Divorced by her husband's family and rejected by her own! She defiantly turned her life around

Liu Dawang didn't know what to say, so he gave an awkward smile. Liu Siyue looked at the village chief's hopeful face and asked, "Uncle Village Chief, what do you want us to do?"

The village chief explained the situation of six households in the village: "Dawang, you know these families. They are honest and law-abiding, and they never cause any trouble in the village. These days, it has been raining and they can't go to work, so they are probably running out of food. Now, someone in their family is sick and they don't have money to treat them. I just hope I can help them get better and have something to eat to keep them alive. I just want to help them get through this difficult time."

Liu Siyue thought about it and realized that she understood the principle of gratitude for kindness and resentment for dissatisfaction. She also remembered what her mother had once said: one should not forget one's roots or be ungrateful, but one should not be overbearing and should act within one's means.

"It's not that I can't help, but I need to get the household registration and land deeds done first so they can work for me to pay off my debts. Do you think that's feasible? If there are no problems, let's go to the county town now, and I'll buy some grain on the way back."

"Alright, get ready. Bring the divorce papers and money and wait for me at the village entrance. I'll go ask around, then go home and take the oxcart to the county town."

Liu Siyue agreed and quickly started breastfeeding the baby. She pretended to be embarrassed and asked everyone to wait outside. She closed the door, went into her space to prepare the milk, and fed the baby. There were no whole grains in the supermarket, and she couldn't go in there anyway.

He opened the door and tugged at his clothes. "Come in, everyone. I'm all ready. I'm going to town with the village chief soon. Is there anything you need me to bring?"

"No, you should put on your new padded jacket quickly. It's going to be chilly on the road, so don't catch a cold." Liu Siyue put on the jacket and instantly felt warm.

She slung the small bag over her shoulder, packed her things inside, and headed towards the village entrance. Village Chief Liu went from house to house asking, and after getting everyone's consent, she went to Dr. Wu's house to explain the situation of the six families. Dr. Wu nodded and agreed to treat them first and pay later.

Liu Siyue stood under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, looking down. This was the place where the original owner had jumped off the cliff. The autumn wind was rustling, and the locust tree leaves were falling in the wind.

"Get on board in April."

Liu Siyue quickly got on the oxcart, and the village chief cracked his whip, and the oxcart moved steadily forward toward the county town. When they arrived at the county town gate, they saw a long queue, and they waited for a full half hour before they were able to enter the town.

The village chief took her directly to the county government office. The village chief explained his purpose to the yamen runner, who watched as he didn't move, but instead kept rubbing his two fingers together. The village chief quickly took out five coins and handed them to him. The yamen runner snorted coldly, "Wait."

He turned and went inside, then came out a moment later. "Come with me!"

"It's true what they say: if you're poor and have no money, don't come in. No matter what era you're in, money is king. It would be perfect if you had status and position here," Liu Siyue thought to herself.

The bailiffs led them to the door of a room and left. The village chief and Liu Siyue went inside. The man was writing something with his head down. "Registrar, we are here to register our household."

The registrar grunted and continued writing. They didn't dare to speak and just stood quietly by, waiting. About half an hour had passed, and her legs were numb. She really wanted to leave in a huff, but when she thought of the household registration, she forced herself to stay. This old guy looked like he was hard to get along with. Was he putting on a show to get money?

Seeing that the man hadn't made a move, she was furious. No, she had to remind him; she couldn't let him keep putting on airs. Suppressing her anger, she tried to keep her tone calm. "Registrar, if you're too busy today, we'll head back now and come back another day. After all, we live far away, and we won't be able to get back after dark."

Liu Siyue thought to herself, "Everyone says the magistrate is a good official, but are all good officials like this under their command?" She found it hard to believe.

Just as Liu Siyue guessed, the registrar kept his distance, letting them make requests on their own initiative, so as to show his status.

The village chief was a little scared. They had waited before when they came, but never for this long. He wondered what was going on today. He wondered if what April said would anger the registrar and cause him to refuse to process their applications in the future. That would be troublesome.

The registrar put down his pen, glanced at Liu Siyue, then at the village chief, and asked, "Which village are you from, and what business do you have here?"

The village chief, with a forced smile, said, "Registrar, we are from Liujia Village in Sifang Town. We are here to register our household and purchase land. We would be grateful if you could handle our affairs."

The village chief quickly took out one tael of silver and placed it on the table, saying, "Sir, you have been busy with official business. This one tael of silver is for the registrar to buy a cup of tea."

The registrar's tightly furrowed face finally relaxed. He put the silver away and gave a look that said, "You're sensible."

"Bring everything here."

The village chief quickly handed over the items, and Liu Siyue also took out the divorce papers and handed them to the village chief.

"My lord, this is what happened. This is a girl from our Liu Family Village. She divorced her husband's family and wants to live as a separate household."

"If you want to establish a household registration for a woman, do you know the rules? You need a land deed or homestead in the village where you're registering your household, and you also need six taels of silver. Have you prepared all of these?"

"Sir, we want to process the land deed now and then register the household registration."

"You're buying land, have you chosen a location?"

"Yes, it's been checked." The village chief took out a map of Liujia Village and pointed it out to the registrar. "Sir, look, this is a piece of wasteland. It has been measured and is 32 mu in total."

"500 cash per mu of wasteland, 32 mu in total, 16 taels of silver. Pay up."

Liu Siyue took out 16 taels of silver and placed it on the table. The registrar put the silver away and asked, "Whose name is on the land deed?"

The village chief quickly handed over the divorce papers, saying, "Just like the divorce papers, it says 'Liu Siyue'."

The registrar quickly processed the land deed and then began processing the household registration. Liu Siyue hurriedly placed another 6 taels of silver on the table. The registrar started registering and first found the household registration book of the Lu family in Bainiwan. Seeing that Liu Siyue's household registration had been cancelled, he then began registering in Liujia Village.

The registrar began asking Liu Siyue for her personal information, which she answered one by one. Once the household registration was completed, the moment Liu Siyue received the household registration book and land deed, the huge weight that had been hanging over her heart finally lifted. She was now the head of the household, the head of the family.

As Liu Siyue stepped out of the county government office, she let out a long sigh of relief. It was truly dark.

She gave the village chief two taels of silver, but he only wanted one tael. She refused to take the other tael no matter what. Liu Siyue deliberately put on a long face and said, "I know that the village chief charges a service fee for helping people, so you must accept it. It's what you deserve, otherwise I won't dare to ask Uncle Village Chief for help in the future."

"Alright, I'll accept it then, but I don't need that much. 100 coins will do, just like the rest of the villagers."

"You must accept this tael. You must be exhausted after standing there for so long today. Let's find a place to eat."

Liu Siyue found a noodle stall on the street and sat down. She ordered two large bowls of shredded pork noodles and two poached eggs. She chose the noodle stall because the village chief would accept this. If they went to a restaurant, the village chief would definitely refuse.

Two steaming bowls of noodles were served, but Liu Siyue couldn't finish them all. She asked the owner to bring another bowl, picked out most of the noodles, and said, "Uncle Village Chief, these noodles are for you too, I can't finish them."

After the two finished their bowls of noodles, Liu Siyue went with the village chief to buy grain. Unexpectedly, the price of grain had increased. The price of brown rice had risen from 5 coins to 7 coins, and the price of coarse noodles had risen from 6 coins to 8 coins. Grain prices had increased, no wonder the price of noodles had increased.

She bought 300 jin of brown rice and 300 jin of coarse flour, and then hurried back with the village chief.