Homo sapiens.

Lai Shengli pushed the shopping cart, while Wang Lizhu selected products.

Feeling a little bored, Lai Xiaoni casually picked up a pack of freeze-dried jackfruit, the net content of one kilogram, and the price was 0.5 gold dollars.

She looked at the other fruits on the shelf.

A pack (1 kg) of pitted durian meat is 4.5 yuan...

Black Vajra Lotus Mist pack (1 kg) 1.5 yuan...

A pack of bananas (2 kg) is 2.3 yuan...

Concubine Xiao lychee pack (1 kg) 2.2 yuan...

This price made Lai Xiaoni a little surprised. She secretly converted the exchange rate in her heart and found that the price was very cheap.

"Dad, what's the median salary in Hongsavati?"

Lai Shengli, who was pushing the shopping cart, was stunned for a moment: "Uh...about 3000 gold dollars per month!"

"3000?" Lai Xiaoni quickly crossed the tropical fruit area and entered the vegetable area.

After a cursory look, the price of vegetables here is also not high.

以1公斤为单位，胡萝卜0.7元、西红柿0.6元、小黄瓜0.8元、黄皮洋葱0.8元、奶油白菜1元、大甘蓝0.6元、白萝卜0.6元、丝瓜0.9元、通心菜0.6元……

Then she went to the meat section again.

同样是以1公斤为单位，鸡胸肉7.2元、鸡腿8.1元、猪五花16.6元、猪腿肉15.5元、去骨猪肋排17.5元、猪里脊16.2元、羊腿肉22元、牛眼肉38.4元、牛腩32.6元、牛小排42元……

"The price is quite cheap!"

Lai Shengli shook his head: "Using the employee card of United Group can get a 7.5% discount, and there are also big discounts on holidays."

"United Group? One of the three major consortiums in Hongshawadi? If other people consume with employee cards, wouldn't there be a loophole?" Lai Xiaoni immediately discovered the problem.

But Lai Shengli explained with a smile: "They deliberately let the employee cards flood out. Even with a 7.5% discount, the three major groups are still profitable."

Lai Xiaoni gasped.

This price is simply too low.

"Isn't there a lot of people in Hongshawadi?"

"It's about 5700 million now." Lai Shengli answered while picking up a large bag of two kilograms of boneless beef ribs and putting them into his shopping cart.

"Almost twice the population of Australia, how do they maintain such a large food supply?"

Lai Shengli shrugged: "Not only can they be self-sufficient, but they can also export in large quantities. In the first two quarters of this year, China imported 2325 million tons of roughage from Hongshawadi and 280 million tons of rice."

"..." Lai Xiaoni was shocked.

Her previous impression of Hongshawadi was a backward and chaotic area. Even if there have been changes in the past few years, it shouldn't have changed so much.

What does she see now?

A "quasi-developed country" with extremely perfect welfare and extremely low prices?

If calculated according to the purchasing power of currency to food, and the average median income of Hongshawadi is 3000 per month, then Hongshawadi has basically reached the standard of developed countries.

After all, in a developed country like Germany, the median income of ordinary people is only more than 2000 euros per month after tax, and the prices are similar.

Lai Shengli himself felt a little skeptical about life at first, but after living in Yangon for more than half a year, he gradually figured out the key points:

"I can't envy this matter. After all, the natural conditions of Hongshawadi are really favorable for agriculture."

In fact, Lai Shengli still has some things to say. The key to Hongshawadi's rapid increase in the median income of residents is not entirely dependent on agricultural potential, but the pervasive business model of the three major groups.

"I suddenly became a little interested in this place." Lai Xiaoni's eyes showed a trace of truth-seeking.

But her mother, Wang Lizhu, was a little difficult to choose because of the cheap agricultural products on the shelves.

The three of them walked for more than an hour just to go to the supermarket.

Chapter 218 Holiday

21, April 8.

Another sunny day.

Lai Xiaoni, who had already left Yangon, was traveling alone in Taunggyi City.

At the wharf by the river, various mechanical cranes are loading and unloading goods and containers. Not far away is the Ruiniang Town Dam.

After expansion, Dongzhi City has now become a large city with a population of 137 million, surrounded by 8 satellite cities.

At first, she thought that Yangon was more developed in Hongshawadi, but what she saw and heard along the way opened Lai Xiaoni's eyes and changed her previous stereotype.

