| |
 |
Eyes of the blind
|
Han Ximin
A TALL figure in a green uniform, holding the arms of blind people and helping them across the street, can be often seen on the square outside the always-crowded Shenzhen Railway Station.
For Feng Jinxiang, a security guard with the Luohu Commercial City branch of the Construction Bank of China, helping blind people had become part of a day's work, thanks to his friendship with the 300 bline masseuses who work in Luohu Commercial City.
The blind people are regular customers of the bank. But they often have trouble filling forms, counting money and punching in passwords. At the same time, their vulnerability does not encourage them to trust people.
However, over the past six years, Feng has rendered an endless supply of assistance. He has returned their bank books when they were left behind by accident, and accompanied them to the elevator when they finished their transactions. He even told them his mobile phone number and said they could always call him if they need him.
Feng often lends a hand after work as well. He buys them fruit out of his own pocket and sometimes visits them on holidays.
Years of help has produced profound friendships. When Feng was hospitalized for pneumonia at the end of last year, his blind friends took up a collection and visited him in the hospital. Feng accepted the money to be polite, but he returned it once he'd recovered.
"Even though we can't see, our world is not dark and we can feel the beauty of the city, thanks to the help that Zheng gives us. He is our eyes," said one blind man.
Feng's deeds to help the blind were recently immortalized in short plays at the bank's service competition
Feng, though, doesn't make much of his contributions. On the contrary, he considers himself paid back in full. "I have learned many good virtues like perseverance, optimism and persistence," he likes to say.
|
|
|
|
