#Jiangxi# Cut vegetables, stir-fry, make soup... At noon, there were more than a dozen stoves lined up in an alley next to the Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital. The patient's family is busy here. From time to time, the smell of food wafted out and filled with fireworks.
In the hutong, Wan Zuocheng and Xiong Gengxiang opened a "love kitchen" for the patient's family. Eighteen years ago, a young parent came to Mansaisei's breakfast restaurant and wanted to borrow a stove to cook for their sick son. Gradually, more and more patients' families came to "borrow the fire" to cook. Mr. and Mrs. Wan Zuocheng bought more than ten stoves for free.
The tens of square meters of alleys are divided into a washing area and a cooking area, and a small room is dedicated to cooking soup.
For more than a decade, in order to maintain the most basic operation of the kitchen, the patient's family came here to fry vegetables. Mr. and Mrs. Wan Zuocheng only received 0.5 yuan. In 2016, it rose to $1 due to the price increase. Therefore, this kitchen is also called a "1 yuan anti-cancer kitchen" by the patient's family.
"Even if you're sick, you should eat well, shouldn't you?" I don't feel bad about myself. It has always been thought that these patients and their families are difficult. Xiong Gengxiang said he and many of the people who came here to cook became friends while cooking for the patient's family.
At noon, many of the patient's families walked into the kitchen with a small bucket full of cutlery and ingredients. They found a stove and rolled up their sleeves to cook.
"Some people come here to cook and cry while cooking. People who come here to see a doctor are ready for a 'protracted battle'. "Separate from the kitchen is the Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital. Xiong Gengxiang said that the patient's family will also communicate and comfort each other when cooking. "Life always has to go on."
The small "love kitchen" has a stove on one side and a sink on the other side, with a clear layout.
In the "anti-cancer kitchen", dozens of square meters of alleys are divided into washing areas and cooking areas, and there is a small room dedicated to cooking soup. At noon, many of the patient's families walked into the kitchen with a small bucket full of cutlery and ingredients. They found a stove and rolled up their sleeves to cook.
Pan Yuying from Guangxi is carefully cooking peanut pork rib soup in front of the fire. She has been cooking intermittently in the "anti-cancer kitchen" for more than 3 years. "The food outside was expensive, the ingredients were inconvenient and the taste was not as good as what I made myself.
Recently, the local government has also funded the environmental upgrade of the "anti-cancer kitchen". The walls are covered with tiles, the top floor is covered with canopy, new toilets have been built in the alleys, and stoves have been added.
"The conditions are much better now. Before, when it was raining, we had to cook with an umbrella. When there are many people, we can't squeeze in. Looking at the kitchen getting better and better, Xiong Gengxiang's mouth involuntarily lifted
"I'll keep this kitchen open in the future." As long as I have the strength to do things, I will continue to do this kitchen. "Speaking about his future plans, Xiong Gengxiang said that even if he can't do it, he will find a successor to replace him." There are still a lot of good people in this society. We can find successors. The only requirement is that you can't charge more. ”
"The kitchen in this dilapidated alley, the anxiety and bitterness of cooking, exuding warmth and fragrance, accustomed to the clutch of joy and sorrow, you always silently prepare the charcoal fire." In February 2021, Wan Zuocheng and his wife won the "Moving China Person of the Year 2020", but they did not go to receive the award.
Xiong Gengxiang said that due to the needs of epidemic prevention work, he needed to be quarantined for 14 days in Beijing to receive the award. If you count the round-trip time, it will take nearly 20 days to receive the award. Under their combined consideration, they still did not go. Their kitchens are inseparable from themselves.
The cooking smoke in the alleys was continuous, and a "home-cooked meal" was brought to the patient's table. In addition to the thick smoke, there are strong and hopeful faces in the kitchen.
