The first month has passed, and after the last snow of spring has melted, you don't feel its light steps, and it has hurried into the vast fields, which were originally covered with snow, and in a few days they have been soaked in a little bit of green. Before you know it, that little bit of green turns into a piece of green again. Suddenly, the green became thicker and thicker, and gradually extended from near to the far end as far as you could see, and the whole field and the people in the field woke up from their hibernation state.

The flowers, who had said goodbye to the seasons, came back one after another, showing their familiar smiling faces, and the insects, who had been silent for a winter, woke up noisily again, so that the night became lively again. People who went out to work began to inquire around for news again, packed their bags and prepared to go to other places. In the process of reform and opening up, China's rural areas are a base camp that provides a steady stream of labor, and people have become accustomed to this way of life.

Before going home for the Chinese New Year, the boss A Lei and Wang Zimin agreed that Wang Zimin and Li Yuping would wait for his call at home, and when he gave them the exact news, they would go back to work in the factory. Ah Lei also vaguely told Wang Zimin that the factory had encountered some difficulties and that it might take some time to resolve.

Before they left, Arei made a point of emphasizing that they should not go back until they were notified by his phone call. Because of this reason, Wang Zimin and Li Yuping watched the people who went out to work go out and pulled out one after another, and they were not in a hurry to leave, but patiently waited for the call from their boss A Lei.

At the end of March of that year, the boss, Are, finally called. A Lei told Wang Zimin and Li Yuping that the factory has not officially started yet, and it will take a long time to prepare, but the logistics personnel will go to work first. Wang Zimin and Li Yuping understood the meaning of Ah Lei's phone call, as the logistics supervisor, Li Yuping had to go back to work first, and Wang Zimin still had to wait for a while.

After receiving a call from the boss A Lei, when Li Yuping discussed with him, Wang Zimin didn't think much about it, and agreed to let Li Yuping go back to the south first. After her daughter Xiaoxue was born, Li Yuping rarely breastfed her child because of insufficient milk, and because Wang Zimin's sister Wang Daping had just given birth to a second child, she was still lactating and had enough milk, so Xiaoxue has been fed by Wang Zimin's sister Wang Daping for them. Wang Zimin and Li Yuping discussed overnight, Wang Zimin will return to the south after a while, and Xiaoxue will stay in his hometown and entrust Wang Zimin's sister Wang Daping to take care of.

Early the next morning, Wang Zimin and Li Yuping hitchhiked a ride with a friend of his and sent Li Yuping to the county seat. Wang Zimin sent Li Yuping to the station platform and watched her get on the train to the south. When they waved goodbye like all inseparable lovers, Wang Zimin didn't expect that after this farewell, Li Yuping seemed to have evaporated from the world and would never see her again.

Wang Zimin told her that Xiaoxue was smart and well-behaved, and had begun to babble and be able to call her father and mother, Li Yuping was silent for a while, and said something that made him feel a little inexplicable. Li Yuping seemed to be saying to herself, this child doesn't know how much bitterness his parents have in their hearts. As if there was a sense of reluctance, she was silent for a long time before she asked Wang Zimin some questions with concern, and then hurriedly ended the call.

After that, Li Yuping called back a few more times, Wang Zimin felt that her words were becoming less and less, and when she talked to him, she also looked a little absent-minded, and often sighed inexplicably. After about half a year, Li Yuping stopped telling him about the factory, but just asked Wang Zimin to continue to wait for news. Every time she called, she mainly asked Xiaoxue about her situation, and when she heard him say that Xiaoxue was sick, she was very anxious, and when she heard him say that Xiaoxue could walk, she was very happy, saying that she wanted to buy Xiaoxue some beautiful clothes and toys. After more than ten days, Wang Zimin received several sets of clothes and a box of toys from Li Yuping for Xiaoxue.

After that, Li Yuping called back a few more times, Wang Zimin felt that her words were becoming less and less, and when she talked to him, she also looked a little absent-minded, and often sighed inexplicably. After about half a year, Li Yuping stopped telling him about the factory, but just asked Wang Zimin to continue to wait for news. Every time she called, she mainly asked Xiaoxue about her situation, and when she heard him say that Xiaoxue was sick, she was very anxious, and when she heard him say that Xiaoxue could walk, she was very happy, saying that she wanted to buy Xiaoxue some beautiful clothes and toys. After more than ten days, Wang Zimin received several sets of clothes and a box of toys from Li Yuping for Xiaoxue.

