People and Things in the Eyes of Small Supermarket Owners (1)

As the proprietress of a supermarket in China for eight years, the people I come into contact with most every day are all kinds of people. Originally, the supermarket was opened in an area where people from China gather, so basically 6% of the customers are from China, including southerners, northerners, Hongkong people and Taiwan Province people. 2% Asian guests, including Vietnamese, Japanese, Koreans, Thais, Filipinos and Malaysians. The remaining 2% are foreigners, British and Europeans.

observing all kinds of people every day is also the most interesting thing in my opinion. Chatting with all kinds of people every day is also the most interesting thing for me. As I opened the store for longer and longer, I gradually became friends with these guests. I know what this person does, where he lives, whether he is married or not. I know that XXX just broke up with his girlfriend. I also know that XXX has just opened a restaurant. I even know that XXX's husband was sent back to China last month and she has found someone to light a fire.

The small supermarket in China is like an information exchange station, so I know a lot of people I didn't know before and know a lot of things I didn't know before. Today I want to talk about a group with a large number of people in Britain-Fujian people.

Most Fujian people in Britain come from two places: Fuqing and Changle.

When I first arrived in England, I was very afraid of Fujian people, because I always listened to people around me telling me not to mess with Fujian people. Most of them have no identity and are doing things like fighting, extortion and robbery, and they are very United. If you offend one, everyone in the village will come after you and teach you a lesson.

I just opened a supermarket in China in 25, and found that most of the revenue supporting the turnover actually came from them. Their purchasing power was beyond my expectation. With the in-depth understanding, I know that most of them have several characteristics in common: they have no identity, they don't speak English very well, and they spent about 2, RMB on smuggling, so they have to make money because they have to pay off the debts owed by smuggling. They have a strong desire to make money, so they work hard and can bear hardships.

Most of them are engaged in these industries: restaurants, decoration and selling CDs.

Selling CDs is an industry I didn't know before, that is, selling pirated movies and CDs on the street. It started around 22 and quickly blossomed all over Britain. Since I opened a supermarket in 25, their business has reached its peak. There are about one or two wholesale places in each region (they are called disc stalls), and there are more than a dozen burners in the stalls that keep spinning every day. Fujian people who sell CDs go out with big bags full of CDs every morning, wander around their usual sites, and gently ask passers-by and street shops: DVD? DVD?

It costs about 15-2 pounds to watch a movie in the cinema, and it usually costs 1 pounds to buy 3-5 pirated discs (depending on whether you can bargain), so it is conceivable that the business is booming, and there will be hundreds of thousands of incomes every day. After work in the evening, they usually go to the dish stall to replenish food, and then they will come to our supermarket to buy food. They are quite willing to spend money on food, especially seafood and pork, so that Mr. Zhang and my cousin drive a small truck full of fresh shrimp to deliver them every day, and the smell of seafood in a car makes them dizzy every day, haha.

Slowly, these disc sellers who walked around the streets caught the attention of the police, and they began to arrest people, but most of them just confiscated the discs, and a few of them were locked up for a few days, and those who were unlucky were sent back to China. Although the risks have become greater, most people still do not flinch in the face of high profits, but only make their activities more hidden and cautious.

An industry has its ups and downs. With more and more platforms for watching movies online, this industry also went downhill around 212. I often ask them, "How is business today?" Their previous answers were usually "good" or "good", but now they are basically "bad", and their income has dropped from nearly 1, pounds a day to one or two hundred pounds or even dozens of pounds.

Many people began to change careers and return to restaurants and decoration industries. Some people have discovered other profitable businesses, such as selling fake tobacco, growing marijuana, opening erotic massage parlors and so on.

In March, 27, the British Immigration Office carried out a so-called "Amnesty" for those who had applied for refugees before this date. It was really happy for them to see that 9% of our old customers got their status. With identity, they don't have to do those low-paying jobs, so you find that all of a sudden, restaurant owners and contractors can't find cheap labor, and they have to raise their wages one after another to hire people. Therefore, it is the British Immigration Service that invisibly drives the overall wage level of restaurants and decoration industries in China.

Most of these Fujian people who have obtained their status don't want to do any more odd business. Some want to take over their wives and children, some want to open a restaurant as a boss, some want to work honestly, and some want to go back to China as soon as possible to see their homes that have been away for many years. But without exception, they are all looking forward to a bright future.

I asked almost all Fujian people I know, and you found that their goals are basically the same. If they are men, he would say that my goals are: making money-smuggling debts-making money-building a house in my hometown (at least three floors)-making money-marrying a wife-making money-giving 1,-2, RMB to my wife's family. After marrying a wife, there is a very important task that I must have a son!

I fully understand that they work so hard to make money, because they are under too much pressure than us and bear deeper family responsibilities than us.

Today, Fujian people have changed a lot. They don't need to smuggle people. They can apply for visas to go abroad normally. Many people choose not to build houses in their hometown but to buy houses in the city, and they don't live and live until they have sons.

Those Fujian guests in those days have already achieved their previous goals. They have bought a house and settled down in England, and have their own businesses or stable jobs. Many of their children have been admitted to key middle schools and private middle schools. They walked out of the mountain village with firm faith, lived the life they wanted with their own efforts, and changed the fate of them and the next generation.

to be honest, I admire them!