Chapter 3 Flowers of the Garden
"Xiao Shizi, is that urgent request for help on Chinatown talking about your supplies?" Nie Guangyi slapped Xuan Shi on the back again, and this time, he didn't even bother to think about symmetry.
"That's right. How did you find out so quickly? ”
"Nonsense, the contact number you left is mine. My phone is about to blow up, okay? ”
"That...... I see that Cheng Nuo left a domestic number, so it is definitely not very convenient to find someone in Italy, so I changed it to yours. This kind of thing that requires interpersonal communication, I usually leave your phone number, and I am used to it. ”
"I'm used to you! Aren't you doing so much just to be in a hurry? Who are you looking for? Wouldn't it be better if you could bring it back with you? ”
Nie Guangyi persuaded Xuan Shi with an angry posture: "Didn't you always want to see the coffin board?" Wouldn't it be better for you to go back and accept her thanks in person, and let her make a promise directly? ”
Xuan Shi paused for a few seconds, as if he was thinking seriously, but the last words he said were: "Broadly, I can't go back." ”
"Why? The coffin board already knows that you are working on the protective clothing, so you don't need to do good deeds without leaving a name, right? After so many years, you are so awkward every time you do something good, is it necessary? ”
"I'm not awkward."
"What's that?"
"There is a shortage of protective clothing in China. The surge in cases means that there will also be a surge in demand for protective clothing. In this way, even if the factory resumes, it will only become more and more scarce. Moreover, the production of protective clothing requires a sterile workshop, which cannot be done in a day or two. ”
"So what? What do you want to say? ”
"I want to say that I have a factory in Italy that can produce protective clothing, and I should stay and get the factory back to work as soon as possible, so as to produce more protective clothing for my country and hometown."
"You're going to donate again? Do you have a gold mine at home or something? Inexhaustible? ”
"I'll do what I can. In the action to help Wenzhou, there are many more people who want to donate money than there are supplies. This batch, Cheng Nuo always said that he wanted to give me money, but I didn't accept it. ”
"You really ruined your life for a woman!"
Without waiting for Xuan Shi to refute, Nie Guangyi himself continued: "I just got divorced, I hurt my muscles and bones, and I don't have any cash, I will donate 200,000 yuan, you see how many protective clothing can be produced and sent to China." ”
"Huh?" Xuan Shi didn't expect Nie Guangyi to make such a big turn.
"Ah what, as long as you have family and country feelings, don't you have this young master?"
"And where are you going to donate it?" Xuan Shi asked.
"Donate wherever you need it."
"Is it so casual?"
"How can you sell ten supermarkets so casually?" Nie Guangyi's words changed, "Are we lacking in Shanghai?" ”
"At this time, there must be a shortage of everything in the country."
"Then I'll donate it to Shanghai."
"Okay, Xiao Shizi will serve the broad sense wholeheartedly."
Nie Guangyi often calls Xuanshi Xiaoshizi, and it is the first time I have heard him call himself like this.
Guangyi Dashao slightly put away his worry that Xuan Shi would fall twice in the same pit: "I finally believe that you are not for a woman." ”
"Who says I'm not?"
Hearing the rebuttal, Nie Guangyi had the urge to symmetricate Xuan Shi's left and right shoulders again.
Before he could make a move, his phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Nie Guangyi made a silent gesture to Xuan Shi and said softly: "The young lady of China Eastern Airlines called me again."
……
"Mr. Nie, I asked our general manager in Milan, and he said that the crew is not allowed to carry so much luggage in check."
"Is that so? That's the path you're helping to lead won't work, right? ”
"Not really. The regulations were for the crew members, and the general manager of Milan asked for instructions, saying that as long as there was a passenger who was willing to bring the donated materials on the plane, he would be able to let them go. ”
"Alone? Does that mean there is no limit to the number of checked bags? ”
"Yes, as long as there is space in the baggage compartment, there is no limit."
"So good? Every time I come from China, I bring a bunch of food, and every time my luggage is overweight, the check-in fee is more expensive than the air ticket. ”
"That's a different situation, you are donating materials to the domestic epidemic now, and our airline will definitely give the green light all the way within the specified range."
