Chao News client reporter Xie Chunhui Shi Xiongfeng Fang Li
At 3 o'clock in the morning, the "Yulin Mutton Restaurant" in Nanxunlian Town, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province rose hot.
Shen Yulin, 61, wears a pair of glasses with a high degree of myopia, holds a kitchen spoon and turns the lamb piece by piece from the pot with his head down.
The smell wafted from the kitchen of the shop to the hall and then to the street outside.
At 3:30 a.m., the first wave of diners arrived.
Uncle Lianshi, who is almost 70 years old, carried a thermos cup and walked to the innermost corner of the small shop hall and sat down.
Diners eating noodles. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
Shen Yulin picked out a lamb tripe from the boiling mutton cauldron, cut it into small pieces with scissors, sprinkled with chopped millet pepper and chopped green onions, and poured a spoonful of mutton soup, and Shen Yulin's wife's noodles on the other side were also cooked. Shen Yulin brought a plate of mutton in his left hand and a bowl of hot noodles in his right hand to the uncle's table.
Shen Yulin. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
There was an extra glass of warm rice wine on the uncle's table. There are many middle-aged and elderly people in Huzhou Lian City who have the Xi of drinking morning wine, and Yulin Mutton Restaurant is the favorite place for this group of gourmets. "Order a lamb here, wine, noodles, and tea don't cost money. "Uncle said that this shop is affordable, delicious and humane.
Almost at the same time, the sound of people in Hangzhou gradually started......
In the last few days of 2023, Chao News visited 12 small shops scattered all over Zhejiang, recording their early morning and late night, their rush and sweat, wanting to see what was happening in the twelve hours of the small store, wanting to hear what stories the people in the store had, and how they went through their 2023.
The days are short and you need to add some fireworks. The days are long, and there are always moments that bring tears to our eyes.
12 small shops, 12 hours, each with its own narrative expression. They, like us, are trying to keep their hearts and guard their lives.
Last year, Chao News Qianjiang Evening News and Ali Charity Daily Positive Energy jointly launched the first season of small shop photos, we walked into many small shops, and left photos for 50 of them, leaving 50 hard lives. In the end, it was assembled into an exhibition, and it became the first small shop exhibition in Hangzhou.
Now, the second season of the small store photo jointly initiated by the two is open. I hope you will recommend us the warm shops, inspirational shops, and shining shops around us.
Join us in saluting the ordinary, paying tribute to perseverance, and looking forward to all the persistence that will come true.
3 a.m. to 7 a.m
Huzhou mutton restaurant, Hangzhou Dama Lane
The days are short, and there is always a need to add some fireworks
In the busy crowd in the early morning of Malaysia, 60-year-old Xu Hongying wore a pair of pink cotton pants, her hair was blown high, and she shouted in Hangzhou dialect from time to time-
"Today's vegetables are quite glutinous, frosted, and taste good. ”
"This stinky tofu is from Yongkang, made by the farmer, and you still want to eat it after you eat it. ”
"The pickled vegetables are fresh, and the roasted noodles and vegetarian chicken are very good. ”
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Xu Hongying. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
"I married from Longyou to Xiaoshan, Hangzhou at the age of 19, and have been selling vegetables here with my husband, for more than 30 years, I will speak Hangzhou dialect sooner rather than later. Xu Hongying told about the origin of her vegetable shop and Dama Lane.
Unlike the restrained of old Hangzhou, Xu Hongying's throat is very loud, especially in the morning market, and her shouting can be heard from afar. "The quality of the food is good, and my confidence is enough. She casually reports the preferences of regular customers who frequent the store.
In the past two years, Malaysia has become synonymous with old Hangzhou's fireworks, and there are often celebrities and Internet celebrities. Xu Hongying said with a smile: "We must have also been wiped out, our popularity is booming, our business is good, and some people have swiped me on Douyin." ”
Xu Hongying sells vegetables. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
The most distinctive feature of Xu Hongying's small shop is all kinds of tofu and all kinds of pickles made by the farmer, and there are many customers every day, and the more the year closes, the busier the business becomes.
Two days before the Chinese New Year, she couldn't straighten her waist. She said that fortunately, her husband was considerate. "At one or two o'clock in the morning, he went to buy goods, and if he worked hard, I would enjoy it. ”
Xu Hongying and Shen Yulin, the owner of the "Yulin Mutton Restaurant" in Nanxunlian City, Huzhou, are of the same age, and they open different shops in different places and guard their own life.
