Twenty years ago, in the cold winter, my 17-year-old brother actually took a bath in cold water, which stunned us all.
The temperature that day was only 2 degrees, the sky was fluttering and sprinkling with light rain, the northwest wind was blowing non-stop, and the cold was into the bone.
I was wearing thick clothes and warming my hands with a fire cage filled with charcoal, and I still felt cold.
The younger brother took a cold shower at this time.
He wore a pair of shorts and stood in the courtyard, using a spoon to pour the mountain spring water from the large water tank on his body, and his skin was frozen red.
"Brother, are you crazy?" What should I do if I take a cold shower in the winter and get a cold? "I stopped him.
The eldest sister and second sister who heard the news all looked at him in disbelief.
We imagined him screaming like a slaughtered pig.
But he let out a heckle.
While beating his limbs with cold water, it is said that this can dredge the meridians, and he said with a smile: "Sister, I am not afraid of cold, Chairman Mao still swims in the Yangtze River in winter, and I can exercise my will by washing cold water in winter." ”
The younger brother poured cold water on his body spoonful after spoonful, and the skin of his whole body was frozen red, but he enjoyed it.
I brushed my lips and said dismissively, "I see you're asking for your own suffering." ”
"Tempering the will is inherently a process of constantly making oneself suffer."
At that time, I was very young, and I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all, and I thought my brother was incredibly stupid.
It wasn't until many years later, when I experienced all kinds of beatings in society, that I changed the bad habit of good and bad work and became energetic, that I was no longer young.
As for the younger brother, after taking the college entrance examination, he went to college, and after graduation, while working, he taught himself to obtain an engineer certificate, and his position rose again and again, and now he is the leader in a career establishment, and has become the best mix among several sisters.
The success of the younger brother shows a truth: don't choose comfort at the age of hardship, when you are young, you must take the initiative to endure hardships and have the courage to fight in order to create a happy and beautiful material life.
