Electromagnetic Tyrant

Chapter 10 The Public Family
"Thank you big sister." Ji Xinghuo took the gift.

He looked at the dusty Ye Dongyun, she looked capable, but there was a bit of imperceptible fatigue deep in her eyes.

So he said with concern: "Eldest sister, you should pay more attention to rest, don't be too busy with work to wear out your body."

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

Ye Dongyun sat down, took a sip of water, and sighed: "There is no way. Today's civil servants are under increasing pressure, and the level of competition is not much worse than competition. I won't do it. Most people are willing to do it. If you relax a little, you will be eliminated soon."

"It can't be exhausted, it's not worth it." Liang Qiu Feiyan said worriedly.

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

Ji Xinghuo nodded: "That's good."

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

Everyone was speechless.

"Okay, don't talk about me."

Ye Dongyun clapped her hands and acted like a big sister, "Today is Xinghuo's birthday, it's rare for us five adults to have the opportunity to get together and be happier!" As she spoke, she asked the waiter to serve the food, and made arrangements for the family as before.

Delicious dishes were served on the table, and drinks were opened.

"Everyone is full."

Ye Dongyun raised her wine glass and made everyone sitting around the table 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 is warm and lively.

The five brothers and sisters ate delicious food while talking about interesting knowledge and jokes, laughing constantly, and temporarily forgetting all their troubles.

Ji Xinghuo was in a very happy mood, looking at them, thinking that this is my family.

A true family!

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

Because they are communal families.

In the mid-60s, the four countries signed the "Ivangrad Treaty", announcing the end of the "Fourth World War", and the global geopolitical structure gradually stabilized.

At that time, the Asia-Pacific People's United Community, a powerful country, had been established for almost 20 years. The domestic environment was peaceful, science and technology were advancing with each passing day, and people's lives were happy. However, a problem gradually emerged.

Both the wealthy class and ordinary citizens are reluctant to have children.

This seems to be the curse of humanity itself.

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

And once this decline occurs, it is irreversible.

No matter what policies or measures the government introduces, the decline in the fertility rate can only be slowed down, and it is impossible to recover.

In 2033, the opening of the star gate temporarily solved the fertility problem, the world was in turmoil, and mankind experienced more than a century of extinction crisis and two world wars.

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

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

To this end, the governments of various countries have mobilized resources, issued mandatory laws, supplemented by reproductive technology, and the population exploded crazily.

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

It's been like this for more than a century.

After the war, governments were once again confronted with falling fertility rates.

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

Countries around the world gave different answers.

In the early 22s, the ACP government put forward a very large and comprehensive "continuation plan", listed it as one of the most important national policies, and invested astronomical amounts of finance and resources.

The Continuation Program is divided into two parts.

The first part is "birth".

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

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

The second part is "raising".

Public children are raised by the government from birth, 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, 12-18 years old is puberty.

Common children of the same age group, four to six form a common family.

At each stage of the public family, there are at least three "professional parents" to take care of them. They also take on the responsibility of nurturing and education. This position is called "nurturing father and nurturing mother".

Parents and parents are professional guardians who need to go through multiple rounds of assessment before they can act.

Of course, their salaries are extremely high.

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

The younger the public family with children, the more the number of parents.

The infancy period is the most, generally 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 every stage, and the number of parents will be gradually reduced to two.

When they reach adulthood, their parents and parents will leave their jobs.

At the same time, they also lost their custody rights and were no longer related to their public children.

In order to ensure the healthy growth of the public children's body and mind, psychological inquiries are made to the children almost every month, as well as high-frequency random spot checks. Cameras are installed at home to monitor every move of the public family in an all-round way.

Unqualified foster parents will be revoked immediately, and those who commit serious mistakes will be sent to court and sentenced to severe punishment.

There is also a series of laws and regulations related to the public family, taking into account all aspects.

The "Continuation Plan" was initially just a pilot.

In the 90s, the first batch of public children went to work. They have made a lot of contributions to society and the country. Like the children of their original families, they are citizens with normal intelligence and mental health.

The continuation program was a huge success and the years of investment paid off.

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

Today, the population of the Asia-Pacific Community has reached 56 billion.

Among them, the proportion of public children reaches 20%, and the government adjusts the continuation plan according to finance and resources, and the population is increasing every year.

The five brothers and sisters of Ji Xinghuo are all public children.

But he is slightly different.

Ji Xinghuo was not bred by an artificial womb, he was born by natural childbirth, but his parents lost their custody and handed him over to the government for upbringing.

There are many people like Ji Xinghuo.

In the 90s, 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.

The APEC legislated to ban abortion at the very beginning of its founding, and at least one of the couples must pass an exam on how to become a qualified parent to obtain "custodial rights." These two contradictory laws are also one of the important reasons for the decline in the birth rate.

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

There are also some couples who voluntarily relinquish custody and throw their children to the government.

Commonly known as managing life but not raising.

Such children who leave their native families are included in the continuation plan and are also public children, generally known as "surrogate children".

Ji Xinghuo is a surrogate child, and he only found out when he was there.

The law stipulates that, after the surrogate child reaches the age of 22 and graduates from college, the mental condition is mature, and he can have the opportunity to contact his biological parents.

After contact, the legal kinship relationship can be re-established with the consent of both parties, and they can return to the original family.

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

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

The brothers and sisters in the family also knew this, and today they put aside everything, gathered together to celebrate Ji Xinghuo's birthday, and stayed by his side.

Ji Xinghuo received messages of blessings from close classmates and friends.

Halfway through the birthday party.

The former parenting parents also made a video call. 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 before. They were very happy to see the five brothers and sisters, and sent birthday wishes to Ji Xinghuo.

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

Working parents are very busy jobs with little time for rest.

They also have their own families and children.

In the past few years in college, Ji Xinghuo and his parents have only met two or three times. Although they occasionally contacted each other, as they matured, their relationship with them inevitably weakened.

Generally, he discusses things with his brothers and sisters.

Ten p.m.

The restaurant sent a bowl of birthday noodles and a big cake. The brothers and sisters sang a birthday song for Ji Xinghuo together, and then lit candles on the cake.

"Third Brother, hurry up and make a wish!" Liang Qiu Feiyan shouted loudly.

Standing among the people, Ji Xinghuo said with a smile: "I make a wish every year, and I haven't seen it come true once, so I'll be exempt this year?"

"How can I do that!" Liang Qiufei pointed the floating camera at Ji Xinghuo, "It's been a tradition for hundreds of years. On birthdays, you must eat birthday noodles and cakes, and make a wish. Today is such an important day, and you must take it seriously. Maybe this time it will come true?"

Ye Dongyun also smiled and said: "Xinghuo, just follow what Feifei said, don't procrastinate."

"Ok."

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, he could see clearly even in the dark, his eyes swept over the faces of his brothers and sisters, and fell outside the glass window.

Weiyang Building soars into the sky.

At this moment, the world that comes into view from the outside is divided into two parts. Below is a super city full of bright lights and high-rise buildings. When you look up, a bright Milky Way hangs above the night sky, dotted with billions of stars, making people dazzled.

Ji Xinghuo closed his eyes, and said in his heart: "May my family be safe, healthy, happy, and realize my ideals in my career; I hope I can climb to the peak of life evolution, appreciate the magnificence of the Milky Way, and enjoy the amazing scenery of the star world. This life is not in vain!"

When the wish was over, he lightly blew out the candle.

(End of this chapter)