"Thank you, thank you. I don't want you to come and go, they all call me old. Wait until I have the opportunity to go to Milan and invite you to dinner. ”
"Mr. Nie, I only fly to Milan once in a while."
"Then wait for me to go to Shanghai, right? You don't go back to Shanghai every once in a while, do you? ”
"That's definitely not going to happen, Mr. Nie, you confirm how many pieces there are and how big the volume is, and I'll let the manager see if the return flight tomorrow can be put down."
"Good ......"
Nie Guangyi still has a lot to say to the young lady of China Eastern Airlines, but unfortunately there is an interlude on the phone.
"Hey, is that Mr. Nie?"
"Yes."
"I'm from Wenzhou, I'm in Milan. Originally, I was going to return to China in February to buy goods, and if you need it, I can fly back in advance in the next two days. ”
One phone call after another.
It's all from the [Urgent Help] post.
Nie Guangyi didn't expect that after an urgent request for help was issued, so many people would call him.
I was tired of lifting my hands, so I simply turned on a hands-free.
"Hey, is that Mr. Nie?"
"That's right."
"I am a staff member of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan."
"Oh, hello."
"I want to know how many anti-epidemic supplies you need to bring back urgently."
Nie Guangyi looked at Xuan Shi, and Xuan Shi answered: "There are 100 boxes, a total of 100,000 N95 masks." There are also 20 boxes, a total of 2,000 protective suits. ”
"That's a lot. Then you have to produce an official certificate, otherwise it can easily be identified as smuggling. ”
"Official proof?" Xuan Shi chuckled in his heart, "This batch of supplies, we are planning to do human flesh, if we need so many proofs, we may not be able to catch up with the speed of the epidemic, and doctors will be exposed to the virus." ”
"If it doesn't affect your human flesh, I can help you contact the airline."
"Doesn't it affect ......"
This is the first time that Xuanshi has donated anti-epidemic materials to China by himself, and he has not yet figured out what the process is.
Suddenly hearing such news, it is inevitable that you will be a little hesitant.
"On the domestic side, you need a donee who is qualified to accept donations, and the recipient will issue a certificate, and then, on the Italian side, you also need a certificate issued by a donor, which can be a Chinese group or a company, as long as it is not an individual."
Xuan Shi just wanted to say that Wenzhou was in a hurry, why did he need so many proofs, but he saw that Cheng Nuo had sent a lot of messages in the [Key Protective Clothing] group.
Cheng Nuo (initiator): The donee accepts the import certificate of overseas charitable donations.doc
Cheng Nuo (initiator): The list of distribution and use of donated materials .doc
Cheng Nuo (initiator): @宣适 (source), the recipient writes the Wenzhou Medical University Education Development Foundation, and the certificate has been stamped
Cheng Nuo (initiator): The users of the allocation list should be specific to the hospital, and I will send you the list of designated hospitals in Wenzhou
Cheng Nuo (initiator): The donation certificate .doc
Cheng Nuo (initiator): You can fill in this template and stamp it with your company's seal, or find a Chinese group with a seal to stamp it
Cheng Nuo (initiator): The donation certificate needs to be handed over to the villager who helped the flesh before getting on the plane, so it is a formal donation
After reading the documents and messages sent by Cheng Nuo, Xuan Shi knew that his reaction just now was purely a layman.
"It turns out that human flesh also needs so many proofs." Xuan Shi said a little embarrassed to the embassy staff.
"Don't worry, these certificates only need to be provided when you go through the tax reduction and exemption procedures with the local customs, and they can be done at the same time."
"Okay, okay, I'll find a disciplined one."
"Then you guys prepare first, and I'll help you contact the airline."
Nie Guangyi answered at this time: "China Eastern Airlines has agreed to check in for our flight back tomorrow, as long as there is still space in the baggage compartment." ”
"So?" The embassy staff said, "Okay, then feel free to contact me if you need anything." ”
……
Proof of donation was done quickly.
Xuan Shi did not choose to donate in the name of his own company.
Nie Guangyi asked for a chapter from the Milan Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Association.
In 2020.
January 30th.
Everything is ready, all you have to do is take off.
Xuan Shi got a supermarket truck, and together with Nie Guangyi, transported the packaged 120 pieces of donated materials to Milan.
