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It happened that at this time, Li Weijun was called by the cook to come for dinner. He put on his clothes sleepily and came out with Jiang Xifeng.

When Jiang Xifeng heard everyone's laughter and joking, she looked up and saw the little things that Song Tianyang and others had bought, in addition to black bread, malt juice and honey.

There is also an exquisite music box in Song Tianyang's bag. After the spring is triggered, the little man in the music box will dance slowly in the crystal ball, which is quite interesting to watch.

Jiang Xifeng seemed to be quite fond of the small and exquisite toy, and she couldn't let it go and acted coquettishly towards Li Weijun.

"Wei Jun, I think it's quite interesting. Why don't we go out and buy one after dinner? It won't cost much."

"Buy a music box?"

Seeing Jiang Xifeng's expectant look, Li Weijun couldn't bear to go against her wishes. If he remembered correctly, when he first visited the Jiang family, there were countless music boxes stuffed in Jiang Xifeng's boudoir.

How is this like a collecting addiction like buying dolls? A music box is very expensive, and these damn Russians are sure that I am a Chinese, so they are just trying to extort money.

It is really not worth buying a music box at this juncture, but when I think about the fact that in my previous life, an ordinary eyebrow pencil could be sold for nearly eighty yuan.

Li Weijun felt that it was actually a good deal for Jiang Xifeng to spend more than ten yuan to buy an exquisite music box.

Isn’t it said that the easiest money to make in the world is women’s money?

From those bustling commercial streets to exquisite shopping malls, women can be seen busy shopping everywhere. They may be shopping to satisfy their pursuit of beauty, or to choose a special gift for someone around them.

But without exception, when it comes to spending, they often take out their wallets without hesitation because of momentary emotional impulse, and they don't calculate carefully and weigh the pros and cons like men do.

This consumption concept seems to be more influenced by emotional cognition. They pay more attention to the emotional value and experience brought by the items, rather than just paying attention to the price.

The unique consumption behavior also provides huge business opportunities for businesses, making it relatively easy to earn money from women.

If everyone was like Uncle Sanda, who could drink as much as he wanted and eat as much as he wanted without planning for the future, and who would even taste the saltiness of food when a manure cart passed by his door, then there would be no doubt that consumption would shrink to a certain extent.

Women have always been the main force of consumption. To use an unconventional analogy, if a man never gets married, then all he has to spend every month is the cost of food, drink, and shelter.

No longer having to bear heavy mortgages, car loans, student loans, etc., this kind of life truly belongs to you.

But this is ultimately against the main values ​​of the world. Not to mention the outdated concept in China that emphasizes farming and studying to pass on the family line, even in foreign countries, DINK families are very rare examples.

As time went by, material civilization gradually began to flourish, people's living standards gradually improved, and the economic situation was no longer the same as before.

Then the whole social atmosphere will begin to change, from some narrow-minded paranoia to openness and tolerance. It is in this context that the concept of DINK family slowly enters the public's field of vision and is gradually accepted by people.

This phenomenon is actually not difficult to understand.

In the past, due to economic constraints and the influence of traditional concepts, many people may not have had much choice.

However, when the economic situation improved, some traditional concepts that were once unbreakable began to crumble.

DINK families gradually became popular and entered the public eye.

Of course, if a person does not consume anything at all, does not buy property or vehicles, does not overeat, does not travel, etc., then he can indeed save a lot of money.

However, such a simple and abstinent lifestyle obviously does not meet the needs and expectations of most people.

Everyone hopes to have a certain degree of material enjoyment, and at the same time hopes to establish a stable family relationship through marriage.

Otherwise, if everyone engages in DINK marriages and does not have children to carry on the family line, then who will drive domestic economic development?

If the economy doesn't develop, where can we collect taxes? If we can't collect taxes, how will people eat, drink, defecate and urinate, and what will Commissioner Smith get?

