Chapter 225 (Chapter 225...)
In the Internet cafe, the old lady was typing quickly with her hands on the keyboard. When she heard her grandson calling, she could only reluctantly stop the scolding temporarily and switch pages quickly because of the love between her grandson and her grandson.
The eight-year-old grandson is as smart as a tiger and extremely clever:
"Grandma, there's no point hiding it. I know you're cursing people online. I won't tell my parents, and it's okay if I tell you. Last time I secretly saw my mother also cursing people online, even though it was in a foreign language. I don’t understand, but I can tell by looking at her expression that she is cursing.”
The grandson puffed up his chest proudly: "When I grow up! I will also scold those foreigners who bully our country!"
His voice was a bit loud, and the old lady smiled awkwardly and shushed: "Keep your voice down, don't disturb others while surfing the Internet."
An old man next to her laughed: "It's okay. Whose grandson hasn't come here? Look at grandson, his grandson is sleeping on his lap, and it doesn't delay him from surfing the Internet."
Yes, after Internet cafes have sprouted up in major cities, the main force of consumption in Internet cafes is this group of elderly people between the ages of 60 and 75.
These old people all have common characteristics: they are well-educated, have pensions, and have enough money for Internet fees, and they are passionate and enthusiastic.
Therefore, it is quite normal for children of this generation to have an additional childhood memory of "going to Internet cafes to find their grandparents, and occasionally their parents."
In their memories, there are the sounds of old people talking and typing on the keyboard in the Internet cafe.
Internet cafes are the favorite place for children of this generation because it is bright, beautiful, clean and tidy. Occasionally, someone is watching TV series on the computer, and they can stand behind and watch together.
When they need to do homework, the boss will free up tables for them so that they can gather together to do homework. Sometimes when the Internet cafe is doing well, the boss will get maltose for them to eat.
There is no smell of smoke. Zhongzhou's laws clearly state that smoking is prohibited in public places, and Internet cafes are a top priority. Since the loudspeaker was honked outside the alley door, similar popular science information will be broadcast from time to time.
Several big leaders have openly talked about the dangers of smoking, saying that they have quit smoking, saying, "Although it is painful, this pain is nothing compared to life."
If before the emergence of several respected leaders, smokers would at most avoid smoking, but after seeing leaders take the lead in quitting smoking, smoking cessation has become the mainstream of society.
The people of Central Continent's admiration for their leaders is absolutely unimaginable by people from other countries. The entire society became unified after they announced that they would quit smoking.
Even children as young as seven or eight years old know that smoking is bad and they feel ashamed when they see adults smoking.
Even so, there are many people who can't quit smoking, but at least they won't smoke in public places.
The Internet cafe should be smoky, but because there are often children coming and going, smoking is banned more than anywhere else, and the air is extremely fresh.
Of course, people who surf the Internet and children don't know how difficult it was in the original history for Internet cafes to have no smell of smoke.
Everyone thinks that it is normal for Internet cafes to ban smoking. If any Internet cafe does not ban smoking, it will be reported by the public.
At this moment, the little boy vividly described the new news he had heard to his grandmother:
"Someone was smoking in the Internet cafe next to our school. The police arrested them all and said they would be fined and would be detained for a few days."
The old lady was surprised: "Really? Mom, I don't know who is so unscrupulous that she actually smokes in the Internet cafe. This is harming the entire Internet cafe."
Even the old man who loved to join in the fun also joined in the condemnation: "That's right, this kind of person is too selfish. Didn't you see the dangers of second-hand smoke on TV? If you ask me, he should be imprisoned for a year and a half. Teach him a lesson."
"I heard that we in Zhongzhou will soon not be allowed to sell cigarettes. By then, this situation will definitely not happen."
Zhongzhou used to need tobacco taxes, but since it has avoided crises one by one and the country is no longer in embarrassment and has to break every penny in half to spend, a smoking ban has been put on the agenda.
Song Yao has contributed a lot here. He is a national treasure. Even the big leaders will carefully consider what he says.
And Song Yao, a genius, has great foresight about the future. In that year when Zhongzhou was plagued by disasters, if Song Yao hadn't made an immediate decision, those natural disasters would definitely have dealt a big blow to Zhongzhou.
Even the big leaders mentioned this when chatting:
"When a genius reaches a certain level, he will be like Comrade Song Yao. He has a high IQ and can predict people or things. I heard that he can predict most things in school."
