Chapter 242: Adult life is not easy
Heath stretched lazily. He had finished cooking and was now resting in the dining car. Zoroark was dragging Heath to play Mortal Kombat together, which made Heath feel helpless.
"Didn't we agree to go to the bookstore today? Have you forgotten about Snorlax?" Heath yawned and rubbed his eyes sleepily. Because Snorlax wanted to be a singer, Heath had planned to go to the bookstore today to buy some vocal-related books.
However, before that, Heath had considered whether to process the edible quartz at this point in time, but thinking of the very troublesome requirements of edible quartz, Heath silently held it back. According to Heath's estimation, if Heath started making edible quartz now, he wouldn't have to think about sleeping tonight, because if he didn't stay up late, all his previous efforts would basically be wasted.
"Let's go, I want to go to the bookstore too~" Zorolla happily jumped on Heath's head . Heath rubbed Zorolla's little head helplessly, and then took Zorolla to the driver's seat of the dining car. After setting the automatic driving, the dining car slowly drove towards the Quartz Alliance at night.
The city here in the Quartz Union is very similar to the big cities in the previous life, with tall buildings, but the greening is very good. Heath feels that the air pollution in the city of Quartz Union must be much better than those big cities in his previous life. However, the contrast is the high housing prices in the Quartz Union. When Heath was entertaining guests today, he heard the guests discussing the issue of housing prices.
The housing price in the Quartz Alliance has reached 70,000 Alliance Coins per square meter, and this is the price of a second-hand house. If it were a new house, Heath felt that he probably wouldn't be able to afford it even if he worked hard all his life. Although there are banks in this Pokémon world that provide mortgages, that is still a heavy debt.
"Oh my God!" Hearing the chaotic noise, Heath stuck his head out to take a look in confusion, and then found that the road ahead was blocked. The streets were crowded with people, and the passing vehicles became very slow. The vehicles at the back even stopped moving. Heath had no choice but to stick his head out to see what had happened to attract so many onlookers.
Then, Heath discovered why the current situation occurred. On a tall building in front, a man was standing on the edge of the roof. Below him were the busy figures of Junsha and others. Flying Pokémon were on standby, and some firefighters were also setting up air cushions, hoping that they would be of some use. The crowd gathered around him were all looking at this man.
"Hey, it's the resident of 2303. He was my neighbor. I was so happy when he moved in, but now it has become like this." Near Heath's food truck, a middle-aged couple was discussing the man upstairs. Heath was stuck in traffic, so he just listened. Eating melons is one of people's instincts, so Heath was really curious about what happened.
Moreover, Heath was not very worried about the man's safety, because in the world of Pokémon, unless someone jumped down decisively at the beginning, it would be impossible for him to jump to death by the time the Junshas arrived. After all, the Junshas had flying-type Pokémon that were responsible for dealing with these things, and the firefighters also had them, so the rescue rate in this world was very high.
"Then why is it so, Mrs. Xiaokang." The woman next to her asked this question curiously, and the woman being asked showed a proud look. Heath understood why this was the case, because when others don't know the inside story and only you know it, people will have a vague feeling of pride and pride in it.
"What else could it be? This guy came from another place and used his parents' life savings to pay the down payment. Then he has to pay a very high mortgage every month. But who knew that this young man's company was in a recession some time ago, and he was on the layoff list. As a result, he couldn't find a suitable job in a short period of time. Then the bank said that if he couldn't pay the mortgage, it would confiscate his house and auction it off. Now he's collapsed." Mrs. Xiaokang sighed, looked at the desperate young man above with sympathy, and shook her head. The people around her also sighed when they heard it.
Heath listened silently. This was a story of despair. Often when companies hired people, young employees like those born in the 2000s would directly confront the boss when they were unhappy. However, those older employees with burdens, even if they cursed the boss to death in their hearts, would still listen obediently when faced with the boss's reprimand, because they knew what burdens they had and what kind of despair they might face if they lost their jobs.
The family needs care and parents need support. If you have children, then you need to consider their education and life, as well as life with your loved one. If the family is unfortunate and does not have a certain financial ability, and can only rely on yourself, then facing such a thing will be even more desperate.
"It seems that even in this world, there are people who are overwhelmed by the burden of life." Heath sighed. There was an exclamation from the crowd, followed by a sigh of relief. People were comforting this desperate young man. People were trying to find ways to help this young man, which made Heath feel a lot better.
Heath had seen some videos before, in which when someone was dying, some people would make a fuss below, shouting something like "Jump quickly, I've been waiting for a long time". Such words were worse than those of animals. When the person really jumped down, they would laugh and even complain that they had been waiting for so long.
Heath felt that this was not something a human being should do. When faced with a dying life, even if one did not want to comfort or care about the affairs of strangers, one should just walk away quietly instead of making a fuss and waiting for a bloody scene to satisfy the despicable desires in one's heart.
People can't, or at least shouldn't.
The man was still rescued. The best scene in the Pokémon world is that flying Pokémon come to save these people. Because of the existence of flying Pokémon, the casualty rate of accidents is greatly reduced. The existence of psychic Pokémon also makes the cure rate of human diseases particularly high. Heath knows that in the hospitals in the Pokémon world, the doctors doing physical examinations are generally psychic Pokémon. They can tell whether you have any disease at a glance. It's very powerful.
This is a happy world. The existence of Pokémon makes this world more wonderful. Heath likes it very much.
