In the early hours of this morning, Hangzhou Gongshu District launched a secondary response. Farmers' and vegetable farms and supermarkets are still open to ensure the supply of materials and the daily needs of the people, while the shops along the street have closed their doors, and the previously lively streets have been quiet.
Today's "Weekend Faces", we will focus on the small shopkeepers under the epidemic. They use their tenacity to try to guard the warmth of the end of the city, and they want to tell you: twists and turns are inevitable, and small shops may say goodbye for a while, but they will come back and take root.
Du Zhanxiong:
8 square meters bookstore It is a spiritual symbol
Second-hand bookstore owner Du Zhanxiong: During the epidemic period, it is basically around 9:30 p.m., and sometimes there will be some business. But there are too many closures during the epidemic, and I think my store is open, always giving people a sense of confidence in it.
Du Zhanxiong, 47 years old, from Shaanxi. His wife, Yang Meili, is also 47 years old, from Shaanxi. The couple's "8 square meter bookstore" has been in business for 15 years.
Under the epidemic situation, by the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the small shop they run is cold.
Du Zhanxiong said: "From morning to night, there have been several times when it was not opened, and it was often sold for dozens of dollars throughout the day. If it's windy and rainy, it's almost impossible to open the door. ”
Business was not good, but the small shop was open and closed, as usual.
In the morning, Du Zhanxiong sent his wife to the bookstore and turned around to the collection room to count the inventory.
Du Zhanxiong: This is like the storehouse of the bookstore, there are about 3,000 books. Before the epidemic, if it was not high, there was almost nothing in the upper layer. The cause of the epidemic is that the business is very poor, and the pressure is increasing. There is no business in the store, so when you are empty, you can sort out the books at home, repair them, and sell more books when you are ready!
Du Zhanxiong: This book is from 1957, it is thread-bound, it is easy to break the line. It's not expensive to fix a book like this, and it sells for five dollars. It is also a fate that the book can reach my hands, and it is also the fate of the book to fix it, which is better than selling it when the waste paper is sold.
The flying needles on the old books are the crafts that Lao Du has accumulated for decades. In the 1990s, Du Zhanxiong came to Hangzhou from his hometown of Xi'an to join the army and joined the army, and he was not admitted to the military academy, which was Lao Du's biggest regret.
Du Zhanxiong: None of our rural students have been admitted to military academies, and I feel that it is indeed the one that has had the deepest impact on me.
After retiring from the army, Du Zhanxiong always wanted to do something that could be related to culture.
Du Zhanxiong: I decided with my wife that at that time, while working, I went to the night market to sell books. Later, I felt that the bookstore was getting better and better for this little child. I asked my little ones to learn something later, and knowledge will change a lot.
Yang Meili: I am supportive, and it is better for children to develop in all aspects in the future.
Du Zhanxiong: This is also some of the achievements that our children have made when they grew up in the environment of books. Writing essays are basically full marks in the class, and we haven't bothered to read anyway.
Later, the night market stall became an 8-square-meter shop in Canal Square, and his son was also admitted to Southwest Jiaotong University. For the couple, the small bookstore records their son's growth and also carries the memory of the family's hard work in a foreign country. Compared to other more profitable trades, bookstores have their magic.
Du Zhanxiong: I can also do fruit shops, and I do very well in fried goods stores, but mentally I am not as real as selling books. In the minds of many readers, our store still has a certain status and recognition. Including last year, when I was honored, the "Reader" program asked me to read aloud the articles I wrote, and I felt that this should be the biggest affirmation.
Yang Meili: In the past, it could be said that selling books was the mainstay. Now selling books will sell, but the income is very small.
Du Zhanxiong: The turnover of the bookstore is not there, so I can only take this money from outside and use it to hoard it (old books).
In order for the 8-square-meter bookstore to survive, the couple tried their best.
Ground calligraphy pen, Hangzhou Grand Canal postcards, paper kites, dynamic kites, the skillful Yang Meili let the small 8 square meters bookstore, also has its own exclusive cultural and creative products.
Yang Meili: I can subsidize a little to the bookstore, half and half.
And Du Zhanxiong's way of patching up the bookstore is to help people pull goods. He was willing to do so.
Du Zhanxiong: In addition to the fuel fee, the maximum net income is a thousand yuan a month, and it is definitely necessary to fight for some from other places. When the car is useless, the bookstore will also help the car pay the annual rent and insurance. Now that the bookstore has a problem, the car can also come to help it, the same as helping each other.
Du Zhanxiong: I also helped her, and she also helped me. Originally there were so many cars in front of the door, she could call a car at will. This kind of help between acquaintances, in fact, also belongs to our self-help under the epidemic, you help me, I help you, so that everyone has difficulties, the same group. Today this goods is delivered, just continue to wait for the next order, everything will be fine....
After running the truck, it was already evening, and Lao Du went to the bookstore to replace his wife.
"Busy today? Books or no business? Now there are too few key people. You'll go back when you're done. ”
At 8:30 p.m., the bookstore welcomed its first wave of guests.
Bookstore customer Zhou Xiang: I looked for a little treasure and earned it!
