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Chapter 198 Jiang Xi's career vision in New Zealand

The police intercepted him, so Sun Zhengdong naturally had to pull over to park the car.

I heard Sun Zhengdong mutter, "Damn! New Zealand police don't do anything serious!" Then, when he saw me nervous, he smiled again, "Don't be afraid, it's not your business."

I thought to myself, it’s not our business, is it their family business?

A white policeman in uniform walked out of the police car ahead. Sun Zhengdong took the initiative to open the window. I saw Sun Zhengdong giving some documents to the police, and the police issued the bill.

From the communication between the two, I learned that the minimum speed limit of this road is no less than 110 kilometers per hour, because there was a section of the road just now, and Sun Zhengdong chatted with us for a few more days, which caused his car to be lower than this speed. Then someone called the car behind us to complain, so the police came to intercept it.

In the end, Sun Zhengdong was fined 200 NZD, which was more than 800 yuan in RMB.

Me, "...". The 800 yuan is quite large compared to China, but the problem is that it is a little slower.

"Well! We have been fined three times this month. We have been here for so long. Sometimes we still don't dare to drive too fast on the road here. The cars coming from the other side are also fast. Moreover, the road here is surrounded by cliffs, which is very scary!" Sun Zhengdong's lover muttered.

"Are there many roads in New Zealand so restricted?" I asked.

"Anyway, novices cannot go to the main road, otherwise they will either be fined or asked to park. No one will care about practicing driving at their doorstep. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are a lot of empty spaces at the doorstep, but they just can't go to the main road at will."

"What if the driver told the police and was not quick?" Jiang Xidang asked jokingly.

Her lover smiled and replied, "The police will drive you home directly and send you home, but you will still be fined, haha!"

"That's it!" Jiang Xi also smiled, "Hey, I saw that the policeman's uniform was so similar to a detective?"

Sun Zhengdong said, "New Zealand has no distinction between traffic police, criminal police, and civilian police. There is only one type of policeman, who cares about everything. The number of New Zealand police is only about 9,000, and most of these 9,000 people catch speeding and slow drivers on the street. The police minister is afraid that the police will be lazy, and each policeman will have a task to issue a number of tickets every month. New Zealanders respectfully call the police a street printing machine. So in order to achieve the goal, they have no time to take care of other cases."

I, "...", had a sentence in my mind, but it was not convenient for me to say this sentence. I believe everyone can guess what I am going to say.

Jiang Xi glanced at me and smiled with a curl of her lips. I knew that she must have thought of her in her heart.

After that, Sun Zhengdong drove hard all the way and we soon arrived at his house.

His family now lives in a separate wooden house. The house is not very big, but it is very delicate. It is as high as two floors. It is all in my own yard in front and behind. They are very beautiful. However, I took a closer look and found that I didn’t plant any flowers. I planted them all with vegetables. Occasionally, the breeze blows, and I can smell the smell of sheep manure and cow manure.

Sun Zhengdong's lover went into the yard and began to tell us, "This house was rented by us. We rented out our own Hamilton house. New Zealand vegetables are too expensive. In winter, cucumbers are more than 60 yuan per catty, and in summer, 20 yuan per catty. Sometimes, we sell them in roots, and a dozen yuan per catty. Other vegetables are not cheap, and there are very few types. There may be dozens of types in total. There are dozens of types in China. So, we grow some ourselves and occasionally buy some to match them. It will be convenient to eat. Of course, the most important thing is to save money. During the three-month planting season, we can save at least 30,000 yuan."

I was shocked when I heard this and said subconsciously, "Are vegetables so expensive? Wouldn't that meat be even more unaffordable?"

Sun Zhengdong smiled and said, "No, the meat here is cheaper than in China. Pork may be similar to that in China, about twenty yuan per pound, beef and mutton are better and cheaper than in China. The best beef and mutton are just about twenty-five to thirty-one pounds."

"Ah! By the way, there are many farms here and the animal husbandry industry is very developed here." I suddenly remembered.

Jiang Xi joked, "No wonder the people in the group said that in New Zealand, if you have money, eat more vegetables, and if you don't have money, eat beef to satisfy your hunger. I haven't reacted at that time, hahaha!"

As we chatted all the way, we walked into their house.

The house actually looks quite old, but they cleaned it up very clean and looked very comfortable.

"What year did this house come from?" Jiang Xi was sensitive to houses and was also interested.

