in order to see the boat, Mr. and Mrs. Yin Yuming still live in a simple shed on the river beach. Trainee reporter Lu Qiang took
the ropes over the river, and the ferry was leaning on the shore. Trainee reporter Lu Qiang took
July when Chen Xiulan pulled the ferry across the river. Reporter Guo Jianzheng
both couples often pick up wood from the river and burn them when they are dried. Reporter Guo Jianzheng took
July 17th, Chen Xiulan ushered in the first business of the day. Reporter Guo Jianzheng photo
Yin Yuming and his wife. Probation reporter Lu Qiang
less than six in the morning. Yin Yuming and Chen Xiulan, the ferry man on the Xiaoqing River Bank of the dam village, get up, and borrow the first rising sun, finish the brush, come to the river bank and open the cable to the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the ferry, open the boat, open the boat, open the rope People who are waiting for the river to cross the river.
this is how Yin Yuming and his wife started work three months ago.
Yin Yuming and his wife spent 25 years on the Xiaoqing River, probably the last ferry on the Xiaoqing River in Ji'nan. With the transformation and development of Xiaoqing River, they retired 3 months ago. Now they still live by the river and watch the ferry that has been used.
intern reporter Lu Qiang
[b] "in the time of gathering, you can get more people, you can earn more money." [/b]
Yin Yuming's Wharf on the east end of the street dam village of the lotus road street in the calendar District, along a hardened Road east of the village, to the Xiaoqing River dam, the old two mouth in the river bank in the dam.
before the 80s of last century, the ferry on the Xiaoqing River was responsible for the local production team and began to contract to individuals in 80s. Yin Yuming started the life of the Xiaoqing River from that time. "It has been 7 years since we started sailing at the age of 40, and it has been 25 years since then." Yin Yuming was counting the fingers.
Yin Yuming is 72 years old and his wife Chen Xiulan is 70 years old.
"crossing a person is only three points and two points, and the bike is only five points." Yin Yuming said that before the "retirement", the price of ferry is one person 50 Fen, "do not dare to want more, otherwise people do not go from here."
Yin Yuming has a bridge on the upper reaches of the ferry. Many people cross the river from there, which makes the old two less business. Uncle Zhang, 85 years old, said: "I don't go across the river easily, so I have to get money." Crossing the river is a bridge from the West. "
but for villagers near the ferry, crossing the river is much closer to the bridge than the bridge - 3 miles from the bridge, more than 20 minutes, and 1 minutes for the ferry crossing the river. Jinan Iron and steel workers living in Xiaoqing, Hebei, can go directly to the south from Yin Yuming's ferry crossing and do not need to go far. Li Da Jie in the village is a frequent visitor to the ferry. "When it's time to gather, the ferry will cross the river and take a few more steps to get to the fair." If we walk the bridge, it will be far away.
relying on this job, Yin Yuming and his wife support their families. Villagers in the nearby village, workers who go to Jigang in the morning and cross the river to collect relatives, "when people have more people, they can earn more than ten pieces a day, and when they are few, they can make about three thousand dollars a year." And when it's time to gather, I can earn more money if I have more people in my boat. Chen Xiulan said.
[b] "people come, I can pull them past" [/b]
with the change of transportation, it's not difficult to cross the river now, and the Yin Yuming couple's Ferry is getting less and less.
because they have to pay 1000 yuan of money to the village every year. In order to save money, they often pick up wood from the river and burn them when they are dried. "Some good wood, I sell money." Chen Xiulan said they also sell money after salvaging plastic waste and drinking bottles from the river.
the simple wooden shed on the riverside beach is also built with collected wood, and the old two hands themselves do not let his son help them. They live here all the year round. The huts were very shabby and short, people could not even stand in the house, the walls were very thin three plywood, and the three plywood light could be seen in the dark huts.
because the hut is on the beach, water is often flooded when it rises. But the old two did not dare to build the house too far, for it was too far away to hear the water rising in the river. "When the water is up, we have to pull the boat up. When we go into the water, we have to put the boat down a little." In summer, when the rain is heavy and the water is rising, the old two often do not dare to sleep all night. In the 25 years of the
25 years, there is no more than 6 points to get up every day, because the workers in the village have to cross the river from here to work more than 7 in the evening. It's the same all year round. Only when the new year comes, can the couple rest for a day. "The year thirty returned home for the new year. After staying at home for a day, when someone was visiting relatives in the second year of the new year, I had to start pulling the boat. Yin Yuming said.
the three sons of the two old men were so hard at their parents that they advised the old man to stay at home and stop pulling the boat. But Yin Yuming said, "it is too far to take the bridge. Here is a wharf in the countryside. The ferry is still used. The nearby villages and the walls are all here. People come, and I can get them to pass." The old two did not want to bother to bother their sons. "The sons are tired at home, and the children are spending a lot of money and do not want to drag them down." Chen Xiulan thinks so for a few sons.