Du Zhanxiong: Only students need this, and he just found it today. He was happy, and I was happy.
Du Zhanxiong: Our street also gave us a two-month rent reduction for this house, which is also very important for us, and we really appreciate it! It was indeed warm! The bookstore is also a spiritual pillar for me, and when we opened this store, it was like a spiritual symbol. I'm going to stick with it and do my best to stick it out. In the most difficult times we all have to see hope, which is what the book says. We see hope, we go and stick to it, and everything will be fine.
Today, Du Zhanxiong received a notice that due to the prevention and control of the epidemic, it is necessary to temporarily close the business and ask everyone to be quiet for a while. Du Zhanxiong said: "Opening a bookstore is a dream that I have always insisted on doing. Hopefully, after the epidemic is over, we will read together in the sunshine by the canal. Today is World Book Day, let's all calm down and read a book..."
"Silent" partner
Record well
Wang Shenglei: I and two hearing impaired friends run a "silent" photography studio in Hangzhou, today we also received a notice, the studio can not open the door today, the community also has to do nucleic acid to go out, just I also contacted them, we plan to stay at home to do something. One of them took a photo a few days before the repair, the other was self-taught editing, I also plan to give myself a holiday to do housework, but also hope that the epidemic will pass quickly, can give more people a good photo video.
The "silent" partners are all post-80s.
Zheng Zhengqi is from Wenzhou, and Guan Shengsheng and Wang Shenglei are from Hangzhou.
Zheng Zhengqi and Guan Shengsheng lost their hearing from childhood, and Wang Shenglei only had part of her hearing left, and she needed to wear a hearing aid to communicate.
Zheng Zheng told reporters in sign language: "Although we can't hear it, we want to record the beauty with the lens in the world of sound loss." ”
Falling in love with photography stems from a chance.
Zheng Zhengqi: When I was in college, I studied decoration, and the teacher taught a week's photography technology class, and then I was very curious, and found that the photos taken were very beautiful, and I could also record my life, and then I slowly began to learn to take pictures.
Guan Shengsheng: Three or four years ago, I suddenly saw a Vlog on the Internet, and there was a cool transition action in the short video, and he suddenly found it cool and wanted to learn the production of short videos.
In the summer of 2017, the three met at the District Deaf Association.
Wang Shenglei: The two of them had the skills of photography and video shooting, which caught my attention at that time because the two of them wanted to set up this studio, and then they found me. Because I was still working in the community, I had the mentality to try it out, and the three of us found a home here.
After preparation, in September 2020, the "Shengqi Photography Studio" opened.
Wang Shenglei: I took one of the two names, called "Shengqi", because "Sheng" represents hope and "Qi" represents setting sail. The name of the studio carries all the expectations that the three of us have for the future of the studio. The three of us have a very clear division of labor, Xiao Zheng is responsible for taking photos, and Xiao Guan is responsible for video and editing.
Hearing is missing, and communication is the biggest difficulty.
Wang Shenglei: The two of them can't hear it. When shooting, because the distance is relatively far, communication may be more troublesome, and they often have to personally demonstrate to run around.
Guan Shengsheng: Sometimes when shooting, we encounter questions from customers, saying whether we can shoot well, we will feel sad at the beginning, and we will calm down to communicate with customers and make repeated modifications.
Guan Shengsheng: I bought a hearing aid myself, and I can't hear clearly, but I can feel the rhythm of the music and the atmosphere.
Wang Shenglei: Usually, in addition to taking some photos indoors. Shoot some children's growth records, we will also go outside to shoot a little activities, meetings, competitions, basically others can shoot us can shoot
Under the epidemic, studio orders have decreased significantly
Wang Shenglei: The impact on our studio is still quite large, because there are several times of activities that have been scheduled in advance, and if we cancel our income, we will not have any income, so this period of time is still quite difficult, but we still got a lot of help.
Rent reduction, disabled persons' federation cooperation, street help... The studio received a wave of love.
On April 21, they came to the community of Zhizu Lane, Chaoming Street, Gongshu District, Hangzhou, to take photos.
Zhu Fengming, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhizu Lane, Chaoming Street, Gongshu District, Hangzhou: The work is done very carefully, and sometimes we may ask for something, and they will provide two or three versions for us to choose. In the future, if you have a job, you will still give priority to them, and you will help them when you can help them.
In the future, "silent" partners want to go further.
Guan Shengsheng: When there is no work task, the two of us will come out to collect wind and improve our skills, and recently I have just learned drone aerial photography and want to shoot different works. I myself feel that I can be like able-bodied people, and I am getting closer and closer to them. Then I would shout at the two of them to go with me to shoot creative videos, such as camera science, shooting skills, sharing with friends on the Internet, and now I have a certain number of fans. Encourage them to live like me.
Zheng Zhengqi: Recently I was studying the restoration of some old photos, and A week ago I received my first order, which made me feel that this is some of the changes we can make under the epidemic. Although it is difficult now, we are still confident that it will get better and better.
Wang Shenglei: I hope we can go out and let more people know about us.
Working hard for a small shop, not only for livelihood, but also to meet you when the epidemic has dissipated and the fireworks have returned.