1. An extremely strong castle looks increasingly lonely under the light of the setting sun. Guarding the castle is a rusty lock. No one knows where the key to the castle is or what is hidden in the castle. How many people who are looking for novelties and treasures come with full hope but leave disappointed. One day, a similarly rusty key staggered to the front of the castle, and then she shed tears of happiness. "I finally found you, my destination." The key trembled as he tried to open the lock, but he saw the lock's cloudy tears. "You're late, my friend. Many years ago, a man came to open the lock, but he used various keys but failed. I couldn't open it, and when I got angry, I pushed hard, and a piece of the last key remained in my body forever. "The key endured sadness and asked: "Then, what is hidden in the castle?"

2. A stingy man makes a hat. Sancho Panza in the world famous book "Don Quixote" encountered a very interesting case when he was the governor of the island: a stingy man took a piece of cloth Go and ask the tailor to make a hat. The tailor measured the cloth and said it was enough. The stingy man suspected that the tailor was profiting from his cloth, so he asked the tailor if he could make a modern hat. The tailor saw through the stingy man's mind and replied that he could make a modern hat. The greedy cheapskate asked again if it was enough to make three hats, and the tailor said it was enough. But the stingy man was still not satisfied, so he added one more and one more, until he reached five. The tailor tipped it over and said it was enough. At this time, the cheapskate left with satisfaction. Later, the cheapskate came to pick up the hat as promised, only to realize that he had been fooled. It turns out that these five hats only fit sideways on five fingers. The two quarreled, and the lawsuit went to Governor Sancho. One wanted compensation from the other party, and the other wanted money back. Sancho thought for a while and said: "The tailor is not allowed to ask for his money back, and the stingy man is not allowed to ask for the cloth. The finished hat is confiscated." Why did the stingy man get fooled? Why can tailors take advantage of loopholes? The reason is that Cheapskate’s request for whether it’s enough to make five hats is too general. How about five big hats? To fit or not to fit? The stingy guy didn't say it, and he didn't want to say it, because if he said they would wear them together, he wouldn't be able to take advantage. What does the tailor think? Since you only said you want five caps, then I will "satisfy" you and make you five caps for fun, which will not violate your request.

3. Bayi hits a wall. Afanti opens a small dyeing shop, and Bayi wants to make things difficult for him. One day, Bayilai was dyeing cloth and said to Afanti: The color I want to dye is very ordinary. It is not red, not blue, not black, not white, not green, not yellow. It's not green..., do you understand? Afanti said: I understand, I will dye it according to your wishes, you can come and pick it up on that day! That day was not Monday, not Tuesday, not Wednesday and Thursday, not Friday and Saturday, not even Sunday. My Bai, if that day comes, come and get it! What Bayi proposed to Afan was indeed a difficult problem. He thought he had a plan, but he didn't expect it to fail so quickly. The color Bayi wants is said to be ordinary, but it is not available in real life. In fact, it is difficult for Afanti to dye this color. What's more, the implicit meaning of Bayi's words is that he wants This ordinary color is not actually any color, not only does it not have various colors in fact, but it also excludes logically imaginary colors. The difficulty of the problem lies in its impossibility! But such a problem was easily solved as soon as it came into Afanti's hands. The solution is both unexpected and reasonable. Afanti did not fight back head-on, saying how impossible your request was and that you were here to make things difficult. Instead, he promised, "I will dye it according to your wishes." First, assuming that your request was reasonable, he played a "play hard to get" game. ". Then he imitated the way Bayi spoke and made a request. This requirement seems to be different in quantity. Bayi wants to dye one color out of countless colors, while Afanti chooses one day out of the limited seven days a week, but they are essentially the same. of. Bayi's request cannot be realized at all, and Afanti's request cannot be met either. Since Afanti fully agreed to Bayi's request and made his own request on this basis, in other words, the latter request was based on and premised on the previous request. Judging from common sense, Bayi, who first made the unreasonable request, had no reason to question Afanti. Because the day Afanti asked for will never come, and the color Bayi wants will never appear. This is how Afanti "satisfied" Bayi's wish extremely skillfully.

