Chapter 46 Forty-fifth unfinished stone painting

There are quite a lot of mountains near Miao Town, but except for Maoshan where Jie Chen lives, there are not many people living there. There are no people on the mountain, but the scenery is not necessarily bad. The lonely and withered mountain flowers and the little animals running freely are unique situations here.But the most peculiar thing is not these, but the stones in the mountains, there are all kinds of stones here, there is one thing that Jie Chen has never understood, why the color of the stones in each mountain is different in almost the same geographical location Big difference.

I remember that a few years ago, there was a retired old benefactor in Miao Town who suddenly fell in love with the nearby stones, but the old benefactor was not looking for some strange-shaped stones to make bonsai, nor was he looking for some rare stones for collection, but liked to use different stones. Colored stones are pasted on boards to compose some paintings. One time I went to Miao Town with Jie Ao, when we passed by the door of the old benefactor's house, we found the old benefactor sitting in front of the door, turning among a pile of small stones.At that time, we didn’t know the hobbies of the old benefactor. We thought that the old benefactor might be picking some stones to stir-fry peanuts, but we also felt strange, why are the stones all colorful?

We couldn't help being a little curious, but we also felt that it was not good to rush to peep, so Jie Ao and I consciously ran in a small circle to look, but saw some finished paintings of the old benefactor pasted on the wooden boards, and we were secretly amazed. . The old benefactor was very happy to see us admiring his works, so he put down his work and chatted with us. It turned out that the old benefactor often went to the nearby mountains to collect these small stones, and then brought them back to assemble some simple paintings.The old benefactor also pointed to a freshly painted white wall outside the house and said that he planned to spend more time on the next piece of work, and paste a whole side on the wall.

The old benefactor also took a photo and told us that this time he planned to post it in the image of his daughter. The area of ​​the wall is really not small. If the old benefactor wants to complete it, it is a big project, and it will probably take a lot of work.What's more, this post is about characters, and the requirements are more detailed. On the way back to the temple, Jie Ao also said that it is also a figure, but in fact, if you want to paste the painting of the monk, it will obviously save some trouble, because you only need to prepare some gray, yellow and black stones to complete it, but you need to paste the old benefactor daughter, the difficulty is even greater, just the colorful stones are hard enough to find.

I nodded and said yes, but it's not right to think about it. Even if it's easy, what is the old benefactor doing to post a monk on the wall of his house? During that time, when we went to the town, we would always visit the house of the old benefactor. The paintings on the wall were progressing little by little, gradually gaining a body and appearance.A few months later, the painting on the wall suddenly stopped working, and the old benefactor disappeared. We were a little worried, not knowing what happened to the old benefactor. After a while, I finally saw the old benefactor who was enjoying the shade at the door of his house.The old benefactor told us that in the past few months, he fell ill and was admitted to the hospital, but now his body has recovered, but the doctor told him not to do strenuous physical exercise again.

The old benefactor looked at the painting on the wall and said with a smile, it seems that this painting is difficult to complete. Seeing that the painting that the old benefactor spent so much energy could not be completed, he wanted to comfort him a few words, but the old benefactor smiled and said, in fact, it is not a pity for him to finish the painting even if it is not completed. Jieao and I looked at each other and smiled, thinking about it, for many things, if you care too much about its ending, you will often feel very disappointed. For us, being able to stand in front of the starting point is a kind of success in itself. As for how far we can go, why should we care?