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年轻时諾麗占和丈夫一起过着辛苦打拼的日子，當時兒女還小，小俩口唯有帶兒女去開檔。跟在父母身邊久了，自然懂得如何開檔及售賣豬腸粉。如今，長大成人的兒女們每天會分佈于不同地区的夜市摆摊販賣豬腸粉。除外，善良的諾麗占年轻时还收养了鄰居的孩子。那時因鄰居的丈夫去世，孤母一人养家顾子，生活十分难熬。於是諾麗占就收养了鄰居的孩子，偶爾会帶他們到檔口幫忙，学习经商。如今，養子們已經長大，他們偶爾也會回來幫忙諾麗占開檔。

諾麗占的丈夫现已經選擇了退休的生活，而諾麗占還是過着和兒女們一周六日開檔當小販的日子。諾麗占說：“如果要我待在家，我會很不自在的。”她寧願每天為開檔而忙，活动活动胫骨，也不願在家過清閒日子。諾里占表示现在她的工作其实算很輕鬆的，只需每天早上9時起身，熬煮醬汁後，再幫忙準備配料，其餘粗重工作都交由兒女代勞。

但豬腸粉畢竟算是華人傳統食品，在諾麗占和丈夫刚刚開始售賣時，就曾遇過非华裔顧客們不太接受的時期。不過，經過諾麗占和丈夫解釋及介紹之後，顧客們慢慢接受尝试，而他們生意也開始好转。

经商的都知道導致生意變差的因素眾多。天气好坏就是原因之一，尤其是當小販的，当遇到下雨天时也只能聽天由命。除外，諾麗占和丈夫也常檢討自己，如何把食物做得更美味而增加销量。丈夫就曾詢問華裔友人如何把醬汁煮得更好吃，當然，友人也無私地分享秘訣或給予建議。如今，諾麗占和丈夫精心調配与改良的醬汁，也是客户们的最愛之一！有位常客表示說：“這家的醬汁很特別，比起其他家的，這家的比較不甜。”

之前，諾麗占除了販賣豬腸粉外，她還是配料的供應商。她表示，那时因为有很多顧客拿了貨卻拖欠帳目，還曾導致她资金無法周轉后，她就不再供應貨品了。现在諾麗占只向 88SPMart 进貨，后開檔售賣。

Kak Noorizan who is now at the age of 50, started selling Chee Cheong Fun after she married to her husband at the age of 18. Why would she choose to sell Chee Cheong Fun? The reason is simple, that is to stand by her love. When her soon-to-be-husband started working in a factory as a freshman, he met a Malaysian-Chinese colleague from his workplace who suggested him to sell Chee Cheong Fun. After Kak Noorizan married to her husband, she started selling Chee Cheong Fun alongside with her husband. At first, her husband picks up Chee Cheong Fun as a sideline while holding a vocation. Kak Noorizan uses her day-time to prepare the ingredients and sauces required to sell Chee Cheong Fun at home. After her husband returned home from work, they will sell it in the night market.

Kak Noorizan and her husband had a hard life in the past, while her daughter was still very young that time, Kak Noorizan had to bring along her daughter to sell Chee Cheong Fun. As her daughter has been accompanying her for some time, she too learned how to sell it at the stall. At the present, Kak Noorizan’s children are all grown up and also selling Chee Cheong Fun at different night markets at the same day. Kak Noorizan adopted a few step childred back in the past. This happened back when her neighbour’s husband passed away and leaving behind children. Kak Noorizan offered to look after them. The neighbor and her children often times will help out at Kak Noorizan’s stall occasionally, even up until today.

Now, Kak Noorizan’s husband has retired but Kak Noorizan and her children are still opened for business during weekdays. She said: ‘I cannot get use to staying at home.’ She rather open for business everyday than spending her time relaxing at home. Kak Noorizan considered herself quite relaxed, as she just need to prepare the ingredients and sauces in 9 o’clock every morning, while her children will do the heavy work.

