他小的时候,家中只有几亩薄地,父母的汗水没少流,收获的粮食可就是填不满一家人的肚子。十三岁那年,看到父母总为一家人的一日三餐发愁,懂事的他对父亲说:“百艺好养身,我不念书了,想去学一门手艺。”他先是学木匠,一年后又改学雕花木工,由于天资聪颖,又勤奋异常,很快就成了家乡木匠中的佼佼者。雕花为细工慢活,除了大户人家外,穷家小户即使非常喜欢也没谁出得起工钱,这就使得他不得不远走他乡找活儿干。 When he was young, only a few acres of thin land at home, no less sweat of parents, the harvest of food can fill the stomach of dissatisfaction with the family. At the age of thirteen, when he saw his parents always worrying about his family’s meal, he told his father: “I do not study, I want to learn a craft.” Carpenter first learn, a year later switched to carpentry carpentry, due to natural intelligence, but also hard-working exception, and soon became the leader in home carpentry. Carved fine workmanship slow, in addition to large families, the poor households even if they do not like who can afford to pay for work, which makes him had to go abroad to find a job.