n late September 2022, a sudden outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted people's usual pace of life. In order to avoid the impact of the lockdown control of the community, some employees of Qiyuan Pharmacy will eat and live in the store, the store for home.

In this special period, Qiyuan pharmacy Wu Zhonga branch of Yang Juan to think of their own pharmacy operating conditions and their own situation at this time, after honest communication with family, resolutely choose to stay in the store business. From September 20 to October 19, Yang Juan stayed at the pharmacy for 30 days. In the meantime, his family brings him meals. During this period, she endured loneliness and loneliness, often shuttling between the pharmacy and the delivery of medicine. Most of the time, she can not see the appearance of customers, just standing on the side of the iron fence, a loud communication with customers, although the process is simple and brief, but full of true feelings, convey warmth. During this period, her phone number was almost posted all over the doors of the surrounding community, and her wechat circle was also constantly expanding. Her communication and exchanges again and again made the pharmacy more and more customers, and she tried her best to serve every customer.

On October 15, Zhang Li and Ma Ni from the second branch of Wuzhong also joined the queue of residents and began to stick to the drugstore 24 hours a day. In addition to the Courier delivering medicine and volunteers helping to pick up medicine, they also personally sent medicine to the community and continued to unseal it until the end of the month.

In the middle of November, the epidemic again struck. In order to continue the epidemic prevention and retail work, the head of the retail department lived in the company to coordinate the purchase of epidemic prevention supplies and the distribution of epidemic prevention supplies and emergency drugs for the resident staff. The staff of the two pharmacies in Wu Zhong also lived in the store again. Although very tired, but the customers say thank you, but make them feel relieved and satisfied.

Compared with medical workers, pharmacy workers are less dazzling, but they let us see the courage and love of ordinary people in the face of the epidemic. It is because of their persistence that the people's health has been protected. They are like ice flowers blooming in the cold wind, giving beauty and hope to this frozen world. Let's give a thumbs up to the lovely staff at Kai Yuan Grand Pharmacy!

Yang Sujuan, Retail Department of Qiyuan Pharmacy