v11 Chapter 209： Christmas changes

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Christmas is the most important festival in traditional western countries. Even for a long time, the world ’s most mainstream universal values ​​and cultural output have been held by these Western countries, so Christmas has even become a global holiday in cultural output.

From the West to the East, almost all countries, large and small, have Christmas events. And each country has developed its own unique Christmas and Christmas Eve customs. For example, inexplicably China will give away apples on Christmas Eve, for example, Toyo will eat cream (mousse) cakes instead of turkey dinners for the whole family at Christmas.

Of course, the most important thing is to give gifts at Christmas. It's like the Chinese New Year will give the children New Year's money, this is the most exciting thing for everyone. However, unlike China, Chinese New Year will only give children new year money, but Christmas will prepare a gift for every member of the family, regardless of age.

Gifts can be valuable like a car or a very good game machine, or a simple knitted sweater or a pair of gloves. In fact, compared with the traditional Chinese New Year gift money, giving gifts is more suitable.

Because direct money is too easy to become a kind of comparison, whoever gives more will give less, and this year will receive 1,000 red envelopes or 10,000 red envelopes. It became extremely realistic prematurely. In the New Year, only those who gave more red envelopes were good relatives. This impression was imprinted early.

Relatively speaking, giving gifts does not necessarily cost a lot of money, but it takes effort. Because everyone who gives a gift needs to think about whether the person who received the gift will like the gift, and whether the gift is to the heart.

Sending money is a lazy method. Although it can be very exciting in a moment, it will be forgotten after the money is spent. Giving presents is troublesome, but it can be remembered for a long time. For example, a set of football uniforms and outfits given by the father to the child or a set of basketball (soccer) uniforms and sneakers, such as a beautiful coat given by the mother to the child working outside.

After a lapse of many years, it always reminds people who started their first hobby in their childhood, whether it is football (soccer, basketball) or painting or music. It also makes people remember who put a warm coat on themselves in the cold winter.

However, on Christmas Day in 2099, although people still give gifts to each other, there is no way to compare with the decades of abundant supplies decades ago. Many things are now luxury goods.

The Saras, who live in New Queens, are now the most typical American family. They live in a tube building in Queens, and a family of four lives in a house that is only 30 square meters in size. Sarah had to sleep in a bunk bed with her brother in a room. This is not good for a girl who is already 16 years old.

Because girls of this age always have some privacy, even if they have a good relationship with their younger brother, they can't have such a personal space. Every time I change my clothes and make up, I can only let my brother stay in the living room.

And her younger brother is now 14 years old, and the adolescent boy does n’t want to be crowded with his sister, because it will be very inconvenient. But there is no way, their family has no way to live in a bigger house. Because larger houses mean greater energy consumption. Now the energy price is rising again.

If there is no one in the house, then the last person in the house needs to turn off all the electric switches in the house, so as not to lose some electricity naturally. In the current era, electricity is not as free to use as it was 60 or 70 years ago.

But today his dad still did something extravagant, and Sarah didn't know if his dad did it right. That's when he made a Christmas tree. The so-called Christmas tree is a small pine tree, and then decorated with various embellishments. Including red and white socks decorated gift box, but also put a shining star on the top of the tree. Of course, the most important thing is to put a circle of led lights around the Christmas tree.

When the power is turned on, the lights are indeed very beautiful, and ordinary pine trees are illuminated with dreamy colors.

"I decided to light up the Christmas tree lights tonight!" Daddy Sara made such a decision, and Sara couldn't help saying: "Dad, do you know how much it will cost?"

"Child, it's Christmas today, and it's not time for you to worry about money. Our family hasn't had a real Christmas for many years. Look, your mother bought a turkey dinner and came back." Sara's father smiled Responded.

Sarah ’s brother was very happy: "Wow! Can you eat turkey today?"

Although it is traditional to eat turkey for Christmas, the feed needed to raise turkeys is not cheap. In this era of soaring energy, the price of food is also rising. Beef is already a luxury, and the genetically modified white feather chicken is now the main meat.

"Yes, children. I can eat turkey today and it's still grain fed. Although we can't buy a whole chicken." Sara's mother is a middle-aged woman in her forties The Christmas dinner is out. Today she prepared baked beans, potato salad with bacon, and baked eggs. Of course, the highlight is two big turkey legs. A turkey leg weighs about 1.5 kg.

