Shoeshine Workers Start A New World Of Shoemaking.

I don't know when I was in Delingha square. shoes A woman worker, a backrest chair, a small stool, and a small shoe shining box is their tool. They run for their livelihood every day. But it was their efforts that made many passers-by shine.

　　 The monthly income is about 1000 yuan.

On the square outside the gate of the gourmet city is the gathering place of the shoeshine in Delingha. A chair and stool is lined up on both sides of the square. Some shoeshine workers have their shoes and shoes brushed on their hands, and they repeatedly brush back and forth on the customers' leather shoes. Some have their shoes and shoes in their hands, and they rub back and forth quickly on the leather shoes of their customers. After a few minutes, leather shoes that have fallen into the dust have become completely new in their hands.

Recently, the reporter came to the square outside the food city and chatted with the shoeshine woman Zhao Da Jie.

Zhao said that she came from Qinghai's Minhe County for six or seven years. Her hometown had no friends and other ways to earn money except farming. So she took her children to Delingha with her husband and worked in a supermarket when she first came. Because her family often had to ask for a leave of absence from the supermarket, she left her job in the supermarket, but the elder sister of was a restless person. An accidental opportunity was encouraged by the women's Federation to dry shoeshine. She thought, now many people are accustomed to wearing leather shoes, leather shoes are always dirty, with the improvement of people's living standards, many people do not want to bother to wipe their shoes, but also like to wipe shoes booth shoes, in addition, shoeshine easy to learn time can also be arranged freely. In order to earn more money to pay for his family, Zhao every day, he explored money and cooked lunch for the children. At noon, he used to bring cakes and boiled water to fill his stomach. He worked until seven or eight in the evening. She said, wipe a pair of shoes 3 yuan, now the shoe shining people also more and more, if she is lucky, she can earn thirty or forty yuan a day, bad luck can only earn ten yuan. If it rains, windy and other weather can not go out to wipe shoes, so the monthly income is only about one thousand yuan.

What makes her happy is winter and holidays. Not only was the business good, but some customers would pay more for her. shoes Fei.

　　 Making money hard but steadfast

Although shoeshine work is hard, it does not affect their optimism. The shoeshine King sister is one of them. With a cake in her hand, sister Wang, who was holding a cup on the other hand, ate and chatted with her companion. Sister Wang did not feel that shoeshine was a very low work. She said she earned money by working hard, and shoeshine was a little tired, but her time was free, and her monthly income of more than one thousand yuan was enough to cover the basic expenses of her family. She felt satisfied. For a long time, lowering her head and shoeshine, her activity has brought her many diseases. For eight or nine years, sister Wang repeats simple and boring shoes polishing every day. "Maybe others will think that shoes are dirty, but shoeshine does not steal or steal. It is earned by labor, not dirty."

Wipe Shoemaker The reporter saw that most of the people engaged in the industry were middle-aged people. Sister Wang told reporters: "now people who want to do shoeshine work are fewer and fewer."

What is the reason for this? Wang said, in the final analysis, young people think that shoeshine is "not decent enough". At this time, the elder sister Zhao sitting next to me said, "we earn money by hard labor, and there is nothing wrong with shoeshine."

In a corner of the bustling city is their world. For shoeshine workers, this is also a dream world that carries their jobs and become rich.

　　 Enthusiastic service wins many repeat customers.

Zhao, while chatting with reporters, stared at the surroundings and saw someone coming out. He immediately greeted him. "Boss, shine your shoes and wipe your shoes." She was eager to attract customers, and gazed at each other with expectant eyes. The customer sat down to shine shoes, and Zhao elder sister always warmly received. She said that if you want to earn more money, you will have to rely on repeat customers. The service is good, warm and thoughtful, and guests are naturally willing to patronize.

A young lady came to wipe her shoes. Zhao sister greeted her warmly and sat down. Zhao Da Jie skillfully took the shoe polish cloth first to hit the soil on the shoes, and quickly took out the dirty paste, cleaned the shoes from the beginning to the end, oiled and polished. After more than ten minutes, the leather shoes of the guests became glossy and shiny. The young lady said happily, "this elder sister is very good at craftsmanship. Originally, a pair of old shoes were rubbed with the elder sister as well as the newly bought ones." Facing the praise of the guests, Zhao smiled and smiled.

Zhao elder sister also said, because everywhere stalls obstruct the appearance of the city, so now they are concentrated by the relevant departments to this square, no longer need to wipe shoes as before, but also have to pay attention to the trend of urban management.