An Indian netizen on the American version of Zhihu Quora asked: Why is China the world's second largest economy, and Chinese so poor that they can only live on leaves and bark?
Xiaobian saw this question and was attracted, I want to see what kind of people can ask such a level of question, yes, it is really Indian netizens, as we all know, Indian netizens have always had inexplicable and wonderful self-confidence, they think that they are the first power in Asia, leading the development of Asia, India does not even have the United States in its eyes, only South Korea can compare with India. Foreign netizens are also not polite about this problem, and they have slapped this Indian netizen in the face.
Let's take a look at how domestic and foreign netizens responded to this Indian netizen.
An American netizen named Gilbert K replied:
First, they complain that Chinese are so rich that they are buying all the real estate in the United States, Canada and Europe and pushing up inflation.
But then they say Chinese are so poor that they can only live on leaves and bark.
But after that, they complained that Chinese was buying all the pork from the United States.
Next, they accuse China of hoarding half of the world's grain — especially wheat, corn, soybeans and rice.
Gaga, if there are so many pork, wheat, corn, soybeans and rice in China, why do they live only on leaves and bark?
These people, they are very confused.
PSST, here are 2 interesting facts for you:
- There are many more KFC stores in China than in the United States
An Australian netizen named Nathaniel Scot replied:
China ranks second in GDP but first in economy. Its citizens have a high standard of living, generally better than Americans.
As an Australian who has lived in China and the US, I have to say that I never imagined that a developed country would be as poor as I saw when I lived in the US.
Hey! Don't underestimate the deliciousness of leaves and bark!
A Chinese netizen named Dante Wong replied:
I stayed at my cousin's house again this weekend.
There are a lot of different trees outside her house.
We got up around 8am and went out – after applying SPF-30 moisturizer, of course – to start picking leaves from branches and peeling bark from trees.
It sounds easy, but it's not. For the leaves, when they are too small, you can't pick them – you'll get zero sweetness.
You also can't wait until they're too big – because they become harder to chew after a certain stage.
And you shouldn't pick all the leaves of a tree.
After all, leaves make food for trees through photosynthesis.
So just pick your leaves and scatter them across all the trees.
For bark, a stable hand is required.
The problem with the bark is – if you remove a circle of bark, the tree dies.
See, tree bark resembles human skin – if you remove your skin, you're laying a welcoming cushion for disease and infection.
For bark, if you remove the bark, it makes the inner layer of the tree vulnerable to elements, insects, and various diseases.
So you just want to remove a small piece of bark – just enough to feed yourself, but not enough to seriously injure the tree.
After we had collected enough leaves and bark, we went back to the house and started preparing breakfast.
This is our breakfast this morning.
As you can see, we used almost every piece of bark and every inch of bark we collected before – nothing was wasted.
I guess if you come from a richer country, you might laugh at our breakfast for having little and less variety, but it does keep us full until lunchtime, and according to my cousin, who is a nutritionist, it gives us enough energy and nutrients to get through the morning.
I wish everyone reading this a good morning and a great weekend, guys!
Cheng, a Chinese netizen living in the United States, replied:
The leaves and bark make up the Chinese cuisine known as Cai Cai. They are also useful in medicine called traditional medicine. But with such trees, Chinese can stay healthy. In fact, these herbs can be very expensive. The price of caterpillar fungus is $35,000 per kg. Swift nest car $10,000 per kg. Cordyceps from Tibet is more expensive than gold. In 2013, this ginseng root was worth nearly $6 million.
So even the market for leaves and bark far exceeds the backward economy you're in.
Summary: Looking at the answers of foreign netizens we can know that people with this ignorant idea are a minority after all, I believe that more than half of the world's brainless human beings are in India and South Korea, don't ask me why, don't say that you also know, the world's first country and the universe's first power have never seen anyone in the eyes.