suboptimal happiness

(A few months ago) Guan Chengzhi walked out of the building and looked at the sky. It was almost time to catch the last train.He swayed slowly on the sidewalk.Is this driving?That's right, Guan Chengyi is right, he only has 15 minutes to go home, what bus should he use?He is going to the vegetable market to catch the last shift.

Guan Chengyi, who took a leisurely walk to the entrance of the vegetable market, paused for a moment, loosened the tie at the neckline, took off the branded cufflinks on the cuffs, let the sleeves loosen, and then scratched his hair, um, done!I saw Guan Chengyi trotting in hastily with his bag on his back, so that he stopped in front of a booth and let out a little panting.

"I'm sorry for delaying your collection again."

"Brother, didn't I tell you not to run in a hurry. This meeting is when there are many cars on the road, and we are within three to five minutes." The vegetable vendor handed the three plastic bags placed at the bottom to Guan Chengyi, Guan Cheng sincerely handed over 5 yuan in exchange.

“今天是番茄7两，2块；金针菇2两5块；芦笋2两3块。番茄很新鲜，可以凉拌。”菜贩知道他爱吃番茄。

Guan Cheng sincerely and politely thanked: "Thank you, I see that I have delayed your return home again, so hurry up."

The surrounding vegetable stalls have all been withdrawn, and many places have been covered with canvas and no one is there. As soon as Guan Chengyi left, the vegetable vendors also hurriedly cleaned up.If it weren't for the fear that Guan Chengyi would be sorry, the vegetable vendor would have collected some leftover vegetables in advance and covered them with canvas, so as not to delay the manager at the market gate from getting off work.

Guan Chengzhi walked into a slightly outdated old community with some mottled exterior walls.After saying hello to the neighbors who came out for a stroll after eating early, I listened to their kind chatter as usual and went back to my home on the third floor.Open the door to change shoes, put the bag on the table next to the door, carry the plastic bag to the kitchen first, then go into the bedroom, and the formal attire when you come out has been replaced by a set of old green pajamas.

"Bring your dowry, bring your sister's dowry and come to me..." Even though the lyrics will shock the listeners, the master's slightly upturned mouth and bright eyes show that he is not a gentleman It's not happy to be in the kitchen.

In the kitchen of less than 3 square meters, the pool directly gives visual nostalgia - the cement pool retains the original style.There is a thin layer of white tiles on the stovetop built together with it. There is an iron frying spoon and steamer on each of the two old-style gas stoves, but the size is relatively small. If you are frying a larger cabbage It is estimated that it will be divided into 2 times.

Two gas stoves occupy half of the platform, and the other half is a translucent pulley storage box close to the corner. It can be seen that the bottles, cans, dishes, etc. inside are all people who eat.Under this half of the countertop is a blue pulley organizer of the same size and a plastic bucket with a lid.

Taking clear water from the bucket to soak the tomatoes, and filling half of the water in a slightly smaller basin, Guan Chengyi quickly opened the bag of asparagus, and skillfully peeled the asparagus one by one with a scraper .He quickly arranged a bunch of greens at hand, dipped them in the tomato pot, moved half of the pot of water closer, and began to chop the shaved asparagus into pieces and soak them.When taking out Flammulina velutipes, Guan Chengyi took a closer look at the roots, nodded to express his satisfaction.

Take out the bottles and cans and other ingredients in the finishing box and put them near the stove. Take out a small bowl of shrimps that have been removed from the frozen layer in the morning from the constant temperature layer of the refrigerator. Guan Chengyi takes water from the bucket again to wash the vegetables and shrimps twice.In just half an hour, the small round table in the bedroom has the color of emerald red: tomato in sugar, enoki mushroom in cold salad and shrimp and asparagus.

This is a person who eats meticulously no matter how many people eat, and never fools.There is no stool, no braised pork, steamed fish, 3 simple and small dishes, just sitting on the edge of the bed, and he chews carefully as if eating a delicacy.It took half an hour to finish dinner alone.

The scrubbing brushes in the kitchen are even more obvious Guan Chengyi's proficiency in these tasks, and it can be done in 10 minutes: a blue towel with good water absorption performance is spread by the sink, and the washing pots, plates and bowls are all dripping water here Another piece of dry white towel wiped them one by one, and finally returned them neatly to their respective positions in the tidying box, along with various seasoning bottles that returned to their original positions.The last 2 towels were just rubbed with clean water and hung on the balcony.

Putting on knee-length trousers and a pullover T-shirt from his school days, Guan Chengyi picked up the garbage bag and went out for a walk.Guan Chengzhi's walks have a clear purpose. After graduation, he came to work in this city rich in humanities and history, and he never went to places where he paid for tickets unless necessary.But he doesn't waste the advantage of living in this city. In the lukewarm spring and autumn seasons, Guan Cheng's hundred-step walk after dinner is really a walk.

