Xining Silent Cafe: girls make the deaf-mute more likely in the future

On a pedestrian street in downtown Xining, there is such a coffee shop, which looks the same as other shops, but is different because the service staff are deaf and mute.

In the store, elegant music flowed, and guests drank drinks, flipping through the quick manual of sign language on the table and gesturing from time to time. On the other hand, the shop assistants welcome customers who enter the door with sign language, and the customers "talk" to them with smiles and simple gestures.

The picture shows Zhang Yang communicating with the shop assistant in sign language. Photo by Zhang Haiwen

The shopkeeper is a post-80s girl named Zhang Yang. From graduation, I began to get in touch with the deaf-mute, received them to work in their own factories, and started to cook meals until now.

Zhang Yang said: "unlike other disabled people, people with physical disabilities can communicate and express their bitterness, so it is not difficult to find a job." But the deaf-mute can't help it, so I want to do it. "

Zhang Yang did so because he gained encouragement and support from them on the way to starting a business. Zhang Yang told reporters that in her most difficult time, they said, "Sister, we won't leave even if we don't get paid."

The picture shows a busy clerk in a coffee shop. Photo by Zhang Haiwen

In order to communicate better with them, Zhang Yang not only learned sign language by himself, but also asked employees who came to work in the store to learn sign language. After years of getting along with each other, Zhang Yang also forged a deep friendship with them, and three deaf-mute couples came together under her witness.

Zhou Yonggang is one of the earliest members of Zhang Yang's team. because of the underdeveloped ear canal, his hearing is not as sharp as ordinary people, but he is good at sign language and there is no problem with some simple language communication.

"it feels like a relative to us," he said. "We all call her sister, just like sister and brother. And this is my first job and my future job. It's like my second home. "

When he came to the store for coffee for the first time, the customer Pan Yuting was really surprised, but he felt very warm after the surprise. "it feels great to provide more employment opportunities for the deaf-mute and enable them to have more different work experiences and lifestyles." Pan Yuting said.

The picture shows a busy clerk in a coffee shop. Photo by Zhang Haiwen

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish. Zhang Yang does not want to help the deaf-mute just temporarily alleviate their difficulties. She also hopes that through her own help, the deaf-mute can acquire the skills to make a living, and that every shop assistant can be independent and independent.

"I think every small store I develop can make others feel warm, make people accept the deaf and the disabled, and give them a fair employment platform, but one's strength is limited," Zhang said. "

Now, Zhang Yang is communicating with the local disabled Persons' Federation, hoping that through training, people with disabilities can work in large enterprises and make their lives more stable.

On the Elabo outside the store, there is a passage like this: "We come to the same world, but our world is silent." We are eager to communicate, to understand and to prove our worth. If we are destined not to hear everything in this world in this life, let us see more of the beauty of the world through our efforts. " (end)