Every time he called, Li Yuping had to repeatedly tell him not to come to the south, anyway, there was no possibility of starting work this year, so it was better for him to rest for a year and take care of Xiaoxue. Although Wang Zimin felt that Li Yuping seemed to have something on her mind, she refused to say more, so he didn't insist on asking any further. Wang Zimin thought that what Li Yuping said made sense, so he took care of a few acres of farmland at home, and when he had time, he would take Xiaoxue everywhere to play, and wanted to wait for Li Yuping to come back before making the next step.

Time passed in a flash, and at the end of the year, people who had gone out to work also came back one after another. Wang Zimin was a little anxious, because not only did Li Yuping not come back, but her phone number also became empty, and he called again and again uneasily, but he couldn't get through anymore.

After another Lunar New Year in worry and anxiety, Wang Zimin felt that he could not wait any longer, and he decided to go to the south. When he came to the electronic product processing factory where he had worked for three years, the boss had been replaced by someone else, and after asking around, he finally learned a little truth, it turned out that the boss A Lei had finally lost all his family property because he had gone to Macau many times to gamble, and he owed a huge amount of debt, and now he has disappeared.

Although Ah Lei treats him well, he usually takes care of Li Yuping's face and takes good care of him, but the relationship between them is only between the boss and the employee, and Wang Zimin does not need to care too much. Wang Zimin is only concerned about Li Yuping, he knows that Li Yuping and A Lei are both fellow countrymen and relatives, where will she go? Will she still be with Arley? Why didn't she reach out to herself? Why did her mobile phone number become empty? Why did she leave herself like this? Leaving Xiaoxue?

Wang Zimin had a mess of unsolvable questions in his heart, and he thought in his heart that if Li Yuping hadn't had an accident, it would be impossible for her not to contact him. Although he didn't know what the reason was, her phone number became empty, but if nothing happened, she could have called him, and she should have called him. It's impossible for Li Yuping not to care about Xiaoxue's child, she hasn't seen her child for more than a year.

Wang Zimin found a few fellow villagers who were like sisters to Li Yuping before, and they didn't know Li Yuping's whereabouts. But from their rambling answers, he sensed that Li Yuping seemed to have something to hide from him. What could she hide from him? He couldn't figure it out, but he should be able to figure it out himself. Although she had been with him for a few years, he didn't know her completely, but he didn't think about it at the time, and he didn't want to think about it deeply, and now when he thinks back to some things in the past, he has a lot of doubts. It wasn't until a few years later that Wang Zimin calmed down from this relationship and thought about all his past with Li Yuping, and he was able to realize this clearly.

Wang Zimin did not find the boss A Lei in the south, nor did he find any trace of Li Yuping. He once walked outside the gate of the police station, thinking about whether he was going to call the police, but after thinking about it, who was she? Neither his relatives in the legal sense nor a husband and wife in the legal sense, can the police station accept a report from an irrelevant person? Can the police manage this kind of thing? Does he have evidence that Li Yuping is missing? Or did something happen to you? He was nothing to her, and he couldn't prove anything. However, he was unwilling to give up looking for news of Li Yuping so easily. In order to continue to search for Li Yuping, he decided to stay in the south for the time being. Without a stable job and financial resources, Wang Zimin often looked for some temporary jobs, and while working hard, he continued to inquire and look for news and clues about Li Yuping.

Time flickered away day by day, and in the blink of an eye, six years had passed. By the time he returned home empty-handed, Xiaoxue, whom he hadn't seen for several years, had grown into a little adult. Xiaoxue, who had been brought up by her aunt Wang Daping, looked at Wang Zimin who had returned home, and asked suspiciously, "Are you your father?" What about Mom? My aunt said you were together, why didn't my mother come back? ”

Wang Zimin looked at Xiaoxue, who was reluctant to let go of holding his hand, and told Xiaoxue with a bitter smile in a complicated mood: "Mom is very busy with work, and she can't come back for the time being." He looked at the lively and lovely Xiaoxue, and decided not to go out to work anymore, he wanted to cultivate and educate this child well, and accompany her to grow up, which was his only concern and happiness.

