"Breakfast Grandma" quietly left us.
This old man, who has been setting up a breakfast stall in Huangtankou Township, Qujiang District, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province for 27 years, insisted on a breakfast of 5 dimes and never increased the price. On December 18, the 90-year-old "breakfast grandma" passed away, and the 24th was the "first seven" of the elderly.
Most of the children who grew up in Huangtankou Township have eaten her own breakfast, 5 dimes a piece, perhaps the cheapest in Zhejiang, and it is these children who affectionately call her "breakfast grandma".
The warm story has spread from a small mountain village to the whole country, and she has been awarded honorary titles such as "The Most Beautiful Quzhou People", "Zhejiang Province Moral Model", "The Most Beautiful Chinese Integrity Star", and won the nomination award of "Zhejiang Pride", "China Good Man" and "National Moral Model".
The bad news came, which made people sigh, and the thoughts converged into a river, and in a video recording her with 4.131 million views on station B, the barrage of "A good person has a safe life" and "Grandma lives a long life" continues to swipe the screen.
The pension subsidizes the breakfast stall, just for the mountain children to eat in the morningHuangtankou, a place that left a name in the history of water conservancy in New China. The Huangtankou Hydropower Station built here is known as the "cradle of hydropower in New China", which means that Huangtankou Township is a reservoir area.
The "Breakfast Grandma" stall is just a few steps away from the gate of Huangtankou Township Central Primary School, where local children study.
The stall where "Breakfast Grandma" used to sell breakfast was only a few steps away from the Central Primary School of Huangtankou Township
"I didn't save any money, my old man had a little pension...... My pension was also posted. Every time she is interviewed by the media, Mao Shihua always says, "Many people say I'm stupid, I'm not stupid, I just don't live on this." These children live in the mountains, and their parents don't have a lot of money, so I want them to have enough to eat. So no price increases. "The children were concerned about her, and she said that I was happy to hear them call me grandma. Mao Shihua's granddaughter Ye Tingting added.
"Breakfast Grandma" stall special breakfast car
Every morning at one or two o'clock, Mao Shihua's hut is lit up, and then the sound of the mill turning and the smoke curls up. After a trip to the stall, she worked hard for more than 6 hours, making a net profit of more than 30 yuan, and also posted 3 or 400 yuan upside down every month, doing what everyone calls a "loss-making transaction".
Mao Shihua said: "It doesn't matter how much it is, we used to be so hard, and now we have (money) to get together and everyone can eat." The state money (pension) was given to me, and I didn't spend much effort, and I was very satisfied with it every month. ”
Although her children persuaded her many times, they couldn't resist her, so she could only choose to help purchase raw materials, share as much as possible for her mother, and pay a certain amount of money for her mother.
"Breakfast grandma" grinds soy milk with a stone grinder
"Breakfast grandma" makes a scoop for kueh
For many years, Mao Shihua has been living in the small house across the wall from the school, giving up another happy old age in the small western-style building where her children have been abandoned. According to Chen Shuqi, a 2003 graduate of Huangtankou Township Central Primary School in Qujiang District, Quzhou, she recalls that the alley in front of her house was narrow and the mud road was difficult to walk, but no matter the wind or rain, her stall was always there.
"Breakfast Grandma" used to be a must-go path for stalls
According to a 2016 report, an omelet with a bowl of soy milk is the breakfast of choice for most children, and it costs only 1 yuan in total. From 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., a total of 38 guests came to the breakfast stall of the old man Mao Shihua, with a turnover of 56 yuan. According to this calculation, the income of the old man Mao Shihua is only more than 1,000 yuan. But over the years, prices have increased several times, and in fact, not only do they not make money, but they are losing money. The old man Mao Shihua didn't care about this.
The old man Mao Shihua has a pension of 1,040 yuan per month. In addition to daily expenses, almost three or four hundred yuan is posted on the breakfast stall every month. In the past 24 years, Grandma Mao has ridden four broken tricycles and replaced forty or fifty coal stoves, but she said that listening to the sound of children reading on campus and seeing the children greeting her, she felt indescribable satisfaction. If her body allows, her breakfast stand will always be set up.
Mao Shihua said: "I just don't want these children, this group of graduates and that group pick them up." I like children, I see children on TV, I say I just can't hug them, I have to hug them if I can hug them, I like children very much. ”
Facing the camera and talking about what she did, she once looked resolute and teary-eyed. "I want to keep going until I'm 90 years old, until I can't do it!"
But the years are not forgiving. Since 2018, Mao Shihua's health has deteriorated, and the children's "breakfast grandma" has missed the appointment for the first time for a long time. But even in her hospital bed, she still thinks about setting up a stall. Ye Tingting, who felt sorry for her grandmother, immediately dissuaded, "I said how old are you? ”
The most beautiful warmth is still lingeringWhat is the way to die, and the body is the same as the mountain.
During the period when all walks of life spontaneously sent farewell to the "breakfast grandma", 21 candidates for Quzhou City's moral model and the 12th "Most Beautiful Quzhou People" Person of the Year were announced.
Wang Xiangsheng, a veteran who retired from the army and served the people without fading, Fang Xiaomin, a famous teacher in the teaching arena who "stands up with love and responsibility", Fang Tingting, a police flower who took root in the mountainous area to solve people's worries, Ye Yanjin, a "loving grandfather" who funded 39 poor students to help them realize their dreams, and Liu Mingmao, a small shop owner who jumped into the Lingshan River to rescue the young man who fell into the water, and a group of "the most beautiful Quzhou people" were praised.
Mao Shihua is one of the top ten people of the year in the 5th "The Most Beautiful Quzhou People", which is a unique color left in this landscape. Ordinary, kind, but also majestic and warm.
Counting nine cold winters, "breakfast grandma" has gone, but the warmth is still lingering.