New Zealand houses are all wooden houses, and the partitions between the houses are also wooden boards, I don't know about other houses, the house we live in, there is a thin board between the rooms and the rooms, so Jiang Dongxi originally said that she was afraid to sleep in a room, but as a result, when she learned that we were whispering in this house, she could hear it in that room, so she took the initiative to ask herself to sleep in a room.

In the dead of night, in a foreign country, the moonlight is amazingly beautiful, what a romantic time, you can have a candlelight dinner by lighting a candle, but unfortunately, when you hear the sound of snoring from the east and west of the river next door, there is no beautiful mood, and some only the years are quiet, warm and pleasant.

Sleep in peace and don't overthink it!

The next day, Sun Zhengdong said that he had to go to work and take us on a trip on the weekend, and Sun Zhengdong's lover said that her friend who was a Chinese casual worker invited her to go to the farm to pick fruits together, and in addition to making money, she could also eat and bring fruits back for free.

Because Jiang Xi was going to work, he couldn't take Jiang Dongxi, so Jiang Dongxi stayed at home with me, and I had to go online to find a job and send a resume.

Basically, 95% of the job opportunities in New Zealand require a green card, and only 5% do not have such a requirement, that is, the skill is extremely matched with the job, and it is difficult to recruit the right person for this position, so that the employer will hire someone who does not have a green card, and then the company will go to the local government of New Zealand to apply for a work permit for the employee.

This kind of procedure is very complicated and troublesome to review, and the average small company does not have such qualifications, it must be a large company, and there are very few large IT companies in New Zealand, only a few, and then, they are not the type of work I am good at.

To be more specific, New Zealand is a very small country, I don't know about other technologies in this country, I don't evaluate, in terms of IT technology, New Zealand is several levels lower than China.

For example, when an app appears, New Zealand because of the small number of people, as long as the basic function is realized, but in China it is not possible to achieve the basic function, but also to upgrade the performance, because there are many Chinese, the performance level is low, the software will crash.

And what I'm good at is high-level performance-level technology, so it's especially difficult to find a job in New Zealand, for example, I used to do pre-sales work in a large company, and I heard that in New Zealand, the owners of small companies personally work part-time pre-sales, cough!

While I was sending my resume, I sighed to myself, I always felt that New Zealand was not suitable for me, nor was it suitable for Jiang Xi.

Sun Zhengdong's children went to school, and Jiang Dongxi was bored and read next to me.

I asked Jiang Dongxi, "Do you like it here?"

Jiang Dongxi smiled and said, "If you ask me alone, I don't think I like it very much, it's too deserted here, there is grass everywhere, and mosquitoes seem to be bigger than China, but if Mom and Dad want to live here, I will like it too, I like it wherever you are!"

After she finished speaking, she dug a spoonful of watermelon and sent it to my mouth, and the irritability caused by the summer heat disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only the warmth of a small padded jacket.

As soon as I stretched out my hand, I hugged Jiang Shi in my arms, the soft little things, my heart was about to melt, and I said to her gently, "Girl, Dad likes you so much!"

She smiled in my arms and said, "Dad, I don't think you should use the word like, like is not deep enough, you should say, girl, I love you so much, a lovely girl like me, which dad can not love, right?"

And when she said that, she looked at me and smiled, and how could I bear to disappoint her? and she smiled and said, "Yes, Daddy loves you so much, and what about you? Do you love Daddy? Daddy is so useless, because he lost his job, he will bring you to New Zealand ......".

Her little hand suddenly blocked my mouth, and she said anxiously, "Dad, don't say that, although you don't have a job for a while, but you haven't made less money for your family before, can't you just take out the money you earned before to buy food and eat? Mom said you used to make a lot of money, enough to raise me, and when I grow up, I can make money to support you and Mom, so you don't have to worry at all, Dad, don't you? Don't you believe that I can make money to support you? I'm sure I can do it!"

Looking at her smug and confident look, listening to her sentence by sentence with a squeamish voice, it was so heartwarming, my nose was sore, and my eye circles were wet.

She stretched out her little hand to wipe my tears, still rambling, "Dad, what are you doing? If you say this, I want to cry too, as soon as you cry, I feel sorry for you, woo......."

As a result, before my tears could fall, she lay in my arms and cried.

As soon as she cried, I was also distressed, so I immediately picked her up and sat on my lap and coaxed her, "Dad didn't cry, Dad just had uncomfortable eyes." ”

"I don't believe it, you lied to me, why didn't you feel uncomfortable early, didn't feel uncomfortable late, and you didn't feel comfortable at this time. She still reached out to wipe my eyes, and her own eyes were red from crying.

