The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 178 The world at the beginning of the crisis era

Although Jiang Yu and Yang Dong are husband and wife, Jiang Yu is unwilling to have any sex.

He explained: "I don't want to turn this private matter between the two of us into a live broadcast of ETO and the three-body star. When the threat of Sophon disappears, it's not too late for us to applaud love."

Yang Dong also didn't want to have a child now, which would affect her hibernation plan, so the two hit it off.

Jiang Yu's parents are now retired, but just last year, PDC countries required retirees to maintain a certain amount of labor to create or save wealth for the society.

This labor is compulsory, and the labor must continue until the age of 75, or completely lose the ability to work, otherwise the pension will not be paid.

This policy was proposed because a large amount of wealth in the world has been invested in scientific research, which has caused a large decline in the wealth of the world.

That's why PDC came up with such a bad idea. It's a little bit to create a little bit, and a little bit to save a little bit.

The old people had great opinions on the policy at the beginning, but they did not form much opposition, because the middle-aged and young people, the backbone of the society, supported the policy.

After all, the economic pressure from all sectors of society is too great, and it is almost impossible to provide for this generation of elderly people.

Soon the retirees also discovered that the amount of labor required by the government was not large.

Especially in rural areas, because there are not many rural pension insurance, even at the so-called retirement age, they still have to do enough labor to support themselves.

Their normal labor volume is much higher than that in China, and the PDC's labor requirements for retirees are much larger, so this policy has not caused any waves in rural areas at all.

In urban areas, the labor of retirees generally focuses on environmental sanitation and various convenience services. Because the workload is not very heavy, and square dancing and walking are not delayed, there will still be voices of opposition, but not many.

After all, the old people also know that this is to share the pressure for their children and grandchildren.

According to relevant policies, Jiang Yu, as a wallfacer, his parents can be exempted from working after retirement.

However, both the old couple expressed that they were not willing to be special.

Moreover, both the old couple feel that having something to do is better than being bored at home, so they both belong to the more active members of the retired labor force.

In addition, some concepts of Jiang Yu's parents are different from Yang Dong's. This Jiang Yu has been vaccinated a long time ago. Although there will be some misunderstandings, but fortunately there is no conflict.

But living at home is always a bit uncomfortable, so after living at home for half a month, Jiang Yu bid farewell to his parents and prepared to go on honeymoon.

The night before his departure, Jiang Yu's mother Hu Huilan cooked a table of dishes specially.

Thanks to the further popularization and development of artificial starch technology, the time to use food stamps has been delayed.

But it is a fact that grain production is declining year by year.

So when the price of food is getting higher and higher, cheap starch food appears.

Some people who could not accept artificial starch in the past also began to buy artificial starch food occasionally to relieve economic pressure.

Regarding this point, Jiang Yu also asked Qi Guanglu, why did the food production decrease when there was no major disaster in recent years?

Qi Guanglu replied: "Our country has a relatively large span from east to west and from north to south, resulting in complex climate conditions, and various disasters occur every year.

"It's just that the current redistribution mechanism is relatively advanced, and the losses caused by natural disasters will be wiped out quickly, and disasters that affect the entire country rarely occur, so most people don't have a high awareness of disasters.

"Although disasters will be smoothed out by efficient government functions, the losses caused by disasters are real food losses.

"Another very important reason is that there has been almost no investment in agriculture in recent years, and even the maintenance costs of irrigation equipment have been reduced year by year.

"The aging of water conservancy facilities will increase the cost of planting and affect food production.

"At the same time, due to the reduction of support for private capital, small chemical fertilizer factories have closed down one after another, and large factories have formed a monopoly. The price of chemical fertilizers is too high, which will also affect production and costs."

After Jiang Yu learned the details, there was no more to say at this time. This is the drawback that human beings must bear in the rapid development of human beings.

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, artificial starch was developed first, and this disadvantage is within the acceptable range.

Although the food problem has been solved, the price of non-staple food has been rising rapidly.

The price of domestic fruit in China has risen to about half of that of similar products in Japan.The price of meat and eggs has also risen to about two-thirds of similar products in South Korea. (This is a not-so-funny joke.)
This table of dishes made by Hu Huilan can be said to be "a huge sum of money", and even the New Year's Eve dinner is not so rich.

At the dining table, Jiang Wenhuan opened a bottle of sorghum wine that he had never been willing to drink, and poured a glass with Jiang Yu alone.

The old man smiled and said: "You two are people who do great things, we as parents naturally can't keep you at home.

"But remember, home is here, if you are tired outside, come back and rest."

Hu Huilan took out a cloth bag and handed it to Yang Dong: "Xiaoyu's grandma gave it to me when I first married into the Jiang family, and said that I would pass it on to her granddaughter-in-law in the future."

Yang Dong opened the cloth bag and found a silver bracelet.

"Don't be disgusted," Hu Huilan said with a smile: "There was nothing good at that time.

"Originally, I wanted to give you a gold bracelet, but after we discussed it, we found someone to repair the silver bracelet.

"This is a wish of the previous generation, you keep it as a thought."

Yang Dong put away the bracelet: "Thank you."

She didn't know how to say thanks, but she could feel the weight of the bracelet.

Just like the pipe Ye Wenjie gave Jiang Yu back then, it was worthless in itself, but it had a special meaning.

At the same time, Yang Dong felt a little guilty because she couldn't fulfill Jiang Yu's mother's wish, to become a qualified mother, or become Jiang Yu's good wife.

She has her own pursuits, and it is impossible for her to devote herself to the trivial matters of the family.

But Yang Dong still accepted it, she didn't want to see Jiang Yu's mother disappointed.

Hu Huilan said with a smile: "Now that things are changing with each passing day, we can't keep up with the ideas of your young people.

"At first, I still wanted to hold my grandson, but now it seems that it is too much.

"Don't worry about our thoughts, you must be good."

Jiang Yu and Yang Dong nodded again and again, and then Jiang Wenhuan changed the subject, and the atmosphere at the table was no longer so heavy.

The next day, Jiang Yu and Yang Dong went to Europe and went to Luo Ji's Garden of Eden for their honeymoon.

After Yang Dong saw the beautiful scenery here, he was really pleasantly surprised: "Sometimes, I also feel that what I chased made me miss too many beautiful scenery.

"But this time, I should be able to make up for what I missed before."

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "Let's temporarily put aside all work and pursuits and enjoy life."

Yang Dong nodded, for the first time he had a clear goal of enjoying life.

Garning, the rotating chairman of the PDC, and Kanter, the liaison between Luo Ji and the PDC, all built new wooden houses here.

It is said that after they are going to retire, they come here to live in seclusion. Their jobs are all within the scope of exempting from forced labor after retirement, so they can retire without any worries.

Now, there are only Jiang Yu and Yang Dong, and the staff protecting them.

In the morning, they get up early to watch the sunrise, at noon, they read in the wooden house, and in the evening, they take a walk by the lake.

Everything here seems to have magic power, making people forget all the troubles of the outside world.

However, where Jiang Yu's responsibility lies, the troubles from the outside world will come to him by himself.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)