Because today is Christmas, I also bought a drink back. Coca-Cola collapsed, but some beverage manufacturers are still alive. They use a completely chemical method to blend various fruit juices, add various sweetener flavors from the water, and so on to blend fruit juice drinks with great taste. Said it is strawberry flavor, but sometimes can drink a smell of disinfectant.

But this is already a rare sumptuous food. Sarah has lived in an era of poor supplies since she was a child. There is nothing to complain about. She thinks life is like this. I even think that today all this is extravagant.

Sarah and her brother were very happy, but their parents were not so happy. Because they were born more than forty years ago, at that time society has not yet developed to this level. At that time the food supply was still open. When you walk into the supermarket, you can always buy all kinds of food, drinks and drinks.

Turkey was not a particularly expensive luxury product at the time. Although beef was expensive, it was not as expensive as the average family can't afford it. When they were young, they could still eat steak once a month.

Now they are parents, but they feel a little helpless when they give their children a steak every year. Sara and his brother have grown so old that they have not eaten chocolate or cereal-fed beef. At least for Christmas, the man as a father wants to give his family something better.

But will the future be better? Dad has no idea, because these days have been getting worse. Maybe it will only get worse and worse, his heart laments a little.

And after his son finished his Christmas dinner, he couldn't wait to go to the Christmas tree to unpack gifts. This is probably the happiest day of the year for all children. This year his son wants a handheld game console. As a father, he fulfilled his wishes.

The current situation is difficult, but industries such as the game industry and books and comics are becoming more and more developed. Because only in the virtual can people barely forget how bad real life is.

A game can immerse people for hundreds of hours, and online games can immerse people for thousands of hours. In this era, no one will demonize the game. Because everyone has to play, everyone has to escape reality. In the era of less food, the more talented people need spiritual food.

Sarah ’s brother was unpacking various packages, and Sarah was eating turkey legs slowly. She liked the taste of turkey very much. She hasn't eaten any meat except the fast-growing white feather chicken that can be slaughtered in 15 days. Compared to white feather chicken, turkey meat is so delicious. I need to have a careful taste.

"Sister, this gift is yours!" Sara's brother opened a ring from a package. The ring was beautiful and the face was green. It looks like a kind of high-quality gemstone.

"Wow! Mom and Dad, this is a gift for me ?!" Sara saw the beautiful ring and couldn't care about eating. She quickly took the ring from her brother's hand and put it on her hand. Girls of this age will always like these beautiful accessories.

Sara's parents glanced at each other, and used their eyes to communicate with each other, as if to ask each other again 【Did you buy it? ] [No. 】

Both couldn't figure out where the ring came from, because neither couple bought the ring, it seemed to appear suddenly in the pile of gifts. Just when the two wanted to say something, suddenly the whole room became dark ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Damn it, the power went out! Sarah's father grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Why is there a power outage? I haven't been notified before!" Sara's mother was also a little dissatisfied.

"Probably this Christmas, everyone turned on all kinds of electrical appliances, so the power supply is insufficient. I'll find a candle." Sarah's father began to act.

The original good Christmas atmosphere disappeared in an instant, but Sara was still happy because she received a great gift. The father lit a candle and placed it in the living room. The fire was not bright and shining across the room.

Sara's brother curiously took a note from the package he just opened. He said, "This ring also has a note, is it the instruction manual?"

Sara grabbed it and said, "Let's see."

Just by the candlelight Sara found that there were two poems above, and she read it subconsciously: "The green light is long, the light of all ages."

A green light spread out from the ring to illuminate the room, and everyone was startled. The green light came and went quickly, and disappeared in just three seconds. When everyone was surprised, they found that their lights suddenly turned on again, and all electrical appliances began to operate again.

"Oh! There is a call! I can play my new game!" Sarah's brother was very happy.

Sara looked at the window and said, "Don't be stupid, there is no call." Because the window is still dark.

"Huh? Really? Why do we have electricity here?"

Just after Sarah ’s words were asked, the whole family ’s eyes were focused on the ring.

Coincidentally, many families across the United States tonight flashed green light. And this green light will be the power to change this world!

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