Fan Xingmin, a villager in Nanhe County: a "good neighbor" in the flood

□ correspondent Wang Le, Hebei Daily reporter Zhang Yongli

"thanks to others, Xingmin arrived in time, otherwise my daughter-in-law and grandson would have been in danger." On the morning of July 30, in Xifantun Village, Jiasong Town, Nanhe County, Zhang Junping, 54, was still touched by the help he had given to his neighbors during the flood.

At 3: 00 a.m. on July 20, the Qili River flooded the breach of the river bank and hit Xifantun Village, south of Xifantun Village, next to Zhang Junping and Fan Xingmin's family on the edge of the village.

"Shengyun, take the medicine and take the children upstairs quickly. I'll go to the opposite door and go to uncle Junping's house!" Fan Xingmin's house is a two-story building. His wife suffers from heart disease. Before he has time to tell his wife more, he runs to his neighbor Zhang Junping's house.

Zhang Junping's daughter-in-law, Zhang Rui, had just given birth and was unable to get out of bed and leave on his own. the child was only eight days old. when the flood came in, the family was in a panic and anxious.

Running into Zhang Junping's house, the flood had just reached his ankle. Fan Xingmin told Zhang Rui to pack up his things, picked up the child and walked out. By the time he went out, the flood had risen to a foot high. When he got home and gave the child to his wife, Fan Xingmin ran downstairs to help carry Zhang Rui.

After setting up Zhang Ruian, Fan Xingmin and Zhang Junping rushed to the home of Kong Tao, their neighbor to the north. Kong Tao's husband is not at home, and there are 11-year-old and 4-year-old children at home. Fan Xingmin and Zhang Junping each carried a child, and in the waist-high water, several people helped each other to the second floor of Fan Xingmin's house.

Fan Xingmin's family of four and two neighbors huddled in the room on the second floor. At noon, Fan Xingmin asked his wife to boil some eggs to satisfy everyone's hunger. Staying until more than 4 p.m., the water potential gradually decreased, the water level dropped a little, and for fear of another flood discharge, Zhang Junping and his family decided to return to their old house in the center of the village, where the terrain was high and relatively safe. Walking for more than 20 minutes, Fan Xingmin finally sent Zhang Junping and his family to the old house 300 meters away after carefully avoiding the whirlpool in the water while dodging the debris in the waist-deep mud stream. At 7 p.m., the Duokongtao family also moved to a safe area in the center of the village.