Chapter 67 Who is whose son
Facts have proved that Director Xu still underestimated the wisdom of the people of Xiaoshi Village.
As soon as she expressed her intention to pay the fine, Erniu's mother found Lu Xing.
Knocking at the door late at night is still a bit shocking to the elderly's heart.
Lu Xing didn't hold the basin firmly and the dirty water splashed onto Erniu.
"What are you doing at this hour of night? If you have something to say, why don't you just say it directly? Why do you have to do this?"
Sun Pingjuan had run out of other options, so she came to Lu Xing for help. "Auntie, I'm coming to you so late because I'm really at my wit's end. The new director has come up with a new way to make money."
"You know what she said? She said that people who had multiple children in the past also have to pay a fine for having more than one child. My eldest son had three children after he got married, and the whole family couldn't even afford the fine for them, yet I have to pay the fine for having another child. How can this be justified?"
As they spoke, Erniu's mother couldn't help crying. She had never heard of such a ridiculous thing. "When we had children back then, no one told us about this. Now we've raised the child for more than ten years, and suddenly we have to pay a fine. How can we afford such a large amount of money?"
"I was thinking, Auntie, since you don't have any children, could you pretend that my kid is yours and fool those people from the Family Planning Commission?"
Erniu standing next to him hadn't realized how things had turned out like this. He just stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say.
Lu Xing did sympathize with her family's situation, but he couldn't agree to this matter lightly. This was a relationship that had to be registered in the household registration book, and it was not the kind of godparents that people usually recognized.
If Lu Erniu or Lu Xing is a bad person, it is not impossible that they would directly harm others and inherit their property?
So even though Sun Pingjuan sounded very pitiful, Lu Xing still did not agree.
"I really can't agree to this just yet. Those people aren't that easy to fool. They're not stupid, and they'll definitely check your household registration. This matter won't be settled in a short time. Why don't you guys think about it carefully? Maybe there's another way?"
After thinking for a while, she ran into the room and took out twenty yuan, stuffing it into Erniu's mother's hand, "Take this money, any help is appreciated."
Erniu's mother thanked Lu Xing for the twenty yuan, but when she was persuaded to leave, she still didn't give up the idea. She was just afraid that if she continued talking, Lu Xing would feel bored, so she left first.
The next morning they came again, this time bringing Erniu's father with them, and the three of them kowtowed to Lu Xing together.
Lu Xing hadn't even washed his face in the early morning when he was startled awake by their actions. "What are you doing? Things haven't come to this point yet. We can talk about anything."
"Aunt, his father and I went back and discussed it. We know it's not appropriate to ask you to recognize a son for no reason. After all, there are cases where a biological son killed his parents, let alone an outsider."
They had already said so much, Lu Xing didn't know what to say anymore, so he quickly pulled them up and found a stool to sit down, "We are all from the same village, and we are all so familiar with each other. Your Erniu is an honest child, he would definitely not do such a thing."
Sun Qingjuan and her husband spent the whole night at home thinking about how to get Lu Xing to agree to this method, and finally they came up with an idea.
"Don't worry, Auntie. We really just want to avoid this disaster, and we don't dare to put him in your household registration. Can you see if you can put him in your brother's name?"
"Aunt, if you agree, Erniu will be his godson from now on. He will bring his children to his grave to kowtow and burn paper every New Year and other festivals."
Everyone in the village said that Lu Xing's mother was capable, as she gave birth to eight children and all of them survived. However, her life seemed to be unlucky, as seven of her children died young and left no children. Only Lu Xing survived, but she has been alone ever since.
If it was transferred to her name, Lu Xing would definitely not agree, but it was registered under the name of her deceased eldest brother. Her brother died early, and the money went to her mother, and then left to Lu Xing.
Even the tombstone after his death was made by someone hired by Lu Xing.
The village generally does not allow young people who died early to be buried alone. In order to prevent her brothers and sisters from becoming wandering ghosts, Lu Xing went through a lot of trouble to get it done.
If he agreed to Sun Qingjuan's request and helped her family, it would not affect Lu Xing in any way. He would also give her brother another godparent. Even if she died in the future, her brother would have someone to burn paper for her.
This doesn't seem to be impossible.
"But my brother has been dead for so many years, and his household registration has been cancelled. Can this be done?"
Realizing that Lu Xing's attitude had softened, Erniu's mother immediately stood up and said, "Auntie, as long as you agree, we can handle this matter. You don't have to worry about it."
