Passing by a place in the small town called Huangshanyuan Community, I saw a "Huangshanyuan Barber Shop" sign at the entrance of the community. I thought that my hair had grown and it was time to shave it, so I turned into the community.

There is no security duty room in the community, it is an open type.

The barber shop is on the side of the entrance to the community.

The barber was shaving the head of a little boy who was in the arms of an old woman. When he saw someone coming in, he just moved his head slightly without looking at the person and said, "Come and shave your head."

I say yes".

"Then you sit down first and wait for 3 or 4 minutes." The barber still didn't look up.

I stood and watched without sitting down for a while. I didn't have any opinion because the barber didn't raise his head to look at people. On the contrary, I liked it: people who do crafts should be focused and focused.

It seems that barbers belong to this category.

The barber is quite old. He has silver hair, is about 1.6 meters tall, and has a thick frame. He is probably a tough guy when he is young.

In March, Tian was still carrying Er Hanzi. Through the mirror, he saw that his face was slightly red. This was rare among the elderly, indicating that the honest man was still in good health.

When shaving the little boy's head, his steps moved slightly, like an actor walking on stage, but the rhythm was much slower, indicating that the old man was already in his twilight years.

The barber shop is very simple.

Long shape, seven to eight square meters, two old-style barber chairs, the kind of chairs where a man has to insert a pillow support on the back of the chair to shave, then bend down to loosen the latch on the seat and lower the backrest.

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A long and narrow chopping board is supported against the wall, two mirrors are against the wall, and a long bench is placed opposite the mirror.

Opposite the entrance is an extremely simple washbasin that is commonly used in ordinary households. There is a semicircular tin water tank hanging on it, with a water pipe connected to the top and a galvanized faucet connected to the bottom edge.

A hot water bottle and a soap dish are placed on the edge of the washbasin wall. There is a small vertical brush in the box...

All in all, it seems that all the facilities are not very refreshing, even a bit lame.

Nowadays, there are so many barbershops on the streets and in the alleys. If you pick one at random, it will be downright ugly.

I regret walking into this barber shop.

"Okay, it's your turn." The barber called me.

"Is this your first time to have your head shaved? You tell me how to shave your head." After sitting on the chair, the barber put a scarf on me and tucked my collar and asked me, his voice was somewhat loud.

"Master, just take a look, whatever you want." I closed my eyes and let the barber move my head up and down.

The hair clipper buzzed in my ears, the comb was plowing through the thick hair, and the five fingers were pressing the acupuncture points that I couldn't name. I felt as comfortable as a massage.

Over the years, I have almost no aesthetic requirements for haircuts. As long as the hair is fresh and not sloppy, I always close my eyes when I sit on the chair in the barber shop and leave my hair to others.

deal with.

I think back then, I was definitely not like this. Influenced by Prosecutor Du Qiu and Sergeant Yamura of the Metropolitan Police Department in the Japanese movie "Pursuit", my hairstyle was to have big sideburns and a big bun.

Of course, I was not the only one who was influenced by Duqiu and Yamura at that time, but a generation of young men, so that it became a fashion.

Therefore, in those years, when I sat on the chair in the barber shop, I would always look at the mirror with my eyes wide open. Even if my head was pressed down, I would still try hard to raise my eyelids and look at myself in the mirror.

"Ah, okay, the hair on my head is too long, it will feel much fresher after shaving it!" The barber pulled me out of the image of Du Qiu and Yamura.

I opened my eyes and saw that I looked refreshed in the mirror.

I asked how many lines.

The barber said ten dollars.

Ten dollars is a bargain.

Thank you barber.

The barber said, "You better go and come back next time." I remembered that the barber said the same thing when the grandma was walking away with her little grandson.

When I walked out of the barber shop, I smelled a strange mixed fragrance.

It turns out there are two food stalls on the roadside at the exit of the community.

One is fried stinky dried seeds, and the other is braised eggs.

The stall owners know how to do business, and they all use the sign of "local famous snacks".

Unable to resist the temptation of delicious food, I quickly put four eggs and seasonings into my stomach.

I remember this barber shop in Huangshan Garden.

Because the community where I live is not far from here, it only takes 30 minutes by bike.

So after that, I went far and wide to have my hair taken care of by this barber shop.

As time went by, I became familiar with the barber.

I told my experiences intermittently, such as which school I went to when I was a child, when I was demoted, when I was promoted and what unit I entered, when I was unemployed and where I worked later.

During this period, I also learned about the hairdresser's situation intermittently.

To be honest, the barber probably doesn't care much about me. Firstly, he is old, and secondly, he shaves a lot of hair every day. How can he remember me as an occasional person after a long time, but I don't?

Remembered him.

He must be the oldest barber in the city, and even though his living situation is not very good, he is still optimistic and open-minded, and serves the people with his skills.

The barber is 83 years old this year. His family used to live at the railway crossing of Dongjiao Road, with a two-story building and a large yard.