Haixing City, like many cities in the Yuntian Emperor Dynasty, attaches great importance to greening.

On both sides of the roads in the old city, there are all street trees that are over thirty years old and as thick as an arm's length.

Every summer, these trees can cover the entire road, making people feel comfortable and cool, and also attract many birds to build nests, which is a sight in Starfish City - but these birds often poop everywhere.

Drivers and pedestrians passing by this road were greatly annoyed. For this reason, some people once suggested cutting down these street trees, but in the end they failed.

The old town of Haixing City is not synonymous with backwardness. On the contrary, it is the most expensive place in Haixing City.

The family courtyards of the Haixing City Yamen and the ancestral houses of the traditional wealthy families in Haixing City basically live here.

This is not because they deliberately gathered together, but because Haixing City has a history of hundreds of years. The original Haixing City was not large in scale, and naturally it did not use much space. The customs and traditions of the Yuntian Emperor attached great importance to the ancestral home and would not move there casually, so

Just squeezed into a small place.

Later, with the advent of peace, the Yuntian Emperor vigorously developed the coast and expanded maritime trade. The scale of Haixing City also expanded step by step. The old city could not accommodate the large number of people coming from all over the world, so it was deliberately re-planned and built across the Ming River.

XC area of ​​Starfish City.

The layout of XC District is more reasonable and the buildings are more modern, but the housing prices are not as good as those in the old city.

This is just like the traditional old courtyard houses with backward architectural layout, but the housing prices are more expensive than the new modern high-rise buildings. It is the same reason.

Gao Han walked along the tree-lined avenue towards the Minghe River.

There is a trail along the river for people to walk, and there is a cool river breeze.

"Whoosh-woo-woo-"

The wind blew down a fallen leaf from the tree, whirling in front of Gao Han's eyes, bringing with it a desolate atmosphere.

Gao Han became interested in poetry and wanted to write a poem to express his sorrow, anger and desolation.

He opened his mouth and found that his cultural level did not support the high-level way of expressing emotions such as reciting poems. In the end, he could only utter four words from his chest: "I'm confused——"

Gao Han was already in a bad mood and failed to recite poems. Gao Han felt like a drowned dog.

Gao Han lowered his head and walked forward.

It's obviously not a man's style to make trouble, cry, and hang himself. What's more, what is your position against my parents having a second child?

In recent years, the Yuntian Emperor's economy has developed extremely rapidly, and living standards and average life expectancy have increased significantly. However, rapid economic development has also brought some inexplicable side effects-the fertility rate has simultaneously declined.

The current leader of the Yuntian Dynasty, Emperor Dezheng, publicly called on couples to have at least two children at the New Year's Eve party last year to maintain the population. Parents who want to have a second child can be regarded as responding to the court's call.

And honestly speaking, his parents only had the kindness to bring him up and didn't owe him anything.

When his mother He Tian was tutoring him in his homework, he became so angry that he suffered a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital;

His father took over the tutoring because there was a math problem that Gao Han couldn't understand no matter how he explained it. In a hurry, his father accidentally kicked the table leg with his left foot and suffered an open fracture of his little toe - and he was sent to the hospital.

Gao Han doesn't study well, and his parents are not to blame.

Although he knew that his parents were not to blame, Gao Han still felt depressed.

So Gao Han took out his cell phone and called his dog-headed military advisor Li Heng.

——Holding this kind of thing in your heart is not good for your body. It is necessary to find a mental trash can to vomit.

"Gao Han, I just got home and I haven't sat down on my butt yet, and you asked me to come out again, and you got me beaten all over the house?" Li Heng complained over the phone.

Gao Han said impatiently: "That's not the case. You can get out of here. I'm very annoyed now. I need your help if I have something to do."

"Okay, okay, if you have any worries, don't keep it in your heart. You can tell me first to make me happy." Li Heng's voice came from the phone.

"Your sister!"

"My sister is also your sister." Li Heng's voice came from the phone.

Li Heng and Gao Han's family have a close relationship. Li Heng has a sister named Li Yueyue who is just five years old this year. The little girl is well-behaved and cute. Li Heng often takes her to play with Gao Han, who also calls Gao Han her brother.

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There is a river in Haixing City called Ming River. This river is not too big, with a width of about fifty meters. It is still the lifeline of Haixing City's transportation.

In order to connect both sides of the Ming River and connect the XC District with the old city, Haixing City has built several bridges on the Ming River over the years.

The bridge Gao Han and the others are standing on is the earliest cable-stayed bridge built on the Ming River, called the Mingtong Bridge.

Looking from the Mingtong Bridge, you can have an unobstructed view of the scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Gao Han and Li Heng walked and talked, wandering all the way, and unknowingly came to Mingtong Bridge.

"Are you so depressed just because of this little thing?" Li Heng disagreed after hearing what Gao Han said.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Can't I just be sentimental?"

"You wait a moment and let me laugh for a while - I usually don't laugh - unless I can't help it."

After a while, Li Heng turned around and said, "Gao Han—ahem—I think it's really not your parents' fault for this."

"Nonsense, I know it's not their fault, but I'm feeling stuck in my heart," Gao Han said as he walked to the pillars of the bridge that were pulling the stay cables, crossed his arms and leaned against the pillars.

