Electromagnetic Tyrant Chapter 10

 Chapter 10 Public Family

 “Thank you, eldest sister.” Ji Xinghuo accepted the gift.

He looked at Ye Dongyun, who was dusty with life. She looked very capable, but there was a hint of unnoticeable fatigue deep in her eyes.

So he said with concern: "Sister, you should pay more attention to rest and don't be too busy working to exhaust your body."

“Yes.” Zhong Ming also nodded, “Sister, don't try too hard.”

Ye Dongyun sat down and took a sip of water, and sighed: "There is no way. Today's civil servants are becoming more and more stressed, and the competition is not much worse than competing for others. If I don't do it, there are more people who are willing to do it. If you relax a little, it will be very difficult. He will be eliminated soon."

“It's not worth it to exhaust your body.” Liang Qiu Feiyan said worriedly.

"Don't worry." Ye Dongyun rubbed her hair, "I'm currently planning to squeeze out an hour every day to pick up my fitness habit again."

Ji Xinghuo nodded: "That's good."

He was about to say that exercise is always beneficial, but Ye Dongyun's next sentence was: "When I finish exercising, I will roll up with my colleagues and kill them!"

 Everyone was speechless.

 “Okay, let's not talk about my affairs.”

Ye Dongyun clapped her hands and showed off her eldest sister's style, "Today is Xinghuo's birthday. It's rare that the five of us will have the opportunity to get together after we are adults and have fun!" As she said that, she asked the waiter to serve the food and served the dishes as before. The house is getting organized.

 One after another delicious dishes were served on the table, and drinks were also opened.

 “Everyone is full.”

Ye Dongyun raised her wine glass and asked everyone around the table to stand up. She smiled and said, "For the first glass, we want to wish Xinghuo a happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

"cheers!"

 The atmosphere in the box was warm and lively.

The five brothers and sisters were eating delicious food while telling interesting stories and jokes. They laughed constantly and temporarily forgot all their worries.

Ji Xinghuo was in a very happy mood. Looking at them, he thought that these are my family.

 A real family!

 Although they are half-brothers and sisters, they are no different from blood relatives and are legally related.

 Because they are a communal family.

In the mid-1960s, the four countries signed the "Treaty of Ivangrad", declaring the end of the "Fourth World War" and the global geopolitical pattern gradually stabilized.

At that time, the United AsiPacific People's Community, a powerful country, had been established for almost 20 years. The domestic environment was peaceful, science and technology were advancing rapidly, and the people were living a happy life. However, a problem gradually emerged.

No matter the wealthy class or ordinary citizens, they are unwilling to have children.

 This seems to be humanity's self-curse.

 Since the industrialization started a few centuries ago, no matter which country or race, the better the development and the higher the civilization, the fertility rate will inevitably decline.

 And once this decline occurs, it is irreversible.

 No matter what policies or measures the government introduces, the decline in fertility can only slow down and cannot pick up.

In 2033, the opening of the Star Gate temporarily solved this fertility problem, causing global turmoil. Humanity has experienced an extinction crisis and two world wars that lasted for more than a century.

In times of war, the government's methods will naturally not be as mild as in times of peace. If you want to win the war, you must first have someone.

A large population may not win, but a small population will definitely fail!

 When human beings are in suffering, they are willing to give birth again.

 More than a century passed in this way.

 After the war, governments once again faced the problem of declining fertility rates.

 However, compared with the difficulties at the beginning of the 21st century, there are already solutions in the 22nd century. The biggest obstacle is no longer the reproductive process, but ethical and moral disputes.

 The answers given by countries around the world vary.

In the early 1970s, the Asian Communist Party government proposed a very large and comprehensive "continuation plan" and listed it as one of the most important national policies, investing astronomical amounts of finance and resources.

 The continuation plan is divided into two parts.

 The first part is "生".

 According to the country's policy needs and population changes, a certain number of babies will be cultivated with artificial womb technology on a regular basis every year and every month.

These babies are all legal citizens, and their political rights are exactly the same as those of babies born in normal families. They are called "public children." Public children are prohibited by law from searching for their biological parents. Even if they meet by accident, they are not legally related.

 The second part is "raise".

 Public children are raised by the government from birth and are divided into four stages according to age. 0-2 years old is infancy, 2-6 years old is early childhood, 6-12 years old is childhood, and 12-18 years old is adolescence.

 Four to six communal children of the same age group form a communal family.

 Public families at each stage are cared for by at least three "professional parents", who are responsible for raising and educating children at the same time. This position is called "nurturing father and nurturing mother".

 Yufuyuemu is a professional guardian who needs to go through multiple rounds of assessments before becoming a guardian.

Of course, their salaries are extremely high.

  It is still one of the professions with the best income and benefits. It has political rights that exceed those of ordinary citizens, and its social status is also at the forefront of the country.

 The younger the child is in a public family, the more parents there are to care for the child.

The period of infancy is the largest, usually one or two more than the number of babies. As the children grow up and have the ability to take care of themselves, public families will rotate new foster parents at each stage, and the number of parents will gradually decrease to two. people.