At the airport, they met for the first time Fu Jialiang, a Wenzhou man who wanted to help bring the supplies back.
His wife drove him to the airport.
Before he had time to say hello, a piece of news popped up on Nie Guangyi's mobile phone.
Two cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Italy. Italy is in a state of emergency. Direct flights between China and Italy will be completely suspended.
Nie Guangyi showed this news to Xuan Shi.
Xuan Shi's heart chuckled directly.
Fu Jialiang's wife happened to be watching the news.
"Husband, why don't you go? The plane is grounded, and it will be difficult for you to come back. ”
Following the voice, Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi saw Fu Jialiang.
They have seen Fu Jialiang's ID photo.
But Fu Jialiang didn't know what Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi were like.
Listening to Mrs. Fu Jialiang's words, Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi's hearts rose to their throats.
The two of them took a few steps back in unison.
Retreat to a corner where Fu Jialiang and his wife could not be heard.
The virus has just begun to rage, and there is no effective treatment for it in the world, let alone a vaccine.
Cases of severe illness and death are increasing every day.
In this case, if Fu Jialiang chooses not to return to China, Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi are very understandable.
Xuan Shi was in a hurry.
The protective clothing of the designated hospital in Wenzhou is about to run out.
The batch he donated has gone through all the formalities.
At this time, if you say that you can't get it back, it's better to say that you don't have it at the beginning.
"Did you bring your passport?" Nie Guangyi raised his eyebrows at Xuan Shi.
"No, what's wrong?"
"I brought it!" Nie Guangyi took out a People's Republic of China passport from his pocket and shook it at Xuan Shi ostentatiously.
"What do you mean?"
"I've thought about it a long time ago, if the big brother who helped you with human flesh has something to do temporarily, I'll go back by myself."
"Huh?"
"Don't show me your mournful face, at the critical moment, you have to rely on your brother."
"Then what's going on, if you want to go back, I have to go back."
"The plane is about to take off, do you have a passport?"
"I can take the next plane and go."
"It's all suspended, where is the next flight?"
"There is one more flight of Air China tomorrow, and that is the last one!"
"When you go back, who is going to watch the factory resume work and production?"
"No, this is donated to Wenzhou, and you are not from Wenzhou."
"But I'm Chinese, my brother. Besides, if a person checks 120 pieces of luggage, he can apply for Guinness, who else can he do this kind of showmanship? ”
When Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi were whispering "arguing" on the side, his phone rang.
Xuan Shi saw that it was Fu Jialiang who was ten steps away.
"Mud and, uh, Nangariz technique, mud day bird snatching?" Fu Jialiang asked Xuan Shi directly in Wenzhou dialect, [Hello, I'm at the airport now, where are you?] 】。
Xuan Shi waved his mobile phone in the direction of Fu Jialiang, despite social fear, he was still very willing to communicate with Fu Jialiang in his hometown.
Seeing that there were two people, Fu Jialiang didn't say Wenzhou anymore: "You guys have already arrived, why didn't you say a word?" Where are the masks and gowns? ”
Obviously, Fu Jialiang noticed Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi just now.
"The direct flight between China and Italy will be completely suspended immediately, does Brother Fu still want to go back?" Xuan Shi asked out loud.
"For my hometown, fight hard." Fu Jialiang looked at his wife.
His wife did not raise any further objections.
"Brother Fu, if you are embarrassed......" Nie Guangyi had just made up his mind to go back.
"What's so hard about it? I have lived for more than 40 years, and for the first time I feel that the motherland needs me! Fu Jialiang's eyes were scorching, and there was a determined light in his eyes.
Nie Guangyi took a big red envelope and came out.
Xuan Shi, who didn't prepare anything, finally knew why the generalized young man kept saying that he didn't understand the world.
"Take this back quickly. The tickets to go back are all given by you, all of them are good deeds for your hometown, and it will be too ugly to give red envelopes again! ”
Xuan Shi just wanted to force Fu Jialiang to stuff the red envelope that almost fell to the ground, but Nie Guangyi took the red envelope back from his hand.
