Lucky in the midst of misfortune
不幸之中的万幸 Bụ̀xìng zhīzhōng de wànxìng
In the vegetable market, the stand belonging to Zhang Zhengcai is completely deserted and covered with dust, and whenever his wife, Gui Qingmei, sees the place from a distance, she bursts into tears and is overwhelmed with grief to the point of fainting; all that is left now of this close family of three are a tearful mother and son, and this suffering has come about because of a car accident.
菜市场里，原本属于张正才的摊位现在空空荡荡，布满了灰尘，他的爱人归庆梅只要远远看到这个位置就哭号不已，悲伤得几近昏厥，温馨的三口之家如今只剩下每天以泪洗面的母子俩，这些苦难都缘于一场意外车祸。
Càishìchǎng lǐ, yuánběn shǔyú Zhāng Zhèngcái de tānwèi xiànzài kōngkōngdàngdàng, bùmǎnle huīchén, tā de àiren Guī Qìngméi zhǐyào yuǎnyuǎn kàndào zhège wèizhi jiù kūháo bùyǐ, bēishāng de jǐ jìn hūnjué, wēnxīn de sān kǒu zhī jiā rújīn zhǐ shèngxia měitiān yǐlèixǐmiàn de mụ̌-zǐ liǎ, zhèxiē kǔnàn dōu yuán yú yī chǎng yìwài chēhuò.
[Photo: "So many people helped to keep the sky from falling on my family"
那么多人帮我 家里的天没塌 Nàme duō rén bāng wǒ jiā lǐ de tiān méi tā]
Zhang Zhengcai was from Cangzhou, a few years ago he was laid off, and in order to support his family he opened a vegetable stand in the market, and the money he earned was enough for his family to live on; he got to see his son admitted to university, and he and his wife felt that life was filled with hope. No one expected that when Zhang Zhengcai left home to buy goods early in the morning on September 11, 2011, he would not return.
张正才是沧州人，前几年下了岗，为了维持生计他在菜市场里做起了卖菜的生意，挣的钱刚够一家三口的温饱，眼看着18岁的儿子考上了大学，夫妻俩也觉得生活有了盼头。谁想到，2011年9月11日清晨，张正才出门进货，却再也没有回来。
Zhāng Zhèngcái shì Cāngzhōu rén, qián jǐ nián xiale gǎng, wèile wéichí shēngjì tā zài càishìchǎng lǐ zuòqǐle mài cài de shēngyi, zhèng de qián gāng gòu yījiā sān kǒu de wēnbǎo, yǎnkànzhe 18 suì de érzi kǎoshangle dàxué, fūqī liǎ yě juéde shēnghuó yǒule pàntou. Sheí xiǎngdào, 2011 nián 9 yuè 11 rì qīngchén, Zhāng Zhèngcái chūmén jìnhuò, què zài yě méiyǒu huílai.
In tears, Zhang Zhengcai's elder sister said that a friend who sells vegetables with her told her that something had happened to her younger brother, and urged her to hurry to the hospital, but no matter what she asked, her friend refused to say more. "I knew it was bad, but I never expected my brother to die like this!" She recalled that on the day of the incident, it was like a bolt out of the blue, she could not believe her brother had died that way.
对方也不肯多说了张正才的姐姐哭着说，同在一个市场卖菜的朋友告诉她弟弟出事了，让她赶紧去医院，但是再怎么问，对方也不肯多说了。“我就知道不好，但怎么也想不到，弟弟就这么没了！”回忆起出事当天的情况，姐姐表示就像是晴天霹雳，她无法相信弟弟就这样离开了人世。
Zhāng Zhèngcái de jiějie kūzhe shuō, tóng zài yī gè shìchǎng mài cài de péngyou gàosu tā dìdi chūshì le, ràng tā gạ̌njǐn qù yīyuàn, dànshì zài zěnme wèn, duìfāng yě bù kěn duō shuō le. “Wǒ jiù zhīdao bù hǎo, dàn zěnme yě xiǎngbudào, dìdi jiù zhème méile!” Huíyì qǐ chūshì dàngtiān de qíngkuàng, jiějie biǎoshì jiù xiàng shì qíngtiānpīlì, tā wúfǎ xiāngxìn dìdi jiù zhèyàng líkāile rénshì.
