Xia Mulan and Xu Xincheng entered the kitchen together, and as soon as the two arrived inside, they began to get busy.

After a while, she whispered, "Xincheng, you better go out to accompany Shuwen." I'll just do the rest by myself. ”

Xu Xincheng understood what she meant, nodded, and said, "Okay, then it's hard for you." I'll make you a cup of tea first. ”

"Thank you!"

Xu Xincheng took the hot water kettle that had just been boiled, scalded the thermos cup he had prepared for the two of them at home with boiling water, took out two simple tea bags, brewed two cups of hot tea, first handed the red thermos cup to Xia Mulan, and then took the gray thermos cup out of the kitchen.

Jiang Shuwen was sitting on the sofa and looking intently at the book "A Brief History of the Future".

He came to the sofa, put the thermos cup on the coffee table, and said, "Brother Shuwen, please drink tea." ”

"Thank you!" Jiang Shuwen put the book down, picked up the cup, opened it, and took a sip.

"Brother Shuwen, I heard Mulan say that my uncle's body has improved in the past two or three days, right?"

Jiang Shuwen reluctantly squeezed out a smile on his tired and sad face, and said, "Yes, there have been some improvements in the past few days. This morning, when I called my father, he said that he was able to get out of bed and move, and he also sent me two videos that he had specially asked his aunt to shoot...... and looked at ...... , that video, I ......"

When he said the latter, the more sad he became, and he couldn't help choking up, and when he said the last word "I", he couldn't say it anymore, and cried out, and two bean-sized tears flowed out of his eyes and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xu Xincheng hurriedly took out two tissues from the tissue box on the coffee table and handed them to him, and at the same time hurriedly patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "It's a good thing to be able to get out of bed and move, I believe that my uncle's health will get better and better." ”

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Jiang Shuwen's father used to work for FSK, a well-known large-scale OEM company in Shenzhen, and was the company's financial director.

At the beginning of this year, the company purchased the fifth-generation AI financial robot, and by the end of March, the company had a large-scale layoff, and the finance department, which originally had 97 people, laid off about 60% of the personnel at once, leaving only 39 people.

When his boss informed him of his dismissal in person, his father, who had high blood pressure all the year round, couldn't accept such a big blow for a while, and fell to the ground with a stroke on the spot.

In order to settle the matter, the company negotiated a compensation payment and promised to reimburse all medical expenses.

Jiang Shuwen took a week off to take care of his father in Shenzhen, and after his father was discharged from the hospital, he took another week off to send his father back to his hometown and let him recuperate in his hometown.

Her mother, who was in poor health in her hometown, had been recuperating at home for several years, but this huge blow made her also seriously ill, and her health became worse, not only could she not take care of her father, but she also needed to be taken care of by others.

Although the father's daily medical expenses are reimbursed by the company, the monthly nutrition expenses of the parents and the expenses of asking the aunt to take care of the parents are very large.

In addition, he has a younger brother who is in his third year of college, and he has to pay a lot of tuition and living expenses every year, and now the financial burden of the whole family is all on him alone.

Although Jiang Shuwen hopes that he can go back to his hometown to accompany his parents more often, he really can't go back often, the competitive pressure in his industry is very high, and if he leaves his job often, he may be replaced by others at any time.

This time, he didn't even dare to go back to Father's Day and Dragon Boat Festival, firstly, because there was too much work in the company recently, and he had to work overtime until late at night yesterday, and he really couldn't leave; secondly, because the travel expenses for a round trip are a big burden for him now.

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In order to make Jiang Shuwen happier, a few days ago, Xu Xincheng discussed with Xia Mulan that this Dragon Boat Festival dinner should be specially prepared, buy some good dishes, and make two traditional Henan dishes to make him happy. Also, the cost of buying groceries for this dinner party cannot be paid by him as before, and the two of them each pay half of the cost.

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After learning that Jiang Shuwen's father had suffered a stroke and was admitted to the hospital, Xu Xincheng immediately helped launch a crowdfunding campaign for donations, and sent the link to his building's WeChat group, where most of the people enthusiastically participated and donated generously, and the link was quickly forwarded to the WeChat groups of 19 other buildings, and many people in those groups also enthusiastically donated.

In the end, 523 people in the 20 buildings in their community participated in the donation activity, raising a total of 23,625 yuan.

There will be similar fundraising activities in the WeChat group of 20 buildings from time to time, and every time, many people will participate and donate more or less, and the amount of money raised this time is relatively large in previous crowdfunding activities.

At the same time, he will be touched by everyone's love and kindness, and this time, he was deeply moved by the fundraising activities he helped initiate.

In fact, the vast majority of donors did not know Jiang Shuwen, or even met in person, and they all had their own life pressures, so enthusiastically participated and supported so generously. He felt the warmth of this society and the love of everyone, so he was also greatly encouraged and motivated.

Xu Xincheng knows that his current economic strength and personal ability are still very limited, so he can't do much for Jiang Shuwen and other people in need of help for this society, and now he can only do his best.

He secretly decided in his heart that in the future, if he has greater economic strength and stronger personal ability, he will make more and greater contributions to this society for everyone, because everyone's love has warmed him, because this loving society has nurtured him, nourished him, inspired him, and motivated him.

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Xia Mulan hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, came to him, and comforted: "Shuwen, that's a good thing, it's the best news on Father's Day and Dragon Boat Festival." ”

Jiang Shuwen wiped away his tears, and reluctantly squeezed out some smiles from that tired and sad face, and said, "Yes, it's a good thing. Today's holiday, we have to be happy. ”

"Yes. Xu Xincheng said.

"That is, we are going to have a happy holiday today. Xia Mulan also said.

After a while, Xia Mulan saw that Jiang Shuwen's mood had stabilized, and the look on her face that was still very worried just now was soothed, and she deliberately smiled and said, "You two wait patiently, the old lady has used all the housekeeping skills today, and I guarantee that you will have a great time eating later." ”

Jiang Shuwen nodded, squeezed out a smile again, and said, "Okay." Thank you for your hard work!"

Xia Mulan said with a smile: "Then I'll go back and get busy, you two have a good chat." She gave Xu Xincheng a look as she spoke, and then turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Xu Xincheng knew that he had to find a topic at this time, so as to divert his mind from the longing and sentimentality of his father, he saw the book on the coffee table, and thought that this was a good topic, so he said: "Brother Shuwen, I remember you said that you had read this book before, right?"

"Yes, it's a must-read for us IT people. ”

"I bought the e-book as soon as it was published, and as soon as I got home that night, I started reading it, and I finished it the next night, and it was really rewarding. I saw the hardcover collector's edition of this book in the bookstore last Sunday and bought it without even thinking about it. ”

Jiang Shuwen picked up the book, flipped through it lovingly, and said, "It is indeed exquisite, this book is definitely worth collecting." To be honest, when I read this book before, I didn't feel so deeply, but I just re-read it, and my feelings are much stronger than before, and I have a greater and deeper experience and understanding of the author's views and thoughts. ”

"I've just re-read this book, and I've had a very deep feeling. Xu Xincheng said with emotion.

"During this time, I have been thinking a lot about the future, especially about the future of artificial intelligence. His tone was filled with sorrow and frustration.

Jiang Shuwen paused, looked at him with eyes full of worry and confusion, and continued: "I am now very concerned about the more and more extensive and in-depth applications of artificial intelligence in various fields, as well as the impact of these applications on our human society, and the impact on the life and work of each of us. What I am most concerned about is the 'work revolution' it is leading, the wave of unemployment that is being unleashed. ”