In his own restaurant, behind Chen Wei is a banner sent by the old man.

It seems not uncommon to send a meal to a strange old man for free, but what if this love lasts for 7 years?

In Liuhe District, Nanjing, there is a young man named Chen Wei. 16 years old, went out alone, started as an apprentice, and worked as a pastry chef and chef. At the age of 28, I started my own business and opened a small restaurant with an area of 100 square meters. In the winter of 20 1 1, he met an old man who was nearly eighty years old in Zhang Yuhua and came to order food. Seeing that the old man was alone, he decided to deliver meals for the old man for free, which lasted for nearly seven years.

Niu Zi reporter Mei Jianming Intern Xu Mengyun Wen/photo

The story of "love feast"

Now deliver lunch.

The door of the old man was half open, as if waiting for the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Chen Wei.

When Niu Zi journalist saw Chen Wei yesterday, he was cooking in the kitchen. I saw him skillfully cooking stoves and ingredients, busy between several cauldrons. After a while, shredded pork fried yam and fungus, fried seasonal vegetables, vegetable and egg soup, and put a few pieces of meat in the soup. Three hot dishes were baked, and the amount was quite sufficient. The reporter calculated according to the menu price, about thirty or forty yuan. Old people usually eat these dishes for lunch and dinner.

"It's cold, and the old man said he wanted something light." Chen put vegetables and soup into a plastic basket and told reporters. "I used to send a lot, but now I am busy, and my wife sends a lot."

Buff reporter followed Chen Wei and his wife Yang Ling to Zhang Yuhua's old people in Shangxianyuan community in Xuanwu District. The road is not far, cross the road, turn east into Shangxianyuan community, and walk about 80 meters to the community where the elderly live.

"It is not easy to give Mrs. Zhang a meal again. Today is two people. " On the way, a familiar middle-aged woman greeted Chen Wei and his wife.

At 0 1 1 point, Zhang Yuhua's old man's door was half open, as if waiting for their arrival. Chen Wei and his wife pushed open the door and walked into Grandma Zhang's house. The room is a little dark, but it is clean. Grandma Zhang stood up trembling and said, "Xiao Yang, thank you for coming!" " Looking up and seeing Chen Wei behind Yang Ling, Grandma Zhang quickly moved away and turned on the light: "Wow, Xiao Chen is here, come and sit down, thank you!" Grandma Zhang said as she took Yang Ling's hand and asked them to sit down.

"You are a good man. I wouldn't be alive without you. I'm glad to meet you. " Grandma Zhang got excited as she spoke, and her eyes were wet.

"It's nothing. Don't get excited, take care of yourself. " Chen Wei hurried forward to hold Grandma Zhang.

Grandma Zhang was so excited that she burst into tears when she learned that the reporter was visiting. She said, "You should have reported it a long time ago. I really want to thank them for sending me meals for four years. " The old man held out four fingers and suddenly shook hands with him, saying that he was crazy and couldn't remember how many years.

Grandma Zhang took the lunch box from Chen Wei and put it carefully on the table. Then, she took Mr. and Mrs. Chen Wei to see the little plants she raised on the balcony. She smiled and said, which pot of flowers just grew out and which pot almost froze to death. ...

Memories of first acquaintance

In the winter of 20 1 1, I took orders from the elderly and began to deliver food for free.

Grandma Zhang told reporters that thanks to Yangling, Chen Weihe, these years. "Xiao Yang's parents just returned home, and I told her that I would die alone in the future! Reluctant to let them go. "

Chen Wei explained that his wife Yang Ling's parents are from Guizhou. When she came to stay in Nanjing two months ago, she often came to Grandma Zhang's house to chat with the elderly to relieve boredom. A few days ago, my parents-in-law returned to their hometown in Guizhou, and Grandma Zhang was reluctant to part with it. In fact, my parents often come from Liuhe to see the elderly and accompany her to relieve boredom.

Yang Ling told Niu Zi journalist that she had regarded the old man as her elder.

Chen Wei was a little vague about how long it would take for the meal to be delivered to Grandma Zhang. "Six or seven years." Chen Wei said. Under the reminder of his wife, they combed it and remembered that the first meal delivery was in the winter of 20 1 1 year after the hotel opened two years ago.

"The first time I saw Grandma Zhang, it was probably the winter of 20 1 1. That day, she limped to my restaurant with a cane and said that she would fry some dishes. " Chen Wei said that when the old man checked out, he began to say that his legs and feet were inconvenient and asked the waiter to send the fried dishes to her home. At that time, Chen Wei's restaurant had just opened and business was not very good. After cooking, Chen Wei touched grandma Zhang's house. After entering the door, she found that she lived in a single room with simple furnishings. Just business is not busy, Chen Weihe chatted for a while and knew that she was an old man living alone.