In his previous life, Li Weijun once advised his parents that instead of using the savings they had worked hard for most of their lives to buy scrap metal made of steel bars and concrete, it would be better to enjoy their life peacefully and live a happy life.

If you are exhausted but cannot earn much money, and have to use your life savings to buy some houses, it would be better to live a simple life in the countryside, retiring to the countryside and having a good time.

Li Weijun believed that this simple life in the countryside contained a philosophy of life. After all, he built a house in the countryside and raised chickens, ducks, fish and meat.

Raise some cattle and sheep and the like. At most, with these things, you can grow vegetables, build a pig shed, and raise pigs, cattle and sheep. In this way, everyone can make some wine when they have nothing to do, and they don't have to drink those expensive and spicy liquors.

In this way, people's material desires will be reduced to a very controllable level. With such a low-material desire life, everyone's life pressure will drop sharply. This is what Li Weijun thinks, but Li Weijun also understands that this kind of thing is a personal choice and struggle after all.

It is impossible for everyone to follow Li Weijun's ideas and do things that go against their own values, so Li Weijun is very open-minded about this kind of thing, even Jiang Xifeng is willing to be fooled by these people.

Li Weijun would not say much. After all, if a man is not doing well in this world, then the woman will suffer with him and the man will lose face. Li Weijun's ideas are more open-minded.

But this only applies to Li Weijun. If an ordinary person spends money lavishly on his wife, he might nag about it and be very long-winded.

Not to mention Xu Damao, if Lou Xiao'e, who no longer has the support of her parents, spends extra money, she will definitely be criticized and never have a good face. This is a very normal thing. After all, whoever controls the financial power in the family holds the initiative.

Song Tianyang led a group of staff to buy so many local specialties and was cheated for once, but he still looked happy.

She helped to introduce him, saying, "Comrade Xifeng, the music boxes sold in the third shop on the right turn from the street in front of Red Square are of good quality and low price, and they have various styles, such as tin soldiers and walnut boxes. They don't cost much. Ask Comrade Li Weijun to buy them for you as a commemorative gift."

Jiang Xifeng was obviously very satisfied with what Song Tianyang said. It was no exaggeration to say that if she was interested, it would not be a problem for her to buy a whole store of music boxes, let alone just one.

But Jiang Xifeng wanted a gift from Li Weijun himself, so that it would have commemorative value and meaning. Otherwise, it would be boring to buy it with one hand and ask for it with the other, just to amuse herself.

After Li Weijun put the music box on the table, he scratched Jiang Xifeng's nose lovingly and quickly agreed, "It's okay, it's just a music box, why not buy it? When the time comes, we can go to the store and buy the most expensive one. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Jiang Xifeng was very satisfied with Li Weijun's attitude. To be fair, she was no longer at the age of acting like a spoiled child. In terms of age, she was eight or nine years older than Li Weijun. It was no exaggeration to say that she was Li Weijun's elder sister.

But women always have to be dependent on others and like to cuddle up with others.

So except for some specific occasions, Jiang Xifeng silently played the role of a good wife and assistant to Li Weijun. As Li Weijun said, he was in charge of external affairs while she was in charge of internal affairs.

As long as Li Weijun expressed his attitude, Jiang Xifeng didn't care whether he bought the music box or not.

Several people sat around the exquisite dining table with satisfaction and joy, talking and chatting, holding knives and forks in their hands, occasionally making slight clinking sounds, as if they were enjoying this unique dining moment.

This was a tough situation for Li Weijun, who was used to using traditional tableware and seemed a little confused by the unfamiliar knives and forks.

Li Weijun frowned slightly, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, and waved to the young cook.

Seeing this, the young cook understood what was happening. She quickly turned around and went back to the kitchen. A moment later, she came out with a pair of exquisite silver chopsticks and handed them to Li Weijun.

Li Weijun took the chopsticks and a hint of gratitude flashed in his eyes.

Eating is much more convenient with the familiar chopsticks. When picking up food from the plate, it seems as if I have found the long-lost sense of familiarity, and the elegant posture also returns.

