Run, butterfly becomes a better "Chinese takeaway" record of the 7 million people's joy and sorrow

Zhejiang News Client reporter Blizzard

"Hello! Your takeaway is here!" In this hot summer, this sentence does not know how many otaku girls who do not want to go out.

The ancient format of takeaway dates back to the Song Dynasty. It was just that at that time, the takeaway was called "call". In the hit drama "Menghua Record" some time ago, Yongan Tower had a "call" service. Zhang Xuanduan also left us the image of the takeaway brother in the famous painting "Qingming Shanghe Tu" — a waist -tie apron, a bowl with one hand, holding chopsticks in one hand, and walking for meals. Today, the takeaway brother we see is wearing or yellow, or green, or red takeaway clothes, riding an electric car to shuttle in the streets and alleys.

In recent years, with the development of the Internet and the improvement of people's living standards, the takeaway format has been spraying. In 2021, the scale of Chinese takeaway markets reached more than 930 billion yuan; as of June 2021, my country's online takeaway users reached 469 million; Chinese takeaway brothers had more than 7 million. In order to support this huge format, the takeaway brother assumed the heavy responsibility in it.

Where does the takeaway brother come from? Why choose this profession? What is their love, marriage, family, and life? What is the story in the running list? Are you satisfied with your own status? The long report literature "Chinese Takeaway" brought us the answer.

The book uses 9 chapters and more than 240,000 words such as "no choice", "marriage advertisement on the takeaway box", "think of a home in the city", and outlines the group portrait of the takeaway brother from different angles to restore With their bitterness and bitterness, the readers were immersed in the experience of their suffering, laughter, and love. The reporter also interviewed Yang Liping, the author of this book, to relive the interview time with her in the exchange.

Take the takeaway brothers on the way to sell Zhejiang People's Publishing House.

"I have to interview enough"

Prior to this, Yang Liping wrote the book "Express China". At that time, she had a special feelings for the group of courier brothers, and she couldn't help paying attention to them.

"I was born in Fuxin, Liaoning. Many classmates' fathers are miners. I have a natural sense of closeness to that class." Yang Liping said that Fuxin was famous for Asia's largest open -air coal mine in the middle of the last century. Many people around them were forced to laid off, and once lived three wheels and pulled cars. Therefore, she knew that life was not easy, and she was more willing to speak for ordinary workers.

On January 27, 2020, the report of the report that reflected the takeaway brother began to start construction, but this interview was difficult. "For the little brother, time is money, and the time to occupy him is equivalent to delaying them to make money. I can't bear it." Yang Liping recalled the dilemma in the first interview.

At first, I did n’t understand the life and work of the takeaway brother. Several times, they called the other party at less than 9 am. They were woken up from their sleep, their voice was lazy, my head was blindfolded, and I was even annoyed. At about 11 noon and around 1 pm, they were busy running and often hung up her interview phone. Yang Liping finally determined the interview time from 9 am to 10:30 in the morning, avoiding the peak period of their food delivery.

In addition to time issues, the hardest part is also looking for interview objects. "Sending takeaway is not a college entrance examination, and won the National Science and Technology Progress Award. It is not particularly outstanding. They are neither willing to be promoted or noticed." Yang Liping said. Then there are some takeaway platforms that have some concerns, and have made some restrictions on the media interviews.

For Yang Liping, who has worked as a special manuscript for more than 20 years, there are still many solutions. After watching a large number of media reports and Douyin videos, she finally found the protagonists such as Liu Haiyan, Wang Tao, Zhao Yingying, Wang Jiansheng, Li Gang, and Along.

"I can also touch the vine, and touch it after finding a 'melon'." Each interview with a younger brother, Yang Liping will ask the other brothers around him to see if he can continue to find an interview object with a story. After interviewing Song Zengguang, the first national "May Day" labor medal winner in the country, he also found his father, uncle, and cousin through him, and they were also taking takeaways. After finding the protagonist Song and Beijing, after the introduction, he interviewed him Two brothers; after finding the protagonist Hu Chaochao, I was fortunate to interview the other brothers of the "Takeaway Brothers".

