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Day and Night at the Alley Grocery Store
Lin Xiaoman's grocery store is hidden at the end of the bluestone alley in the old city. The wooden shelves are piled with soy sauce, vinegar and band-aids, and the fruit candies in glass jars are wrapped in sugar paper, filled with the smoke of fireworks that has not changed for thirty years. Since taking over his grandfather's shop, Xiao Man listens to the ticking of the old clock every day and welcomes the daily life of regular customers: Grandma Chen, a retired teacher, always buys half a ta
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Neighbors Tea Party at 8Pm
In the first month after Lin Wan moved into an old apartment building, she always heard laughter coming from next door at eight o'clock in the evening. Until one day, Aunt Zhao knocked on her door: "Come and try the mung bean soup I cooked. We gather in the building every night." From then on, Lin Wan had new hope at eight o'clock in the evening - Grandma Zhang on the third floor would bring handmade biscuits, Uncle Wang on the fourth floor liked to talk about stories about the old city, and Sis
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Small Reunion at the Weekend Market
Lin Xiao, a lonely soul wandering in the city, exhausted physically and mentally from the quagmire of high-pressure work, decided to resign. By chance, she stepped into a weekend market in the old town and was instantly attracted by the lively fireworks, so she decided to set up a small stall selling handmade jams. At first, the market stalls were deserted, and Lin Xiao felt disappointed. Until Uncle Chen from the bakery stall next door often came to change the sauce and said with a smile, "Your
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Diary of Growing up in a Rental House
Dragging a suitcase that was half a person tall, Lin Xiao was standing at the door of a rental house in an urban village. She looked at the peeling walls and the creaking old wardrobe, and the tip of her nose suddenly felt sour. This was her first "home" in a big city and the starting point of her new career life. During the day, she would squeeze into the subway for an hour to catch up on projects, and at night, she would cook a bowl of hot noodles in the small kitchen of less than one square m
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Four Seasons Bento in the Old Town
Lin Zhixia quit her white-collar job in the city, returned to the old town shop left by her grandmother, and opened a "Zhixia Bento Shop". There is no fancy packaging, just a home-cooked taste. Her bento changes with the seasons: scrambled eggs with Chinese toon and brown rice in spring, cold noodles with braised food in summer, roasted chicken with chestnuts in autumn, and steaming radish and beef brisket in winter. Grandpa Zhang, who repairs shoes in the alley, always comes to buy bento, sayin
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Warm Menu at Community Canteen
The "Xingfuli Community Canteen" in the old town became a neighborhood stronghold as soon as it opened. Zhao Lei, a veteran who is in charge of the dish, can handle the iron pot and remember the tastes of each regular customer: Uncle Zhang's braised pork needs to be stewed until it falls off the bones, Aunt Li's vegetable porridge needs less salt, and college student Su Xiaowan, who lives alone, always likes to order "Mom's flavored tomato scrambled eggs." Su Xiaowan stepped into the cafeteria f
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