"Gao Han, how old are you, and why are you so upset about this little thing? What's wrong with having a younger brother and sister? You also like Yueyue very much. You once said that you wanted to take Yueyue home and give her to her.

I treat myself as my younger sister." Li Heng came over, patted Gao Han on the shoulder and said.

Gao Han stretched out a hand and scratched his head: "To be honest, I'm actually not that opposed to my parents having another child. I am - I am - I am - Damn it, I don't know what to do either.

explain."

"I think you are insecure. Do you think having another child between your parents will dilute their feelings for you?" Li Heng thought for a while and said.

"Bullshit, a 1.8 meter tall man like me would care about this? I wish I could go out and live alone. In that case, I could be free and do whatever I want. I don't know how great it would be." Gao Han said disdainfully.

"Then why are you still depressed? Your dad lets you go out on your own, rents a house for you, and subsidizes you 3,000 yuan per month for living expenses. Are you so unhappy?"

"Well, when you say that, it seems like -"

People are selfish. If parents want to have a second child, no matter whose turn it is, the first reaction will not be too happy.

Li Heng has a sister, and he has gone through this psychological process before, so it is natural to enlighten Gao Han.

Moreover, a half-grown boy like Gao Han is in adolescence and has a rebellious attitude towards his parents' words, but it is easier for him to listen to what his partners say.

"By the way, Li Heng, which university are you going to attend?" Gao Han untied his knot and took the initiative to change the topic.

Logically speaking, since he is a scumbag, it is not his turn to care about the future of other academic leaders. However, there are advantages to being a scumbag, that is, Gao Han does not have to worry about the college entrance examination, but Li Heng has to work hard - no

If you are a good student, you can relax in the last half year.

"My level is definitely not up to the standards of Longzhan and Xuanhuang universities. If I do well in the college entrance examination, I can probably choose one of the universities in the south - Mingli, Zhide, and Zaogong - I think I will

I will enroll in the Administration Department of Zhide University. I want to become a court official in the future." Li Heng thought for a while and said.

"When you become a high official, I will be your attendant." Gao Han reserved a place on Li Heng's thigh without hesitation.

"Attendant" is a special term, somewhat similar to a master. It belongs to the private power of an official and is not an official establishment of the imperial court.

However, attendants are more responsible for running errands and doing things, and their status is lower than that of masters. They usually play the role of close people around officials, personal force, bodyguards, etc.

In the Yuntian Dynasty, every official who was responsible for his own work always had to have a team of confidants to stabilize his position and get things done - at least the county magistrate, village chief and other small officials the size of sesame and mung beans were not needed.

Such a lineup.

The salaries of officials in the Yuntian Emperor's Dynasty were particularly high, firstly to maintain their integrity; secondly, to allow them to organize their own team; and thirdly, to maintain the dignity of the officials.

People at the bottom like Gao Han's father and Li Heng's father can only be called officials. They are not worthy of being called 'officials', nor are they qualified to support 'attendants'.

"Of course, when the time comes, we two brothers will work together and do something great for my dad and Uncle Gao to see." Li Heng said with a smile.

"By the way, are you still practicing the Heavenly Snake King Sutra?" Li Heng asked.

"Training blindly, exercising." Gao Han said a little embarrassed.

Gao Han was once obsessed with martial arts and immortality novels, and when he was in the second grade of middle school, he learned from the best of others and compiled a book called "The Book of the Heavenly Snake King".

After five years of unremitting training from the second grade to the sixth grade, Gao Han had developed some sense of qi, but this sense of qi was of no use and was no different from an illusion. Not to mention the outward expression of qi like in the novel.

Even for the 1,000-meter run, the record for high altitude is only two minutes and fifty-seven seconds.

This running result is actually not bad, but compared to the world record of two minutes and five seconds for 1,000 meters, it is not even close to the world record of two minutes and five seconds, and it is not even close to the master Gao Han imagined.

In addition, the qualifying mark for national second-level athletes in 1,000 meters is two minutes and thirty-three seconds.

The Yuntian Emperor also had warriors certified by the state. Warriors were equal to scholars, and both belonged to the lowest level of the scholar-bureaucrat class.

However, being a warrior is more difficult than being a bachelor. It requires long-term professional training and a large amount of financial investment. Regardless of the difficulty of training, the various expenses alone are not affordable for ordinary people.

Gao Han once wanted to become a warrior, but when he checked online, he found that the annual tuition for formal training schools for warriors was only half a million yuan - and the probability of becoming a warrior was lower than the probability of becoming a bachelor.

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"Creak-" there was a sudden brake sound.

A white Otati car braked and stopped on the bridge not far behind them.

The driver's door opened, and a good-looking woman wearing a white lady's dress walked out angrily, opened the back seat door, and cursed:

"What on earth do you want to do? If you don't do well in studies and can't get into college, it's okay. If you want to learn piano and go to an art college, it's like it's going to kill you?"

Smashed the piano? If you are so capable, why didn’t you smash yourself? Do you know how much the piano costs? 1.85 million!

This little money is fine, but Mr. Zhang is willing to teach you because of your father's face. This time you made Mr. Zhang half angry to death. How will your father and I meet with you in the future?
To be continued...