Yesterday afternoon, in front of the gate of the yard where the Meiyuan Xincun Community of Xuanwu District, Nanjing was located, a Nanjing citizen who was sending his mother home was dissatisfied with an individual's self-built iron gate in the community. He thought that it was inconvenient for vehicles to pass freely and became violent towards a migrant worker assisting in guarding the gate. This migrant worker, who could only earn 400 yuan as hard-earned fees for watching the gate for a month, suffered from external injuries on his neck.
In front of the gate of the small courtyard, reporters saw that a small gate welded with stainless steel, less than one meter high, was open, and a locked iron chain was thrown on the ground. A resident over 50 years old in the area told reporters that there was no property management in this small courtyard, and now 73 households were living there. The Meiyuan Xincun Community was also there. Due to its location next to the Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall and the narrow roads without parking lots in the area, parking vehicles in this place was simply like finding a needle in a haystack. Finally, this small courtyard built in the 1950s without a gate became a real parking lot. Sometimes, vehicles blocked the entrances of residents' staircases, making it difficult for everyone to go out.
He also said that in recent years, some families in the courtyard had bought cars, and their own parking had become a big problem. Especially when vehicles not belonging to the courtyard occupied the space, the cars in the courtyard had to play guerrilla warfare on the road. Around June this year, Master Li from the courtyard and the residents with cars agreed to manage the vehicles in the small courtyard first, paying people to watch the gate. In this way, the vehicles in the small courtyard were neatly arranged, and some garbage collectors didn't come anymore. Since July, it has been running well, and everyone praised it. It is really ungrateful, and just this afternoon, the son of an elderly person in the courtyard scolded loudly because his car was blocked at the door, and finally, the temporary gatekeeper, a young man, suffered physical pain due to violence, which was really incomprehensible.
Next to the stainless steel small gate, there was a shoe-polishing shop. Xiao Li told reporters: "I work in this shoe store. Originally, a security guard helped watch the gate, but later the security guard saw that the money was not much and didn't want to do it anymore. Finally, Master Li found me and let me do it part-time, giving me 400 yuan per month, mainly to watch the cars in the courtyard, unlock and let them pass, while preventing irrelevant personnel from entering."
As he spoke, Xiao Li couldn't help but lose control of his emotions and talked about what happened just now.
Xiao Li said: "Because I am part-time, plus there is no gatehouse, I usually stay in the shoe store. Around 4 p.m. today, the son of an old mother living here came and asked me to open the gate, so I went. Then the car went in, and I thought the car would park for a while, so I locked the gate and returned to the shoe store. Just as I sat down, the son of the old mother came and said why I didn't open the gate when he honked the horn. So I ran to the gate." Xiao Li continued: "The son of the old mother is tall and strong. When he got angry, I was a bit nervous, and unlocking the lock was a bit slow. The son of the old mother got even angrier and said: 'If you are watching the gate, you should look like it and stay by the gate.' I told him that I am just taking care of it, and at that time, I wasn't asked to stand by the gate. This made the son of the old mother even angrier, and he questioned: 'What right do you have to lock the gate here?' I told him: 'This gate wasn't set up by me, it was set up by the residents of the community. I am a worker, you can ask them.' Maybe my words upset the son of the old mother, so he grabbed my collar, and eventually, my neck was injured." Mr. Li Yongsheng, a local resident, told reporters that he happened to pass by just then, and seeing it wasn't good, he quickly pulled the son of the old mother away, so Xiao Li didn't get hurt too much.
At the home of the mother of the violent son, the polite old mother warmly received the reporter. She said: "I just went upstairs and heard arguing downstairs, fearing that my son and Xiao Li had an argument, and it turned out to be exactly that." After her son left, she felt very uncomfortable, repeatedly apologizing to Xiao Li, and told her son that the residents of the community benefited after setting up the small gate in front of the door, and we should support them, not criticize them, and definitely not have any unexpected incidents with Xiao Li. The old mother said: "Just now, Master Li specially told me that they were preparing to make a key for our son, so he could open the door whenever he comes to see us."