Ordinary People Series (III) Sell Beer Duck Old Man

Old duck man selling beer

Author Jasmine

He was once a battalion commander in the army, participated in the counterattack against Vietnam, was received by the central leaders, and was honored with many military merits, contributing his most precious youth to defend the motherland and army building. In order to support the intellectualization and rejuvenation of the army, he obeyed the organizational arrangements, took off his military uniform, tearfully bid farewell to his comrades-in-arms and the barracks, led his family back to his hometown, and was assigned to a state-owned enterprise as a leader.

The tide of reform has overwhelmed the earth, and with the transformation of the planned economy into a market economy, the operation of state-owned enterprises has become more and more difficult. To survive and develop, we must reform the system. After careful consideration, he felt that he was old and could not keep up with the pace of reform and opening up. Considering the overall situation of the enterprise, considering the future of the enterprise, and considering the interests of the employees, we should find a young, capable, and managerial person to take over the leadership position and lead the enterprise out of the predicament. He voluntarily requested his resignation from his leadership position. From the arrogant man in the army to the number one in the unit, he suddenly retreated to the second line, in the past, the door was like a city, and now the door is full of birds, and the huge gap makes it difficult for him to accept reality and face reality for a while, he once felt confused, felt lost, felt confused, felt depressed, and lamented that fate was so unfair to him. He didn't know how to go down the road ahead, so did he just do nothing for the rest of his life?

After a period of silence and thinking, he realized that the road of life can only be walked by himself, everything can only be fought for by himself, complaining about the world is useless, and he must bravely face reality and accept reality. He summoned up the courage to carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship, not being afraid of death, stubbornly fighting, and overcoming difficulties that he had cultivated in the army, and was determined to fight the road of life.

Only those who dare to climb can hope to reach the top. Only those who dare to fight can hope to succeed. He bravely took the first step, took out his savings for many years, and co-founded a factory with others. Because they do not understand the business, do not understand the technology, do not understand the market conditions, the quality of the production products is not passed, the sales can not be sold, soon the production is discontinued, and the investment is lost. The first venture was hit hard, in the face of failure, he was not discouraged, did not discourage, began to calmly summarize the lessons, and re-chose a new way out.

Through careful investigation, he chose to set up a casserole stall on the street at night, selling some small dishes, noodles, dumplings, fried cakes and other fast food, with low cost, low investment, no need to pay rent and taxes, and small expenses. He let go of his former status as the commander of a battalion, immersed himself in cooking, set up stalls at night to sell casseroles, and went out during the day to buy and prepare raw materials. Every day, wearing stars and wearing the moon, getting up five times, sleeping in the middle of the night, day after day, year after year, whether it is hot and cold, or wind and rain, always persevere. Hard work paid off. Because he cooked clean and hygienic meals, pure taste, good quality and low price, and affordable, attracted many repeat customers, the business became more and more prosperous, and the income was more and more, and he finally relied on his own efforts to get out of the trough of life.

After the success of his first attempt at the catering industry, he was not satisfied with the status quo and began to consider new developments. He studied at a beer duck restaurant, quickly mastered the cooking techniques of beer duck, and then opened a beer duck hot pot restaurant. Facing the common people, small profits and high sales, economical, delicious taste, fast and convenient. Soon the door was full of people, and the fire was abnormal. Immediately after, he opened a second, third, and fourth beer duck chain, all of which were successful. Today, he is about to enter the 70-year-old, and he still manages the hotels in an orderly manner. Years of hard work, in exchange for the continuous accumulation of wealth, bought a new house and a new car, and lived a tasteful life.

Last year, when his former unit wanted to publish a history of the army and asked him to write a memoir, he came to me for help. Every day, whenever he had time, he would bring us a cup of tea and sit across from me, reminiscing and telling about his experience. Although after many years, talking about the years when the passion burned, he still has a clear memory and an uplifting mood. As I listened, I recorded it, then sorted it out, wrote it, wrote it, and then asked him for advice to revise it. Finally, more than 10,000 words of memoirs were written and published by the troops. The troops specially invited him to attend the ceremony of the release of the memoir, and when he returned, he specially gave me a book as a souvenir. Through writing my memoirs, I learned more about him and admired his contributions to the motherland and the army. Admire him for winning or not being proud, not being discouraged, and being able to go up and down. Admire his fighting spirit of bravely facing difficulties and never accepting defeat. From him, I felt the noble sentiments and strong will of a soldier.

Hard and happy, busy and fulfilling, ordinary life implies colorful stories. Bless him, an old soldier who once fought on horseback for half his life, an old man who sold beer ducks, may his beer duck hot pot restaurant be as prosperous and full of life as his life!