The primary school in the village opened, Xiaoxue looked at the little friends running from the door of the house with their schoolbags on their backs, she hugged Wang Zimin's legs and said, "Dad, I want to go to school, they all go to school." Wang Zimin then remembered that Xiaoxue had reached the age of going to school, and slapped his head fiercely with some self-reproach: "Ouch, I'm really unqualified as a father, and I can't forget this big thing." Let's go sign up. ”

Wang Zimin took Xiaoxue's hand and came to the village primary school, Teacher Wang, who was responsible for registration, was Wang Zimin's hair school, a classmate from primary school to middle school, Teacher Wang looked at Xiaoxue: "The child is so old, time flies too fast, it's really a blink of an eye." Did you bring your family register? Wang Zimin told Mr. Wang truthfully in private that he and Li Yuping did not have a marriage certificate, and the child did not have a birth certificate, so there was no way to register for the time being.

Teacher Wang understood Wang Zimin's difficulties very well, nodded and said: "That's it, let's register Xiaoxue first, the child's school cannot be delayed, but you have to find a way to get the child's household registration done well, otherwise, Xiaoxue will not have a student status, and there will be no way to go to middle school and college in the future." Now everything has to be real-name, if Xiaoxue doesn't have a hukou, she can't even get an ID card when she grows up, so she can't go out, so she can only stay in the village for the rest of her life. Don't let her become a black household. ”

Wang Zimin also knows that Xiaoxue's hukou is very important: "I know that this matter is more important than anything else, I have already gone to the police station to learn some procedures, and after preparing to do a paternity test, I will go to Xiaoxue to apply for a hukou, which will not delay Xiaoxue's school and life in the future." I'm her dad, so it's natural to think about these things. ”

Wang Zimin looked very depressed in front of Dongfang Siyi that day: "Why did I do this paternity test? What I shouldn't have done, what I really shouldn't have done! But you can't help but do it, if you don't do it, there is no other way to give Xiaoxue a hukou, Xiaoxue needs a hukou to go to school, starting from elementary school, to middle school, to college, all need hukou. In the future, you will also need an ID card, and you will not be able to do anything without a hukou. ”

Dongfang Siyi knows that the most involved in paternity testing is caused by the hukou problem. In the past, some people without hukou who violated the laws and regulations on population and family planning in force at that time, as well as those who gave birth outside the policy or out of wedlock, brought about some social problems over time. These people who do not have a hukou go to school, find a job, register their marriages, apply for social insurance, and so on, all of which are related to it. Therefore, the lack of "black households" is not only as simple as a hukou and an ID card, but also means that there will be various obstacles in enjoying a series of benefits such as education, medical care, and employment, and it is very difficult to even take public transportation without an ID card.

In the 90s of the last century, it was discovered that the linkage between family planning and household registration would affect the development of individuals. The state has issued a document requiring that as long as you are born, you must unconditionally register for household registration, but in many places it has not been implemented. Hukou involves a person's entire life and has an impact from birth. If we do not solve the problem of "black households," it will be difficult to promote the "real-name system" in all aspects of social management in a more comprehensive way, and it will be difficult to better carry out effective and scientific management of society.

It is precisely out of concern for these people without household registration that the state has issued opinions on solving the problem of household registration for people without household registration, and those who do not meet the requirements of family planning and other requirements can apply for permanent residence registration by themselves or their guardians on the basis of the "Medical Certificate of Birth" and the household registration booklet of one of the parents, the marriage certificate or the explanation of birth out of wedlock, in accordance with the policy of voluntarily settling down with their father and mother. However, those who apply to settle down with their fathers who give birth out of wedlock and do not have a hukou must also provide a paternity certificate issued by a qualified appraisal agency.

According to this new regulation, with a paternity test, black households without social identity can have a home, which is also a great progress in social management and a humanized embodiment of social management.

Wang Zimin finally got the paternity test report, thinking that from now on, he could completely solve Xiaoxue's household registration problem in the future. He never thought about the appraisal conclusion he saw, but it was not the result he was looking forward to, the appraisal stamped with the seal of the appraisal agency, clearly written in black and white: "According to the available information and DNA analysis results, Wang Zimin is ruled out as Wang Xiaoxue's biological father." ”

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