Interstellar Gardener Life

Chapter 254 Teacher's Grace————————————————

Balder carefully read the marriage advertisement and put down the newspaper.The attendant handed over the bottled mineral water that had been opened, and Bald took a few sips leisurely, leaned back on the sofa, and looked around.

Jiang Ling was very itchy and curious, so she asked Baldr, "Teacher, what do you think are the characteristics of the 'folk customs' here?"

Baldr was looking at the milky white glass lotus chandelier in the center of the living room. Hearing this, he shifted his gaze to Jiang Ling, and jokingly said, "It's pretty shy, just like you." Then Baldr restrained his joke: "Besides, the ordinary people here don't seem to live well. too easy."

"Huh?" The first sentence was natural, but Jiang Ling never expected the latter sentence.

"In marriage advertisements, it is common for the other party to have a house." Balder looked into Jiang Ling's eyes and explained, his eyes were calm and penetrating, "It stands to reason that people who have a job and can support themselves should not be so worried about life issues. Marriage It’s for two people to have a good time, not for a price. Regardless of whether you’re shy or not, human nature is the same—everyone wants to find someone they like and want to fall in love with, live together, or even get married; the difference is The stress they're under. Stress shapes how people make decisions and what they value more.

"In the process of attracting each other, it is impossible for men and women to ignore each other's financial ability. But generally they don't value it that much. But since they value property in this way when they are looking for a life partner, they do not value common interests more , which means that they have a relatively high financial burden—even though they have a job, the financial burden is still relatively high. Obviously, there is a problem with this.”

Balder speaks simply and straightforwardly, with clear logic.Although Jiang Ling has never studied economics or sociology, he can understand it.So Jiang Ling nodded, but fell into confusion again: "House prices are indeed expensive. But GDP, the annual growth rate of gross national product, has always been high."

Then Jiang Ling slowly recalled: "However, when I was working in a translation company, I didn't dare to spend money. Things are expensive, prices rise fast, and money is not spent. So just buy what is necessary, and invest the rest to maintain value. .Gold, or real estate. I dare not buy stocks, the stock market is too chaotic. There is no way, after all, I work in a company, not a government servant, nor a public institution. If I lose my job, I have to rely on myself."

Balder spread his hands: "Look, you have a job, but you still worry about your own life. And translation is a very good career, before translators appeared. What about your unemployment benefits?"

Jiang Ling tried to recall: "It seems that according to the policy, you can get 400 yuan a month... What can you buy? And it is difficult to get it, the procedures are troublesome, and you have to go to the government department. I heard that you may not get it, and you will be banned 'Kick the ball'. So, if I have this time, I might as well look for a job again. Maybe take care of the housework at home, and then ask my parents to give me 300 yuan a month..." Then Jiang Ling remembered the earlier time One thing: "Actually, when I was young, I liked flowers and plants, painting, gardening and art. But I dare not learn these two. Because their work income is not good."

Baldr nodded slowly, and then sighed slightly: "So, obviously, you yourself are a typical example. You used to be. Not to mention at my house, in Mitai, a child will mostly learn what he likes. .”

Jiang Ling nodded: "Yes." Just like Lowe.His parents are skilled immigrants, engineers.But he loved gardening, so he went to agricultural school.If this were to be placed in China, the sons of a pair of engineers wanted to plant trees and lay lawns...how could their parents agree? !
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After all, Jiang Ling is not an expert in sociology. When I came here, I couldn't understand: "But the GDP here is indeed very high. But the domestic demand is relatively low. And it is getting lower and lower."

"Gross production value refers to the economic situation of a country, the money in the country's pocket; domestic demand refers to the economic situation of citizens, the money in the pocket of citizens. Human nature loves to enjoy, and if there is money to spend, why not spend it? There is no domestic demand , that is, there is no money, or some money has been made, but cannot be spent, and dare not spend it. Therefore, the country is rich and the people are poor.”

Having said that, Balder shook his head in disapproval:
"This is not good. The wealth of the people is the wealth of the country. The wealth of the country does not mean the wealth of the people. If the citizens are not rich, it is impossible for this civilization to become truly rich and strong. Because in this case, no matter how hardworking and intelligent its citizens are, their individual efforts The motivation is not enough, not positive enough, and it is difficult to achieve optimization.

"Who burdens them in life? They have worries about their future, they can't run forward, they can't realize their personal value freely, they can't do what they like and are good at to the best, and in the process They give the society rich rewards. They first consider the problem of eating hard. For this, they often sacrifice the goals they really want to fight for early on—just like you once did.

"In this case, if an individual works for a lifetime, the value created will be discounted and small. And the macroscopic civilization is composed of microscopic citizens, and people are the foundation. Therefore, if the citizens are not rich, this civilization will be unhealthy, not strong. Unhealthy If you are not strong, you will not be able to stand on your own among the stars. In the best case, you will only be reduced to a vassal.

"However, the end of a vassal must be enslaved and blood-sucked excessively. As far as I can see, there are no exceptions-it is normal for higher-level civilizations to buy some precious raw materials from nearby sub-level civilizations and sell products to them. .However, for long-term sustainable development, they will have their own restraint, and they are not happy to see the second-order civilization with economic decline and war chaos. Because that is not good for them, what they want is sustainable trade. However, the loss of Civilizations that are independent, that lose their value, they don't have that much patience. There's no benefit, and they don't work for it."

