Film and Television World Life Record

Xia Jie blushed slightly and rolled her eyes at her.

"Who's a junior manager?"

At this moment, Cheng Hao sat down near her with his tray and said, "Xia Jie, I know about your situation. If you're not satisfied, I'll go see the director."

Xia Jie said, "No need, Master. I'm quite satisfied. Besides, I understand the institute's arrangement; there really isn't anyone more suitable than me."

Cheng Hao breathed a sigh of relief: "You've grown up, Xia Jie."

Xia Jie blinked: "What? Did you think I would refuse to obey?"

Zhao Jiwei walked over and interjected, "What do you call this? It's called 'a scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days' absence!'"

As they were talking, Wang Shouyi walked into the cafeteria, glanced around, and clapped his hands: "Everyone, don't eat yet, listen to me for a moment. I mentioned it last time, it was the 100-day special operation against burglary, and I'll emphasize it again today."

"Our jurisdiction has performed very well recently, which shows that everyone's publicity, education and prevention work has been done well. The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and some petty thieves may want to do one more job to get home for the holidays, so everyone must be vigilant."

"We must detect and deal with these cases as early as possible, and strive to bring our 100-day campaign against burglary to a successful conclusion."

Someone called out, "Chief, what will happen if we bring this to a perfect conclusion? Is there a reward?"

Wang Shouyi said, "You're still trying to negotiate with me? What if there's no reward? You won't work hard if there's no reward?"

Everyone burst into laughter: "Even without a reward, work hard!"

Wang Shouyi then smiled and said, "If you perform well, I'll reward everyone, even if it means paying out of my own pocket!"

Everyone burst into laughter again: "We're afraid your wallet won't be big enough."

The next day, at the household registration office, several female auxiliary police officers were receiving members of the public. Xia Jie sat behind a computer; as the only official police officer, all questions were collected by her, making her essentially the head of household registration matters.

However, although she was in charge, she was still a newcomer. Sister Wang said she would mentor her for two weeks, but she didn't mentor her for a single day. She could only look up various regulations on household registration on the computer, frantically taking notes in a small notebook as she read.

After a while, an auxiliary police officer came over and said, "Officer Xia, what do you think we should do about this? He wants to register his household there. He meets the requirements for household registration after purchasing a house last year, and he did buy a house. But this year, the higher authorities canceled that policy and changed it to allow those with a college degree or above to register their household there. According to this year's policy, he doesn't meet the requirements, but he bought his house last year."

Xia Jie felt a little guilty and said politely, "Sister Chen, I'm new here and haven't figured out the policies yet. Please handle this kind of problem as it was before."

Sister Chen quickly said, "Oh, we wouldn't dare to make the decision on our own. Officer Xia, you're the only officer here, so you'll have to make the decision."

Xia Jie didn't hesitate: "Wait a moment, I don't have much experience, let me ask Officer Wang's opinion first."

She calmly left her seat, disappearing from everyone's sight. Once she was sure no one was around, she quickly took out her phone and dialed: "Sister Wang, have you given birth yet? There's something I need to ask you..."

Five minutes later, Xia Jie returned: "Sister Chen, come here for a moment."

Auxiliary police officer Sister Chen walked over.

Xia Jie said, "Sister Chen, I'm not familiar with all the rules and regulations of the policy, but there's one principle that I think applies to all of them."

"It's the same old problem, old solution; new problem, new solution. He bought the house last year, so he meets the residency requirements for last year, and we'll grant him residency."

Sister Chen asked with some concern, "Falling? Won't that violate policy?"

Xia Jie smiled and said, "No, I'll take responsibility for violating the policy. Actually, the policy has been changed again and again, and the conditions have been relaxed repeatedly, but the central idea is the same: to expand the urban population and enhance the city's competitiveness."

"Granting residency to someone who can afford to buy a house here, so they can settle down and live a good life here, is perfectly reasonable. Go ahead and do it."

"Okay," Sister Chen agreed and went back to handle it.

Just before the end of the workday, Sister Chen stood in front of Xia Jie again: "Officer Xia, what do you think we should do about this? This old lady has come here more than a dozen times already."

"What's going on?" Xia Jie looked up and saw an elderly woman in her seventies sitting on a waiting chair, holding a girl of about six or seven years old in her arms.

Sister Chen said, "This old lady's surname is Zhang. She has no children and makes a living by receiving subsistence allowances and collecting recyclables. She found this girl as an abandoned baby next to a garbage can more than six years ago when she was collecting recyclables. She raised the girl until she was six and a half years old. Now the girl is going to start school in September, and she wants to register the child's household registration."

Xia Jie thought for a moment, then quickly flipped through her notebook again, and after a long while said, "According to the regulations, doesn't she not meet the requirements for settling down?"

Sister Chen nodded: "It doesn't meet the requirements. The girl doesn't have a birth certificate, and the two haven't gone through formal adoption procedures. Besides, she's seventy-six this year, and there's a seventy-year age gap between them, which doesn't meet the regulations for adopting a child. But the child needs to go to school, and without a household registration, she can't be registered. What do you think we should do?"

Xia Jie didn't speak, but walked up to Old Lady Zhang. As soon as Old Lady Zhang saw her, she looked up hopefully and said, "Officer, I've come more than ten times already, can you finally register my daughter's household registration?"

Xia Jie looked at the little girl, who was staring at her with wide eyes. She patted the girl's hair: "Grandma, this child is calling you..."

Grandma Zhang said, "She used to call me Grandma, but the comrade told me that I couldn't register my household registration without an adoption relationship, so I asked her to call me Mom instead."

