The daily life of the Analects and Tao Te Ching

April 6

cloudy weather

Today Kong Lun told me that he discovered a legendary mysterious market, where everything is sold, more complete than supermarkets.

"As long as you can think of it, there is nothing you can't buy there." Kong Lun said mysteriously.

What is so magical?

I couldn't help but think of the "black market" that often appears in movies.

"I don't know where that place is." Kong Lun said, "But it is said that as long as you place an order online, what you want can be delivered to your door..."

"Express delivery?" I suddenly thought of the word.

Kong Lun froze for a moment, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Yeah, that's what they call a courier... how do you know that?" he asked.

Again, although I don’t go out often, I watch TV at home.

In legal programs, the police often pretend to be couriers to let criminals relax their vigilance and open the door.

But although I know there is such a term, I don't know exactly what express is.

"All the things bought from that mysterious market are called 'express' when they are delivered." Kong Lun explained, "The things are packed in a cardboard box, and only you and the person who sent the cardboard box Know what's in there, nobody else knows."

Hearing this, I probably understand what "express delivery" is all about.

But how did he know about the "mysterious market"?

"Today, when I went to run the Internet, the staff there said they wanted to buy routers." Kong Lun said, "I asked them where to buy routers, and they told me about this mysterious market."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and clicked on an icon inside.

The phone immediately went to a page we hadn't seen before.

"What is this?" I asked.

"This is the mysterious market," Kong said.

He entered the three words "router" in the search box, and then what he wanted appeared on the page.

"Which router shall we choose?" he asked.

I don't even know what the router is for, how to choose?

But since he asked me, it seems inappropriate for me not to choose.

After much deliberation, I chose the one that looked the most pleasing to the eye.

"That's it." I said.

"Okay, listen to you." Kong Lun said.

He clicked on the router I chose, and then two options "Add to Cart" and "Buy Now" appeared in the lower right corner of the page.

Is there any difference between these two options?

I looked at Kong Lun, and he also had a tangled expression on his face.

"Why don't you check it on your phone?" he said.

I clicked on the mobile assistant, and the girl gave me the following answer: "Buy now, just pay for the item you like; add to the shopping cart, and pay together after accumulating more items."

Kong Lun nodded when he heard the words, and said, "When I go to the supermarket to buy things, if there are a lot of things to buy, I will put the things in the shopping cart first, and then go to the cashier to check out together."

It sounds like a lot of trouble...

"Do you have anything else to buy?" I asked.

"Let's take a look again." Kong Lun thought for a while and said, "It's hard to find such a mysterious market. It's not worth buying just one thing."

In this way, we sat on the sofa at home and went shopping in this mysterious market where we don't know where the main body is.

I have to say, it's an amazing place.

Kong Lun tried to input a few things he knew, and the corresponding products were displayed on the page every minute, and they were cheaper than what he saw in the supermarket.

We tried to enter a few more general words, such as "food".

However, the products appearing on the page have nothing to do with "food", but are boxes, scales and the like.

In comparison, the things searched by the keyword "Internet celebrity" are much more interesting.

It seems that the cost of food and clothing can be dubbed "Internet celebrity", and the sales volume is quite high.

"If you put it that way, it seems like a good thing that "Tao Te Ching" has become an Internet celebrity." I murmured.

Hearing what I said, Kong Lun casually searched for the word "Tao Te Ching", but unexpectedly found the corresponding product.

But before I could be happy, I was hit by the price.

Why does the entire "Tao Te Ching" only sell for 19 yuan?This is not as expensive as the tickets for the Confucius Temple!

"Look, there are product reviews here." Kong commented.

I reached out and clicked "View All", and all kinds of messages appeared in front of me.

"Not bad. After reading this book, I feel that my skills have increased a lot. When I first read it, I was in the foundation building stage. When I opened this book, a burst of innate spiritual energy gushed out. I have already promoted this book to the Golden Core stage. Let me read it three or five times to break through to the God Transformation stage as soon as possible. One life is two, two is three, three is all things..."

What is this mess? !

Except that the last sentence is indeed in the "Tao Te Ching", the rest of the content has nothing to do with me!

"Maybe... what if someone really has this miraculous effect after reading the Tao Te Ching?" Kong Lun laughed.

I scrolled down, and someone commented that it was "okay".

Although it can't be regarded as a bad review, it still makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

In his mind, I was only at the level of "okay"?

"Calm down, maybe what he said refers to printing and mounting, not to the Tao Te Ching itself." Kong Lun comforted, "Think about it, this book only sells for 19 yuan..."

It's okay not to mention the price, but I feel even more aggrieved when I mention the price.

"How much is The Analects?" I asked.

He looked it up, and the product that ranked first was 19 yuan, just like mine.

