On the way to Jianling in Liquan County, we passed by a village in Zhao Town, which was the home of my friend's father-in-law......
The old man was a primary school principal before retirement, worked hard all his life, after retirement, he liked to raise flowers and grasses, especially like to plant ornamental gourds, and later carried forward his own painting and writing expertise, began to make a fuss on the gourd......
After pondering and studying the gourd, he felt that it was ideal to create a soldering iron painting on the gourd, and since then, he has started his life of a gourd after retirement......
The old man is a cultural person, and he can leave traces of cultural people everywhere in his life, although he lives in the countryside, his home is full of cultural elements, and in addition to calligraphy and painting works in the hall, he is full of soldering iron painting gourds......
After exchanging a few words with the old man, he said: When people are old, they should pursue a quiet mind, and paint on the gourd they grow, which is very fulfilling, and he wants to bring his good wishes to his friends in this way......
The old man is eighty and four this year, the body is thin, the speech is elegant, unhurried, and his life has become poetic, in addition to painting on the gourd, he also planted the moon season and roses at the door, there are some home-cooked vegetables in the garden, usually blooming constantly, it is really spring flowers and autumn chrysanthemums, summer view gourd winter sunshine......
My friend told me that the gourd gourd, the homonym is Fulu Fulu, which is inherited from the national culture, and people advocate the gourd, which is a kind of good hope and blessing for Fulu Shou......
Before leaving, we sincerely wish the elderly good health and live their own gourd life happily......