In the afternoon, as soon as Chu Tian arrived home, he was mysteriously pulled into the house on the first floor by Old Lady Chu.
"Grandma? What are you trying to tell your grandson in secret?"
Chu Tian watched as Old Lady Chu pulled him into the house and locked the door. At this time, the old lady was bending over and rummaging through something in the closet.
After a while, Mrs. Chu came out with a few biscuit jars, sat down beside the bed, and waved to Chu Tian who was still standing there, "Xiaotian, come quickly..."
Chu Tian recognized the jar that Old Lady Chu had taken out as a money jar, so he walked over and teased, "Grandma, are you planning to give your grandson some private money?"
Mrs. Chu opened several cookie jars and took out a lot of five- and ten-yuan bills from them. She stuffed them all into Chu Tian's hands and said, "Xiaotian, grandma has saved a total of more than 2,800 yuan. These are all for you."
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, took the pile of money from his arms and put it on the bed, picked up two stacks at random, slapped his palms, and asked with a smile, "Grandma, what are you doing? Your grandson is not short of money."
Old Madam Chu took Chu Tian's hand seriously and said, "Xiaotian, Xiujuan has already told grandma. Grandma and Xiujuan went to the hospital again at noon. The doctor said the child is fine! So, grandma doesn't allow you to abort that child."
"You're worried about Xiujuan's poor health and Xinxin and the others being unhappy, but don't worry. Xinxin and the others are very happy to have a little brother or sister."
"There's only one thing now. There's this family planning thing, and there's a fine to pay, right? I'll keep the baby, and I'll pay the fine!"
Seeing Mrs. Chu's domineering look, Chu Tian couldn't help but laugh. He put the money back into the cookie jar and explained with a smile, "Grandma, I don't care about the fine. I've already called Sun Guoan who works at the Planning Office today."
"He told me that Xinjiang is a frontier region, and family planning isn't that strict right now, except for those working in the workplace. Of course, there will be a fine, but a maximum of two or three thousand yuan is enough..."
"I care about Xiujuan's childbearing. Having too many children is bad for a woman's health. It's not something you can see now, you can only see it when she's old..."
(This is pure nonsense, don’t take it seriously)
Mrs. Chu said anxiously, "But the doctor said today that Xiujuan is in good health!"
"Anyway, grandma doesn't allow beating children. What a sin! Those are lives!"
Chu Tian looked at the calm old lady Chu, but now she looked obviously anxious. Chu Tian was afraid that something might happen to her, so he quickly comforted her, "Grandma, okay, I won't hit you, I won't hit you, I'll listen to you, I won't let you hit me anymore, stay..."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu quickly grabbed Chu Tian's hand and asked him to promise, "Promise!"
"I promise!"
Chu Tian nodded slightly. He initially disagreed to stay, firstly for Yao Xiujuan's health, and secondly for Xinxin and the others' feelings. However, now both Yao Xiujuan and Xinxin said that there was no problem, and even Old Lady Chu insisted that they must stay, so he had nothing to say.
After all, what he thinks is good doesn't mean they think it is good. He can't have the final say and should respect their ideas.
Old Mrs. Chu became happy. She handed the biscuit box with money to Chu Tian again and said, "My dear grandson, take this money. This is all my savings. I give it to you willingly."
Chu Tian quickly refused, "Grandma, I can't accept this money. This money is all the pocket money that your uncle, second uncle and cousins gave you over the years..."
Old Mrs. Chu was unhappy. "They gave it to me, so it's mine. They have no right to control how I deal with it!"
Unable to win over Old Lady Chu, Chu Tian finally had to bargain and accept the two thousand yuan.
Since he planned to keep the child, he had to find out about the fine in advance. At noon the next day, Chu Tian made an appointment with Sun Guoan, who was assigned to the Municipal Family Planning Office after graduating from university.
"Guoan, can you explain this fine to me? Do I have to wait until the baby is born or do I have to pay it now?"
Sun Guoan smiled and said, "Uncle Chu, the family planning policy here is actually not as strict as it is said. Ethnic minorities are not restricted in how many children they can have. As for the Han people, as long as they pay the fine, there is no coercion..."
"Also, some families are not in a hurry to register their children and have not paid the fines."
Chu Tian pondered for a moment and asked, "What about the fine? How is it calculated? And what about the transfer I heard earlier?"
Sun Guoan smiled, "Uncle Chu, you are so smart, you should understand the difference between paying voluntarily and paying passively. If you paid voluntarily before the child was born, the amount of the fine would be much less than if you paid passively..."
Seeing Chu Tian nodded, Sun Weiguo continued, "Also, Uncle Chu, we've heard about the transfer you're worried about, but it's said to be only available in certain places. It's definitely not possible here. After all, we have a vast land and a sparse population. We all wish there were more people in Xinjiang!"
Chu Tian nodded. "Anyway, what you mean is that as long as I pay the fine, everything will be fine?"
Sun Guoan nodded, "Yes, after all, it's not strict now!"
After a pause, he looked around and saw that everyone was eating, so he moved closer to Chu Tian and asked, "Uncle Chu, could it be that Aunt Xiujuan is pregnant?"
"Yes, I have."
Chu Tian did not hide the fact that Sun Guoan was the child he had watched grow up, and he was almost the same as his own child.
Sun Guoan was stunned when he heard this. "Really? When I received the call from Uncle Chu yesterday, I was wondering who you were going to ask!"
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Your aunt couldn't bear to part with the child, so she wanted to keep him."
Sun Guoan nodded. "Well, then stay. I'll go back and ask our leader if there's any good way to avoid paying the fine."
Chu Tian smiled and waved his hand, "No need, I will still pay what I owe, I just want to understand how to pay first."
Sun Guoan grinned, "Uncle Chu, I'm not kidding you, there is a way!"
"We waived the extra birth fees for several children some time ago..."
"By the way, Uncle Chu, I remember that you and Auntie are not registered in the same household, right? It seems that you are in Beijing with Xinxin and the others..."
Chu Tian nodded, "Why? Any explanation?"
Sun Guoan smiled and said, "If we are not registered in the same household, then we can register under my aunt's household in the future, so..."
Chu Tian understood what Sun Guoan meant, interrupted him and chuckled, "Okay, don't worry about the extra birth fee, the food is here, eat quickly..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
