Today, however, Xu Xincheng needs to do something that he rarely does.

At 11:10 a.m., he arrived at Grandview Plaza, the largest shopping mall in Guangzhou.

He rarely goes shopping, and even when he does, the only purpose is to go to the bookstore and buy books. But today is different, today he came to the mall to buy two sets of better and more fashionable clothes.

He didn't really have much of a so-called it himself, but he felt that when he was drinking coffee with Lucy, he couldn't let her lose points because of him, and the surprised expressions of the four celebrities last time should have been due to his somewhat shabby image that day.

Now, he can't change his current social status and identity, but in terms of image, he can make some changes and improve.

He knew that there were three kinds of things in this world, the first of which could be changed immediately, the second which could not be changed temporarily, but could still be changed with a certain amount of effort, and the third which could not be changed.

In response to these three things, his response is as follows:

First, he will do his best to change what can be changed immediately.

Second, those things that cannot be changed temporarily, and who have not been able to change the conditions for the time being, will face them calmly, and facing them calmly is not inaction, let alone passive abandonment. He will continue to improve his abilities and create better conditions, hoping to have enough ability and conditions to change them in the near future.

Third, those things that cannot be changed and cannot be changed, he will accept them calmly and admit his limitations.

These are some of the experiences he has realized and summarized over the years, and they are the attitude of life that he has been practicing.

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Xu Xincheng visited several men's fashion stores in the mall, either thinking that the style was not suitable for him, or thinking that the style was okay but was taken aback by the price.

Although he has just been promoted and raised, he has never bought more than 500 yuan of clothes in his life, which also includes all winter clothes. And here, the list price of a fashionable short-sleeved shirt is 488,588,788,988, or even thousands.

In addition, there is a big problem, many of the clothes in these fashion stores are very fancy, all kinds of styles, all kinds of colors, all kinds of patterns, which dazzles him.

He has always admired minimalism and does not like too fancy clothes, which is not only due to his personality and aesthetic preferences, but also influenced by his idols.

His first idol, Joe of Company A, was very minimalist and his clothes were always unpretentious, while Zuckerberg's daily clothes of Facebook Company were basically the same, always a gray T-shirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of sneakers.

He decided to buy clothes in the way he had always dressed, with tops in his favourite colours, sky blue and grass green, pants and shoes in black, and only basics.

Once the direction has been set, it's much simpler now, as long as it doesn't meet the above criteria, it's all excluded.

After only fifteen minutes or so, he took a fancy to two short-sleeved polo shirts, one sky blue and the other grass green. They have a good texture, they look very smooth and fit when you wear them, the sky blue like the blue sky is very eye-catching, making him look very energetic and fashionable, and the grass green like the green grass in early spring is very eye-catching, making him look more energetic and younger.

The salesman who served beside him praised him for his good figure, saying that this polo shirt seemed to be tailor-made for him, and he looked very handsome when he wore it.

He just laughed and didn't say anything, and he guessed that she would say something similar to each customer.

Although he knows that his figure and appearance are not bad, he has not particularly cared about his appearance since he was a child, but pays more attention to his inner cultivation and words and deeds, he knows very well that a person must first have inner beauty, and then he or she can have real external beauty; a person must first have rich connotation cultivation and good moral character, and then he or she can have extraordinary personal temperament and admirable personality charm.

And if a person is only superficial, only on the outside, but on the inside, and ruined, if a person is only flashy, even sanctimonious, on the surface a humble gentleman, but on the inside is a despicable villain, such a person, no matter how good he looks on the outside, will eventually be despised by others.

Now the biggest problem is the price, the price on the tag is 588 yuan, he couldn't help frowning, and shook his head helplessly, this price has exceeded his psychological line.

Seeing this, the salesman hurriedly said that their store had a promotional event today, and he could give him a member price, 488 yuan.

This so-called membership price is still a bit higher for him, but he does need a slightly better clothes or two, and besides, she has been serving for a long time, and he can't stand being treated well by people, and if he doesn't give him a corresponding return, he will feel that he owes others.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay then, that's all there is to it." Thank you!"

He originally wanted to pick out another pair of pants and a pair of shoes, but he really felt sorry for his money, and thought about how many books he could buy with these money! And the black trousers and the pair of black casual leather shoes he wore last time were actually okay, they were bought last year, and as long as he took good care of them, they would be similar to new, he comforted himself in his heart: "Actually, all the black trousers and black leather shoes look similar, there is really no need to waste them, there is no need to buy them again." ”

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After buying clothes, seeing that there was still time, Xu Xincheng came to the fourth floor.

There is a department store on the fourth floor, Hi Department Store.

Every time he comes to Grandview Plaza, he will go inside, there are a lot of interesting and distinctive high-quality goods, but he usually only looks at them curiously and appreciates them.

The main reason he came here was because there was a bookstore inside, and visiting the bookstore to buy books was his main purpose. For him, visiting a bookstore is much more fun and fun than going to a fashion store.

When he came to the bookshelf of Nakajima in the bookstore, he was overjoyed to see the hardcover collector's editions of "A Brief History of Mankind" and "A Brief History of the Future" placed in the center.

It was completely different from the hesitation when he had just bought clothes, he only looked through the sample book for a while, and then picked up the book without hesitation and went to the counter to pay for it.

In fact, he had already bought the electronic versions of these two books, and after reading them for the first time, the author, Yuval Harari, was already in his mind, and these two books were immediately included in his list of 300 books that he must collect.

He had been waiting for the two books to come out in hardcover collector's editions, and he was going to put them on that little bookshelf like treasures, and he was going to hold them in his hands as if they were treasures, and he was going to reread the chapters that inspired him so much over and over again.

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After buying the book, Xu Xincheng returned to the community, came to the small restaurant again, and ordered a pork ribs claypot rice and a plate of cabbage.

Of course, there are restaurants in that mall, but compared to the ones in the community, the quality is about the same, and the price is much higher, unless he is with friends or colleagues, if he is just shopping alone in the bookstore, he will not spend money on meals that he should not spend, and he will not waste money that there is no need to waste.

After eating, he also went to the barber shop he frequented to get a haircut. The price of a haircut here is much cheaper than the high-end barber shops in the mall.

When he got home, he took a cold shower to make himself feel more refreshed, and then, put on the sky blue polo shirt he had just bought, put on the scalded trousers, and put on the polished leather shoes, and at 13:55, Xu Xincheng went out and rushed to the café.