Witness the change of Aimin Village Old cake shop New rooster closes at the end of the month: Good food Hong Ruizhen

District 18 News

Written by: Zeng Xuewen

2020-01-21 23:10

The new Rooster Bakery located in Aimin Village, Hewentian is a well-known restaurant in the village, famous for square bags, cakes and Napoleon. Recently, the group in Aimin Village complained that the new rooster will be closed at the end of the month.

The staff at New Rooster Bakery pushed the sticks into the cutter as usual. They are proficient in movement, but different for decades. Children pick birthday cakes from the store, and when they grow up, they come back and buy the "scattered cakes" that they left. The new rooster sees the changes in Aimin Village. However, human sentiment was not as good as the exhibition and rent increase, and the "memory" and "human sentiment" of Laowu Village were shattered into fragments.

Photography: Gao Zhongming

Aimincun Bakery uses old frozen meat cutters to cut square packets. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

Fang Bao confirms the aging of villages in the village

"Huo, Huo, Huo", the staff of the New Rooster Bakery pushed the sticks into the cutting machine as usual. Every day, the square bag was delivered from the workshop to the Aimin Village branch, and the staff cut the square bag into pieces. The staff member, known as the "sister", said that the cutting machine is a frozen meat cutter in a frozen meat shop. Today, this ancient machine is no longer used in bakery shops. She had heard in her memory that someone had cut her finger.

"Thirty-six articles were cut the previous day," said her sister who was a lunch clerk. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

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The square bag of the new rooster is a hot product in the store, and the neighbourhood sighs that the square bag is soft and delicious. My sister needs to cut more than ten loaves of bread every day. "I used to cut thirty-six loaves the day before," said the elder sister who served as a lunch clerk. For more than a decade, Fang Bao is like an indicator of population change in Aimin Village. The elder sister said that the population in the village was aging, and many children moved out of Aimin Village when they grew up. The elder sister said, "How much does the elderly eat?" As a result, bread sales have fallen sharply.

In the afternoon, the older people and foreign domestic helpers bought bread. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

Unforgettable neighborhoods snapped up bread

Dozens of new roosters have been erected in Aimin Village. The interior decoration of the store has been 30 years, and the tables and cabinets in the store are all history. The elder sister said with a smile, "The first day I entered was already connected, and I have changed my family." The clerk was unforgettable to buy bread. Every time a typhoon hits Hong Kong, the village neighbourhood will always buy all kinds of food for grain storage. The elder sister laughed and said that fighting in the wind is like fighting, "Every fight is like fighting for money."

The neighborhood said "as usual", her sister quickly clamped the bread. However, this scene also follows history. "It will be the same as before," said her sister. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

"I will continue as usual"

Since the news of the new rooster's closure, many old neighborhoods have been shocked. In particular, the neighbourhood of buying bread always chants "business as usual". Even though the clerk was reluctant, but still informed each customer: "I will continue as usual", "I will increase the rent by 30%."

In recent years, the Bakery's Aimin Shopping Center has opened more and more bakeries. Even in the face of competition and increasing rents, the new rooster has not increased its prices in the past three years. "The boss lady is really human, and after three years of raising the price, she came out and sold a package of 9 mosquitoes, and it was sold for 5 and a half." Even though parting, the sister still did not forget to praise the boss.

When asked about the names of the two staff members, the two sisters said "Sister" by accident. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

I once accompanied Aimin ’s children to grow up and praised Hong Ruizhen

Suddenly Huixin broke into the store. "You need to do something to explain it?" She said quietly. Huixin, 26, grew up in Aimin Village since she was a child and admits she is very sad about her graduation. She said with a smile. Earlier, her friends often praised Taiwan's Hongruizhen's sandwiches for being soft and delicious. "I think, scary, the new rooster is very delicious." She pointed out that since the bread of the snack new rooster grew up, when she grew up and completed the kindergarten internship, the "scattered water cake" was also purchased in the new rooster.

The news of the rent increase came suddenly, and the job advertisement outside the store has not been removed. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)

"It's really a big thing," said her sister, who has guarded the new rooster for more than ten years. The staff in the store is also the Aimin Village neighborhood. The elder sister pointed out that she was a new rooster at the time, and she was not far away from home, so she could take care of her children. After more than ten years, the children have all been engaged in the workplace, and now guarding the new rooster is just to pass the time. Therefore, when the family learned that the new rooster was about to leave, they advised her to take a break or even retire.

The new rooster will be closed on the 31st of this month. After deducting the rest of the market from the first day to the third day of the new year, there are only seven days left for business. "You can't do anything but increase the rent." The sister sighed, and threw the crumbs into the garbage bag.

The new rooster will be closed on the 31st of this month. After deducting the rest of the market from the first day to the third day of the new year, there are only seven days left for business. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)