Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Chen Shixian, intern Liu Qian, Lin Yanru, reported from Changsha
Every few days, Liao Jue would deliver a letter to the recipient from all over the country, and the person who wrote the letter was not himself. Acting as a "courier", he used to run a "relief grocery store", where customers left letters to the future and paid a storage fee, and before the date of receipt, Liao Jue would deliver the letter. In September last year, the shop closed due to business problems, but Liao Jue still earnestly carried out this promise, he plans to send out more than 2,000 letters kept in the store, "The farthest one is October 16, 2039, no matter how long or short, I will send it." ”
The day the "Relief Grocery Store" closed
Many customers say "thank you" to him.
Keigo Higashino's "Relief Grocery Store" said: "The voice of the human heart must not be ignored." Those who write to The Langya grocery store have a hole in their hearts, and the most important things in their lives are being lost from that hole.
Influenced by the novel, Liao Jue opened a small shop that listened, and in October 2019, he opened this small shop in Wuyi Square, called "Relief Grocery Store". "I want to be a person who guards the hearts of others, and I want to have a place like this, as some people to put their own inner tree holes." 」 In October 2019, Liao Jue's small shop was officially opened, more than 180 square meters of the store, the decoration style is also the feeling of literary and artistic youth, dim yellow lighting, dark green walls, a wooden desk on one side of the stack of paper notes, a dark green time and space mailbox at the door, customers to the store can choose to write their own inner secrets, or expectations for the future, and then delivered to the mailbox.
Liao Jue told reporters that guests can choose to leave their own letters to share with others, or seal the letters, or write to their future selves. At first, the small shop business was still good, but due to the excessive operating costs in the later stage, it gradually became insufficient, and in September 2020, Liao Jue decided to close the small shop. "I couldn't bear to make this decision, and I became friends with many customers when I opened the store."
After learning that the small shop was about to close, many customers expressed regret in the WeChat group, "Thank you boss for letting me meet the worry grocery store this summer", "Thank you boss's shop for accompanying me to the saddest day of the past year." At the farewell, Liao Jue received many blessings from customers, and some customers worried that the letter they stayed in the small shop would be sent as scheduled. In this regard, Liao Jue promised customers that he would send each letter to the customer as scheduled. "The shop is gone, the integrity is still there."
Closed shop
Every letter left was sent as scheduled
After the store closed, Liao Jue took all the letters in the store home for safekeeping and sent them out on time, "Now there are more than 2,000 letters in the house, the time is as far as 2039, as long as I can do it, every one will be sent out as scheduled." ”
In order to ensure that each letter will be delivered to the customer according to the date, Liao Jue will contact the guest 2 to 3 days in advance to determine the accurate delivery address, some customers choose the delivery time span is large, there are five years, ten years, twenty years, Liao Jue keeps the customer's phone, and set up a customer WeChat group, "Although the time is very long, I hope that every letter will be delivered to the guest's hands as scheduled." ”
"It's an agreement I made with my customers, who were surprised to receive letters and look at what they had written down on their past." Liao Jue, who regards integrity as very important, said that as the owner of the small shop, he has an obligation to keep the letter for the customer and send it as scheduled.
Now there are still many old customers, hoping that Liao Jue will reopen the store and continue this beautiful career, Liao Jue said that because his wife is pregnant, the most important thing for him at the moment is to take care of his family, and then find the right time to stabilize the situation at home in the future.
Someone has planted their secrets here
There are also people who are healed here
In the past year of opening the store, many people have written or sent out their most precious feelings in Liao Jue's small shop. What impressed him was that the small shop was like a warm heart station, "can listen to some stories, but also warm some hearts." ”
There was once a female customer studying medicine, and her father died of lung cancer when she was studying for graduate school. The family hid from her for her emotional stability and did not see the last side, so she could not let go. Later, she chose to study the direction of tumors and become a doctor who treats cancer, and on the message wall of the small shop, female customers wrote down their expectations, hoping that they would succeed in their studies and help other families not be broken by cancer like themselves.
Some customers, because of the mood written, were warmed by many people, Liao Jue told reporters, once there was a customer suffering from depression, put his story in the secret box of the small shop, "These secret boxes are public, you can choose to write to the owner of the letter." The female customer later received hundreds of replies, all of which were encouraging her content, and Liao Jue found that when the female customer returned to the store later, her state was better than once, "At that time, I felt very happy for her, and this is the meaning of my opening a small shop." ”
【Source: Xiaoxiang Morning News】
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