"This work is written in a group. I have to interview enough." In two years, Yang Liping collected nearly a hundred people's stories, recording and finishing as many as one million words. people. A writer friend said to her after reading, "Liping, your writing is too hard, making people feel distressed. Don't write this kind of topic in the future."

But she felt that such writing was more valuable and meaningful. "A friend told me that she used to order takeaway in the past. After reading this work, she received a phone call from the takeaway brother. She would say," Don't worry, be careful on the road. '"Yang Liping said, if This work makes many people unforgettable and can know tolerance and care, then everything is worth it.

Takeaway brothers at work, Zhejiang People's Publishing House, confessed pictures

"Every story makes me unforgettable"

The takeaway brothers recorded in the book, they are eager to change their current life, willing to pay for their families, actively extend their help to strangers, and dare to take responsibility in the epidemic and crisis. Written a warm and moving human light.

"Every character, every story in the work, make me unforgettable." Yang Liping said, if you must talk about a protagonist who made her most moved, it should be Li Gangyong, who has some disabled in his right hand. He spent 80,000 yuan to marry his wife, but ran away seven months after giving birth to his daughter. When his daughter was two years old, he carried her takeaway. In July 2020, when Yang Liping interviewed Li Gangyong in Jiaxing Zhonghe Plaza, his daughter was 4 years old. "It's late at night, the wind is a masterpiece, the wind pulls up their father and daughter's raincoat, the rain is cracking down, Xiao Zihan is scared and cried, he looked ahead, gritted his teeth and rushed forward ..." The details are described a lot, and the readers' hearts are tight.

In Yang Liping's pen, sending takeaway is a choice that many people have no choice. It is by no means a golden avenue, but a small lady trail out of the poor sheep intestine.

The more you taste the bitterness, the more the desire for sweetness. And the sweetness of love, for the takeaway brother, is full of hopes for a better life. Some people think that the takeaway brother has a high income and a lot of contacts. He should deal with dozens or even hundreds of people every day. It should not be difficult to find an object. Many people think that they have a lot of income, but they do n’t have culture, and they do n’t have the technical content. They fight for physical strength. They earn hard money. They belong to high -risk industries. The social status and rising ceilings are extremely low, and there is no future. But in reality, the love of the takeaway brother is not as romantic as Chaoxia, but is rooted in the soil and mature silently.

"I am 29 years old, with a salary of 13,000 yuan/month, and my hometown Henan. I hope the other half is kind and lovely. Do not disturb undergraduate, master's degree, doctorate ..." In the spring of 2021, in Shanghai, the takeaway box of a hungry brother is particularly noticeable. The box was posted on the box and wrote his own "marriage advertisement" in red and black words. He wanted to find a good person. The Hangzhou takeaway brother Yuan Xunan fell in love with a female rider who had just begun to be a takeaway in a chance. Since then, paying attention to her, helping her repair the car, and solved the problems encountered in the delivery of takeaway ... A clumsy and thoughtful care of her, and finally captured the heart of the female riding.

Author Yang Liping (right) and takeaway brother Yuan Xunan. Yang Liping provided

"Their love has not many tricks. They just want to find a stability and happiness in a shaking life." Yang Liping said.

The takeaway brother who runs around the streets and alleys usually can also be the "ferryman" in the "sealing city" under the epidemic.

In February 2020, the takeaway brother Wang Tao became one of the most needed people in Wuhan. In more than 70 days in Wuhan's "Fengcheng", Wang Tao ran more than 800 orders and ran more than 5,000 kilometers on the empty street. He faced with a bitter cold wind, and ran to buy medicines for the isolated citizens at home. After setting up his phone to the hotline, no matter at midnight or early morning, his mobile phone sounded like an air strike alert.

Yang Liping said that during the isolation, a takeaway brother can reduce 25 people a day. It is difficult to imagine how many people will be able to live that period without them.

