Nowadays the pace of life is accelerating,
There is anxiety everywhere.
But here's the story of The Shanghai Grandpa
Will tell you --
It's never too late for life to start!
He worked as a carpenter for half a lifetime, was laid off at the age of 52, taught himself piano at the age of 54, and finally opened a piano shop, playing with oil painting and bonsai.
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The laid-off old carpenter was hooked on the piano
Fenyang Road, the senior institution of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Even in the old community next door, you can hear the melodious music of practicing the piano, the so-called talk and laughter have a great confucianism, and there is no white Ding. The nearby piano shops should be full of gentlemen and ladies who have learned music since childhood.
"Next Stop" visitor Ah Yan walked into a small piano shop, which is said to be very famous. Its boss, once a laid-off old carpenter, named Xue Rongli, but everyone around him called him "Old Carpenter".
Twenty years ago, Xue Rongli, a 52-year-old old carpenter, was laid off. After being a carpenter for half a lifetime, suddenly what he had learned in his life was useless.
The old carpenter did not dare to tell his family about this depressed life twist, and went out every day pretending to be at work, but actually wandering around Fenyang Road every day.
One day by chance, Xue Carpenter looked at one
About Chopin's old film "An Unforgettable Song"
Piano music from the movie
Make him really "unforgettable".
Although escaping from family members to come out and "fool around",
But in fact the old carpenter is particularly optimistic,
Although laid off,
But there is no rush to find a new job,
Instead, I decided to start teaching myself piano!
Super inspirational! He did it!
The old carpenter's hobbies don't stop there...
Fifty years old,
Not even the staves,
Can a carpenter's hand play the piano?
Since the old carpenter has made up his mind,
That's it!
He first translated the score into a simplified score;
Since there is no teacher,
It took him a year or two to practice a song.
Worried that the family's piano practice would disturb his family, he went to various piano shops to "rub practice"; by chance, the people in the piano shop asked the old carpenter to help look at the shop, and the old carpenter played and attracted customers, and even sold the piano and got the bonus.
The problem of livelihood after layoffs has been solved,
Soon after he opened his own shop.
But the love of the piano did not stop,
He played the piano in the shop from morning to night,
It has become a unique scenery of Fenyang Road.
Life is better,
He also donated pianos to underprivileged students,
Share your love for music.
Live to learn from the old,
He began to learn oil painting at the age of 66.
At the age of 70, I started playing bonsai,
Bonsai will be liked by people
Throw away a thousand dollars and take it.
It is blissful to be immersed in one's own pleasures,
It's even harder to turn fun into a career.
When the old carpenter was in a dilemma in life,
Discover a new world.
He said he was the happiest time of his life
It's since the layoffs...
Enjoy the music of Beethoven and Chopin and play it yourself
But they don't have to pay a penny to the masters,
Such a good thing,
How can it not make people happy?
The best time of life
It's never too late to start at any age!
Source | "Next Stop" program group
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