"Brother Fu is right! It's me who didn't think it through. The materials to be checked in have been placed at the check-in counter of China Eastern Airlines. ”
With renewed doubts about his own life, Xuan Shi and Nie Guangyi sent Fu Jialiang to the check-in counter together.
The staff of the Consulate General in Milan and the general manager of China Eastern Airlines in Milan are helping to handle the consignment together.
A full 120 baggage checklists, on A4 paper, are pasted in three rows.
Xuan Shi took a photo of the consignment note and sent it to the group.
Xuanshi (source): the longest consignment note in history .jpg
Hong Qingbo (Logistics Team Leader): After the @宣适 (supply) materials are on the plane, you can hand them over to us with peace of mind
Hong Qingbo (Logistics Team Leader): The logistics team has prepared two sets of plans
Hong Qingbo (Logistics Team Leader): Plan 1, if the flight arrives in Shanghai, if there is a suitable connecting flight to Wenzhou, the Wenzhou United Front Work Department will send someone to go directly to Wenzhou Airport for customs clearance, and then send a car from the airport to the designated hospital and hand it over to the designated recipient
Hong Qingbo (Logistics Team Leader): Plan 2: If the flight arrives in Shanghai, if there is no suitable connecting flight, I will ask colleagues from the Shanghai United Front Work Department to assist Brother Fu in customs clearance in Shanghai, and then arrange a vehicle to go directly from Shanghai Airport to Wenzhou Hospital
……
1 person, 120 pieces of checked luggage, may not really apply for Guinness.
Fu Jialiang's back when he walked into the security check, but it was deeply engraved in Xuan Shi's heart.
Wenzhou people have always been united, but never so united.
There is also Nie Guangyi, who counted Xuan Shi all day long and lost all the face of the Shangzhong people.
Because of the epidemic, what unites us is not only Wenzhou people all over the world.
In this life, he has no regrets about entering China, and Xuan Shi has never had such a strong belief.
There are not only children there.
There is more love in the world.
……
In 2020.
February 5th.
"Xiao Shizi, the direct flights between China and Italy have stopped, and you still post hero posts, recruiting so many people with double wages, why are you desperately making protective clothing in three shifts?"
Protective clothing is a special category that requires skilled sewing workers in addition to a sterile workshop.
Nie Guangyi wanted to know if Xuan Shi was addicted to using the Chinatown website, so he would gather so many sewing workers to work overtime to make protective clothing 24 hours a day.
Xuan Shi replied disapprenously: "How can the Jews in China be trapped by such a trivial matter as the suspension of flights? ”
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you see that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Wenzhou People's Government just issued an announcement?"
"What announcement?"
"Because overseas Chinese are concerned about their hometown, the Wenzhou government plans to charter a flight from Italy to directly transport epidemic prevention materials to Wenzhou, and is actively contacting the charter flight."
"Can it still be like this?"
"Why not? When Wenzhou first had an airport and no routes, it relied on charter flights to travel all over China and to the world. ”
"Look at you!"
"That's a must!"
"Look at the day of the charter flight, maybe you can go back for Valentine's Day."
……
In 2020.
February 14th.
Valentine’s Day.
BJ time, one o'clock in the morning.
The first inter-Europe-Asia temporary charter cargo flight in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Loaded with Wenzhou overseas Chinese traveled all over Europe and raised more than 2.7 million pieces of anti-epidemic supplies.
Avoiding Italy, which was completely suspended, it set sail from Brussels, Belgium, and went directly to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport.
Xuan Shi sent the protective clothing that had been made in the past half a month to this flight.
Together with Nie Guangyi, he watched the flight set sail in Brussels.
"It's Valentine's Day today, why didn't you put yourself on the plane with you?"
"It's a cargo flight, you put yourself on it and try it."
“Mamma mia! Xiao Shizi has a big temper lately. ”
"Broadly speaking, I'll go back, go back to Arnold to solve the misunderstanding between us. But not now. ”
"Why? Italy can't fly, you can fly to other countries in Europe, and now there are 23 hours before the end of Valentine's Day at home, I think you can still catch up. ”
"I'm going to stay in Italy, I'm going to make more protective clothing." Xuanshi's eyes were like torches.
