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.