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Chapter 556 The Son-in-Law Comes to Live with His Parents! (Second Update!)
Once they found out who was driving, the elite officers of the Sixth Village Affairs Division immediately stopped their discussion, sat up straight, and focused their attention on their own thoughts, as if they were meditating monks, quiet and peaceful.

They tried to pretend they couldn't see it, but the people inside the car wanted them to.

The Mercedes-Benz, with its turn signal on, slowly moved forward and finally stopped in front of several officers from the Sixth Village Affairs Division. The driver's side window rolled down, and Ji Shuangshuang poked her head out of the window.
"Uncle Wang, Aunt Liu, Aunt Xu, have you eaten yet?"

"I see everyone in the village is busy cooking, but you guys are still here. Is it because no one is cooking for you?"

"Or is it that you can't even get enough people to sit at a table?"

As she spoke, Ji Shuang blinked her big, bright eyes, which looked incredibly innocent.

Across from her, several officers from the Sixth Village Affairs Division darkened their faces. They wanted to say something, but the insults from last year still echoed in their ears, so they could only shut their mouths and pretend they hadn't heard them.

Seeing that these people were pretending not to hear, Ji Shuangshuang immediately turned off the engine, got out of the car, went to the passenger seat, pulled Lin Yi out of the car, and then led Lin Yi to the group of elderly men and women:

"Uncle He, Uncle Wang, let me introduce you!"

"My husband!"

Upon seeing Lin Yi, the elderly men and women forced a smile, casually making small talk before asking him questions:
"Young man, where are you from?"

How old are you this year?

"When are you going to have a baby?"

"Where are you planning to buy a house? With a loan or in cash? Do you want to buy a car?"

Faced with these questions, Lin Yi simply smiled and didn't reply.

I've met these people in my past life, but we met a few years later. Back then, their hair was completely white, and they looked kinder and less talkative.

However, that was all in my past life. I don't know them in this life!
After introducing Lin Yi, Ji Shuangshuang pulled over several elderly men and women in front of her and introduced them to Lin Yi as well:
"This is Uncle He, the fortune teller from our village!"

"Every day before he goes out, he consults the oracle to see how his luck will be that day. His family is the one in our village that built the highest revetment!"

"When you walk around the village, you'll recognize it at a glance!"

"This is Uncle Wang, a well-known philanthropist in our village! He tried raising chickens for three years and pigs for five, but none of them succeeded. All his money went to the feed mill and the seedling farm!"

"This is Aunt Liu. The thing she's most proud of in her life is that she risked her life to make her child, who could have gone to a top school, end up in a vocational teacher training college."

"This Aunt Xu isn't really that bad, she just likes to take advantage of small things!"

The remaining people, upon hearing this, knew that Ji Shuangshuang was about to expose their secrets. They didn't say much, but simply picked up the small stove and quietly left the Sixth Village Affairs Bureau.

After those people left, the group whose secrets had just been exposed also got up, carrying their small stoves, humming songs, and returned to the village.

Watching their figures disappear, Ji Shuangshuang let out a long breath, turned around, and asked Lin Yi:

"Well, city folks have never seen anything like this before, have they?"

“More than ten years ago, Hanshan Temple was in the city, but Hanshan Temple District was not in the city!” Lin Yi raised a finger to correct Ji Shuangshuang. “When my dad’s factory was first built, it was robbed every night. We knew who was stealing from us, but… what could we do?”

"Everyone wants to live well. Some people want to take the right path, some want to take the wrong path, and some don't want to take any path at all, so they stay in the same place and curse."

After saying that, Lin Yi prepared to get into the car.

Just as they opened the car door, a rapid honking sounded behind them. Turning around, they saw a used Santana driving towards them. The Santana stopped behind the Mercedes, the window rolled down, and Ji Guoping's face appeared from the driver's seat.
"Double!"

"Dad!" Ji Shuangshuang ran happily to Ji Guoping. The father and daughter hugged through the window, then pinched each other's cheeks.
"Dad, you've gained weight!"

"You too! It's good to gain some weight; you looked a bit too plain before."

After pinching his cheek, Ji Guoping's gaze naturally fell on Lin Yi: "You're here?"

"Mm!" Lin Yi smiled and nodded slightly.

"Get in!" The vehicle started again and slowly moved forward along the gravel road in the village.

The Ji family's courtyard wasn't large; two cars squeezed in, filling it completely.

Before Lin Yi could even get out of the car, the passenger door was pulled open from the outside. Ji An, still a high school student, stood outside with a sycophantic look on his face, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand.
"Brother-in-law, have some tea!"

