Chapter 191: Live the way you want
Although, compared to their peers.
Tang Duoduo has already behaved very mature and sensible.
But at her core, she's still just a child.
She does the laundry and cooks.
I will work part-time, and I will also pay for the elderly in my family to see a doctor.
And what were He Yuan doing at his age?
Every day, in addition to going to school, I go home, either doing homework, writing test papers, and reading extracurricular tutoring materials.
Occasionally, I would look out the window in a daze, thinking about what the university was like, what the outside was like, and what kind of person I would become in the future.
I also think about the girls in the class, the girls in the school, weaving some colorful memories in my mind, which belong to young people. Then take out a small notebook, use paper and pen, and write your own green world.
To be honest, that kind of life, boring, boring, not cool at all.
But that's He Yuan's life.
Sometimes he looks at children of the same age and feels envious.
Especially when I look at those who study art and sports, play ball, wear fashionable, beautiful clothes, and have some words in their mouths that he doesn't understand, but he thinks they are so powerful.
For example, when he was in elementary school, when He Yuan hadn't learned English, he didn't even know what "love tiger oil" meant, and when he heard "kawaii", he was also confused, but in order not to show his ignorance, He Yuan was still scumbag-eyed, with a look of "I understand".
This may not be thought of in today's children, but in those days, there was no such developed consultation, what do you want to know, except for watching TV, is to learn and imitate through other people around you.
Even, if you want to understand through books, it is very difficult. When I was a child, books were very expensive and there were few types, and in addition to newspapers and magazines, there were only some outdated classics left that could flow to their county.
Moreover, the book at that time was very rigorously knitted.
Except for the things that are supported by public opinion, all other messy things cannot be published.
Like now, you can buy any mess of books in a bookstore.
But, how to say it.
This life is very long.
The former young first love, the goddess of Wandai elegance, married a wife, became a stay-at-home, took care of the children when there was something, quarreled with her husband when she had nothing to do, and was very spicy and yellow-faced.
The school grass that swept the whole school and made thousands of girls scream has become a bald man with a fat head, big ears, a big belly, and a bald man who likes to drink two sips of liquor when he is fine, and then recalls his "youth" there with bad breath.
It's all very realistic.
On the contrary, those who used to be in school and were unknown, buried their heads and silently walked to the front.
Just like He Yuan, after returning from Beijing, he was able to calmly accept the invitation of his classmates and go to the class reunion of the elementary school, which was absolutely unimaginable in his previous opinion.
Of course, there is still a big gap with the scene he imagined before, the scene of returning to his hometown.
However, there is a fundamental difference in this.
Before, he only dared to think, but now, he can do it.
Time and experience gave him not only failure, but also the "wealth" accumulated in continuous failure.
These riches are experience, connections, perseverance, the courage to face difficulties and never give up, but not money.
These "wealth" are his confidence.
Some people are poor, in addition to their bad foundation and bad environment, but also because they are lazy and don't want to change. And some people are poor, simply because they are too idealistic.
He Yuan is the latter.
If he can see a little more clearly, be a little more ambitious, and be a little less embarrassed, then He Yuan can rely on these "wealth" to achieve success in a short period of time - those so-called "successes" in the eyes of ordinary people.
Thinking a little far.
The chicken broth is also thicker.
But this can be completely interpreted as the state in which Tang Duoduo is now.
After all, the future is unknown to her.
And what human beings are most afraid of is precisely the unknown.
Tang Duoduo was more confused, and He Yuan suddenly threw out such a question, which brought her a great impact.
Although she usually realizes more personality and independence, she will make money, and she will discuss "human nature" with He Yuan, but in the end, she is just a child.
When other children are still in school, doing homework, hiding every day, secretly playing with their mobile phones, occasionally falling in love, and having a young love, she has to face the choice of "future".
Tang Duoduo didn't think about what kind of life he would live in the future.
Her initial idea was very simple, to save a sum of money by selling her mobile phone. Then, she found a way to get rid of Dong Ge and sell her mobile phone to earn more money.
Selling mobile phones through live broadcast is a point that Tang Duoduo can try, because she has seen that Dong Ge sold mobile phones in this way and made a lot of money.
However, after talking to He Yuan last time, she dispelled this idea.