Chee Cheong Fun is a Chinese traditional food. At the beginning, they found that some customers can’t accept that Kak Noorizan’s family who are Malays selling it. However, after some explanation and introduction, customers begun to accept it, and business was getting better.

There will be issues that cause the business to be down temporarily like rainy weather, but other factors that can be improved is how to make the food much better. Kak Noorizan will always review with her husband on the subject. Her husband tend to seek to make a better sauce, and of course his friends tend to generously share recipes and recommendations. And now the sauces made by Kak Noorizan and her husband is favourite among their customers. One of their customers said, ‘Their sauce is very special, comparing to others, the sauce they are selling is less sweet.’

Other than selling Chee Cheong Fun, Kak Noorizan use to be a supplier of ingredients of Chee Cheong Fun. Due to many overdue customers, it caused her cash flow to tighten and turnover was not good for her. She ultimately chose to not supply anymore but to buy from 88SP Mart instead.

嬌姐今年六十歲，是芙蓉人，老公是吉隆坡人，目前有两位兒子和两位女兒。如今四位兒女都已經成家立業，她的孫子最小年紀已有二十多歲。嬌姐通常凌晨三時許起身，為開檔做準備。開檔前，她必須把魚絞弄成魚丸，之後再把從88SPMart購買的蘑菇及咖哩醬料包煮成醬汁，其他的新鮮的豬腸粉配料，如：腐竹、苦瓜、茄子、豬肉丸等，從冰箱拿出來煮至微熟，好讓顧客在挑選配料之後，稍微弄熱就可以端上桌。

除外，嬌姐檔口賣的涼水並非像外頭賣的罐裝涼水，而是她凌晨起身耐心熬煮的半枝蓮涼水，喝下去的感覺除了能解渴之餘，還能感受到她的用心。吃完豬腸粉再喝涼水，或吃一口豬腸粉緊接一口涼水，絕對是一大享受哦！每天天還未亮，大約五時許，就可以看見嬌姐一人推著推車，大袋小袋、大箱小箱的，把所需的食材及用具推至檔口，再一個人耐心地把食材擺在檔口前，好讓顧客們方便挑選。 嬌姐表示，週日開檔，她都可以一個人搞定，當生意好的時候，經驗老道的嬌姐當然不會手忙腳亂，她自豪表示：“人多的時候，最重要鎮定，不要慌亂。”所幸，在檔口最繁忙的時間，即週六日，她的女兒亦會到檔口幫她，減輕她的工作負擔，嬌姐有這麼乖巧的女兒，想畢她會感到十分欣慰。

經嬌姐透露，當初之所以會賣豬腸粉，主要是當時兒女還小，她需要預留下半天的時間照顧他們。除外，豬腸粉所需的準備工作相當簡單，即使賣完了，隨時都可以再添加食料，不像賣熟食湯面那樣需要長時間準備。嬌姐所賣的食物，連她自己也忍不住說是絕對新鮮的。若不，她也不會再這里賣了近三十年啊！就連“左鄰右舍”檔口的老板們或街坊們不時都會光顧這家“老字號”！甚至有些搬到新加坡或馬六甲居住，以前的街坊回來這區時，都會特地光顧嬌姐的豬腸粉。除了舊街坊，外地及外國朋友到蕉賴區，都會到嬌姐的檔口光顧，每個人拿的份量不是两條豬腸粉和幾塊配料，而是一拿就十條豬腸粉，超過五塊配料！

她遇過來自沙巴的朋友，因當地沒有這類型的食物，遊客一拿就拿了六塊配料和十條豬腸粉，吃了猛說好吃！另一名是來自日本的遊客，他亦是拿了十條豬腸粉和十塊配料！這兩位都讓嬌姐印象深刻！ 嬌姐當初賣豬腸粉是為了幫補家計，而老公一直以來都是在賣包裝粿條及麵類，兩人各自有生意，一起努力工作，並把四位孩子撫養長大。

