The cost of raising a child is very high, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions, because it is not a small expense to start eating milk powder and wearing diapers soon after the child is born and send the child to kindergarten when he grows up. Although there is nine-year compulsory education after school, for poor families, the cost of books and uniforms is not small. After going to college, they will be given several thousand yuan of living expenses every month. Chen Mou is a very capable and diligent person. He changed from an apprentice to a jeweler and opened a shop in downtown Wenzhou. Later, he married his wife, who gave birth to two children for him.

However, after giving birth to the second child, he felt that the economic pressure was great and his life was not as rich as before. In order to give children a good living condition, he thought of smuggling diamonds. In China, diamonds are generally traded through the Shanghai Diamond Exchange, and the tax charged is 4%. However, diamonds smuggled into the country only need to give others 1% benefits. Chen Mou was moved by the huge profits, so he began to contact smugglers to smuggle and sell these diamonds in Wenzhou. In this smuggling case, Chen Mou also asked his brother, cousin and other relatives to help him complete it, giving them a bonus every year and a fixed salary every month.

In order to reduce their punishment, they returned the stolen goods with all the smuggled money and property, and Chen Mou's wife and children also lost their houses for this reason. Chen Mou felt very sorry for his wife and children. He wanted to give them a good life, but he didn't expect to make their lives poor overnight. However, I think Chen Mou's reason for smuggling diamonds because of the pressure of having a second child is untenable, because he has his own shop, and the location of the shop is still in the city center. This condition is much better than most office workers. An office worker can support his second child. There is no reason why he cannot support himself.

What he said is for the sake of children, but he is actually making excuses and psychological comfort for his illegal things, so that he has enough position and courage to do such things. The most fundamental reason is that he was carried away by profiteering. However, his relatives were not clear-headed and knew it was illegal. They also colluded with Chen Mou, which eventually led to their imprisonment. The case of Chen Mou also reminds us not to go astray when the economic pressure is too great. Once we embark on this road, we can't go back, and even involve our families and suffer together.