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My colleague said she went on a budget trip to Yunnan, spending 1,500 yuan in 7 days.
I asked, "How did you manage that?"
She said, "Stay in hostels, eat instant noodles, hitchhike."
I asked, "Is hitchhiking safe?"
She said, "Not safe.
But if you don't have money, you can't choose safety."
I was silent.
She added, "Actually, budget traveling isn't a choice; it's what you have no other option for.
Those who say 'budget travel is a way of life' are all people with a backup plan."

My friend spent 999 to buy an AI lover, chatting with her every day, soothing her to sleep, and saying sweet nothings.
A month later, he uninstalled it, and I asked why.
He said, "She’s too perfect. Whatever I say, she agrees. When I get angry, she never gets mad. When I ignore her, she waits for me."
Suddenly, I felt like I wasn’t in love, I was looking in a mirror.
All her reactions were set by me.
What I loved wasn’t her, it was myself.

My friend joined a milk tea shop franchise, paying a franchise fee of 200k yuan.
The headquarters said they would cover training, site selection, and supply chain.
The training lasted three days, teaching how to brew tea.
They provided a location for site selection, with a monthly rent of 20,000 yuan, and there are already three milk tea shops nearby.
The raw materials in the supply chain are 30% more expensive than market prices.
My friend went to talk to the headquarters, and they said, "The contract states that franchisees are responsible for their own profits and losses."
My fr

The company is hiring an administrative secretary, requirements: able to play the piano, able to accompany clients for golf, TEM-8 English proficiency, monthly salary of 20,000 yuan.
A returnee girl from overseas was hired, with good temperament and soft-spoken.
After half a month, the boss started taking her to private dinners, asking her to play the piano to liven up the atmosphere.
Once, after drinking, the boss asked her to "stay and accompany the client," but she excused herself due to feeling unwell and left.
The next day, HR talked to her: "The boss said your work attitude is pr

My friend visits his father who lives in a nursing home every weekend.
I said, "You're really filial."
He replied, "It's not filial piety, I'm just afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Afraid that if I don't go, the caregivers will treat him poorly.
The caregivers observe which elderly have children who visit often and which don't.
Those who visit often don't dare to slack off.
Those who don't, no one is backing them up anyway."
After he finished, I was silent too.
Because my mother is also planning to move into a nursing home next year.

My colleague said, "Girls should be raised wealthy, or they'll be deceived by men in the future."
I asked, "What about the son?"
He said, "Raise the son poor, so he knows how hard it is to earn money."
I asked him, "How much does your daughter spend in a month now?"
He said, "More than ten thousand, for bags, shoes, cosmetics."
I said, "What if she can't earn that much after graduation?"
He was silent. Then he said, "Find a rich husband."

My friend worked at a big company for five years and was laid off.
The compensation was N+1, and he received 200,000 yuan.
He said he wanted to take a month off.
By the third week of his break, he started to feel anxious, sent out fifty resumes, only three responses, and all salaries were cut in half.
He said, "I used to think my ability was worth 30,000, but now I realize the platform's value is 25,000, and I only value myself at 5,000."
I asked, "So are you going back to work?"

There is a colleague in the company who always agrees to help anyone who asks. Fixing computers, bringing meals, working overtime to cover shifts, never refusing.
At the end of the year, he was not selected for the awards.
The leader said, "You do everything, but nothing exceptionally well."
He came to me for a drink, crying, and said, "I'm kind to everyone, why does no one treat me well?"
I said, "Because you're too kind. So kind that everyone takes your efforts for granted, so kind that no one remembers the help you've given."

My brother-in-law fell in love with a female streamer, and he spent fifty thousand yuan in tips in a month.
My sister wants a divorce.
My brother-in-law knelt and said he would never dare again.
My sister said, "Get the money back, and I won't leave."
My brother-in-law went to ask the streamer for a refund, and the streamer said, "You voluntarily tipped, why should I refund?"
My brother-in-law said, "Then I'll call the police."
The streamer said, "If you call the police, I will send your private messages to your wife."

My cousin's younger sister took the postgraduate entrance exam for the second time, but still didn't pass.
She said she wanted to try a third time.
I told her to find a job first.
She said, "No, all my classmates are in graduate school. If I don't go, it’s embarrassing."
I said, "But after graduate school, you'll still be looking for a job, right?"
She said, "That's different, graduating from grad school gives me a higher starting point."
I said, "Your bachelor's degree graduation also gave you a decent starting point. Weren't you still unable to find a job?"
She cried.
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My friend asked to borrow money, saying he needed it urgently and would pay it back next month. I lent him the money. Next month he didn’t bring it up, and I didn’t either. The month after that, he got a new phone and posted it on his social feed. I commented, “Nice phone.” He replied instantly, “The one I borrowed.” I said, “What about the money I lent you?” He fell silent, then privately messaged me: “Are you implying something about me on your feed? Is that necessary?” I suddenly understood: People who borrow money will always feel more righteous than the lenders.

