Uncle in debt talks about mood

A few days ago, a group of three of us set out from Rizhao City, Shandong Province and headed west. After running for more than three hours, we finally arrived at this small mountain village called "Qingzhou Persimmon Valley" in the autumn rain. We chose this small mountain village far from the city for two purposes. First, this place is not a popular attraction, and there are relatively few tourists, so you can avoid the crowds during the National Day. Second, living in a busy city for a long time, my body and mind are overwhelmed by worldly things, and I urgently need a piece of pure land to integrate my body and mind into nature. Therefore, "Qingzhou Persimmon Valley", a mountain village full of fireworks and folk customs, became the destination of our trip.

In fact, before we set off, we didn't make any special arrangements on time and weather, which was more casual. On the way, our car doesn't drive fast, so we can arrive at any time. We also thought that if there is no place to eat and live in the mountains, we will live in the county. Or, if there are too many tourists here, we can visit another mountain village at will. The reason why I do this is to let my body and mind return to nature. I don't have to arrange anything deliberately. Everything depends on randomness. In this way, there is no time pressure in my heart and it tends to be more natural.

Really, as we had a hunch, when the car went all the way along the clean and tidy mountain village path to "persimmon ditch", there was almost no car on the road. Maybe it was raining in Mao Mao that day, and it was afternoon. The scenery in the mountains is quiet and empty, the air is moist and fresh, and the mountains are misty, just like a fairyland. The temperature here was a little low that day, and the weather on the mobile phone showed that the temperature was 16 degrees, which surprised us a little.

Although the temperature was a little cold that day, the people we met made us feel very warm. Our car is parked in Little Square in the middle of the village, and occasionally villagers pass by. A cleaning old man in the village saw our arrival and greeted us warmly, saying why he still came to play when it was getting dark and raining. We told him that this time, we just wanted to feel the life in the countryside at night, because only at night can people's mental state be closer to reality. If you can stay here, so much the better.

This uncle is very enthusiastic, as simple as a stone in the mountain. After learning of our purpose, he put down his work and led us to the west of the village, where he lived in the home of his eldest brother Liu Yuping, who was on the edge of a small reservoir, and said that his home would definitely satisfy us. Because his home is relatively clean, and he is a famous local craftsman and folk artist, he has been obsessed with stone carving art creation for many years, and his home is full of artistic atmosphere, which will definitely make us glad that you came.

If people's life is regarded as practice, it generally needs to go through three stages: "Seeing mountains is mountains, and seeing water is water;" Seeing mountains is not mountains, and seeing water is not water; See mountains or mountains, water or water. "This state of life, if not through the baptism of years, the temper of the world, and then through some twists and turns, it is difficult to achieve. If the understanding is poor, it is really difficult for ordinary people to enter this realm, and they may stay in the primary stage of "seeing mountains is mountains and seeing water is water" all their lives.

In Shangbaiyang Village, Wangfen Town, Qingzhou City, Weifang City, Shandong Province, Liu Yuping, a 6 1 year-old brother, learned the true meaning of life after some tempering in life. He lived in seclusion in this deep ditch all the year round, taking his hobby as his life pursuit, growing vegetables and flowers, running a homestay with his wife, and at the same time calming down to create stone works of art, which gave him a lifelong pursuit. He doesn't seek wealth, but peace and happiness, so that his mind can be quiet and he can live an idyllic life envied by city people.

Stepping into Liu Dage's farmhouse really opened our eyes. I really can't believe that there is such a homestay with literary feelings in this small mountain village far away from the city. From the outside, this small farmhouse is not much different from other homes, but when we walk in, we find that this small courtyard has a unique cave. When you understand the master's life experience and feelings, it feels even more unusual. Let's share with you the life story of Brother Liu. Maybe after reading his story, your attitude towards life may change, or you may be inspired by some life.

"Seeing mountains is mountains, mountains and rivers are water." When Liu Dage was young, he had a "poet dream", but for various reasons, his dream did not come true. "At that time, I just graduated from junior high school. I really want to go to school, but my family is difficult and I can't afford to go to school. " Liu Dage said that he liked literature and art very much at that time. When he was reading the newspaper, he found that there was an advertisement for poetry creation in a correspondence school in Guangxi, and he signed up. However, due to the pressure of life, his "poet dream" was shattered.

"At that time, there was no money. I can't make money by writing poems. I have to live. I can't sit at home and write every day I found a place to work, and I haven't had time to write since. " Liu Dage introduced that at that time he had great ideals and ambitions in life. The local area is rich in hawthorn, and there are also factories that produce hawthorn slices. In order to make a living, he wants to make money by selling hawthorn chips. At that time, because he was young and whimsical, he took a few bags of hawthorn slices and went to Hangzhou by train, and began a "dream of making a fortune."

