Yes, Xu Haodong is indeed researching how much it costs a child to get from pregnancy to college graduation, because he is deeply skeptical of the claims of some experts. According to the research of experts, in cities above the prefecture level across the country, the total cost of a child from pregnancy to university graduation requires an average of 1.5 million yuan, of which more than 2 million yuan in large cities and 1 million to 1.2 million yuan in ordinary third- and fourth-tier cities.

What Xu Haodong can't tolerate is that Yunling is listed as a high-consumption city by experts, comparable to the provincial capital Binzhou, and the experts concluded. In Yunling City, a child needs to spend an average of 1.7 million yuan from pregnancy to college graduation.

Xu Haodong's research direction has three directions, one is to prove that the experts' conclusions are unreliable; the second is to draw their own conclusions; The third is to explore and solve the problem of "not being able to give birth and not being able to raise".

For Xu Haodong, this is both his responsibility and his specialty. In addition, he has the help of his father-in-law, who has been teaching all his life, and there are almost all their students all over the country, and they are very convenient to provide relevant local data.

Xu Haodong also has the advantage that his wife Xu Yunjie has developed software that can not only collect data, but also analyze data, which saves a lot of time for his research.

The most important thing is the father-in-law and mother-in-law, a son-in-law and half a son, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law regard Xu Haodong as their own son. The old couple has long had a tacit understanding, they used to be bad to Xu Haodong, and they want to compensate him, the former son-in-law and current son-in-law, who else can they help if they don't help their son-in-law?

Xu Haodong is really good, the two babies in Xu Yunjie's womb have not yet been born, so he did the ideological work of his parents, and decided to let the two babies have the surnames of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, which made his father-in-law and mother-in-law very grateful. Therefore, the father-in-law took care of Xiaoxue Xiaodong in the provincial capital, and the mother-in-law took care of her daughter in Yunling and took care of the housework.

Now Xu Haodong is engaged in this research, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law are even more volunteering, with a clear division of labor, the father-in-law is responsible for collecting relevant data from all over the country in the provincial capital, and the mother-in-law is responsible for organizing articles. In Xu Haodong's words, he was the mentor of the subject, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law became his assistants.

Back at home, Xu Yunjie sat on the sofa like an empress, and Dr. Chen helped sort out a large pile of clothes that she had bought. The mother-in-law looked at the computer and selectively entered the information about the antenatal training course into the computer.

Xu Haodong showed off his cooking skills, spent an hour and ten minutes, cooked six dishes and a soup, and steamed a pot of steamed buns.

The whole family praised Xu Haodong, which made Xu Haodong feel very accomplished, and said proudly: "Don't hide it from everyone, I was removed from my post at the beginning, I wanted to resign, I was ready to be self-employed and self-reliant, and the main directions are two." One is to rent a storefront in the food street and open a small restaurant, with my cooking skills and the gimmick of the former acting mayor, I believe that the business must be good. ”

Xu Yunjie said while eating: "I don't believe it, you are a fallen mayor to open a restaurant, those people you have offended, you have to clean you up, your restaurant will definitely not be opened." ”

Xu Haodong said confidently: "Xiaojie, what you say is wrong, to sum up, I have been in politics for many years, and there are not many public enemies, and there are almost no private enemies, so when a person like me opens a restaurant, not only does no one smash the store, but there must be a lot of people who support the scene." ”

Dr. Chen asked, "Secretary Xu, with your mind and ability, I believe that opening a restaurant is a piece of cake, but you have served as executive vice mayor and acting mayor, can you pull the child to open a small restaurant?" ”

Xu Haodong said with a smile: "Aunt Chen, you don't know, the problem of face is a false proposition, and in the face of the problem of survival, face is not a problem at all." I dared to go out to set up a stall to make money at the age of twelve, so I practiced how to save face early, and the reason why many people fail and fail is mainly because they want to save face and suffer crimes. ”

Xu Yunjie asked, "Brother-in-law, what about your other direction of effort?" ”

Xu Haodong said: "It is to hold a prenatal training class, and your sister was also very supportive at that time, and she also talked about face, saying that it is more decent to run a prenatal training class than to open a small restaurant." ”

Xu Yunjie giggled, "You are a big man who holds a prenatal training class, who dares to come." ”

Xu Haodong smiled: "So, so this idea is just a flash, but the idea of opening a small restaurant, I still remember it." ”

After dinner, after finishing the housework, the family gathered in the living room and talked about the topic that Xu Haodong was researching.

The mother-in-law asked: "Haodong, the data that the experts said must be unreliable now, what do you think is their problem?" ”

"Obviously." Xu Haodong said: "First, there are ulterior motives, creating lies to cause instability in the society, this is a political issue, others dare not say it, I dare to say it." The second is to conduct research behind closed doors, which is a common problem of most so-called experts at present, and I will never allow such experts to exist in my Yunling City. Third, it ignores the government's efforts to grow up children and young people. Fourth, the obligation is confused with responsibility, and the non-monetary contribution of the family in the process of children's growth is a kind of responsibility, which should not be converted into money and included in the cost of parenting. ”

The mother-in-law said: "So far, the results of my research on Yunling City are as follows. The first part is the cost of pregnancy and childbirth, first, the cost of pregnancy examination, B ultrasound, medicine, etc., about 1,000 yuan, because Yunling City has a special financial subsidy, this cost is half lower than the national level. Second, nutritional supplements during pregnancy, about 3,000 yuan, Xiaojie is a big stomach and a foodie, and her expenses in this area cannot be used as a standard. Third, radiation protection clothing and maternity clothes, about 1,000 yuan, Xiaojie's expenses cannot be used as a standard. Fourth, in general obstetrics and gynecology hospitals, the total cost of normal delivery is about 4,000 yuan. If you have a caesarean section, the cost ranges from 6,000 to 8,000, and the average value I chose for this item is 6,000 yuan. Fifth, the data I got in the maternal and infant hospital in the afternoon was 7,200 yuan, and I set it at 7,000 yuan, because there are still many pregnant women who have not participated in the prenatal training. The sum of the above five expenses is $18,000. ”

Xu Haodong said: "Mom, this number should be subtracted from 2,000, because our municipal finance has a special subsidy, and each pregnant woman is subsidized by 2,000 yuan, so this data should be 16,000 yuan." ”

The mother-in-law said: "The second part is the cost of zero to three years old, if the baby is not sick, when the baby is not sick, when the baby is zero to one year old, the money for milk powder, clothes, diapers, etc., will cost about 1,500 yuan per month." If you don't drink milk powder, then it will cost about 900 yuan per month, and at least about 10,800 yuan within the first year of life. There is also a period from one to three years old, buying all kinds of early education materials and toys, about 3,000 yuan. Living plus clothes and other money, about 1,000 yuan per month. The above three items add up, which is about 27,000 yuan. ”

Xu Haodong said: "This expenditure can be reduced by 3,000 yuan, and the municipal finance also has a special subsidy, and children aged 0 to 3 years old will receive a subsidy of 1,000 yuan per person per year." ”