The port is only about 2.3 kilometers away from the dam, and the city of Ruiniang Town is built on a relatively high platform, with a drop of about 80 to 90 meters from the port area. Even if the dam breaks, the safety of the residential area is unquestionable. Doubtful.

The dining table on the side of the river in the tea restaurant by the river offers a panoramic view of the dam, the pumped storage reservoir, and the port.

Lai Xiaoni, who has lived in Lingnan Province for a period of time, is quite comfortable with the climate here in Taunggyi.

"Guest, your refreshments." The middle-aged waitress smiled and handed her rice rolls, Cantonese-style shumai, and carrot cake.

Lai Xiaoni picked up the tea cup: "Elder sister is also Chinese?"

"Hehe... yes, my son and I immigrated here, and my daughter is studying at Taungzhi Medical College, so I transferred here to work here." Li Suqin replied with a smile.

"Are you used to living here?"

Li Suqin replied with a smile: "Very good, there are many Chinese here in Taunggyi, take your time, and call me if you need anything."

After speaking, she pushed the dining car to deliver another table.

Lai Xiaoni took a sip of oolong tea: "Adjustment? Is it the same as the university's adjustment?"

At the next table, a young woman wearing a traditional hairpin with a big belly was talking with another young man who seemed to be her husband.

When the pregnant young woman heard Lai Xiaoni's Mandarin, she turned her head with a smile and said, "Replacement refers to the transfer of family members from other places for family or work reasons to facilitate family reunion. It is usually more suitable for housewives."

"So that's the case. Is my sister also Chinese? My name is Lai Xiaoni, and I'm here to travel in Taunggyi."

"Just call me Xinxin, this is my husband Maung Heshui." Fang Xinxin introduced with a smile.

Maung Heshui nodded embarrassedly. Although he could speak Mandarin, he still didn't like talking to strange women, especially when his wife was around.

"Sister Xinxin is also an employee of Qingye, right?"

"I work as an airport receptionist at Qingye Airlines, and my husband works as a forklift driver at the airport." Fang Xinxin replied while gently stroking her belly.

Recalling the experience of the past year and a half, Fang Xinxin had the illusion that it seemed a lifetime away.

With the help of her cousin Fang Xinwu, she came to Hongshawadi for treatment of AIDS, and then stayed here for more than a month.

After more than a month of getting along, and under the caring care of Maung Heshui, her depressed mood also recovered a little.

But there is no lasting banquet in the world.

Fang Xinxin, who returned to her hometown in China, was already notorious in her hometown because of her previous illness, and she didn't want to embarrass her parents, so she finally chose to go to Yangcheng to work.

However, it was not easy to find a job in Yangcheng in the past two years. She stayed in Yangcheng for more than three months, but she did not find a suitable job.

In the end, Maung Ho Shui, who has been in touch with her on the Internet, introduced her to Hongsawadi as the front desk at the airport.

Fang Xinxin, who felt that she could not hold her head up in her hometown, seemed to want to start over in another place, so she came to Taunggyi.

At that time, Maung Heshui no longer worked under Fang Xinwu, but was looking for a job as a forklift driver at the airport.

After coming and going, Fang Xinxin and Maung Heshui got together.

Recalling this experience, she couldn't help showing a smirk, feeling that she trusted others too easily, but fortunately, Maung He Shui was okay.

After eating a shumai, Lai Xiaoni asked curiously, "Will pregnancy be inconvenient for work?"

"No! The company doesn't mind. If you are pregnant, you usually have 18 months of maternity leave. Basic salary and five social insurances and one housing fund are paid as usual."

"so good?"

Fang Xinxin smiled and shook her head: "This is a mandatory regulation of the company, and you can't stop thinking about it. In addition, there are various subsidies during the maternity leave, including milk powder, diapers, birth inspection, delivery, baby care, etc. You can play 5 Fold, if Xiao Ni can find a job in the three major groups, then she won't have to worry too much about these problems in the future."

"I'm a financial major. I can only go to the bank to find a job here. It's probably more difficult." Lai Xiaoni spread her hands pretending to be helpless.

In this regard, Fang Xinxin also saw that Fang Zhi was not here, so he changed the topic: "Xiao Ni, are you here alone for a trip?"

"Well, my dad works in Yangon."

