What is more important than material things?

Chen Lei is 32 and not yet married.

Fifteen years ago, he graduated from college and was assigned to do photography in a news unit. I lived in a dormitory at that time. Because I was young, there were a few people making noisy noises, but I didn’t feel lonely. Therefore, there is no special understanding of the house issue.

Suddenly one day, a friend in the dormitory found a girlfriend who was mysterious and would often hide in and make out with each other while everyone was away. This made everyone very cautious when they came back, for fear of encountering something...

So, Chen Lei thought, it would be great if everyone had a house. With a house, you have your own world and privacy...

Later, Chen Lei also found a girlfriend. They went to restaurants, went to parks, watched movies, and sat by the river talking about marriage. In the end, the two realized a serious problem: they couldn't get married without a house.

There is no house in the workplace, which is a worry for Chen Lei, so he wants to change the workplace. But changing the company is not as easy as changing the girlfriend. I changed the company again and again, but the company was not changed, but the girlfriend was changed to the point where I felt nothing after seeing each other for three days. He is afraid of talking about the house. He is afraid that everything will be ruined if he talks about the house. He thought that if he couldn't get a room, he would never talk about a girlfriend again.

Some things in this world are really weird. Things you don’t want may be easy to get. Things you want to go crazy may not be your share even if you are really crazy. . For example, Chen Lei wants a house, but his company has no room for him. In a fit of rage, he went into the sea. What are you going to do in the sea? Make money and buy a house. When there is hope in the heart, there is hope before the eyes. Carrying a camera on your shoulder, cooperating with others to run a company, planning creative ideas, and shooting advertisements. Chen Lei's struggle for housing has begun.

At the age of 36, Chen Lei finally bought a house of more than 100 square meters. He said with confidence: "I can seriously find a good wife, and no one will pick on me about the house."

Chen Lei took his girlfriend home the day after he met her. Everything was going well, but he suddenly realized an important question: Does my girlfriend like me as a person or this room? It's easy to get in and hard to get out. What if the relationship breaks up and they break up? Will this house be half for one person?

Chen Lei looked at the girlfriends who were close to him with a pair of discerning eyes and found that they were becoming more and more suspicious.

After an ideological struggle, he made a decision: to be more vigilant and protect the house. I would rather not get married than throw away the house I bought with my blood and sweat so easily.

My girlfriends left one by one. Chen Lei feels most comfortable when he is sitting and walking around his house alone. When he was tired from walking, he would lie on the sofa and watch soap operas, holding a "Marriage Guide" in his hand. Within a minute, his snoring would be heard in the house.

In people's lives, of course, we cannot ignore the material basis. These foundations are gone. Life may not be too good. but. If you care too much, you will be bound by material things. To know. In life, besides these material things, there are some things that are more important than them.

——Quoted from "Perception of Wealth" by Yanbian People's Publishing House