Chapter 181: In order to have a son, I am not afraid of any risk
On this day, Deng Shirong came to the county town again.
The last time he came to the county town was to take care of his second son’s affairs. This time, Deng Shirong came to the county town with only one purpose - to buy a house.
Now, the time for the eldest daughter-in-law to give birth is getting closer. Deng Shirong, who has experienced the future, is not as ignorant as those rural people today. He knows very well that giving birth is actually a very dangerous thing for women. In ancient times, many people lost their lives because of this.
Therefore, for safety reasons, the eldest daughter-in-law must not be allowed to give birth at home, at least not for the first and second babies. It is safest to give birth in a hospital.
As for the future, we will have to wait and see. If you want to have more children, you have to consider the issue of family planning.
When it comes to family planning, although the policy is issued by the state, when it is implemented in different places, it will also change due to different ideas and concepts.
For example, many provinces began to implement the family planning policy in the late 1970s, and the effect was very significant. Basically, people born in the 1980s and 1990s were all only children, and families having a second child were very rare.
But it was different in Bobai County. Before 1985, it didn’t matter how many children rural people had, because the government did not enforce the law strictly at that time. It just shouted slogans and encouraged women to take the initiative to get IUDs and sterilizations.
It was not until 1985 that the government began to strictly enforce family planning.
At that time, there was a regulation that people who had a job could only have one child. They were not allowed to have more than one, unless they no longer wanted that job.
Rural people can have two children. If they want to have a third child, it will be considered an excess birth.
Because Bobai County is famous for favoring boys over girls, it is absolutely not acceptable to have no sons, no matter how many children you have, you must have a son. Even for many rural families, having only one son is not enough, you have to have two to barely meet the standard.
Therefore, the government takes this into consideration when enforcing family planning. If a family that has exceeded the birth limit has only daughters and no sons, then if they are caught they will only be fined and will not be forced to undergo sterilization.
However, if you have an extra child and your family has a son, needless to say, you will definitely have to be sterilized if you are caught.
Deng Shirong recalled his previous life. The women in the village were willing to take any risk in order to have another son.
For example, when she was pregnant, she hid in the mountains to live. The mountains at that time were not the orchards with houses like in later generations, but real wilderness. It would be a lie for a lesbian to say that she was not afraid living alone in such a place.
It can be said that the women in the village really tried their best to have more sons.
There were also those who went directly to live with their relatives. The one who impressed Deng Shirong the most was a neighbor behind his house. His family was originally poor, and then one of his relatives came to live in their house to avoid family planning. As a result, there was no place to live in their house, so a pregnant woman had to live in the cowshed.
This is not the biggest deal. Due to the local customs in Shuangwang, children cannot be born at relatives' homes.
So, on a dark and windy night, when the neighbor's relative was about to give birth, two women in the village who were on good terms with the woman helped with the delivery. They lit a kerosene lamp, washed a fertilizer bag, and took the pregnant woman to a remote hillside to give birth.
My goodness, there was no electricity in that era, and the mountains were rather desolate. To deliver a baby in such a place, there wasn't even the most basic boiling water. The conditions were extremely rudimentary.
The delivery experience scared the two women who delivered the baby half to death. They were terrified every time they recalled it. They couldn't imagine what they would have done if something unexpected had happened.
Under such delivery conditions, the pregnant woman was able to deliver the baby safely. Both mother and daughter were safe. They were really lucky.
After giving birth to the child, she returned to her relatives' home and continued to live in the cowshed. It was not until the full moon that someone from her husband's family came to take her back. How pitiful.
Deng Shirong would definitely not let his daughter-in-law suffer such a thing. He would try not to have more children than allowed. Even if he had to have more children, he would not have to hide in the mountains but could hide directly in the city. This was one of the reasons why he planned to buy a house in the county town.
Of course, the main purpose of buying a house now is to make it easier for the eldest daughter-in-law to give birth.
After all, Naye Village is 76 kilometers away from the county town, and it takes two or three hours by car. You can't rush to the county town by car when you are about to give birth. If you come early, you will have to stay in a guesthouse if there is no house.
Are guesthouses used for living in this era?
Deng Shirong, who has stayed in guesthouses several times, really has no hope for the hygiene of guesthouses in this era.
Therefore, it is very necessary to buy a house in advance. No place is as comfortable as your own home.
Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, my eldest son and daughter-in-law will come to the county town to do business next year, and they will definitely need a place to live.
In this era, the most prosperous areas in Bobai were Main Street, Dongxu Street, Wenhua Road, Gouer Lane, and Xinglong Road. Buying a house in these places would definitely make life much more convenient, so they were listed as Deng Shirong's main goals.
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However, among these prosperous places, he immediately excluded Gouer Lane.
Gouer Lane is indeed prosperous now, and is a gathering place for all kinds of small commodities, but after the 1990s, it will evolve into a gathering place for game consoles and video halls. He doesn't want to buy a house in this place and let his future grandchildren learn bad things here.
The remaining streets each have their own advantages.
Dajie is one of the oldest streets in Bobai County. It was first built during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty. Currently, many important government departments are concentrated on this street, as well as the county supply and marketing cooperative, Baizhou Cinema, and several banks.
Dongxu Street is also one of the oldest streets. It was also built during the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty. It has been a farmers' market and a distribution center for poultry and livestock throughout the ages. On market days, it is crowded with people, with daily traffic reaching tens of thousands. Needless to say, it is very prosperous.
Wenhua Road is probably the most famous road in Bobai. One end of it is connected to the best primary schools, junior high schools and high schools in Bobai County, and the other end is connected to Main Street and Xinglong Street. There are shops on both sides of the street. Whether now or in the future, the customer flow is very high.
Finally, there is Xinglong Street, where there is Xinhua Bookstore, primary school, restaurants, grain stores, department stores, Dongcheng Market, etc. It is the most prosperous commercial and trade center in the county.
After listing these places as main targets, Deng Shirong immediately went to Wenhua Road to inquire. Not only is this place prosperous, it also has the best elementary, junior high and high schools. It is also not far from the People's Hospital. If there is a suitable house to buy there, that would be ideal.
(End of this chapter)