On the 17th, the Chinese Embassy in Tonga contacted Zhu Jianxiong's wife to confirm that her husband was safe and sound. On the evening of the 19th, his wife Li Manni finally waited for Mr. Zhu's own safe call.

Xinhua News Agency Guangzhou, January 20 (Reporters Ma Xiaocheng and Lu Hao) After the Tonga volcano erupted again on January 15, Zhu Jianxiong, a Guangzhou man in Tonga, once lost contact after transferring money to his wife on WeChat, which touched the hearts of netizens. On the 17th, the Chinese Embassy in Tonga contacted Zhu Jianxiong's wife to confirm that her husband was safe and sound. On the evening of the 19th, his wife Li Manni (pseudonym) finally waited for Mr. Zhu's own safe call.

Recalling the experience over the past few days, Li Manni lamented that with the support of the motherland, her heart is at ease.

has been doing business in Tonga for two years and has not returned to China

Li Manni and Zhu Jianxiong met in 2007. Li Manni is an orphan, and Zhu Jianxiong comes from a divorced family. After they met, they fell in love with each other.

Li Manni introduced that Zhu Jianxiong is mainly engaged in the business of selling Chinese products in Tonga. In November 2019, Zhu Jianxiong went to Tonga to handle the business and planned to return to China to celebrate the New Year together in January 2020. Unexpectedly, the COVID-19 outbreak occurred, and he then changed his air tickets, from March to April, and from April to June.

"The epidemic broke out on a large scale around the world later, Tonga was basically closed down, people outside could not enter, and people inside could not leave. My husband has not returned to China for more than two years." Li Manni said.

Due to the hinderment of transportation, Zhu Jianxiong’s original business could not continue. He then changed careers and earned living expenses by repairing computers and mobile phones for local Chinese.

Li Manni said that although there is a time difference between China and Tonga, no matter when she sends a message, her husband will reply quickly.

The picture shows Zhu Jianxiong. (Photo provided by the interviewee)

's last message before losing contact and WeChat transfer

During the New Year's Day, Zhu Jianxiong sent three videos to Li Manni, showing that three small volcanoes erupting in the local area. Li Manni couldn't help but worry and reminded her husband to pay attention to earthquakes and tsunamis.

"I think this should be all the money in his WeChat wallet. He must be thinking that he will leave the remaining penny for me. What he cares most about is whether I have money to use in China." Li Manni said.

Li Manni can no longer contact her husband. She was anxious and had to keep browsing the news and kept thinking about whether Zhu Jianxiong could go to the airport before the tsunami came.

"I was very heartbroken at the time and didn't know how to express it. My whole body was shaking." She tried to make a call, hoping that it would be connected and a miracle would happen, but there was no response. When

was called to the 8th time, a foreigner answered the phone and just kept saying "Yes". At night, I called again for the 19th time, and a foreigner answered the phone. She thought to herself, was her husband already killed or was the signal connected to the wrong line?

For those two days and two nights, she took care of the children and did housework while shed tears.

"With the strong backing of the country, I am at ease."

Just when she was desperate, she suddenly received a call from the staff of the Foreign Office of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City. The other party told her that she could help find Zhu Jianxiong's whereabouts and asked for Zhu Jianxiong's personal information.

Within just two hours after she submitted the information, Li Manni received a call from abroad. At first, Li Manni thought it was a harassing call. The second time the number came over again, the other party said it was called from the Chinese Embassy in Tonga.

Li Manni said that her first reaction was that Tonga was not without signals? The other party said that the satellite phone is now using, and the signal will be interrupted at any time. After hearing this, Li Manni was both happy and surprised. The other party said that after confirmation from the embassy, ​​her husband was safe and sound.

Li Manni said that the staff told her that it was difficult to make a call, so she called her first, which moved her very much.

"In such a short time, from learning about a person's information in China, to finding this person in another country with a communication paralysis and confirming his safety, and reporting my safety to me, it is really China's speed." Li Manni said, "I am very grateful to my motherland and proudly live under the five-star red flag.As a Chinese, I feel at ease with the strong backing of the country. ”