Why are the "farming paintings" hand-painted by Lanzhou vegetable sellers so popular?

On the afternoon of May 19, 2018, a vegetable shop in the Western Market of Xigu District, Lanzhou City was crowded with citizens who came to buy vegetables. Sister Gan, who was buying vegetables, told reporters that there was no food in the entire market. People don’t know the name Hu Erling. The Hu Erling that Sister Gan is talking about is a Xigu vegetable seller who recently became popular on the Internet with her hand-drawn "menu".

Hu Erling, who has been selling vegetables for nearly 20 years, uses her spare time every day to draw the vegetables in her store on pieces of discarded plastic foam boards. In addition to marking the prices, she also writes " The specific functions of these vegetables provide convenience for customers who come to choose.

“Although it is hard to get up early and work late every day, painting can release stress and discover the beauty of life.” Hu Erling told reporters that she and her husband came to the Western Market of Xigu District from Lankao County, Henan Province in 2001 It has been nearly 18 years since I made a living selling vegetables.

The hand-painted vegetable paintings on foam box lids hanging in the store were all painted by her during her breaks. When Hu Erling heard that she had become an Internet celebrity on Douyin because of her hand-drawn "menu", she smiled from ear to ear, with a cheerful personality, "I don't even know who took the picture. Actually, it doesn't matter. I I’m just painting for fun.”

Hu Erling has been insisting on hand-drawing "menus" on foam boards for three years. By chance three years ago, she picked up a foam box lid and started drawing on it when she had nothing to do in the store. In a few minutes a vegetable pattern is ready. "At the time, I thought it was nothing, but the owners of the neighboring shops said that I was good at painting and that I could draw likenesses, so I persisted and painted all the vegetables that I wanted to sell in the season on the lid of the foam box. Waste recycling is also a convenient choice for customers. ”