the famous old man in Nanchong to sell pineapple, a netizen moved to him, photographed his pineapple, several websites launched, tens of thousands of netizens in a week. Ever since he got on the Internet, someone has gone to buy his pineapple. Recently, the West China Metropolis Daily reporter found "pineapple old man" to understand the story behind the old man.
smoking and tea without business
in Nanchong culture road Affiliated Hospital of Chuanbei Medical College entrance, see 92 year old old man sitting under the big tree, holding a silver white tea cup, drinking boiled water and eating. Peach slices.
"master, how much is the pineapple a piece?" "two dollars!" the old man put the cup on the flower stand, straightened up, took a pineapple from the tricycle, and put 2 yuan of zero money into his pocket.
"I won't go home at noon. I'll eat whatever you like." In the middle of April, the old man wore a winter hat and wore thick clothes. His eyebrows and beards were already white.
see only his hand and foot rope, a machete on his hand, blinking the pineapple peeling, block, and then covered with a plastic film, put in a water bottle, can cover ash, moisturizing. The old man did not shout. When he was not in business, he sat down under the tree, smoking cheap cigarettes and drinking tea slowly.
"now we need to sell four or five pineapples every day!" the old man said. He seldom watches television. He doesn't know what Internet is. He doesn't know that there are so many people on the Internet watching himself.
Shu Haiquan, who was not willing to drag her daughter
92 years old, came from the countryside of Wenfeng town in Jialing district. After his wife died, it has been 30 years for the fruit business to come to Nanchong alone.
"can sell thirty pineapples a day, and each pineapple can earn two or three yuan." Shu Haiquan said, from the south door fruit market, once bought, usually sold out for two days. After pineapple was pulled from the fruit market to the street, it was then peeled, and each pineapple was divided into three pieces, each selling two yuan. "This is the wholesale price difference. I have a simple peeling process. Sometimes it's a little painful on the leg, and the body can still get it! "The old man said.
the old man said not only to sell pineapples, but also to sell them in season.
the fruit stand of the old people is mobile. Cultural Road, Fujiang road and people's South Road are the biggest traffic streets in Nanchong. "These streets are a kind of strict management Street. They are not allowed to set up stalls on these streets." A Chengguan law enforcement officer introduces that it is not easy to see old people and earn some money. They are generally persuading the old man to pay attention to the parking place of the tricycle and pay attention to the safety of the traffic.
daughter did not want father to do business
5 p.m., the last pineapple sold out, the old man rode a tricycle, around the five star garden, left and right, slowly back to the old West River Bridge. It takes 40 minutes for the old man to ride a car all the way.
"the wife dies early, the son dies early, the daughter son-in-law also has their matter, I depend on selling pineapple to maintain the life now. If I can save a little bit, I will not walk any longer. I am not afraid of no money. "
"we shouted to him not to be so tired, but he wouldn't listen." The old man's daughter said on the phone that his father was used to such a life. It was a day when he could not do business. She would get her father to his home to keep him alive.