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The class group chat exploded: someone insisted on bringing their kid, and I directly called them out.
"My daughter is very well-behaved."
"That's what you said last time. And she ended up doodling all over my new bag."
"That was an accident..."
"You say that every year, it's an accident."
"This time I promise..."
"Forget it. You promised last time, and your son spilled hotpot broth on my white shirt."
"Kids just don't know better."
"Then you shouldn't know better either. Don't come."
"Why can't I bring her? Everyone in the group agrees."
"They didn't agree; they’re just to

The day my dad retired, he brought back a cardboard box. An enamel mug, a fountain pen, a contact book, a photo at the entrance of his unit. He placed the box on the balcony and never opened it again.
In the first year, he sat on the sofa every day watching TV, from morning till night. My mom said, "Go out for a walk." He asked, "Where to?" My mom said, "Anywhere is fine." He didn't move.
In the second year, he started growing flowers. The balcony was filled with them, all green, no blooms. I asked, "Why not grow flowering plants?" He said, "They're hard to take care of."
In the third ye

Every time I go home, my mom always fills my suitcase.
Cured meat. Sausages. Pickled vegetables. Apples. Her homemade chili sauce. Bottled mineral water, wrapped in three layers of plastic bags.
I say, You can buy these in the city.
She says, They’re not the same at home.
Last year during May Day. When I was leaving, she packed as usual. I pushed as usual.
Pushing and pushing. She stopped.
“Do you think it’s troublesome?”
I say, No.
“If you think it’s troublesome, I won’t pack anymore.”
She takes out the items one by one. Puts them back in the fridge. Moves slowly.
I stand at the door. The sui

Last week I went to my sister's house. Her son is five years old. From the moment we entered until dinner, he didn't say a word to me.
His eyes never left the iPad.
My sister said he calls him "uncle." He didn't even lift his head: "Uncle." His hands didn't stop.
During dinner. The iPad was propped in front of the bowl. He ate while watching and scrolling.
My sister took away the iPad. He started screaming. Not crying, but screaming.
Put it back. He calmed down.
I asked, when did it start?
She said, at three years old. At that time, she was starting her business, busy until midni

My grandma. Eighty-six. Every fall, she sends a box of apples.
The wooden box is nailed together by herself. The apples come from the tree in the yard. Not big, with wormholes. She wraps each one in newspaper. Stuffed full.
The shipping cost is more expensive than the apples.
I said, Grandma, don't send them anymore, you can buy everything in the city.
She said, The ones in the city aren't sweet.
Every year she sends them. Every year we can't finish eating them. Half go rotten.
Last year she fell. Her hand trembled. Still, she sent them.
The wooden box was crookedly nailed. There

My classmate. After graduation, he returned to the county town.
Took the civil service exam. Got married and had children.
All his Moments are full of pictures of his kids.
He didn't come to the reunion last year. In the group chat, he said he was doing okay, no need to worry.
I was passing by on a business trip. Asked him to have a meal.
He rode his electric bike over. Half of his hair was gone.
At a roadside barbecue stall. Two bottles of beer down. He said a sentence.
“You guys are talking about changing jobs, fundraising, buying a house. I can't join the conversation.”
“But

My mom learned to use Pinduoduo last month.
First order, nine yuan nine mop.
Second order, six yuan eight dishcloth.
Third order, a box of apples, fifteen yuan.
On the day it arrived, she was as happy as a child.
Last weekend I went home. The balcony was piled up.
Three mops. Twenty dishcloths.
Two boxes of apples, half of which were rotten.
I helped her clean up.
I turned over a delivery slip.
Recipient: Son.
The address was my rental from three years ago.
She didn’t ask me for the new address. She didn’t send it out either.
Just left it on the balcony, stacked with

I work at a bakery. Every day, I taste test the leftover scraps, totaling at least ten loaves of bread.
My coworkers all gained weight. I didn't.
It's not my physique.
Last week, a girl came in. She stood at the counter for five minutes.
Whole wheat toast. Jam. Caramel latte.
I asked: Breakfast?
She nodded.
I said, eating like that, you'll gain three jin (about 3.3 pounds) in a month.
Her hand paused in mid-air.
"Toast is fine. Jam is sugar. Latte is also sugar. Sugar plus sugar, blood sugar goes straight on a roller coaster. Hungry by ten o'clock. When hungry, eat cookies. C

Having dinner with HR sisters. She has been in recruitment for ten years.
I asked, how quickly can you see through someone in an interview.
She put down her chopsticks.
"Thirty seconds."
"No need to ask. Just look at their hands."
How you wipe the table when you come in. Whether your phone is face up or face down. Who you pour water for first. What you say when the waiter serves the dishes.
These things, resumes don’t write. Interviewers don’t ask.
But in thirty seconds, all of it is missed.
She said she interviewed a student from a prestigious university last week. When they e

