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2000/05/07 Author: Dolby More than 10 years ago, the errands in the joint venture hotel were very attractive. A friend of mine worked as the foreman there, and he often stole some things for us to appreciate.From him, I learned that there is a kind of cigarette called "Soft Seven Stars", which is made in Japan and is the favorite of Japanese people staying in hotels.Also, teabags are drunk in the hotel. I remember one time, he stole a whole box of tea leaves, and there were four words printed on the square paper box—British black tea. We looked at the tea box. With a thin layer of plastic paper.I thought at the time, this thing must be expensive as hell.Back then, the hotel head waiter told me many issues about the quality of life, all of which were very attractive, but what impressed me the most was the soft seven stars with a white filter (the filter was actually white) and the British black tea in a carton.

Now, when I am drinking Lipton black tea with a soft seven-star in my mouth, I will no longer miss the hotel head waiter who often steals things.I can't remember when I started to enjoy these things, and what's more, it's hard to call it a kind of enjoyment. It should be a rewarding thing to be able to enjoy the consumer products that you were full of desire and admiration for more than 10 years ago. A sense of accomplishment, unfortunately, we know that soft seven stars and Lipton black tea are nothing.That's too ordinary, not to mention the yearning for the quality of life is constantly pulling you towards new goals, you have no time to be complacent: I have already smoked a soft Seven Star with a white filter tip and drank a bag of Lipton black tea.

To be honest, half a year ago I still ate yellow mustard. I love wasabi, but I was too lazy to cook. I often bought half-baked mud sausages and dipped them in mustard sauce. Until one day, a friend who paid attention to the quality of life told me: You should eat Japanese mustard. Green wasabi, Japanese green wasabi is more delicate than domestic yellow mustard, so I give up domestic yellow mustard and eat Japanese green mustard. Delicacy, this is a key word. People who pay attention to the quality of life will say: Avent milk powder and Nestle milk powder are more delicate than domestic milk powder.Regardless of whether there is any suspicion of xenophobia, we admit that eating yellow mustard or green mustard, drinking Red Star brand milk powder or drinking Nestle milk powder signifies a different quality of life.

The pursuit of quality of life can be as detailed as whether you wipe your butt or wash your butt, because people who pay attention to the quality of life have replaced ordinary flush toilets with toilets that can automatically spray water. It is said that after convenience, toilets with higher quality of life can help you wash Clean buttocks of smudges and dry. People who pay attention to the quality of life don't let go of the details in life, and they tend to get more and more detailed.For example, I once met a gentleman who took off his shoes (not his pants) in public when he was talking about the importance of men's underwear. His purpose was to let us see his Japanese socks - the socks with five toes The place (like a white glove), the workmanship is so exquisite it takes my breath away.

I am not opposed to the pursuit of quality of life, but I have lost my calmness because of it. The discussion on quality of life is the theme of the consumer era, but after there are many questions about green mustard or yellow mustard, wiping or washing butt, marble or wooden floor , our life begins to become trivial and chattering.
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