He Yuan gave her an example, gave her an analysis, and told her that this is only a short-term sales method, but it is not suitable for the long-term, and she can't go far. However, after listening to it, Tang Duoduo felt that what He Yuan said made sense.
She also felt that He Yuan said that going to school, meeting more people, and doing business with acquaintances seemed to be a good choice. However, He Yuan told her that mobile phones have been sold for so many years, and the people who should have mobile phones already have them, so how long can this business be done for her?
So sometimes Tang Duoduo feels that He Yuan is really annoying.
Because he can always give all kinds of examples to show you that this thing can't be done, you can do it in the short term, but you can't do it in the long run.
However, Tang Duoduo had to admit that what He Yuan said was very reasonable.
But that didn't stop her from hating He Yuan.
She's just a child, where does she have so much knowledge, so much planning, to try other things. She will only sell mobile phones and take photos - she will not take photos in the future, she used to be young and didn't know much about shame, but now that she is older, when she thinks of wearing that kind of clothes and standing in front of strangers, Tang Duoduo feels that her cheeks are hot.
After being with He Yuan, he seemed to have cultivated himself and didn't pour chicken soup on himself. I didn't expect that if I didn't make a move, it would be a bomb.
But do you like Beijing?
In all fairness, Tang Duoduo wants to say that he likes it.
Although I have only been to Beijing once, the impression that Beijing gives Tang Duoduo is really good.
The city there is so big, the road is so wide, especially the shopping mall, it's big, beautiful, and there are a lot of things in it, which can't be seen in a small county town, and can't be bought - not to mention online shopping, Tang Duoduo used to be busy selling mobile phones to make money, where can she have time to go online, not to mention, her money has to be saved and used to do business or buy a house in the future.
She always wanted to have a room of her own, so that she wouldn't be shut out because she sometimes went back too late.
She has been to many places in Beijing, stayed in luxurious hotels, and had large spacious and bright houses. I have eaten all kinds of delicacies that can only be seen on TV, and I have also received all kinds of good-looking, beautiful clothes and shoes that He Yuan bought for her.
Tang Duoduo felt that she had lived for more than ten years, and there had never been a time when she was as happy as those few days, it was like becoming a princess and living in a castle that she couldn't even imagine in her dreams.
Yes, this kind of life, Tang Duoduo never dreamed of before.
So she quickly returned to reality.
So, what is Tang Duoduo like in reality?
A little girl whose father doesn't hurt and her mother doesn't love.
A young girl who has no grandfather and a group of white-eyed wolf relatives who are staring at property.
A female junior high school student who was ostracized by her classmates, looked down on by her teachers, and even bluntly said that she was "sold" outside and raised by men.
Scold.
Actually, Tang Duoduo is really, he has been asked whether he accepts the package or not, and he can have a lot of money. For this kind of person, Tang Duoduo chose to be cold-eyed, and he didn't bother to deal with it at all.
Although sometimes she also thinks, hey, I'm a girl, I'm still so young, why do I have to live so tired. Why can those people live so happily without her, without her being sensible, not as beautiful as her, or even without her hard work?
She was still a little unwilling.
But, this is just a thought, she actually doesn't dare.
Don't look at Tang Duoduo, who is usually very bold, dares to do business, dares to skip classes, and even dares not to take exams...... But there are some things that she doesn't dare to do.
Tang Duoduo knows that if you want to live a life like Beijing, you must have money, otherwise, Beijing will actually be more sad than your hometown, and then you will not live in a big house, not a luxury hotel, but a gloomy and cold basement.
Therefore, when He Yuan suddenly asked her this, her mind was confused.
Emotionally, she did like the life in Beijing that time, but intellectually, Tang Duoduo knew that the main reason why she felt that life was very dreamy was because there was no pressure of money.
In other words, if you have money, you will live well in Beijing, and from this point of view, she likes Beijing very much.
If you don't have the money...... What's the difference between that and being back home?
"Look, since you have to work hard anyway, then why don't you fight hard, leave this small city, go to a big city, and live the life you want? After you have seen the outside world, are you really, willing to stay in this small place?" He Yuan looked at Tang Duoduo's eyes and said word by word.
