"Someone reported your family for having more children than allowed. Where are the children?"
The Song family’s joy came to an abrupt end.
The man who was chatting fell silent.
The wife who was cooking stopped.
The boys who were fighting stopped.
Old Lady Song was the calmest and the first to react. She greeted him with a smile and pretended to be calm:
"That's not true. We have always followed national policies. Who told you that? I'll definitely ask them to judge the situation."
There are many people in the village who secretly give birth to extra children. Even the village chief's wife secretly gave birth to a son.
Therefore, everyone covered up for each other. As long as they were not caught by the Family Planning Office, they could just hide and get away with it.
I don’t know who is so jealous of their family and reports them privately.
The Family Planning Office snorted coldly, "Don't bother trying to get me started. Is it a boy or a girl? An extra boy will be fined 3,000 yuan!"
After saying that, he asked one of his men to go into the house and take a look.
They all agreed that the extra births must have been for the purpose of having a boy.
After all, most families with more than one child want to have a boy.
They have also seen a woman who gave birth to five daughters and who, after hiding for several years, finally gave birth to a daughter.
They were penniless and had no money to pay the fine, so they had no choice but to demolish their house.
But in order to have a son, I would do it even if it meant demolishing my house and leaving me with no place to live.
But before they could rush into the house, the old lady suddenly appeared in front of them:
"You can't go in! Such a cold wind will wake my granddaughter up!"
Several young men from the Song family also blocked the door to the inner room, each of them pretending to be ferocious:
"I won't show you my sister!"
younger sister?
Family Planning Office: “…?”
What, the extra child is a girl?
The masters of the Song family were all good at farming. They were all strong and sturdy. They stood up and surrounded the people, and suddenly they felt a sense of crisis as if they were surrounded by enemies on all sides.
The wives also picked up their cooking utensils, looking ready to risk their lives at any time.
The head of the Family Planning Office took two steps back, his eyes wide open: "What are you doing? Assaulting a public official?"
I've heard before that the Song family is united and hard to bully, and now I've finally seen it for myself.
Not only is he difficult to bully, he is also extremely daring!
Seeing the atmosphere becoming tense, Mrs. Song finally gave in and softened her attitude, taking out a small bag:
"That's all, sit down. I'll fine you 1,500 yuan for each extra daughter."
In the 1980s, 1,500 yuan was an astronomical figure for an ordinary rural family.
If you rely solely on farming, you won't be able to save any money in a year.
This bag contains all the savings of dozens of people in the Song family. They have been saved for many, many years, and almost all of them were earned by Song Laoliu working hard outside.
Old Mrs. Song took out a wad of crumpled money from her small bag and tremblingly handed it to the head of the Family Planning Office:
"It's true that we were wrong to have more children than allowed, and we didn't support national policy. But my Song family has only had one daughter in five generations, and I've been thinking about her so much. I, I..."
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
When the captain saw how old she was, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Old Mrs. Song slowed down and continued, "My sixth son has been working tirelessly since last year, taking on all kinds of work and suffering a lot outside, all for the sake of saving this money. We thought we would pay the fine once we had enough, but now..."
The clerk counted the money and whispered in the captain's ear:
"We still need 632.5 yuan."
At this time, Old Lady Song wiped her eyes and said:
"Can I write you an IOU? Pay it back within a year. Don't worry, our Song family is very trustworthy in Xiaotu Village. You can ask around. We always pay back the money we borrow from anyone within the stipulated time. We've never defaulted on payments before."
"Actually, even if you don't come, we will pay the fine in a few years to register the child. This child is the lifeblood of our Song family, and he can't be an illegal resident."
The team leader of the Family Planning Office was stunned.
Perhaps because I have seen so many cases of baby girls being abandoned, I felt a strange touch in my heart.
The Song family in Xiaotu Village...are really a nice family.
But even though he was touched, he still had to do his job impartially:
"I can't ask you to write an IOU on behalf of the country. So, you can borrow money from friends and family. We'll come back in three months. If you still can't afford the fine by then, we'll demolish your house."
They have no choice, this is the rule and there is no room for compromise.
If the water doesn't flow when it should, the cow will be pulled out of the house.
After the people from the Family Planning Office left, the Song family remained silent for a long time.
Old Mrs. Song's eyes were red. "I don't know which black-hearted person reported us. Otherwise, we could have saved up the fine slowly. Now..."
After she finished speaking, she stood up, wiped her eyes, and returned to her stubborn old lady self:
"I'm going back to my parents' home to borrow some from my elder sister."
Boss Song stepped forward and said, "I'm going to town tomorrow to find a temporary job. I should be able to earn some money in three months."
Farming can only make a living, and you have to go out to work to make money.
The eldest brother's wife sighed and said, "I'll borrow some from my brother."
When the eldest brother and sister-in-law stepped forward, the men in the Song family all expressed their willingness to go out and find work or borrow money.
Even the wives said they wanted to do some needlework, or go to the town to work as kitchen helpers in restaurants to earn some money, any money they could earn was good.
In recent years, the Song family has been living better and better, and the main credit goes to Song Laoliu. He gives almost all the money he earns to the family and doesn't care where it's spent.
Sixth brother treated them like this, and now that the family is in trouble, they must stand up.
The boys refused to give up and wanted to contribute.
Song Xiaoliu secretly decided to agree to help Lai Zi in his class with his homework and give him five cents for each time he did it.
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