4. Being a human being There are always two ducks sitting on the grass.

Sitting flat on the grass and basking in the sun, it looks very comfortable. Seeing the envy in her heart, she said to her girlfriend next to her: "It's better to be a duck." She immediately burst into laughter: "Anything is better than being a human being! Damn it, if you go to the underworld to play roulette in the next life, it's better to be a pig." You're not a human being!" I had to roll my eyes. It turns out that I am a moderate. I want to be an animal in the sea, quiet, dark, and always able to sleep. Like a hare fish, it suddenly swims out from the sand in a flying, transparent ball, walks around for a while, and then rests. Or make a pink sponge, or make a coral, wow, enjoy it. It’s a pity that I didn’t play the roulette wheel well. It will not be a disaster for me to invest in stocks in my next life! There is really nothing good about being a human being, so I washed my hair and realized that I forgot to take a shower. I was so exhausted that I kept listening to the lecture with my eyes open. You have to iron your clothes after washing them, put on a smile after memorizing books, and understand etiquette, justice and integrity. Eat when you're hungry, drink when you're in a bad mood, and there are people walking around in front of you who are speechless, so you become more attractive. When I was a child, I was afraid of death. I confessed to a friend named Liu: "I am afraid of death." This man was ten or eight years older than me. He said calmly: "It doesn't matter. I will get tired of it after a few years and I won't be afraid anymore." The voice said. It's bland. But no, if I really live to be 70 or 80 years old, I will soon faint from listening to it, so don’t leave early, get up early, forty or fifty years old is enough. I added, "It's also good to be a dandelion." The girl said, "It's good to be a pig. It will be raised by others and you don't have to worry about finding food. In the end, everyone will die." She insisted on being a pig. I said: "Some people are just like pigs, they just care about eating and shitting." "Pigs are better, pigs have no sense of right and wrong. One pig will never say that another pig lives like a human. " she said. I smiled boredly, walked back to the room, and opened my notes: Be a human being.

5. Exchange. Two Indians captured a pheasant and a hare together in the forest. They lit a bonfire and prepared to roast the prey. The one in charge of roasting rabbits likes salty food, so he sprinkles a lot of salt while roasting. The one in charge of roasting pheasants likes lighter food, so he rarely adds salt. The two people were very angry when they saw each other's operations, so they complained to each other and accused each other of being selfish. The more they talked, the more they talked and finally started fighting, with both sides hurting. This is a sad story. I couldn't help but think of my real experience when I was in junior high school in my hometown in the countryside. We were both in school at that time, and I teamed up with a classmate. We said that we were not cooking by ourselves, but we were buying meal tickets and vegetable tickets and putting them together, so we could eat together. We both took turns preparing meals every day. Because the cooks in the school cafeteria at that time were not willing to make rice and steamed buns for you, or make steamed buns and then serve vegetables for you, because they found it troublesome. If you wanted to eat steamed buns, don’t beat the rice, and if you wanted to eat rice, don’t want to eat the steamed buns. In our rural areas, you can Everyone who works in the school cafeteria has some background. The cooks, the principal, and the director are all blood relatives within three generations. They are very good at it, so the rules that cannot become rules naturally become rules. It happens that my classmate likes to eat rice, but I like to eat steamed buns. In this way, when I make rice, I will definitely make rice and choose his favorite dishes, and when he makes meals, he will also make sure to make steamed buns and choose my favorite dishes. We get along very harmoniously, and our friendship grows day by day, until now we work and live in two cities, and the distance does not hinder us. But if we were all like the two Indians, each for ourselves, and the food was the same, steamed buns and rice alternately eaten, it would have had the opposite effect. Many things are as simple as this: with a tacit exchange, life will become happy and beautiful.

6. A flower on a solitary cliff. While hiking on the mountain road, I saw a red flower on the cliff, which was bright and eye-catching and smiled at passers-by. Taking a closer look, it turns out that the roots are rooted in the stone, and I can't help but be surprised. Think of all kinds of things in temples and temples, arising and dying at the right time, but they will all fulfill their nature. The blooming of flowers and trees is the nature of flowers, and the straightforwardness is called Tao. Whether someone sees it or not, it has nothing to do with flowers. Therefore, if you place flowers in a busy place, the flowers will bloom, if they grow in thousands of mountains and bushes, they will bloom, and if they grow on the top of a lonely cliff, the flowers will bloom if no one cares about them. The fragrance is of the nature of orchids. If there are butterflies, the fragrance will spread, and if there are no butterflies, the fragrance will spread. They all follow their true nature and have the tendency to be unable to stop. If you brush its nature to cause it to bloom, the flower will die. It is human nature to say what you have to say. Even in the palaces and temples, people have no time to speak and have nothing to say. There will still be people running to the mountains and screaming to the sky. Qu Yuan clearly wanted to surrender to Miluo, but he still cried out. I rode a green ox to pass Hangu Pass and escape the world, but I still left five thousand words of evil behind. Is it really possible that Guan Yinzi can compete with me? The ancients wrote books and established theories, all of which were done spontaneously.

Economic articles are of no use to the world, so I will not be lonely and write novels. Although novels were written in ancient times, one is unknown, the other is unprofitable, and may even lead to death, but there is a tendency not to express displeasure. All Chinese literature that can be passed down are anonymous novels like this, and they are not an epitaph worth a thousand dollars. This is also a solitary flower. Therefore, speech, literature, art, pictures and all expressions are also human nature. "Cat calls spring, spring calls cat." However, the old monk did not dare to call in front of others. This was because he was bound by human civilization and violated his nature. In fact, even though the old monk did not call spring, he would still steal women. It is not entirely possible to know this and then know that you want people to remain silent. Flowers have only a little vitality, but they still bloom on a lonely cliff.

