Chapter 10 How many grains are in a handful of rice?

The new auntie held the pot and asked his wife, "Are the three handfuls of rice I caught too much? Do you want to count how many grains there are?" My wife was puzzled, and I was also surprised.It turned out that she was helping the cook in the previous house, and the hostess of that house had asked her to count rice grains.After dinner and clearing up everything, the little aunt took the initiative to talk to us in detail.The hostess of the house was old, and she called her grandma. As soon as she went, grandma told her to use a glass measuring cup to measure rice for cooking.Grandma said that the upper and lower errors of the rice grains measured each time will not exceed eight grains.But that day the glass measuring cup fell to the ground and shattered, and it was my grandma who accidentally smashed it. The little aunt had to grab the rice with her hands, and it was about the same as two handfuls of rice, but grandma insisted that she count the rice one by one... Me and The wife laughed when she heard that.The little auntie didn't laugh, she told us seriously that grandma is actually a very good person, she is not mean and mean, she just has such a temper, no matter how big or small she is, she has to calculate carefully, which is really beneficial.For example, the flowers grown on grandma’s balcony are always fertile and colorful because the soil changes, fertilization and watering are all carried out according to the regulations in the book; The smell is pungent, and the sterilization effect is not good, but grandma always mixes the measuring cup and measuring cylinder according to the instructions carefully, and the disinfection effect is very sufficient.Of course, according to my little aunt's knowledge, there are many disadvantages of grandma's temper. First of all, there are almost no aunts who can grow up with her. We have to break up unhappy, because grandma is always there all day long with "reasonable and accurate calculations", which makes it difficult for even the most tempered person to endure for a long time.The wife sighed and said, how tiring this grandma is!The little aunt told us that my grandma passed away some time ago, and everyone said it was exhausted.

The grandma mentioned by the little aunt may be an extreme example of people with such mental disorders. In fact, we ourselves, when faced with certain problems on certain things and on certain occasions, will also suffer psychologically. There is a problem of over-calculation, which makes others upset and tired. Digitization is indeed a necessary enabler in terms of the progress of society as a whole.Especially in the development of science and technology, the more subtle the calculation is, the bigger the steps will be. The nanotechnology that people often talk about now is a new technology based on ultrafine computing.The late Chinese-American historian Huang Renyu, his main argument is that a good society must be a society that has entered digital management. The term "digital" has now made great strides into the field of daily consumption. Digital cameras, digital mobile phones, digital color TVs, digital refrigerators, digital air conditioners...all mean that new technologies with precise numbers as codes are covering our social life in an all-round way.From this perspective, it is necessary to be in awe of precisely calculated numbers.

However, in addition to technological progress and rapid economic growth, the meaning of social life should also be more humane and promote the abundance of those good factors in human nature. I am afraid that the things to be done in this regard will not be effective simply by applying digital means , should be infiltrating in the way of edification and influence, which can sometimes be very vague and ambiguous.Personally speaking, it is not impossible to prepare a lot of weighing and measuring instruments at home, such as spring scales for rechecking catties by variety every time you return from the vegetable market, but you must not think that any field of life is okay. Everything that is digitally and finely measured, especially the emotional field, the aesthetic field, and the subtle realm of daily interpersonal relationships are all non-digital, non-fine calculations, vaguer, more inclusive, larger in scale, and wider in room for advancement and retreat. To be good, to be kind, to be happy, and to be relaxed is not only beneficial to prolong one's own life, but also to nourish others, and even to be harmonious in society.

Never be sloppy about things that cannot be sloppy, and must be sloppy about things that can be sloppy. This is a normal life, a normal mentality, and a normal way of life.Things that should not be sloppy are sloppy, and most of them will harm others and the society, and will eventually taste the bitter fruit. It will cause no fun in the unnecessary anxiety and irritability, and finally die from exhaustion, but it is difficult to be remembered with warmth by the survivors. How many grains are there in a handful of rice?Haven't calculated it?Well, then, never to explore, is your life's blessing.