Speaking of travel, it was also like “once dreaming of traveling the world with a sword in hand, to see the splendors of the world.” Later, I realized that before becoming someone like Wang Sicong, the school’s king, it’s not very realistic to just up and travel the world.
Fortunately, after graduation, I traveled around following project assignments. Back then, I was also very into “been there, done that,” so you could say I achieved “being close to food” and “eating widely on a budget.”
I really look down on those men who hand over their paychecks to their wives as soon as they get married. As a grown man, how can you not learn from me and voluntarily hand it over? The toughest person I’ve met on the road before was my mom—she didn’t want me to go anywhere. Now… you know what I mean. But as clever as I am, there’s nothing that can’t be done, only people who can’t do things. These days, those online travel businesses are fighting tooth and nail, offering one-yuan tickets, one-yuan hotels, one-yuan meals, one-yuan tours—endless deals. I just wait for the right moment to pounce.
At first, I also thought, with my cleverness, this wouldn’t be a problem at all！ But reality has proven that living around such a shrewd hunter as my wife, there are traps everywhere, and they won’t stop until they catch you. Take last weekend when I went shopping with my wife—everybody knows that no matter how full a woman’s closet is, as long as there’s shopping involved, there’s always room for more.
So we walked into a store, and she spotted a piece of clothing and said to me: “Honey, I want to buy this!” I had a sudden flash of inspiration and said: “That depends on whether you listen to me.” Unexpectedly, she seemed to have caught on and replied: “No, I won’t listen!” So I said: “If you don’t listen, then no buying!” She seemed to realize something and said: “I’ll listen!” Heh heh, I proudly answered: “Okay, if you listen, then we’re not buying!” Talking about it now, I have to give myself thirty-two thumbs-up for my cleverness back then. But she surprisingly didn’t even argue about it—something felt off to me, though I couldn’t figure out what.
Then we walked into the next store. Before long, my wife pointed to two pieces of clothing and asked me: “Which one do you think I should buy, this one or that one?” Damn, now that’s the real trap, sigh, let’s not talk about it. Drawing on the advice of predecessors and years of my own experience, I realized this was definitely not a multiple-choice question with just one answer. Alright, by now everyone knows—I can’t even afford discounted travel deals anymore, so I’ve had to switch to the free zone.
Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. By chance, I got some exciting news from a friend in the travel industry: a company was running a marketing campaign giving away a million yuan worth of free travel packages for everyone to grab. Free, I tell you. I quickly searched for the company (Zhangjiajie Visitor Center) on Baidu. Since you’ve read this far, might as well share the good news. No long-winded talk—basically, just follow the WeChat account “Zhangjiajie Visitor Center” (zjjykzx), and from 16:30 to 17:30 on May 15th, there will be 1,000 free travel packages up for grabs. I’ve already talked to my colleagues—we’ll lend as many phones as we have, and I’ll have my wife borrow a few too. Anyway, we won’t stop until we grab one. It’s free, hehe！ Why not grab it if it’s free！