"I'm fine now, don't cry, when you cry, Dad feels sorry for you. ”

"Then I won't cry, let's not cry anymore, Dad, I love you too, I think you are the best dad in the world, Zhang Junhao's father often beats him, you have never slapped me, Chen Jingxin's mother also beat Chen Jingxin with a drying rack, Chen Siyu once went to school, and her eyelids were red and swollen from her mother's beating. ”

But I have seen all the parents of these children, and they look quite normal, but I think that the children are too skinny, and the parents can't help but give them a slap, and they hit them hard.

Taking this opportunity, I immediately said, "So do you think your mom is the best mom you can be?"

Jiang Dongxi's eyes blinked, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Well, it's the best mother, although she has also beaten me, but she has never hurt me, although sometimes it hurts, but it has never been swollen." ”

"So, other people's parents have injured and swollen their children, and your mother doesn't have such a heavy hand, and you are happier than other children. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, in this comparison, my mother is indeed the best mother in the world!"

"That's right!"

I reached out and high-fived her with a smile, and she was very smart and cooperative.

"Dad, do you think Mom is the best wife in the world?" she asked, suddenly leaning into my arms.

"It has to be!"

"You dare to say no, she's going to hit you, right?"

"It's not...... What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting!"

"Don't get me wrong, I really think your mother is the best wife in the world......"

"Okay, okay, don't explain, I know!"

What does "......" know?

Throughout the day, the two of us chatted warmly at home, and in the evening, Jiang Xi really brought us all kinds of New Zealand fruits.

This is not blown, the New Zealand fruits picked back are really not comparable to Chinese fruits, fresh, full, full of moisture, juicy and pure sweet, there are watermelons, cherries, mangoes, grapes, I ate with Jiang things full of juice, Jiang Xi has not eaten a bite, she said she has eaten enough.

The pizza she bought for dinner, we ate the pizza casually and the fruit was not hungry, but before we could finish eating, Jiang Xi went to bed.

She said weakly, "Jiangdong, clean up the table after you finish eating, if you don't clean it up in summer, it will smell and attract insects." ”

"Okay, don't worry!" I saw her clutching her waist, thinking that she might have never done heavy work, and suddenly she was tired from work.

When I finished eating with Jiang, I found a bag of garbage and tied it up, there are no trash cans on the street here, only to wait for tomorrow to throw away the garbage regularly.

At night, I urged Jiang to wash up and go to bed, and I went back to my room to see Jiang Xi.

"Wife, how are you? Are you tired?"

"Oh, husband, I'm not just tired, I twisted my waist when I went up to the tree to pick apples today. ”

"Ah, why are you still going up the tree?" I was shocked and distressed by her, and hurried to her side to give her a soft waist.

"......Ahh It hurts ......".

I, "......" Jiang Xi's squeamish voice with an unbearable voice, I will blush and my heart will be hot when I hear it.

As a result, at this time, Jiang Dongxi ran over from her room, and as soon as she opened the door, she shouted at me fiercely, "Dad, what did you do to Mom?"

I, "......" Can I say I haven't done anything in a long time?

"You go away, I'll rub my mother, you must have too heavy hands. As she spoke, she gave me a push, then walked over to her mother, and put her little hand on Jiang Xi's waist.

Her hand was indeed very light, and Jiang Xi didn't scream, but smiled very gently and said, "It's still my eldest daughter who is the best for me, oops, I'm so happy!"

I deliberately said, "Today, Jiang Dongxi said that she loves me the most, and she loves her mother secondly." ”

Before Jiang Xi could speak, Jiang Dongxi shouted at me fiercely, "What are you talking nonsense, Dad! I will always love my mother the most." ”

"You also said today that your mother beat you, I never hit you".

She immediately said unconvinced, "What's wrong with beating me? What's wrong with beating me? Mom beats me and it doesn't hurt, besides, Mom beats me for my good, how is it like you, if I want ice cream, you will buy ice cream, if I want junk food, you will buy junk food, you don't love me, do you hurt me? Mom cares about me and beats me for my good!"

Me, "......".

Jiang Xi and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha...... Oh, don't make me laugh! it hurts!" Jiang Xi laughed and clutched his waist.

"Mom, I'll blow it to you!" Jiang Dongxi said and lay on Jiang Xi's waist to blow the wind.

"Oh, it's itchy to death hahaha! Okay, girl, go to your room to sleep, it's not early, go out with Sun Haohao's family tomorrow, you have to rest well to have strength, don't stay up late." ”

"Travel, okay, okay, then I'll go back to sleep, Mom, if you feel uncomfortable at night, you can shout at the wall, I can definitely hear it, come over immediately!"

