Wu Lidi, a 48-year-old cleaning lady, has a great interest in painting. Recently, she was surprised and deeply moved by a special show of her painting works held by students at Nanjing University.
The paintings were Wu's works on a blackboard hanging on the first floor of a student dormitory (宿舍) where she works. The paintings included wonderful natural scenes, the colorful school and so on.
During the show, many students left handwritten messages to Wu. The messages included "Thank you for your blackboard paintings that have accompanied (陪伴) me through four years of my youth", "You have created a wonderful world with your painting brush" and" I hope you will stick to what you love".
Wu has had an interest in painting since she was young. After she became a cleaner at Nanjing University, she started painting on a blackboard. Though she is very busy at work, she still tries to find time to create blackboard paintings. She also learns and practices painting skills from online videos in her free time. She is widely known by the students. They often call her" a cleaning lady who could have become an artist".
Wu said," I love painting, so I'm happy to do it. I want to give the students a different feeling, and hope they will feel happy when they see the paintings.'
Wu is thankful to the students who held the show for her. And she will continue to create more paintings that will accompany every lovely student.