辛苦經營檔口近三十年，經歷經濟時好時壞的情況，對檔口生意有一定的影響，她說：“若行情不好，就賺少點吧！”她不忘補充：“幸虧顧客都很支持，所以至今生意還能經營下去。”雖然兒女已長大，但現在開檔對她而言只是消磨時間，她目前并沒有休業的打算。

Upon your arrival to Cheras, heading towards the blue-roofed Alam Damai Pasar, from the outdoor parking lot to the bazaar, take the first turn to the right, as you walk, there is a stall selling Chee Cheong Fun surrounded by vegetable and fruit stalls. The Chee Cheong Fun stall is operated by Madam Thiam Zao, everyone calls her Madam Kew.

Madam Kew is 60 years old this year, a resident of Seremban, wife of a Kuala Lumpur citizen, mother of two sons and two daughters which they all have married, and her youngest grandson is more than 20 years old. Madam Kew usually wakes up at 3 o’clock before dawn to prepare the ingredient for business. Before she kick start business for the day, she has to make fish balls out of fish paste, then she will make the sauce from mushrooms and curry spices which she purchased from 88 SP Mart, the other fresh ingredients she used are bean curd robes, bitter gourds, eggplants, pork balls and etc, which she will defrost them to let customer to choose and cook them to serve.

In addition, Madam Kew also sells herbal tea which is distinct from the canned herbal tea. She wakes up before daybreak to cook the herbal tea of barbed skullcap (Ban Zhi Lian). While quenching the tea, we can feel her sincerity of preparing the tea. It was a delight drinking the herbal tea after finish eating the Chee Cheong Fun. Every day about 5 o’clock, we can witness Madam Kew alone pushes the cart with big and small containers to her stall and patiently place all the ingredients on the stall, so that customers can choose with ease.

From what Madam Kew expressed, she can settle all the business alone even during the weekends. When the business is peak, the experienced Madam Kew steadily carries out the business without feeling agitated. She proudly said: “When it is over-crowded, the most important thing is to remain calm and don’t be nervous.” Fortunately during the peak hours, which are mostly during the weekends, her daughter will be present to reduce her workload. Madam Kew was pleased to have a lovely daughter to help her out most of the time.

According to Madam Kew, the reason she chose to sell Chee Cheong Fun in the first place is due to her young children. After her work she can spend the remaining time of the day to take care of her children. Because of the preparation of Chee Cheong Fun is very simple, sometimes having some ingredients sold out mostly, it is easily restocked and good to go. In her opinion, selling soup noodles is time consuming. Madam Kew guaranteed that her food is always fresh, or else she won’t be able to go about her business for about thirty years. Even the owners of the neighbouring stalls and residents of the area are her frequent customers. Long time residents whom moved to Singapore and Malacca will often time visit Madam Kew’s stall upon their return. Other than that, friends from overseas will also visit her stall during their travels in Cheras. Unlike most Chee Cheong Fun stalls that only sell two rolls, most of Madam Kew’s customers tend to request about 10 rolls of Chee Cheong Fun with more than five add on ingredients.

She once met a customer from Sabah, of which such food is not available in his hometown. He brought ten rolls of Chee Cheong Fun with six add-on ingredients. He complimented greatly after he finished the meal. Madam Kew also recalled a wonderful experience where a Japanese tourist ordered ten rolls of with ten add-ons. Their expression enjoying the food she prepared is just enough to keep her spirits going.

From the beginning, Madam Kew intended to help her family by selling Chee Cheong Fun, where her husband sells noodles. They both have their own business and being very hard working to provide for all their four children.

In all these thirty years of hard work, the condition of the economy sometimes affects their business. She said, “If the economy condition wasn’t pleasant, we have to earn less.” Then she added, “Fortunately, I have very supportive customers, so the business can continue until today.” Even though her children already grown up, she still open for business to spend most of her time for her beloved customers, and hasn’t thought of retiring for even one bit.