Gu Dong: The Knowledge of Paper

Gu Dong: The Knowledge of Paper I had a bad stomach and had a stomachache, so I rushed to the toilet. When I was in a hurry, I found that there was no toilet paper in it, so I ran out again and looked around...

Gu Dong: The Knowledge of Paper I had a bad gastrointestinal problem and I rushed to the toilet. When I was in a hurry, I found that there was no toilet paper in it, so I ran out again and looked around. I don't know whether it's pitiful or ridiculous. Opening the newspaper, I coincidentally saw that a friend was talking about a similar thing and was making a lot of noise around the issue of paper. It turns out that a thin piece of paper contains so much great knowledge. Not only can you tell whether a country has silver paper, but you can also see how far the country's civilization has reached. If even paper is scarce, the people of this country may be as frivolous as paper. Perhaps because paper is one of China's three great inventions, we don't think paper is anything special. "Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea" are opened with seven things, not including paper. But it is fortunate that this is the case. Otherwise, if each person has a piece of paper and a population of more than one billion, how much paper would be consumed every year, and where would so much paper come from? But after all, the paper shortage still appeared. That happened in the 1970s. There was a publishing house in Hong Kong that promised to publish a collection of stories for me. Later, because the paper was too expensive, it said it would postpone it a little longer. Unexpectedly, it closed down and my manuscript disappeared. It may have been resurrected and turned into this typing paper on my desk now. When there is a shortage of paper, even going to the toilet becomes a problem. I remember that in the public toilets at Gooseneck Bridge in Hong Kong, I had to put down two cents each time before the grandma guarding the door was willing to provide two pieces of thick and thin straw paper. But spending two cents to buy one is better than holding it in your hands and feeling overwhelmed! Nowadays, there are many tea restaurants that use the Grandma Bridge to sell paper towels at the counter. Although the uses are different, the technique is still the same. In fact, Hong Kong people have never been very willing to use paper. Newspapers, radio stations, and television are also teaching people to pay attention to environmental protection, which can waste paper from limited sources. When Americans come to Hong Kong, the most annoying and inconvenient thing I believe is that there is no tissue paper when dining. Some smart locals will prepare a pack or two of small tissues for easy access. More than ten years ago, the author brought back to Hong Kong some soft paper that could be washed and used many times. A teacher saw this and criticized it: "Isn't it unnecessary? Why not use handkerchiefs?" Regardless of whether he was right or not, I will prepare a few handkerchiefs every time I go out. Although this method is a bit old-fashioned, it brings a lot of convenience to myself and saves some paper. Americans use paper most generously and extravagantly, so some people say that America is the most civilized and richest. There is free paper everywhere for people to use, and of course there is also discarded paper everywhere. In addition to toilet paper, toilet paper and facial tissue are also provided in the toilet. California even stipulates that paper backing paper for covering the toilet board must be prepared. Needless to say, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have an inexhaustible supply of mouth wipes and toilet paper. I personally saw a man walking in and happened to meet an employee. The employee asked him politely what he needed, and he responded generously: "No, I just want to pick up some paper." What's even more strange is that the employee still told him with a smile on his face that the paper was in front! A person walks into the bathroom without thinking, just snap, snap, snap, and ten or eight pieces of paper are thrown into the trash can; when he doesn't give up, he turns around and looks in the mirror, snap, snap, snap again. No one has ever noticed that this civilized country is pushing her people behind the scenes to do a very uncivilized thing - to waste the earth's resources without restraint! If one day mankind will lose civilization, it may be the good deeds of these civilized people!