[Editor's Note] It's time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The New Year is about reunion, expectation, and a look back wandering in the long river of time. On this occasion, The Paper has launched a special plan called "New Year Talks on the Sea" to talk about the

【Editor's Note】

It's time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

Chinese New Year is about reunion, expectation, and a look back in the long river of time.

On this occasion, The Paper has launched the special plan "New Year Talks at Sea" to talk about the year, people and years.

This article pays a return visit to Zhou Zhonglei, the "tie boy" who has received widespread attention for his diving to save lives. Not long ago, he also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage in his hometown.

On the morning of September 20, 2023, someone jumped off the bridge and fell into the water near the Zhapu Road Bridge on the Suzhou River in Shanghai. At that time, Zhou Zhonglei, a security guard wearing a white shirt and black tie, was on duty nearby. After learning the news, he immediately rushed to the river to dive. Rescue people, successfully rescue the person who fell into the water in about 1 minute. After the video spread on the Internet, everyone affectionately called him "Tie Boy."

Zhou Zhonglei participated in the Lanling County 2024 Spring Festival Gala and sang "Young You". The pictures in this article are all provided by the interviewee

In the past few months, he has received many commendations for his righteousness and bravery. He has become somewhat famous in his hometown and has also participated in local Spring Festival Gala performances. What hasn't changed is that he is still working as a security guard and has a busy job. He has returned to his hometown to celebrate the bustling New Year these days. He will return to Shanghai to work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "for someone else to go home to celebrate the New Year."

[The following is Zhou Zhonglei’s narration]

My hometown is Songtuan Village, Nanqiao Town, Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. I didn't go home until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. I traveled more than 500 kilometers from Shanghai to Lanling in a friend's car, which took 6 hours. The journey was smooth. Our hometown has become very good. Now the roads are very well built. Almost every house in our village has a two-story building.

After I got home, my mother was the busiest, cooking and making my bed. My mother felt very distressed when she couldn't go back several times throughout the year, cooking fried chicken and stewed goose. Our Linyi spicy chicken is very famous, and my mother makes it particularly delicious. I brought them supplements from Shanghai, including sweet-scented osmanthus cake and bean paste cake. My parents tasted them and said they were delicious.

Before I went home, people from the county government and the town government came to our house to express condolences and see if we had any difficulties. They gave us rice, flour, oil and milk. Our family's situation is average. It's not that good, and it's not that poor. It's about the same. We live in an ordinary bungalow. My mother told me that the leader came to offer condolences. I was very touched. Only now do I understand the truth that being a good person brings good things.

Zhou Zhonglei participated in the Lanling County 2024 Spring Festival Gala

The New Year is the busiest time in the village, and everyone is back. There are few migrant workers in our village, but many people do business. We are the hometown of vegetables and garlic. Almost every household has to go out to do business, such as the vegetable business in Jiangqiao Wholesale Market and Jiangyang Agricultural Products Market in Shanghai. Very many.

html On the 30th of the year, we caught up with the good times, and there were several weddings in the village, so we ate Linyi's "Eight Bowls". Because the girl is getting married, she has one meal in the morning. After the girl gets married, she doesn’t need to eat in the afternoon. In the afternoon we went to burn paper and sweep the grave. The family had a reunion dinner in the evening, and my mother made hundreds of dumplings.

also went to the market during the day. We have a big market every Friday, with vegetables, fruits, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, fireworks, and all kinds of stalls, and people squeeze in and out. I bought two boxes of fireworks when I went to the market and set them off after the New Year's Eve dinner. When the fireworks went off, I got thousands of taels of gold.

In the village, everyone was very enthusiastic. Many people said, "Wanxiang (Zhou Zhonglei's nickname), you are popular, and we all know it in the village." "You went to the Lanling Spring Festival Gala."

Some time ago, I Participated in the Lanling County Spring Festival Gala. In early January, the director sent me a message asking me to go home and sing in the Spring Festival Gala. I said, "Can you be the director?" The director said, "Okay, it's okay. You are the 'tie brother'. You have to believe in yourself." Time also If I can catch up, I agree.

came on stage. I first wanted to talk about my diving to save someone, and then I sang "You Are Young". The director may have chosen a song that he thought suited me better, so I practiced it for half a month. I went home on January 26th, rehearsed the next day, and performed live for 2 hours in the evening.

The New Year's Eve dinner at Lei's house in Zhongzhou was so nervous. The director asked me to change my sentence, but I was so nervous that I even said it wrong. I memorized the lines for nearly a night. When I went on stage, my legs were shaking. There were too many people at the time.Although I have seen some scenes receiving awards, I have never seen so many people. Hundreds of people were sitting there, all from my hometown. My friends and family also went to see it.

html After the party at 09 o'clock, the county party secretary talked to me a lot, asking if your family had any difficulties, I said no, and asked me how my work was, and I said it was okay. I basically didn't say anything. I was too nervous to meet the county party secretary.

Happy New Year on the first day of the Lunar New Year. When we were young, we carried baskets to other people's houses to pay New Year greetings. As long as you kowtow to pay New Year greetings, they would give you fruits, candies, and later 5 or 10 yuan. Now that I have earned money, I will give hundreds of dollars to my brother’s children.

Tell my sister to go home on the second day of junior high school. This is our custom. On the second day of junior high school, we should call our daughter home. I am her brother, so I have to go to my sister's house, and then ask my sister and them to go home together.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I will go back to Shanghai to work. The company is in a hurry and is short of manpower. I have to go back and take over the job while someone else goes home to celebrate the New Year. In the new year, I hope to work harder and better, and build my home from one floor to two.

bailang design