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BY XUEFEI

WHEN I WAS AT UNIVERSITY, I 

READ ENGLISH LOUDLY EVERYDAY. 

IT IS THE SAME AS I READ CHINESE. FOR EXAMPLE TODAY I READ 

ABOUT YUBOYA AND ZHONGZIQI. 

I WAS CRYING A LOT. TEARS SHED FROM MY EYES. IT WAS SO MOVING. 

WHEN I LEARNT GUQIN, THERE IS ONE PIECE CALLED HIGH MOUNTAINS AND FLOWING WATER.GAOSHANLIUSHUI.

IT WAS A STORY ABOUT BOYA AND ZIQI . IT WAS ABOUT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. 

IT WAS REALLY MOVING. 

BOYA LOVED GUQIN AND PLAYED AT A BOAT STAYING AT THE FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN. BUT HE SUDDENLY BROKE ONE STRING. BOYA FELT STRANGE. THERE MUST BE SOMEONE LISTENING TO MY PLAYING. 

BOYA WAS RIGHT. THERE WAS A 

FARMER LISTENING TO HIS PLAY.

BOYA INVITED THE FARMER COMING ONTO THE BOAT AND ASKED HIM 

WHAT WAS HIS NAME.THE FARMER SAID HE WAS CALLED ZHONG ZIQI.

HE COULD UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY 

ABOUT WHAT BOYA WANTED TO EXPRESS. BOYA PLAYED A PIECE AND ZIQI TOLD HIM ABOUT THE QIN INSTRUMENT HISTORY, THE STORY BEHIND THE MUSIC AND WHAT BOYA WANTED 

TO EXPRESS.That was high mountains and the flowing water.

AFTER HEARING WHAT ZIQI SAID, BOYA HUMBLED HIMSELF AND TALKED 

WITH ZIQI AS IF THE LATTER WAS HIS REAL BROTHER.

THEY TALKED FROM MIDNIGHT TO DAYBREAK. 

BOYA ASKED ZIQI WHY HE DIDN'T GO TO TAKE AN EXAM AND BECAME AN OFFICIAL. ZIQI SAID HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD。HIS FAMILY WAS POOR AND HE HAD OLDER PARENTS AND NO 

OTHER RELATIVES, HE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PARENTS。 

HEARING ABOUT THIS, BOYA RESPECTED ZIQI EVEN MORE。 ZIQISAID WHEN PARENTS WERE ALIVE, AS THEIR SON, I SHOULD NOT GO OUT TO TRAVEL FAR AWAY。

THUS BOYA AND ZIQI MADE AN APPOINTMENT。 NEXT MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL, BOYA WOULD ROW THE BIG BOAT TO COME TO THE SAME PLACE TO MEET ZIQI。 ZIQI SAID OK AND SAID GOODBYE TO BOYA。

NEXT MID-AUTUMN, BOYA REALLY CAME OVER TO THE SAME PLACE TO WAIT FOR ZIQI。 BUT ZIQI DIDN‘T 

SHOW UP。

WHY?MAYBE HIS PARENT DIED AND HE HAD TO STAY AT HOME? BOYA THOUGHT。

THEN BOYA DECIDED TO GO TO THE VILLAGE TO VISIT ZIQI’S HOME。

ON THE WAY THEY MET AN OLD MAN。 BOYA MET THE OLD MAN AT A T

FORM ROAD AND DIDN‘T KNOW IF HE

SHOULD GO TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT。

BOYA ASKED THE OLD MAN AND TOLD HIM ABOUT HIS APPOINTMENT WITH ZIQI。 AFTER HEARING THE STORY,

THE OLD MAN CRIED AND TOLD BOYATHAT HE WAS ZIQI’S FATHER。 ZIQI DIED A HUNDRED DAYS AGO。 

RIGHT AFTER ZIQI‘S MEETING WITH BOYA LAST YEAR, ZIQI BEGAN TO READ MORE BOOKS AND STUDIED HARDER。 HE ALSO HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS PARENTS。 SO HE GOT SICK。A hundred days ago,he died. 

Where was he buried? I like to see his grave. Boya said.

The old man said to Boya, let's go backward along the road by the water where your boat was staying. I buried him there according to his will because he told me it was there he met you.

They went back to the grave and when they arrived there, Boya 

began to play his Qin again to express his extreme sadness. Yet people around listening to him laughed a lot and went away. Boya asked the old man why people laughed. The old man said because they didn't understand the music melody, they thought it was a happy melody.

After hearing this, Boya became very angry and smashed the Qin into the stone and put the Qin on the grave of Ziqi. 

"Why should I play again when no one else could understand me anymore? Only you could understand me very well. I will never play the Qin again." Boya said.

Boya gave the old man two pieces of gold, one piece is for him to buy a new house and the other is used to build a beautiful big graveyard. He decided to resign from his post next year and will live near the graveyard to take care of Ziqi's parents on behalf of Ziqi. What a friend! What a friendship!

