Encountering a century-old boxwood in the mountains, my cousin sawed it into 123 wooden lumps on the spot - what for?

My cousin came across a century-old boxwood in the mountains and immediately sawed it into 123 wooden lumps - what is he planning to do?

My cousin lives in a remote rural area, where the main income comes from growing a bit of corn and potatoes. But it is located deep in the mountains, where the forest vegetation is quite lush. There are all kinds of tree species in the forest. When spring arrives, it really is a time when all things come back to life, with greenery everywhere, making it the best place for keeping healthy.

However, a good environment alone is not enough. People always have to survive, so they have to find ways to earn some money to maintain the family's daily expenses. And so, my cousin heard that people outside were buying tree stumps. Therefore, sometimes when he goes into the mountains, if he sees one with a slightly better shape, he digs up one or two and brings them back to plant in soil, with the purpose of waiting for outsiders to come so he can sell them for pocket money.

On May 8 this year, my cousin went into the mountains to gather dry firewood to cook pig feed, and accidentally saw a century-old boxwood in the mountains. Being knowledgeable about such things, he immediately sawed it into 124 wooden lumps. What is my cousin planning to do?

It turns out that my cousin learned that boxwood can be used to make seals. This is because boxwood is hard in texture, fine in grain and high in density. In the past, older people specifically looked for boxwood to carve seals. After hearing this news, he believed that although most units or individuals nowadays use plastic seals, those made from natural boxwood are even more distinctive.

So he took the 123 wooden lumps he had sawed off back home for further processing. Handling wooden lumps was no problem for him, because he comes from a family of carpenters, and the furniture they make is truly exquisite. Turning them into seals would not be much of a problem.

The finished seals were taken to the city and sold out in a single morning. He said there were many people who wanted to buy them; some bought them to carve seals, and some bought them to keep as collectibles. The results were pretty good. At the same time, he also said that for such tree stumps, he has his own principles, which is that he never cuts down the whole root base. He only cut off a few branches of the boxwood tree, and did not cut the main trunk either.

Encountering a stump is a matter of fate. Digging up tree stumps should be done according to rules. Do not destroy an entire tree for your own selfish gain, as that would be improper. At the same time, when encountering such a situation, how would you, as a stump lover, handle it?