Get up early and return late, are you tired of opening a store day after day?
Both of them smiled: "Tired, always tired, but isn't this just life." ”
7 a.m. to 11 a.m
Coffee shop outside the old neighborhood
Someone rushed to give himself a "double" early in the morning
At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, the "Shuangxi Coffee" shop on the edge of an old community near the river in Hangzhou began a busy day.
"We sell fifteen or sixteen cups of coffee in the morning, and everyone basically rushes to work with their coffee. Kong Jiahao, a 25-year-old clerk, said the coffee shop opened before 7 a.m.
As he spoke, an uncle entered the door and took away two glasses of American. The uncle is a blue-collar worker on a nearby construction site and comes almost every day. A cup of coffee in the morning is a wake-up call for him and a sense of ritual.
Cafe in the early morning. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
One morning, the customers in the coffee shop came and went, and the lines were in a hurry. But you will also meet young people, holding coffee, holding it in their hands and taking pictures of coffee in the morning. "The name of the store is good, and it is a lot of joy. ”
This community coffee shop has been open for nearly 2 years, and it is very pleasing just by hearing the name, and the interior is also small and cozy, with a bar counter, three or two tables and chairs.
Kong Jiahao was making coffee while chatting with regular customers. This local guy in Hangzhou studied elderly service management in college. I used to be a planner, but after drinking coffee in this shop for a year, I joined the small shop naturally. "I finally don't have to receive a call from Party A's boss at 2 a.m. to urge the delivery of the plan. Kong Jiahao enjoys working here, "there is a feeling of slowing down life".
Ouyang Yifan, a girl from Jiande in Hangzhou, opened a flower shop on the edge of the Bauhinia Homeland in the north of the city, with a very literary name called "Wilde and Flowers".
Wilde and the Flowers. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
Wilde and the Flowers. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
In 2023, she packed many, many bouquets of flowers. She said that she found that more and more young people are beginning to please themselves and will buy flowers for themselves. "In the past, boys gave flowers to girls, and daughters sent flowers to their mothers, but now many girls buy flowers for themselves. Bouquets tend not to be very large, but there will be styling and floral requirements. ”
11 a.m. to 15 p.m
Sewing shop, photo studio, hairdresser
These humble little shops sew life together
An old-fashioned sewing machine bought from the thrift market for 50 yuan, a tin box with colorful threads and an electric iron are all important tools for Wang Fayan's work.
Sister Wang Fachang has been doing small sewing and mending business in Hangzhou for more than ten years. At the beginning, she and her husband opened a grain and oil store in the area of Tanghe New Village, and Sister Wang, who had learned to make clothes, put a sewing machine at the door of the grain and oil store and did sewing part-time. Later, when the grain and oil store was closed, she worked full-time in the sewing business, set up a stall, and rented a storefront in front of the school.
Sister Wang is sewing. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
More than a year ago, her sewing shop moved to the side of the Tanghe road. "It's just to make some hard-earned money, and it also brings some convenience to everyone's life. ”
At the age of 53, her hair has begun to turn gray. "A lot of young people came to me and asked me to change my clothes, pants and zippers. Sister Wang said that there is an enthusiastic customer who posted her store information on the Internet, and there are often young people who come from several kilometers away by bus or subway.
Sister Wang's son has already started a family. For her, on the one hand, she wants to make a living and make money, and more importantly, she wants to bring some convenience to everyone. "Once, a girl in her 20s sat on my sewing machine and waited for me to help her change her trouser legs. She said that watching me step on the sewing machine reminded me of my mother in my hometown. ”
In life, there are many, many small shops like "Sister Wang's Tailor Repair Shop", and sometimes they are so ordinary that people can't even notice their existence, but even so, they are still accompanied by a long stream.
Master Sanmao. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
The "Sanmao Barber Shop" on the westbound road of Sandun in Hangzhou has been with you for 53 years. The owner Wang Rongde is 70 years old this year, and because he is the third in the family, he has the nickname "Sanmao". The barber's chairs in the shop are very old, like in old movies from the fifties and sixties, the paint on the wooden armrests has been peeled off, and the leather backrests are fixed with adhesive.
Master Sanmao said that the chair was inherited from his master, and it was written "Made in Hangzhou", which was reliable.
