Those who approach Spring Festival travel rush to carry barrels: Take the unfinished salt home by train …
Cctv newsOn Spring Festival travel rush’s way home, in addition to backpacks and luggage case, many people were carrying large and small buckets. What were they filled with?

"Just pack a little food." Li Daohua and Lin Yuqin have three children, both in their hometown of Zhaotong, Yunnan. So this time when they came home for the New Year, their buckets were full of snacks for the children, and the bags were basically clothes and shoes for their families.

"I bought one for her." Li Daohua wanted to buy more clothes for his wife, but she was rejected. "She has to return the expensive one, and she said she can’t bear to buy it."

Tao Ruai, a tunnel worker, is 60 years old, and his bucket is full of gifts for his 91-year-old mother — — Dried fungus. He said, "It can’t be squeezed with this, but it will be crushed in the bag."


Cui Shiqing and Zhao Yunyu, who are working in Shenzhen, also brought a bucket when they returned to their hometown by train. In the bucket, there were not only daily necessities such as flashlights, but also some seasonings packed in bags.

"He picked up pepper and salt, but it’s a pity to throw them away." Zhao Yunyu, his wife, spoke to the reporter with a small plastic bag. "I threw it at him and he took it away. He wants it."

Cui Shiqing aside smiled a little embarrassed. They plan to stay in their hometown and take care of their grandchildren after the new year, and will no longer go out to work.
Wu Shiying, from her hometown of Yunnan, brought more than one bucket. She stacked the buckets into several piles and fixed them with tape. It turned out that these buckets were taken home by her to carry and fill water.
"It’s just convenient." Wu Shiying was a little embarrassed to face the camera: "I can’t bear to lose it, I can’t bear to waste it."
When asked what she most wanted to say to the elderly at home, her eyes at the age of 50 were a little moist: "Mom, are you in good health? We are almost home, you can rest assured. Not far away. "

The bucket-lifters who return home always want to put more into the bucket. No matter how much they put in, they will still say, just a little, just a little more. The barrels are filled with not only their own stories, but also the flavor and love of the year. (Text/Xie Botao)