Security guard Xu Yifei has been practicing hard for 40 years and has scrapped more than 2,000 writing brushes. How is he doing now?

A weak piece of grass can push up a boulder, and a small drop of water can penetrate a stone slab. There are many ordinary people in the world, and they are as common as grass and rain in nature, but among them, But there are people who can accomplish extraordinary things.

They have used their patience and perseverance, hard work and sweat to create their own success. This is extremely difficult. The difficulties involved are beyond our imagination, but the joy they get from it is also what we feel. No matter what, the aspirations in their hearts continue to guide them towards the other side of success.

Ordinary background

In our country, there are many people who work in ordinary positions. Xu Yifei is like this. He is engaged in the profession of security. Although what he does is very ordinary, But he has a heart to pursue his dream of calligraphy and continues to work hard for it.

Xu Yifei, who is now in his 50s, was born in a remote rural area in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. It is surrounded by high mountains and is very remote. His parents have been engaged in farm work all their lives. Farmers in China have not had good living conditions since they were young, and their lives have been very poor. However, there is a saying that goes, people who are poor have ambitions to be poor.

Although the family conditions were not very good, Xu Yifei's parents still worked hard to provide him with tuition fees under the numerous preferential systems for compulsory education. However, in the end, he gave up his studies midway because of his poor family background.

Because his parents, who are getting older, can no longer do the heavy farm work at home, Xu Yifei was forced to drop out of school after finishing junior high school.

It is indeed a pity that he dropped out of school and returned home, because his academic performance in school was very good, and there is a high probability that he will achieve academic success in the future, thereby changing his current living situation, but Xu Yifei did not give up his life because of this, but began to continue to strive for another dream in his heart, that is, calligraphy.

Practice calligraphy hard

Xu Yifei, who grew up in a very poor family, was guided by his father at a very young age. According to his father, after mastering a craft, In order to prevent his son from starving to death in the future, in order to give his son a future, he began to strongly support him in learning calligraphy. Xu Yifei himself was also very hardworking and conscientious, and the dream of calligraphy took root in his heart from an early age.

In order to give his son a very solid foundation, Xu Yifei's father specially asked a local teacher who knew calligraphy to teach Xu Yifei when his son was very young. In the poor life at that time, he still learned how to calligraphy. He gritted his teeth and saved money to buy him brushes and paper and ink for calligraphy practice, which laid an extremely important foundation for Xu Yifei's calligraphy career.

Practicing calligraphy takes time. Under the guidance of the teacher, Xu Yifei started practicing calligraphy every day. At first, he was reluctant to use the brushes, paper and ink, so he had to use some branches to write on the mud. Day after day, there was no stopping. Even after he dropped out of school, he still did not give up his dream of calligraphy. He often started practicing calligraphy as soon as he finished his farm work.

When Xu Yifei was in his 20s, he began to leave the small village where he lived since he was a child in order to make a living. Without a high level of education, he could only go around to find jobs, and all he did was manual labor. For example, washing dishes in restaurants, digging coal in coal mines, and carrying bricks on construction sites, etc., although it is very hard and tiring, they can eventually support themselves, and their formerly poor life has also improved.

Although the work was not easy, Xu Yifei still did not forget his dream of calligraphy. No matter how tired he was during the day, he would always practice a few words. With some savings, he started to buy some. With slightly better brushes and paper and ink, his calligraphy skills are improving day by day.

In the 40 years he has been practicing calligraphy, with his persistence and perseverance, he has used more than 2,000 brushes, as well as countless inks and papers.

In addition to his own efforts, Xu Yifei was also appreciated by Mr. Tian Jingyi, a master of calligraphy. After his calligraphy attainments were recognized by him, Xu Yifei became his teacher. After receiving the guidance of the famous teacher, Xu Yifei His calligraphy attainments are getting higher and higher.

Achievements brought by calligraphy

After engaging in many jobs, Xu Yifei gradually stabilized and chose to work as a security guard at Lanting Calligraphy Scenic Area. Although his occupation was ordinary, he was very Match his interests and hobbies.

It is precisely because of his excellent calligraphy skills that the person in charge of the scenic spot attaches great importance to him and makes him responsible for almost all publicity and warning slogans in the scenic spot.

It was the writing of these slogans that made them completely popular. At first, tourists who saw these slogans thought they were written by a professional calligrapher, but Xu Yifei’s slogan on one occasion The writing was seen by tourists who came to visit, and people couldn't help but be shocked. A security guard actually knew calligraphy, so they started communicating with him. Only then did people understand that he had written all the slogans in the scenic area.

Tourists who knew the truth took a video of Xu Yifei’s calligraphy creation process and uploaded it to the Internet. It was precisely because of this move that Xu Yifei, a security guard, suddenly became popular, and his many The calligraphy works are also seen by more and more people, and people admire the security uncle more and more, like his calligraphy works more and more, and praise him one after another.

At this time, people realized how powerful this security guard named Xu Yifei was. With more than 40 years of hard work and the guidance of famous teachers, he had won awards in various calligraphy competitions, such as domestic calligraphy competitions. The famous calligraphy award Lanting Award, including the Lanting Award in 2002, 2006 and 2009, is enough to prove his excellent calligraphy attainments.

After learning that Xu Yifei had achieved such an achievement, colleagues around him also praised him as a sweeping monk, that is, a person with ordinary status but extremely strong strength. He is dignified, strict, fresh, and extremely artistic. The beautiful calligraphy works also make other calligraphers admire them.

Although he has achieved so many achievements in the field of calligraphy and has become an Internet celebrity, he still has not lost himself. Calligraphy is still just an interest in his life, and he lives the life he wants. Want a stable life.

From Xu Yifei’s life experience, we can see that he is extraordinary. Although his background is extremely ordinary, he still achieved success through his own efforts, and his years of hard work finally paid off. , he realized his life dream.

In my opinion, such a life is meaningful. Everyone in the world who has a dream should work hard for it. Only in this way, even as an ordinary person, still

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