In the night market of Nanjing Sanjiang University, there is an Auntie Guo who sells moon buns for 9 years and attracts 6 million fans
Recently, the very popular night market in front of Gate 4 of Nanjing Sanjiang College reopened after moving to a new location, and many old customers came to buy food to satisfy their cravings.
Many customers said that they had not eaten "Auntie Guo Yue Yue Mo" for many days, so they were waiting for the night market to reopen to buy one.
The moon buns sold by "Internet celebrity" Aunt Guo are called "giant Chinese hamburgers" by netizens.
Ziniu News reporter learned that Aunt Guo, whose real name is Guo Jing, started selling moon buns at the Sanjiang Night Market in September 2013, and currently has 6 million fans on the entire network.
How popular is Aunt Guo's moon bun?
"The child is here, the buns are gone!"
On the short video platform, Aunt Guo from Nanjing has 6 million followers, and the topic "Aunt Guo Moon Bread" has over 1.6 billion views.
The reporter opened Aunt Guo's live broadcast room and found that within 10 minutes of the broadcast, the number of online viewers exceeded 10,000.
In order to meet Auntie Guo, the reporter came to the new site of Sanjiang Night Market and found that there would always be 10 or 20 customers lining up in front of her booth.
Aunt Guo didn't have time to rest. She held the moon-shaped white bun in her left hand, brushed the sauce on the white bun with a brush in her right hand, and then used a clip to add lettuce, hot dog sausage, and tenderloin to the white bun, and finally added the bean skin.
The reporter saw that she usually puts two hot dogs and three pieces of tenderloin in each white bun.
Aunt Guo asked the customer, "Is it enough, child, do you want it spicy? Is the bean curd enough, and the meat enough?" If the customer doesn't answer, she will keep asking.
After a while, Aunt Guo was sweating profusely.
Due to the large number of customers, the reporter did not disturb her.
In order to be able to interview her, at noon on June 12, the reporter came to Auntie Guo Yueliang Mo shop on Huaihai Road, Qinhuai District, but only saw two busy employees here.
A female employee who has worked in the store for more than a year said that the Yueliang bun stores in Qinhuai and Jiangning districts are owned by Aunt Guo and are currently managed by employees, "The moon bun stalls in Sanjiang Night Market are open-air, and they are all at night. In business, we have to experience wind and rain every day, and Aunt Guo understands us and doesn’t let us do it. She sets up a stall there herself, and only comes here to help when she is free.”
How busy is Aunt Guo every day?
The female employee said: "She doesn't have time to connect to the phone." In order not to affect Aunt Guo's work, at 9:30 p.m. on June 12, the reporter came to Aunt Guo's booth in Sanjiang Night Market again and found that she had sold out. More than 300 moon buns are being cleaned and ready to go home.
Although it was approaching the closing time of the night market, customers kept coming to the stall and asked, "Auntie, do you still have buns?" Another girl said coquettishly, "The baby is here, the buns are gone!" Facing the failure to eat the moon Auntie Guo kept apologizing to Mo's customers: "Sorry, I'm sorry. Come earlier next time, and Auntie will add more things for you."
Who is Aunt Guo?
She has been selling moon buns at Sanjiang Night Market for 9 years
After more than ten minutes of work, Aunt Guo chatted with the reporter about selling moon buns.
It turned out that her hometown was in Henan, and her husband Mr. Kong's hometown was in Yangzhou.
Because Yangzhou is relatively close to Nanjing, the two came to Nanjing for development. At first, they worked as part-time workers to make money.
After giving birth to a child, I thought of selling moon buns.
She admitted that this is mainly for family life and is more free.
Aunt Guo first sold moon buns on September 8, 2013, and has been doing it for 9 years.
Recalling the scene of selling moon buns, she was filled with emotion: "It was difficult when we first launched moon buns, because everyone didn't know what moon buns were."
Aunt Guo's first customer was a girl who had just graduated from Sanjiang College. She set up a stall at the school gate selling flowers.
After observing for a long time, the girl said, "Auntie, are you new here? Make me a bun to try." After eating, the girl said happily, "Auntie, why didn't you come earlier, this bun is so delicious, It's so affordable!" Because it was the first order of business, Aunt Guo added a lot of things to her.
At the beginning, Aunt Guo made the steamed buns with her bare hands. The girl who sold the head flower said politely: "Auntie, I have a suggestion for you. You can wear gloves, which will be cleaner and hygienic." The girl also smiled and said: " Auntie, you can also add a little lettuce." Aunt Guo obeyed the girl's suggestion, put on gloves, and added lettuce to the moon bun.
