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A woman whose in-basket is always full!
By Pan Zheng |
May 30, 2009, Saturday
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STEPPING into the Pingyangsi Residential Area, people find beautiful baskets or cloth bags hanging beside the letterboxes of every residential building. And the residents here have already formed a routine - if there are any useless advertisements in their letterbox, they will put them into the basket or bag to make collection easier.
These baskets and bags though were not made by the estate management company or residential committee. They have all been made by 66-year-old Zhu Shengdi.
Years ago it had been a long time since baskets were hung on the gates of residential areas. In 2003, an idea occurred to Zhu: If a basket on the gate can make things convenient for residents, why not hang baskets in all the residential buildings of our neighborhood? As an experiment she then made 12 colorful baskets with waste paper and hung them quietly in the 12 residential buildings near her home.
Beyond her hopes, the little baskets have proved very popular by the residents of the 12 buildings and residents in other buildings admired them a lot. After this success, Zhu decided to hang baskets in every building throughout her residential area.
"I've spent about two months making over 170 baskets to satisfy the needs of all the residents," Zhu said.
Making the baskets is only part of the work. Repairing and exchanging are also her regular duties.
"After making the baskets, she regards them almost as her own children, often taking a good close look at them," said her husband Jiang with a smile. "If there is a basket broken, she will take it back to fix it, or just make another new one."
Over the past four years, Zhu has never stopped taking care of the baskets and treats this like a career. Fortunately, she has been completely supported by her husband.
"I'm busy making and fixing baskets and bags, and he does all the housework for me," Zhu said.
These days, Zhu is busy making cloth bags.
Because the residential area is changing the letterboxes, paper baskets are not so convenient. Already she has broken four sewing needles.
As well as the baskets and bags hanging beside the letterboxes, many of neighbors' market baskets are also made by her. As long as they are needed, Zhu will give her products out generously. In the past four years, she has made over 1,000 baskets for her neighbors.
While Zhu is making efforts to help her neighbors, those little baskets also bring a lot of happy and interesting experiences.
"One day when I went to the market, there was a woman who just wanted to buy a new basket. I gave her one. Nine months later, unexpectedly, she recognized me on the street. 'You're the one who made me the basket!'," Zhu recalled. "I then gave her a new one because the last basket had broken."
"Many of my neighbors tell me that these baskets remind them of me. That makes me really happy," Zhu said with a smile.
These baskets and bags though were not made by the estate management company or residential committee. They have all been made by 66-year-old Zhu Shengdi.
Years ago it had been a long time since baskets were hung on the gates of residential areas. In 2003, an idea occurred to Zhu: If a basket on the gate can make things convenient for residents, why not hang baskets in all the residential buildings of our neighborhood? As an experiment she then made 12 colorful baskets with waste paper and hung them quietly in the 12 residential buildings near her home.
Beyond her hopes, the little baskets have proved very popular by the residents of the 12 buildings and residents in other buildings admired them a lot. After this success, Zhu decided to hang baskets in every building throughout her residential area.
"I've spent about two months making over 170 baskets to satisfy the needs of all the residents," Zhu said.
Making the baskets is only part of the work. Repairing and exchanging are also her regular duties.
"After making the baskets, she regards them almost as her own children, often taking a good close look at them," said her husband Jiang with a smile. "If there is a basket broken, she will take it back to fix it, or just make another new one."
Over the past four years, Zhu has never stopped taking care of the baskets and treats this like a career. Fortunately, she has been completely supported by her husband.
"I'm busy making and fixing baskets and bags, and he does all the housework for me," Zhu said.
These days, Zhu is busy making cloth bags.
Because the residential area is changing the letterboxes, paper baskets are not so convenient. Already she has broken four sewing needles.
As well as the baskets and bags hanging beside the letterboxes, many of neighbors' market baskets are also made by her. As long as they are needed, Zhu will give her products out generously. In the past four years, she has made over 1,000 baskets for her neighbors.
While Zhu is making efforts to help her neighbors, those little baskets also bring a lot of happy and interesting experiences.
"One day when I went to the market, there was a woman who just wanted to buy a new basket. I gave her one. Nine months later, unexpectedly, she recognized me on the street. 'You're the one who made me the basket!'," Zhu recalled. "I then gave her a new one because the last basket had broken."
"Many of my neighbors tell me that these baskets remind them of me. That makes me really happy," Zhu said with a smile.
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