"That's it." Jiang Ling deeply believed, "People will have friendship with each other, and civilization and civilization only care about benefits."

"Yes, that's true." Balder smiled slightly. "In addition, in a sixth-level civilization, a first-level independent civilization has more status than a second-level vassal civilization. It has a hidden status. Usually it may You can’t see it, but in trade arbitration, war protection, etc., the former will be tilted.”

Jiang Ling nodded slowly, but was puzzled—she didn't believe that the sixth-level civilization was purely kind! "Why is it tilted?"

"Because the former can continuously evolve and develop, and can directly or indirectly provide some vitality to the sixth-level civilization. The latter has lost this ability. So they will urge the fourth- and fifth-level civilizations to protect the former for them. This is Very important. Like Valhalias, it already belongs to the peak in this star field, in the Orion spiral arm of the Milky Way. It still wants to develop, one is with the civilizations of other spiral arms and the center of the galaxy Communication, the two rely on the many sub-level civilizations in the large star field that they supervise to provide vitality. For Masituka, this is the same."

Jiang Ling widened his eyes: "This is the reason for the legislation of the provisions of the Galaxy Alliance to protect low-level civilizations? The root cause behind it?"

Balder looked directly at Jiang Ling and nodded deeply: "That's right, that's right."

"I understand, teacher." Jiang Ling felt a sudden enlightenment in front of her eyes - when she met Lu Lin for the first time and went to the art exhibition, Zhao Yonggang, Zhang Fu, and her, Jiang Ling, did not believe that those terms came from kindness.Now I know that there is a reason!

Baldr smiled and didn't say anything else. He grabbed a sofa pillow, looked at the patterns on it, and threw the pillow away again to see the crab claw orchid on the coffee table—it was related to Jiang Ling's hometown. The reason for it was that he As a teacher, of course Jiang Ling should understand thoroughly, but how to do it is Jiang Ling's business after all.

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"Then why doesn't Valhalias care about Igola's affairs? Igola's civilization is completely independent."

"Because Rumi is also a civilization with good independence, and it's still level five. Although it always loves civil wars."

"……I see."

——A Rumi who loves civil war is still worth as many Igolas!
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Baldr's words were gentle and simple, yet cruel and profound, which greatly shocked Jiang Ling and made Jiang Ling aware of the crisis—Masituka was about to be formally promoted, and the special period of Masituka's observation and review was about to pass.That is to say, the good luck and the "transparent umbrella" that the earth has picked up in vain are about to expire soon!

Good thing...

——and she, Jiang Ling, is here!
If there were no accidents, she, Jiang Ling, could still live for hundreds of years.And these few hundred years may not make the earth a second-level civilization, but at least it is enough to integrate the earth "union" into the earth "federation", enough to initially cultivate the independence of a first-level civilization and protect it on the way to a first-level civilization. Procedure!Go through the first and most faltering journey!
Baldr and Sumi Sumer visited the villa.Jiang Lingyin let them go up to the second floor, and asked them to look at them freely. He walked slowly to the large balcony outside the study on the second floor, stood upright in front of the railing, and looked at Shangmapo and the verdant Ciyun Ridge , looked at the downhill corner of Yueyue Lake, feeling agitated in his heart.

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The sky is blue and the clouds are white, the mountains are green and the water is green.The sun is hot, and it falls on the skin hotly; the breeze is warm, and the hair is mischievously lifted.

The speeding car passed over Sun Moon Lake, leaving a series of ">" shaped ripples on the lake.Considering the conditions of the earth, these leased flying cars are off-road vehicles, so they are not only "cars", but also seaplanes...

Looking at the Sun Moon Lake outside the car, Jiang Ling looked at Ciyun Ridge embracing the lake, and her eyes felt hot for some reason—this piece of water and soil raised her, and now it's her turn to protect this piece of water and soil!
At this moment, two poems from childhood slipped through Jiang Ling's mind:

Why do I often have tears in my eyes?
Because I love this land deeply...

Then Jiang Ling thought it was thunderous...too thunderous!It is extremely shocking because it has been quoted too much.But Jiang Ling also admitted that she finally didn't have to avoid her inner voice anymore - because she was capable enough to do something!

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Balder liked the unobstructed view, so Su Mo, Mace, and Olaf, Su Mo's close entourage, accompanied Bald in the first car and looked around.They passed the small island in the lake on the way, and they circled twice.And the speeding cars behind were following the flight, so each car circled twice...

Su Mi and Jiang Ling sat in the car behind Baldr, along with Bute, Su Mi's entourage, and An Yi.Su Mi didn't stare at Jiang Ling, he just glanced at Jiang Ling, then turned his head and looked forward, admiring the scenery as usual; but at the same time, Su Mi patted Jiang Ling's hand lightly.The two brothers naturally heard the conversation in the living room.

Jiang Ling slowly and deeply took a breath to let the hot flashes in his eyes fade away; then Jiang Ling smiled embarrassedly, turned to look at Su Mi, and nodded.

These two classmates with a three-digit age difference, under the sunshine of the early summer in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the sudden rush of the car, did not exchange a word, but they looked at each other and smiled sassyly.

(End of this chapter)