He looked at the girl affectionately and said, "Baby, call me Mom."

The girl looked at her, wanted to call out, opened her mouth but couldn't, chuckled and buried her face in her.

Grandma Zhang gently patted her: "Child, if you don't call her, you won't be able to get your household registration. What will you do then?" Her face was full of affection.

Xia Jie patted herself down and pulled out a ballpoint pen, handing it to the girl: "Is your name Bao'er? Bao'er, this is a gift from your older sister. Study hard when you go to school."

Grandma Zhang quickly said, "Baby, look how many kind people we meet everywhere. Take this quickly, thank you, policewoman."

Bao'er happily took the pen: "Thank you, police officer."

Xia Jie patiently explained, "Grandma, your situation is quite complicated, and it's definitely not possible to register your household this time. You should take the child back home first, and you won't need to come back here again. I promise you, I will definitely find the most appropriate solution for you."

Grandma Zhang said worriedly, "We're about to register the child for school, won't that delay the registration?"

Xia Jie said firmly, "I promise I won't. Grandma, you have a hard life, don't waste all your time going to the police station. Go home, I'll help you think of a solution."

After seeing them to the door, Xia Jie waved and said, "Goodbye, Bao'er!"

"goodbye!"

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Xia Jie returned to her office and began searching online for information about local residency registration. She eventually sighed and realized that the other party did not meet the requirements. The only way to successfully register the child's residency in the local area was to send the child to an orphanage.

Xia Jie was a little unwilling, so she went to find the director.

"Director, there's something I don't know how to resolve."

Wang Shouyi asked, "What is it?"

Xia Jie said, "There is an old lady surnamed Zhang who adopted an abandoned baby. The child is about to start school, but he doesn't have a household registration."

Ye Wei spoke up from the side, "I know about this. I also reported it to you, Director."

Wang Shou nodded, indicating that he knew about it.

Ye Wei said, "The old lady definitely doesn't meet the requirements for adopting a child, so there's no way to register the child's household registration."

Xia Jie said, "But the girl is almost seven years old and can't go to school without a household registration."

Wang Shouyi explained, "Xia Jie, the institute took this matter very seriously at first. The instructor even went to the bureau and the civil affairs department, but it was to no avail. Putting aside the policy difficulties, the old lady is already seventy-six years old, and her child is only six. What will happen to the child if she passes away in a few years?"

Xia Jie couldn't answer; this situation was highly likely to occur: "Then... what about the child going to school right now?"

Wang Shouyi said, "The only solution at present is to hand the child over to a social welfare institution."

Xia Jie was stunned: "Does that mean they can only send them to welfare homes?"

Ye Weidao said, "In the long run, it is beneficial to the healthy growth and education of children."

Wang Shouyi checked the time: "Xia Jie, I have a meeting with the instructor, so I'll talk to you later."

Xia Jie watched them leave in a hurry, feeling somewhat depressed. At lunch, she told Li Mu about it.

Li Mu said, "Actually, sending them to an orphanage is not a bad idea either."

Xia Jie glared at him: "Even you say that. That old lady is so old, it wasn't easy for her to raise Bao'er, and they have a very good relationship. You sent the child to the orphanage, how can you bear to separate the two of them?"

Li Mu said, "Actually, what the director said makes sense. The old lady is so old, and the children are so young. The family's ability to withstand risks is too weak. They can't withstand anything that happens, let alone not being able to get a household registration and not being able to go to school."

Xia Jie sighed: "Then what should we do?"

Li Mu said, "Actually, there is a way to get the child registered without separating the two of them."

Xia Jie asked, "What method?"

Li Mu said, "The welfare homes nowadays are different from those before. There is a foster care model where children can be sent to welfare homes and then raised by elderly women."

"In this way, not only will we have a household registration, but the welfare home will also provide subsidies."

Xia Jie's eyes lit up: "There really is such a way!"

Li Mu said, "There should be. How about I go with you to the orphanage to take a look later?"

Xia Jie nodded: "Okay! But before we go, I'd like to go to Grandma's house first to check on her situation and then see Bao'er."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

Xia Jie smiled sweetly.

Since they had some free time at noon, Li Mu accompanied Xia Jie, bought a bag of fruit and a gift box, and asked around all the way to Grandma Zhang's house.

Grandma Zhang lives in a large courtyard in an urban village. It is a small house squeezed in the middle of a large house, with a small kitchen she built herself in front of the door.

When the two arrived, the grandmother and granddaughter were cooking dinner. Grandma Zhang was busy on the stove, while Bao'er moved a small stool to the door of the small kitchen and was picking vegetables.

While picking the fruit, he talked to Grandma Zhang, who was overjoyed and kept wiping away her tears.

Xia Jie stepped forward and called out, "Grandma."

As soon as Bao'er saw her, she quickly stood up and exclaimed, "Grandma, the policewoman is here!" She was much more at ease at home than at the household registration office.

When Grandma Zhang saw this, she quickly put out the fire on the stove and warmly took Xia Jie's hand: "Girl, you're here? This must be your boyfriend, he's so handsome!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Hello, Grandma!"

Grandma Zhang laughed and said, "Good, good!"

Then he looked at Xia Jie and said, "Is it possible to register your household registration? My eyelids have been twitching since this morning. I was wondering if you could come today. See if it works."

Xia Jie didn't know how to answer, so she handed over the fruit and gift box she had brought: "Grandma, I didn't bring much. You and Bao'er can have this fruit. Here's a schoolbag and a set of stationery. Bao'er will be going to school in the summer."