We've been dating for three years and are planning to get married.
The woman wants a bride price of 300,000 yuan, and I said I can't afford it.
She said, "Then 200,000, no less."
I said 100,000.
Her mother said, "150,000, plus a down payment on a house."
I said I'll pay the down payment, but the house will be in my name.
Her mother said, "That's not acceptable, the house must be in both names."
I said I'll pay the down payment, but will you still make the mortgage payments?
Her mother said, "You will."
I said, then why should the house be in both names?

The company policy is to leave work at 6:00, but no one leaves.
I left at 6:01.
The next day, HR talked to me: "You left too early yesterday."
I said, "It's 6:00 when work ends, I left at 6:01, just one minute early?"
HR said, "Everyone else didn't leave, but you left, which makes it seem like you're not proactive."
I asked, "What time does everyone leave?"
HR said, "Around 7:30."
I said, "Then I'll leave at 7:30 tomorrow."
The next day, I left at 7:30 and found everyone was still there.

My mom gave me a talisman and said it had been blessed, and I shouldn't get it wet.
I took it off while showering and placed it on the table, but the cat took it away.
I searched for a month but couldn't find it.
Later, I got into a car accident; the front of the car was smashed, but I was unharmed.
My mom said the talisman protected me from disaster.
I asked, "The cat took it away, how did it protect me?"
My mom said, "The cat took the place of the talisman for you. Didn't you notice that after that, the cat disappeared?"
I thought about it, and indeed, the cat never came back.

In the supermarket, an auntie was squeezing tomatoes.
She squeezed each one and then put it down.
The uncle next to her couldn't stand it anymore: "How can others buy if you've already squeezed them?"
The auntie didn't even lift her head: "If I don't squeeze, how do I know if they're good or not?"
The uncle said: "You squeeze and then you know? Are you a tomato detector?"
The auntie finally looked up: "I've been eating tomatoes for sixty years, my hand is a detector.
If you don't believe me, then buy some rotten ones and don't cry."

Why are young people not having children nowadays?
Let me tell you a secret: it's not that they can't afford to have kids, but that they don't dare to entrust their children to this system.
You think it's a money issue? You're wrong.
Families earning 30k yuan a month still don't dare to have children because they've calculated a figure: from kindergarten to university graduation, excluding tuition fees, just the extra costs to prevent their children from being eliminated by the system—tutoring classes, interest classes, school district housing, relationship fees—is an endless pit.

A colleague went to the temple to make a wish, saying that if he passed the civil service exam, he would donate a thousand to the bodhisattva. He passed, but he was reluctant, so he only donated one hundred. That night, he dreamed, and the bodhisattva said, “The thousand you wished for, you only gave one hundred. I’ll handle it according to the one hundred standard.” When he woke up, he shrugged it off and didn’t give it much thought. On his first day at work, his supervisor said, “Originally, you were assigned to a relaxed department, but it’s full now, so you’ll go to the window.” He worked

There was only me and a stranger in the company elevator. He looked at me and said, "Young man, you have a lot of hair." I was a bit stunned: "Thank you?" He sighed: "When I was your age, I had even more hair than you. Now..." He touched his shiny bald head. I said, "Uncle, that's a symbol of wisdom." His eyes lit up: "Then are you willing to trade three centimeters of wisdom for my head's troubles?"

I saw a course on my Moments: "Cognitive Breakthrough: From Earning 5,000 Yuan a Month to Making a Million a Year," priced at 1,999.
The copy says: "You can't earn money beyond your cognition. Investing in yourself is the highest return on investment."
I bought it.
The course has 30 lessons, the first 5 explain "Why you need to improve your cognition," the middle 20 cover "The thinking patterns of successful people," and the last 5 are "Student cases"—all screenshots of annual income of one million.

The agent took me to see the house: "Bro, this is an authentic first-time buyer property, right at the subway station, with complete school district and commercial facilities. The down payment is only 800k." I asked, "Which school is in the school district?" He said, "A branch of a famous school, opening next year." I asked, "Is there any documentation?" He took out his phone: "Look, this is the master plan. The developer's promise." I bought it.