Chapter 28 The True Fighting Nation
Xiao Peng swore to heaven that he said this purely because he was upset and wanted to put the blame on her, that's all. But he really didn't expect the consequences of this blame to be so terrible!
A large protest march took place in Marseille without any warning.
Marches and demonstrations are very common in France. There are protests at least 300 days out of 365 days a year: protests here today and continue there tomorrow. People say that the French are a romantic nation, but only after coming here do you realize that the French are a nation that truly loves struggle in their bones!
The most famous is the French Revolution of 1789, when a group of civilians held a meeting on a tennis court and stormed the Bastille in one fell swoop. A group of fully armed women rushed directly into the Palace of Versailles and sent the king and queen to the guillotine.
This was just the beginning. France then fell into an endless struggle, with the Girondins, the Jacobins, Robespierre, Napoleon, the Bourbon Restoration... In short, it was either you fighting me or I fighting you.
Almost every year, France sees large protests that dominate headlines around the world. This has become a French phenomenon.
The French believe in 'equality for all'. They complain when there's nothing to do, and when they complain too much, they march. If the march isn't enough, they go on strike. This is something they are absolutely world-famous for!
The large-scale march in Marseille was another demonstration that attracted the attention of the global media.
In the parade, there are men, women and androgynous people, all dressed in cool and revealing clothes - this is a grand parade for all "sex" workers in Marseille.
If it weren’t for this parade, Xiao Peng wouldn’t have known that there were so many people doing this kind of work in Marseille.
That's right! To these people, this is just a job. They're taxpayers who pay taxes according to the law! So, there's nothing to be ashamed of. They don't even cover their faces during the parade. Instead, they dress up beautifully and even give small cards to everyone they see, even the police who are maintaining order.
Xiao Peng could only sigh from the bottom of his heart about their behavior: Awesome!
Of course, some people were arrested for marching.
You can’t blame others for this. Although it’s okay to wear cool clothes, don’t take off all your clothes!
There is no law in France that says walking naked on the street is a crime, but there is no law that says it is innocent either. So except for a few beaches that explicitly prohibit stripping, you can see naked men and women sunbathing on most beaches.
But that was at the beach!
If you leave the beach and take off all your clothes, you will still be caught.
As for this parade, it is indeed related to Xiao Peng.
Maria started shouting loudly when she learned that Olivia was going to arrest Xiao Peng for practicing medicine illegally. Olivia felt that something was wrong and wanted to stop Maria but failed. In an instant, everyone knew that Olivia had said that Xiao Peng was practicing medicine illegally.
Olivia was just threatening Xiao Peng, just like her brother! Putting aside the lax regulation of Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and massage in France, even if she really wanted to keep an eye on Xiao Peng, she wouldn't have said it so directly, right?
After old lady Derrida knew about this, she came over and asked what happened. Olivia hurriedly explained that it would have been fine if she had just admitted her mistake, but Olivia was as arrogant as her brother, and finally said: From a legal point of view, Xiao Peng is practicing medicine illegally!
This sentence irritated Mrs. Derrida!
She was originally a doctor at the University Hospital of Tübingen in Germany. Although medical degrees are mutually recognized among EU countries, she was not registered as a doctor in France. From a legal point of view, she was also practicing medicine illegally!
So she stopped providing free medical treatment.
According to French welfare policies, these J-female checkups can actually be performed for free in hospitals, but only in public hospitals. Public hospitals account for a quarter of all hospitals in France, but they have to provide medical services for two-thirds of inpatients. They are already overcrowded! You have to wait in line for a checkup for months!
Now the free monthly physical examination is gone?
This free medical treatment was supposed to be a great achievement for Olivia as district mayor, and she even had a good chance of getting into the city council through it, but it ended up being ruined!
Although these sex workers were insignificant and discriminated against, they had many clients, and Marseille became bustling with activity.
As for Xiao Peng, the person involved, he didn't even join in the fun. He was currently in Aix, a satellite city of Marseille.
This is a small city 30 kilometers from downtown Marseille. In China, it would be a "town" at best. The famous oil painter Cézanne was born here. He only learned about the current bustle of Marseille from watching the TV in the hotel.
The reason why Xiao Peng is here is because Aix Marseille University is here.
It is not only the largest university in France, but also home to the largest library in France. The library system here includes 59 libraries, with a total of 662,000 books, 20,000 online journals and thousands of digital reading materials.
I have to say, it is really a pleasure to study in such a quiet and artistic town.
Xiao Peng began a different life: sitting in a cafe outside Aix-Marseille University every day, drinking coffee with a book in his hand. He now understood the feelings of those literary young women. The beauty of reading quietly is truly indescribable.
When he first came here, he bought a thick notebook to take notes, but later found that this was unnecessary: the words "read ten lines at a glance" and "never forget everything" could actually be used to describe himself!
According to his inference, this ability should be related to octopuses.
Octopuses are known as the "underwater primates" because of their intelligence. Are you afraid of these creatures with three hearts and nine brains?
Xiao Peng was certain he hadn't grown two extra hearts or eight extra brains, but he couldn't help but think of octopuses as the source of his miraculous memory. Otherwise, there was no way to explain this phenomenon.
His reading and memory abilities improved greatly. Every day he would borrow a large stack of books and sit in a cafe, drinking free wine, flipping through them desperately and swimming in the ocean of knowledge.
Why is coffee free?
The owner of the coffee shop thought that Xiao Peng was here to pick up girls and show off. Who would read books like Xiao Peng?
This is a flip book!
But Xiao Peng did this every day, which aroused his curiosity. So he made a bet with Xiao Peng. The bet was free coffee, and the content was whether Xiao Peng could remember the contents of the book. Naturally, he was the loser.
Xiao Peng enjoyed this feeling of learning, but during this period there were always some well-informed media calling to interview him and ask about his views on the march.
What could he possibly think? He was just bored!
Just turn off the phone so that you don't have to worry about it and concentrate on reading.
If I had put in this much effort to study, getting into Tsinghua or Peking University would have been a piece of cake! Why would I have needed to wander around in a foreign country?
I regret it so much!
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