今天是2020年2月26日 星期三 第十二篇
清晨，下了一整夜的雨終於停了，氣溫回落但並不冷。
今天各小區門崗有警察，有人說是外地支援的，快到中午時又都撤走了。
一大早接到一位保潔員的電話，說她家裏的米面都沒有了。按說，保潔員每天都可以進出小區，家中一點糧食都沒貯存還是很令人意外的。在上班的路上打聽到一家雜貨店還有大米賣，便立刻聯系那個保潔員，卻被告知她自己已經解決了。
我好像有了點購物強迫症的感覺，一有機會就想要買點兒什麼，都不怎麼考慮錢的問題。我自忖這是內心的恐慌的表現。非常羨慕那些機關幹部處驚不變的沉穩。對有些人來說，歲月靜好並不只是嘴上的說辭和誇耀。
近兩天，送快遞的明顯忙碌起來。一家北方餃子館還在售賣速凍餃子，60元錢一斤。老板是東北人，他很樂觀，說武漢的疫情很快就要結束啦。同事說，街上的車輛比以前多了。這些都似乎有所預示並與媒體的疫情報道有所對應。
一些由政府招錄的志願者下派到了社區，據說每天報酬100元，主要工作是幫小區居民買藥，也提供一些其他服務，每日工作時間5小時。
有人從外地打電話到社區，要求提供電子版的返回武漢的證明。接電話的人覺得有些莫名其妙，後來從領導那裏得知，最近還真的有這方面的新規定。社區人員行事兒較為粗放，但並不表明社區人沒有細致謹慎的一面，世故圓滑從來都是那些資深社區工作者的基本功夫，什麼該說什麼不能說心裏很清楚，當然傻缺也不少。近幾年來，社區對開具證明這種事非常敏感，怕擔責任。自保是人的本能。
團購的渠道看來還比較暢通，但居高不下的價格令居民很不滿意。我看了一個居民團購的物品，一棵約兩斤重的大白菜、一兩斤豆腐幹、幾節蓮藕還有幾根胡蘿蔔，這些就花掉120多元錢。
早在人們搶購口罩的時候，網上就有政府是否應該對物價進行管控的爭論。其實爭論的雙方都忽視了一個最基本的因素，那就是現實。現實是，一方面在經曆了幾十年的經濟改革後，私有企業、小商小販個體戶已經普遍存在，市場已經存在，全面管控談何容易。另一方面，政府在市場中始終處於主導地位，國有企業依然龐大無比。管控調整每天都在進行，管控市場不僅是各部門獲取利益之必需，而且也是權力的體現和象征。對這最基本的現狀視而不見，使雙方的爭辯都顯得無的放矢。
風暴的中心總顯得異常平靜。處於疫情中心有幸尚未染病的我們繼續著自己越來越簡單的封閉生活。我們對生活在另一層樓、另一個房間的人們一無所知。我們需要網絡上那些遠隔千裏的人們提供的信息來證實我們的存在、猜測和疑慮………，我們也不知道樓下是否有救護車駛過，它們通行無阻，無聲無息…..
有位同事剃了個光頭，不是他自己也不是家人給剃的，而是在路上一個挑著剃頭挑子的老頭給剃的，這令我驚訝不已。
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 2020
Early in the morning, the rain that had been falling all night finally
stopped, and the temperature dropped, but it was not cold.
Today there are police officers at the gate of the entrance of each
apartment building. Some say they are policemen from other cities. They
withdrew around noon time.
I received a call from a house cleaning maid early in the morning,
saying that her house was out of rice and noodles. It was surprising that
the housekeeper had no food stored in her home when she could go in
and out of the area every day. However, I heard that a grocery store still
had rice for sale on the way to work, so I contacted the cleaning maid
immediately but was told that she had already taken care of it herself.
I seem to have a bit of a shopping compulsion. I want to buy
something whenever I get the chance, not even thinking about money. I
believe this is the expression of internal panic. I envy those cadres of the
authorities for their amazing stability. Their lives, no doubt, are beautiful.
The last two days, the delivery of the courier was busy. A northern
dumpling house is still selling frozen dumplings, 60 yuan a catty. The
owner is from the northeast and is optimistic that the pandemic in Wuhan
will soon be over. Colleagues said that there were more cars on the street
than before. All of this seems to be a sign and corresponds to the media
reports of the pandemic.
Some volunteers were recruited by the government and assigned to
the community service center. They are said to be paid 100 yuan a day,
and their main job is to help residents in the community buy medicine
and provide other services for five hours a day.
Someone from out of town called the community center and asked
for electronic proof of return to Wuhan. The person who answered the
phone felt a bit baffled but later learned from the leader that new rules
had been implemented recently. Community workers act negligently, but
it does not mean that community people do not have a prudent side.
Being tactful and sophisticated have always been the basic skills of those
experienced community workers, who know very well what to say and
what not to say, but of course, there are many silly defects. In recent years,
the community has become very sensitive to the issuance of certificates
for fear of liability. Self-preservation is a human instinct.
The group purchase channel seems to be relatively smooth, but the
high prices make residents dissatisfied. I saw a resident’s group purchase
items: About two pounds of cabbage; A couple of pounds of dried
soybean curd; A few lotuses’ roots; A few carrots. They cost more than
120 yuan.
As early as when people were snapping up masks, there was an
online debate about whether the government should control prices. Both
sides of the debate have overlooked the essential factor, which is reality.
The reality is that on the one hand, after decades of economic reform,
private enterprises and small businesses have become commonplace, and
the market already exists, so it’s not easy to exercise complete control. On
the other hand, the government has always been dominant in the market,
and state-owned enterprises are still huge. Control and adjustment are
carried out every day. Control of the market is necessary for the
departments to obtain benefits, and it is a manifestation and symbol of
power. Ignoring this fundamental status makes the arguments of both
sides appear to be useless.
The epicenter of a storm is always remarkably calm. At the center
of the pandemic, those of us fortunate enough not to have been infected
continued our increasingly simple, closed lives. We knew nothing about
the people who lived on another floor, in another room. We needed
information from those thousands of miles away on the Internet to
confirm our presence, suspicions, and doubts …… We don’t know if
ambulances are going on the streets. They pass by unhindered and in
silence.
A colleague shaved his head, not by himself or his family members,
but by an older man on the road with a shaving pick