The accident happened beneath Ya'an Bridge; the scene was chaotic, Zhang Zhengcai's minivan had already burned beyond recognition, all kinds of vegetables from inside the car were scattered on the ground, "You can just imagine what the person looked like from what the car looked like." Gui Qingmei could hardly endure it, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, the main support for the family was gone in the blink of an eye, she and her son could hardly carry on with daily life, and tuition for the university quickly became a problem.
出事的地点在雅安桥下，现场已是一片狼藉，张正才的面包车已经被烧得不成模样，车里的各种蔬菜也散落了一地，“车都这样了，人就可想而知了。”受不了打击的归庆梅哭得眼睛都红肿了，家中的支柱瞬间倒塌，她和儿子几乎无法继续正常生活，大学的学费也眼看就成了大问题。
Chūshì de dìdiǎn zài Yǎ'ān qiáo xià, xiànchǎng yǐ shì yī piàn lángjí, Zhāng Zhèngcái de miànbāochē yǐjing bèi shāo de bùchéng múyàng, chē lǐ de gèzhǒng shūcài yě sànluòle yī dì, “chē dōu zhèyàng le, rén jiù kẹ̌xiǎng'érzhī le.” Shòubuliǎo dǎjī de Guī Qìngméi kū de yǎnjing dōu hóngzhǒng le, jiāzhōng de zhīzhù shùnjiān dǎotā, tā hé érzi jīhū wúfǎ jìxù zhèngcháng shēnghuó, dàxué de xuéfèi yě yǎnkàn jiù chéngle dà wèntí.
The vegetable market owner who rented the stand to him saw what was happening, "It was unsually lucky that in the middle of misfortune, we found out what a good person manager Zhang is, we've come across so many warmhearted people," said Gui Qingmei, her eyes again filling with tears. When the president of the Bo Shengda company, Zhang Shengbo, learned of the situation, he returned a full year's rent to Gui Qingmei, "I thought I should do a little something to help the whole family." President Zhang said that Zhang Zhengcai was a good person, everyone is saddened by the loss.
这一切被租给他摊位的菜市场老板看在了眼里，“不幸之中的万幸啊，我们遇到了张经理这么好的人，遇到了市场里这么多的热心人。”归庆梅说着，眼泪又流了下来。泊胜达公司的总经理张双泊了解情况后，将张正才原本支付的一年租金全部退给了归庆梅，“我想我应该尽点力，帮帮这一家子。”张总说，老张是个老实人，这样走了谁心里都不好受。
Zhè yị̄qiè bèi zūgěi tā tānwèi de càishìchǎng lạ̌obǎn kànzàile yạ̌nlǐ, “Bụ̀xìng zhīzhōng de wànxìng a, wǒmen yùdàole Zhāng jīnglǐ zhème hǎo de rén, yùdàole shìchǎng lǐ zhème duō de rèxīnrén.” Guī Qìngméi shuōzhe, yǎnlèi yòu liúle xiàlai. Bó Shèng Dá Gōngsī de zǒngjīnglǐ Zhāng Shuāngbó liạ̌ojiě qíngkuàng hòu, jiāng Zhāng Zhèngcái yuánběn zhīfù de yī nián zūjīn quánbù tuì gěile Guī Qìngméi, “Wǒ xiǎng wǒ yīnggāi jìn diǎn lì, bāng bāng zhè yī̠jiāzi.” Zhāng zǒng shuō, lǎo Zhāng shì ge lǎoshirén, zhèyàng zǒule sheí xīnli dōu bù hǎoshòu.
At the same time, Zhang Zhengcai's family's circumstances also came to the attention of the Hongqiao district government, director Ma Yong of the Shaogongzhuang neighborhood committee said, "We have already sent condolences to the family, and at the same time together with the vegetable market we are collecting donations, as of now we've raised 5,000 RMB, and we are going to continue to try harder."
