"Is this thing really that amazing?"
"Was it worth spending all our savings on?"
A young woman was shouting at her husband on the sofa. During this period, they had found jobs, worked hard, and saved some money.
They had already planned how to use that money—
Two-thirds of it would be set aside for the Fertility Fund. According to the Official Shelter's current regulations, any unregistered childbirth was illegal.
It was difficult for ordinary people to get pregnant and have children. First, the couple had to be stable and provide proof that they had held steady jobs for a certain period.
Then came proof of assets, demonstrating that they could afford to raise a child. Only then would they receive a chance to "win the lottery."
Along with all the other families applying for natural childbirth, they would draw ten thousand opportunities to have children each cycle.
But the number of families remaining after each application was terrifyingly high, which had given rise to a very strange phenomenon.
Almost every eligible family applied for a pregnancy quota, but in reality, fewer than twenty percent of them actually wanted children.
The rest sold their quotas to other people. Of course, buying and selling quotas was also forbidden, but as long as someone could afford to pay—
Those poor women were willing to carry the offspring of the wealthy.
The cost ranged from thirty to fifty thousand yuan, depending on the winning family's needs and the relationship between supply and demand.
The price for the first batch had been relatively low, only around fifteen thousand yuan. Now, the price had risen.
Many families that had originally had no intention of having children began considering it after securing stable jobs. With more buyers and a limited supply, the highest bidder won.
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