The child from the next door
Step out of the subway station and walk east for more than ten minutes to find my aunt's house.
".. really want to leave Earth? You're the only one in your family! If you were my son, I would definitely curse you to death!"
Without any accidents, my sister-in-law was tearful and very reluctant, saying a lot of words to keep her.
Faced with these concerned relatives, Zhang Yuan smiled awkwardly, unsure of what to say. He shifted his gaze to the outside of the window.
My sister-in-law lives on the 192nd floor, and looking out, I can see the scenery far and wide.
"The planning of Donghua City is very good, with the agricultural and industrial zone at the outermost ring and the urban area in the middle. The buildings are far apart, ensuring that every household can get sunlight."
I have already planned it. Repeating is desertion and will result in very severe punishment. This is also my father's wish. If he is still alive, he will definitely support me
Recalling countless days and nights of struggle, how could it be possible to give up now?
"Won't you come back."
"Um, I'm not coming back."
My aunt's eyes were red and she opened her mouth, unable to speak.
To conceal this sadness, she quickly ran to the kitchen to cook, wiping her eyes with her sleeves from time to time.
It was the brother-in-law who was eating melon seeds while watching TV, sitting cross legged on the sofa.
He said very open-mindedly, "A good man is ambitious. Going to space is a good thing, not dead. Your sister-in-law doesn't know what he's feeling about!"
"Look at this news, if it weren't for my age and lack of knowledge, I would have wanted to sign up."
The sound of the TV is very loud. A documentary film about the "Earth Age" spaceship is playing on the screen. The heroic words such as "witness history", "restart new civilization", "human first" and so on make the little uncle very excited, and he would like to go to the starry sky.
"Oh, I'm getting older. If only I were as young as you."
After half an hour, the dishes were ready, and the atmosphere at the table was a bit quiet. My sister-in-law kept asking Zhang Yuan to eat more, saying strange things such as "it's only when you're full that you can get on the road" and "when you go into space, you won't be able to eat chicken, duck, fish, and meat".
In order to reduce the concerns of his relatives, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to talk about his future plans.
"In addition to some daily maintenance work, there is also a lot of personal time on board the spacecraft. Therefore, I plan to learn more knowledge before hibernation, and it is best to complete master's and doctoral courses before reaching my destination."
"Are there any teachers in the spaceship?"
"Of course there are, there are 500000 people inside! The vast majority of people have a certain skill, which is higher than my education."
"And there are also many talented people, such as professors in universities, senior engineers in enterprises, and so on. These experts are all very impressive... even academicians."
The little uncle nodded and sighed, "Your idea is very good. People still have to learn forever. Xiaoqing, did you hear that without learning, there is no way to establish oneself in this society. No matter what you do, you need knowledge! It's not the old era anymore."
The girl sitting next to Zhang Yuan, Ye Qingqing, the daughter of her sister-in-law, was suddenly educated and couldn't help but curl her lips.
Although Zhang Yuan is not a top genius, he is also a typical example of hard work and a good student in the eyes of his relatives. Of course, Ye Qingqing is not satisfied with her constant comparison with "good children".
She retorted in a low voice that only she could hear, "I can't use trigonometric functions to sell a dish."
Ye Qingqing actually didn't dare to refute loudly, afraid of being heard by her father and then reprimanded.
The era has evolved to the present, and the anti intellectual rhetoric of "learning is useless" has long been abandoned by the people.
Simply put, the per capita income of the staff in major space cities and lunar bases is approximately 600000.
The average income of Xia is about 60000 yuan.
The average income difference between the two is ten times!
Xiaguo is already a very wealthy country on Earth.
If you don't study, I'm sorry, you won't be able to go into space, and there's a high probability of becoming a low-income person.
In summary, in the eyes of ordinary people, working in a space city or lunar base is a very respectable thing.
"By the way, when will you enter hibernation? It's not like on TV that the vast majority of the time spent on a voyage is spent in hibernation, and the average waking time of a person does not exceed ten years."
Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It depends on personal abilities. If you have outstanding abilities, you can apply to enter hibernation later. Most ordinary people will enter hibernation after Jupiter supplies them, sleep for hundreds of years, wake up for a few years, and then enter hibernation again. Everyone takes turns to work, so that they can get through this difficult time."
"It will ultimately take three thousand years to reach the destination."
"Three thousand years."
My aunt's eyes turned red again, and by that time, they had already died, with no bones left.
Who knows what will happen in the future, and no one will think about what will happen three thousand years from now.
The little uncle also sighed and said, "Hey, let's eat. Let's eat first."
Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart.
Every astronaut must face such a decision, they need to abandon their home planet, abandon everything, abandon everything here
Time grows old, and the past is hard to find. These 500000 people will become witnesses to the history of the Earth and witness the journey of the Earth for the next three thousand years.
It sounds cool, but in fact, it's a deep cruelty.
They will be abandoned by the entire era.
Some may question why there are such 500000 people.
It sounds strange, it's really strange.
Because... the mushrooms in the morning do not know the mystery, and the crickets in the morning do not know the spring and autumn.
You never know how big the starry sky is until you step out of the Earth.
Observing the Earth from a cosmic scale reveals that human homes are too small, too small to be palpitated, as if they could be shattered with just a flick of a finger.
Just like a hundred years ago, Professor Qi Yuanshan, the founder of the Deep Space Foundation and the father of nuclear fusion, issued a deafening cry: What does aerospace have to do with interests!
The atmosphere became increasingly silent, leaving only the sound of eating with vegetables. The little uncle suddenly said, "Well, Xiaoqing is taking the college entrance examination next year. Is there any good major to recommend? The one with a good employment situation."
Zhang Yuan was admitted to Z University, which is basically the best university that ordinary people can attend through hard work. In addition, he has interned in Space City and knows the specific situation above.
Ye Qingqing looked up. She was already in her sophomore year and had a rather outgoing personality, not very fond of learning. I know how much I weigh from my usual grades, and I don't expect to be admitted to a particularly good university.
In her mind, not reading is the great liberation, as long as not reading is a relaxed and happy life.
Even if you really go to the vegetable market to sell vegetables, it's better than reading.
Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It depends on her interests to choose a major."
The sister-in-law said a bit embarrassed, "She doesn't have any special interests or hobbies either."
This kind of thing is very normal. The vast majority of people in their second year of high school do not know what their future should be and do not have a particularly complete life plan.
Anyway, when teachers and parents ask them to study, they study honestly and only spend a few days hastily planning their lives when filling out their wishes.