儿子没有出国读书之前，我是从来不考虑钱的，老公说他管存钱，我管花钱。确实，我那时连家里的钱到底是多少，从来不过问，大的总数也不清楚，反正两个在大学教书的，养个孩子很轻松的。
现在儿子出去了，一年总得花上十万吧，我开始考虑钱的问题了。
原来不接的课，现在我都接了，我已经连续2个学期比别人多上了N个课堂的课；原来不想争取的项目，我去争取了，虽然文科项目没有多少钱，但有比没有好；原来不想做的杂事，我很爽快地答应去做了，什么当评委啊，做集体课件啊，评审论文啊。。。
放假以后，我完全投入到股市的操作中去。我好像是今年3月进入股市的，由于刚入门，又要上课，所以成绩不是那么可观。赚了指数，没有赚到什么钱。放假一个星期以来，每天上午6点多起来就上网，研究财经信息。每天做笔记，每笔进出交易都记账。我发现，近来我好像做股票有点入门的味道了，跌也好，涨也好，我都很顺心了。股市里的机会太多了，不管是大盘跌还是大盘涨，努力地去做，还是可以挣到钱的。想那当初，买第一笔股票时，是我弟弟指定的，我是战战兢兢地点的鼠标。现在我不仅摆脱了弟弟的控制，而且我弟弟还感概地说：你超过我了，出师了。哈哈，不管是真是假，我还是有些得意洋洋的。
老公近来清理存款，告诉我的数字，出乎我的意外，我说，你算错了没有啊，怎么存款涨这么多了呢！
钱是什么？钱和很多东西比，微不足道。记得一个很潇洒的股评专家说：“爱她吧，不要爱股票！”但是钱有时也很重要，没有钱要办一些事情绝对不行。但是钱是人去赚的，你盯住了钱，钱不会不来的，关键看你想不想挣那个钱，没有谁挣不到钱的。能力大的挣大钱，能力小的挣小钱，有压力、有责任心的人会尽全力去挣钱。
译文:
To Make Money Is To Have Pressure
Before our son went to study overseas, I had never worried about money. My hubby took charge of saving money, while I took care of spending. Really, I didn’t even know then how much money there was at home, and never bothered about it, including total sum. After all, with two of us teaching in the university, rearing a child is easy and relaxing.
With our son studying overseas now, at least 100,000 yuan would probably be required, and I now start to consider the problem of money.
I now take those lessons that I used to decline, and have taken n numbers of lessons more than others for the 2 consecutive terms; I compete for those items that I used to ignore: although arts subjects do not pay much, but something is better than nothing; I readily accept those miscellaneous tasks (such as judging panel, collective courseware and thesis evaluation) that I used to turn down…
During school holidays, I got completely absorbed in the operation of share market. I probably entered the market in March this year, and the result I got was not that impressive, because I was new to the market and had to teach. Other than making some gains in index, there was not much profit. In the first week of the holidays, I got up at 6 every morning to go online researching on the financial and economic information. I made notes every day, keeping accounts of all transactions. I noticed that I seem to be quite familiar with shares recently and find it satisfactory, whether the price goes up or down. There are far too many opportunities in the share market, whether it is a steep drop or a sharp rise, there is money to be made if there are efforts made. When I first purchased my shares designated by my brother, I clicked the mouse with trembles. Not only have I got rid of my brother’s control now, he also told me: “You have finished your apprenticeship, and surpassed me.” Ha-ha, I couldn’t be bothered whether it was true or not, but I was overwhelmed with exaltation.
Hubby tidied up our saving recently and told me the figure, which was beyond my expectation. I told him, “How could it be, didn’t you make any mistake in your calculation? How could it increase so much!”
What is money? It is too trivial to mention when compared with many other things. I remember the words of a pizzazz stock analyst: “Love her, don’t love shares!” But money sometimes is important too, without which it is absolutely impossible to get things done. But money is to be made, and will come your way as long as you set your eyes on it, the crucial point is whether or not you want to make that money. There is no one who can’t make money. People with higher capability make more money, and those with lower capability make less money. People with pressure and responsibility will do their best to make money.