"What a girl, come and kiss it!"

Jiang Dongxi immediately squatted in front of her mother's eyes and kissed her mother's face, and after kissing, she sent her little face to Jiang Xi's mouth, and Jiang Xi kissed her with great effort, so that the mother and daughter could be separated inseparably.

When he arrived at the house, Jiang Dongxi shouted at the house again, "Mom, if Dad bullies you, you must tell me!"

"Okay girl, don't worry, under normal circumstances, I bully your father!"

"Hahahaha!"

Our family of three couldn't help but laugh.

I was about to speak, but Jiang Xi stretched out her hand to me and "shhh......h

After a while, I felt that Jiang Shi should be asleep, so I started chatting with Jiang Xi in a whisper.

"Wife, you've worked hard!"

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a fresh attempt, cough! But after trying it, I found that I am really not suitable for this kind of work, on the one hand, I don't like to do this kind of work, on the other hand, I am really not young, and I have to be exposed to the wind and sun, practicing climbing trees, it is really not suitable for me, besides, I still have my readers and my plot in mind." ”

I was about to ask a crucial question, but Jiang Xi spoke first.

"Well, how did you send your resume today?

I shook my head at Jiang Xi, who was twisting her neck and turned to look at me, I reached out and rubbed her neck, and then told her what I felt.

"Ahem!" Jiang Xi sighed, "Do you really want to take the path of studying abroad? The tuition fee needs 100,000 yuan, the living expenses need 100,000 yuan, the rent needs 100,000 yuan, plus all kinds of insurance, miscellaneous things may need 350,000 yuan, then you have to prepare 400,000 yuan!"

"If you can't find a suitable job after studying abroad, the 400,000 yuan will be spent in vain. ”

I said as I observed Jiang Xi's expression.

As a husband, you must learn to observe your wife's words and feelings, this is a survival instinct!

Jiang Xi's eyes blinked, and after thinking for a while, he said, "No, someone can't find a job after finishing study?"

I said, " That's the case, like my age to study abroad, everyone knows that it is for immigrants to study abroad, and a year of study abroad, really can't learn anything, to work, rely on the original skills, now if there is a suitable type of work for me, I don't have to learn anything, I can work immediately, don't look at me IELTS has not passed, I have no problem with English communication, but, there is no suitable job for me, even if I go to study for a year, new technology I am also that year's learning experience, yes, I have a foundation, it must be much stronger than those children who have no foundation, but it is still not what I am best at, maybe I can do the work, but I need to put in more effort, must not be my strong point. ”

"That's it!" Jiang Xi thought thoughtfully.

"Besides, I have seen a lot of posts on Tianwei today, in fact, there are many people who have not found a job after studying abroad and have returned to China. I spoke slowly.

Jiang Xi listened and nodded, I think she should really understand what I'm talking about.

"Okay, aren't we going to stay here for a month?

"Okay, wife, I'll listen to you for everything!"

"Jiangdong, don't you want to stay here and play tricks with me!"

"How can I wife!" "Even if I play it, I can't let her know, after so many years together, no matter how stupid I am, I can learn some wisdom from her!

The next day was Saturday, and Sun Zhengdong's family originally planned to take us on a trip, but Sun Zhengdong temporarily received a call from the company, and he was a little urgent to deal with, so he left.

So, it's true that working in New Zealand doesn't work a lot of overtime, but it's not that it never works, and it does work overtime occasionally.

On Saturday, Sun Zhengdong's son didn't go to school, and Jiang Dongxi had a partner to play, so she didn't look for me and her mother, so we chatted with Sun Zhengdong's lover.

This time, we learned that Sun Zhengdong's annual salary is 350,000 yuan, but the taxes and fees must be deducted by 40%, so there are 200,000 yuan left.

200,000 yuan is barely enough for their family of three, but fortunately, they still have a rent income to cover it, and then Sun Zhengdong's lover grows vegetables by himself and does odd jobs to supplement the family.

I have long heard that people with green cards have free medical treatment in New Zealand, so this should be another saving, and they will definitely not be able to receive the relief, because only those who have an income of less than 100,000 yuan can receive the relief.

Sun Zhengdong's lover finally said that their family's economy in New Zealand is also very tight, and they can't save any money in a year anyway.

Jiang Xi and I listened and looked at each other for a moment, and we were both thoughtful. It's just that I don't know if Jiang Xi thinks the same as I think.

I think that in China, as long as you have a job, you can save some money, how much, because after all, a lot of material consumption in China is still much lower than that in New Zealand.

