At The Age Of Eighty, He Went To The Streets To Sell Shoes: "I Can Feed Myself. "

"How do you sell tiger shoes?"

"Ten dollars and one pair."

On the morning of December 8th, people from Duan Xiulian's shoe booth asked people to buy shoes at the gate of the east gate of Guan Lin new business.

This is the 80 year old Duan Xiulian who has sold tiger shoes for third years.

At such a great age, I should have said that I should have enjoyed the good fortune at home. Duan Xiulian said, "my ears are not deaf and my eyes are not flowers. I can feed myself."

"Speculation" to go to business

Duan Xiulian is Sun Zhuang village in the ancient town of Luolong district.

She had three sons and two daughters, and the children had already got married, leaving the old two to live alone.

Duan Xiulian sells more than 100 pairs of tiger shoes every year to sell in the market, but her own child did not pass through the shoes she made when she was a child.

At that time, Duan Xiulian was busy.

After liberation, Duan Xiulian became the director of the women's Federation of the village. Every day, she was very busy and had no time to take care of her children.

In the early 80s of last century, two daughter-in-law gave birth to children.

Because the family was too poor to look at the little baby crying for food, Duan Xiulian decided to go to sea and do business.

At that time, just after reform and opening up, as a person in the village came out to do business, Duan Xiulian, more than 50, was under a lot of pressure. Some even said she was "speculation".

However, in order to let the children live a good life, she clenched her teeth and persisted.

Pick up the train and go out.

When Duan Xiulian started his business, he mainly sold clothes.

She sold the children's clothes in Luoyang and sold them to Luoyang for sale, so that she could earn a lot of money by selling two pieces of goods one by one.

At that time, it was difficult to get on the train. Duan Xiulian often followed other businesses to pick up trains.

So high the train window, Duan Xiulian did not need any help, and suddenly turned in.

In retrospect, even she could not help laughing. "It's ridiculous to think about it. I don't know how I got on the train."

In the first year, Duan Xiulian went to Shijiazhuang, where he lived for a year.

She brought the children's clothing produced in Luoyang to sell there, earning a net income of 3 yuan.

When she came back, her bag was full of buttons and zippers.

For the first time in business, she had no experience. She didn't know that luggage could be checked, so she wrapped up thousands of clothes and carried it on her shoulders.

Later, she learned how to check her luggage first and get on the train easily.

Leading young people to "go to sea"

In the first year, he made a lot of money in Shijiazhuang, and Duan Xiulian's family was much better.

With the taste of sweetness, Duan Xiulian was more vigorous in doing business.

Duan Xiulian began to go down south to Zhejiang, Shanghai, Wuxi, Suzhou and other places to dress and bring them back to sales at Guan Lin conference.

At that time, there were three meetings in a month. There was always Duan Xiulian's thin and capable figure at the meeting.

When the children in the village saw that Duan Xiulian was well off in business and wanted to follow suit, Duan Xiulian took them out to do business.

She went to sea with her two nephews, three children, and five or six young people in the village.

"Now, some of them have made big business."

Duan Xiulian said with pride.

During the conversation, a middle-aged woman came in and clutched the newly exchanged change.

Her name is Fan Hualan. She is one of the young people who came out to do business with Duan Xiulian more than ten years ago.

Now, her business is booming, and she is grateful to Duan Xiulian.

Full of money

After more than ten years of business, Duan Xiulian was most impressed by his visit to Yunnan.

It was in the 80s of last century that Duan Xiulian, who had already had some experience, went to Yunnan to do business with her village, Xiang, who was 20 years younger than her.

They took the children's clothes made in Luoyang and sat on the train for three days and three nights to Yunnan (which city Duan Xiulian had forgotten).

When they got there, two people first found a cadre lodge to stay, although it cost a lot of money to spend 10 yuan a night, but because there was often a night rush to get money in a small hotel, two people thought they still lived in the insurance of the cadre hotel.

After settling in, both of them went to the market to find places to sell clothes.

I found out that the tax registration certificate in Luoyang could not be used locally. Both of them were frightened. Duan Xiulian said, "if you pay taxes again, it will be several hundred dollars!"

Who knew that the local tax in Yunnan was low at that time, and later Duan Xiulian paid only 10 yuan for the tax registration.

After living in Yunnan for a whole month, Duan Xiulian and the 3000 children's clothes they had brought with them were sold out, earning a total of more than 10 thousand yuan.

When I came back, all two people's pockets were full of money.

"I can't be idle."

According to Duan Xiulian, the old friend is an honest, silent talkative. When she comes out to do business, her old friends are planting land and feeding cattle and sheep at home.

A few years ago, Duan Xiulian unfortunately broke his leg at Guan Lin conference.

Later, leg injuries were raised, but the children no longer allowed Duan Xiulian to go to the market.

Ordinarily, she is more than 70 years old, should she rest at home?

But Duan Xiulian refused.

She said, "I can't be idle."

Duan Xiulian put his energy on the cattle and sheep at home.

Feed two cows and six sheep a year.

Duan Xiulian said: "feeding cattle from small calf to big cattle will get a good price at the end of the year.

A cow can sell for 2000 yuan, and six sheep worth thousands of miles. "

Since 2004, many villagers in Gucheng and many villages have moved to the resettlement area. Duan Xiulian has no longer planted land.

It's time to rest.

Children want to let the elderly enjoy their happiness at home, but Duan Xiulian just can't afford to relax.

In second years, she came up with a new project -- tiger shoes, to sell on the market.

Duan Xiulian did not teach herself. She said, "this thing will be done naturally when it is old."

Every year, she starts to do her shoes. When the weather is warm, she starts to make shoes. She can make one hundred or two hundred pairs a year, and then earn 1000 yuan in winter.

"I don't think I'm old enough to go through the needle."

Duan Xiulian picked up the tiger shoes she made and laughed.