One of my earliest memories is play "shops" with my grandpa when I was 5. After leaving school at 18, I worked in a fruit shop, but I had no 1 of how to run my own shop back then.
Several years later, my husband Eric and I heard about a shop for sale in a nearby village. We had a look and decided to have it as our own. We were a bit 2 at shop-keeping, so we often didn't know what the 3 were asking for. But we soon learned how to run it well.
Nowadays, more people shop online, but they still come here for things 4 from their order. I've kept up with technology, but the shop itself hasn't changed much.
Now, as I'm getting older, the shop is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 5 closing at 8:30 p.m. like before.
Eric died 16 years ago, but I am 6 giving up the shop. I love it all—talking to the customers and getting 7 they want. Some customers come in two or three times a day. They often tell me their 8 and I offer advice if I can.
It was the shop's 50th anniversary (周年) on May 13 this year. I wanted to do something 9 , so I held a party with my customers. I also wrote a book about my memories in the shop.
This shop has been my life. I never 10 I'd still be here after 50 years, but I love it and the people here. It's what keeps me going.