Chapter 14: Reading
My new roommate was moving in, and when I looked at the house, I noticed that my house was full of books, and I sighed, "Wow, you love reading so much." I took out a book at random and looked at the name, and then turned the book over and looked at the back and then turned it back, opened the book and looked at it casually, probably not interested, controlled it with my thumb, page by page quickly released, rubbed it twice, closed the book and put it back in a stack of books, turned my head sideways to look at the name on the spine, and said helplessly: "I really have no interest in this kind of book, I can't read it at all...... But what are you doing with these books, it's useless, it's a waste of time! I smiled, "Leave this alone, it's okay to look around." When is coming? Call me if you need help. "I like to read books very much, I used to like to read martial arts novels, then I liked online literature, and then I became obsessed with Chinese studies.
I just like to read, knowing that the books I read will not bring me any financial benefits, but I will lose some money if I have to spend money to buy books, but I still like to read.
Actually, I have a reluctant heart, I want to be praised by people for my vanity, but over the years, people have been about
The saying "reading books is useless" is even more deeply rooted in my heart, and occasionally people praise but can't remember what they said.
I don't know why I love to read and why I am not treated well by people. Even if there is an article saying that Jews in the world love to read the most, while Chinese basically do not read, the people around them do not like to read, and there is no improvement in the slightest.
Why? When I was in school, there were nine years of compulsory education, followed by three years of high school and four years of undergraduate.
Thinking about it from another perspective, maybe it's because I have been in school for too long, I have read a lot of textbooks after more than 20 years of study, and I have been scorched in the exams, and once I leave school, I will tear up the books and burn them, and my hatred is high.
I don't like to read, maybe it has something to do with the long school time, right? In addition, if a thing is very scarce, and the price is appropriately high, everyone will accept it, and if the thing is very good, there will be a lively scene of robbery, but if it is replaced with an ordinary thing, only a little advantage, it will be sold at a sky-high price, then people will definitely spurn, especially in front of connoisseurs.
For example, in a fish market, if a stall sells fish that is similar to the others, but sells it at a price two or three times higher than that of the other stalls, the situation may be as follows: the fish of this house is not easy to sell, and occasionally a transaction or two is made, and the other stalls will sneer at this one, saying that he has done a good deal, and at the same time will scold the buyer as a big one, two hundred and fifty ...... This unique fishmonger is just like me
The nerds who "are inferior in everything, only those who are good at reading", and the people around me are my peers, all of whom have received higher education, and they may have better test scores than me, and they may be more knowledgeable than me, and their thoughts may be more profound...... Why do you have to be praised by us for reading such a book that is basically useless?
! Not only will it not give you cheap compliments, but on the contrary, it will also fight ridicule, which is easy to understand. People are more pragmatic, right?
Books on success, economics, and professional technology are also selling well.
"If you are not virtuous, you will not fight the people; Inexpensive and rare goods, so that the people will not be thieves; I am very troubled, and now in the media, there is commercial propaganda everywhere, and I feel that the world is wrong.
I used to be arrogant and think that I was independent from the world, and the whole world was drunk and I was alone. On the one hand, I am proud of my sobriety, and on the other hand, I am sad that I am isolated.
However, from a calm point of view, we each pursue our own things, who is nobler than whom? Who is humbler than whom?
It's the same thing when I laugh at them for only focusing on books that matter with money, and when they laugh at me for reading books that don't work.
I still need to cultivate, and to live a different life in this world, I always have to pay a little more.
Vegetarians have to resist the desire for meat, those who like to play e-sports have to resist people saying that they are losing their minds to playthings, those who like to collect antiques have to resist the label of playthings, and athletes have to resist physical exhaustion and pursue higher, faster and stronger...... Therefore, I will still resist the interference of the outside world, make my heart more peaceful and thorough, absorb knowledge from books, advocate the style of a gentleman, and continue to read all kinds of books.