"Only the elderly and children can stay in this town. When the children grow up, they naturally want to go to lively places." The old lady sighed: "The same goes for little Solan. When she was a child, she said she would live here all her life.
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According to the current average life span in District 019, when Solan moved to this town, the bakery owner and some other people were no more than thirty or forty years old. Comparing the entire life span, those in their thirties and forties could be considered teenagers, but in the small town
But people have a different kind of love for Solan.
Yes, it is kindness.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for people in their prime to develop the infinite tolerance of an old man towards children. This should be the nickname of the people who lived here in the previous generation, for people of her age like the old lady.
The official life span of Master Solan is 125 years old, which means that it was a hundred years ago that she left Tintin Flower Town. A hundred years ago, there were many children in this town. Of course, a hundred years later, those children are now
He is also close to one hundred and forty years old. If he gives birth to children earlier, his children and grandchildren will last for several generations.
But in Solan's personal network, there was no mention of his companions who grew up in Tintinhua Town.
"They moved away very early, and like little Solan, they never came back again." The old lady thought for a while and said, "I heard that some of them moved to other districts, and some died at a young age.
Unexpected, I don’t know whether I have contacted little Solan or not.”
"Did they move away when Master Solan was twenty years old?" Xu Huo asked.
The old lady glanced at him and said, "That's not true. He left one after another. After all, he was getting older. Little Solan also moved away within two years."
Xu Huo asked the names of several small town friends who had a good relationship with Solan, and asked the old lady if she collected Solan's paintings.
Solan had many paintings before he became famous, but after he became famous, most of them were exposed, and most of them were resold at high prices. People in Tintinhua Town may not have them, but it's not a disadvantage to ask.
The old lady actually collected one.
She took out the painting hanging in the bedroom. It was a small portrait.
"Baby by the bed." The old lady stroked the picture a few times before handing it to Xu Huo.
Xu Huo took it with both hands and tried not to touch the painting itself, "The baby next to the bed does not have a painted bed."
But the old lady smiled and said, "Isn't the painting itself a bed? The baby beside the bed is not a baby, but a mother."
Indeed, if the picture frame is used as a bed, the baby who opens his eyes should be looking at the person taking care of him.
“Many people like children, but don’t like the tedious process of raising children, so they leave it all to robots.”
"How can a robot compare with a real person, let alone a mother? I have seen some children raised by robots, and they look at people differently from children raised by humans."
"This is the child raised by the mother."
The old man said firmly and stroked the child's eyes, "Look at his eyes, they are not as cold as a robot."
Technology does not necessarily bring all benefits. Although the use of robots can eliminate the hard work of raising children, and even pregnancy and childbirth do not need to be done in person in many cases, it also makes the relationship between blood relatives relatively indifferent, especially in
This apathy is bound to intensify as life span becomes very long.
Of course, not to mention District 019, which is highly technologically advanced, even District 014 has passed the historical stage where a family needs to work together to survive. The weaker the bond between people, the weaker the feelings.
However, it is natural for people to have emotional needs, but they are suppressed in a fast-paced zone like Zone 019. Therefore, after passing through the prime of life, when people age, they will especially crave emotions. This is an inevitable and cyclical stage.
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Even after many years, human reflection will appear again, setting off a wave of "emotion" in the machine world again.
This is how human society develops. When there is a shortage of materials, materials are everything. When you want to live a good life, money is everything. But the end of the pursuit will always return to human beings themselves, and people will slowly realize the importance of spiritual needs.
, and re-examine everything that was once blindly pursued or carnivaled.
There are also people like Solan who are always awake and independent.
The old lady took back her painting and said with emotion: "Things outside the body can't bring much happiness, especially after you live long enough. Life is just repeating today tomorrow. Only by finding your own heart can you live better."
She turned to look at Xu Huo, "No matter how much a painting is sold for, it's just a number."
"Maybe everyone is not necessarily doing it for money, maybe they just want to survive." Xu Huo looked at the setting sun outside, "The sunset is really beautiful, but in the eyes of people like us, it is more like a countdown to life."
The old lady can also understand. After all, not every district is as peaceful as District 019, and the lives of players are even more precarious. If divided according to living environment, players like Xu Huo should be at the bottom of society, because
They may die at any time and have to run around in order to survive.
"You, like little Solan, are both tired people."
Xu Huo paused slightly and then said: "I heard that Master Suolan often goes to the nearby mountains to play. Could you please give me some directions?"
The old lady gave him an electronic map with several locations circled on it, "These are places that little Solan used to go to often, and some of them have been renovated."
Xu Huo nodded and was about to say goodbye when a buzzer sounded from the kitchen. The old lady quickly got out of her mood and stood up and walked to the kitchen and said, "The food is ready. You can eat before you leave."
Xu Huo was not polite and took the initiative to wash his hands and go to help.
What the old lady was roasting was a whole chicken, which was quite big. The spices and food were marinated and roasted at high temperature and mixed into a rich aroma. He cut the roasted chicken into pieces as the old lady said and wrapped some dicing flowers inside.
The town’s specialty fruits and vegetables.
The old lady forked a tomato-like fruit to him, "Little Solan loves this the most."
Xu Huo plucked the fruits on the plate. After the thin skin broke open, the red flesh flowed out like water, filling the bottom of the plate brightly.
He took a sip and nodded, "It's very fragrant."
The old lady was very interested during the meal and talked a lot intermittently, about Solan, Tintin Flower Town, which of the nearby fruit trees was the most delicious, or whose family failed to grow it this year.
Good food, but the weather interferes with the lack of maintenance of the equipment, the heavy rain washed out all the mines that were used for mining, the town is full of domestic robots, and we still haven’t found the right person to repair it, etc.
"Does the government not care about this?" Xu Huo interrupted.
"Those are small mines that have been opened long ago. The mine tunnels and pits are all buried on the spot. They are easily washed away by heavy rains. There is no profit. They are far away from residential areas, so the town can only clean them up on its own."
This chapter has been completed!