Lin Yi got out of the car, but instead of accepting the tea, he went to the trunk, opened it, took out a Transformers model, handed it to Ji An, and took the tea from Ji An's hand.

"A brand new, authentic Hasbro model!" Ji An screamed, spun around in place with the model in hand, and then excitedly ran to Lin Yi: "You're my brother-in-law!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his left ear fell into Ji Shuang's hands:

"You mean, he wasn't your brother-in-law before?"

The siblings were about the same height, but Ji Shuang was pulling down with both hands, so Ji An could only tilt his head down as well: "Ji Shuangshuang, I've severed all ties with you!"

"I am not your beast of burden!"

"I've awakened!"

"You've awakened, haven't you?" Ji Shuangshuang released her grip, looking at her younger brother with disdain. Noticing the disdain in her eyes, Ji An straightened up, puffed out his chest, and was about to speak loudly when Ji Shuangshuang pulled a red envelope from her pocket, waved it in front of him, and then tossed it out like a card:

"Go, bring it back!"

"Don't go!"

"There's 1000 yuan inside!"

"Woof woof!" Watching Ji An fly away like an arrow, Lin Yi smiled and walked to Ji Shuangshuang's side: "Your brother is quite perceptive!"

"At least he's a human being!" Ji Shuangshuang replied smugly, but quickly realized something was off and turned around: "What do you mean by 'quite humane'?"

"You yourself said you're at least a human being!"

"My brother is a person!"

"He was a human being after all!"

"You've confused me! I mean, don't use those dog-related words to describe him!" Ji Shuangshuang had just finished correcting him when Ji An, who had gone to pick up the red envelope, returned. The red envelope was gone, replaced by a broad smile on his face.

His smile didn't last two seconds, because what greeted him was Ji Shuangshuang's finger pointing towards a pile of gifts and two large boxes in the trunk.

"Ji Shuangshuang!" Ji An screamed, first placing his genuine Transformers toy in the living room before turning around to move his luggage.

Just as Lin Yi was about to help, Ji Guoping popped up from the side: "Let him move it. The kid is young, he should get some exercise!"

"Come on, let's go to the living room and have a cup of tea!"

Entering the living room, Ji Guoping had the two sit on either side of the tea table, while he himself sat in the middle. He poured a cup of tea for both of them before looking at Lin Yi and asking:

"are you sure?"

"Are you two sure you want to be together? Are you sure you want to get married? Or did you just lose your mind?" "No!" Lin Yi answered first, then looked at Ji Shuangshuang with deep affection.

Ji Shuangshuang lowered her head, twisting the fabric on her sleeves with both hands, and hummed in a very low voice.

The sound of suitcase wheels rolling filled the air. Ji An passed by and, seeing this, screamed again, "Ji Shuangshuang, can't you even blush?"

The next second, Ji Shuangshuang, who had been blushing and looking down, suddenly stood up, grabbed the ashtray next to her, and turned around with murderous intent: "I'm going to kill you!"

Sensing the murderous aura that had solidified into a tangible form, Ji An grabbed a suitcase in each hand and rushed upstairs, disappearing around the corner of the stairs in the blink of an eye.

Unable to catch up, Ji Shuangshuang turned around and found Lin Yi looking at her. She quickly lowered her head, hid the ashtray behind her back, and timidly walked back to the tea table. Pretending to be casual, she put the ashtray back on the table: "Hey, why is this ashtray here?"

The ashtray was returned to Zhongcheng's table. Ji Guoping reached out, took the ashtray, and held it in front of himself, staring at his daughter: "Are you sure?"

Knowing that her father was asking her to make the decision, Ji Shuangshuang looked up and nodded vigorously: "I'm sure!"

"He is my husband! He is now, and he always will be!"

"Okay!" Upon receiving his daughter's affirmative response, Ji Guoping stood up, took out a brownish-purple notebook from the drawer under the TV cabinet, and placed it in front of Ji Shuangshuang.

On the brownish-purple cover of the notebook were a few words embossed in gold.

[Household Registration Booklet]

Ji Guoping tapped his finger lightly twice on the household registration booklet and reminded him:

"The town's civil affairs bureau won't close until tomorrow afternoon. You can also apply at the civil affairs bureau in Suzhou, but remember to return the original household registration booklet to me!"

"I heard from my old comrades that the city is working on a new plan. In two years, our area might be demolished. And you need your household registration booklet for the demolition. Don't let them get lost!"

