Henan Radio and Television Media Reporter Liu Xin Dong Fangfang/Wentu
In Zhengzhou, have you ever seen a bowl of peppery soup for one yuan, a vegetable horn for fifty cents and fritters? This hidden breakfast restaurant in the city has been open for more than 20 years, and is located next to the Bears Ears River on Tofu Tong Street in Guancheng District, Zhengzhou City. "I don't want anything, just for the welfare of the residents in this neighborhood." Master Cui, the owner of the shop, said.
3 a.m. to 8 p.m., serving surrounding residents for more than 20 years
Every day from 2 a.m. to 8 p.m. to sleep, Cui Xianzhong's two sons of master Cui Xianzhong's two sons are like ancient people who had no electricity and no mobile phones in ancient times. The hu spicy soup shop that the two people ran early and greedily has served the surrounding residents for more than 20 years, and when the store was just opened, the peppery soup was only fifty cents a bowl, so many years later, in order to take care of the cost, the price of Master Cui's hu spicy soup was only adjusted to one yuan.
"Boss, bring a bowl of peppery soup and bring it to the table outside." "Medium, eat what to take the basket clip yourself." According to Master Cui, 80% of his shop is repeat customers, and when the store is busy, diners often do it themselves. The small shop is not large, and there are low tables and chairs scattered at the door for diners to use, and many people stand directly and purr a bowl of peppery soup.
"The fritters in other places are not delicious, they have a flavorful smell, and the fritters here are still soft and have the taste of my childhood." The reporter saw two silver-haired grandmothers pushing a cart together to buy fritters to eat in the store. It is understood that the two grandmothers are patients in the nearby hospital, and they come together early every morning to buy the taste of this memory, and they will also pack it for the patients in the same ward to make breakfast.
This small shop that does not even have a signboard, the business is very hot every day, Master Cui's two sons came to the store at 2 o'clock to prepare ingredients, and at 5 o'clock they welcomed the first wave of diners in the small shop, groups of sanitation workers, old men who are used to getting up early to exercise, young people who returned from night shifts... A steaming bowl of peppery soup is enough to warm hands and feet. At the peak of the 7 and 8 o'clock crowds, it is difficult to settle down in the store.
Old shops will also catch up with the trend, but they can't keep up with the urban changes
At about 10:00 a.m., after the flow of people in the store became less, many neighbors came to visit the door to chat. If there is still a leftover of peppery soup and porridge, Master Cui will warmly invite them to "help" solve it. For Master Cui, making money at this time has become secondary, the store is bustling, and Master Cui is also happy.
Don't look at the small shop its appearance is not proud, there is no shortage of equipment at all, although the customers in the store pay a lot in cash, but the needs of young people Master Cui also take care of it. "I don't understand these high-tech, I asked my son and daughter to get it, people around me are using it, and sometimes young people come over and ask: Can't I pay by mobile phone? Master Cui also went along with the trend and posted a red envelope code at the door to learn young people's "wool".
Master Cui also had his troubles. According to the reporter's observation, in the block where Master Cui's small shop is located, many old houses have been demolished, and when the small building where the small shop is located will usher in the fate of demolition, Master Cui does not know. "After the demolition, you may not be able to meet such a cheap façade with such a rent, and then you may leave, there is no way." Master Cui revealed that if it really comes to that day, he may change careers, and may simply return to his hometown to open another peppery soup shop. But in Zhengzhou, on the banks of the Bears Ears River, there may never be such a cheap peppery soup again.
"A day that can do is a day, and it is enough to wrap (take care of) it." Master Cui, who was still busy in the small shop, looked very open.