You were 23 years old.

The first time I went to my girlfriend's house to meet my parents.

Actually, you've seen it before, in the video. This time it was different, it was a kind invitation from my girlfriend's parents.

Sitting in front of a table full of food, the scene is too formal, and you are a little uneasy.

Halfway through the meal, my girlfriend's father really started to ask questions, first on some irrelevant topics, and then on a different level: When will you buy a house?

Next to him, his girlfriend's mother also said casually that the prospective son-in-law of Lao Liu next door had just bought a three-bedroom and two-living room.

You don't know, what to say. Your head is full of that 3,000 monthly salary card.

Then, the atmosphere was cold. You finish your meal in a hurry, find an excuse that something is wrong with the company, and return the same day.

A week later, you ask your girlfriend out and break up peacefully.

Her tears were like a dam bursting, but you still walked calmly.

It's not that you're calm, it's that you're beginning to understand that love that can't talk about money is destined to not go far. You can have no money in love, but you can't get married.

That night, you sat on a park bench all night.

You deleted everything about her on your phone, but you can't forget her smile.

Why? At the age when you are most powerless, you meet the person you most want to take care of for your whole life.

You're 25 years old, and you finally have some savings.

In the past two years, you have gone to a new city and changed to a new job. You've worked hard to drink with clients, and you've worked overtime until dawn.

Your salary has tripled, and at some point, you even feel empowered all over. You decide to go buy a house.

The sales consultant with a professional smile will take you to the model room.

The north-south transparent house type, the community is very green, and you can see the ridgeline in the distance when you open the window.

But when asked the total price, you are silent. The price of the house is going up, too fast.

You walk home slowly and decide to wait for the price to drop before buying. But when you open the circle of friends, the first news you see is that citizens queue up to buy a house overnight. You know, if you don't make a move, you may not be able to catch up with the house price again.

You were ruthless, called your parents, and brought their 100,000 pension money. You call all your relatives, accompany the smiling faces, and borrow money from them.

After three days, you have enough for the down payment, and you go to sign the purchase contract. The moment you press your fingerprints, your eyes are sore.

How nice it is to be rich.

You begin to understand that if you have money, you will have a home, and you will have a sense of certainty.

However, you will never meet the one you love again.

On your 26th birthday, you ordered yourself a small cake. In the candlelight, you make a quiet wish.

Not to treat yourself. But you begin to understand that sometimes, a stable income also has temperature, which can save you from being surprised, from suffering, and from having no branches to rely on.

Parents are aging much faster than you think. You are beginning to understand that money is sometimes filial piety. If you have enough money, you won't be powerless with your parents.

If you haven't experienced buying a home, you won't know how important money is;

If you haven't experienced a family member getting sick, you won't know how indispensable money is;

If you don't live a life with a monthly salary of 3,000, you won't know what you make money for.

You think of that sleepless night many years ago, when your father said something earnest.

"Child, I ask you to study hard, not because I want you to compare your grades with others, but because I hope that you will have the right to choose meaningful and time-bound work in the future, rather than being forced to earn a living. ”

When you were young, you thought that money was the most important thing! Now, after all these years, you realize that that sentence is not true at all.

Why do you work hard to make money when you're young? not to be rich, not to be enjoyable. But one day, you have the confidence to say, I can live a better life. You also have the confidence to say it to your loved ones.

Don't be afraid, I've got you covered.