Reaching out to take the household registration booklet, Ji Shuangshuang's slender fingers lightly traced its surface, a hint of surprise flashing across her face from time to time.

Before returning home, she had imagined how she could persuade her parents to hand over their household registration booklet.

But to my surprise, just a few minutes after I entered the house and after saying a few words, my father took out the household registration book.

But that’s fine.

To save myself the trouble.

It's too late today, so I'll get up early tomorrow morning and go to town to pick up the certificate. Then I can have some fun in the afternoon!
As she put the household registration book away, she suddenly realized that she hadn't seen her mother since she entered the family.

Turning to look at her elderly father, just as she was about to ask a question, the kitchen door opened from the inside, and Fang Hui walked out of the kitchen carrying a ceramic pot, smiling broadly.

"Here, the chicken soup is freshly made. Let's have chicken soup hot pot today!"

The induction cooker was turned on, the chicken soup heated up, and the aroma immediately filled the air. A series of thumping sounds echoed down the stairs, and with that sound, Ji An appeared at the dining table like the wind.

"Mom, I want to eat chicken legs!" Ji An said as he tried to pick up a chicken leg with his chopsticks. Before his chopsticks could even reach into the pot, a pair of chopsticks suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed his hand.

It is Fang Hui.

Fang Hui slapped her son's chopsticks away and rolled her eyes: "You eat shit!"

"This chicken leg belongs to your brother-in-law. You can just eat some vegetable leaves instead."

"You won't starve to death if you don't eat chicken for one meal!"

Hearing her mother scolding her younger brother, Ji Shuangshuang smugly grabbed her chopsticks and wickedly reached for the chicken leg. Before the chopsticks even touched the pot, Fang Hui snatched them away.
"You too, go stand over there!"

"I am your own daughter!"

"This is my son-in-law!"

"I..." Ji Shuangshuang was speechless with anger. She wanted to say something to complain, but all the words were stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say a single word.

After getting rid of those two troublesome guys in his own family, Fang Hui went back into the kitchen to get the dishes that had been prepared. Ji Guoping followed closely behind, while Lin Yi also went around the dining table and into the kitchen to help out.

In less than 10 minutes, the round dining table was filled with dishes. Ji Guoping sat in the main seat, with Lin Yi on his left and Fang Hui on his right. To Lin Yi's left was Ji Shuangshuang, and opposite him was Ji An.

When the meal was formally served, Ji Guoping took out a bottle of wine and opened it quite naturally:

"We'll just have a little bit! Just a tiny bit!"

After saying "drink less," Ji Guoping took out two large glasses, emptied one bottle of wine, and filled the two glasses only two-thirds full.

"Try our braised beef here, it's spicy, not sweet!"

"Come on, let's have a sip!"

Ji Guoping was in charge of persuading Lin Yi to drink, while Fang Hui stood beside him serving him food.
"Come on, Xiao Yi, try this pickled chicken feet..."

"Try this egg dumpling..."

"Try this romaine lettuce..."

"Try this..."

Ji Shuangshuang and Ji An wanted to pick up some food, but every time, Fang Hui's chopsticks would snatch a piece of food right in front of their chopsticks.

But when she was robbed again, Ji Shuangshuang couldn't help but roll her eyes:
"Mom! I'm your real daughter!"

"I heard you! You already said it, so don't repeat it now!" Fang Hui responded naturally, then picked up another piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it in Lin Yi's bowl.

After a few sips of wine, Lin Yi and Ji Guoping both became slightly tipsy.

Research suggests that when two men get together and have a few drinks, they tend to start discussing politics.

Ji Guoping and Lin Yi were no exception. They had only been slightly tipsy for a short while when Ji Guoping tilted his head and asked:

"I heard you have business dealings with the Middle East. Why is there so much fighting there? And I heard that their ethnic group is divided into sects. Could you tell me what that is like?"

Lin Yi picked up his wine glass, offered a toast, and casually explained, "They're not dividing themselves into sects; they're dividing themselves into groups based on their understanding of things."

"Two schools of thought with different understandings formed a conflict a thousand years ago, and the conflict has continued for a thousand years."

"In modern times, communication has become easier, which naturally increases the number of conflicts."

"We don't need to worry about those people. We just need to live our own lives well."

After listening, Ji Guoping gave a swaying thumbs-up and slurred, "You're right!"

“We are thousands of kilometers apart. If they want to fight, they will fight on their own territory. It has nothing to do with us.”

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first!"

(End of this chapter)