Look at rising prices from a low budget pancake seller in Ji'nan
called Qi Guan Bo. This year is 52 years old, and is a resident of Wen Wen Road community in Lixia District, Ji'nan.
at 7:35 on November 8th, the reporter saw him on the roadside opposite a hospital on Cultural West Road.
is the peak hours of work. The traffic flow is endless, and the sound of cars, ringtones, cars and flutes is constantly heard.
Lao Qi lowered his head, standing at the stalls of the manpower tricycle, his hands kept busy, and the customers came next to him. About a minute, a yellow, fragrant pancake fruit was freshly baked. The reporter had interviewed him for fourth years in a row, and he was still wearing a jacket that had been worn out like an old fashioned armed police uniform, with more white hair on the temples and wrinkles on his face.
asked him about his recent business. Lao Qi repeatedly shook his head and said, "every time prices rise, I feel flustered. I am looking back on this stall, looking at the price of flour, eggs, oil and miso. I can't hold up. It has risen from the previous two to five yuan, but someone will not eat it. "
when a young man came over and asked the price, he turned to the nearby stall for two yuan and bought a "iron fillet". After a while, a little girl walked over and asked if it could be cheap. Qi suggested that it could be reduced to two pieces of three.
went home from unemployment in the autumn of 2001. Initially, after eight roads, the road was transformed and moved to the vicinity of No. 2 middle school in Ji'nan. Shortly after the relocation of the second middle school, thanks to the coordination of the comrades of the Wenwen Road neighborhood committee and the urban management, in 2009, Lao Qi's stalls moved to a small alley near the Cultural West Road. Since June this year, the cultural road has been reformed again. After the transformation, his stalls need to be moved again. Lao Qi said, "we can only take one step to see one step."
compared with the first interview in 2007, Lao Qi had more worries. At that time, his family's biggest expense was his wife's illness. Chen Faqin, the wife of old Qi, has not been working, suffering from a variety of diseases such as heart disease, cervical spondylosis, rheumatoid arthritis and so on. "There is no good place for the whole body". Although every way saves the medicine, 5000 yuan of medical fee is still unbearable at home. In March 2009, the old house was demolished and the compensation was not enough to buy a new house. Under the help of the neighborhood committee, Lao Qi rented a 20 square meter building in the West Road of 700 yuan a month. The rent of the house rose by 50 yuan this year. In July of that year, his son was admitted to the Ji'nan railway Career Technical College. The annual tuition and living expenses would be more than ten thousand yuan.
at the moment, the most old Qi headache is the price, the pancake fruit is small, but the material is exquisite, there are nearly 10 kinds of flour, peppers, cilants, shallots, eggs, peanut oil, oil sticks and so on, but now the raw materials are not rising, like eggs and so on. As the weather turns cold, the output is lower and the price may go further, this may be further higher, Let the old Qi feel pressure.
due to increased expenditure, Lao Qi family had to save and save money, but unexpectedly, it incurred more losses. In May 26th this year, because of eating some leftovers, at 10 o'clock in the evening, Lao Qi suddenly suffered from abdominal pain. He persisted until 11 in the evening and began to roll on the floor with pain. The ambulance was sent to the hospital, and more than ten items were examined. It was identified as intestinal thrombosis. In the afternoon of the second day, medical expenses had spent more than 4000 yuan. Despite the strong dissuade of his wife and doctor, Lao Qi resolutely left the hospital. Fortunately, there will be a little pressure on health insurance last year. After a week in bed, he began to get up at 5 in the morning and go out on the tricycle to set up the stall.
speak more than 8 points, customers gradually less, because of fear of interference in city management, the booth began to disperse. Lao Qi pushed the car to the rear of the roadside building baffle. Beside, a middle-aged woman with a mask came up with a tricycle and took off her mask, which turned out to be Lao Qi's wife.
"you can set up stall, can your body do it?" The reporter couldn't help but surprise.
"yes, you can't stay at home. By the way, my trachea can't bear the smell of soot, there is no way.
to collect the stall to go home, the reporter and the two waved goodbye. Lao Qi told reporters that now their urban subsistence allowances increased year by year, now 360 yuan per month, a family of three minus family income, a monthly supplement of about 600 yuan. Besides, the neighborhood committee has always taken good care of their families. Although their days are hard, they can still get through.
Lao Qi said his greatest hope lies on his son. After all, the son is still young, Lu Zhengchang