What should I do if I can't quit my craft

I think you have too much time and too much leisure, that's why. I suggest you re-plan your life, make some changes in your work, study and life, put more energy, work overtime and pay more, and gradually even your income will go up. You can read more books in your spare time and concentrate on improving your ability in one aspect, such as textual research or professional titles. Slowly, you will find that you not only quit this, but also have a higher level of work and study, a better mental outlook and even a changed temperament. Not to mention finding a girlfriend to solve physical needs normally, even marrying a wife is not a problem.

Of course, you can continue this state, then your mental outlook will get worse and worse, and the temperament of the whole person will become more and more threatening.

Since you post for help, you must want to change the status quo, and I believe you will make a wise choice. Pick up the hero brand pen given by my lover and stroke it smoothly on the clear white paper, "sand, rustling, sand".

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Recorded emotions, jumping happily under the pen tip;

Write down the years, gurgling on the white paper.

Pen, as a writing tool, was born in England in 1809.

It also inherited the gentleness and elegance of the British.

When the pen tip sweeps the paper, the touch of the fingers and the consistent rustling sound when writing will make people feel particularly practical.

A high-quality pen has an innate calmness, which injects emotion, concentration and seriousness into every word written.

The pen is really a fascinating tool.

In the 1980s, it was basically very cultural to have a pen on your chest. Taking pictures at that time was standard.

In the era when the monthly salary is more than ten yuan, the pen is a luxury token. The wife will spend more than ten yuan to buy a hero brand pen for her husband, and every word written conveys their warm feelings.

In that era of material scarcity, this extravagant and symbolic love object was reluctant to throw it away when it was broken. Then came the pen repairers who were all over the streets at that time.

Write (especially a poem) for the first time.

Step on the pedal to drive the drill.

Check the problem with a magnifying glass

polish parts

After a while, the broken pen can write again under the treatment of "Pen Doctor".

Working dexterously and quickly with both hands, skilled skills are the memories and highlights of an era.

In this era of "typing becomes work and writing becomes feeling", the pen-making industry is facing great challenges. Where will the pen repairer go from here?

They only rely on their feelings to maintain their persistence in this craft.

1.

In Beijing, where land is precious, there is a 10 square meter shop near Dongsi Street in Wangfujing, which is called "generalized pen repair shop".

The owner is an old master named Zhang Guangyi. He has been repairing pens for 70 years and has written more than 400,000 pens. From a hero with a few dollars to tens of thousands of Montblanc, they can all come back from him.

Pen repair shops, which used to be crowded, now often don't come alone for half a day, earning more than 10 thousand a year.

In this prime location, someone offered a six-figure rental, but the old man refused. Renters are confused. The shopkeeper sighed and waved his hand and said, this is not a question of money. You don't understand.

The old man is over 80 years old, but now he is still sticking to his post. He was advised to enjoy it. He would say, if I close the shop, what about those pens?

When the craft of making a living has become the greatest hobby, you can't quit if you want to. This is a business that can be done for life.

When all the apprentices changed jobs one by one, he still kept his shop and craft, waiting for people in need to come in.

Even if one person needs it, I am happy. What we can hear is his firm heart.

2.

In Shanghai, there is also such an 80-year-old pen repairer named Shi Tianshui.

The pen repair shop is called Tianshun, which is located in Xinmin Road, Laodong, Shanghai. The door is shabby and unremarkable.

At nine o'clock every morning, 83-year-old Shi Tianshui walks into this small house of less than six square meters, shivering, bending down into his workbench and starting his day's work.

For 65 years, Shi has carefully maintained every pen.

So far, Shi Tianshui has repaired more than 600,000 Chinese and foreign pens.

With the closure of pen factories, there are fewer and fewer ways to buy pen accessories. Teacher Shi simply made it himself: pen container, special pliers, pen tip, pen test paper and glue. ...

Except for man-made damage, there is basically no second problem with all the pens that he has repaired. Behind the "zero rework" is the profound internal strength accumulated over the past 65 years.

The children advised him to close the shop and take him home to enjoy himself. But the old man said: I made a living by writing pens when I was young. Now, I take pleasure in repairing pens.

It is the happiest thing in his life to let the ink flow out of the pen tip again, let the words jump out of the paper again and let the words return to the starting point.

3.

In Qinyang, a "thousand-year-old county" in Jiaozuo, Henan, there is also a pen repairer-Lao Chen.

Different from the previous two times, Mr. Chen rode a bicycle and carried a wooden box with tools on it, shuttling through various streets in the countryside. Where there is a school, there is his footprint.

After the reform and opening up in the 1980s, he mastered his skill of writing and served teachers and students in various schools.

His booth is often packed, and people of all ages spend the day laughing and laughing.

30% is to fix pens, and 70% is to listen to him. He is cheerful and witty, and often blurts out some self-made jingles, which makes the children burst into laughter.

He can also draw on a pen, study hard every day, dragons, names of owners and so on, which is quite lifelike.

Old Chen who repairs pens and students who use pens ... students grow up and have a successful career; Every branch of the pen is in disrepair and nobody cares; Lao Chen has passed away now, but it is gratifying to be remembered by local people a few years later.

Maybe it's a lifelong emotional commitment, or maybe it's just pure love. When a craftsman becomes an artist, he retains not only his personal needs, but also the civilization of the times.