Sun Zhengdong's lover smiled, "This house seems to be from 1970s."

Jiang Xi looked shocked, "My God? If this were to be demolished in China, wouldn't it be?"

"Yes, yes, but New Zealand is developing very slowly. The government has no money to demolish these houses. In addition, these are wooden houses, which are easy to repair when they are broken. Therefore, there are many old houses here, and most of the ordinary people in New Zealand don't have much money to change houses. Because the consumption here is high, they can't save much money by earning wages. However, they have good benefits and are not worried about getting hungry when they get old. So they were originally like people in the village, very simple. It turned out that they didn't know how to speculate in houses. Now some people with some money have also begun to learn to speculate in houses. This is all learned from Chinese people, hahaha!"

"Really!" Jiang Xi looked at Sun Zhengdong's lover in surprise.

Her lover immediately responded with a smile, "Of course, what am I lying to you for? Locals are very simple. They didn't think much about savings. Saving money is the thing that Chinese people like to do the most. Now, locals in New Zealand are also greatly influenced by us Chinese."

"The Chinese have a great power to eat, haha!" Jiang Xi smiled happily.

I also laughed. Whenever I talk about this, I always feel that China is stronger and it will begin to have influence.

Sun Zhengdong's lover continued, "I remember last time a white neighbor in our family wanted to buy a second-hand house. The five of them worked hard to save money together for almost ten years, and finally saved enough money to change to a big house. Second-hand houses in New Zealand were auctioned. At that time, the hostess of his family was very excited to chat with me and said that they were about to buy the house they liked. I know that house was actually very ordinary, and it was also a wooden house from the late 1970s.

But after they bought that house, it would be much more convenient for a family of five to live in. Otherwise, the two teenage boys in their family would still be crowded in a small house, and the whole family was looking forward to that house. As a result, when a Chinese came, he asked for a price of 500,000 yuan. The white man had no money to add it. The most important thing is that the house was not worth the price at all. The Chinese might just like it and didn't care about 500,000 yuan, so he bought the house."

Sun Zhengdong continued, "At that time, the neighbor's hostess cried sadly. She said that she could never find a house that they could afford and was particularly suitable for them. She paid attention to that house for more than half a year, but she still couldn't buy it, and the whole family was also very disappointed."

When I heard this story, I felt quite complicated and didn’t know what to say, but as a Chinese, I still have some little thoughts of secretly being proud of China in my heart!

I have heard that the housing prices in New Zealand and Canada are all speculated by Chinese people. Why? Because Chinese people are rich! Do you still need to ask this?

Some people may say that my words are too vulgar, so I want to ask him, when Chinese people were poor in the past, they were not vulgar. Do foreigners get us? Are they looking at us right?

That’s right, now I often see some international news and report that a certain Chinese have poor quality.

I just want to say, if China is not strong and famous, would anyone waste news and report on the bad quality of Chinese people? No one pays attention to the entire page. It is because someone pays attention to China that the media is willing to report on it in a big way. There is a saying that "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong." This is what it means.

The more people hack China, the more famous China is, the stronger it is!

Dad Ren said that the reason why someone has become so famous now is that he has been suppressed and vilified by a certain country. Because someone is strong, it will cause suppression and slander from a certain country.

Imagine if the internationally famous star would compete for status and reputation with an extra in the crew? Obviously not, but she would compete with the second female lead in secret. If she slapped the second female lead in the face, the second female lead who was originally not as famous as her would soar to the sky... That's the reason!

Therefore, Dad Ren has always led Chinese high-tech enterprises with a grateful heart and a grateful state. How could such a person with a sense of overall situation fail?

When I was in New Zealand, I felt even more proud of China when I heard these things, although I was still an unemployed person.

My unemployment is a helplessness arising from the national conditions. Our country has a large population and many talents. When we are older, we will be eliminated. This is also a normal phenomenon. I think I should not blame the country for being bad, but I should blame myself for not being able to prepare for the second path for myself.

This is a problem of my personal ability, not a problem of the country, because many others have resigned from their posts and have used their remaining energy in other fields. Such people are worth learning from!

Sun Zhengdong accompanied us to chat. Her lover went to the kitchen to cook for us. While he was talking, Sun Zhengdong looked at his watch and said, "I have to go pick up the child. You can sit for a while and wait for me to come back to chat with you."

"Are you far?" Jiang Xi asked casually.