Li Weijun skillfully put the food into his mouth, savoring every delicious bite, a satisfied smile gradually appearing at the corners of his mouth.

The cooking skills of the royal chef in the palace were impeccable, and the flavors he prepared were just to Li Weijun's liking.

Li Weijun has always been very picky about the steaks carefully fried by the young cook.

In his eyes, steak cannot be simply divided into medium rare or medium rare. If it is medium rare, the meat still has some blood, as if a life that has not been completely tamed is struggling on the plate.

Medium-rare is even closer to half-cooked, and the taste is not much different from chewing a live cow. It is just like tasting raw meat, without any delicious taste after cooking.

Because of this, Li Weijun simply could not accept this unique and somewhat weird taste from the bottom of his heart. What he was pursuing was a steak that was cooked to perfect temperature, with every texture just right, a delicate and layered taste, rather than the strange taste that was on the verge of being half-cooked like now.

I also specifically told the chef to make sure the steak I ordered was cooked well-done, or 90% rare if that's not possible.

As far as Li Weijun knows, the Queen of England always eats her steak well-done. However, those so-called aristocrats who follow behind the Queen to pretend to be cultured actually ask for medium-rare or medium-rare in pursuit of some etiquette and grace. It can only be said that they can't even imitate well.

In the end, if someone orders a well-done dish in a western restaurant, they will be laughed at as a bumpkin and considered not to be upper class and to eat in a vulgar way, which is really hard to understand.

You have to know that cooking a steak well-done without burning it is much more difficult than cooking it medium-rare or medium-rare. If you are not a highly skilled chef, you will not be able to control the heat at all, and many old chefs will fail.

Therefore, the well-done steak that Li Weijun ordered was the last one to be eaten. Song Tianyang, Zhang Yunzhen and others were not picky or particular about food. They didn't care whether the steak was well-done or not. As long as it didn't bleed, they would eat it.

During the days in Rakshasa Country, everyone's most intuitive feeling is that it is great with such a vast land and sparse population. It is rare to see people eating pork, and most people eat steak.

Moreover, this steak is different from the one in China. The steak in China often refers to the one with small ribs, which is called steak or pork chop.

The Rakshasa Kingdom is similar to the Western countries, and they focus on a whole piece of meat without bones.

After finishing their meal, everyone put the souvenirs they bought into the suitcases in the room, then the crowd dispersed and Jiang Xifeng also went back to the room to rest.

When Li Weijun was left still chewing his steak with great interest, Song Tianyang rubbed his hands and found an opportunity to ask Li Weijun a meaningful question.

"I always feel that those people who came from the embassy this morning don't have much confidence in us. I don't know if there will be any unexpected events during this track and field race."

Li Weijun took a sip of kvass and wiped the corner of his mouth elegantly: "Don't worry, real gold is not afraid of fire. If they don't believe our running speed, then we will wait and see. When the time comes, the ironclad evidence will be in front of us. Even if they don't believe it, they have to accept this fact, right?"

Seeing that Zhang Yang was optimistic about this matter, Song Tianyang sighed, "That's what I said, but it takes three to make a hero. It's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. You saw the attitude of Luosha last night. At the beginning, they didn't even arrange a place for us to stay, so we were shivering outside. If they lose too badly this time, and there's no help from the embassy, ​​I'm afraid something will go wrong."

This worry was not groundless. After all, Li Weijun was well aware of the situation at the time. With troops deployed on the grassland, both sides were on the verge of a fight and ready to explode.

If the other party is really cruel and does something dishonorable, there is nothing we can do about it. Once you are in the world, you have no choice.

Although Li Weijun has excellent individual qualities and has many weapons in his backpack, his fists are no match for a shooter. No matter how strong a person is, he is still a mortal. Once he is targeted by a sniper, no matter how fast Li Weijun runs, he cannot outrun the speed of the bullet passing through his body.