You Jin is a Singaporean writer

My friend Ah Ye asked me to go to the restaurant for a buffet, and her six-year-old granddaughter Yingying also came.

As soon as he sat down, Ah Ye instructed Yingying: "This is a buffet, you can go and take any food you like, but you have to remember to only take one or two things at a time, and only take a little bit of each; After tasting it, if you like it, you can pick it up again. Don't leave any food on your plate, and you must eat it all. ”

The warbler nodded like pounding garlic, and the small figure disappeared in the colorful food in an instant.

After all, she was only six years old, and it was the first time she ate a buffet, and in the face of a dazzling array of food, Yingying finally brought back a large plate of her favorite fried noodles, stacked high, completely forgetting what her grandmother had just said.

However, after taking a bite, Yingying pushed the plate away, frowned and said, "It's too spicy!" Ah Ye responded gently: "The food is you take it yourself, you have to eat it all." Yingying begged with a bitter face: "It's so spicy, I can't eat it!" ”

Ah Ye stood up, brought a big bowl of hot water, poured the noodles into it, diluted the spicy taste with hot water, pushed the noodles in front of Yingying, and said, "Now, finish it!" ”

Looking at the overwhelming delicacies around me, I couldn't help but say to Yingying: "After eating this plate of noodles, how can she have the appetite to taste other delicacies!" Ah Ye replied earnestly: "What she sacrificed was just a delicious enjoyment, but in exchange for a lifelong unforgettable teaching." ”

It is true that educational opportunities are the real "treasures" compared to appetites.

On cruise ships and in cafeterias, countless delicacies are spoiled simply because people lack the self-discipline that they have cultivated at home.