"Kumisa? The people of the Milan Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Association have not said that the production capacity of domestic anti-epidemic materials has been improved. You can take a break now, you don't have to do this day and night. ”
"I know. But now that the epidemic in Italy has begun to break out, I have received a lot of orders for protective clothing from Italy, both overseas Chinese and local. ”
……
In 2020.
March 9.
The domestic epidemic tends to ease.
The epidemic in Italy is out of control and the country is closed.
Xuan Shi received a call from Cheng Nuo again: "Ah Shi, our operation to aid Wenzhou is now going to start helping Italy." ”
"Huh? The epidemic in Wenzhou ended so soon? ”
"No, I don't. But we are not short of supplies. Large factories like BYD, state machines like PetroChina and Sinopec have all started to produce anti-epidemic materials. ”
"Such an exaggerated crossover?"
"The people of a big country, work together, the machine of a big country, invincible."
"The people of a great country ......" Xuan Shi savored these four words, "Perhaps, only by staying out of it will you really understand the meaning of the word motherland." I have never felt such a strong sense of national pride. ”
"Ah Shi, you are in Italy, you have to protect yourself."
"Arnold, when the epidemic is over, I will go to you." This Arnold, after eight years, spans 9,000 kilometers.
"It's a deal."
Hang up the phone.
Cheng Nuo sent a photo to Xuan Shi.
In the photo, there are two T-shirts.
One of them is printed with [Xuanshi's Promise].
The other one is printed with [Cheng Nuo's oath].
This is eight years ago, they made an appointment to wear a couple outfit when they met.
……
In 2020.
March 12th.
A brand-new A350 passenger plane of China Eastern Airlines flew 9,619 kilometers from Shanghai to Rome to escort the first batch of nine foreign aid experts from the Chinese government with 31 tons of medical supplies to Italy.
This time, the China-Italy Youth Federation, as the recipient, received 500,000 N95 masks from the Aid to Italy Campaign.
As a representative of the recipient, Nie Guangyi not only distributed these masks to the overseas Chinese in Padua.
He also moved the rest of the part to the square where he begged for hugs before, and persuaded Italians to wear masks.
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In 2020.
March 16th.
Nie Guangyi distributed all the masks for the Italian operation.
Leaving only the last marked box, we set off for Milan International Airport.
He boarded a flight sent by the Chinese government to Italy to pick up overseas Chinese returning to China, and flew directly from Milan to Wenzhou.
Next month is his grandmother's 100th birthday, and he must rush back to quarantine.
This is the first commercial charter flight to be successfully flown since the outbreak of the epidemic in Italy.
From the very beginning, Operation Aid to Italy was more than just a slogan.
Xuan Shi also had a ticket, but he didn't board the flight to his hometown.
At this time in Italy, the epidemic situation is urgent, and there are still many orders for protective clothing that need to be processed.
Xuanshi chose to stay and increase production.
Destiny is shared, love knows no borders.
A great country will never forget its people.
The people have never forgotten their mission.
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In 2020.
March 18th.
China Eastern Airlines sent a chartered flight to escort 13 Zhejiang anti-epidemic experts selected by the Chinese government, carrying 17.3 tons of medical supplies, from Shanghai to Milan.
Xuan Shi, who has always been socially fearful, took over the baton from Nie Guangyi on this day and took to the streets of Padua to distribute masks.
He promised to personally go out into the streets and distribute the marked boxes.
Halfway through the mask, a photo at the bottom of the box caught Xuan Shi's eyes.
A girl wearing [Xuanshi's Promise] and her right hand is half a heart, and a smile appears in the photo.
Xuan Shi hurriedly went to rummage under the box.
It didn't take long.
A boy wearing [Cheng Nuo's oath] and half of his heart with his left hand appeared in the photo like a spring breeze.
In the background of this photo, there is also a handwritten stand.
The plaque reads Bahá'u'lláh's quotations in three languages:
——
L'umanitàè il frutto dello stesso albero
Foglie dello stesso ramo
Fiori nello stesso giardino
Human beings are the fruit of the same tree
Leaves of the same branch
The flower of the same garden
Ye are all fruits of one tree
The leaves of one branch
The flowers of one garden
——【Baháʼu'lláh,1817-1892】