Zing Tsjeng
speaker
5,630 appearances
21 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6d ago
Zing Tsjeng’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, one day, Tao's husband fell sick.
He was diagnosed with emphysema, a progressive incurable lung disease.
All her savings went on his medical bills, and when that money ran out, she took out a loan and worked longer hours.
In 1984, her husband died, and Tao was left with two children and debt.
She continued working on the vegetable stall, but she could only save a few yuan each day, and this was about how much basic food cost her a day, so she's not getting anywhere.
Carrying rocks as your second job.
I mean, it doesn't get much tougher than that.
Well, as the economy opened up, more and more people were trading vegetables in the market.
Competitors were there.
They were willing to undercut her.
So her profits were dwindling.
Instead, she started selling noodles and rice tofu.
Yeah.
And presumably fills you up, you know, quite cheaply.
It really does because it's so starchy.
Yeah.
So she served this dish cold, as you say, made it easier to prepare.
No cooking and no fuel bills, I suppose.
Portions were big.
They were cheap.
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