"Takeaway brothers can finally be followed by more people"

These unforgettable interview experience kept Yang Liping in touch with many takeaway brothers. During the Shanghai epidemic, Song Zengguang became a volunteer and became "big white". His mother and aunt were diagnosed with a new crown and entered the isolation point. Wang Tao still takes takeaway and is self -media. Chu Xuebao changed from running dealers to running crowdsses. He said that the income of the two was almost the same. Zhang Weichao had left Shanghai with the sick child and returned to Nanchang. Zhang Weichao is still sending takeaway, and the child is mainly treated with Chinese medicine.

"Actually, the most pleased is that the takeaway brother can finally be watched by more people. Many of them have received goodwill from society." Yang Liping said that a female reporter from Shanghai two days ago Come to 2000 yuan, let her transfer it to Li Gangyong on behalf of him, and leave a message: "Trouble you tell me for me, and the child will use more money in the future. I am also a little careless. Tell him that he must let the child read more. In high school and college, there are difficulties at home, and someone will do their best. "Since then, Yang Liping called Li Gangyong to learn that some people found him through the police station two days ago and sent toys to the child.

Takeaway Wang Jibing wrote poetry on the way to send takeaway. Provided by Zhejiang People's Publishing House

In an interview, "Takeaway Poet" Wang Jibing had talked to Yang Liping about the end of his poetry. It was the ultimate dream of his writing, but he had a lot of money and he couldn't afford it. After the publication of "China Takeaway", there were 6 publishing houses looking for a collection of poems. He chose one of them. The dream that had not been realized before finally became a reality.

In recent years, because of the epidemic, many people have been very difficult, and some people may be more pessimistic. But the takeaway brother has the most impressive point: no matter how hard life is, they are alive hard. The electric vehicles running on the lanes are an upward attitude of life.

According to the portrait of "Alibaba Local Life Rider Employment Poverty Alleviation Report" and "Hamsium Blue Cavaliers Research Report in 2020": More than 90%of the takeaway riders are male, 80%come from the countryside, 60%of the former national poor counties. According to the portrait of Meituan's "2019 Takeaway Rider Employment Poverty Alleviation Report" and "Employment Report in the First Half of 2020", 257,000 people have set up a poverty -stricken person for the establishment of a file, of which 253,000 have achieved poverty alleviation, and the proportion of poverty alleviation is as high as 98.4%. Takeaway seems helpless, but it is the starting point of a better life. The takeaway brother ignited the hope here, found the cocoon that was stable and dignified, and broke through the dilemma, and the butterfly became a better self.

Takeaway brothers are delivering meals in Zhejiang People's Publishing House.

【Extended Reading】

Wang Jibing, who runs takeaway in Kunshan, Suzhou, is one of the protagonists of "Chinese Takeaway". From a young age, he likes reading and creating.

Later, he fell in love with writing poems -even if his family did not feel that writing poems was a "serious business" that could make money. However, Wang Jibing is still attached to this. Occasionally, after trying to take takeaway, he found that the job wholesale business can inspire creative inspiration compared to being a fitter and mud worker.

Two days ago, there were already publishing houses willing to come out for his poems. It is expected to be available at the end of this year.

From the poems extracted in the book, we read the love of ordinary strugglers for life and firmness for the original intention. Everyone who has a dream is worthy of respect.

"People who are in a hurry"

Get out of the air from the air

Knock out of the knife from the wind

Explore the fire from the bone

Kiss water from the fire

There are no four seasons in the hurry

Only one stop and next stop

The world is a place name

Wangzhuang Village is also

I can meet every day

One by one, one by one

Strike the earth with your feet

Extinction in this world.

"Prolonged Midnight"

If it weren't for this blue

Appears on the street at midnight

I almost believed at night

Non -black or white lies

He leaned over the stroller's posture

It's like a stubborn tree

Unyielding look in the wind

The heat of the tire and the neck

Let him look

It is also like an overtime order

The temperature is still declining

Still pressing the sunset leaves in the past

Falling leaves are actually a luxury

Before landing

Too many fallen leaves are far away from the woods

Midnight street

The appearance of a takeaway rider

Make a touch of the sky, the blue is more pure

The moon is a vulnerability in the sky

So the night is never completely dark.

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