"Not far, six kilometers!"

Jiang Xi rolled her eyes.

Sun Zhengdong smiled and said, "Driving is not far. It's like a big countryside. There is no big supermarket within a radius of five kilometers. It's like this here, so you have to drive. Moreover, ordinary couples need two cars. Our family plans to buy another one recently."

"You go and pick up the child!" Jiang Xi said.

When there was only one family of three left in the house, I asked Jiang Xi, "How do you feel?"

"Cough!" Jiang Xi sighed and said, "The gap in my heart is quite big. Now I feel it. Apart from this little house, living here is definitely quieter and warmer than that kind of building. In other aspects, I feel like I have returned to my hometown and rural areas. You said, if we live here, can we grow vegetables by ourselves?"

I blinked and asked without answering, "Wife, do you think I'm the piece of material?"

At this time, Sun Zhengdong's lover walked out with fruit and said, "How can you let him grow vegetables? He can only help you on weekends. He is sure that he has to go to work and the main source of income. You have to learn how to grow vegetables!"

When I saw that Jiang Xi's face turned a little green.

"That... my wish since I was a child was to leave the big countryside and live in the city. I spent half my life working hard and finally got rid of the days facing the loess and facing the sky. Did I come to New Zealand from China 11,167 kilometers, 6,939 miles, and 6,030 nautical miles, but I want to return to nature and become a farmer? I don't want it! Woo!"

Jiang Xi's little face was entangled and she was pretending to cry!

Sun Zhengdong's wife was amused, "Not everyone grows vegetables here. People at work don't have time to grow vegetables. I grow vegetables because I don't work and have time. This is also considered an income and reduces the burden on the family. If you go to work, you don't need to grow vegetables by yourself."

Jiang Xi still frowned and said, "I may not be able to go to work, I can't speak English!"

After all, it is an English-speaking country. For example, Jiang Xi's English proficiency is. Even if the company runs by Chinese people and even if all the customers are Chinese, there may not be any company asking her.

"Oh? Are you not good at writing? You can write an official account. There are many people here who write official accounts. Those people mainly write about life in New Zealand, beautiful scenery, New Zealand scenery. Just take a photo with your mobile phone and you will be in high-definition films. There are so many people watching it. The author puts the New Zealand online shopping QR code at the end of the article. When someone buys something, the author will get a commission. I know that an author can earn 6,000 yuan a month. You should be able to write it too, right?"

Jiang Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "I can indeed write that thing, but... I am not here! My ideal is to write, I hope mine can be recognized. If I write too much of that kind of official account, I am afraid I will not write it in the future."

"Then you just make money by writing. You can earn about 20,000 yuan a month when working in Jiangdong. If you go to rent a house and spend about 10,000 yuan, you can save the money you earn."

Jiang Xi suddenly looked at me, and I seemed to have understood the meaning of the helpless look. She was just saying to me: Do our family rely on me to make money and save money? What a terrible thing!

"Haha!" I couldn't help laughing and said to Sun Zhengdong's lover, "She...written is still...newcomer! Newcomer just can't make much money. He just writes every day and just wants to have fun!"

I think I was right, right? Jiang Xi glared at me with a slanted look.

"Puff!" I sat next to me and laughed again.

Sun Zhengdong's lover subconsciously said, "Didn't you write for more than ten years? You are almost forty years now? Why are you still a newcomer?"

Jiang Xi directly covered her face and lowered her head and was silent.

I smiled and answered Sun Zhengdong's lover's doubts, "In the writing industry, no matter whether it is experience or age, as long as you have never achieved good results, you are called newcomers, and Jiang Xi is such a person!"

"Ah? Ah!" Sun Zhengdong's lover said twice with embarrassment, "So that's it, hahaha!"

She thought about it and suddenly said, "That's okay. As long as you really want to stay here, you can survive. When the autumn harvest season comes, there is a shortage of people on the farm. For example, those who pick apples can earn 20,000 yuan a month. If you do this for three months in autumn, you will basically have a one-year living expenses. There is also a fish canned factory, you can choose temporary workers or long-term ones. They want long-term ones and will also give salmon rewards free a week, which is also good. This kind of job does not require English."

Jiang Xi's eyes were turned around in a daze, thinking for a while and said, "I won't be a farmer, I can't be a writer, so I will become a worker?"

I blinked, just silently looking at her confused expression, and I couldn't help but want to laugh.
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