This story has been carried on either by mouth or by written form or by music for three thousand years.

From then on thousands of thousands of people played the melody of High Mountains and Flowing Water, the most beautiful melody in the world. 

In the real world, Deng Hong, famous Chinese Guqin expert HAD PLAYED IN sWEDEN ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WITH THE EXPLAINATION OF SINOLOGIST CECELIA LINDQVIST。 

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绿色邮报北京报道:最近西藏发生6.8级地震,网上号召捐款,本人捐了一份30元。你可以选择多捐几份,表达心意。其实,地震好像是个经常性的动作,在山区,经常会发生地震。大家多加小心。另外从四川汶川的教训来看,就是盖房子的时候,要盖结实一点。日本的经验就是把房子盖成铁筒子,地震了房子倒了,人可以从里边走出来,不要把墙弄成豆腐渣,墙一倒,人就埋在里边了。

作为防震的经验,就是家里房置结实的桌子或床也好,万一跑不出去,藏在桌子底下或者床脚等待救援也行。

多难之时,人们应该互相理解,互相帮助,互相体谅。

改革开放40多年了,我们有钱了,但是很多人也变得非常自私了。那就是瞧不起服务行业,认为自己有钱就是大爷。没钱的人连说话都不配。

尤其是在买房子的时候,第一句话先问你预算,如果没有足够的钱,人家理都不理你。好像马克吐温的《百万英镑》再现。可是,在中国何止《百万英镑》,《远大前程》,《灯红酒绿》也叫《伟大的盖茨比》都在中国出现了。

三十年河东,三十年河西,潮起潮落,经历过2018年2019年的嗨皮,2020-2023年的新冠隔离其实很多人已经悄悄地死去。所以,人们期望的报复性消费没有回来,为什么?原因很简单,即使人们再有钱,家里如果有老人去世,他们就再也嗨皮不起来了,人们都开始重新思考人生,人活着几十年,眼睛一闭不睁,这辈子就过去了。悲伤也提醒自己的老去,更年期让很多人都变得沉默了。以前可能还有周游世界的想法,还有再买一座海景房的想法,甚至是多买点吃穿的,最后也都冷静下来了。

再说那些提供旅游餐饮服务的,有的人坚持一年活下来了,两年活下来了,到第三年,就不行了。司机老张就是这样。他刚开出租一个多月。他说,1978年开始,他就在北京大街上卖糖葫芦。卖到2018年,攒了1000万。老张觉得自己有钱了,就花400万买了个商铺,装修花了600万。结果,疫情来了,生意冷淡,第一年坚持下来了。第二年坚持下来了。到第三年,决定关门了,因为再不关门就开始欠银行的钱了。一辈子没欠过钱的老张一下子上火得脑淤血了,住进了医院。老婆一着急就跟他离婚了。他很仗义,给老婆一套房,但写的是儿子的名字。儿子留学的钱攒下了。自己病好了,正想着卖了北京的房去四川找朋友一起去养老。

现在就是线上的很多人挣钱,线下的钱都很少。几乎没有。很多服装店,小店都close le ,because there is no customers. Many people buy clothes online. There is no money to pay the rent. If no money to pay the rent, real estate will be affected. So people expect the price of real estate will decrease. But real estate developers don’t like to see the price goes down. Those who entered the market earlier has earned many barrels of gold, but those entered later got bad luck. The same with house buyers. Those who bought apartment after 2017, the prices surged sky high. Now the prices fell several million. That is normal.

Tides rise and ebb. That is a circle. Young people buy apartment now actually is a good timing. Some people think it will decrease again. But some think it didn’t reach the bottom yet. We shall see. I think the tide arises slowly, but ebb suddenly.

With uncertain future, natural disasters also came. Accidents seldom come alone. Huo bu dan xing. hao shi cheng shuang. But good things also happen in pair.

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不好意思,我现在又可以写中文了, 就是说,小店都关门,没有人流。很多人都是网上买。但是,现在看来网上服务也很差。 付不起租金,影响房地产业。房地产不行,开发商受不了。所以,房价就要下跌。但中国房价下跌的原因是2020年以前炒的太高了。所以现在应该回归理性和正常,让人能负担得起。倒霉得就是2018-2019那时候买房得人,价格最高。现在掉下来了,应该说是理性回归。该赚得都赚的盆满钵满。

未来不确定,祸不单行,西藏地震。缅北诈骗,都是中国人,但是,一些人就变质了。专门诈骗中国人。这就象《金银岛》。西方世界以前经济上升得时候资本原始积累时得很多问题,在我们这里也快速发生,好像没有因为发展快就丢掉了某些步骤。

希望2025年是新得一年。绿色邮报感谢朋友们得支持。希望继续得到支持和帮助。红包可以发到WeChat。谢谢。祝大家鸿运高照!