"Little one, why do you care about giggling?" The land mother-in-law asked pretending to be confused. 『』

Alas, a little carried away! After listening to the reminder of the mother-in-law of the land, I quickly gathered my thoughts, and then asked seriously: "Father-in-law, don't you want to trick me?" ”

"What? Shall I fool you? The father-in-law's tone suddenly rose by two notches, and he replied angrily, "Haven't you heard the rumors of so-and-so immortals in the world?" ”

"Hearing is hearing. However, after all, I have not seen it with my own eyes, so it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake; Second, these legends are ancient, that is, even if they existed, they certainly did not appear in recent times. So, it's no wonder that I'm skeptical of the legend of 'becoming an immortal'! ”

After listening to my explanation, the anger of the father-in-law of the land had been vented a lot, but he still snorted angrily: "That's good! Now, I will tell you that most of the legends you have heard of 'becoming immortals' are true! ”

"Since many of them are true, why is it that no one can 'become immortals' by now?" I asked, pretending to be confused.

"Of course you caused it! First of all, it's because of the concept. Influenced by the so-called 'scientific' worldview, almost no one really believes in the existence of ghosts and gods. You don't think that immortals exist from the root (when I hear this, I will hand the land father-in-law a skeptical look), so how can it be possible to 'become an immortal'? Hearing this, you may ask, how can I say that almost no one really believes in the existence of ghosts and gods now? In fact, those who come to worship incense are not necessarily the ones who really believe in our immortals. The vast majority of these people who offer incense come with a purpose. Most of them have the mentality of 'I'd rather believe what they have than what they don't'. They felt that if we immortals really existed, if our immortals really appeared, wouldn't they be able to be blessed by the gods if they worshipped with sincerity! They come for the 'good' and don't really believe in the existence of the gods. The vast majority of them are 'opportunists'. Secondly, it is because of the nature of the mind. Taking a step back, even if the vast majority of your current human beings truly believe in the existence of ghosts and gods, then very few people will have the great opportunity to 'become immortals'! ……”

"W-why the hell is that?" I asked, almost hoarsely. That's, isn't it? I still had the slightest hope of "becoming an immortal". Isn't this typically discriminatory against modern people? I grumbled in my heart.

"Alas, who can blame the heart?" After the father-in-law sighed, he began to explain, "Your so-called civilized society is actually developing on the wrong path. You humans are becoming more and more selfish, for the sake of your own development, completely disregarding the lives and deaths of other living beings, and even destroying the natural environment on which you live. It is because of you humans that there are more and more species on the planet that are now extinct or on the verge of extinction. When you human beings are maliciously destroying the natural environment, you are shamelessly looking for a high-sounding reason, which is called 'economic development'......"

Although what the land father-in-law said is almost always true, I am also a member of the human race. Now, of course, I am very unhappy that someone is accusing human beings of this and that kind in front of me. "Father-in-law, what you said is a bit extreme. Yes, when we were 'developing the economy', there were many phenomena that destroyed nature, but aren't we human beings constantly improving and trying to avoid them? Besides, this 'economic development' is not wrong! Otherwise, how can the living standards of tens of thousands of people be improved? ”

Hearing my defense, the father-in-law of the land first sneered twice, and then said: "Life improvement? What a joke, could it be that all the people in ancient times starved to death? Now, what you human governments talk about the most is to use guò 'domestic demand' to boost the economy. Let me ask you, what is 'domestic demand'? ”

In fact, there is still some truth in the words of the land father-in-law, after all, as long as the ancient people were not in the period of war or severe natural disasters, most people were still enough to solve the problem of survival. It's just that, in my opinion, this life could be better, is there anything wrong? Therefore, I still don't agree with such an extreme view of the immortal in front of me. However, fortunately, the question that the landlord is asking now does not seem to have much to do with attacking human beings, so I replied without hesitation: "'Domestic demand' mainly refers to the internal needs of a country. It includes two aspects: investment demand and consumption demand. ”

So what is this investment? What is this consumption? ”

Test me? Hmph, it's not that easy to stump me? After all, I'm a big reader. Although economists can't talk about it, they still know some basic common sense. "Investment includes many aspects, but the most important thing is to meet the consumption needs of the whole society, so in economics, there will be a saying that 'what kind of demand will have what kind of production'. This consumer demand is divided into two aspects: material and spiritual. The material aspects include food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc., and the spiritual aspects actually need material carriers, for example, knowledge must be disseminated through the medium of books......"

Just as I was about to speak freely, my father-in-law interrupted me. "Very good, this domestic demand has really increased, in fact, it means that the consumption of various natural resources by the entire human society has increased significantly. The continuous stimulation of domestic demand is in fact the frenzied and unrestrained plundering of resources from nature. To put it bluntly, human beings are constantly shrinking the living space of other creatures for their own enjoyment, and are constantly destroying the ecological environment. Of course, 'evil is rewarded', and in the end, human beings will inevitably pay a heavy price for this, and will inevitably lead to self-destruction. ”

Eventually, I realized that I seemed to have fallen into the trap of the immortals once again. It's just that this time, what the immortal said seems to be very reasonable. Therefore, for a moment, my mood became extremely painful, and I forgot to argue for mankind.

Seeing that I frowned, the father-in-law of the land continued: "In the environment of quick success, almost everyone's temperament has been affected to a greater or lesser extent. And if you want to 'become an immortal', the first thing you need is to be pure and have few desires. You say, how can modern people, who are polluted by all kinds of selfish desires, have the opportunity to 'become immortals'? ”