与此同时，张正才一家的情况，还得到了红桥区政府相关部门的关注，邵公庄街道办事处马永主任说，“我们已经对家属进行了慰问，同时也和菜市场一起为张正才募集捐款，目前已经筹集了5000元善款，后面我们再继续努力。”
Yụ̌cǐtóngshí, Zhāng Zhèngcái yījiā de qíngkuàng, hái dédàole Hóngqiáo qūzhèngfǔ xiāngguān bùmén de guānzhù, Shàogōngzhuāng jiēdào bànshìchù mǎ yǒng zhǔrèn shuō, “wǒmen yǐjing duì jiāshǔ jìnxíngle wèiwèn, tóngshí yě hécài shìchǎng yī̠qǐ wèi Zhāng Zhèngcái mùjí juānkuǎn, mùqián yǐjing chóují le 5000 yuán shàn kuǎn, hòumian wǒmen zài jìxù nǔlì.”
Gui Qingmei is extemely moved by society's care and support, and is gaining the courage to go on living. "When his father left us, I began to believe the sky really was falling, but with so many people helping us, the sky won't fall on our family, I will do my best to raise my son, and make sure that he repays society!"
社会的关注和支持，让归庆梅感动万分，也鼓起了生活的勇气。“他爸走了，开始我真觉得天都塌了，但是这么多人帮助我们，我们家的这片天塌不了。我要好好抚养儿子，以后让他回报社会！”
Shèhuì de guānzhù hé zhīchí, ràng guī qìng méi gǎndòng wànfēn, yě gụ̌qǐle shēnghuó de yǒngqì. “Tā bà zǒu le, kāishǐ wǒ zhēn juéde tiān dōu tā le, dànshì zhème duō rén bāngzhù wǒmen, wǒmen jiā de zhè piàn tiān tā bùliǎo. Wǒ yào hǎohāo fụ̌yǎng érzi, yǐhòu ràng tā huíbào shèhuì!”
Source 《每日新报》2011-11/15 第B10版: "丈夫意外离世 妻儿生活困难 市场老板与街道办伸出援手" online
不幸之中的万幸 Bụ̀xìng zhīzhōng de wànxìng
In the vegetable market, the stand belonging to Zhang Zhengcai is completely deserted and covered with dust, and whenever his wife, Gui Qingmei, sees the place from a distance, she bursts into tears and is overwhelmed with grief to the point of fainting; all that is left now of this close family of three are a tearful mother and son, and this suffering has come about because of a car accident.
菜市场里，原本属于张正才的摊位现在空空荡荡，布满了灰尘，他的爱人归庆梅只要远远看到这个位置就哭号不已，悲伤得几近昏厥，温馨的三口之家如今只剩下每天以泪洗面的母子俩，这些苦难都缘于一场意外车祸。
Càishìchǎng lǐ, yuánběn shǔyú Zhāng Zhèngcái de tānwèi xiànzài kōngkōngdàngdàng, bùmǎnle huīchén, tā de àiren Guī Qìngméi zhǐyào yuǎnyuǎn kàndào zhège wèizhi jiù kūháo bùyǐ, bēishāng de jǐ jìn hūnjué, wēnxīn de sān kǒu zhī jiā rújīn zhǐ shèngxia měitiān yǐlèixǐmiàn de mụ̌-zǐ liǎ, zhèxiē kǔnàn dōu yuán yú yī chǎng yìwài chēhuò.
[Photo: "So many people helped to keep the sky from falling on my family"
那么多人帮我 家里的天没塌 Nàme duō rén bāng wǒ jiā lǐ de tiān méi tā]
Zhang Zhengcai was from Cangzhou, a few years ago he was laid off, and in order to support his family he opened a vegetable stand in the market, and the money he earned was enough for his family to live on; he got to see his son admitted to university, and he and his wife felt that life was filled with hope. No one expected that when Zhang Zhengcai left home to buy goods early in the morning on September 11, 2011, he would not return.