I'm afraid to make comparisons in everything.
If Tang Duoduo has been staying in her hometown and has never gone out, then she may always think about how to live in her hometown, how to buy a house, have a stable job, and then get married, have children, and then raise children, care about milk powder, and care about school district housing......
Most people living in third- and fourth-tier cities come from this way.
Don't say that people nowadays have money and can go out to travel, and even people in small counties can go abroad and travel around the world.
Traveling to a place and going to a place to work and live are two different concepts.
In the past, people traveled far away to study, in order to "read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles", but now people go out to travel...... Most of them are just pretending.
I was tired of being with my mobile phone all the time, I went to a few night markets, checked in a few Internet celebrity restaurants, and thought that I had grown a lot, but after returning to my hometown, what kind of day should I live every day, or what kind of day should I live.
He Yuan once asked a few friends if this kind of life was interesting.
There are so many times a year, spending so much money, suffering so many crimes, going to a completely unfamiliar place, just to take a few photos, send a few moments, and brag a few words with friends, what is the meaning?
My friends wondered, what was the point of this, just be happy.
Then, they will turn around, pat He Yuan's shoulder and say: Young people, don't live so tired, be happy when you should be happy, relax when you should relax, and learn to enjoy.
To be honest, the point they say is actually not a big deal.
The only problem is with the person who speaks.
If a person has a lot of money at home, or if they can earn money very well, then they spend money and spend time to enjoy it, and there is nothing wrong with it. But if some people have difficulties at home, they get a salary of two or three thousand yuan a month, and they still think about how to spend money and how to pretend to be forced in front of their friends......
Then He Yuan felt that this kind of person was terminally ill and hopeless.
"I ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it......" Tang Duoduo's lips were about to break, and her little face was entangled, "Moreover, I don't know what to do." ”
For Tang Duoduo, He Yuan's proposition is too big.
Go to the big city and live the life you want......
What does it mean to go to a big city, and what does it mean to live the life you want?
Moreover, what is the life you want, is it a big house, a stable job, or ......
Tang Duoduo's mind was chaotic, almost subconsciously, she felt flustered.
He Yuan looked at her expression and knew her current state.
Because of this situation, it has often happened to him before.
In daily life, people always think that they know themselves very well.
If you ask him what you want right now, it could be a game console, it could be a book, a car, a house, and for a child, it might just be a set of skins from Honor of Kings.
Well, I have several children at home, the poor have no money to buy clothes, and they need the funding of well-wishers. One of the children was very obedient and sensible, and I wanted to spend a few hundred dollars to buy him a new dress to make him look more handsome.
What the?
What descendants, what golden shooter suits, I don't understand at all.
Far from it.
Using the "answer" method, it is very simple to test whether you have a clear understanding of your future.
A: What do you want.
B: I want a house.
A: What kind of house do you want?
B: It's as big as possible, preferably a villa, and it's more comfortable to live in.
A: Have you ever thought about where to buy this villa?
B: Where did you buy it...... This, I don't know, maybe it's in my hometown, right?
A: Why should I buy it in my hometown?
B: Because I'm going to live here in the future, and the houses in my hometown are cheaper, and I can't afford them in other places.
A: Have you ever thought about how much a villa costs?
B: How much? Probably a few million.
A: Millions are tens of thousands.
B: Two or three million?
A: Okay, so do you have that much money?
B: No.
A: If not, then how do you buy a villa, and will your family sponsor you?
B: I don't have that much money at home, I probably ...... I'll earn it myself.
A: How to earn.
B: When I come out to work, go to work.
A: How much do you get paid to work?
B: I don't know, maybe five or six thousand a month, when my brother came back last time, he said that his salary was five or six thousand a month, I should be able to reach it.
A: Have you ever thought about how long it will take you to get a salary of five or six thousand?
B: Possibly...... Twenty-six seven?
A: Okay, with a salary of five or six thousand, and a house price of two million, how long will it take for you to afford a house without family support.
B:...... I didn't count.
A: According to the house price of two million, six thousand a month, even if you don't eat or drink every month, all the money is saved, you need about 333.33333, briefly, three hundred and thirty-three months, twenty-seven, that is, about twenty-eight years, to buy this villa. If the down payment is 30%, it will take eight years.
