80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 538

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 538 – A trouble from nowhere (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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As newlyweds deeply in love, Gu Ye and Chu Qiao were inseparable every night, leading to a rapid consumption of contraceptives. 

Gu Ye’s contraceptives were provided by the factory’s family planning director.  

The family planning director would provide free contraception to married factory workers in order to promote the family planning program. 

Gu Ye had collected quite a few, but his usage rate was so high that they ran out in just a few days.  

Thus, the thick-skinned Gu Ye went to the family planning director to ask for more.  

The director was more than happy to oblige. 

She wished all employees had Gu Ye’s level of awareness, using the contraceptives she distributed every night. 

After receiving a thick stack of contraceptives from the director, Gu Ye was satisfied, it would last him ten days to half a month.  

The family planning director was also pleased. 

She even decided to use Gu Ye as a role model, publicly praising him across the factory to encourage other, less proactive staff to follow his lead and not disrupt the factory’s efforts to promote family planning.  

Chu Qiao had no idea that Gu Ye had taken the initiative to ask for more contraceptives. 

She had intended to suggest that after their current supply ran out, they should convert to imported ones. The free ones had a foul odor and were uncomfortable, so it would be worthwhile to spend a little more on imported products.  

But before she could bring it up, Gu Ye had already eagerly gone to the family planning director and returned triumphantly with a large stash, filling an entire drawer. 

So Chu Qiao decided to just let him be, after all, it wasn’t her who had to wear them.  

Meanwhile, Gu Ye, now regarded as a role model by the family planning director, was widely promoted. 

There was a dual-income couple at the factory who had a daughter as their first child. 

The husband was dissatisfied and had always desired a second child, making them a constant challenge to the factory’s family planning efforts. 

The director had been silently observing the pair and made a significant discovery: the wife walked with a peculiar posture, indicating that she was at least five months pregnant.  

Right after Gu Ye collected his contraceptives, the family planning director paid a visit to this couple’s home. 

The wife was wearing loose clothing, but her belly was quite noticeable.

“You need to think carefully, sons and daughters are the same. Is it worth losing your stable job merely to have a son? If you raise your daughter well, she will be able to support you in your old age as well. It doesn’t matter if a child is a male or a female. What counts is whether they grow to be successful and filial. Raising a son who is neither accomplished nor obedient is worse than not having any children at all.”

The family planning director spoke earnestly, hoping to persuade them. 

She didn’t want to be the bad guy, but this couple had violated the policy, so she had no choice but to intervene. 

Otherwise, she risks losing her own job.

The couple remained silent, adopting a posture of passive resistance, utterly unreceptive to her words. 

The director used Gu Ye as an example: 

“Look at Comrade Gu Ye and his wife, their awareness is far more than yours. They are a newlywed couple who have adopted a comrade-in-arms’ child. They don’t even have biological children of their own yet, but they’re actively resisting the urge to have more children. You already have a biological daughter, can’t you learn from them?”

“How do you know they aren’t having children?” 

The husband asked, confused.

“Of course I know. Comrade Gu just picked up a whole bunch of contraceptives from me, which was enough for at least two months. Anyway, think it over carefully. Don’t lose the big picture for a small gain.”

The words slipped out before she could stop herself. 

After offering one more piece of earnest advice, the director left.

But before the night was over, the rumor that Gu Ye and his wife had decided not to have children had spread throughout the entire factory, and eventually reached Chu Qiao’s ears. 

Gu Ye was at work. The ten machine tools he had sold had already been shipped out. 

Technicians dispatched by the machine tool factory were still installing and adjusting them. 

After years of little work, the technicians were exceptionally diligent and attentive. 

The automotive components manufacturer gave excellent comments, which was attributed to Xingda Machine Tools’ dependable quality. 

Gu Ye specially went over to handle the remaining procedures, mainly the final payment. 

Once that was settled, he would receive his commission. 

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