He has always chosen his destination, checked the distance and route on the Internet, and estimated the time he will return on foot.Under normal circumstances, as long as it takes less than an hour and a half, Guan Chengzhi will walk step by step, and for places that are a little farther away, he will choose to ride his second-hand bicycle on weekends.

Therefore, what tourists come here to see are historical sites and places of interest, but what Guan Chengyi appreciates more is the traces of the inconspicuous years with a little bit of hazy night.The sights that are too famous are reserved for colleagues and college students to accompany them. Guan Chengyi prefers to walk in the narrow ancient alleys alone. There is no famous name, but ancient relics are everywhere.In the pavilion at the entrance of the alley, people are sitting leisurely enjoying the cool air. Even if outsiders get lost, they probably won’t stray into this place.

It was exactly 90 minutes after arriving home, just after 21:[-], that is to say, the start of the preferential electricity price at night, turned on the electric water heater, Guan Chengyi carried the unused water in the kitchen bucket to the bathroom and poured it into the washing machine, and then Return the bucket to the cement sink and turn the faucet until water drips.Over time, practice makes perfect, and Guan Chengyi can master the speed of filling the bucket overnight without spilling it.

After changing into home clothes, I went to the balcony to water the cups of Chlorophytum.Hey!Chlorophytum on the cup?Well, it’s new, haven’t you heard of it?Guan’s Chlorophytum has been famous in the dormitory since the university days. Guan Chengyi likes green plants. When he was in school, he took 3 paper cups to raise Chlorophytum. At first, the classmates were still curious, and there was a knuckle-high one in the cup. Water, the three bare, rootless leaves, haven't soaked them yet?

Every few days, just remember to study in the evening or next night with sincerity, and use the water trapped in the mineral water bottle to pour a little bit.Inadvertently, the girlfriend of the buddy in the dormitory found that the spider plant had really grown up, opened up, and branched out, and the paper cups on the white background were lined with lush greenery. The messiness of the boys’ dormitory was due to its vitality Strong but weakened.When I took it out of the cup, not only did it not rot due to soaking, but instead produced white roots. Because of the shape of the cup, it automatically twisted and tied into a circular mesh shape, completely forming a base, which was very elegant.

Girls like it, so they insist on sincerity, and the buddies in the dormitory immediately realized that this is also a trick to please girls.The 3 cups of Chlorophytum that Guan Chengyi raised overnight were all taken away, and only the new twigs were left for him to come back again.The buddy turned around and reported to Guan Chengxin, saying that he planted it for his girlfriend with his own hands, and the effect was the same as buying her a fashionable dress, which really saved money and effort.

The love and greenness that the buddies can show are just the broken branches and leaves that Guan Chengyi picked up when the director waved the big shears and ruined the potted spider plants in the office.He felt that with such a mass of green in front of his eyes, there would be a green field in his heart.So even if he is on the job, Guan Chengyi still has a cup of Chlorophytum on his desk, so his small room will not be short of these touches of greenery.

In addition to beautifying the vision and purifying the environment, Guan Chengyi also likes the convenience of Chlorophytum. This plant has strong vitality and the growth conditions are very simple. As long as it is kept moist, it does not require any economic investment.She is very simple, does not bloom or bear fruit, but when it grows, it is also a kind of scenery, exuding a low-key style anytime and anywhere.So that one day in the future, Shi Linhao once said: Why do I feel that the baskets of spider plants in our family look like your baby?

In all honesty, Shi Linhao's words really make sense if you think about it.Chlorophytum is grass, it can't be regarded as a flower at all, let alone the lofty gentleman flowers such as plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, but the seriousness of growth of Chlorophytum is beyond the reach of Famous Flower Fairy Garden.Guan Chengyi is as serious about life as Chlorophytum.

From Guan Chengyi's small cold room, one can see a decadence?On the contrary, this is a simple but not shabby douju. It is clean and tidy, revealing the owner's love for life.The small table that had just been used as a dining table has now become a desk. Opening the second-hand notebook that shared the network cable with the aunt’s house across the door, Guan Chengzhi came to the happiest time of the day again-sorting out his account (investment).

Guan Chengyi made two major decisions on the day he received his first month's regular salary.Yi resolutely moved out of the shared apartment and rented the one-bedroom apartment alone.When renting together, the rent was only 2 yuan per month, which is 500 yuan cheaper than the current 800 yuan per month. However, after several months of living together, Guan Chengyi has figured out that renting alone is more economical.

