Cheap BarberShop | (1) Female Barber For 20 years, she has been guarding the small shop for 30 years

Editor's note: In today's beauty salons, do you think of the old barbershops that were warm and simple? The old shop with unique craftsmanship, affordable price, warm service and strong human touch has become an unforgettable memory in the hearts of many people.

In order to record these "hidden" old shops, Shiyan Evening News will launch a series of reports on "Those Affordable Barber Shops in the Urban Area" from now on. Citizens are welcome to provide more clues about old barbershops and let journalists walk into them to listen to and record their stories.

In the midst of laughter and laughter, Chen Huali finished cutting the guests' hair.

Qinchu Network News (Shiyan Evening News) text, photo / reporter Wang Qi reported: Recently, in the old alley behind the Bus Station of Dongfeng Stadium, with a shout from a customer to "big sister haircut", I saw a female master of about fifty years old, stopped chatting with others, and walked into a barber shop on the side of the road with a smile. She has mottled hair, wears a red stormtrooper suit, and looks smart and neat.

Her name is Chen Hua and she has run the barbershop for more than 20 years. Don't look at this small shop, it is also quite famous in this area, and the old neighbors are regular customers of barbershops. When these people first moved to the community, most of them were in their twenties and thirties, and this old shop has been accompanying them into the age of "knowing the destiny". For the old neighbors, this barbershop has been integrated into their lives and become part of the community.

In order to support her family, she quit her job to learn haircuts

Chen Hua is a native of Berlin Town, Zhangwan District, and when he was young, his family was poor, and there were four sisters in the family. When Chen Hua was in the third year of junior high school, his mother was seriously ill, and the burden of the family's life was on his father. It is not easy for one person to support a family of six. Recalling the situation at that time, Chen Hua shook his head helplessly and said: "I am the eldest child in the family, and I must stand up and shoulder the responsibility of supporting the family with my father." ”

By chance, Chen Hua heard that he could cut hair for people in the village and could keep up work points. Chen Hua, who was well-behaved and filial, decided to give up his studies and learn haircuts with his father.

My father often told Chen Hua that in the service industry, we should be conscientious and conscientious, dedicated and love our posts. She has always kept her father's teachings in mind, practiced her craft diligently - skillfully using haircut tools, and trying to master cutting methods such as broken scissors, slippery scissors, and flying scissors. The days of repeated practice were boring and even painful, and Chen Hua's hands were grinding blood bubbles, which later turned into a thick layer of cocoons.

Sometimes, Chen Hua practiced razors and accidentally cut her hands, which quickly oozed blood, but she never complained. Until the moment when he could skillfully cut people's hairstyles, Chen Hua's heart was full of a sense of accomplishment.

A small shop has accompanied neighbors for more than 20 years

In more than 20 years of haircuts, Chen Hua has had other options. Recalling the decision at that time, Chen Hua did not regret it.

When Chen Hua was in her 30s, by chance, she entered the unit to work, received a monthly salary, and lived comfortably. After doing it for a long time, she felt "bored" and finally came out to do it alone. "I like the feeling of getting a haircut, getting a haircut for someone else, talking and laughing, doing the work, and making money by the way." Chen Hua said.

For Chen Hua, the barber shop may be like a fish and a fish pond that depends on survival, and she cannot do without this industry.

Behind the Dongfeng Stadium bus station, there is a community next to the Yanhu Community Health Service Station on Checheng Street. This barber shop is located in the backyard of the community, with an area of about 10 square meters and a very simple decoration. A small room for washing hair, a high stool and a mirror in the outer room, and a few small stools for guests to sit on, there is no other furniture in the shop. There is no sign at the entrance of the store, only the three words "barber shop" are written in red paint, retaining the simple style of the 1980s.

Chen Hua said she is 57 years old and has been in the business for more than 40 years, and has been running a barber shop in this community for more than 20 years. I remember that in the 1980s, the cost of cutting a hair was 0.15 yuan, and now the fee is also very affordable, about 10 yuan, and the elderly and acquaintances are directly discounted to 8 yuan.

Nowadays, there are exquisitely decorated hair salons and barber clubs everywhere on the street, and old shops like Chen Hua Barber Shop are rare. In the face of reporters' questions, Chen Hua said that she did not want to open the storefront. She was older, couldn't work for a few years, and was used to opening a shop by herself. "I'm used to cutting a person's hair slowly, rushing guests, and I hope he doesn't come to my shop." In the past, when business was good, her barber shop received more than 30 customers a day, and now affected by the epidemic, more than 10 people come to the door in a day, but she enjoys it, and the day passes in laughter.

In more than 40 years of haircut career, between busyness and leisure, Chen Hua has found his favorite and most suitable rhythm - a slow-paced life.

Here is the 10 square meters of happiness that belongs to her.

A chair stool of more than 30 years is a "baby" given to her by her father.

In the simple barbershop, the iron stool is very eye-catching, and the half-old appearance shows its age. This is Chen Hua's "heirloom", handed down from her father.

Chen Hua's father was a hairdresser and bought 3 barber stools in one go. Later, Chen Hua came out to do it alone, and his father passed it on to her.

At that time, Chen Hua opened a barber shop in his hometown of Berlin. Later, because their children went to school, Chen Hua and her husband's family moved to the community behind the bus station of Dongfeng Stadium. She still remembers the day she moved: "Looking at this big man, I don't know what to do." "This barber stool weighs two or three hundred pounds, and neither she nor her husband can lift it." I wanted to throw it away, but I couldn't. ”

Seeing this iron stool, Chen Hua remembered the bits and pieces of his father's patient teaching to himself, and he had been away from home for many years, and he had not fulfilled his filial piety properly, and his heart and guilt surged into his heart - leaving it was as if he had left his father's sincere teaching. Later, she and her husband inquired around, and finally found a moving company, which smoothly moved away from this "big guy".

When guests entered the store and saw this stool, they were very surprised: "Now, such a stool is rare." Whenever someone asks about this stool, Chen Hua will proudly tell them that this is the "baby" passed down to her by her father, and it is this chair and stool that supports her to work in haircuts all the time.

Chen Hua paints this stool every year to keep the stool surface and chair smooth. "Treat it like a child, take care of it carefully." Chen Hua said that for more than 30 years, this chair has never been broken.

A few years ago, someone wanted to collect this chair at a high price, and Chen Hua resolutely refused to sell it: "I still have to rely on it to eat on this stool, let's talk about it later." Chen Hua not only fell in love with the old, but also got used to this stool that had accompanied her for more than 30 years.

I don't want to see the sunset

Chen Hua, 57, enjoys his life every day. Speaking of the future, she does not think that old age should be rest and recuperation. She cut the hair of her neighbors when she was busy, and when she was busy, four or five people gathered to chat and bask in the sun. "I don't want to retire, people still have to do something, otherwise life is meaningless." 」

Today, Chen Hua's eldest son teaches at Dongfeng High School, and the younger son works in an insurance company, and the family's life is harmonious and beautiful.

Chen Hua did not want to see the sunset. Every day when the sun rises, she starts the day's work, feels the warmth of the morning sun, and spends a wonderful old age in laughter and play.