Chapter 24 twenty four.What is life?

Q Si Wuxie asked the old man (the older the better, but not old and confused) What is life?I don't ask young people, because they don't understand at all!They also often pretend to understand in a hypocritical way. A Junjun (over half a hundred years old, known as a centenarian) answered Si Wuxie You've found the right person for asking me this question.Life, in my opinion, is very simple: live.Yes, I have been thinking about these two words all my life.You can add another adjective to modify it: to live plainly.My biggest dream in life is to open a small bookstore and enjoy myself.

Before the dream came true, I now lived a simple life of "go to work and go to bed".Look at those bosses of multinational companies flying around the world, who will go bankrupt if they are not careful, and those who are worried all day may not be happier than the boss of a grocery store.Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and my promising friends have always dismissed my mediocre way of life. A story I read as a child has always stuck in my mind.A rich man saw a poor man fishing, so he asked him why he didn't buy a big net to catch many fish.The poor man asked why he wanted so many fish, and the rich man reminded him that he could buy a boat with the money he made from selling the fish.What's the use of the boat?With a boat you can catch more fish and make more money.and then?The rich man said that you can be as rich as me, and you can sit here and fish leisurely.The poor said disapprovingly that I was already fishing leisurely?People tend to pursue casting big nets to catch big fish, and forget the fun of fishing.

In fact, when I was young, I also seemed to think about life philosophically. ——Du thought that those who really saw through the world of mortals would definitely commit suicide.Now that we have fully understood, what's the point of spending time with ordinary people?How old is he who is crazy and believes that people who really see through the world of mortals will not commit suicide, life and death are God's will.Both ideas seem plausible.Many young people like to toss back and forth, and those who want to get out of the siege eventually return to the city.Life can never break through.It's better to live than to die, the old saying is true.Don't expect to overthrow the conclusions of predecessors easily with your limited life.

If you think my answer is still too simple, then you might as well add a few more words.I have a friend who opened an IQ laboratory. He said that the effective life span of life is equal to the time you can freely control.It can be regarded as adding a footnote to my "alive".After deducting the time you spent working for the boss, the children, the bank, and the real estate agent to earn a living, the rest is your effective life.Instead of vainly seeking immortality, it is better to find ways to prolong your effective life.Life is really that simple, nothing more than eating three meals a day and sleeping until dawn.Live plainly and do what you want to do.That's all.