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We have experienced an unexpected transition from winter to spring.
For over a month, "Wuhan," "Hubei," and "confirmed cases" have been names that haunt the minds of 1.4 billion Chinese people. In this special moment, it is not only the heroes and patients who are facing the difficulties, but also every ordinary witness living under the shadow of the virus.
During the epidemic, we record the scars of these "unknown people" caused by COVID-19.
@Li Ge, Yunnan
31 years old, working in the flower industry for 12 years. Even if the flowers rot in the ground, I can still lose a little less money. If I forcefully sell them, I will lose even more if I can't sell them. Let me calculate for you. The cost of packaging a bunch of flowers is 3 yuan, and it costs 4 yuan to transport a bunch of flowers from Chuxiong to Kunming, including the money for the workers who pick the flowers in the field. This means that this bunch of flowers will lose 10 yuan if it rots in the ground, and if I try to sell it but can't, I will lose 15 yuan.
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@Zhang Zhengang, Henan
Manager of a chicken farm. On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, 36,000 newly hatched chicks, still covered in eggshells, were dumped into a newly dug pit, basket by basket. With a few shovels of soil from the excavator, the chicks were buried. The sound of "chirping" quickly faded away and disappeared. I didn't cry, but my heart felt like it was being pricked by needles. On the first day of the lunar new year, the second batch of chicks were buried, another 36,000. On the third day, 36,000; on the fifth day, 36,000. There are still six more batches waiting. Unless something unexpected happens, a total of 360,000 chicks will be lost during this New Year period in 2020.
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@Liu Decheng, 45 years old
A beekeeper who traveled from Sichuan to Yunnan to chase flowers. From the third day of the lunar new year until now, I have already thrown away six or seven buckets of dead bees. Each bucket can hold about 30-40 kilograms of water. I'm going crazy. The bees died densely packed, and I can't even drag them out.
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@Zhu Wenjiu, Zhejiang Hengdian
Producer. Our team has more than 800 people, and every day we have a budget of over one million yuan. The pressure is too great.
Anonymous, Tianjin
Owner of a pharmacy. The most heart-wrenching thing for us in the pharmacy is that we are considered frontline workers and the environment is also dangerous, but people respect doctors in hospitals while suppressing and reporting us. Pharmacies have become "typical examples": they say we don't clearly mark prices, they say we raise prices, they say masks are too expensive... If we have ten pieces of a certain medicine and limit each person to one piece, customers will report us for hoarding. No matter what we do, we will be reported. No one speaks up for us.
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Anonymous, Shaanxi
Hotel lobby manager. Before the Chinese New Year, the reservation situation was the same as before. There were more than 30 private rooms in the restaurant, and the hall was filled with 40 tables. But starting from the first day of the lunar new year, we started receiving cancellations and had to refund the full deposit. Our restaurant manager explained to the customers until his voice became hoarse. All the meals in the afternoon of the first day were canceled, and we were dumbfounded.
Mr. W, born in the 1980s, Beijing
Owner of a Hubei cuisine restaurant. My situation is a bit special. First, I am from Wuhan, although I haven't been back since last year. Second, our restaurant specializes in Hubei cuisine, and the name of the restaurant includes the word "Wuhan." In a few days, I plan to start offering takeout, but because of the two reasons mentioned above, especially the second one, I haven't figured out some problems yet. Will people on the delivery platforms reject us because of our restaurant name?
@Lao Jiang
Restaurant owner. After paying the salaries today, I plan to quit the restaurant business. I don't have any cash left, and I won't be able to pay the rent and salaries next month. I can't continue anymore.
@Jin Xie, Zhejiang Linhai
Entrepreneur of a homestay. Hearing complaints from other industries about being severely affected, I feel envious because the homestay industry has completely collapsed.
@Er Long, Jiangsu Nanjing
Entrepreneur and partner of a homestay. I never thought about what the destruction or doomsday of the urban homestay industry would be like. I am lucky, or maybe unlucky. I witnessed the collapse of this industry.
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@Xu Zhiyuan
Writer and founder of One-Way Space. The epidemic has not yet come to an end, and bookstores cannot hold on. One-Way Space hopes to raise funds for bookstores through crowdfunding to ensure their continued operation.
@Chen Bin, Hainan
Sales manager of a pineapple company. A week ago, the company wanted to donate another batch of pineapples to Wuhan, but it took six or seven days just to find a truck. Logistics companies and drivers refused to go because they would have to be quarantined for at least 15 days after going to Wuhan, and they were afraid to go home after leaving Wuhan.
Anonymous, Chongqing and Sichuan
Pet shop staff. Some pet owners are unable to return on time, or they are worried about spreading the virus and have "gone missing," or they directly abandon their pets. Among them, a pet shop owner, after encountering a customer who couldn't afford the boarding fee and abandoned their pet, had to post an "adoption" message on their social media.
@Du Fan, Wuhan, Hubei
Chairman of the Wuhan Small Animal Protection Association. Volunteers from the association shuttle through the streets and alleys of Wuhan, feeding the pets left behind. Many pet owners are moved to tears when they see that their pets are still alive.
@Li Kaola, 25 years old, Wuhan, Hubei
Middle school teacher and part-time pet sitter. I have already prepared for the worst for the cats that are being boarded at my home. Some owners may not be able to pay, or they may not pay for a short period of time, or they may not want the cats anymore in the end. I will take good care of them, but I don't want such things to happen.
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@Heng Xueqin, Jiangsu Suzhou
Market department staff of a cinema. It will probably take at least five to six months for people to change their attitudes towards cinemas after the epidemic. After experiencing the epidemic, it is estimated that there will be no summer vacation for schools this year, so our summer box office will also be very bleak. If we calculate like this, more than half a year will pass, and the earnings for the whole year of 2020 will be greatly affected. Fortunately, the shopping mall where our cinema is located has decided to waive half of our rent, which is really timely.
@Tongzi, UK student
Chinese students in China have online classes arranged for them, but we have nothing. We can only contact the school ourselves and feel desperate repeatedly. We can only see the PPTs of the teachers, but we can't see clearly the calculations written by the teachers. I really don't want to repeat the year.
@Chen Xin, Hubei Xianning
Mother who took her daughter to seek medical treatment in Wuhan. I called many hotels, but none of them were willing to accept us. I called the mayor's hotline, the traffic police bureau, the disease control center, the community, and the helpline... Every time I made a call, they would give me another number, and after going in a circle, I would end up back where I started, "Ask the mayor's hotline."
If this continues, in a few days, I will have to wander the streets with my baby... What should I do? Please help me!
@Xu Qiang, Zhejiang Yiwu
"Homeless" person accidentally trapped in Wuhan. I don't know where I can go. I walked aimlessly along the street for an hour or two, and when I got tired, I walked into a park and lay down on a bench, leaning against my backpack and fell asleep.
A security guard woke me up and said, "You can't sleep here!"
Then where can I sleep?
@Zhang Xiaowu, Zhejiang, doctor's family member
During this period, photography seems to be drifting away from me, like a voice that is so distant when wearing ten layers of masks. The real us are so weak, reflecting on the disaster, respecting life, and I choose to respect. I took a photo of myself under weak light, trying hard to see the direction of the light. Perhaps change will start from here.
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