张正才是沧州人，前几年下了岗，为了维持生计他在菜市场里做起了卖菜的生意，挣的钱刚够一家三口的温饱，眼看着18岁的儿子考上了大学，夫妻俩也觉得生活有了盼头。谁想到，2011年9月11日清晨，张正才出门进货，却再也没有回来。
Zhāng Zhèngcái shì Cāngzhōu rén, qián jǐ nián xiale gǎng, wèile wéichí shēngjì tā zài càishìchǎng lǐ zuòqǐle mài cài de shēngyi, zhèng de qián gāng gòu yījiā sān kǒu de wēnbǎo, yǎnkànzhe 18 suì de érzi kǎoshangle dàxué, fūqī liǎ yě juéde shēnghuó yǒule pàntou. Sheí xiǎngdào, 2011 nián 9 yuè 11 rì qīngchén, Zhāng Zhèngcái chūmén jìnhuò, què zài yě méiyǒu huílai.
In tears, Zhang Zhengcai's elder sister said that a friend who sells vegetables with her told her that something had happened to her younger brother, and urged her to hurry to the hospital, but no matter what she asked, her friend refused to say more. "I knew it was bad, but I never expected my brother to die like this!" She recalled that on the day of the incident, it was like a bolt out of the blue, she could not believe her brother had died that way.
对方也不肯多说了张正才的姐姐哭着说，同在一个市场卖菜的朋友告诉她弟弟出事了，让她赶紧去医院，但是再怎么问，对方也不肯多说了。“我就知道不好，但怎么也想不到，弟弟就这么没了！”回忆起出事当天的情况，姐姐表示就像是晴天霹雳，她无法相信弟弟就这样离开了人世。
Zhāng Zhèngcái de jiějie kūzhe shuō, tóng zài yī gè shìchǎng mài cài de péngyou gàosu tā dìdi chūshì le, ràng tā gạ̌njǐn qù yīyuàn, dànshì zài zěnme wèn, duìfāng yě bù kěn duō shuō le. “Wǒ jiù zhīdao bù hǎo, dàn zěnme yě xiǎngbudào, dìdi jiù zhème méile!” Huíyì qǐ chūshì dàngtiān de qíngkuàng, jiějie biǎoshì jiù xiàng shì qíngtiānpīlì, tā wúfǎ xiāngxìn dìdi jiù zhèyàng líkāile rénshì.
The accident happened beneath Ya'an Bridge; the scene was chaotic, Zhang Zhengcai's minivan had already burned beyond recognition, all kinds of vegetables from inside the car were scattered on the ground, "You can just imagine what the person looked like from what the car looked like." Gui Qingmei could hardly endure it, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, the main support for the family was gone in the blink of an eye, she and her son could hardly carry on with daily life, and tuition for the university quickly became a problem.
出事的地点在雅安桥下，现场已是一片狼藉，张正才的面包车已经被烧得不成模样，车里的各种蔬菜也散落了一地，“车都这样了，人就可想而知了。”受不了打击的归庆梅哭得眼睛都红肿了，家中的支柱瞬间倒塌，她和儿子几乎无法继续正常生活，大学的学费也眼看就成了大问题。
Chūshì de dìdiǎn zài Yǎ'ān qiáo xià, xiànchǎng yǐ shì yī piàn lángjí, Zhāng Zhèngcái de miànbāochē yǐjing bèi shāo de bùchéng múyàng, chē lǐ de gèzhǒng shūcài yě sànluòle yī dì, “chē dōu zhèyàng le, rén jiù kẹ̌xiǎng'érzhī le.” Shòubuliǎo dǎjī de Guī Qìngméi kū de yǎnjing dōu hóngzhǒng le, jiāzhōng de zhīzhù shùnjiān dǎotā, tā hé érzi jīhū wúfǎ jìxù zhèngcháng shēnghuó, dàxué de xuéfèi yě yǎnkàn jiù chéngle dà wèntí.
The vegetable market owner who rented the stand to him saw what was happening, "It was unsually lucky that in the middle of misfortune, we found out what a good person manager Zhang is, we've come across so many warmhearted people," said Gui Qingmei, her eyes again filling with tears. When the president of the Bo Shengda company, Zhang Shengbo, learned of the situation, he returned a full year's rent to Gui Qingmei, "I thought I should do a little something to help the whole family." President Zhang said that Zhang Zhengcai was a good person, everyone is saddened by the loss.
