My neighbor, Brother Li Shuang, opened the first private lettering shop in Beitaipingzhuang. The three powerful Chinese characters of "Ancient Pavilion" shine in the sun, which is a plaque inscribed by the famous calligrapher Xiao Lao for this store.
Don't underestimate this small shop that can only accommodate two or three people. Very famous! Workers, cadres, students, professors, famous actors, radio announcers … and friends from all over the world come to the shop to carve. Shopkeeper Li Shuang has won the trust of customers with superb technology and warm and thoughtful service.
One night, Li Shuang's brother was packing. Panting, an aunt ran into the engraving shop and said anxiously, "Superfine products, can you engrave it for me?" The sooner the better. I'm an accountant. I lost my seal. I can't get the money without it. I am anxious. " He thought for a moment, then said brightly, "Come and get it tomorrow." Aunt's face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and she said happily, "Thank you so much, Master." However, it was another sleepless night for him.
Another time, an American student came to the store and asked Li Shuang's brother to carve a stamp for his elderly mother as a birthday present. Li Shuang agreed happily. After returning home, he always writes and draws at his desk every night. How to arrange English letters more beautifully? How to arrange the decorations on stamps to make the old people like them better? Which material is the most suitable? He repeatedly tried to carve on plexiglass ... His mother looked at him obsessively and worked all night, urging him to say, "Life at home is very rich, and a stamp can't earn much money." Don't be exhausted. " But he said, "mom, am I carving stamps for money?" This is an American student who misses his mother. Every letter on the stamp is saturated with his son's heart for his mother. He will be disappointed if the carving is not good. Although a seal is small, it can enhance the friendship between the Chinese and American people! " Mother listened to his heartfelt words, nodded knowingly and smiled affectionately. After a week of repeated thinking, careful design and careful carving, a very delicate stamp was carved, and the English letters on the stamp were round and powerful. He also asked people to make a delicate little box for stamps. The box cover is engraved with "Happy Birthday to Mom" in Chinese and English.
Two weeks later, when the foreign student came to the store to see this gift, he was so lucky that he opened his eyes in surprise, looked at Li Shuang's brother for a long time, gave him a thumbs-up sign, repeatedly praised him in blunt Chinese: "The people in China are really amazing ..." Then he took out a thick stack of dollars from his wallet to reward him. He pushed the money back and said with a smile, "You have already rewarded me." The foreign guests were puzzled. He went on to say, "What you just said ..." The foreign guest suddenly realized, held his hand tightly and said seriously, "I want to bring the deep friendship of the people of China to every American I know." Li Shuang's brother is warm to others, but he is rude to some people. His friend asked him to carve the official seal at a high price, and he said solemnly, "I won't do anything illegal."
Now engraving shops are all prizes. His noble professional ethics and law-abiding style left a deep impression on our customers. But who would have thought that Li Shuang's brother, who won so many honors, turned out to be a disabled person only one table high? Last year, he joined the association for the disabled, and donated all the money he earned to the foundation except his living expenses. He said: "lettering is a noble art, and I want to dedicate everything to art and to the people."
Li Shuang's brother is the pride of the disabled.