried downstairs to catch the 6:30 a.m. bus. Long before the departure, some netizens on social media had already started complaining: “Traffic jam at the checkpoint into Beijing, we have not moved for an hour” “The checkpoint asked for ID checks! “According to Fanny’s recollection, many people got off the bus and walked past the checkpoint, “that section of the journey I walked about 20 minutes, but the bus 20 minutes certainly can not pass. “
In Tongzhou White Temple checkpoint, Xiaofen received a message from the company’s leadership, asking her to return home to work. While Fanny’s husband has been slowly queuing on the bus, after the checkpoint into Beijing, it was 10:00 am. According to his estimate, the bus moved only 2 kilometers in 3 and a half hours from 6:30 a.m. when he got on the bus to 10 a.m. when it passed through the White Temple checkpoint.
“Yanjiao is across the Chaobai River from Tongzhou, and the price of housing is cut in half on top of Tongzhou. “Xiao Fen has two children, and the older one is already at elementary school age. The reason for choosing to settle in Yanjiao, Xiao Fen said, on the one hand, is the cheap house price in Yanjiao; on the other hand, Xiao Fen and her husband do not have Beijing household registration, even if they buy a house in Beijing, they cannot solve the problem of children’s schooling afterwards.
When it comes to traffic jams, Guo Qiang said he was not surprised. After trying carpooling, self-driving, and public transportation, on January 10, Guo Qiang arrived at Yanjiao Railway Station with his “three certificates” (proof of work, proof of residence, and negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours) and The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.
The 6:44 a.m. and 7:54 a.m. trains from Yanjiao to Beijing East Station have been very popular recently. Due to the inconvenient access to the Beijing checkpoint, twice as many people took the train as before, but there were only two trips, and I especially hope that the Yanjiao-Beijing intercity train will be opened. “Guo Qiang said.
The 31-year-old runs between Beijing and Yanjiao every day, and he plans to marry his girlfriend of 2 years this year. He admits that he can’t afford to buy a house in Beijing with an annual income of 200,000, so he can only buy one in Yanjiao, “at least to have a home of his own”.
The first thing you need to do is to take a detour to the fever clinic to register for a nucleic acid test.
According to a press conference on January 8 in Hebei Province on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, commuters from the Beijing-ring area into Beijing can pass with proof of residence, proof of work in Beijing, and proof of negative nucleic acid test within 72 hours issued by Beijing or the four cities and 15 counties around Beijing.
Kai, who lives in Yanjiao Tianyangcheng, works in Beijing’s Chaoyang District. The company’s main business is to provide a service to the public. The usual half-hour journey took 2 hours to get there, and every route to the nucleic acid test site was in dark red on Gaode Map. “
He checked the nucleic acid testing sites in Yanjiao, but found that the last three days are fully booked, “many people in order to do the nucleic acid test, using a ‘detour The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are looking for a way to get their nucleic acid test done, and then get a doctor to write a lab order to do the test. “Kai said to reporters.
But Kai learned that on the 9th, Yanjiao then added a new nucleic acid testing site. In January 10 held in Beijing new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work press conference, Beijing new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work leading group quarantine testing working group deputy head, the municipal party construction work leading group office full-time deputy director Tian Tao said, Beijing has been from Tsinghua Changgeng Hospital and Beijing Youan Hospital to Sanhe City, Hebei Province, Yanda Hospital sent 2 nucleic acid detection team, a total of 40 people, carrying instruments and equipment Help Yanda Hospital to quickly improve the testing capacity, after upgrading the daily testing capacity of up to 10,000 tubes.
On January 12, Sanhe City issued a notice on full nucleic acid testing and home isolation observation. It was stated therein that the first full free nucleic acid testing for the new coronavirus was carried out since the morning of January 12, and a 7-day isolation observation at home was implemented.
On the 13th, sampling sites into the village committees, Mara is located in the town of three rivers, the village committee of the big Kang Zhuang residents to organize nucleic acid testing. Mara introduced, 12 daytime, the village committee will be residents divided into groups, 13 about 10 o’clock directly to the field queue. “There were more than a thousand people at the scene, there are still people outside the brigade yard not allowed to enter, but a morning are measured, get a paper nucleic acid test certificate is no longer difficult. “
Mara is the father of a 1.5-year-old child, settled in Yanjiao was decided only last year. 2019, Mara rented a room in Beijing to live, only to return to the town of Sanhe Qi Xinzhuang Dacangzhuang on weekends. He recalls being unable to leave Beijing during the new crown pneumonia outbreak in 2020, when his child had a high fever of 38 degrees but could do nothing about it, so he chose to stay in Yanjiao. “The commute is a little more troublesome, but at least you can take care of your child. “
I’m more afraid of being sacked than living in a company where I can’t take a shower
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of services and services to the public. We waited for half an hour, but there was a car willing to send us back to Yanjiao, but the price was 400 yuan a person, and we spent a total of 1200 yuan for the three of us, usually it only takes a hundred dollars to carpool, but that day it doubled more than ten times, not only is it difficult to enter Beijing, it is also difficult to return to Yan. “
“Now the road basically can not see there are pedestrians and vehicles, a moment the road cold a lot. “Hengnan said.
The same “cross-province family”, Li can come from Jilin, now 42 years old, because of the inconvenience of telecommuting, but also considering the cost of a night in a hotel to catch up with their daily wages, can The company decided to sleep in the company. 12 nights, Li can wash up in the office building’s bathroom, with his wife and children in the northeast of the video account, then in the company office folding bed to sleep.
“The bath was not washed, clothes were not able to change, no one wants this, but anxious, do not know when to go home. All are northern drifters, finally buying a house in Yanjiao, but also eager to be respected. The biggest fear is still to lose your rice bowl, after all, you still have to earn money to support your family. “Li Ke said.
The night of January 15 was the 4th night of home isolation in Yanjiao, and the 4th night that Li Ke spent in the company. Li Ke learned from various WeChat groups that Yanjiao residents have started to receive the second round of nucleic acid sampling, “the immediate suffering is only temporary, now all they have to do is to strictly prevent the disease and wait patiently. “
(At the request of the interviewer, Xiao Fen, Guo Qiang, Xiao Kai, Mara, Xingnan and Li Ke are all pseudonyms in the text)
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