这一切被租给他摊位的菜市场老板看在了眼里，“不幸之中的万幸啊，我们遇到了张经理这么好的人，遇到了市场里这么多的热心人。”归庆梅说着，眼泪又流了下来。泊胜达公司的总经理张双泊了解情况后，将张正才原本支付的一年租金全部退给了归庆梅，“我想我应该尽点力，帮帮这一家子。”张总说，老张是个老实人，这样走了谁心里都不好受。
Zhè yị̄qiè bèi zūgěi tā tānwèi de càishìchǎng lạ̌obǎn kànzàile yạ̌nlǐ, “Bụ̀xìng zhīzhōng de wànxìng a, wǒmen yùdàole Zhāng jīnglǐ zhème hǎo de rén, yùdàole shìchǎng lǐ zhème duō de rèxīnrén.” Guī Qìngméi shuōzhe, yǎnlèi yòu liúle xiàlai. Bó Shèng Dá Gōngsī de zǒngjīnglǐ Zhāng Shuāngbó liạ̌ojiě qíngkuàng hòu, jiāng Zhāng Zhèngcái yuánběn zhīfù de yī nián zūjīn quánbù tuì gěile Guī Qìngméi, “Wǒ xiǎng wǒ yīnggāi jìn diǎn lì, bāng bāng zhè yī̠jiāzi.” Zhāng zǒng shuō, lǎo Zhāng shì ge lǎoshirén, zhèyàng zǒule sheí xīnli dōu bù hǎoshòu.
At the same time, Zhang Zhengcai's family's circumstances also came to the attention of the Hongqiao district government, director Ma Yong of the Shaogongzhuang neighborhood committee said, "We have already sent condolences to the family, and at the same time together with the vegetable market we are collecting donations, as of now we've raised 5,000 RMB, and we are going to continue to try harder."
与此同时，张正才一家的情况，还得到了红桥区政府相关部门的关注，邵公庄街道办事处马永主任说，“我们已经对家属进行了慰问，同时也和菜市场一起为张正才募集捐款，目前已经筹集了5000元善款，后面我们再继续努力。”
Yụ̌cǐtóngshí, Zhāng Zhèngcái yījiā de qíngkuàng, hái dédàole Hóngqiáo qūzhèngfǔ xiāngguān bùmén de guānzhù, Shàogōngzhuāng jiēdào bànshìchù mǎ yǒng zhǔrèn shuō, “wǒmen yǐjing duì jiāshǔ jìnxíngle wèiwèn, tóngshí yě hécài shìchǎng yī̠qǐ wèi Zhāng Zhèngcái mùjí juānkuǎn, mùqián yǐjing chóují le 5000 yuán shàn kuǎn, hòumian wǒmen zài jìxù nǔlì.”
Gui Qingmei is extemely moved by society's care and support, and is gaining the courage to go on living. "When his father left us, I began to believe the sky really was falling, but with so many people helping us, the sky won't fall on our family, I will do my best to raise my son, and make sure that he repays society!"
社会的关注和支持，让归庆梅感动万分，也鼓起了生活的勇气。“他爸走了，开始我真觉得天都塌了，但是这么多人帮助我们，我们家的这片天塌不了。我要好好抚养儿子，以后让他回报社会！”
Shèhuì de guānzhù hé zhīchí, ràng guī qìng méi gǎndòng wànfēn, yě gụ̌qǐle shēnghuó de yǒngqì. “Tā bà zǒu le, kāishǐ wǒ zhēn juéde tiān dōu tā le, dànshì zhème duō rén bāngzhù wǒmen, wǒmen jiā de zhè piàn tiān tā bùliǎo. Wǒ yào hǎohāo fụ̌yǎng érzi, yǐhòu ràng tā huíbào shèhuì!”
Source 《每日新报》2011-11/15 第B10版: "丈夫意外离世 妻儿生活困难 市场老板与街道办伸出援手" online
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