Providence? Cancer man gives up millions of pension to sell coffee in funeral parlour

The funeral home is a place of parting between life and death, but Liao Yuanlin gave up millions of dollars to sell coffee here. From the operation of the fat card to the storefront, the coffee shop is located between the rows of funeral halls, which is very abrupt and different, but the coffee he brewed has comforted many wake families and relatives and friends over the past two years, creating another kind of warmth.

Liao Yuanlin (see photo), who suffered from cancer, gave up millions of dollars in pension more than two years ago and went to Kaohsiung City Funeral Parlour to sell coffee, from Mobile Fat Card to the storefront. Reporter Wang Zhaoyue / photo

Liao Yuanlin, 48, nicknamed "Big Brother", is a rectal cancer patient who was hired to transport high-pressure gas cylinders, but the year before he retired in 2014, the gods instructed him to change jobs to sell coffee at the Kaohsiung City Funeral Parlour.

"I am extremely contradictory," says Liao Yuanlin. He has worked in the company for nearly 20 years and will receive more than NT $2 million when he retires, but he is faced with a life choice at this time. When he asked for instructions again, the gods asked him whether he wanted money or his life. He thought about it with a lot of reason. over the years, he rushed to carry heavy loads and delivered cylinders ranging from 6 to 70 kilograms to 1 or 200 kilograms, coupled with abnormal work and sleep. health has long been on the red light, so after hesitating for two months, he decided to listen to God.

In the coffee business, Liao Yuanlin was a layman and explored everything from scratch. At first, he opened the back door of his car and set up a dining table to sell it next to the public toilet of the funeral parlour. As a result, business was extremely poor in the first half of the year, sometimes selling for less than 500 yuan a day. Later, the action fat card, which was modified with a better shape, also began to sell hand-made coffee. after about a year of good business, it was found that he had cancer.

"it's doomed!" Liao Yuanlin said that because of reselling coffee and flexible working hours, he had plenty of time to go in and out of the hospital for surgery. Now his condition is under good control. If he had insisted on fighting for his pension, his life might have been lost.

Over the past two years, the coffee he brewed has warmed the mouths of many family members of the wake. Word of mouth says that some etiquette companies will ask him to make coffee when they hold farewell ceremonies for the public to drink. As a result, "packaged field coffee" has become another source of revenue.

Liao Yuanlin said that selling coffee in the funeral area, seeing too many tearful eyes, the state of mind slowly learned to "let go". For him, it was another rich harvest in life.

Liao Yuanlin's mobile coffee cart was put on sale in the funeral area. Reporter Wang Zhaoyue / photo

Liao Yuanlin (see photo) said it was "doomed" to move into the municipal funeral parlour to sell coffee. Reporter Wang Zhaoyue / photo