When it first opened, Auntie Guo's business was not good, so she chatted with every student who bought moon cakes, listened carefully to their opinions and made improvements.
Some southern students had never seen Doupi, so they kept staring at Aunt Guo.
A student asked: "Auntie, what is this, can you add a little more?" Aunt Guo replied: "This is bean curd, no problem, I'll add more for you."
Later, Aunt Guo found that many students asked the same thing, so she no longer waited for the students to speak, she would take the initiative to ask: "Son, is there enough bean curd, do you want to add more?" After a long time, this sentence became her mantra.
Two months later, Aunt Guo's Moon Cake, with its "super cheap and huge amount", has attracted many teachers and students of Sanjiang College.
Xiaoxiong, a graduate of Sanjiang College, told reporters that she has been eating moon buns sold by Aunt Guo since her freshman year. "I was attracted when I first saw moon buns. I thought a moon bun would cost 20 to 30 yuan. I think that you can eat enough for as little as 10 yuan." Xiaoxiong buys moon buns several times a month, and sometimes brings them to his roommates, "We sometimes eat it for dinner, and our two girls will be full after eating one. ."
Aunt Guo's Internet celebrity road
The catchphrase "Child, is it enough? Add more if it's not enough"
Recalling the experience of setting up a stall in front of the No. 4 gate of Sanjiang College to sell moon buns, Aunt Guo told reporters that when it rained, she would always have no time to bag moon buns, and students who came to buy would hold umbrellas with one hand and another with Help with bagging.
Seeing the half-wet student, Aunt Guo felt very sad.
When she got home, she said to her husband, "It's not easy for the children. It's too hard for them to help." Later, Aunt Guo designed a box that can automatically bag the moon buns.
Over time, Aunt Guo and the students became more and more familiar.
When some students see the sauce on Aunt Guo's face, they will say: "Auntie, don't move, I will wipe it off for you." Aunt Guo also likes to be with students, "As long as I see the smiles of the children, I will very happy."
Aunt Guo never thought that the moon buns she made would be so popular and even popular on the Internet.
At the end of 2018, a student walked up to the booth and said, "Auntie, you are popular on the Internet." Later, Aunt Guo learned from the students that a student had posted a video of her selling moon buns on a short video platform, attracting attention. Many netizens pay attention.
Faced with so many people suddenly, she was both moved and apprehensive, "The children come to me from so far away, what should I do if they are not satisfied with their food?" When she got home, after discussing with her husband, she decided to take every meal of the moon. Add more meat to the bun.
In this way, the tenderloin in Aunt Guo's moon bun has also increased from the original one large piece to the current three large pieces.
Another of her mantras, "Enough is enough, child, do you want to add more meat" has also become popular on the Internet.
Share the secret to the popularity of moon buns
Small profits but quick turnover and the fireworks of the night market
Talking about the secret of Moon Bread's popularity, Aunt Guo said frankly: "In fact, there is no secret, I just take a small thing as a big thing." Why is Moon Bun so popular?
In Aunt Guo's view, the Sanjiang Night Market is mainly down-to-earth and has an urban firework atmosphere. "In front of the booth, children eat moon buns while standing and chatting. This kind of scene makes people happy and fulfilled." According to Aunt Guo, She and her husband can sell more than 300 moon buns at Sanjiang Night Market every night, and the sales increase on weekends, with small profits but quick turnover.
In 2015, Mr. Kong quit his job to accompany Aunt Guo to sell moon buns.
Talking about her husband, Aunt Guo said: "He is very hard working, very tolerant of me, and always acts as my strong backing." Aunt Guo and her husband get up at 6 am every morning. After sending their children to school, they will steam buns, wash vegetables, and make sauces. I guess... I can't rest until noon.
At 4 p.m., they had to drive a tricycle to the stall at the Sanjiang Night Market and start working for up to 6 hours.
It was 1:00 am the next day when I went to rest at night.
Although life is hard, Aunt Guo is very happy. "Husbands and wives need to support each other like this."
Despite the attention of many people, Aunt Guo always considers herself an ordinary person.
She said: "No matter how popular I am online, I position myself as someone who works hard for life. Since the children like me so much, I will set an example for them and try to be a positive aunt. Let them know, A good life is not easy to come by, and life will be beautiful only if you endure hardships.”
Ziniu News trainee reporter Yan Chunxu