“In the dead of night, it’s time to miss home. It’s sweet when I miss home. My hometown month touches my head…” at about 5 p.m. on February 11, a male solo “when I miss home” came from Dazhong Airport Hotel of Pudong airport. The song was sonorous and full of emotion. The reporter followed the direction of the song. A middle-aged man was standing in the corridor on the second floor of the hotel, holding a sound card and watching the lyrics on the mobile phone and singing loudly. Many guests were attracted by his singing and walked out of the door to applaud him. After one song, an unknown lady gave him a cake. The reporter learned that many epidemic prevention volunteers live in this hotel.

The man’s name is Dai Yanjiang. He told reporters that he is a bus driver of Volkswagen Company. He is 50 years old. Now he drives a transfer bus at Pudong airport to transport passengers from Xuhui District to the isolation hotel. His wife and two children are in his hometown in Anhui. From June 9 to now, I haven’t rested for a day and haven’t gone home to see my wife and children for more than half a year. In order to fight the epidemic, he decided to stay in Shanghai for the new year.

Dai Yanjiang likes singing and playing chess. The reporter saw that he collected more than 100 songs in his mobile phone. He said that he didn’t dare to sing like this at ordinary times for fear of affecting everyone’s rest. Today is the new year’s Eve. I hope it can bring some joy to those who can’t go home here.

Xinmin Evening News reporter Tu Yu