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Two years ago, only Starbucks coffee, I drank, will not have diarrhea.

Now, probably only Nestle instant coffee will not cause my stomach discomfort.

If coffee doesn't match my Chinese stomach, the consequence of strong tea, such as Pu'er, is that I keep going in and out of the bathroom.

When I need a drink to cheer me up, I can only choose coffee.

As for cigarettes, I used to dislike the smell of cigarettes. Until one day I started smoking myself-when I lost my job last October and began to find my own way out of anxiety, I found that cigarettes would ease my anxiety a little bit.

What are the subtle chemical effects when a cigarette is served with coffee?

Director Jia Musu made a black-and-white film called Coffee and cigarettes in 2003, a short series of 11 short stories about coffee and cigarettes.

Tell me a few of my favorite scenes of these 11 short stories--

The first scene shows Roberto sitting on a table outside a cafe drinking coffee, with mottled walls revealing a piece of skin. At this time, Steven came to talk to him. The two basically have little in common, chatting all the time, and they have to repeat their love of coffee and cigarettes over and over again.

Then Steven said he had to go because he had an appointment with the dentist, but what he hated most was going to the dentist. At this point, Roberto said he had time and he could go to the dentist for Steven. Then Steven said that was great and gave Roberto,Roberto the address of the dentist and left happily with the note.

No wonder this short story is called "weird acquaintance" (this is my own translation), the original text is "strange to meet you".

The second scene I like is the story of a pair of dragons and phoenixes in a cafe. The waiter comes over to refill their glasses and joins them in a lazy way, asking them which one of them is the "bad" one.

Later, the sister of the dragon and Phoenix asked his brother if he was wearing his own shirt, and the brother denied that it was his own shirt. The sister contemptuously asked him to have his own style and not to copy hers. Then, both of them put their feet on the table. My sister asked my brother if she was wearing her shoes. The brother said, "how is it possible? these are my own shoes."

The third story takes place in a cafe in California, where two men who quit smoking talk about the "puffing losers" and feel sorry for them. Finally, in order to reward their success in quitting smoking, they smoked another cigarette.

There are some things you can't quit, such as coffee and cigarettes.

The fourth scene is a pair of over-50-year-old men meeting in a cafe. One of them picked up a cigarette on the table and was criticized by his best friend. He asked him if he didn't want to live, saying that he smoked to death. Only tobacco makers, hospital doctors, nurses and funeral parlors will be rich.

When the old man who wanted to smoke was annoyed by the nagging of his best friend, his son pushed the door and asked the old man for pocket money. the old man gave his son $6 and finally wanted a hug and said that he would buy a hug with $6. The son told him with his finger that the hug cost $10. Before the old man could pay for it, the son left in disgust. The old man picked up the lighter again, ready to light a cigarette. Good friends said, your lunch is coffee and cigarettes, this is too unhealthy. The old man who wanted to smoke replied, "Why are you nagging like my wife? she smokes a whole locomotive. Do I just listen to you when I meet you?" Before the cigarette was lit, the son came in with a $6 snack.

The short film is called "deadly Killer".

The last story is my favorite scene. Two frail old people drank instant coffee during a ten-minute break, and one said I felt like I had lost touch with the world. He asked his friend if he had ever listened to the song "Illustrated 39 against ve Lost Track of The World". Then he said he could still feel the song singing in his ears, and then the two old men pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the song floating around the building.

The old man told the old gay friend that you should give me a reminder when the time is almost up. I still want to take a nap.

The old gay friend replied that time was almost up.

He said: got it. Let's pretend that this coffee is champagne, in order to praise life, just like those who are rich and elegant, even if this coffee is cheap and instant, we pretend that it is champagne, then it is God's honey.

Unexpectedly, the old gay friend said that he preferred the coffee of the ordinary working class.

The old man said to you, you just can't enjoy the joy of life. He took a sip of coffee and said, well, you're right, this coffee is fucking terrible. And said he was going to bed.

The old gay friend looked at the time and said that you only have 2 minutes left.

Then the old man fell asleep like a baby.

Caffeine and nicotine, they are harmful to the body, but still can not quit. Because "more coffee?" "do you smoke?" It is a buffer for our fast-paced life.

I don't like sour coffee, even though my barista friend told me that sour taste is good coffee beans. I prefer it to be bitter, but I don't like it to be too sweet and lose the original taste of coffee.

I smoke, I am not addicted to smoking, but when I am bored, I need it to help me cushion the speed of pain. I don't like strong cigarettes. I like lighter ones, such as Aixi for 10 yuan a pack.

Someone once asked Ba Jin, who lived to be 101years old, the secret of keeping good health and longevity.

Ba Jin: smoking, drinking, not exercising.