in the bustling city of trees and trees, there are such a group of people who challenge the limits of their sense of smell and bear the eyes of other people. They do not give a word to their heads, and try to retreat behind the sight of the public, but they still do not have the respect they deserve. Their work is very hard, and their income is low. Some people can do it for 30 years.
a long spoon spoon, a flat pole and two dung barrels, which is the "standard" for the dung worker. At two o'clock in the afternoon, they were carrying dung barrels across old streets and old streets to clean up the excrement in the toilet and clean the city.
there are more than 240 dung workers in Xi'an, most of them are farmers in Baqiao, Qujiang, Changan and newly built, which belong to the management center of the Xi'an City manure clearing and transportation. The youngest age of 36, the oldest 58 years old, the majority of the family conditions are good, some have had several sets of houses, many people are now the third world.
50 years old Madinko favorite singing play and dance
2001, then 37 year old Madinko finished the farm work, at home idle, in the acquaintance of the introduction, he went to the Xi'an city fat city service as a dung worker.
"I got 270 yuan in my first month of work, and I felt very good at that time. At first I was not at all accustomed to it, especially I couldn't smell it, but it took me three months to get used to it. "We are always carrying the dung," he said. "We often encounter the road people far away from their noses and hide away from us. We can also understand that we try to hide away from others."
Madinko was promoted to the two team captain of Chengxi service center because of his steadfast dedication and organizational ability. Several members of the team were introduced by him. They were both local and workmates.
however, in such a modern city, why do we need to pick up the feces artificially instead of pulling the excrement from the city fat cart?
Martin took the reporter to a toilet in the big leather hospital. The narrow aisle could only accommodate one person at a time. "The lane is turned around," he said. And the pipes are not clean, like pipes of toilet paper.
in a small semi closed toilet, a dung worker is ladling the excrement in the cesspool into a dung pot with a long spoon. The alley is too deep, the city fat car can only stop at the mouth of the alley, and the dung worker takes the excrement to the car. "Sometimes the dung workers have to carry the bucket for two hundred or three hundred meters. A barrel of 30 jin, two is 60 Jin, one trip back and forth, an average of forty days per person per day. Madinko said.
he was 50 years old this year, but he looked only 40 years old, courteous and slow, and nobody could connect him with the dung. Madinko said he played opera before he entered the western service office. "There are red and white in our village. If I am asked to go to the opera, I will go and earn some money. The dung workers only have 1400 yuan a month's wages, which is simply not enough. Madinko said that many dung workers had second jobs, and he liked dancing besides singing.
before Ma folk wide is the driver, want to break the "pick Guinness record"
Ma Minkuan house in Baqiao District seat King Street Office Ma Jia Wan Village, seven years ago with the village of Martin to introduce him to the West service work. Today, the 58 year old horse is the oldest dung worker in the team.
when he saw the old horse, he was working on feces. The old horse said that when he was in a good mood, he could pick up the burden and walk from the Huimin street to the bell tower to ensure that he broke the Guinness record. "To pick up the dung will also use a great deal of strength. From the alley with a feces bucket, you can't spill the dung on the road. To pass the bucket to the city fat cart, and to pass it up with clever skill, or else a little bit of the droppings will fall on you. The old horse proudly said that after so many years, many residents affirmed his work. Many people named him to bear dung.
before being a dung worker, Lao Ma was a truck driver with 36 years of driving experience, which made his life richer and richer. "When I'm old, I'll take the dung. I went to work in the afternoon, and I could send my granddaughter to school in the morning. The old man said that no one at home felt that his work was inferior to others.
Lao Ma has two sons, the elder son is the technical director of a restaurant, and the youngest son is the manager of the company. "My son said he gave me 1400 yuan a month and told me to go home and enjoy it." I'm not old enough to earn money. Why should I spend my children's money? The child makes hard money, too. " The old horse feels that the work of carrying the dung is very suitable for him. "I am a farmer. It was a bitter one. It was normal in the countryside to irrigate the land with feces. Now we should exercise."
"rich man" Wang Jianguo picked up the manure for 30 years, the family has three suites
home to live in the southern suburb of Qi Wang village is 50 years old this year, he has taken 30 years of manure. When he entered, Wang Jianguo was still a young man who had no object. Now he is a grandfather.
that year, the task of giving up dung didn't cause Wang Jianguo trouble. "At that time, people were simple and honest. When people looked at our dung workers, they were hard working people. But now, everyone is afraid of it. " Wang Jianguo said, "sometimes the city fat car stops at the mouth of the alley, and shops and shops do not smell too dirty. But I am used to it too. He dislikes him. I do my work. I earn money by my labor.
a few years ago in the village demolition, Wang Jianguo got a handsome income. Now, he has three houses in the hi tech Zone. Everyone jokes that selling a suite at random costs millions of dollars, so Wang Jianguo has become a "rich man". Though the conditions were good, Wang Jianguo was idle. "I have no land. If I don't work again, then the demolition fee will be spent sooner or later." Wang Jianguo said he hadn't thought about changing jobs. "After thirty years of work, everyone in the Institute had feelings, and he could not do anything but dung."
worries about
Tang Jianguo, director of the West Service Office of the dung workers who face "no successor", said that there are 48 dung workers at the average age of 50. "Their contracts are signed in three years and will not be renewed after the age of 60." The director of Tang said that two dung workers will retire at the end of this year, and four or five will retire in three years. "We are dirty and tired, and the salary is not high, 1400 yuan a month, and no young people are willing to come." A few young people were recruited before, leaving at most three days.
now that the material life is developing rapidly, the latrine will eventually be eliminated, and many years later the dung man may not exist. But there are still more than 700 toilets in Xi'an that need to be dung. "The people in 60s are the main body of the dung. If the old employees are retired, the biggest problem in the future is that they will not be recruited." The director of Tang said. Li Ying reporter Zhang Yang, an intern reporter of the sun