Knowing each other far and near, thousands of miles are still neighbors, the purest feelings between people are like water and like wine, it is pure and does not contain any impurities, but it will become more mellow with the passage of time.
Friendship is the cheapest but most precious thing in the world, and it is cheap because everyone can have a friend without even paying any price, and it is precious because it is difficult to find and unattainable.
Life without friends is like a summer day without flowers, losing the most wonderful embellishment. Our life is only once, but we can feel a different life from our friends, that is, we can share happiness and worry. Although the "Mountain Flowing Water" in the Bo Yazi period has become a masterpiece in history, there is no shortage of such great friendships around us.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="4" > a windfall for exam failure</h1>
In 1996, Yan Ning and Li Yinuo were both admitted to the Department of Biological Sciences and Technology of Tsinghua University, but the two who had never known each other before did not have much intersection after enrolling.
It wasn't until the results of a high-number exam were announced that they discovered each other's existence. However, it is a pity that this is not a mutual struggle between "geniuses", but a pity between "scum".
In fact, the so-called scum is only relative, after all, it is a student admitted to Tsinghua, Yan Ning and Li Yinuo's results are only low scores floating over the line, which is somewhat abrupt in front of a group of academic bullies, and the two people who want to improve their grades have come together.
It turns out that the efficiency of teamwork is indeed higher than that of singles, and when the next exam comes, not only the high numbers, but also the other subjects of Yan Ning and Li Yinuo have also made great progress.
Since then, the two have become inseparable girlfriends, but they do not chase stars or dramas, but focus all their minds on their studies, going back and forth between the teaching building and the laboratory all day long.
The two learned from each other, inspired each other, supervised each other, and soon got the approval of the teacher and the opportunity to study abroad at public expense.
The reason why excellent people are excellent is because they are never satisfied with the status quo, and being able to enter Tsinghua is already beyond the existence of their peers, but it turns out that excellent people will only become more excellent, because they never stop.
Failing an exam opens up a great friendship, because the same experience brought two strangers together, and maybe that's a kind of fate.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="33" > very different life trajectory</h1>
After graduating from undergraduate, both chose to continue their studies, because of professional reasons, they invariably chose to study abroad, because the research direction is different, Yan Ning went to Princeton University, and Li Yinuo went to the University of California, Los Angeles, although both in the United States, but one east and one west span 4500 kilometers, plus both are busy with their studies, so they can only rely on telephone contact.
After both of them received their phDs, they embarked on very different life trajectories. Yan Ning chose to stay in school and continue to engage in scientific research, while Li Yinuo stepped into "Wall Street" and entered McKinsey & Company to engage in management consulting. Although the two work differently, they are very busy, and sometimes not contacting each other for months has become the norm.
However, the good girlfriends have not forgotten their lives because of work, and they will still squeeze out time to meet occasionally. The two talked about everything, from scientific research results to trivial matters of life, they shared their lives without reservation.
With each other's support, they have made great achievements in their respective fields, Yan Ning has become an academic star, and Li Yinuo has become a managing partner of the company, while assisting Bill Gates in carrying out public welfare activities.
The best state of friends is complementary rather than mutual, and two people who are too similar to each other will not actually become the best friends, but between people who look very different, it is easy to form an indestructible friendship.
We don't need an exactly like us in our lives, which will only make the already boring life more boring, and the meaning of friends is to bring us to understand a different life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="35" > time is the best witness</h1>
With the passage of time, Li Yinuo formed his own family and became a mother of three children, while Yan Ning was still single.
Some people say that Yan Ning is married to Science, but she always laughs it off. Not everyone wants to get married, Yan Ning's achievements have nothing to do with singleness or not, Li Yinuo's status has nothing to do with three children, and the family is the sweetener of life, but it is not a necessity.
However, an unmarried older young woman always can't escape the curse of "urging marriage", even Yan Ning is not spared, after many rude questions, she finally gave her own answer to the camera: "I am not married, I don't owe anyone an explanation."
Seemingly willful answers, but there is also a lot of helplessness behind them. Subconsciously, people have already equated family and happiness. Perhaps the reporter's question was not malicious, but for a scholar, it is indeed an offense.
More than twenty years have passed since Yan Ning and Li Yinuo first met, and time has not diluted their relationship, although the opportunities for the two to meet are getting less and less, and the time left for them by work and family is getting less and less.
But as long as they have the opportunity to meet, they will always leave the most precious time for each other, for the two who are about to enter middle age, their youth may no longer be there, but the friendship between them will continue to grow.
Time doesn't change anything, all it can do is sift through the gold in the grit for us. People who really know each other often don't need much language, and the friendship that needs to be hollowed out to barely maintain is not worth paying for.
The friendship of Yan Ning and Li Yinuo still radiates a dazzling light after experiencing the baptism of time, even if there are fewer and more, but it cannot change their position in each other's hearts.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="34" > conclusion</h1>
Human feelings are not complicated, and what we sometimes lack is not material satisfaction, but spiritual satisfaction. Although money can solve many problems, it cannot buy sincerity. The principle of equivalence is also applicable to interpersonal communication, and only "equivalent" exchange is "fair".
The only way to find friends is to make yourself a friend of others, a sincere feeling is what everyone dreams of, but after entering the society, people will inevitably think of friends on campus, and it is precisely because of that purity that this friendship is precious.
Instead of deliberately currying favor with others, it is better to be open and honest with yourself, make friends you want to make, and make friends with people who want to make friends with you.