Zhejiang city mourns 'Breakfast Nanny'

When 90-year-old Mao Shihua died on Dec 18, netizens from around the country joined the people of Mao's hometown in Zhejiang province to mourn her passing.

For 27 years, Mao was a permanent fixture for the residents of Huangtankou township in Quzhou, a city in Zhejiang, selling breakfast to schoolchildren daily from her simple stall meters away from the Huangtankou Primary School.

Fondly nicknamed "Breakfast Nanny", Mao served food that was both nutritious and cheap. Each item cost just half a yuan (7 US cents), and the price was never raised.