In April, the land of northern Shaanxi was still chilly in spring. A dusty silver van parked at the door of Sanhao Machinery. The man who pushed the door came down was an uncle with half white hair. His bronze face was engraved with the ravines of twenty years of construction site years. -He is Master Chen from Yulin, an 'old model worker' who has worked on a construction site for twenty years. His fellow workers all say that he is a 'perpetual motion machine in reinforced concrete', but now he comes with his wife from hundreds of kilometers away in order to' find something more do'. Just to see this legendary noodle machine that 'allows the old couple to open a shop easy'.

1. Being an old model worker who 'can't stop' meets an old age who 'canot stay idle 'The children always say I should rest, but I am more tired than carrying cement every day!

'Master Chen spoke in a strong northern Shaanxi accent, and his fingers unconsciously stroked his calluses. Over the past 20 years, he has worked from a small brick mover to a team leader. His hair under his helmet has changed from dark to silver. What remains unchanged is that'

is the biological clock that gets up on time at 5 a.m. every morning.

'has been resting for three months last year. Lying in bed listening to the sound of the mixer at the construction site, my heart feels like a cat. ' wife interjected gently: '' He is more stubborn than the old scalpers at home. His bones will rust all over his body if he can't say anything. 'During the inspection, the old couple were more concerned about not the price of the machine, but 'whether they were tired at all.' Master Chen admitted that before coming, he rode an electric bike to the farmers 'markets in Yulin: ' I saw those big sisters pressing noodles. I was guarding the machine at three o'clock in the morning. My face was white with flour, and my heart was pounding. 'Until Sanhao's staff demonstrated the operation of the 4-260 noodle machine on site-they saw the dough wadding into the feed port, pressing the start button, and automatically tabletting, cutting strips, and spreading flour in one go. The whole process was just needed. Standing next to the machine and making simple adjustments, the eyes of the old couple gradually lit up. 

2.'What are you afraid of with half a head of white hair? This machine is much lighter than the steel pipe I carried back then! ' When his wife was worried that

pointed to the machine and laughed:'Look, this feed port just arrived at my waist. Back then, I was too shoulder to shoulder when carrying cement bags! ' He was also careful

observed the machine closely: the stainless steel body was polished, and the face knife replacement device was designed to be a rotating buckle. Even his wife could easily remove the'used to be on the construction site. He was afraid of equipment failure and it would take more effort to repair it than building a wall. The staff of 'explained that this noodle maker uses all-gear transmission and the core components enjoy long-term warranty service. Master Chen nodded: ' is like the tower crane on our construction site. Solid and durable is the last word. '   When talked about production capacity, Master Chen took out a small notebook he carried with him, which contained notes from visiting the market: 'Most noodle shops open at 6 a.m. and close at 4 p.m, and can press more than ten bags to thirty to forty bags of flour a day.'When he heard that a machine only needed one person to operate and could make six kinds of noodles, including round noodles, flat noodles, and sliced noodles by changing the noodle knife, he suddenly slapped his thigh: ' This is not like changing tools at our construction site! Screw a screw and you can change the drill bit. The logic is the same! His wife couldn't help laughing beside him: 'You have used all your construction site experience here.'

3. From' sweaty 'to' easy control': The 'New Construction Site' in the Eyes of Old Craftsmen   During the machine testing session, Master Chen insisted on operating the himself. Although he had not operated it before it was hot, he was able to drop the smoothly from the machine. He squatted down and carefully checked the cross section of the noodles: ' You see how even the facial texture is, no different from hand-rolled . staff introduced that the machine is equipped with a graduated handle, and the spacing between the pressing rollers can be accurately controlled by rotating and adjusting. Even a novice can quickly grasp the pressing strength of different flours. ' used apprentices to build walls. It takes half a month to teach the techniques. The Sanhao noodle machine can be learned in half an hour. No wonder young people nowadays love to use the smart device . As Master said, he skillfully switched the noodle knives and watched the noodles of different shapes being produced one after another. His eyes were full of the spirit of the 

dedicated to Talking about the rise of , Master Chen suddenly talked about what happened at the construction site last year: 'Now the construction site is full of tower cranes and mixers. Young people can only operate the buttons. We old guys always feel that we can't keep up with , but this noodle machine is different. It makes me think that my old craft has found a good helper. 'He gestured and said that in the past, pressing noodles required the cooperation of two people: one person kneads the dough and the other person cuts the dough, but now one person can handle it. Just like the upgrade from'cart transporting bricks 'to' forklift operations', the essence is to use technology to reduce physical strength, but make experience more valuable.

4. When 'hard work' is redefined: The entrepreneurial choice questions of the two elders   s Is it really not hard to make noodles? 'Before leaving, my wife seriously asked  again, Compared with dough pressing, you don't have to bend down to knead the dough, you don't have to guard the boiler to cook the dough, or you don't have to cut strips with flour. The machine helps you share these physical tasks. 'Master Chen took over: ' Just like when we are on the construction site, we used to carry bricks on our shoulders, but now we have a conveyor belt. It's still hard, but it's much easier for people. '

talked about future plans, and the old couple's eyes lit up: 'I plan to rent a small facade at the entrance of the community, press fresh noodles in the morning, press miscellaneous noodles in the afternoon, and make some sliced noodles on the weekend and quickly freeze them.' 'Master Chen counted on his fingers: ' Starting from eight bags of flour a day, according to market conditions, the profit is enough for the old couple to live. The key is that the time is flexible. If you are tired, you can rest for a long time, which is much more worry-saving than at the construction site.'Before leaving, he even patted the machine: ' This thing is my good workmate, it is reliable! ' 

5. What do you think of the old iron in front of the screen?

  The story of Master

 Chenreminds us that in countless farmers 'markets and community shops, there are too many people like him who can't stay idle: they are used to creating value with their hands, and they are eager to find something in their later years that will neither drag down their children, but also can exert their residual heat. The emergence of the Sanhao Smart Noodle Machine may not make them bid farewell to hard work completely, but make hard work more dignified and sustainable-without having to compete with young people in physical strength, but they can win the market with experience and ingenuity.

is here to ask the old man in front of the screen: If you or your family want to start a small business, would you consider this kind of 'smart helper' ? How much flour do you think is reasonable for a community noodle shop to make per day? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area and share your opinions on . After all, in this protracted battle of , finding the right tool for you is more important than blindly persistence, right?