[b] ten thousand yuan ferry will only sell scrap iron [/b]
in the future "has not pulled the boat for three months." The weather was a bit cold. Yin Yuming's nose was a bit red, and he had a cold. He coughed, pointing to the ferry that was tied to the shore by three rope. "For three months, it stopped there, and the people in the Transportation Bureau didn't let me do it."
after knowing the news of the Xiaoqing River's transformation, Yin Yuming realized that perhaps his "retirement" days are not far away.
looking at the shore wharf outside 30 meters, Yin Yuming said that he had set up a few wooden piles in the middle of the two wharfs and rivers, mounted a pulley, a rope, a rope fixed the ferry, and a rope was pulled by the boat.
the ferry was made by Yin Yuming himself. He bought an oil tank, cut it with electric welding, then welded the beams on the upper side, underneath the underneath, and then put it on the board as a simple ferry. "When I used to use wooden boats and rotten, I made more than 10 thousand yuan for myself."
with the retirement of the master, the ferry is useless. "After a few days, get off the shore and sell the scrap iron. More than 10000, the sale of scrap iron is not known how much it can sell. Yin Yuming has some feelings.
although it has been "retired" for three months, people still come across the river from time to time. At noon, a young man came to the ferry and wanted Yin Yuming to send him to the other side. He explained that the stakes and ropes of the boat had been withdrawn and could not be passed. The young man muttered: "walking on the beach bridge is a long way off."
[b] / > [/b]
[b] "retirement", after the retirement, the life of the flat and idle old man has planted land on the riverbank again and planted [/b]
because the ferry has not been dragged on the shore, and the Yin Yuming and his wife are not back in the village, and still live in a simple shed on the river beach to watch the ferry.
the three sons of the old two have their own jobs, and their grandchildren can either work or go to school without coming to see them often.
no need to get up early every morning and pull the boat to ferry people to life.
"do not pull the boat now, just plant some land on the beach." Yin Yuming planted some wheat on the beach in front of the house and opened a plot of vegetable plot. Though he can't get much food, he just can't afford to stay idle.
the old two still kept a few chickens in front of the house. The chicken bar was placed in front of the hut. In addition, several dogs were kept in charge. Every day the necessary job was to feed chickens and dogs.
the weather was very cold on 7 days, and the two old ones did not come out in the cabin in the morning. Lao Yin sits in the cabin to watch TV, and the TV is black and white. Chen Xiulan depends on the stove in the outside. With the progress of the drama drama, the two people talk a few words from time to time. Lao Yin's cold is not good. He has been coughing. There are several bottles of Medicine on the low table in front of him. A curtain was hung on the door, and the thin curtain could not keep out the cold wind outside the house. There was no windows in the hut, and when the curtain on the door was lowered, the room was very dark because only two people watched TV.
Yin Yuming was fascinated by watching TV. His wife sometimes talked to him, and he didn't respond to it. He called him several times before he answered. After the TV play was over, Lao Yin got up and said to his wife, "I'll go to my little son's house and see if they have finished it for me." Out of the hut, Chen Xiulan shouted to him, "put your mask on." Lao Yin waved his hand and rode the car for the village.
Chen Xiulan turned around outside the house and looked at a few chickens before he came back to the house, sitting outside the stove, lifting the kettle and roasting his hands. She put a patch on her left face. "It's cold. It's a little uncomfortable." It's been a couple of days. Staring at the fire, it seems to be in a daze, and it seems to be worried. After sitting for a while, Chen Xiulan got up and looked at the sun outside. He went back to his inner room and opened the lamp to watch the time. It was time for lunch. She lifted up the stove door and put the kettle down again to boil water. "Cooking on the stove, two people can't drink a pot of water."
the water had not yet opened, and Yin Yuming came back. There was a pot in the front basket, and some leftovers in the pot. He brought it to his wife and asked her to feed the dog. The two old men lived here alone. In the evening, they helped their families to watch their homes and boats. Chen Xiulan said with a smile.
Yin Yuming also has a plastic bag in his hand, which is taken from the village clinic. "I took some medicine, and I had a cold for a few days, and I have been coughing."
[b] related link Xiaoqing River's duty ferry person [/b]
in the Xiaoqing River Zibo Boxing section, there is also a pair of old couples who ferry people for more than ten years.
Master Hao is 71 years old this year. The tools they ferry are very simple: one boat, two ropes and two wooden posts. The boat was bought in the village, and the ferry was like a flat tin can, surrounded by iron welding. As long as someone crossed the river and shouted, uncle Hao would send the man over with the iron boat.
the reporter stood on the ship's board, and the man dragged the iron rope regularly with two hands, and for a few minutes, Mr. Hao pulled the huge iron ship to the other side of the river. At the time of return, the reporters also experienced it for themselves and felt very laborious. "It's not very heavy. It should be evenly applied and skillful." Uncle Hao said, "I have been used to it for a long time. If you are busy, you can travel more than 100 times a day. "
"before I came, there were two people in our village, and one of them was not in good health, and the other was bad tempered. At that time, I wanted to try, and the children did not agree. I never thought it would be thirteen years. " Uncle Hao said when he tied the boat up.
according to Mr. Hao, on the other side of the Xiaoqing River, it is the more than 2000 mu land of Liu Qiao village in the town of Liu Qiao. Most of the villagers in the river are the villagers in the village to do their work. At the weekends and holidays, many children and people in the city come to play, and every river is free. "I'm glad they came. Many kids haven't been on a boat, so I'll let them experience it."