In memory, Ah Xi followed his father to Ishii to make a living in Hiskozu Ishii at the age of 12, and returned to his hometown Wharf Town at the age of 85. In the old shop of Shijingxia Street, this barber from the north of Nan'an runs a traditional old-fashioned barber shop diligently. He has a festive name, the famous "Ah Xi" master.
Most of the Shijing people born in the 1960s and 1970s were delivered by the elderly physician Chen Ruiyu, who was known as The "Lin Qiaozhi" of Ishii, and the "full moon shaving" ceremony performed in accordance with the customs of southern Fujian was mostly attended by Master Ah Xi.
Ah Xi people look thin, thin hair, often with a figure eight mustache, although small but capable, hands and feet are sharp, speaking "softly", he has a wide network of contacts in the ancient town, a good attitude of haircut service, really "on call", so the popularity is excellent, Shijing Town Neighborhood Neighborhood, encounter newborns or the elderly need to shave their heads for service, always the first to think of Master Ah Xi, he is also happy to do this. It is hard to imagine that Ah Xi, who does not have much hair or even some baldness, will be a full-fledged top kung fu master.
The shaving ceremony of the newborn child next door on the full moon is still fresh in my mind. Received the shaving business ah xi carrying a "barefoot doctor" like a toolbox, hurriedly came, as soon as he arrived at the house, he could not take care of the greeting, he quickly opened the box, spread a white cloth towel, manual fader, flat scissors, tooth scissors, coarse tooth comb, dense tooth comb, biscuit, scraper, talk powder and other tools are readily available, the owner has long been prepared to wash the face rack, washbasin, soap and other hair washing facilities, buckets filled with warm water for washing, waiting on the side. Ah Xi grabbed the scarf and threw it at the baby, the adults helped fix the baby's neck, Ah Xi began to skillfully practice the full moon top homework kung fu, only to see him scissors up, close several times, and then the manual pusher left and right "clicked", the hair fell to the ground for a while, and the mouth read the words: "The golden hook hangs the silver luo tent, please come out of the small official to sit in the Ming Hall." Yesterday, the DPRK shaved the prime minister, and today it shaved the yuanlang again. ", three times five divided by two, a smear of talcum powder, take off the scarf and shake off a few times, hum softly: "The full moon head is shaved", leaving the work of washing the hair, handed over to the master.
Ah Xi service door-to-door, on call, and honest and honest, never calculating, his barber service price is also as its name "Sui Xi", let the guests give at will, he is not too little, and never complains.
His father and Ashber had been friends for many years. When I was a child, I used to accompany my father to the Axi barber shop on the lower street. My father's hair is not too long and the color is yellowish, according to the elders in the family, the hair color of my ancestors is all yellow, so there is a Xu family three yuan "yellow hair ancestor" said. In fact, his father's hair has never really grown, he regularly asks Ah Xi to shave his head to repair the top, just to reduce the trouble of sweating a lot and adding chaos to the hair on his forehead during labor, by the way, he can taste a few cups of sweet potato wine in his spare time. Most of the time, I sneaked to the ancestral uncle's house next door to the barbershop, where I joined a group of playmates and played a fun game of "hide-and-seek" together in the four-story mansion with many rooms. Sometimes I can't find a little friend, so I stand quietly in the Ashie shop and admire Axibo's shaving skills. Only to see him wave the shaving machine in his hand, rolling back and forth on the guest's head, the sound of shaving his head "whirring", changing into scissors from time to time, "clicking" a few times, long hair falling like snowflakes, the situation is like a skilled folk artist, performing juggling tricks in front of my eyes...
Every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, after the firecrackers sound, every household "pays homage to grandpa the king of the stove, blesses enough to eat and drink, cuts and cuts the hair in good spirits, and welcomes the New Year happily." Eating sugar cakes is high every year, and this year is stronger than last year. At this time, Ashber's barber shop ushered in a year's shaving season, the old people and children in the ancient town waited in a long line for "shaving their heads to welcome the New Year", Ah Xi Bo was busy, not happy, but one thing must be different from other barber shops, Ah Xi Bo insisted on charging according to the usual price, never taking advantage of the New Year opportunity to raise the price.
The old street has been demolished, and times have changed. The shop that Ashber rented was demolished, his barber was temporarily moved to a vacant lot within the frontage wall of The Centauri, the old-fashioned barber chair was placed, a simple shed was temporarily set up, or those old-fashioned shaving tools, And Ahibo did it again. On the lively Yanping East Road Street, all kinds of "beauty salons" shops are thriving, snatching away most of the customers, And the Axibo barber point sometimes can't wait for a few old customers to come a day, but the stubborn Axibo is still struggling to support, and the wind and rain bite the teeth and insist on it for a few more years. In 2020, coinciding with the overhaul of the Central Constitution of the National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit and the implementation of environmental overhaul, requiring the temporary construction to be demolished, the 85-year-old Ah Xibo finally had to bid farewell to a lifetime of kung fu career.
Ah Xibo has gone away, stepping on the mileage of the leaves falling back to the roots, and in the open space of the Wall of the Zhongxiandi, there is a lonely old-fashioned white lifting barber chair, silently recalling the past of more than seventy years, a hairmaker and the ancient town.
It is difficult to insist on doing things for a lifetime, and it is even more difficult to insist on doing one thing for a lifetime. Ordinary people insist on doing ordinary things all their lives, I think, this is the greatness of the ordinary.
I remember a poem that said: "On a cloudy day, the mood was refreshing, and it was rare to get a haircut for half a day." Stretch your neck and cut downwind, and purse your lips to the mirror to silence speech. Polyester dirt and dirt spring breeze to, eyebrows fresh and fresh. In an instant, the old scene has been removed, and now who does not remember childhood? ”
I want to go back to the shaving shop in Laojie to cut my hair again, let the hair of the beard go away without a trace, let the forehead shine again, and let the spirit be rejuvenated!