Shanghai Covid lockdown: ‘China’s Good Neighbour’ sent drone deliveries with daily essentials to locked-down neighbour
- The man sent her lettuce on one day, an orange on another, and even half of a fish
- The recipient tried to return the gift by sending snacks back
As Shanghai continues to endure an indefinite lockdown due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, a man in the city has been using a drone to send groceries to a nearby resident, earning him the nickname of “China’s Good Neighbour”.
At the end of a video clip, a certificate of merit with Chinese characters for “China’s Good Neighbour” appeared on-screen, with the woman heard saying, “I am so happy”.
On Monday, the city issued its first loosening of rules, with a few communities being assigned as “precaution zones” where residents can move around within a designated area.
As for the deliveries, Afei sent his neighbour a small bundle of lettuce on the first day and, after she told him through WeChat that there was a shortage of fruits at her home, he sent her half a cucumber on the second day.
He sent an orange on the third day and a rice dumpling, along with a piece of paper carrying that reminded her to “eat breakfast”, on the fourth day.
The most unexpected gift was when she received half of a fish in her flat one morning.
“He spent the whole night scrambling for food on the internet. He managed to buy a perch and gave me half of it,” the woman said in one of the videos.
She then cooked a dish of steamed perch, using peppers to replace spring onions, which were out of stock in her home.
“How delicious it is!” she exclaimed.
The woman sometimes would return the favour and send back snacks.
“He has given you the most valuable gifts,” wrote one person on Douyin.
Commenting on the seemingly romantic nature of the gesture, another person wrote, “If both of you are single, please go to the civil affairs bureau to register your marriage after the coronavirus pandemic. We will all send our best wishes.”