My best friend. Every summer, she argues with her boyfriend three times. The reason is always the same: the air conditioner temperature.
She’s afraid of heat—twenty degrees. He’s afraid of cold—twenty-six degrees.
They fight over the remote control. In the end, one sleeps on one side. She pulls the blanket over herself and lets the fan blow; he wears long sleeves and wraps himself in a blanket.
This year, they split up.
He moved in with me. On the first night, she set the air conditioner, lay down, then sat back up again.
“He’s never said why he’s afraid of the cold.”
She heard it

I sat at my cousin's house for ten minutes.
The TV was on. The iPad was lit up. Toys, water guns, and broken Lego on the floor.
Her son darted from one to another, each for no more than twenty seconds.
My cousin picked up and scolded, but the kids couldn't hear.
She said: I clean up eight hundred times a day, but he just can't sit still.
I didn't say anything.
Then went to a friend's house.
Half of a puzzle on the coffee table. A dinosaur encyclopedia open on the sofa, halfway through. A few colored pens on the floor.
Her son was lying there coloring. Forty minutes. Never looke

Dinner table. My mom scooped fish onto my plate.
"A girl introduced by Auntie Zhang, have you gone back?"
I ate my rice. She kept talking. I kept eating.
I stood up. Said I was going to throw away the trash.
Squatting in the corridor.
The door next door opened. The girl came out with the trash. Her phone screen was on.
She received a message from her mom:
"Look at Auntie Liu's son's photo."
The two of us squatted there. Neither of us said anything.
Her phone vibrated. My mom called.
She stood up. Picked up the trash bag. Took two steps.
Turned back.
"Are you still squat

At a class reunion, she drank too much and cried, saying she wants a divorce.
We thought her husband was abusive.
She said: He’s a civil servant, earns 7,000, gives me 6,000, and cooks dinner every day when he gets home.
The whole room was silent.
I asked: Divorce from what?
She wiped her tears: He doesn’t understand me. No flowers on our anniversary, no replies to my messages, sleeping back to back, facing away from each other.
I said: What do you want?
She shouted: Romance! Surprises! Heart-fluttering!
A sister beside her butted in: My husband earns 30,000 a month, never come

I also have bruises on my knee.
They're not from kneeling.
They happened last week when I fell while chasing after the bus.
The driver stopped the car and asked me: Miss, are you okay?
I said I'm fine.
He said: Next time, don't chase after it, you won't catch up anyway.
I took a look at my face in the car window.
He's right.

Loan of 20 million just arrived.
The whole network is shouting: Who has U? Cash exchange, transfer on the exchange.
Big shot private message: Send the money first.
I sent it.
He screenshot: Transfer in progress.
Three days later.
He said: The money has been frozen.
I said: That’s my loan.
He said: Yes. I used your money to pay off my debt.
Now we are paying it back together.
This is called decentralized takeover.

My mom asked me: Why has the TV gathered dust?
I said: Turn it on, it's all ads; to watch shows, you need a membership.
She didn't believe it.
I turned on the TV and showed her for ten minutes.
She silently turned it off, picked up her phone, and started browsing.
Now, the only use for that TV is to be a mirror during the New Year.

Suddenly thought while brushing my teeth
Children born in 2026
Might never need to take a driving test

My boss, last year, became obsessed with high-end drinking water.
He spent 38,000 yuan, subscribing to "Mount Fuji Snow Melt Water" for the whole year, with a box flown to the company every week.
He said this water has a perfect pH value, contains silicic acid, and fights aging.
Every day in meetings, he would hold a glass bottle and savor it carefully, also teaching us: health is the foundation of everything.
Last month, that importer was inspected.
The customs report showed that the so-called Mount Fuji water was actually bottled in Linyi, Shandong.
Source? Local tap water, filte

My boss, last year, became obsessed with high-end drinking water.
He spent 38,000 yuan, subscribing to "Mount Fuji Snow Melt Water" for the whole year, with a box flown to the company every week.
He said this water has a perfect pH value, contains silicic acid, and fights aging.
Every day in meetings, he would hold a glass bottle and savor it carefully, also teaching us: health is the foundation of everything.
Last month, that importer was inspected.
The customs report showed that the so-called Mount Fuji water was actually bottled in Linyi, Shandong.
Source? Local tap water, passe

I don't even have the qualification for unlimited refills, my probation period isn't over yet.