Village shaver Old Lee

The changes are too big, like another stove

Township shaving head craftsman old Lee

In my childhood memories, as soon as my hair grew, I sat under Old Lee's razor. A knife and a white coat are the standard barbers for old Li to go from village to village. Life is better these days, and people are starting from scratch. Baking oil, perming, dyeing and other beauty salons are booming, and Lao Li is still traditionally shaving his head and trimming his face, no longer holding his waist and pulling out his ears. The four-dollar work was indeed hard and trivial, and the craftsmen changed their professions. Only the old Li, who never increased the price and was skilled, still had a good business and was busy all day.

Old Li was so desperate because of the aftermath of polio that he had to marry a mute. He planted more than ten acres of paddy fields, plus the income from shaving his head, which was also considered to be worry-free, and he also provided for a pair of children to go to school. For as long as I can remember, Old Li has walked the village and alleys to shave or scatter his head. Baotou is the end of the year checkout, scattered head is each checkout. Whoever he went to, he would boil a pot of boiling water for later. Old Li took out a comb and scissors, trimmed and smoothed people, and shaved his sideburns to make you look new. After shaving and washing in warm water, you will be refreshed, go out easily, feel the sun shines brightly, and life suddenly takes on a new look.

Because old Li shaved his head and washed his hair properly, it made the top of my head when I was lying reclining like an itch, and my heart was also extremely enjoyable, squinting my eyes and going to Zhou Gong's house. It wasn't until I soaped after the haircut, rubbed it dry cleaning, repaired the omissions in the corners of the head, and some fine fluff finishing work, that I opened my eyes, slept with my eyes, and felt that time passed too quickly!

When the beard was shaved clean, and Old Lee's sponge wiped the broken hair cut from my neck, I woke up even more. Watch him put away the mirror and take off my white blouse. I still hesitated and refused to leave. "Not satisfied?!" "Oh, no, not one by one," I blushed.

Old Li's four dollars bring the enjoyment of ironing, clearly written on the back of each departing, and every pair of footsteps is so relaxed and happy! Decades, four dollars! The effect is the same as that of a barbershop in twenty-thirty. If he is left to eat when he encounters a meal, The old general manager Li politely refuses and rides back. After a short nap after the meal, he rode again to the next mound.

When I returned home from town the year before, I was just in time for old Li to shave his father's head. I asked him, where is your son? Old Li said with a comfortable and proud face that his son and daughter-in-law were working in Shanghai, with a monthly salary of tens of thousands, and had bought a house in the town and a car of more than 100,000 yuan. They give 10,000 or 20,000 filial pieties every year to honor our second elder!

Looking at the father who has become young in the mirror, I am very grateful to old Li, saying that your second old pension has long been more than enough, you are seventy years old, and it is time to rest! At this time, Old Li raised his voice and said, "Who said it wasn't!" But as soon as someone shouted, my hands itched! I can't get idle. "Seeing Old Li's contented smiling face, I was really happy for him.

In today's increasingly rare village shaving, Old Li has become the only insistence in the tens of miles. With his industrious hands, he supported the beautiful scenery of the countryside, which was the insistence of a craftsman. He shaved his love of life, and also shaved the spirit of others who loved life!

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Village shaver Old Li (Xiao Yuxin)

Shaving head is an ancient profession, in the old shaving head, in addition to shaving the head of the guests, shaving, trimming, but also including waist, ear and other service sub-projects. Especially in the vast rural areas, because of its large demand crowd, once became a hot hot occupation, and now, from the emergence of urban beauty salons, the rural shaving industry is shrinking and withering, and those who are engaged in this skill have changed their professions, and there are almost no people who inherit the bowl from the hands of the elderly. In my hometown in the countryside, there is such an old shaver, because of his exquisite craftsmanship and cheap fees, there are still thousands of people who are served in the eight townships, which are widely popular among the villagers.

This old craftsman's surname is Li, is the next door big Li Yuan, legs and feet have disabilities, walking limp and limp, the wife is a mute, old Li in such a family but disabled, planted more than ten acres of paddy fields, when the farmer is idle, by shaving the heads of thousands of male craftsmen and boys in several nearby villages to increase income, a year without worrying about eating, not worrying about wearing, but also a little surplus to support a pair of children to go to school. Since I can remember, I remember that Old Li carried a green wooden box around the village for many years to shave people's heads, shave his head and subcontract his head and scatter his head, and baotou is usually the main family does not give money, and when it is settled again at the end of the year, the scattered head is shaved once to give money. When Old Li goes to the Main House to shave the man's head, the man will instruct the hostess to first burn a pot of boiling water for later, Old Li then takes out a comb and stainless steel scissors from the wooden box, trims the hair of different lengths and lengths, and then uses a manual shaving machine to shave the sideburns neatly and neatly, and after shaving the head, the man holds a basin of warm water at the right water temperature by Old Li to start washing the man's hair, Old Li first put soap on it, rubbed dry cleaning, and began to use a razor to shave the fluffy beard on the back of the head and face. Then use a large sponge to wipe the hair around the neck, take off the apron, a head is shaved like this, shave the head four times at a time, much cheaper than the barber shops in the town that can't move and open their mouths for twenty-thirty, if they encounter a meal, the main family will leave old Li to eat at the main house, old Li will politely refuse the goodwill of the main family, ride the electric car home to eat, rest for a while and then ride to the next mound.

When I returned to my hometown from the town the year before, I was just in time for Old Li to shave his father's head, and I talked with Old Li, and I asked him, Where is your son now? Old Li replied with a face of humility: Son and daughter-in-law work in a garment factory in Shanghai, tens of thousands of wages per month, bought a house in the town, and also bought a car of more than 100,000 yuan, speaking of this, old Li was full of pride, I said this is not very good, you have this craft, don't worry about your son's tiredness, a year's income of tens of thousands of yuan to support the second old is not enough, old Li raised his voice at this time and said: Who said it is not! Every year, my son also takes out 10,000 or 20,000 filial piety to honor our second elder! Seeing that Old Li's life in his later years was so blessed, I was really happy for him.

Nowadays, Old Li has become the only shaver in the vicinity of ten miles, and many shavers have chosen to give up halfway, while Old Li has chosen to stick to it, choosing to maintain a light for the villagers in the dark.