7. A slice of favorite bread A couple celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Their descendants, relatives and friends held a grand celebration for them in the auditorium. After attending the celebration, the old couple returned to their peaceful and quiet home with tired bodies and full of joy. They had been busy talking to relatives and friends in an excited mood all day, so they had not eaten much food. So decided to have a cup of coffee and some homemade bread and butter before bed. They sat at the kitchen table. The old man took out a loaf of fresh bread, cut off the end and handed it to his wife of fifty years. The old lady was furious for a moment. She yelled at the old gentleman: "For fifty years, you have always cut off the ends of the bread to me. I've had enough. You don't care about my preferences at all." The old lady's anger was out of control. All started with a piece of bread. The old gentleman sat aside, amazed at the complaints he heard. After the old lady finally stopped being angry, the old gentleman whispered to her: "Honey, this is my favorite part."

8. What did a father try to teach his seven-year-old daughter at the expense of others? It's a sacrifice. He said: "Sacrifice is giving your most precious things to others." On the father's birthday, he found a note pinned to his coat. His daughter wrote in childish handwriting: "You are my most precious thing." Dear dad, I will give you my favorite thing, which is in your pocket." The father found a fully packaged straw stick in his pocket, which was the one he bought for his daughter a week ago.

9. Men are like wine, women are like smoke. Women are like smoke. Without burning, their fragrance and beautiful soft bones cannot be revealed. Women are like smoke. Every time they burn, they are a tragic song of life. Once they are thrown in, they are fragrant and bright, but they are also destroyed once. The continuation of life is in this burning halo again and again, but the ending of being hurt is the beginning of another story. When the tobacco is gone and the smoke is extinguished, a woman's romance is far away from the dust. A woman is like smoke, but there must be fire first to ignite her passion and brilliance. Men are like wine, like transparent and clear strong liquor, almost as strong, burning and fragrant as alcohol. At first glance, they are as calm and clear as clear water, with nothing left behind, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad. Men are like wine, the longer they last, the better they become, and the longer they last, the more valuable they become. A man is like wine. The degree on the bottle cannot measure the true feeling. You have to taste it personally to find out the depth of him. Men are like wine. You don’t have a perfect capacity for drinking, and you don’t have the confidence to stay calm. Don’t touch him easily. Not everyone can bear the physical and mental harm caused by being drunk. Men are like wine. One sip can make you drunk, can make you addicted, and can make you nervous. Is it really painful to be drunk? Is it possible to dissolve the sorrow into your heart in the dead of night and not turn into tears? Men are like wine, but the mass of silent drinkers, the drinkers who taste good wine, are always women.

10. The wisdom of laziness. All human progress must come from the good intentions of lazy people who want to take fewer steps. Our distant ancestors lived in caves with harsh conditions. Every time they wanted to drink water, they had to walk to a stream. , so they came up with the original bucket, which could carry enough water home for a day at a time. However, if they are too lazy to even carry buckets, the next step is to build pipes along which water can flow from the stream to consumers' houses. In order to avoid having to carry water over mountains, water pumps and waterwheels were invented. These were the later achievements of lazy people. Similarly, when one of our ancestors wanted to go to the other side of the lake but was unwilling to go around the lake, the first boat was born. It was made by hollowing out a section of a tree trunk. It is said that more than a hundred years ago, there was a young man named Humphrey Porter who was hired to sit next to a nasty steam engine and release waste steam every time the lever was knocked down.

He was a lazy man and found this work too tiring, so he installed some wires and bolts on the machine so that the valves could be opened and closed automatically by these things. In this way, not only could he get away and have a good time, but the power of the engine was immediately doubled. He lazily discovered the principle of a warped engine piston. Modern agricultural machinery comes with seats. The people who initially thought of setting up the seats were not hard-working farmers who didn't mind walking in the fields all day. The idea was first thought of by people who wanted to sit down and work. It is laziness that inspires invention. The most outstanding engineer, the researcher of human motivation, Frank B. Gilbreth, often filmed the labor movements of outstanding workers from all walks of life, and judged that a kind of work can be completed with at least a few movements. He found that the best workers were, without exception, slackers, and it was from these people that people had the most to learn. He was too lazy to even make a single unnecessary movement. The more diligent worker is much less efficient because he does not care to spend his energy on unnecessary movements. A competent leader is equally lazy; he will never do anything he can ask others to do for him. Mental laziness also contributes to human progress. Many important rules and theorems were thought up by lazy people. These people want to find shortcuts in mental work. The people who established the law of gravity must have been lazy people. They explore the origins of various unrelated phenomena, and they hate the pain of suffering. Think about how troublesome it would be to determine how long it would take an apple to fall from a branch to the ground, or how long it would take a cat to fall from a balloon a mile above the ground without the law of free fall! Think about it, if some lazy people had not established the rule of "2 + 2 = 4", how complicated the situation would be in our lives, and what exhausting trouble we would encounter! In fact, it is the lazy people who bear the important task of promoting the development of civilization. It’s time to take us slackers seriously. We carry within us the hope of humanity.