In the southern section of Qinglong Back Street, Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, there is a repair shop that has been in business for more than 20 years, and the owner is called Liu Hongmin, who is 72 years old this year. The shop is unremarkable, but people in the surrounding neighborhood know about it. The handle of the knife is broken, the electric kettle is not energized, and the umbrella bone is broken...... As long as it is handed over to Liu Hongmin, he can find a way to repair it.
Liu Hongmin's shop is a four- or five-square-meter street-facing house, and in front of it is Qinglong Back Street. In the past, there was a market on the street, and he set up a maintenance booth at the market, and when people came to the market, they brought the broken things from home and asked him to help fix them. When the market was over, the things were repaired, and the market was full of people, and there was an endless stream of people who came to the shop to find him for repairs. Later, the bazaar was cancelled and no stalls could be set up. "Many old residents are reluctant to throw away their things when they are broken, and they can still be used for repairs, but I don't do it, who will repair their things?" said Liu Hongmin, feeling that he was needed by the residents, and he rented this street shop for 500 yuan a month.
The small shop door reads "Professional maintenance of induction cookers, microwave ovens, and various small household appliances". Once inside, the narrow space can only accommodate two people. On the right is a simple wooden workbench stacked with various tools and a lamp for him to light while he repairs things. There is a row of umbrellas hanging on the wall on the right, some have just been repaired, and some are old umbrellas that have been eliminated by others. On a white board on the roof of the small shop reads "Sharpen the kitchen knife", "ant medicine" and "descaler". "Young people may buy these small commodities from the Internet, and middle-aged and elderly people have to ask around if they want to buy them. I have it here, too, so that if they need it, I will give it to them. Liu Hongmin said that most of the people he serves are middle-aged and elderly.
During the reporter's interview, an old woman who lived nearby came over with an electric kettle. Her kettle couldn't be heated, so she immediately thought of finding Liu Hongmin to repair it. Liu Hongmin picked up the kettle and looked at it, and quickly found the "root of the disease", and it took more than ten minutes to fiddle with it. In the eyes of the grandmother, Liu Hongmin is "omnipotent". "He's got everything and he's got a good attitude, and it's hard to find someone like that now. The old woman raised the kettle and looked left and right, very satisfied.
Liu Hongmin's maintenance fee is not high, a few yuan, more than a dozen yuan, just earn a manual fee. If he needs to replace the parts, and then charge separately, he will give priority to see if there are any old items he has collected that can be used directly, and if not, he will help customers buy them from other places.
During the interview, people kept asking him to send him for repairs or pick up things, and Mr. Wang, a resident, came to pick up the electric medicine kettle he had placed here for repair. The medicine pot had already been repaired, Liu Hongmin plugged in the electricity to Mr. Wang to see the effect, and the other party thanked him repeatedly.
Dongmei, a regular customer, came from the East Second Ring Road and rode a 20-minute battery car to pick up the umbrella that was placed here for maintenance. Before the renovation of the old East Gate, she did business here and met Liu Hongmin. "He is our big brother, he pays attention to quality and reputation, does not try to make much money, and is very realistic. ”
"Real" is almost every customer's first evaluation of him, and it is also Liu Hongmin's requirement for himself. He didn't go to school for a few years, he learned carpentry with others as a teenager, and later, he was taught to repair all kinds of electrical appliances. Although he became a monk halfway, Liu Hongmin's maintenance skills are worthy of the word "professional". Liu Hongmin also felt that with the enrichment of people's material life, more and more people discarded things directly after they were used and no longer repaired. There are also more and more smart appliances entering people's lives, and these high-tech daily necessities have been beyond the scope of his skills. "In the past, there were more than a dozen customers a day, but now there are four or five people. Young people are rarely willing to learn these old crafts, so I can do it for as long as I can, and it's also my pleasure to repair things for everyone. Liu Hongmin said.