She was almost impatient to go to Lu Zhengde with a plan she had prepared long ago.
Lu Erniu was left at Lu Xing's house, saying that it was natural for a nephew to work for his aunt.
He was indeed very capable. He stayed at Lu Xing's house, chopping firewood from morning to night, and was also very capable in fetching water and cooking.
Lu Xing, who had nothing to do, saw that all the housework had been contracted out, so she simply sat down and knitted a sweater, which was a good opportunity to review the crochet she had learned before.
It's just that there's a stranger in the house, and I always feel a little uncomfortable.
She originally thought that even if Lu Erniu came to help, it would only take a few days and she could just endure it.
But she forgot that so many households in the village were now considered to have had more children than allowed, and any movement in other families would definitely not be concealed.
Moreover, Lu Xing has seven brothers and sisters.
In addition to Lu Xing, there are many other relatives who died early.
There was a famine in the 1960s, and the following years were not peaceful either. Many people died during that period.
Everyone got inspiration from Erniu's mother and adopted sons and daughters for their deceased relatives.
When the inspectors arrived at Xiaoshi Village, they were stunned when they saw the situation report submitted by the village chief.
"So you're saying there's not a single extra child in your village?"
Lu Zhengde looked very honest. "Yes, leader. Our village is too poor to raise children, so most families only have one child."
The people doing the checkups were almost laughing out of anger. "Okay, okay, you're treating the people in the birth control office like fools, right? Last time, every family in your village had multiple children, and this time, every family only has one child again?"
"What do you say to the two brothers over there?"
He pointed casually and happened to point at the two brothers Datie and Erniu.
"Leader, one of them is from Sun Pingjuan's family, and the other is from Lu Xing's brother's family."
"Who is Lu Xing? Call her brother over so I can find out what's going on."
"Leader, her brother died a long time ago."
"What about this child?"
"What a coincidence, he raised it before he died."
The inspector threw the paper away and pointed at Lu Zhengde's nose. "You're treating us inspectors like fools. What a coincidence! He had a child before he died? How can you prove they're father and son?"
"Leader, you can't prove that they are not biological father and son?"
Lu Zhengde still looked honest and his attitude was sincere.
That's what makes it so infuriating.
The people who checked didn't believe it. Could it be that everyone in the village had lost their parents?
He took Lu Zhengde to check every house.
"Why does he have so many children?"
"Oh, this is the child of his deceased uncle, and this is the child of his deceased second aunt."
"What about this one? Could it be just a coincidence that this one is also someone's deceased child?"
"Leader, this child is his, just this one. The other two are raised at home by relatives. People in our village are kind and like to take in relatives' children to live in their homes."
"Well, I'm taking in a relative's child for a few days. He shouldn't have done anything wrong, right?"
"No offense!"
These words seemed almost squeezed out from between the examiner's teeth.
They searched the entire village, but found that no family had many children. The ones with more children were all children of deceased relatives.
The inspector also knew that something was wrong.
But as Lu Zhengde said, how can he prove that those people are not blood relatives of the deceased?
So he had no choice but to return to the Fertility Office with this outrageous report.
What's worse is that several other villages have started to follow suit.
As I said, after so many hard years, every family has a few deceased relatives.
If that doesn't work, make one up.
Anyway, there were no such things as birth certificates and death certificates at that time.
Director Xu looked at her new idea, but didn't make a penny from it. She was so angry that she threw her new pen.
That was a reward for her excellent work.
Because her methods were ruthless enough, she achieved outstanding work results shortly after she arrived, at least on the surface.
During a city-wide meeting, the leader praised her work achievements and gave her a pen to show his appreciation for her.
This matter has not been resolved yet, and I don’t know who reported it to the leader.
Immediately afterwards, she received criticism from her superiors, asking her to pay attention to her working methods and maintain good relationships with her subordinates.
Their purpose is to publicize the family planning policy, not to squeeze their money.
The punishment result has also been announced. The illegal gains will be confiscated, and the person will be suspended from work for one month to reflect on his mistakes at home, and must submit a 5,000-word public self-criticism.
When Director Xu received the punishment, he was angry and resentful, but he did not dare to disobey the execution. He thought to himself that he would deal with the people of Xiaoshi Village properly when she came back.
Once she was suspended, Lu Jiayuan was finally released.
When the people in Xiaoshi Village heard the news, they almost set off firecrackers to celebrate.
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