About Qi Baishi's deeds

1, Qi Baishi's family was poor when he was a child. At the age of eight, he started herding cattle and chopping wood. The cow is eating grass, so it draws on the ground with firewood. Later, I became a carpenter, working during the day and studying painting under dim oil lamps at night. Regardless of mosquito bites in summer, he was on pins and needles in winter until the lamp oil burned out. In this way, his paintings get better and better.

Grandpa Baishi planted many flowers and plants at home, which attracted many small insects. There are fish and shrimp in the water tank. He observes them carefully every day. He wants to draw a grasshopper and run after it all over the yard until he can see the movement of the grasshopper's legs when it jumps. Others advised him to tie the grasshopper. He said that it was uncomfortable and unnatural to tie the grasshopper to the rope, and the painting was inaccurate.

The old man is very thrifty, which is tempered by hard life. Even if he lived well later, he still controlled the rice at home. Every time he eats, he gives it to him personally. His daughter-in-law cooked and asked Qi Baishi for food, but Qi Baishi was reluctant to give more. They all measured a bamboo and shook hands.

At that time, even his apprentice Li Keran had to abide by a rule when he visited the master, which was easily broken by people who didn't know Qi Baishi. Qi Baishi entertains guests with a plate of moon cakes and a plate of peanuts. Family and disciples know that these things can't be eaten. First, Qi Baishi will be unhappy if he eats them. Second, he doesn't know that these snacks are old, and eating them may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

Qi Baishi likes to paint Chinese cabbage, and he paints well. Qi Baishi praised Chinese cabbage as the king of vegetables. The Chinese cabbage he painted has the characteristics of fat, tender and crisp green, and the Chinese cabbage he painted is fresh, tender, moist and full of vitality. Qi Baishi often boasts of being "full of bamboo shoots". He comes from a peasant family, and it is natural for him to paint cabbage well.

A painter studied Qi Baishi privately and painted cabbage, but he couldn't draw it. Finally, he couldn't help asking Qi Baishi, what's the secret of painting cabbage? Qi Baishi smiled and said, "How can you paint like me when you don't smell of vegetables and bamboo shoots?"

When Qi Baishi sells paintings, he is really "penny wise and pound foolish". There is no shortage of money and shrimp. Every shrimp has its own price, and it is really difficult for him to add some more. If he can't refuse, Qi Baishi will draw a shrimp that will die of thirst after leaving the water for half a day.