In old age he sat endlessly at his door carving in stone slabs. Sometimes Feng-mien served as a little helper, and he pored over the traditional Chinese designs at grandpa's feet.
風眠先生的祖父是石匠，長年累月，一刻不停地坐在家門口，敲打著雕刻石碑上的圖案花樣。他極疼愛這個小孫子，經常讓他當小助手，遞鎯頭、磨鑿子，而小助手也看盡了祖父手下的中國傳統藝術圖紋。