The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 945 - 914: Exceeding Birth Quota, Fined

As for Qi Zhengmin, he drank quite a lot today, and he kept singing in the back!

He Tiantian, concerned, took Qi Zhengmin home.

After drinking some sobering tea, Qi Zhengmin finally became clear-headed, hurried to wash up, and went to bed.

Huo Yingjie also drank some sobering tea, his eyes clear, no longer red as they were before.

"I was not supposed to drink, why did you drink?" He Tiantian asked with a smile, "There were so many people at the time, I was embarrassed to stop you."

"Hehe, it’s fine, we’ll get to know each other better in the future, and a bit of drinking will help with that," Huo Yingjie said, "The most important thing is that you cannot drink."

"Actually, I can drink," He Tiantian retorted, "But rest assured, I won’t get drunk."

"You are not allowed to drink outside in the future. You don’t know how pretty you look after you’ve had a drink, with rosy cheeks, a red nose, and watery eyes, like an obedient little puppy," Huo Yingjie said softly as he described He Tiantian and pinched her nose.

"Hehe, stop talking nonsense, you are the little puppy," He Tiantian said playfully, "By the way, tomorrow is Sunday, we need to visit the old house. What should we buy for the elders?"

"Just bring something simple, no need for anything complicated," Huo Yingjie said, "Grandfather and grandmother actually don’t lack anything, they just hope that we can visit them often."

In the past few days, wherever He Tiantian went, Huo Yingjie followed.

He even picked her up from work.

Going to Sanfeng Bridge, to the car dealership, Huo Yingjie was there, too.

Finally, He Tiantian felt something was amiss and asked, "Brother Yingjie, what’s going on with you these days? Are you hiding something from me?"

Huo Yingjie held He Tiantian’s wrist, took her pulse carefully, and then said, "Your period is ten days late."

Period?

Ten days late?

He Tiantian was stunned and quickly tried to remember when her last period was.

She extended both palms to count the days.

Oh my God, it really is late.

She must have a pig’s brain, how could she forget something so important?

Actually, it wasn’t entirely He Tiantian’s fault for being negligent, since she had already given birth, and for some reason, the two of them didn’t use contraception and still didn’t get pregnant, which made her careless about these matters.

Moreover, she had been very busy during this period, which made her even more forgetful.

No wonder Huo Yingjie would always remind her or stop her from making any strenuous movements.

"Husband... you... are you saying I’m pregnant?" He Tiantian seemed to see some clues from Huo Yingjie’s face.

"Hmm!" Huo Yingjie nodded.

"Then calculate for me, are we planning to have a child before or after the family planning?" He Tiantian hurriedly asked, what if the family planning rules applied, what would they do then?

Huo Yingjie smiled wryly and said, "It was after!"

"What should we do?" He Tiantian asked, "After so many years, getting pregnant again, we can’t just not want it, can we?"

If Huo Yingjie said no, He Tiantian would immediately hit Huo Yingjie.

"Yes, of course we should," Huo Yingjie nodded, "This is our bloodline, we must keep it. As for the family planning policy, let’s not worry about that for now, let’s just focus on giving birth first."

"Right, focus on giving birth first," He Tiantian nodded, "At worst we’ll just pay the fine. Tomorrow you should look up the relevant policies and calculate how much we’ll have to pay."

Huo Yingjie had already looked into it. freewebnσvel.cøm

"I’ve also already checked the relevant fines, it’s three times the combined annual income of the couple," Huo Yingjie replied, "How much do we earn in a year?"

He Tiantian was startled, and stuttered, "How much?"

In her previous life, she knew about the family planning fines too, with some people paying thousands or even tens of thousands of RMB.

"Three times the combined annual income of the couple," Huo Yingjie repeated. Although Huo Yingjie didn’t manage the household finances, the businesses such as Sanfeng Bridge, the clothing design studio, Sanfeng Residence antique shop, and the patent company in Xiangjiang were all very profitable.

Now He Tiantian understood. The reason why she knew fines were only a few hundred, a few thousand, or ten or twenty thousand was because those were in the countryside, where incomes were naturally low. For them, those amounts were already considered high.

"Oh my God," He Tiantian was dumbfounded, "I have to really figure this out and see how much we’re going to be fined!"

He Tiantian flipped open the account book, took out the abacus, and started calculating furiously. After a while, He Tiantian slowly lifted her head with a grim expression, "Husband, we’re going to be bankrupt."

"So, how much will we be fined?" Huo Yingjie asked again.

"A rough estimate of our income this year should be over nine million RMB. Three times that would be twenty-seven million. And that’s a conservative estimate. Are we really going to be fined so much?" He Tiantian was scared, "With all the years we’ve been in business, we haven’t made that much money in total. We’ll probably have to sell everything to pay the fine and still end up in debt."

"Sell everything," Huo Yingjie muttered, "That does sound quite heroic, but wealth departs and happiness remains, so don’t worry. If we lose money, we can earn it again. But by the end of this year, we’ll have a cute little baby just like Ruimin and Ruihua, and our family will grow to five."

After thinking it over, He Tiantian nodded, "Right, wealth departs and happiness remains."

Moreover, the current income was not connected nationwide. She had properties in Nan City, Yanjing, and Xiangjiang, but those would be difficult to trace!

They would probably just be fined based on the income of their registered residence at most.

"However, I’ve heard that having an extra child can result in suspension from work," He Tiantian said, "I can probably work at the school for another two or three months, but once my belly starts to show, there’ll be no hiding it."

"Oh?" Huo Yingjie said, "If you get suspended, then don’t go to work. Just take good care of your health."

"And what about you?" He Tiantian said worriedly. Huo Yingjie was about to become Chief Engineer Huo; would it not be a pity if the family planning policy disrupted this?

Huo Yingjie laughed, "It doesn’t matter. If they suspend me, I’ll just do business with you. There’s nothing major about that."

"But... won’t you feel it’s a pity?" He Tiantian asked, concerned that this might affect her husband.

"You, stop overthinking it," Huo Yingjie said, "If I can’t even protect my own child and wife, then what kind of father or husband am I!"

Seeing Huo Yingjie say this, He Tiantian felt reassured.

If they didn’t have enough money at home, they could borrow first, pay the fine, and then repay it slowly over time.

Having been reassured, He Tiantian returned from work to find a booklet and a form on the table.

Huo Yingjie’s face was grim as he angrily eyed the form.

He Tiantian picked up the form and saw that it was an order for married women with children to get an IUD or undergo sterilization. The booklet underneath was a promotional material for the family planning policy, elaborating on its various benefits.

They were already aware of all this, but could not bear the thought of parting with their unexpected child!

The child in her belly was also quite crafty, not arriving earlier or later, but precisely when the family planning policy had just been implemented.