Xie Yan: "..."
I genuinely hate every smoker equally.
This is the culprit that caused me to be exposed to secondhand smoke!
After venting his frustration, Xie Yan looked helpless at the scene before him. He admired his mother-in-law and sister-in-law for enduring it all these years.
Seeing Xie Yan coughing like that, Yu Yuehua, after taking a sip, looked at Xie Yan with genuine sincerity and asked, "Would you like to have a sip too?"
"Take a few more breaths, and you'll get used to it."
Xie Yan: "..."
Did you think it was driving? You'll get used to it after a few tries?
He quickly shook his head, his face full of resistance, his brows furrowed tightly, and his body involuntarily retreated, as if facing some kind of monstrous flood.
Seeing Xie Yan's expression, Yu Yuehua couldn't help but laugh and teased, "Letting you take a puff of smoke isn't going to kill you, why are you so scared?"
Xie Yan said with a serious expression, "You're trying to kill me! Every time we inhale a cigarette, our lifespan will decrease by two minutes."
Yu Shan, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing Xie Yan's words. As he laughed, he said, "You scholars! You're always so troublesome and good at fooling people!"
"My neighbor's third uncle smoked his whole life, and he's still living a good life!"
"Look at him, he's in great health. He's over eighty years old, and he can still work in the fields!"
"According to you, he would have been buried long ago."
Upon hearing her father's words, Yu Yuehua immediately echoed with a face full of agreement, "Yes!"
“I’m telling you that you should learn to smoke, otherwise you’ll cough as soon as you smell a little bit of smoke, like a little girl, without any manliness.”
Xie Yan: "!"
Ha! Thank you!
He frowned slightly, deciding to have a serious talk with the two of them. He turned to look at Yu Shan very seriously and asked, "Dad, have you ever heard of survivor bias?"
Yu Shan paused for a moment, his brows furrowing even more deeply, and asked in confusion, "What is that?"
Xie Yan then turned his gaze to Yu Yuehua, only to see that he also had a blank expression on his face.
Then, Xie Yan explained with a serious expression: "During World War II, the US military analyzed the distribution of bullet holes on returning bombers and found that the wings and tail were hit more frequently, while the engine and fuel tank areas were hit less frequently."
"Therefore, the military believed that the parts that were hit the most, such as the wings, should be reinforced, as they felt that those areas were the most vulnerable to being hit."
"However, a statistician named Abraham Wald pointed out that this data only comes from returning aircraft, that is, 'survivors,' while aircraft with bullet holes in their engines or fuel tanks may have already crashed and were not included in the statistics at all."
"Therefore, it is precisely those critical parts that are less hit, such as the engine, that need to be reinforced, because if these parts are hit, the plane will crash, resulting in data loss."
"The final results proved that the statistician's point was correct; this is survivor bias."
Yu Shan seemed to understand but not quite, but he was too proud to admit that he didn't understand, so he just nodded slightly, looking thoughtful.
Yu Yuehua, however, was different. He asked directly and bluntly, "You mean Third Grandfather is the survivor who wasn't shot?"
Xie Yan nodded and said patiently, "Yes! And the chances of that are very small."
"Leaving aside other places, in our village alone, how many people are like Third Grandfather?"
"Besides, how can you be so sure that Grandpa's smoking didn't harm his health? Maybe Grandpa was the kind of person who was destined to live a long life, and could have lived to be 130, but because of his long-term smoking, he only lived to be 100!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Yuehua's hand holding the pipe froze. He couldn't help but think of those people in the village who seemed to be in good health, working in the fields one day and suddenly passing away the next.
Previously, the villagers said that it was because those people had accumulated good deeds that they were able to leave cleanly and without suffering.
Looking back now, maybe it was smoking that emptied my body and literally sucked away my lifespan.
Thinking this, he was startled again!
yes!
There was also a relatively long-lived old man in the village, but his health was very poor, and he coughed every day.
Looking back now, these people all started smoking from a young age, and some even managed to keep a cigarette in their hand all the time.
Yu Shan has been a smoker for many years, and as he gets older, he becomes increasingly stubborn.
He scoffed at Xie Yan's words, saying, "Still living to 130? They're not even human anymore, they're practically turtles."
Xie Yan sighed helplessly, knowing in his heart that he couldn't reason with these stubborn people; he simply couldn't win the argument.
He could only manage a forced smile and echo, "Yes, yes, I was just saying."
Yu Yuehua seemed to be deep in thought. He stared at Xie Yan and asked in a low voice, "Is what you said true?" He was still young and full of hope for the future, so naturally he wanted to live a few more years.
Xie Yan nodded firmly and asked in return, "Otherwise, why do you think I wouldn't smoke it?"
Yu Yuehua thought about it and realized that her brother-in-law was always shrewd and not the type to make baseless accusations.
Is smoking really that harmful to health? A sense of worry arose in his heart.
Inside the room, the smoke continued to rise slowly, but Yu Yuehua's thoughts were already in turmoil because of Xie Yan's words.
The atmosphere inside the room was slightly heavy because of Xie Yan and Yu Yuehua's discussion about smoking. Before Yu Yuehua could sort out her thoughts, Yu Hai, who had just finished eating and taken a stroll around the village, slowly walked in with a creaking sound of the door opening.
Upon seeing Yu Hai, Xie Yan's already somewhat helpless face instantly filled with worry.
He subconsciously sighed in his heart, "It's over, I'm doomed today."
At that moment, he felt utterly exhausted and longed to return to his room immediately and get a good night's sleep.
He was already prone to drowsiness after eating, and now Yu Hai's appearance was like a powerful sleeping pill, instantly giving him a splitting headache and overwhelming him with sleepiness.
Yu Hai was known in the village for being a know-it-all and a complete chatterbox.
He was several times more stubborn than Yu Shan, as if he had a strange, self-contained logic in his mind.
His greatest "strength" is his ability to talk nonsense with extreme confidence, and he firmly believes that every word he says is the truth, and he insists that the people around him agree with and agree with his absurd remarks from the bottom of their hearts.
For example, even though Xie Yan came from the capital, he could still talk to Xie Yan about things in the capital.
What's there? Are the people there good or bad? And so on.
Moreover, he spoke very seriously, as if he had just returned from the capital.
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