Editor's note: Last year August, our newspaper " the netizen builds QQ to brush shoe old person group " article, narrate the old practice that Xiamen street gives a person to brush shoe old person, this senile old person causes a netizen to pay close attention to, netizens ever still built QQ for him group. One year is lain between when, the reporter finds this old person, bearing of his life work, the way one speaks or what he says lets us be full of interest.

■ even if sit in the client such as street, the old person also is bouncy, be all smiles.

■ although the hand can tremble,the old person brushs a shoe, meticulous however.

Midday of every the world at 5 o'clock half, punctual appear in shoeshine of start working of crossing of edifice of golden a list of names posted up, came off work partly at 6 o'clock, at latest also arrives only at 7 o'clock; Breakfast together 5, chinese meal together 5, must drink a bottle of beer of 3 money in the evening, drank comfortable -- this is He Guoming of 82 years old of old people everyday the life.
He says: "I have two principles: Do not steal, 2 do not grab, rely on labor to have a meal. Rely on labor to have a meal..

Abstain a foot to step tool street to brush a shoe to junior

The guest came, the customer drives electric car to come. The old person moves self-restrained foot to step, the foot steps is done with 4 batten, most below one grows quite, he himself is walking to secure with the foot, the batten above, put a foot to the client, the client walks on batten, let him brush a shoe. The old person says, originally the guest puts aside crural case to be broken bad, he did this foot to step.
He takes a cloth adroitly, brush on client shoe, wipe again go up bit of shoeshine, brush shoeshine with little brush, reoccupy big brush brushs full whole vamp, hit waxing again, with list polish. Old person start is a bit slow, when brushing vamp with the brush, the hand trembles a bit. Very serious nevertheless, brushed this to change that only, 3 5 except 2, be less than 7 minutes, two shoe are done decided. The client draws out 5 yuan of money, let him search, he gave the other side 3 yuan.
"Learn with others, how is others brushed, how am I brushed. " the old person says, when just beginning to brush, a pair of shoes can brush half hour, some just a little ten minutes. He is in Xiamen shoeshine 9 years, began 1999. "Abdomen is hungry, what is conceivable. " the old person says, this is the reason of his shoeshine.
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