"Before going it alone, transportation and accommodation were not as convenient as they are now. Eat with food stamps and stay with letters of introduction. " Brother Liu said that he didn't know where Hangzhou was at that time, but when he was at school, he knew from books that there was a place like Hangzhou, so he got on the train, wandered around for a few days and finally arrived in Hangzhou. Because there was no letter of introduction, the hotel refused to receive him after arriving in Hangzhou. No way, he just stayed in the corridor of the hotel for a few days, and the hawthorn slices were not sold. Finally, he went to Guangzhou and Fujian, and the ending was the same. People didn't recognize this hawthorn slice, so he had to go home.

"Looking at the mountain is not a mountain, and looking at the water is not water." Liu Dage introduced that he met a noble man on the train from Fujian to Shandong and gave him great help. "At that time, on the train to Jinan, I met a man from our town. He is from Qingzhou Materials Company. He asked me what I do, so I told him. He said he could let me work in their unit and wrote me a letter of introduction. Then I went and worked for less than three years. " Brother Liu said that when he saw that the production of hawthorn chips made good money, he went home and started a factory to produce hawthorn chips in partnership with several people in the village.

"At that time, there was no money. I have several partners and tens of thousands of dollars. I opened a small factory to produce hawthorn chips. Then it got bigger and bigger. Later, the factory built two floors, but for many reasons, it finally failed and lost hundreds of thousands. " Liu Dage introduced that in the years when he was running the Hawthorn Chips Factory, he encountered many things and saw the shortcomings of people's hearts. Some people are jealous, some people envy, and some people stop him. Finally, the factory had to close down and was burdened with hundreds of thousands of debts.

Brother Liu is also a man with an economic mind. In order to make a living, he gave up his dream of being a poet and a writer, abandoned his hobbies and worked hard for life. Although he was "successful in his career", he was burdened with hundreds of thousands of debts because of mundane trifles, which should be considered a big sum at that time. In order to pay off debts, he and his wife began to work everywhere, borrowing money everywhere, almost from relatives and friends. While working to earn money and pay off debts, while continuing to think about life, the two children are also older. How should this future road of life go on?

"Look at the mountain or the mountain, look at the water or the water." Opportunities are always given to those who are prepared. The end of the road is the starting point of hope. The turning point of Liu Dage's life came from an encounter with him. "I like playing with flowers and plants since I was a child, like stones, trimming and cutting, that's a cinch. Once in a flower market, there was a man selling flowers. I looked at the shape and couldn't sell it. I went to repair it for him, but I didn't expect to sell it soon. " Brother Liu said that it was from this pruning that a boss in charge of flowers and seedlings hired him as a gardener with a high salary. In an era when the salary is several hundred yuan a month, he was given a high salary of 8,000 yuan a month, which made him embark on another life.

"I have been working for two or three years. I quit because the nursery stock market is not good. At that time, many people who like photography in our village came to shoot persimmons, because there are many persimmon trees on the mountain here. In autumn, the red persimmons in the mountains are spectacular, attracting photographers from all over the country to shoot persimmons, so I went home and opened a farmhouse. " Liu Dage said that he and his wife are doing homestays while helping villagers sell local agricultural products such as millet and persimmons. Although the income is not much, it is relatively stable. This strengthened his foothold in the characteristics of the village, developed homestays, picked up his hobbies and found his own understanding of life in that year.

"I like stones since I was a child. There are many caviar stones on the mountain here, which are in good natural shape. I used to go up the mountain to pick up stones. " Brother Liu said that because he no longer went out to work, his children grew up and their lives were stable, so he began to study stones. He usually has no bad hobbies, such as smoking, drinking, playing cards and mahjong. I like to ponder over stones when I am free. After moving back to the stone from the mountain, he began to study. He thought, if words, flowers, birds, people and other patterns are carved on the stone, won't the stone "talk"? So, he did it. He bought tools and began to create art on stones.

"I'm not a professional, also didn't learn. I don't know what the tool is called. I will go to the store to buy them. If you don't know, search online or read a book. " Liu Dage said that there is no painting foundation, no calligraphy foundation and no carving experience. Everything depends on your own understanding. When you see a good pattern, you can draw a tiger as a cat, draw it on a stone, and then carve it little by little with power tools. Because I am obsessed with stone carving art creation, sometimes I forget to eat and sleep, and sometimes I sit for a day. Only he can understand the fun. Over the years, he taught himself how to carve stones and created more than 300 stone carvings, including stone tea sets, stone pots and pans, stone pipes, stone cabbages and so on. Once he carved a stone gourd and was bought by a boss for 10000.

"I don't sell my works now, and I didn't want to sell them at that time, but I can't help it if people like it." Liu Dage said that now he has created hundreds of stone carvings, including figures, flowers and birds, calligraphy and other themes, which can't be put on the antique shelves at home. There are stones everywhere in the house, and they are still being created. He said that each of these stone works was created by hand, and each one was unique. There is no other one like it in the world. Therefore, he wants to continue to create in the next few years. When he is old and has no energy to create, he will set up an "exhibition hall" to let people appreciate life, abandon impetuousness, put down their mobile phones, blend in with nature, and make their body and mind calm, thus making the road of life smoother.

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