Chapter 23: The Simplest Life
This time, Zhang Jingwen flew into the distance again in her dream, and she actually flew into the brain of Meiya 2,000 years ago.
It was another beautiful weather, and Meiya was still sitting on the field stalks, Minghan was sweating profusely and working in his own field, and looked at Meiya from time to time.
"What are you looking at me for?" Meiya said with a smile.
"Where did I look at you?" Minghan replied.
Meiya smiled: "You're obviously secretly watching me." ”
Minghan also smiled and said, "It's obvious that you're secretly looking at me." ”
Meiya said seriously: "And your eyes are weird. ”
Minghan smiled again: "What's weird, I think you're weird." ”
Meiya: "I see something like a spark in your eyes. ”
Minghan: "Little girl, what sparks do you know?" ”
Meiya: "Anyway, I feel like you're weird today." ”
Minghan: "We have been together since we were children, and we have been engaged for a long time, in fact, we are the same as our brothers and sisters." I've watched you grow up every day. ”
Meiya: "The way you looked at me in the past was different from today's. ”
Minghan: "I found that your eyes today are watery and clear." So I took two more looks. ”
Meiya: "Your eyes are fire, my eyes are water, we are really incompatible, right." ”
Minghan: "Silly sister, how do you know that water and fire are the most compatible." ”
Meiya: "Unheard of, how is fire and water most compatible?" ”
Minghan: "When the water meets the fire, it will boil, and if you use the fire to boil the water for cooking, you can cook the rice, and that is delicious." ”
Meiya: "I'll just say that you're weird today, it turns out that water and fire met." ”
Minghan smiled and said, "You're too young to understand." ”
Meiya: "Then tell me, how can this person boil and eat deliciously?" ”
Minghan: "I want to go myself, I covet delicious food at a young age, wait for a few more days, and then talk about it when I am ripe." ”
Meiya seemed to feel something, but she really couldn't understand what it was.
Zhang Jingwen looked at the beautiful scenery in front of her through Meiya's eyes, this place is really beautiful, and the people here are really simple, just as pure as a stream on the side of the road.
There is no fame, no wealth, no career, no traffic, no exams, no work competitions, no burden.
All they love is nature, they live an extremely simple and simple life, they can do whatever they want, and they do whatever they like.
Who's to say they're living a meaningless life?
Simple is not necessarily the most beautiful, but the most beautiful must be simple.
Only a simple life can make people let go of everything and return to nature.
Alyssa Zhang enjoys everything here, and she hopes that she will always be in her dreams, forever like this.
The sky gradually darkened, Minghan and Meiya also took their beloved old cow, held hands, talked and laughed, and went home.
I really envy them.
Zhang Jingwen had no choice but to return to reality. The next day, she found Li Mengran again and said one of her bold ideas.
"Mengran, you said that people want to live happily when they live, right?"
Li Mengran: "That's nature, who doesn't want to live a happier life?" ”
Zhang Jingwen: "So, if we invent a happiness machine, people can sit in it, and they can experience all the pleasure in reality, will this work?" ”
Li Mengran: "Actually, there are already happy machines like this. ”
Zhang Jingwen: "Where?" ”
Li Mengran: "Aren't all kinds of video games? In the virtual world, people can buy villas, fall in love, drag race, and even become emperors, build their own kingdoms, kill people and set fires. Do whatever you want. ”
"How many people are addicted to such a game and can't extricate themselves, isn't this a happy machine?"
Zhang Jingwen: "It makes sense, but is there anything wrong with this?" What is the difference between it and reality? ”
Li Mengran: "It's very different. Your body is happy in the senses, but your mind is not. ”
Zhang Jingwen: "Why? ”
Li Mengran: "Because you are facing a machine, not a real life, there will be no spiritual connection." Only when there is a connection and resonance between lives can it be real and truly happy. ”
Zhang Jingwen: "So, is there resonance and connection between us? ”
Li Mengran smiled and said, "No." ”
Zhang Jingwen: "Why not?" ”
Li Mengran smiled again: "Because, you are too young, like a green apple." ”
Zhang Jingwen's face changed, she was a little angry, and said: "It's really boring, modern people, it's not interesting at all." ”
Li Mengran: "How were the ancient people?"
Zhang Jingwen: "Ancient people, that's called life." ”
She continued to scold: "I think this materialistic modern life is very abnormal. One by one is simply pathological. ”
Li Mengran: "So, what about me? ”
Zhang Jingwen: "You, it's the same. None escaped the invisible rope. ”
Li Mengran was also silent, he may have always thought that he was a very noble and elegant person, but he was stabbed in the heart by Zhang Jingwen's words.
Li Mengran: "Tell me, what is this rope?" ”
Zhang Jingwen then told a story that she had seen:
There was a young man who thought of himself as a high-minded man who went to a Zen monastery because he saw an interesting thing on the way, so he wanted to test the old Zen people in the monastery.
When they came to the Zen Monastery, the two sat down to drink tea, and he asked coldly: "What is Tuan Tuan Zhuan?" The old Zen man immediately replied, "It's all because the rope is not broken." ”
The young man was astonished and thought that the old Zen man was a prophet of the unknown.
The old Zen man asked, "What surprised you so much?" ”
The young man said, "You actually have the art of immortals!" On my way here today, I saw a cow with its nose pierced and tied to a tree. ”
"The cow wanted to leave the tree and go to the meadow to graze, but it turned around and turned around, and it couldn't get out."
"I thought that since Master didn't see it, he would definitely not be able to answer, but I didn't know that Master would answer correctly when he said it."
The old Zen master smiled and said, "Actually, sentient beings are like that cow, tied to the rope of many troubles and pains, and cannot be liberated from life and death. ”
And if the cow had no rope to hold it on, it would have been happy. Therefore, reducing that rope is to reduce the entanglement of desires, and you can be happy and free. ”
Zhang Jingwen continued: "Li Mengran, are you like this? It's too hypocritical, do you have your own dreams and pursuits? You know how to draw eyes all day long, and a person like you who has no dreams can also draw eyes? Ghost believes! ”
Li Mengran was silent again, he couldn't have imagined that this little girl would criticize herself for nothing.
"So, what do I do?"
Zhang Jingwen: "Only by completely denying yourself can it be possible to break free from the rope and let your dreams fly." ”
Li Mengran replied: "Yes! I'll listen to you in the future. ”
Zhang Jingwen laughed, "Don't take it too seriously, it's all for you to play." What kind of green apple, I'm not convinced. ”
Li Mengran also smiled, but he smiled a little awkwardly, and his self-confidence also suffered a heavy blow for the first time.