The roommate, like Guan Chengyi, is a new rookie, from a school whose name he has never heard of. He is cheerful and enthusiastic, with a carefree personality. In fact, his salary is almost half that of Guan Chengyi. The parents behind him are not well-off. It's kind of chivalrous when it comes to money.I get together with my young colleagues every now and then, and even if money is tight at the end of the month, I buy food stalls and drink at home. Two catties of peanuts for a few people can also drink a box of beer.

Guan Chengyi has no disposition to be annoying, and they are all young lads, and his roommates are also willing to join in with Guan Chengyi. Regardless of how busy the crowd is, if there are any happy events such as birthdays, changing to Ruyi’s job, etc., you will be full. I still have to drink it, of course I can’t afford Louis XIII, even John Walker, but a bottle of tiger there is worth 4 or 5 bottles outside!Guan Chengyi also likes to drink beer, especially in hot summer, drink some cold beer, the coolness can run all over the body when the throat slides down.But if you want him to drink the beer that has been sold for huge profits, even if you bring him snowflakes, the pain in the flesh will only make his tongue lose the sense of taste.

And during the three months of living with roommates, this moonlight family has to find Guan Xinyi for capital turnover at the end of the month, and then repay it at the beginning of next month and then borrow it at the end of the month. No risk at all.He understands that there is a difference in consumption concepts between himself and his roommate, and if the roommate's lifestyle does not change, the loan amount will inevitably increase.After calculating the total cost of shared and individual renting, he also took precautions to prevent his friendship from being damaged by money one day, so Guan Cheng waved goodbye to his kind-hearted roommate.

The second decision was to create a financial investment account for myself, and from then on, I opened the account on time every night like doing my homework.This is a major event that he wanted to go into the water for a long time under the influence of a person who had a profound influence on Guan Chengyi, Professor Xiao from the university.Although the professor only taught him one professional course for one semester, Guan Chengyi took the initiative to learn from the scholar he admired for the next two years, thinking that this was the most fruitful lesson for him in the university. "Gentlemen love fortune, in a proper way".Because of his deep conviction, Guan Chengyi, who has a slightly conservative personality, will take the first step in financial management bravely, confidently and firmly.

In fact, professional courses are also closely related, and they are inextricably linked. During the entire university period, Guan Chengyi heard professors talk about the same principle in almost every professional course—the economic form in an ideal state.However, in dealing with these high-spirited scholars again and again, he has a deep understanding of what "talking on paper" is.When every scholar was also troubled by the stock quilt, and struggling between cutting the meat or not, what Guan Chengyi saw was that Professor Xiao made a lot of money through the practical application.

It is thanks to the unreserved guidance of Professor Xiao, a famous teacher, and Guan Chengyi's absorption and acceptance with heart and mind, and his efforts to become a master student that the embryonic form of today's family has been achieved.A market survey report by an authoritative department once pointed out that 98% of stockholders have sworn a brother of the opposite sex named Regret from the day they stepped into the stock market, and as long as they are still in the stock market, they will be tied to this brother almost forever. Together.Every moment is spent in regret, regret for losing money, regret for making money, regret is always with you.

Guan Chengyi's stocks generally look back, and the possessed brother should be a joy in peace.His losses will always be stopped in time, so the losses have always been within the expected and affordable range.As for the continued rise after profit arbitrage, Guan Chengyi will never regret that he sold it early. For him, the profits that will be generated by the continued rise after the sell-off are not his, and he will pay more attention to the stocks he holds. .Professionalism and mentality make his investment returns in the stock market not to be underestimated. Even if the investment with stable growth encountered waves of stock market, he had suffered losses, but generally speaking, it is a big profit and a small loss, so he is fortunate to stand in the group of 2% profitable retail investors. middle.

After carefully browsing the account, Guan Chengyi clicked on the keyboard for a while. I don't know if he was doing abacus typing, but a smile appeared on his face facing the computer, and he stood up obviously with a little joy. Taking a green highlighter from the pen container folded from the first cardboard box, he came to a painting on the wall.

The homeland, as simple as a child's stick figure, is the blueprint of Guan Chengyi's first five-year plan.A bedroom has its first prototype, and an unfinished bathroom, only half of which is a solid line, and the rest are still light gray dotted lines, as if hazy in the smoke.The bedroom is because a bed has been painted inside, and there are 4 cups on the window sill. At present, only one is filled with hanging spider plants, one has only 2 leaves, and the extra 2 are just empty cups.

Standing against the wall, Guan Chengyi slightly bent his knees, and carefully added a green leaf to the cup with 2 leaves!When you're done, the alarm on your phone reminds you that it's time to turn off the water heater and take a shower.Guan Chengyi is used to washing his hair in the morning, because his mother, who is a nurse, has developed many good habits for him since he was a child, and taught him some common sense: falling asleep without dry hair is prone to migraines in old age, so he just washes his hair before going to bed. Showering, while hair is usually done in the morning, also happens to go to work on a refreshed side.