Now speaking, the only thing worth remembering is that the medical care is free, but I also have doubts, can older people, when they are sick, stay in the hospital for free and receive unlimited treatment? Otherwise, they can't be euthanized, right? I came back before I could ask Sun Zhengdong about this doubt.

Seeing that it was still early, Sun Zhengdong said that he would drive us to the beach not far away to fish for lobsters.

As soon as he heard this, Jiang Dongxi shouted excitedly, "Lobster fishing!"

In the cheers of Jiang Dongxi and Sun Zhengdong's son Sun Haohao, we went to play in Sun Zhengdong's car, but fortunately his car was relatively large and business-oriented.

Along the way, we really saw the beauty of New Zealand, not an exaggeration at all, just press the shutter to be a large area, the blue of the horizon, like ink, the red of the sunset, like watercolor, the clarity of the sea seems to be able to see all kinds of aquatic life in the sea.

Along the way, Jiang Xi kept shooting, and the whole car was very happy.

To be honest, there will be a feeling that it would be nice to live in such an environment for a long time, but only if you don't have to worry about your livelihood.

When we arrived at the beach, we played for a while, and the beach was full of kelp, and no one here ate kelp, it grew big and old, and many people picked it up and used it to ferment into fertilizer-flavored vegetables.

It's so extravagant, if it's in China, I'm afraid it's ......

Sun Zhengdong prepared a net, which was for the clams, he chose the position of the net and put it there, and then he took us to rent a boat and go to sea.

When we got to the boat, we looked at the scenery of the sea, it was really vast and beautiful, there were really dolphins who suddenly jumped out, even very close to our boat, as if it was about to jump onto the boat in the next second, but he just turned around and returned to the sea, that feeling, only if you have experienced it yourself, you can understand, just like the protagonist in the TV series, and the dolphin seems to be at your service.

When the boat came to a halt in the middle of the sea, Sun Zhengdong began to fish for lobsters with tools and bait.

Really, I thought it would take a long time to catch it, but it turned out to be only fifteen minutes, and he caught an oversized lobster, and the body was colorful, I reached out and grabbed it, and it felt like it was more than 20 pounds.

Jiang Dong didn't dare to grab it, but he couldn't help but touch it, and he was very excited.

Jiang Xi asked, "It's so easy to fall into such a big lobster, wouldn't it be a fortune if you fish for a day, hahaha!"

Sun Zhengdong's lover said, "Think beautifully, there is a limit, a person can only catch enough food for one person a day, and if there are more, you will not be allowed to take it away, you will be put back, and the fish and shrimp are not big enough and you will not be allowed to take it away, the management of the sea area here is very strict, and the sea closure period will never let people secretly fish, I am worried that the fish and shrimp in the sea will be wiped out." ”

"Oh!" Jiang Xi nodded.

In spring and March, the mountains and forests do not climb the axe, so as to become the length of grass and trees; in summer and March, the rivers and rivers do not enter the net, and they become the length of fish and turtles. From "Yi Zhou Shu Da Ju".

It means that in the spring of March, you can't use an axe to cut down in the mountains and forests, which is conducive to the growth of plants and trees, as long as you abide by this natural law, you will never have enough firewood; in the hot summer, you can't use fishing nets to catch fish in rivers and lakes, which is conducive to the growth of fish and turtles, as long as you abide by this natural law, there will always be endless fish.

This is the wisdom of the ancients, and the New Zealanders have always adhered to it, but it is a pity that some people who are interested in interests do not understand this, and their eyes only see short-term benefits......

Indiscriminate deforestation and secretly casting nets have actually caused incalculable losses to the entire human race.

"New Zealand is very strict in this regard, the last time a person came to dive every day to catch sea cucumbers and sell them, about half a year after selling, it seems to have earned more than 100,000 New Zealand dollars, but he was caught, not only all the profits were spit out, but his own house worth more than one million yuan was fined and confiscated, and the gains outweighed the losses!

Jiang Xi and I also smiled! This kind of "people die for money, birds die for food" is probably everywhere!

Later, Sun Zhengdong never caught lobsters again, and when the time came to rent a boat, we went back.

Back at the beach, Sun Zhengdong collected the clam net, good guy, he looks like a ten-pound clam, and he can have a big meal tonight.

"Here, people with good economic conditions have bought boats to go to sea occasionally, and people with ordinary economic conditions like us can also rent a boat to go to sea occasionally to have fun."

"It's good!" said Jiang Xi.

I think it's pretty good, too...... Playful!

If it hadn't been for a frightening incident on our way back in the evening, everything would have seemed fine!

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