Haircut. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
Because the rent of the store is cheap, all the customers who come are returning customers, and he has long been Xi to this kind of store life. Cut your hair a few times a day, just like meeting old friends and exercising, and continue to do it when you can afford it.
She Xiang is the owner of the "Sandun Photo Studio". "Lao She, like Lao Wang, has also accompanied everyone for many years, and people in the town will always run to him when they want to take pictures and print photos. ”
She Xiang.
"I've been in this business for 30 years, mainly taking ID photos. She Xiang said that he was probably the first wave of people in Hangzhou to open a photo studio. Later, his peers transformed into high-end photo routes, and he was about the only one who insisted on opening on the edge of the community and doing the most basic and down-to-earth work. For example, taking ID photos has always been 25 yuan, "it has risen by about a dime in 10 years, so that the people can accept it."
She Xiang said that the epidemic has affected it for three years, and now the popularity has not recovered, and the rent and labor expenses are very large, and the small shop is actually struggling to support it.
Although he reached retirement age, he still insisted on taking out photos, "I want to take over to my son, but young people can't take it and don't like it." He laughed that if the shop didn't open, the residents wouldn't agree.
From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m
Love shares the kitchen Lao Chen
The past two years have witnessed all kinds of partings, as well as love and hope
"I came to make a braised pork for my son, who was hospitalized in the hospital with leukemia. In front of Yuhang Cang, "Sister Shen's Love Shared Kitchen", a father in his 40s is busy.
He carefully washes the vegetables, cuts the meat, and carefully cooks a dish of braised pork: "I cook the vegetables clean and the ingredients are fresh." ”
A 10-minute walk from the shared kitchen is the headquarters of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University, where the man's 19-year-old son is being treated. My son was diagnosed with a blood disorder more than a year ago. In order to treat the disease, the family living in Shanghai needs to go to Hangzhou often.
The man who cooks in the kitchen of love. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
The father said that his son, who was under treatment, had a very poor appetite and had almost no appetite. "He loves braised pork, but this dish is greasy, so I specially bought lean meat for him to make. ”
Sister Shen's loving shared kitchen was recommended to men by patients in the hospital.
At the headquarters of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University, many family members of patients will come to the Love Kitchen to cook for their families. "The stove and condiments were free. The man said that when he brought his son to a strange city for treatment, the warmth of the love kitchen was very timely, and it could also give them a little strength.
After cooking, he hurriedly put the dishes into the insulated lunch box. Before leaving, he told reporters: "I hope my son will be willing to take a bite, even if it is a bite." ”
Love in the kitchen. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
This Sister Shen's love sharing kitchen was built by a caring person, and is usually managed by local chef Chen Huarong. "We were inspired by Sister Shen's love kitchen in Lishui, so we followed this name. Chen Huarong said that the Love Kitchen has been in operation for almost two years, and an average of 30 or 40 people come to cook every day, and 53 people come to cook on a maximum day.
"There will always be hope. This is the sentence that Chen Huarong usually says the most.
65-year-old Chen Huarong has been in contact with tens of thousands of patients' families in the past two years, and has also witnessed tens of thousands of complex emotions.
"No one can avoid life and death. Chen Huarong said that perhaps a steaming meal would be good medicine, but also a sign of love and hope.
5 p.m. to 9 p.m
The restaurant was packed with hungry young people
Shopkeeper: I want to go back to my hometown to accompany my son to take the college entrance examination
At half past five in the evening, all the young people crowded the small restaurant on Xiwen Street in the north of the city.
The menu is simple and straightforward, with a number of permutations and combinations. Iron rice + clear soup, running water ribs, chicken and duck legs, hooves, saliva chicken, lion head.
The cheapest is vegetable rice + clear soup + vegetarian chicken, 13 yuan is enough, vegetarian chicken looks quite marinated, the most luxurious is vegetable rice + clear soup + hoof or pig's feet, 26 yuan, anyway, it is thrifty and thrifty, but it is only 13 yuan. The young man who nibbled on the duck leg said that there was meat and vegetables, and the amount was large and cheap, so he often came to eat it.
Busy restaurant. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
In half an hour, the one-pot rice was sold out. The proprietress hurriedly greeted, "Wait a minute, I'll be here soon". The boss's surname is Wang, 50 years old, he doesn't talk much, and he is busy in the kitchen. I saw a pot of rice cooked out of the big rice cooker, the rice cabbage was green, and it was dotted with red diced salted pork. The vegetable fragrance is very sufficient, not like green vegetables, it is a camellia, with the fragrance of the mountains.
