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In recent years, it has seen growing popularity overseas, too. New York Magazine<\/a> ranked the spicy sauce in first place. On the Facebook page of The Lao Gan Ma Appreciation Society<\/a> fans from all over the world share their craving for the crunchy sauce. The brand logo was even plastered on hoodies selling for 120 US dollars at the Opening Ceremony<\/a> store in New York City.<\/p>\n J\u012b h\u016b ji\u0101 ji\u0101 d\u014du y\u01d2u l\u00e0 ji\u0101o ji\u00e0ng, q\u00ed zh\u014dng zu\u00ec ch\u016b m\u00edng de ji\u00f9 sh\u00ec L\u01ceo G\u00e0n M\u0101 l\u00e0 ji\u0101o<\/p>\n ji\u00e0ng le.<\/p>\n Almost every family has chili sauce, the best known among them is Lao Gan Ma chili<\/p>\n sauce.<\/p>\n L\u01ceo g\u00e0n m\u0101 sh\u00ec j\u016bji\u0101 b\u00ec b\u00e8i.<\/p>\n Lao Gan Ma it\u2019s a must have in every house.<\/p>\n The Lao Gan Ma factory was established (\u6210\u7acb ch\u00e9ng l\u00ec) in 1996 in Guizhou province. It is the largest producer (\u751f\u4ea7 sh\u0113ng ch\u01cen) and seller (\u9500\u552e xi\u0101o sh\u00f2u) of pepper products in China. Its output value is estimated at billions of RMB every year.<\/p>\n The famous brand of chili sauce is known for its red label and a small portrait of a stern-faced Chinese woman. The woman is Tao Huabi (\u9676\u534e\u78a7), the developer and founder (\u521b\u59cb\u4eba chu\u00e0ng sh\u01d0 r\u00e9n) of the popular sauce. Her story is incredible. Tao, known as\u66fe\u7ecf\u4e2d\u56fd\u6700\u706b\u8fa3\u7684\u5973\u4eba (c\u00e9ng j\u012bng zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 zu\u00ec hu\u01d2 l\u00e0 de n\u01da r\u00e9n, the spiciest woman of China<\/em>) over Chinese social media, was born in 1947, in a remote mountain village in Guizhou Province. Tao was born into a poor (\u8d2b\u7a77 p\u00edn qi\u00f3ng) family. She never went to school or learned how to read and write. At the age of 20, she got married. But in a few years, her husband had died, and Tao was left alone with two young children.<\/p>\n 1947 ni\u00e1n, T\u00e1o Hu\u00e1b\u00ec ch\u016b sh\u0113ng y\u00fa gu\u00ec zh\u014du sh\u011bng.<\/p>\n In 1947, Tao Huabi was born in Guizhou Province.<\/p>\n 20 su\u00ec sh\u00ed, t\u0101 ji\u00e9 h\u016bn le; d\u00e0n m\u00e9i gu\u00f2 j\u01d0 ni\u00e1n, zh\u00e0ng f\u016b ji\u00f9 b\u00ecng sh\u00ec le.<\/p>\n At the age of 20, she got married; but in a few years her husband died of illness.<\/p>\n To make a living she became a street vendor and set up a stall (\u5730\u644a d\u00ec t\u0101n). Later on, she opened a small noodles restaurant (\u9910\u5385 c\u0101n t\u012bng) and served her noodles with homemade spicy sauce. Many enjoyed her cold noodles, and the business was thriving (\u5174\u9686 x\u012bng l\u00f3ng). But one day Tao didn\u2019t feel well, and didn\u2019t go to the market to buy peppers (\u8fa3\u6912 l\u00e0 ji\u0101o). When customers came in and heard there was no spicy sauce, they left without eating. Tao realized the importance of the sauce, and over the years improved its taste and texture.<\/p>\n She kept cooking noodles, but also sold jars of her sauce separately. Gradually, her noodles business tapered off, while her sauce selling blew up. When Tao learned that other noodles shops in the neighborhood were all doing good business by using her home-made sauce, she realized the potential (\u6f5c\u529b qi\u00e1nl\u00ec) of her product (\u5236\u54c1 zh\u00ec p\u01d0n). From the next day on, she stopped selling her sauce to go.<\/p>\n In 1996, at the age of 49, Tao closed the restaurant, rented a place, recruited forty workers, and opened a factory to produce the Lao Gan Ma (which literally means old godmother<\/em>) Chili Sauce. The popularity soared, business prospered, and Lao Gan Ma became a point of Guizhou pride. Nowadays, the food factory employs more than 4,000 workers, and Tao herself made it to the 2015 Forbes list<\/a> of China\u2019s Billionaires.<\/p>\n In an interview from last year, Tao shared some tips: \u201c\u5b9e\u5b9e\u5728\u5728\u5730\u505a\u4eba\uff0c\u5b9e\u5b9e\u5728\u5728\u5730\u505a\u751f\u610f\uff0c \u628a\u4f60\u7684\u4ea7\u54c1\u505a\u597d\u201d (sh\u00ed sh\u00ed z\u00e0i z\u00e0i d\u00ec zu\u00f2 r\u00e9n, sh\u00ed sh\u00ed z\u00e0i z\u00e0i d\u00ec zu\u00f2 sh\u0113ng y\u00ec, b\u01ce n\u01d0 de ch\u01cen p\u01d0n zu\u00f2 h\u01ceo, Be an honest person, conduct your business honestly, create a good product<\/em>).<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIW3jeBnFTE<\/p>\n \u00a0Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n \u8fa3\u6912\u9171 l\u00e0 ji\u0101o ji\u00e0ng = chili sauce<\/p>\n \u5fc5\u5907 b\u00ec b\u00e8i = must-have<\/p>\n \u6210\u7acb ch\u00e9ng l\u00ec = to establish<\/p>\n \u751f\u4ea7 sh\u0113ng ch\u01cen = to produce<\/p>\n \u9500\u552e xi\u0101o sh\u00f2u = to sell<\/p>\n \u521b\u59cb\u4eba chu\u00e0ng sh\u01d0 r\u00e9n = founder<\/p>\n \u8d2b\u7a77 p\u00edn qi\u00f3ng = poor<\/p>\n \u5730\u644a d\u00ec t\u0101n = stall<\/p>\n \u9910\u5385 c\u0101n t\u012bng = restaurant<\/p>\n \u5174\u9686 x\u012bng l\u00f3ng = thriving<\/p>\n \u8fa3\u6912 l\u00e0 ji\u0101o = pepper<\/p>\n \u6f5c\u529b qi\u00e1nl\u00ec = potential<\/p>\n \u5236\u54c1 zh\u00ec p\u01d0n = product<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\uff0c\u5929\u5929\u5411\u4e0a\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u8001\u5e72\u5988 (l\u01ceo g\u00e0n m\u0101) is a famous Chinese chili sauce. It is one of the most favored chili sauces in China, a must-have (\u5fc5\u5907b\u00ec b\u00e8i) in every house. In recent years, it has seen growing popularity overseas, too. New York Magazine ranked the spicy sauce in first place. On the Facebook page of The Lao…<\/p>\n\n
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