烈日从万丈高空射下，炙烤着大地，土地烫得生烟，路旁的石礅子一碰就会烫得手发红。大街上，几乎所有人都躲进开着空调的店里去了，除了几个行人外，只剩下我和一个老人。

我的嗓子干得冒烟，又囊中羞涩，买不起店铺里的冰淇淋，眼前，老人一元一根的黄瓜即是最佳选择。

我快步地走到老人的小摊前，付了一元钱，抓起一根黄瓜，站在路边行道树下迫不及待地啃了起来。待清凉的汁水下肚，我又活了起来。这时，老人问我：“读几年级呀？”

“六年级。”我答道。

老人满脸的沧桑立即化为了笑意，像一朵芙蓉花，说：“我孙子也读六年级呢！成绩可好了，全班第十名呢！”

我想立马说：“这算什么！”但我，不忍心让这样一位老人失望与自卑，站起来准备离开。

刚走了两步远，老人那特大声音的老年手机响了。老人接了电话，电话中有一些模糊的人声，听不清说些什么，只知老人的脸上又堆满了喜悦。半晌，电话那头终于说完了，老人说：“我呀，今天卖了不少果子呢，改天卖完了，数着钱就可以买一台电风扇了。村口热，到时都到我家来吹电风扇，看电视！”说着，老人情不自禁地拍着胸脯站起来，那样的憧憬与自豪，不亚于一位运动员代表他的国家在奥运会上拿了金牌。

只是，我，怔住了。

一位老人，竟可以这样淳朴！一台电风扇，在城里人看来再普通不过甚至不屑的东西，竟能让他如此地期盼与自豪！他没有求黄金宝玉，更没有求豪车美宅，一台电风扇就可以使他如此地快乐与满足，实在令所有不满于城里生活的人羞愧、汗颜！

我的脸，一阵火热。

总埋怨教室没有空调，总埋怨学习太苦，总埋怨不是每餐都有自己最爱的美味。老人今天给我上了一课，人要懂得知足，要常想自己拥有什么。

林清玄说：“常想一二。”人生不如意十有八九，但为何总执迷于失去的八九，而不去想想让我们倍感幸运的一二呢？当一个人懂得知足，他的每一天，纵使艰难险阻，好事少之又少，他也会将幸福珍藏，让它历久弥香。

The scorching sun shot down from a height of ten thousand feet, scorching the earth, and the ground was so hot that smoke was scorched, and the stones on the roadside would turn red when touched. On the street, almost everyone hid in the air-conditioned store, except for a few pedestrians, only me and an old man were left.

My throat was dry and smoking, and I was too cash-strapped to buy ice cream in the store. In front of me, the old man's one-yuan cucumber was the best choice.

I walked quickly to the old man's stall, paid a dollar, grabbed a cucumber, and nibbled it while standing under the sidewalk tree. When the cool juice was in my stomach, I was alive again. At this time, the old man asked me, "What grade are you in?"

"Sixth grade," I replied.

The vicissitudes of the old man's face immediately turned into a smile, like a hibiscus flower, and said, "My grandson is also in the sixth grade! The grades are good, the tenth in the class!"

I wanted to immediately say, "What is this!" But I couldn't bear to let such an old man feel disappointed and inferior, so I stood up and prepared to leave.

Just two steps away, the old man's loud old mobile phone rang. The old man answered the phone, there were some vague voices on the phone, and he couldn't hear what he was saying, but the old man's face was full of joy again. After a long while, the other end of the phone finally finished speaking, and the old man said, "Oh, I sold a lot of fruit today, and if it's sold out the next day, I can buy an electric fan with the money. It's hot in the village, so they all come to my house to blow electricity. Fans, watch TV!" Said, the old man couldn't help clapping his chest and stood up, with such longing and pride, no less than an athlete representing his country in the Olympic Games to win a gold medal.

But, I was stunned.

An old man can be so simple! An electric fan, something ordinary or even disdainful in the eyes of the city people, can make him look forward to and proud! He didn't ask for gold and precious jade, let alone a luxury car and a beautiful house. An electric fan can make him so happy and satisfied. It really makes all those who are dissatisfied with life in the city ashamed and ashamed!

My face was hot.

I always complain that there is no air conditioner in the classroom, I always complain that studying is too hard, and I always complain that every meal does not have my favorite delicacy. The old man taught me a lesson today. People should know how to be content and think about what they have.

Lin Qingxuan said, "I often think about one or two." There are nine times out of ten that life is unhappy, but why are you always obsessed with the lost eight or nine, instead of thinking about the one or two that makes us feel lucky? When a person knows how to be content, he will treasure his happiness every day, even if there are difficulties and obstacles, and good things are rare, and let it last for a long time.