Recently, a post flowing out of the "tree hole" of Tsinghua University touched many netizens, and the author used simple and simple language to describe his "hard life" during his study at Tsinghua University.
This post was called "the realistic version of "Send Dongyang Horse Life Sequence" by netizens, so that many netizens "tears in their eyes" after reading it, and the author has won strong praise from the majority of netizens for his unique sincerity, tenacity and kindness.
This post was "posted into the tree hole" by the author, which caused great concern, even if the author did not leave a name, nor did he ask for the author's consent, netizens still forwarded this article, because it is too inspirational.
On November 9, the official account of The Paper publicly released the article "From Aid to Helping, Warm Monologue from Tsinghua", allowing netizens to read this touching story again!
Who is the author? We don't know yet. In the post, he did not leave any name, let's call him "The Lord of the Unknown Cave".
In this "Nameless Cave Lord" post, netizens paid special attention to the author's "ultra-low living expenses" during his studies at Tsinghua University.
How low is this "ultra-low cost of living"? The living expenses of 400 yuan per month are only 10 yuan per day, as a study and life at Tsinghua University, is this living expense "particularly low"?
According to the author's self-report, he belongs to Tsinghua's "special hardship student", from a single-parent family in Anhui, the family is particularly poor, and he can't come up with a penny when he goes to college.
So how did he go to college? Because of the student's excellent grades, the school gave him three scholarships: a second-class scholarship for new students of 5,000 yuan, a bursary of 5,000 yuan, and an enterprise scholarship of 3,000 yuan.
That's all he has to pay for. A total of 13,000 yuan, minus the tuition fee of 6,500 yuan, the remaining 6,500 yuan for living expenses. Of the 6500 yuan, he also set aside half of the money to buy a computer, which must be used for this study.
All expenses are deducted, and the remaining 3200 yuan of living expenses are divided into 8 months, 400 yuan per month. Of the 400 yuan, he also saved a "huge amount" of 100 yuan, and the monthly living expenses were controlled at about 300 yuan.
Oh my God, 300 yuan a month for living expenses, about 10 yuan a day, is this the standard of living in the 70s and 80s of the last century? I specifically inquired about the author's reading time, he was a freshman in 2014 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018.
The standard of living in 2014 was almost the same as it is now, and this is in Beijing, and the student is in college. I remember that at that time, when we were in high school, a student's living expenses were about 200 yuan per week, and the average living expenses for a month were about 800 yuan.
With only about $10 a day in living expenses, the student had to save money. How did he "save money and use it"?
Let's take a look at his "three meals a day":
Breakfast: With (1), 0.4 yuan soy milk + 2 small buns of 0.25 yuan + 1 egg
Pair with (2), 1 fritter of 0.4 yuan + 1 egg
Lunch: 4 pairs of rice (0.9 yuan) + 1 rib potato (3.5 yuan)
Dinner: 4 two rice (0.9 yuan) + vegetarian vegetables (cabbage, tofu, shredded white radish, bean sprouts, summary 0.5-1 yuan)
See? Eat "8 two rice" a day, which is a food that most people can't reach. Some people may say that this means that the amount of food for students is "very large", is this really the case?
The actual situation is: because there is no extra living expenses, students have to eat so much rice, one is that rice is cheap, and the other is that it can support the stomach!
This is the story behind eating "8 two rice" every day, this student never drinks, he takes two empty bottles to the library and teaching building every day to pick up water to drink, because the water there is "free".
Living in poverty taught the student to be meticulous. In addition to the 300 yuan living expenses, he also kept 100 yuan of "huge money".
And this 100 yuan, he is mainly used for haircuts, baths, phone bills, a total of 40 yuan, the remaining 60 yuan can be freely disposed of. In the first two years of college, the "Nameless Cave Lord" insisted on this.
Some people speculate that this "nameless cave owner" should be a boy, and only boys can eat so much rice; some people say that the "nameless cave owner" may be a girl, because her life is so calculating, so diligent and capable, one is a girl, right?
Who is the "Nameless Cave Lord" so far? Is he a boy or a girl? Now we don't know.
However, from the author's living expenses, we do see his meticulous calculations; however, the positive spirit displayed by this "nameless cave lord" does not stop there!
1. From careful calculation, we can see "strong and optimistic".
Under such harsh conditions, the author was still able to save money, read seriously, and exercise regularly, which shows his strength and optimism. Although forced by life, in careful calculation, we can still see some noble qualities of the author in life.
2. From the part-time tutoring, see "sincerity and kindness".
From the third year of college, the author began to look for "supporting himself". He ran to a very distant place from the school to find a part-time job as a tutor, with a very low income, 100 yuan per hour, not only to give lectures to students, but also to help parents "pick up and drop off students", and his sincerity and kindness touched parents. In the second year of tutoring, although he decided not to help parents pick up and drop off students, he still charged a tutoring fee of 100 yuan and took the initiative not to increase the price.
3. From the transmission of love, see "enthusiasm and gratitude".
The author, "The Unknown Cave Lord", relied on various scholarships and grants to complete his undergraduate studies. After graduating from graduate school, he relied on himself, found various part-time jobs, and made more money, and he decided not to apply for bursaries anymore and leave them to those who needed them more. Not only that, he also saved 3200 yuan per semester to fund the living expenses and tuition and miscellaneous expenses of 4 children for one semester. Passing on the love of the school to the society, knowing how to be grateful, and giving back to the society, this spirit is a model for contemporary youth to learn!
After this post was posted online, many people were not only moved, but also silent.
In today's society, materialistic desires are rampant, and many students live "comfortable" or even "luxurious" lives. Some of these children are compared to each other and extravagant and wasteful; others are immersed in games all day, not knowing the spring and autumn.
The vast majority of students, a meal of living expenses are far more than 10 yuan; there are many students, the monthly living expenses of more than 1000 yuan. They take so much living expenses, eat, drink and have fun, they just don't study!
Some people say that now that material life is indeed so rich, that spirit of hard struggle is "outdated"! Now they don't need to eat "8 two rice" a day, they don't need to "eat more", but they need to "eat richly".
Perhaps, this is indeed a change of times! But in the era of material abundance, do we not need the spirit of "hard work"?
The Ming Dynasty literary scholar Song Lian wrote in "Sending Dongyang Horse Life Sequence":
"Today's students have studied in Taixue, county officials have a little confession on the day, parents have the legacy of Qiu Ge, and there is no danger of frost; sitting under the building and reciting poetry and books, there is no labor to run; there are siye and doctors as teachers, and those who do not ask questions and do not tell, and those who ask for it are not allowed."
The meaning of this passage is that today's students are studying in Taixue, the imperial court provides meals every day, parents give winter leather clothes and summer ge clothes every year, there is no worry of freezing and hunger; sitting in a tall room and reciting scriptures, there is no hard work; there are Siye and Doctor as their teachers, but they have nothing to gain in study!
The famous great poet Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty also said in the "Preface to the Pavilion of the King of Teng": "When the old are strong, it is better to move the heart of the white head; the poor and the strong, do not fall into the ambition of Qingyun." ”
This spirit of "poor and strong" can sharpen a person's strong will and shape a person's great personality!
I think that such a "poor and strong" spirit is even more indispensable in the era of materialistic desires! Without hard work and strong will, it is impossible to create a better future!
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