Week 3 Hat Country

A long time ago, at the end of the continent, there was a country called Hat Country. It is famous for its ethnic custom of wearing hats. If a family does not wear a hat, they will be laughed at, and worse, they may not be able to get a wife because of it. So as soon as you go out, you can see people wearing hats on the road, in the garden, in schools, hospitals, police stations... everywhere, and all kinds of strange hats: some people wear hats made of jewelry, gold and silver. Hats, some people wear hats made of leather and plastic, some people wear hats made of cotton, linen and wool, some people wear straw hats, some people wear peaked caps, some people wear baseball caps, some Some people wear round-ear hats (Lei Feng style), some people wear long hats with braids hanging down, some people wear short clip-on hats, some people wear melon skin hats, and some people wear Some people wear berets, some wear little red hats, some wear little yellow hats, and some wear cuckolds...

In short, people will not go out without hats. People in the country of hats have a crazy attitude towards hats. Many people are even reluctant to take off their hats when taking a bath or sleeping. Xiaojiu is probably the only weirdo in this country. She really can't understand people's crazy attitude towards hats. Although she was forced to wear little yellow hats, hard hats, Christmas hats and other hats since she was a child, she gradually Later, she found that people's attitude towards hats has completely surpassed that of the people who wear hats. Many people even completely become puppets of hats. Once they lose their hats, they will be depressed and eventually die in depression. Shouldn't it be the people themselves that are more important? Aren’t hats all external possessions? She didn't understand.

She started to fall in love. At the beginning, she met the first grade of junior high school. She asked the first grade of junior high school, why do you like me? The first grader answered honestly: "Because your father has a silver hat." Then the two of them fell in love. Later, she met Lao San again, and she asked Lao San, why do you like me? The third child thought for a while and replied: "Because your hat is very beautiful and soft." Then they dispersed again. She and her friend Kimi complained about why everyone cared so much about the hat, when they could obviously live without it. Kimi said: "Don't you care about hats? Don't you like the first grade of junior high school because his hats keep getting better? From straw hats to woolen hats to leather hats, he thinks your father has a silver hat, which can help him get better. There's nothing wrong with getting a silver hat. Isn't the essence of marriage a kind of exchange relationship? Isn't it because you like the third child because he always arranges his hats neatly and neatly, unlike other men? Does the child smell like sweat? You obviously can't let go of the hat, so why give up a relationship that could have been well managed because of the hat?"

Xiaojiu was silent, as if Kimi There is some truth in what he said. People are in the world and cannot help themselves. Even if their own reason tells them clearly that they cannot just focus on hats, it seems difficult to completely abandon hats. For example, if she goes out without wearing a hat, she won't be able to do many things well. Even if she goes out to buy vegetables, the vegetable seller wearing a straw hat will squint and sneer and say, "If you can't afford it, don't touch it." Classes are everywhere, and restrictions follow them everywhere. Those who completely abandon their hats are probably monks who have truly faded away from the world of mortals and are self-sufficient.

Kimi said that she wears a hat because it gives her a sense of security; Serena said that she wears a hat to join a certain group and feel a sense of belonging; Anxin said that she wears a hat because she keeps changing it. A good hat brings a sense of achievement; Peter Wang said that he wears a hat because the golden hat he received after hard work gave him a strong sense of glory. Everyone has many, many different hats, and most hats are meant to show off to others, thereby producing one or another feeling. However, these feelings will not last long and are fleeting. However, even so, it still attracts many people like a poppy and they can't stop. Once they lose the hat, they will become angry and violent. In serious cases, it may even threaten their life and health.

Xiaojiu felt that the hat had become the Sword of Damocles or the Stone of Sisyphus, and it seemed as if it had contained a mystery that could never be solved and had become part of the laws of society. It makes people feel more and more confused and confused. Don't think about things you can't figure out anymore, Xiao Jiu thought, since the hat exists anyway, there must be a reason for its existence.

However, hats have become more and more restrictive. Human beings are born with strong curiosity and gossip mentality. Together with jealousy and showing off, they are all spontaneous instincts of the human body. Just like Xiao Jiu was despised by the Straw Hat when he went shopping without a hat, the Straw Hat would be ridiculed when he entered the leather hat circle, the Leather Hat was trembling under the pressure of the Silver Hat, the Silver Hat could not be arrogant in the face of the Gold Hat, and the Golden Retriever The jewelry hats will still be worn during the Hajj; and human nature is to win with more, especially when seeking a mate or job, etc., one would like to pile up all the hats and wear them on the head, don’t think this is a joke, hey , someone really does this!

After all, the so-called shackles are still put on by people willingly, aren’t they?