Forty days at Shapowei

January 21st, Zhangqi’s family drove their motor home from Wuhan to Xiamen. They wanted to visit the Xiamen University. A few days later, the Novel Coronavirus infection hit   Wuhan. People from Wuhan had to receive medical  observation. They had to stay at Shapowei. Luckily, Zhangqi and his family weren't infected with the Pneumonia, but they couldn’t go home because Wuhan was the quarantine area now.

Zhangqi was sad. He had no friends in Xiamen. And they didn’t have the articles for daily use. They needed  clothes, food, and the most important thing was the masks. His daughter was not really strong. If she didn’t wear the mask, maybe she would be infected with the pneumonia. They asked for help from the Shapowei community.

The Shapowei community helped Zhangqi’s family. People gave them some traditional  foods of Xiamen and took them some masks. That helped Zhangqi’s family a lot. People used their own money to buy a thermometer for Zhangqi and his family. The volunteer helped Zhangqi’s daughter study and talked with Zhangqi’s mother. They had a really great time at Shapowei.

They stayed for forty days. Finally, they could go back to Wuhan. Zhangqi thanked people from Shapowei for helping his family. He said, "Xiamen  is my hometown too! I was from Wuhan; maybe I was infected by the pneumonia already. But people in Xiamen weren't afraid of us; they did their best to help me and my family. Thank you!”

 David

March 16th,2020