The couple first made a restaurant in Shanghai, and learned from the villagers in Huangshan that the model was a mom-and-pop shop, and it would be unbearable to hire another helper. This store in Hangzhou has been open for seven or eight years, the old princess cook, the wife waiter, one person has something to go out, and the other person also holds up as usual, 365 days a year, only a few days off during the New Year.
"As soon as my son was born, my husband and I went out to open a store, and we have traveled to Shanghai and Hangzhou for so many years. Relying on an inconspicuous small shop, the couple worked together to build a house in their hometown, bought a job in the county seat, and their son was going to take the college entrance examination in the blink of an eye.
I saw a note posted on the door of the small shop that said "Transfer of our store", "Let's watch while doing it, the old and the small in the hometown, when the time comes, one person will go back to accompany his son, and one person will guard the store." The proprietress said that if you can attack and retreat, you can defend, and you will definitely be reluctant to close the shop.
21 o'clock to 3 o'clock in the morning
Late-night convenience store, instant noodle bread is the bestseller
The hard work and self-healing of the night shift workers
Less than 500 meters away from Lakeside Pedestrian Street, there is a "Utopia Bookstore". The bookstore closes at midnight, and even though it's snowing late at night, young people still stop and read in the store. Xiao Tong said that the bookstore was open until midnight purely out of business pressure. "This is the liveliest place in Hangzhou, even late at night, it is popular. As long as the store is open, there will always be business. ”
Utopia bookstore owner Xiao Tong. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
A decision to make a living, but with unexpected gains. "Here I found a moment of silence. One customer said that inside the bookstore, it seemed to have nothing to do with the hustle and bustle of the city at night. Quietly flipping through a book and listening to the soothing music in the store, I feel very relaxed, and a moment of silence brings great power.
Someone who picks up books late at night. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
After 10 o'clock in the evening, the crowd entering the store includes business people with a slight smell of alcohol, young people who have just finished their work in the nightclub, and urban white-collar workers who have just gotten off work...... The child usually does not actively communicate with customers, but he can feel the peace and pleasure that customers enjoy in the store. He said that most of the year, everyone is busy on the road, busy rushing to the unknown ahead. There may be times when you need to stop and look back at yourself and so on.
Hu Yong, who runs a 24-hour convenience store in Hangzhou's Xiasha Qige community, is sometimes a little anxious.
Hu Yong's convenience store has been open for seven or eight years.
After midnight, all kinds of shops in the community have closed, and Hu Yong's convenience store insists on opening, leaving "a light" for those who return late and work hard late at night, and also leave some opportunities for their own business.
The Qige community is home to workers from nearby factories, as well as delivery workers, substitute drivers and small business owners. "There are a lot of people who come to consume late at night, and before three or four o'clock in the morning, it is almost impossible to stop. ”
Hu Yong, a convenience store owner. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
At 2 o'clock in the morning, Lao Chen came in and bought a bag of bread and a bottle of drink; ”
Hu Yong said the best-selling bread and sausages at the entrance of convenience stores and instant noodles and drinks on the shelves were the best-selling items at night. "If you can save it, you can save it, and you have to spend it. "This is the shopping principle of most late-night customers.
The one who picks the instant noodles. Shi Xiongfeng/photo
Ah Ming, who is almost 30 years old, chose two bags of instant noodles and two drinks at the convenience store with his schoolbag on his back and left in a hurry. He took two days off to return to his hometown in Yunnan, and just got off the plane and returned to the rented community. "I have to go to work tomorrow, so it's good to have some bubbles. ”
After Ah Ming, Xiao Xu, the substitute driver, walked into the convenience store and picked out a bottle of milk tea for himself. Just coaxed his daughter to sleep, Xiao Xu turned on the order-taking mode.
"I'll be home at four in the morning. He said that the work of the substitute driver is very hard, and he has to take care of the baby at home during the day, but it is a man's responsibility to work hard for his family.
Hu Yong's friend, Lao Wu, who runs a beef soup shop near a nearby factory, came to buy two hot dogs.
Lao Wu used this to treat himself, and he happily faced our camera Biye. He said he made money this year.
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