"She said that she was almost 80 years old and there was no one around to take care of her. I hope to order some cooking in my hotel in the future. As for the price, it is easy to discuss. " Chen Wei said that after he returned to the hotel, he told his wife about Grandma Zhang. After discussion, the two decided to take over this "business" and send meals to the elderly regularly, but they don't accept money from the elderly.

"To tell you the truth, restaurants at that time didn't make money, but it was not easy to think of old people. Even if we lose money, we don't care about this mouth. " Chen Wei said.

"We ask Grandma Zhang what she likes to eat every day and send it to her. Sometimes she doesn't say anything, so we just make some special dishes in the shop. On holidays, I will send her some jiaozi and chicken soup. Our hotel will have a holiday for a few days in the New Year, and then cook a few days in advance and send it to her. " Chen Wei's wife Yang Ling said.

It's not easy to persist.

The community didn't know about it until six or seven years ago.

"It's really not easy for our boss to persist for so many years. Every time the food is delivered, the quantity is sufficient and the taste is good. We all admire it. " An employee who has followed Chen Wei for many years told Niuzi Xinbao that eating in a restaurant now costs 30 to 40 yuan, more than 10,000 yuan a year, and 1967 costs 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.

Shanshan Ge, former deputy secretary of Chen Wei's Moxiang community, told Niu Zi: "Zhang Yuhua is 86 years old and lives in Shangxianyuan. His wife died many years ago, leaving her to live alone. " In the middle of last year, when she visited the elderly in Zhang Yuhua, she learned that Chen Wei had been delivering meals for many years. "Boss Chen's care for the elderly lasted for six or seven years. He and his family often come to chat with the elderly, and sometimes organize employees to visit her and accompany her. It's not just a meal. Their public welfare behavior is the positive energy of our community. "

Shanshan Ge said that there is a 90-year-old couple in her community, and their children are not around. They also want to cook and deliver food through the restaurant outside. She contacted Chen Wei, but she didn't expect Chen Wei to agree without saying anything. After tasting, the couple unanimously decided to order food here. "I can't give the boss Chen to increase the burden. He delivered meals to the couple, and each person only charged 8 yuan money for each meal. Really cheap. " Shanshan Ge told Niuzi journalist that she had the idea of giving some subsidies to Chen Wei by turning Chen Wei's restaurant into a dining place for the elderly in the community.

Chen Wei, who is not good at words, has always said that taking care of the elderly is only a trivial matter. But the old man doesn't think so. In order to thank the Chen Wei family for their help over the years, Grandma Zhang specially sent a banner a few years ago. Recently, the old man strolled into the store and accidentally saw a hole in the banner because of a long time. She was very worried. A few days later, she sent a new banner: a gift to all the staff of the new cooker-caring for the number of elderly people living alone, as always, the real contribution is not that relatives are better than relatives.

Love couple Empresses in the Palace

Hard work and sincerity are "magic weapons"

Chen Wei doesn't like to argue with others, more because of his hard entrepreneurial process. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, Chen Wei left his hometown in Liuhe, Nanjing and became an apprentice plumber. Because he is young and weak, the water pipe can't move. Three months later, he switched to a small shop to learn how to make cakes. Three months later, he became a master and worked alone for three years. In order to be a generalist, he quit his job with stable skills, transferred to a hotel to learn cooking, and then a series of job-hopping.

"As an apprentice, starting from scratch, there is no rest time for a month. I sleep in flower beds, park benches, hotel restaurants ... "Chen Wei said that getting up at 3 am and going to bed at 8 pm every day is very common in the chef industry. Chen Wei said that in the most difficult time, I lived with my relatives, a few kilometers away from the hotel. I walk to work, I don't have a car, I'm afraid of being late, and I even run to work. "In order to save money, I have suffered all kinds of hardships." Chen Wei recalled that from knowing how to make pasta, to learning to cook, and then to being a "lotus flower" in a restaurant, he went to the kitchen early every day to make preparations, then helped the chef prepare dishes, taste dishes and set the table, and then became a master.

"When making cakes in 2002, the salary was very high, more than 3,000 a month. Later, I switched to cooking, with only 500 yuan a month. I must learn to keep a low profile. Starting from the bottom chef, it took me three years to fry from thirteen stoves to one stove. " Chen Wei said, in fact, life is like this, step by step, from low to high, there are failures and successes, the key is to know how to pay and know how to be grateful.

"I remember when I first opened the store, the business in our store was not very good. Because of the booming business, there are not enough tables in the restaurant next door. I often come to my store to borrow a table, and I will lend it to others enthusiastically. " Chen Wei's wife Yang Ling said that after they got married, they opened this small restaurant. At first, they didn't know how to do business. The first two years were difficult, and then I slowly learned how to attract guests. "You should treat people sincerely, keep the cooking standard and the price is reasonable." Yang Ling said that the business gradually got better and opened a branch. The progress over the years depends on treating people sincerely and treating customers like relatives.

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