"You are so bold. Foreigners generally don't go deep into Shan State and Kachin State. It used to be a chaotic zone."

Lai Xiaoni asked curiously: "Was it really chaotic here before? I read some introductions on the Internet, and it's always a little unbelievable."

"My husband and my cousin have been here for several years, and they are more aware of the situation here. Shan State was really chaotic in the past. In recent years, the three major groups and the government have made great efforts to bring this place together. The law and order will be improved."

Lai Xiaoni took another look at Li Suqin who was busy serving food: "Are there a lot of Chinese immigrants here?"

"There are quite a few, many of them are relatives of technicians. Aunt Li, the waiter who was chatting with you just now, her son works in an aircraft factory, and her daughter is studying in Taunggyi Medical College. She was worried about her daughter, so she applied for a job transfer to Taunggyi .” Fang Xinxin said as she sandwiched the cream sandwich she didn’t like to her husband.

"Is this adjustment easy to apply?" Lai Xiaoni felt that Qingye Group was very humane.

Fang Xinxin smiled and nodded: "For non-technical positions and management, as long as the reason is reasonable, the company will generally help solve it. Waiter positions like Aunt Li are easy to transfer."

Hearing this explanation, Lai Xiaoni's perception of Qingye Group improved a lot.

Her parents had to live apart for a long time because of their work. If it weren't for the generation of her parents who were more tolerant and rarely impetuous like the younger generation, this kind of long-term separation would have caused problems.

Apparently Aoba Group has seen this kind of problem, so it tries to improve the problem of long-term separation of husband and wife.

And its improvement plan is a reasonable job adjustment.

Normally, if both husband and wife are employees of Qingye Group, the one with a lower position and income will accommodate the other party and transfer his position there.

According to the internal data of Qingye Group, when a husband and wife have two employees, it is usually the woman who accommodates the man.

This is also related to the dominant position of men in income and positions.

According to internal data, in many families where both couples are employees, the income of the woman is often less than 50% of that of the man.

Especially in the case of pregnancy after one or two years of marriage, female employees are not counted in their working years during pregnancy, which will affect the promotion of employees.

Of course, many female employees don't really care about their length of service and level.

After all, in the eyes of many female employees, it is a huge benefit for the company to agree to the maternity leave of female employees.

If it weren't for some female employees who could only have two babies due to caesarean sections and physical conditions, they would not mind having more.

After all, every 18-month maternity leave, the company pays basic salary and maternity leave allowance. Even the lowest-level employees have a monthly basic salary of 500 gold.

Chapter 219

What can 500 gold dollars buy in Hongsawady?

You can buy 60 kilograms of chicken legs, or 500 liters of raw milk, and 2500 eggs. This is still the price before the discount. During the maternity leave, the price of special food for pregnant women is usually 5 percent off.

It only costs 75 yuan to do a comprehensive maternity examination and reimburse medical insurance and maternity leave subsidies.

In this case, employees don't feel too much pressure to have children, and naturally they don't feel that having children is a difficult choice.

In fact, this is a natural law.

When the pressure of survival exceeds the limit of living things, self-sterilization will inevitably occur in the biological group.

For example, the lemmings in the vast tundra of the Arctic Circle are a typical example.

When food is scarce in certain years, suicide rates in lemming populations skyrocket, while natural growth rates plummet.

The natural growth rate of lemmings will not increase until the population size falls within the acceptable range of the environment, or the food supply increases.

Homo Sapiens, the company behind Aoba Group, has simulated the social operation model of Southeast Asia through supercomputing.

It is found that with the improvement of education level and living standard, the natural population growth rate of Southeast Asia will quickly enter a state of low growth or even negative growth.

But before entering low population growth, there is still a special window period of about 20 years—the renewal period of human fertility.

The so-called renewal period of human fertility means that there is still a transition period before the entire population enters high welfare and high quality.

During this special window period, the population with traditional concepts is still generally in the age group suitable for childbearing.

During this period, new ideas have not been formed, and the younger generation is still in the state of children or not yet born. It will take about 20 years for these people to reach childbearing age.

Therefore Homo sapiens adopts a whole set of guidance schemes.

Including promoting the current young people to marry and have children through economic means.

At the same time, it is fully involved in the fields of education, culture and entertainment, and directly attacks books and TV and film works that promote infertility and special hobbies.