All of them are profound and evocative

"Scenery Under the Phoenix Tree" | text: Lotus Heart

"Everything is long-lasting and evocative"

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On the covered phoenix tree, the fiery red flowers are raging wantonly. A breeze blew through, the red, red, green and green "rain" sprinkled down gently, and the stall of the old man who repaired the car was a lot of life because of the petal rain of this scene. Every day at work or after work, I saw him busy under the tree, repairing cars, or carving.

The number of times to inflate the tire is more, and the elderly are gradually becoming familiar with it. When there was a car repair business, he would take out the set of toolboxes for repairing the car, repair the tires, repair the chain, pump or tighten the brakes. Those actions were like Hong Qigong practicing the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon in one go, without dragging mud and water in half a bit.

When there was no business, he washed his hands and took out another set of tools, such as large and small carving knives, thick and fine sandpaper, and grinding stone hacksaws. A fledgling old root has been carefully sketched and carefully carved under his hands, and it is gradually becoming more and more alive every day, a flower stand, a god of wealth, a flying eagle or a galloping horse... The lifelike form makes people stop for a long time and can't bear to move their feet.

In the evening, he went to pick up the car, and he was polishing the carved "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea". Looking closely, the "Eight Immortals" were all dressed in fluttering clothes and looked at ease, as if the white clouds were lightly on their shoulders, and the blue waves were surging under their feet, giving people a pure and simple flowing beauty, and the charm of the fairy wind Dao bones came to their faces.

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That day, I chatted with him, and it turned out that the old man used to open a handicraft shop, mainly engaged in flower, bird, fish and insect root carving. While doing business, he gradually fell in love with the aura of root carving, and at first he just learned to carve and play, and then he developed into a fascinated love of carving.

Later, when his son was laid off, he gave up the shop to his son, and he opened a small repair car stall on the street with a pair of skillful hands. In his spare time, he likes to go up the mountain to "treasure hunting", and the old roots that are not worth anything in the eyes of others are in his eyes a lady with a variety of styles or an antique coffee table.

On the bustling street, he belonged only to a small shed, two toolboxes, and three folding stools. On the small stool sat passers-by who understood him, watching him quietly, repairing cars, or carving. Ren Phoenix tree blossoms and falls, people on the street are bustling, he never takes his focused eyes off the bicycle or the roots of the old tree, and immerses himself alone in a quiet world, enjoying himself.

Watching TV that day, I inadvertently watched him on the people's viewpoint column, and on the screen, the car repair master was smiling thickly. His works such as the bustle of his home like a fairy meeting, Li Bai who raises a glass to invite the moon, JiGong who laughs at life, and Dharma who has bamboo sticks and shoes are all long-term and evocative. The screen cut to his son's craft shop again, and many of the carvings on the shelves were actually his works.

Albert Einstein famously said, "Interest is the best teacher." "It is because the car repair master has a strong and persistent interest in the art of root carving, that he will carve out an ordinary life under this phoenix tree.

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Pseudonym: Lotus Heart. A person who likes to record life in words and get inspiration.

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