There is a saying about the age of marriage: after two people in love get married and spend 25 years together, it can be called "silver marriage".
There is such a couple in Zhengzhou, they jointly run a bookstore, from the opening to the present has been a full 25 years.
Paper is responsible for recording words, and roses are responsible for conveying affection. Today, you may wish to make a cameo appearance as a "emcee" to witness the "silver wedding" commemoration of Xintongqiao Night Market Bookstore.
At the northwest corner of the intersection of Jinshui Road and Wenhua Road, the door is decorated with crimson decorations, and the words "Books and Periodicals, Economic Life Bookstore, Night Market Bookstore" are written on the face as signs.
At the door desk, on the steps are a lot of magazines and publications, and the radio around the corner plays classic songs with a sense of age...
Here, is the Xintongqiao Night Market Bookstore.
丨The afternoon sun is just right
The layout of the entire bookstore is like a microphone for an old-fashioned landline:
The magazine stall at the entrance is a "voice tube", the narrow aisle after entering the bookstore is a "handle" that can be held, and the innermost shelf area is a "earpiece".
丨 Enter the store to feel its layout
A major feature of the bookstore is that readers can buy a lot of periodicals, magazines, genuine books, etc. at a relatively low price.
The two advantages of rich variety and low quality and low price have helped bookstores retain many loyal fans.
丨 A wide variety of magazines
But it's not just magazines.
Classic works of literature from various countries; masterpieces of financial and business interpretation; and many good books of hunting, martial arts, and social sciences all lie quietly on the shelves.
In addition, guests can also find a variety of children's books, cartoon books, fun puzzles and so on in the book stalls placed at their feet.
丨 There are also some children's educational toys in the store
Even some popular comics, game peripherals, bestsellers, etc., can also be found here.
丨 "Story Society", "A Decline", "Charles IX"
Which one is your memory?
There are business circles around the bookstore, as well as well-known universities such as Zhengda and Agricultural University. The traffic and crowds have brought a large number of customers to the bookstore.
Some parents pick up their children from school and pick up a few interesting books; many uncles and aunts who like to hang out in the cool evenings are also fond of magazines and publications.
In the past few years, when the business was booming, it could even be busy until 12 o'clock at night, and the name "night market" was worthy of its name.
丨 Buying a thick stack may be only a few tens of dollars
In the three hours that Fun Jun spent in the store, customers came into the store one after another.
Some people go straight in and ask directly if there is any kind of book or magazine; others stand quietly in front of bookshelves and book stalls to observe carefully, rummaging through their favorites.
Among them, there are also many customers who hold a thick stack of magazines and spend hundreds of dollars at the checkout.
丨Choose your favorite book or magazine
Some customers, pedaling bicycles and not entering the store, just stood in the doorway and shouted angrily: "Is XX magazine arriving?"
After receiving a positive reply, he and the boss "handed over the money with one hand, delivered the goods with the other hand", and the wind generally rode away on the bicycle, saying endless dashing wind.
丨 Plastic bag pocket, simple and practical
The night market bookstore has a group of loyal customers, and when they come to buy books or magazines, they will also talk to the boss and his wife about some chai rice oil and salt, and the parents are short.
For them, coming here to buy books seems to have become a habit. In the fragments of their memories there is a shadow of this bookstore, which has accompanied them for 25 years.
No matter how the years change, there will always be a feeling between people, expecting to stay together and foam at each other. The same is true of the owner and his wife, as are the guests and the night market bookstore.
After the implementation of the newsstand "retreat into the store" project, in the regret and regret of many citizens and the media, all the newsstands in Zhengzhou were completely demolished.
Therefore, some people say: Zhengzhou, which has always called itself a thick culture, has done the most uncultured thing.
丨Newsks no longer exist
April 23, 2012 Henan Business Daily A10 edition
However, today's night market bookstores also hang signs of "transfer or share". Striking, but also pale.
After hanging the sign, many people asked about the transfer of Wang Zhenghe's store.
In his book friends group, many enthusiastic fans have expressed their reluctance, suggesting that if it can be maintained, it must be maintained, and it must be held. Some book friends even said that if they really can't open anymore, they don't know where to go to change their favorite magazines and periodicals in the future.
A small bookstore has caused many regrets and memories, because it is the first choice for many people to buy books and look for magazines. 25 years is not only a number, but also the youth memory of a generation of Zhengzhou people.
丨Transfer and co-housing, both for the sake of survival
Last year's successive epidemics and torrential rains will have an impact and impact on the operation of all physical bookstores, but this is only a "catalyst", and the real fatal thing is the rapid development of the Internet.
Technology has changed people's reading styles and habits, and provided more and more new things: online reading, listening to books, short videos, etc., and the living space of paper books is being compressed to a smaller and smaller size.
丨 Born in the world, you and I are running for our lives
Wang Zhenghe hopes that if someone is willing to take over the market, it is best to run a bookstore in the future, and if it is really not possible, it can also be shared, in the form of sharing the rent, as long as he leaves a small space for him and his wife to continue to sell books.
"Even if you plan to transfer, you can't wait, and the replenishment of books and magazines must be done." Can't affect other customers?"
Stepping out of the bookstore, the radio in the corner is still singing, playing a classic old song: "Rose Rose I Love You".
The first time I listened to this song, I watched an old movie by Jackie Chan , "Miracle".
丨The sound of the radio is average, but the playback is classic
In the story, the protagonist played by Jackie Chan has a kind heart, relying on the "rose" of "Lady Rose" to succeed step by step, and helping "Lady Rose" to pretend to be a celebrity, and finally completing her daughter's marriage, creating a miracle that could not have happened.
丨 Jackie Chan movie "Miracle"
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Living in the big city of Zhengzhou, everyone hopes to have a fairytale Happy Ending like the movie "Miracle", and Wang Zhenghe and his wife, who work hard to run a bookstore, are no exception.
The recording and writing of words can only solidify those memories and beauty in a unique way; and if you want the night market bookstore to continue to "live", you need the support and help of more people.
The 25-year "Silver Wedding" commemoration of the night market bookstore and periodical magazines is almost a bouquet of "good luck roses", and it is also waiting for the arrival of a "miracle".
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