China News Service, Guangzhou, July 23 (Sun Qiuxia and Qiu Shiduo) Recently, a video taken by the owner of a shoe and bag shop in Guangzhou has gone viral on the Internet. The man in the video is named Eugene, an African who went to Guangzhou to do business. He was stranded in China for nearly 7 months because of the grounded flight. After seeing African friends encountering economic difficulties, the owner of the Guangzhou shoe and bag store extended a helping hand and often asked him to come over for dinner.
"As long as you come every day, I will take care of you for dinner every day", the words of the owner of the shoe and bag shop in the video moved many people.
A few days ago, the reporter came to the vast foreign trade shoe trade city and met Zhang Guanchai, the owner of the shoe and bag shop.
Zhang Guanchai told reporters that Eugene bought goods from Cameroon to Guangzhou at the beginning of this year. He did not expect to be able to return home after encountering the epidemic. The money in his hand was gradually spent, and there were only a few coins left in his wallet.
"One day when we were eating, I saw him coming, so I ordered him a pig's feet rice. He told me that he had no money to eat now, so I said you can come to me to eat every day. From the end of March At the beginning, he came every three or four days." Zhang Guanchai said.
Due to certain obstacles in language communication between the two parties, most of the time they communicate by gesture. "Every time he came over, he patted his stomach and I knew he was hungry. Although we only had one business relationship, he came to me and gave him a bite of food."
To Zhang Guanchai’s surprise, when he posted the videos he made at random on the Internet, he received the attention and praise of many netizens, and even enthusiastic netizens wanted to transfer money to this African friend to help him overcome difficulties.
Zhang Guanchai said: "Although business is not good this year, it is still okay to feed Eugene. As long as he comes, we will feed him. Generally, I will ask the restaurant owner to add a few more pieces of meat to him."
Infected by Zhang Guanchai, whenever Eugene came to eat in the store, the owners of the surrounding shops would also give him something to eat.
Taking into account the difficulties of Eugene's life, Zhang Guanchai even rode a tricycle to take him to a nearby supermarket for shopping last month. "When I first arrived at the supermarket, I didn't know what he wanted to buy. After looking for it for a long time, he took out a note from his schoolbag and realized that he was looking for Northeast rice." Zhang Guanchai said.
That day, Zhang Guanchai bought four bags of rice and some daily necessities for Eugene. After visiting the supermarket, Zhang Guanchai led him to the drugstore to buy some medicine.
"Although this is only one or two thousand dollars, but after I bought it for him, I am very happy to see him, and I am also very happy." Zhang Guanchai said.
On July 19, Eugene appeared in Zhang Guanchai's shop early in the morning. What is different from the past is that this time he is full of smiles and extremely excited. It turned out that the flight to Cameroon had resumed operations, and he could finally go home.
"When he comes to us for dinner, he occasionally calls his family members. I can see that he misses home very much and sometimes he shed tears when chatting." Zhang Guanchai said.
On the day Eugene returned to China, Zhang Guanchai took his son to see him off.
"I picked him up from Yaotai to the airport and watched him smile happily all the way. Before leaving, he said that he would bring relatives and friends over to do business with me. No matter whether there is business or not, I am satisfied with what he said. Now." Zhang Guanchai said.