 At the age of eighteen, the foster parents will leave their jobs. At the same time, they also lost their custody rights and no longer had any kinship with the public children.

In order to ensure the healthy physical and mental growth of public children, psychological inquiries are conducted on the children almost every month, and high-frequency random checks are conducted. Cameras with no blind spots are installed at home to monitor every move of public families in all directions.

  Unqualified foster parents will have their qualifications revoked immediately, and those who make serious mistakes will be taken to court and sentenced to severe penalties.

 There are also a series of laws and regulations related to public households, taking into account all aspects.

 The “continuation plan” was just a trial run at the beginning.

In the 1990s, the first batch of public children entered the workforce. They made many contributions to society and the country. Like children from their original families, they were all citizens with normal intelligence and mental health.

 The continuation plan was a great success and many years of investment paid off.

 The Asian Communist Party government immediately expanded the scale of the plan and entered the 23rd century, finally solving the population problem!

 Today, the population of the AsiPacific Community has reached 5.6 billion.

 Among them, the proportion of public children reaches 20%, and the government adjusts and continues the plan based on financial and resource adjustments, and the population is rising every year.

Ji Xinghuo's five brothers and sisters are all children of the same family.

 But he is slightly different.

Ji Xinghuo was not cultivated in an artificial womb. He was born naturally. However, his parents lost custody and handed him over to the government for custody.

There are many people like Ji Xinghuo.

In the 1990s, the success of the continuation plan gave the ACP government a sigh of relief, but it also resulted in a negative result: more people were unwilling to have children.

 There is another factor.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the AsiPacific Community has legislated to prohibit abortion. At least one spouse must pass a test on how to become a qualified parent in order to obtain "custody rights." These two conflicting laws are also one of the important reasons for the decline in the birth rate.

Therefore, many parents who had unexpected pregnancies and failed to pass the exam were deprived of custody rights.

 There are also some couples who voluntarily give up custody rights and leave their children to the government.

 It is commonly known as “Guan Sheng but not Yang”.

 These types of children who have left their original families are included in the continuation plan and are also public children, generally called "surrogate children."

Ji Xinghuo is a surrogate child. He only found out about it when he was eighteen years old.

 The law stipulates that after the adopted children reach the age of 22 and graduate from college, their psychological conditions will be mature and they will have the opportunity to contact their biological parents.

 After contact, with the consent of both parties, the legal kinship relationship can be re-established and the family of origin can be returned.

 So, this birthday is of great significance to Ji Xinghuo.

 He is about to face a major decision in his life.

 The brothers and sisters at home also know this, so they all put aside everything today and gathered together to celebrate Ji Xinghuo's birthday and stay by his side.

Ji Xinghuo received blessing messages one after another from close classmates and friends.

 The birthday party is halfway through.

The former foster parents also made video calls. There were as many as seven or eight people in adolescence, childhood, and early childhood. They were all parents who had taken care of and educated this public family in the past. They were very happy to see the five brothers and sisters. Happy and sent birthday wishes to Ji Xinghuo.

 Only the adolescent foster parents knew that Ji Xinghuo was a surrogate child. After they left this family, they entered another public family and had new responsibilities.

 Working parents have a very busy job and don't have much time for rest.

 They also each have their own families and children.

In the past few years since he was in college, Ji Xinghuo has only met with his foster parents two or three times. Although he had occasional contact, as his mind matured, his relationship with them inevitably faded.

 Generally, he would discuss things with his brothers and sisters.

Ten p.m.

 The restaurant brought a bowl of longevity noodles and a big cake. The brothers and sisters sang a birthday song to Ji Xinghuo together and then lit candles on the cake.

“Third brother, make a wish quickly!” Liang Qiu Feiyan shouted loudly.

Ji Xinghuo stood among the people and said with a smile: "I make wishes every year, but I never see them come true, so I won't do it this year, right?"

"How can that work!" Liangqiu Feiyan pointed the floating camera at Ji Xinghuo, "This is a tradition that has been going on for hundreds of years. You must eat birthday noodles and cakes on your birthday, and you must also make a wish. Today is such an important day, even more Take it seriously. Maybe it will work this time?"

Ye Dongyun also smiled and said: "Xinghuo, just do what Feifei said and stop procrastinating."

"All right."

Ji Xinghuo could only agree.

Wang Zizhen turned off the light in the box, and the whole room suddenly became dark.

Zhong Ming said: "Make a wish."

Ji Xinghuo stood in front of the cake. Even in the dark, he could see clearly. His eyes swept over the faces of his brothers and sisters and landed outside the glass window.

 The Weiyang Building towers into the sky.

At this moment, when you look out, the world you see is divided into two parts. Below is a super city with bright lights and high-rise buildings. Looking upward, you can see a bright Milky Way hanging in the night sky, with hundreds of millions of stars dotting the sky, which makes the sky look amazing. People are dazzled.

Ji Xinghuo closed his eyes and thought to himself: "May my family be safe, healthy, happy, and achieve my ideals in my career; may I reach the peak of life evolution, appreciate the majesty of the Milky Way, and take in the amazing scenery of the star world. This life worthwhile!"

 After making the wish, he gently blew out the candle.

 (End of this chapter)

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