"Haha, are you referring to the fact that Comrade Zhao Xiaodong tried to sneak attack him but was prejudged by him?"
"I thought you were talking about Comrade Wang Hua's time."
The big leaders burst out laughing: "That's good. It shows that the heavy work has not affected the growth of little Comrade Song Yao. Seeing young people like them so full of energy every day, I feel like I have changed." Younger.”
In such a relaxed atmosphere, they adopted Song Yao's advice, abandoned the high tobacco tax, and instead vigorously publicized the dangers of smoking.
No matter how difficult it is, is it still more difficult than the previous two years?
Zhongzhou's economy is now booming, scientific research products are exported, there are surveillance cameras on the road to protect everyone's safety, and there is a computer network indoors that allows people across the country to communicate. Although it is not possible for everyone to be well-off, at least everyone can have enough to eat.
In such an environment, what else do they have to fear?
Ordinary people naturally don’t know that there are so many things behind the smoking ban. They only know that smoking is harmful to their own health and the health of others.
After learning that someone was caught smoking in public places, the old ladies and old men in the Internet cafe discussed it fiercely. There are also many old smokers here, but they can proudly say:
"We are different from those selfish people. Although we can't quit smoking, since we know the harm of secondhand smoke, we smoke in secret."
There are no secrets in the adjacent blocks. Within a few minutes, the name of the arrested man, how many people are in his family, what his personality is like and what his occupation is, are all exposed clearly.
"So it was him, really, did he beat his wife last time? I remember the Women's Federation came."
"He also beat the child. The child's face was bruised and purple. He was hospitalized. What a scumbag. He should have just been released. I remember his wife said she wanted a divorce. Did she get it done?"
"Yes, we just got divorced yesterday. Tsk, this kind of person should be arrested and locked up for life!"
The old people criticized enthusiastically, and the married young people joined in, while the unmarried ones did not join the battlefield.
After all, they were the elders who watched them grow up. If they dared to chat with them at this time, the topic might turn to "You can't do this when you get married in the future", "By the way, how come you don't even have a partner at this age", "The child of so-and-so next door is born, you can't do this".
I was surfing the Internet quietly when a young man suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my god!"
The elderly people who had already discussed the topic of "People who commit domestic violence should leave a record" were startled and turned back subconsciously to see that it was a young man they knew. Someone shouted:
The young people were surprised and happy: "Look at the forum news!"
"Protective shields, protective shields will actually be distributed to people across the country for free! Free!!!"
They knew the cost of protective shields very well (they learned it in the quarrel with foreign netizens) and their first reaction was: This is impossible!
There are so many people in the country, how can the country distribute them for free?
It is precisely because they know clearly how much money it costs to do so that they will rush over angrily to "refute the rumors" after seeing those foreign comments.
They think this is a conspiracy by foreigners, deliberately setting up Zhongzhou. It is obvious that foreigners have disagreements and want to fight, so why do they want to drag Zhongzhou to take the blame?
Of course everyone wants free protective shields, but the country has finally developed slowly, the gray hair of the big leaders is increasing, and construction is progressing rapidly everywhere. They will not watch their country being set up there, unable to go up or down.
As a result, now, the news actually said that it was really distributed free of charge to all citizens.
"When have you seen the news list of Zhongzhou Forum go wrong?"
Everyone was discussing while opening the forum.
Clicking it, the first on the hot list was indeed [Zhongzhou will soon distribute companion protective shields to all citizens for free].
In the video, it was the face of a senior leader, and it was clearly stated that after the government's consideration, it was finally decided to distribute free protective shields to every citizen of Zhongzhou.
Why is it called a companion protective shield? Because from now on, every newborn Zhongzhou baby will be bound with a companion protective shield after the full month. If nothing unexpected happens, the protective shield will accompany them throughout their lives.
In the future, Zhongzhou will truly achieve the lowest accidental mortality rate.
In this era that should have developed smoothly, Zhongzhou made such a magical decision.
Pay a lot of money to buy the safety of the people of the country.
The old lady and her grandson gathered in front of the computer screen and exclaimed in unison:
"Grandma, what are you doing? Shouldn't we go to the place mentioned above to line up first?"
"Why line up? We agreed to give one person one shield. Our country keeps its word and the shield won't get away."
The old lady put on her reading glasses, looking energetic, and her hands left afterimages on the keyboard:
"We in Zhongzhou are going to give out shields for free! I'm going to make these foreigners die of anger! Hahahahahahaha!!!"