Ah Feng is from Jiangxi Province, 23 years old. He has been in the store for more than a year. In my impression, he always has a smile on his face. On New Year's Day, I went to sit in the store, and he came over and said that the people who distribute the golden newspapers are disgusting. In order to expand the circulation, they asked them to give some people free newspapers. Originally, each person will send 500 copies, but now 1,000 copies will be sent for three months. After that, I have to go to the door to ask if they want it. This means that his workload is twice as large as before. It was originally a complaint, but Ah Feng kept smiling and said, like what happened to others. In addition to a job in a coffee shop, Ah Feng also has a newspaper delivery errand at Gold News. His working hours start at 12:00 noon. He usually works in a coffee shop until he goes home at 0:00. He goes out to deliver newspapers at four or five in the morning, two and a half hours, and then goes back to sleep. The coffee shop is doing well, and the later the day, the more customers; the work of the newspaper is not idle all the time. A few days ago I found out that he actually has a son who is over a year old. During the Chinese New Year, his wife also came here to make a living. Now a family of three lives in a nearby temporary housing.
There used to be a guy in "here there", who was handsome and active. He made coffee in his own way. When Ah Feng first came to replace him, he didn't understand anything. The old customers at the beginning complained that he was dull. After a long time, he A simple and honest smile has become the most beneficial weapon to ease the relationship between him and the guests. When your cup of tea is running out of tea, he will come to add it. When you come and go, he can call your name to say hello or say goodbye. Accidentally, I found that when you talk about things, it doesn't matter whether this guy exists or not. He is already an unattainable existence in the coffee shop and has won the trust of customers. Ling Hui, the owner of "Here and There", initially wanted Ah Feng to read some books, so that he could talk well in the store and communicate with customers, but he changed his mind later. Ah Feng reached a tacit understanding with the guests in his own way, and his strong survival force made him take root here.
Yesterday, I passed by "Here and There" again, Ah Feng went out to buy something, I talked to Ling Hui about him, Ling Hui said, "A Feng's power that shocked me the most was forbearance.
This morning, my cat was watching Jia Zhangke's "The Three Gorges" at home (the film's removal of "The World" left me with a sense of disappointment), the film's male lead Han Sanming reminded me of Ah Feng, and in them the power of Chinese traditions silently It supports them to live, love and face the changes of the times. Ling Hui said that Ah Feng was so confident that he even frankly told others that his mother was picking up trash in Shanghai. He never thought how humble his mother was. In the film, after Han Sanming exhaled a puff of cigarette, his resolute expression and the story told in the film make me have no doubt that he has the same reason to be proud as Ah Feng. They are stronger than most of us.
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