Recently, a short video from Chongqing has become hot on the Internet. In the video, a bus is moving on the road in a village. When the driver notices a schoolbag hanging outside the door of an old house, he stops and honks (按喇叭). Soon, a boy rushes outside, carries the schoolbag and gets on the bus.
The bus driver is Cheng Lin. He has driven from Luotian to Wuqiao Nan Station for many years. There are many left-behind children along the route—they go to school in the city on Sundays and come back on Fridays. Cheng knows the importance of his role on their way to and from school, so he pays a lot of attention to them.
The boy is a Grade 9 student who goes to school by himself. He lives with his grandmother because his parents work in another city and seldom come back. Mr. Cheng cares about him a lot. They have developed a secret code (代码). If the boy needs to catch the bus, he will hang his schoolbag outside. When Mr. Cheng sees it, he will honk.
The boy's parents were deeply moved by the driver's kindness when they saw the video. "As parents, we feel very happy because someone is taking care of our child. We are very thankful to Mr. Cheng," says the father.
Mr. Cheng's story is well-known and he is praised as a good driver. He says it's just a little thing and that he will continue doing it.