At this time, the housing conditions of domestic residents were generally poor. Although Mu Guangzhong's parents are high-level intellectuals, the size of the room is a two-bedroom apartment.

However, at times, Xiao seems to be more lively, having dinner, drinking tea, several people crowded into the big room, laughing and chatting, while playing TV.

"Xiaojian, don't be so bankrupt in the future. When this is home, come and go. Mu Guangzhong's mother was more talkative, "These things are expensive, aren't they?"

"I'm not being polite. Although those sneakers are the most popular, they are all gifts that I got when I was working part-time, and the same goes for cosmetics. I'm in Los Angeles, where there's Hollywood, and there are more opportunities to give giveaways. Jing Jian didn't lie, these are indeed sponsorships for film placement ads. There are also those that are not giveaways, and that camera is bought.

Of course, Mu Guangzhong's parents understand that this is a half-truth, and they must have spent a lot of money. Mu Guangzhong's mother smiled and asked, "The United States is so good? Then after you finish your studies, are you going to stay in the United States?"

"Hehe, I haven't thought that far yet. Jing Jian laughed and laughed.

"Mom, Xiao Jian is sent to study abroad, and he must return to China to obey the assignment according to the regulations. Mu Guangzhong on the side explained.

"Silly boy. Mu Guangzhong's mother laughed and scolded. At that time, many people believed that it was a fool to return to China honestly. Mu Guangzhong's mother educated Mu Guangzhong, "You go and ask Xiao Jian, how much can he earn by working in the United States? really responded to that sentence - it is better to sell tea eggs than to build missiles. ”

"Uncle, what are you studying?" Jing Jian hurriedly asked with a smile. That's true, but it's not interesting to continue.

Mu Guangzhong's father said "hehe" happily: "In terms of blood genes." I wonder if you've heard of it in the United States?"

"Paternity test?" Jing Jian simply knew too well. How much love and hatred will this deduce in the future? Even Jing Jian in his previous life had done it so many times, either by being scolded by a woman, or doubting that he was a woman's child. Unfortunately, in the end, there was not a single successful pairing.

"Yes, yes. Mu Guangzhong's father seemed to have found a bosom friend, "Europe and the United States have successfully researched, and the leading ones in China are Beijing and our Hujiang." If successful, the future is vast. ”

"What's the vastness? If you take out a student, you will go abroad, and you will be busy like a pig every day, and you will be a dead brain. Mu Guangzhong's mother complained.

And Mu Guangzhong's father still laughed constantly and disagreed. A standard Hujiang man, holding a woman who protects his family.

"My dad is just afraid of his wife. Mu Xiuxiu took the opportunity to make up for the knife.

Unexpectedly, she was immediately bloodily suppressed by her mother: "Little girl, beg for a beating! You can find a lifetime of blessings like your father in the future." ”

"I don't want it. I'll stay at home and be an old girl!"

"This crazy girl is going to die. ”

......

Amid the laughter, a documentary was played. Jing Jian saw that it was actually a very popular one at that time, it was a sensation, and it had been poisoned for many years. As the lines in the documentary sounded:

“...... Some people say that there is a certain element of tolerance for evil forces in Chinese culture, and some people say that there is an Achilles heel in the Chinese national character of being slick and sophisticated, resigned to fate, and submissive. ”

“...... The British historian Toynbee calculated that there have been 21 civilizations in human history, of which 14 have become extinct and six are declining, and only the ancient Greek civilization has been transformed into an industrial civilization, and the wave has swept the world. We should be brave enough to face history. ”

“...... The dregs of the old civilization have accumulated in the veins of our nation like sediment accumulated in the dregs of the Yellow River. It needs to be washed away by a great flood, and this great flood has already arrived. It is industrial civilization. It is calling us. ”

“......”

The room gradually fell silent, and I have to admit that the documentary is fascinating and demagogic. In the initial stage of reform and opening up, just like when Jing Jian met He Guoxiong, a representative of the army, a part of the middle and upper strata, those who had the opportunity to contact foreign countries, faced with the huge gap between home and abroad, a desperate trend of thought was permeated, and defeatism became popular.

However, at that time, after all, there were only a small number of middle and upper classes, and the number of defeatists was even smaller. And although the people at the bottom know that the country is backward, what kind of backwardness has become? They also have no direct impression. It wasn't until this documentary came out that it immediately formed a trend of thought that swept the whole country!

Watching the documentary, everyone in the room was in a heavy mood. Chinese culture is different from those free and loose cultures in the West, the country, the family, and even the individual are one. The backwardness of the country, that is the shame of every Chinese!

Mu Guangzhong suddenly asked: "Xiao Jian, you have been to the United States and are familiar with the situation on both sides, is it really as it said on TV?"

Jing Jian shook his head. I won't talk about the rest of the contents of this documentary, but to blame China's backwardness on the backwardness of Chinese civilization and culture? That is simply a big joke in the world! It is not ashamed to admit backwardness, but it is disgusting to blame one's ancestors for backwardness without looking for reasons from oneself and not working oneself.

However, political topics are difficult to articulate and even less predictable. How can Jing Jian explain that the future Soviet Union will be torn apart by a similar "new trend of thought" and that the people will have no means of livelihood? How can he explain that China will pass this hurdle in the future and become the world's leading factory? How can he explain that China has become the world's factory, and there are still a large number of aunts who have been poisoned by this trend of thought and have gone to Dongying to rush to buy toilet seats?

After pondering for a while, Jing Jian smiled: "I can't say it well, and I don't want to comment on such a point of view." But I know that the only way to be strong is to be self-reliant and down-to-earth, and there are no shortcuts. ”

"Oh?" Mu Xiuxiu on the side asked curiously, "Brother Jing, then why did you go to the United States? Isn't it just to learn from their advanced places? What is wrong with us reflecting on backwardness?"

Jing Jian was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that under the appearance of this little girl's nonsense, there was actually an angry heart. Suddenly thinking that she was in college, Jing Jian was suddenly startled, and said solemnly: "Remember my brother's words, politics is not something we can figure out at our age. Everyone does what they have to do. And the light is to work hard, and you and I are to study hard. Remember, stay away from any exercise. ”

"Nasty, I've decided I don't like you anymore. Unexpectedly, Mu Xiuxiu resumed her nonsense, "You went to the United States to study, and you all studied abroad to become a political teacher." ”

Jing Jian smiled slightly: "Shame is almost brave, which is not wrong in itself." But when I went to the battlefield with my comrades-in-arms, I went to break the garden with Guangzhong, and it was by no means for the purpose of negating the motherland, the nation, or our own civilization!"