Put the jasmine tea into the cheap purple clay pot and pour the hot water, the fragrance of jasmine will evaporate with the water vapor, I sniffed greedily and gently closed the teapot lid. L, who was sitting across from me, frowned.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, I can only say some innocuous words: "You know, my favorite drink is jasmine, it tastes very fragrant, and the price is not expensive, especially when I bought it this time, make a cup, and the whole house will become fragrant." L said lightly: "I don't know how to taste tea, I prefer tap water." Noncommittal, I poured the tea into the cup in front of L. L and I live very close, we often come to chat or talk about work and study, this time he really encountered big trouble, last month back to his hometown to tell his parents about buying a house, my parents are not rich, and I and L have just worked for two years, and there is no money on hand, my parents have not said anything, his sister-in-law sneered and said that when she got married, her parents did not add anything to their family, and let out the words, if you add money to L, then they also want to, this is fair, L's brother has already married and had children. The communication at home ended hastily like this.,L is also honest.,I don't like to make a big deal about this kind of discussion that doesn't come to a conclusion.。 Last week, L's girlfriend quarreled with L about getting engaged and getting married, which was nothing more than a bride price, a wedding, and a bunch of things.

L picked up the cup and took a sip of tea gently, feeling too hot, so he put it down again, and said, "How good are you, single, you don't have to think about these things, you can live your life with peace of mind - while you are still free, work hard to make money." I gloated and blew the water in the cup, gently sucked the water that was not too hot on the surface, and made a small "snort" sound, "I'm used to being alone, a person is free, I prefer to read and write - and, the luxury goods of the house, the car, the wife, I don't dare to think about it, to put it bluntly, these things don't mean that we want to work hard, and we can earn enough money to afford it in two years, don't believe it on TV, in the novel, the male protagonist is stimulated, and he works hard, and he is worth millions from scratch in two or three years, unless he buys a lottery ticket" Then, I have chattered that the Chinese lottery must be greasy, why delay the draw for two hours, two hours must be doing statistics, otherwise, why every time the majority of lottery players are perfect staggered jackpots? "By the way, will the lottery be drawn tonight or tomorrow night?" L said with a look of disgust: "Today, Wednesday, tomorrow night, the lottery will be held." "People are so strange, knowing that it is a trap, and still holding unrealistic fantasies, I bought a lottery ticket.

After saying a bunch of nutritious gossip, L seemed to have made up his mind, raised his neck and drank the tea in front of him like wine, and then asked me very seriously: "Brother, you read a lot of books, can you tell me, what do people live for?" What is Happiness? What is Pain? What is the meaning of being busy? Why are people so tired of living? How can it be so difficult to make money? Why do people still make things difficult for each other and not be considerate of each other? ......" L seemed in pain and twisted his head to look out the window. I have to say that his head-turning movements and side face are not as professional and handsome as TV actors, and he doesn't see the so-called loneliness and loneliness at all, but it looks like he turned his head inadvertently. I picked up my cup and wanted to take a sip, but the aroma of jasmine spread in my nostrils, but I suddenly didn't want to drink water, or felt that the time was wrong to drink water, so I paused and put the glass down.

I pondered the wording and the way of thinking, and suddenly I didn't know where to start, but I got serious: "First of all, you asked a bit of a lot of questions. A bit like a child, the child is curious and will ask a lot of whys, but it is easy to ask questions, but it is difficult to answer questions. Obviously, people are better at doing easy things. After all, the most difficult questions in philosophy to answer, who I am, where I came from, and where I am going, have not yet been accurately discussed. I also need to sort out my thoughts on these questions and answer them to you later. One thing is for sure, you are distressed right now. People say that there must be a road before the car to the mountain, the boat to the bridge is naturally straight, gritted teeth and straightened over, you think about the research and development problems we encountered in the company after graduation, the time is so urgent, there is no bottom in the heart, the experiment always fails, and then don't all come over? I looked at the people and things around me, in fact, every family has a difficult scripture, and in the end, it is just to get by, time is always moving forward, unresolved things, and finally they all compromise with time, and they can get by, and they come over in a daze. Questions like the ones you asked, I feel that instead of asking me, you should find the answers yourself. After that, he said something unrelated to the topic, encouraged him a few words, and moved on to other light things.

After sending L away, I began to calm down and think about what he had said. I started looking for a decent answer. As a result, time passed in a flash, and L's engagement and marriage were finally resolved, the family took out some loans, and the mother-in-law's family also contributed some money, and the young couple worked hard to repay the mortgage together, and then gave birth to children. And I tossed, changed jobs, and left the city.

Later, I sent a few emails to L intermittently, still discussing some innocuous little things.