B:...... It's going to take so long.
A: Then your hometown, the salary of 6,000 a month is much?
B: It shouldn't be much, most people's salaries seem to be only two or three thousand.
A: If you have two or three thousand, then you will have to double the time, that is, you will not eat or drink, and it will take 16 years to save enough for a down payment.
B:......
A: So do you still want a villa?
B: Yes.
A: What are you going to do if you want to?
B:...... Go to work in other places, and after earning money, go back to your hometown to buy a house.
A: Are you sure, if you go to another place, you have to rent a house outside, you have to eat outside, you may not save much money?
B:......
A: In that case, are you still sure you want to buy a cottage?
B: No.
A: So what do you want?
B: Buy a small house.
A: How small a house.
B: This ...... At least a hundred square meters.
A: Okay, a small house of 100 square meters, what is the current housing price in your hometown?
B: How much? probably, more than 10,000......
A: More than 10,000 yuan, a 100-square-meter house, that is, 1 million, according to the figure just now, it will take you eight years to get together the down payment.
B:...... Forget it, I don't want it.
He Yuan has talked to many people about the above questions.
Of course, most of the time, he asks about work.
It can be said that many people feel that they have something very clear and like.
But in He Yuan's opinion, they just don't know the price they have to pay for getting these things.
Of course, some things are smaller and easier to implement.
For example, a boy may want a skin for a game character, a mobile phone, or a computer.
For girls, it's a nice dress, lipstick in various shades, or a luxury bag.
These things, for an adult with a stable income, can be achieved in ten days or months.
In the area of sales, there has always been a saying that "women's money is easier to make", which is not unreasonable.
Because there are many things that girls need, such as lipstick, bags, eating a meal, or going on a trip, these things are relatively easy to get, and every time they get it, they will have a pleasant "satisfaction" for women, and this "satisfaction" is not strong in duration, but because it is too simple, she can keep getting this pleasure.
So in daily life, you can see that girls always can't control the "buy, buy, buy".
What they buy is not really something, but the spiritual pleasure when they get it.
For men, their desires are much less.
Of course, it's not that they don't want to buy, buy, buy, buy, but compared to those trivial things in daily life, men have a hurdle that can't be bypassed in the process of growing up - that is, the house.
Whether a man is successful or not is completely different from the standard of judging a woman.
Men's success lies in their houses, cars, careers, and so on.
Instead of a few lipsticks, a few packs, they can be satisfied.
Women don't have this concern, because everyone is telling them that buying a house is a man's business, and they are only responsible for looking good. Therefore, what they absorb is a temporary "timely consumption pleasure", while men are mostly "delayed sexual gratification".
A lot of people really don't know what they want.
They may be able to name something, but they don't know the meaning behind it.
For example, if you want a house, you want to feel secure, and if you want a job that is easy and free, you want to be able to achieve financial freedom.
Just like Tang Duoduo, she wants a house because she won't be turned away because she comes home late...... In other words, what Tang Duoduo really lacks is a sense of security, a harbor that can shelter her from the wind and rain.
If she has a pair of parents who are very good to her and can open the door for her anytime and anywhere, then perhaps, her need for a house is not so urgent.
And even if they know what they want, the vast majority of them don't know how to get it.
Or take buying a house as an example, you need money to buy a house, where can you get the money?
If you don't have money, how do you earn it, what kind of industry do you want to engage in, what kind of work do you do, how many years you work, how much money you have to save every year, and ......
These things are something that Tang Duoduo doesn't understand at this age.
Even many adults are living in a mess themselves.
Some of them did it, some of them didn't, and many of them did it, and they didn't know how they did it, as if the opportunity came, and they worked hard and then succeeded.
As for why the opportunity came and why he was able to seize it...... Who cares about these?
He Yuan used to live in a blur, and it wasn't until he started working that he gradually developed his own thinking ability, and wanted to explore the deep-seated reasons behind many things: how it happened and why it happened.
It's like a philosophical proposition: who I am, where I come from, and where I want to go.
He Yuan did not expect that Tang Duoduo would be able to live as an understanding person like himself.
But there are some things that Tang Duoduo needs to choose by herself - what kind of life she wants to live.