A leisurely life that begins with the possession of a game character

Whether it is family members or relatives, if the relationship is not very good or there are conflicts, it is better to keep a certain distance. As the saying goes, distance creates beauty. Keeping a certain distance from those family members and relatives with whom the relationship is not very good is good for both parties. At least it can avoid many conflicts.

Many people like to be lenient to themselves and strict to others, especially when it comes to family. They hope that their relatives can meet their demands infinitely. If there is something that cannot be done, they will become resentful and even have the habit of venting their incompetent temper on the people around them.

Even if the people around them are doing very well, they just can’t meet their requirements. There is no limit to how high their requirements are, because they can never be satisfied.

The fundamental reason is not that their demands are too high, but that they are used to being resentful and dissatisfied, and they will still treat it that way even if it is achieved.

Because they are too close, their expectations of the people around them will become higher and higher, and there is no way to satisfy them.

People still have to rely on themselves. If you can't stand up on your own, it's useless to expect relatives and friends to help you. If you don't wake up, no matter how much help others give you, it will just be a repeat of the same story again and again.

As for lending a hand, if you feel like it, just lend a hand. It's a piece of cake to lend a hand. If it's not a big deal, you can still help.

But Zhang Lan was not interested in getting involved in the kind of trouble that would follow after helping.

What Zhang Lan could be sure of was that there was something missing in his heart, he didn't have that kind of unyielding faith.

A netizen once discussed with Zhang Lan that if a person really wants to regain the previous feelings and enthusiasm, then the best way is to re-read modern history in depth and to at least review the path that the ancestors have taken, even if they do not expect to walk it again.

Sometimes, when you go deep into it and understand the past enough, you will understand how our ancestors walked to where we are today step by step in despair and rags.

Someone around him commented on Zhang Lan's psychology and said that Zhang Lan lacked the ancient chivalrous spirit in his heart.

Zhang Lan just laughed it off after hearing this. The concept of chivalry, to be honest, had disappeared from his mind for a long time.

The essence of righteousness is "altruism". Where righteousness lies, I will go forward even if there are thousands of people against me, and I will never give up, even if I die nine times! But this kind of "pure altruism" chivalry has long disappeared.

The current popular trend is to benefit oneself. No matter who or what, as long as it doesn't provoke me, even if you kill people or set fires, I can pretend not to see it, stand by and watch, and at most I will feel guilty and suddenly shoot you from behind, and that's the end of it.

I won't intervene because it's not good for me, and the bad guys didn't provoke me, so I won't offend others unless they offend me.

The traditional me is the messenger of justice, the nemesis of bad guys. When I see someone being oppressed, I feel injustice in my heart and my blood is boiling. I will stand up and defend conscience and justice. I am willing to sacrifice my life and dare to pull down the emperor. No one believes that such people still exist.

In the past, altruism was justice, but now, selfishness is justice. Because the times have changed, people's internal driving logic has also changed accordingly.

In the commercial era, profit comes first. People will not do anything that is not beneficial. It is stupid. Even if you are chivalrous, you must calculate the return on investment, the risks and benefits. In the past, knights would leave after their work was done, hiding their identities and names. They would leave without taking a cloud with them. They would leave in a carefree manner, like a master who is not concerned with worldly affairs.

Now the knights-errant are like this: first, I will settle my personal grudges, which is the main task, and then I will fight against evil and protect the good, and do a side job. It is best if I can get revenge and eliminate the bad guys at the same time, and then get a lot of rewards, gain both fame and fortune, and make a lot of money. I want to have a big yacht, build a big villa, retire from the world without worries about food and clothing, and at least I want to marry a beautiful woman.

Times have changed, and the logic of many people has also changed. Most people still believe in the supremacy of interests and the equal trade of righteousness and profit. There should be rewards for your efforts, and those who do good deeds should be rewarded with gold and beauties, otherwise you are a fool.

In the past, heroes would perform heroic deeds and then wave their hands and leave in a carefree manner after their deeds were done. Ordinary people would at most kneel down and kowtow a few times to express their gratitude. Both sides took it for granted: one left in a carefree manner, while the other knelt naturally.

It’s different now. When you come forward to save a group of refugees, their first reaction is, “Brother, how much money do you want? Just name a price and we’ll pool our money together.”

You want to say that I am a ** and I don't want it. When you really turn around and leave, they will look at each other in confusion and wonder if you have a problem with your brain.

Although they think of your kindness in their hearts, they still find it incredible. They no longer believe in this ancient, supreme moral consciousness shared by all mankind, which transcends race, skin color, and laws, and they do not understand it.

As a whole, human beings no longer believe in this era, no longer believe that there are free lunches in the world, no longer believe in knights descending from the sky, and no longer believe in gods who uphold justice.

People no longer believe in people, and humanity has fallen. In other words, humanity's overall sense of morality has been disillusioned, and they no longer have hope in human nature, becoming realistic and rational.

Profits have deconstructed morality, and commerce has deconstructed chivalry. Everyone has become a businessman who seeks profit and avoids harm, and everyone has a scale in their heart. When no one believes in "righteousness", you and I neither believe in it nor will we practice it, which means that the chivalrous spirit of mankind has completely died.

Just like everyone does not believe in the existence of gods, and will not act according to God's teachings, that only means one thing: God is dead.

Chivalry is dead. On the other hand, chivalry is actually a product of a deformed society. A society with normal morals, perfect laws, and universal justice should not have such a thing. Or it can be said that it is a specific product that only exists when the society is in a low-level form, such as feudal dynasties, imperial society, and colonial times. There are many injustices in the world, and chivalry has a place to be used.

Chivalry only exists in an era with emperors. Imperial power and chivalry are a pair of twins of the times, one represents oppression and the other symbolizes resistance.

The existence of knights is meaningful only because of the institutional oppression of imperial power, and their resistance is great. After all, imperial power is the root of all evil. It is hard to imagine what the value and significance of the existence of knights is in a modern society where everyone is equal and the law is fair and just. If there is no oppression, who are you rebelling against? What is there to resist?

Chivalry is also a kind of privilege. When people are oppressed by privilege, they imagine that another harmless privilege will fall from the sky, break the chains on their bodies, and then they can leave in style without becoming another evil dragon that oppresses them.

People have a contradictory understanding of chivalry. They desire it but are also afraid of it. They hope it can be summoned and dismissed at will, and it would be best if they could get it for free. Of course, it would be even better if they could become chivalrous knights themselves and take the privileges into their own hands.

In short, it is incompatible with modern civilization. Civilized society calls for law rather than chivalry. There is no soil for "chivalry and justice" and there should be no soil for it. (End of this chapter)