"When I was young, everyone 'gave me food',
Now I'm retired, I'm on my pension.
I'll give you back. ”
Yuan Zhi, who runs the "Rongle Home Appliance Repair", said so
Enter at the south gate of Rongle Community
The third intersection turns
Pass a supermarket and take a few more steps inside
It's this shop
The storefront is not big and there are many things
As soon as you enter the door, you will see it
A huge dismantled TV backplane
Yuan Zhi has been running this repair shop for nearly 30 years
People used to call him "Master Yuan"
5 yuan, 10 yuan...
In the face of old customers, he charges "very close to the people"
A lot of times he not only "fixes things without collecting money"
I also gave the old electrical appliances in the shop to the old man
"When I officially opened in 1994, there were two rows of tape recorders on this wall." Master Yuan, who is 63 years old this year, said with a smile, "There are not many locals who do maintenance, they have been doing it for a long time, everyone knows me, and they are willing to find me to repair home appliances, and the farthest are the residents of Xinqiao Town, Punan Yexie, Niigata Town and Qingpu District who come to me with home appliances." ”
Recently, some people in the circle of friends praised him as "a star craftsman trusted by the people, and if there are electrical appliances that are reluctant to be thrown away through his hands, they will be 'revived from the dead'." "It has attracted the attention of many relatives and friends.
The most fashionable appliances of those years
Although it is said to be self-taught, from the tape recorder to the TV to the computer, master Yuan can touch the doorway. Most of these years have passed through his hands are the most fashionable home appliances of the time.
"At that time, it cost 60 yuan to repair a TV, which was not much to listen to, but people's salaries were only a few dozen yuan a month, and the TV set was a large piece, and it took several months to buy a TV."
Nowadays, the dusty sound amplifier on the high shelf was once a must-have for fashionable families, and on rest days, the loudspeakers at home sound saxophones or European and American pop dance songs to feel the charm of music.
2000 years ago, children had a walkman in their hands, and some of the sound quality made him still remember, "Now the headphones are listening, that era was really listening, the sound coming from the headphones came out of the overhead, do you know this feeling?" ”
The old shop hides the memories and warmth of a generation
Nowadays, fewer people come to him to repair the tape recorder, and more people repair the LCD TV. Old electrical appliances are gradually eliminated, and most of the elderly are reluctant to throw them away, especially those sent by their children. "To them, what their children give is treasure."
The old object repair that impressed Master Yuan the most was an 18-inch color TV. "It was a 'big boss' who bought a 50-inch LCD TV, but he insisted on fixing this heavy little TV, which was a 'wedding gift' for his daughter." At that moment, such an old object seemed to become a memory and inheritance.
"When I was younger, everyone 'gave me food', and now I'm starting to take pensions in exchange for me to repay everyone." For some familiar old people, Master Yuan is very close to the people, some small electrical appliances temporarily have small problems, he repairs and repairs, 5 yuan, 10 yuan to collect some parts money, some are still he is not willing to collect, the old man feels embarrassed to force him.
When encountering an elderly person over 80 years old, many times the inspection is free, half of the repair fee for large pieces, no charge for small repairs, and sometimes he will send the repaired electrical appliances to the elderly for emergency. "Before a rice cooker was repaired, but the host family said that the child bought a new one, so he didn't want it." Just a few days ago, an old lady's rice cooker broke down, so I sent her an emergency. ”
Yuan Zhi made a rule for himself, every year "Learning Lei Feng Day", he will help residents repair small household appliances for free that morning.
Relief grocery store
Yuan Zhi's electrical repair shop is like a small "relief grocery store", can not create works of art, only a variety of boring circuit boards and light strips, etc., here is full of fireworks, even the dust on the table is the texture of time, for the aging generation to fill the habits of life, polishing important memories.
Shimmer into a torch
Warm winters
Text, pictures, editor: Wang Shushu