Not only the price is the same, but also the mounting is exactly the same, only the title of the book on the cover is different.

"It seems that the two of us are suffering from the same disease." Kong Lun said with a wry smile.

"The Analects of Confucius" has much more words than "Tao Te Ching", but it costs the same as mine.

For some reason, I suddenly felt sorry for him.

"Low price is also a good thing, after all small profits but quick turnover." I said.

He smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Yes, at least in a short period of time, the two of us probably won't be easily separated."

As an ancient book that has existed for thousands of years, it is still preserved intact, and we should really be thankful.

After all, there are so many books that were extremely popular at the time, but due to various reasons, there are only a few words left, and some of them don't even have their names...

Kong Lun did not directly click on the product reviews like me, but swiped down.

Suddenly, his movements stopped, and the tips of his ears were red.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I suddenly found that "The Analects of Confucius" and "Tao Te Ching" are packaged together, and the price is cheaper." Kong Lun said.

I leaned over and took a look, but no!

A copy of "Tao Te Ching" is 19 yuan, a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" is 19 yuan, but "The Analects of Confucius" and "Tao Te Ching" are packaged together, only 30 yuan...

With him, I really lose value QAQ

It was originally sold for 19 yuan, but now it is only 11 yuan.

"It's also possible that the two of us lost four yuan each." Kong Lun said, "You are 15 yuan, and I am also 15 yuan."

Is there a big difference between 15 yuan and 11 yuan?

It's just that the price of an ice cream is more expensive than before...

April 6

sunny

Kong Lun discovered another interesting thing today, but he didn't tell me clearly.

He mysteriously asked me to change and go with him, promising that I would absolutely love the place.

What kind of place would I absolutely love?

I thought and thought, but no matter what, I couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in this guy's gourd.

Last time I took him to the Confucius Temple, did he discover the Laozi Temple this time?

Thinking about it this way, I secretly poked some anticipation in my heart.

But it turns out that Laozi temples are not as common as Confucian temples.

The place he was talking about was a movie theater.

"There is a huge TV here!" Kong Lun excitedly said, "It is said that the picture can pop out from the screen."

How does the picture pop up from the screen?

To be honest, TV is already a magical existence for me, and I really can't imagine the picture described by Kong Lun.

"Actually, I can't imagine it either." Kong Lun said with some embarrassment, "I just feel that this description is very interesting, and I think you should like it, so..."

"What if it's boring?" I asked casually.

"It looks like it should be very interesting." He whispered, "If it's really boring, just don't come to this kind of place again next time."

And next time?

This guy scared himself like that the last time he watched TV. The screen of the movie is much bigger than the TV. According to him, the picture will still pop up. Isn't he afraid to scare himself out of his wits?

"The last time was just an accident. I'm actually not that timid." Kong Lun insisted.

Is he really not that timid?

When this guy wasn't paying attention, I reached out and patted him.

He jumped up immediately in fright, with a frightened expression on his face.

"What are you doing?" he asked, seeming annoyed.

"It's okay, I just wanted to ask you what movie you watch." I said.

Movie theaters are different from TV, you have to buy tickets in advance to enter.

Kong Lun said let me choose, I kind of want to watch a film with gorgeous scenes, but considering Kong Lun's feelings, I finally chose a romance film.

"I didn't expect you to like watching this kind of thing." Kong Lun laughed, "I thought you weren't interested in such erotic things."

To be honest, I am not interested in this kind of film, but there is also nothing in this kind of film that can scare him.

The movie we chose started soon. Before entering the screening hall, the staff at the door gave each of us a pair of sunglasses.

If you wear this thing to watch a movie, will the picture pop up?

I was a little curious and put on my sunglasses in advance.

There doesn't seem to be a difference, other than the surrounding colors are darkened.

"Except for the two of us, the rest of the moviegoers are couples." Kong Lun murmured.

I looked around for a while, and the scene was indeed full of couples.

"So what, they didn't say that two men can't watch this film." I said.

Kong Lun didn't speak, and concentrated on fiddling with the sunglasses in his hand.

At this moment, the lights in the cinema suddenly went out.

Kong Lun was taken aback, and subconsciously grabbed my hand.

"Don't be afraid." I patted the back of his hand and helped him put on his sunglasses, "The movie is about to start."

The plot of the movie is as boring as imagined. From the beginning to the end, it is about the trivial matter of the hero and heroine falling in love.

But Kong Lun watched it with relish.

Does he have someone he likes?

I decided to close my eyes and sleep for a while, and when I opened my eyes again, I just saw the picture of the hero and heroine kissing.

Looking around again, couples of young couples are also inseparable from each other.

I was so angry that I stretched out my hand to cover Kong Lun's eyes.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"See no evil, understand?" I said.

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