Only 10 yuan for repair package! A repairman who has been sticking to the old street for more than 40 years
In the past, no matter in the city or in the countryside, craftsmen with burdens or stalls were everywhere. They repaired clocks, brown palms, wooden barrels, nail scales, playing with tin, playing cotton, porcelain bowls, iron pots ... … As the times change, these old lines gradually fade out of sight. However, in Huangdu Old Street, Anting Town, Jiading District, there is a small shoe repair shop. Master Lu Zhongliang, with a pair of hard-working hands, has been holding on for more than 40 years to provide convenience for passing pedestrians.
Shoe repair is purely coincidental
Lu Zhongliang, 73, is from Xingming Village, Anting Town. Speaking of getting in touch with shoe repair, Lu Zhongliang said it was a coincidence.
One day more than 40 years ago, Lu Zhongliang went home from the field to finish his lunch, and suddenly heard bursts of shouting from outside: "Who needs to repair shoes, bags, zippers, and so on ..." Lu Zhongliang took a look It turned out to be a foreign man with an old hand-cranked shoe repair machine on his bike, shouting while pushing. Lu Zhongliang happened to have two pairs of leather shoes that were broken to be repaired, and stopped each other. About 10 minutes, the leather shoes are repaired, and the other party asks for 2 yuan.
Lu Zhongliang felt that he had worked hard in Daejeon in the early morning and only had 9 cents a day. The shoe repairer spends only 10 minutes and easily credits 2 yuan. Why don't you do it? Thinking of this, he could not help but tentatively asked the other party: "Will you resell this shoe repair machine to me? I will also do the shoe repair business!" 120 yuan for you. "Lu Zhongliang heard it and was overjoyed. But 120 yuan is not a small amount. Lu Zhongliang only had 50 yuan. He worked together with his relatives and neighbors and finally bought the shoe repair machine.
Although Lu Zhongliang bought back the shoe repair machine, he knew nothing about the machine's performance and repair skills. He groped at home to practice, and then played a free shoe repair advertisement in the production team. Soon, Lu Zhongliang's repair skills are maturing, he not only repairs shoes, but also repairs bags, trolley cases, zippers, keys ...
Travel around
Although repairing shoes is a small business, but at that time can also make some extra money. Waigang, Wangxin, Anting, Malu, Nanxiang, Jiangqiao, Fengbang, Huangdu, etc. have all become places for him to travel.
Once, when Lu Zhongliang was riding on the railway, the front tire of the bicycle hit a big stone, and even someone took the car over the road, and the shoe repair machine on the back seat of the bicycle also flew into the river. Lu Zhongliang spent a lot of effort to get the machine out of the water. One winter, Lu Zhongliang went to a remote village to do business. When he came back at night and lost his way, he dizzy for three hours in the dark before returning home.
Lu Zhongliang was most afraid to meet acquaintances. But contrary to expectations, whoever you don't want to meet, just bias who you are! One day, when Lu Zhongliang passed a bicycle factory, he saw workers wearing leather shoes and put a temporary stall outside the door. At noon, a lot of workers came to mend leather shoes. At this time, a cadre-like person came out of the factory. Lu Zhongliang looked up and froze. The other party was actually his uncle's cousin who hadn't seen him for many years. He turned out to be the director of this factory. On another occasion, when Lu Zhongliang passed through a farm in Waigang, he met his aunt and son who was working locally, and was embarrassed.
It wasn't until 1978 that Lu Zhongliang ended his days of "running the wharf" and took root in Huangdu and continued to do shoe repair business.
It ’s been 40 years
Lu Zhongliang said that Huangdu Old Street originally had several shoe repair stalls, but now only his family is left. Lu Zhongliang departed from his home in Fangtai area early in the morning, and then took the bus to Huangdu. Then he rushed back at night, unstoppable. Based on a round trip of 12 kilometers per day and 350 days a year, Lu Zhongliang traveled more than 170,000 kilometers in 42 years.
Lu Zhongliang treats people with enthusiasm, fair prices, and does not charge for trivial matters such as piercing holes. During the interview, the reporter saw a young woman holding a damaged brand bag for repair. Lu Zhongliang repaired the bag seriously and only charged the other party a repair fee of 10 yuan.
Lu Zhongliang had a deep affection for Huang Du. He said that his father had taught in Huang Du in his early years, and he had been in Huang Du for so many years. Even his son-in-law was looking for Huang Du. Lu Zhongliang ’s shop is small, but there are a lot of people who come to chat. They are all retired residents nearby. Everyone sits together and laughs, ranging from the situation at home and abroad, small to homely, short and omnipresent. An old lady joked to Lu Zhongliang: "Lao Lu, we have been with you for so many years, you may ask us to drink ..."
Ask him how many years he is going to do? Lu Zhongliang said: "I am over 70 years old, but as long as my body moves, I will continue to do it. Quandang should exercise my body. And I am so busy with so many neighborhood neighbors, I will be lonely and deserted when I am idle ..."
Special correspondent Liu Bihua Xinmin Evening News reporter Chen Hao