Change of Household Registration

Fang Zhiyuan followed Fang Zeng and the others went to change their household registration. Lin Xin looked at Fang Zhiyuan with a complicated look. He didn’t expect that a ten-year-old child could say such a thing, although he didn’t approve of such rashness to put everything in the open and let people catch him.

But the courage and decisiveness of this child made him look at him with new eyes. He was clear about gratitude and resentment, and was not weak. Although this would cause some loss of reputation, people who really knew the matter would only say: the father is not a father, and the son is not a son. Besides, he was still young, a child. When he grew up and had the ability, who would take the jokes of childhood seriously and embarrass him.

Fang Zeng vented his anger. He knew that doing so was not good for his nephew, so at the beginning, he planned to take the lead himself. He would be the good guy and the bad guy, and others would no longer say anything about his nephew in the future. But the old man Li Ren finally disgusted him. His adopted nephew, his brother’s biological son, why should he serve those two people like a cow and a horse?

Although Li Fu is his father, he is also satisfied with whatever his nephew said. He did nothing and still thought about taking advantage of them in the future. He really thought they were easy to bully. As expected of his nephew, his last words were so powerful. I have no relationship with your Li family. I don’t take any benefits, but you can’t take a penny from me. It really slapped the Li family hard and loudly, and all the depression in his heart was released. His brother didn’t choose a good husband, but he gave birth to a good son.

Fang Zhiyuan was relaxed and comfortable. He no longer had to look at the faces of Li Fu and Feng Mei. Li Village is generally xenophobic. His mother was from another village, and he was an outsider who doesn’t look good but lives a better life than the people in their village.

 This made those narrow-minded gers particularly angry. Especially after his family sold tofu, those old Li family members in the village who were related to Li Fu always wanted to take advantage of it. Originally, it was a small business, and Li Fu, who was good at saving face, often pretended to be generous. Fang Sheng almost lost money at the beginning. Fortunately, Fang Sheng got angry later and did not let Li Fu manage the tofu shop. Fang had once taken advantage of the restaurant in the town, otherwise his family would still be starving.

But because of this, the people in Li Village felt that Fang Sheng was stingy and ruthless, and they excluded him even more. From time to time, they would provoke Li Fu, telling him not to be controlled by a ger and lose the face of the men in Li Village. Li Fu was a little angry afterwards, and he always showed great masculinity at home and outside, just for this so-called face.

In his memory, Fang Sheng only had contact with an old widower who fled from famine and settled down in town. When he used to sell tofu, Fang Zhiyuan usually went with this old ger, and Fang Sheng often helped him with his work. The two got along very well, but unfortunately he passed away last year.

Fang Zhiyuan was happy when he saw the words written by Lin Xin today. It was traditional Chinese characters, he could recognize them, and he could write a few, so he was considered half illiterate. But the original body couldn’t write, and although he didn’t have a brain for reading, he didn’t want to be illiterate forever, so if he had a chance, he would go to school, at least recognize the characters and pretend to be able to do it, so as to avoid revealing his true colors after a long time.

At this time, the theory of ghosts and gods was still very awe-inspiring. He didn’t want to be burned to death as an alien. He didn’t live enough in his previous life, so he had to live enough in this life. Otherwise, it would be too sorry for the gift of God.

And the last words today were also what he thought in his heart. He just wanted to see if Li Fu still had some feelings for Fang Sheng and his son. If Li Fu could do what he said today, if he really had something to do in the future, he would definitely help him if he could, just as Li Hu’s filial piety.

But Li Fu was Li Fu, a selfish person from head to toe. People like him harmed their relatives for their lovers, but they didn’t repent at all. In the end, it was even more funny that they wanted to use this identity to oppress him and control him.

Since his parents died in his previous life, that group of vampire relatives occupied his house, divided the pension, and drove him away. And they wanted to use the name of the elder. After he became successful and had some reputation, he worked like a slave for them. What a joke, he hated such people the most, and he also took revenge on them one by one.

Now Li Fu also wanted to use this trick, using the reputation and authority of an elder to force a child he abandoned, and he thought that he was still like the original body, he could take it if he wanted, and throw it away if he wanted, because he was the father, and this was the qualification. He wanted to tell everyone that even if he was a father, he was a father who harmed his mother and abandoned him, he was nothing in his eyes. He was nothing, so don’t bother him in the future.

He first laid out the reasons, as for whether he had a reputation or not, how could it be eaten or used as money? He didn’t take the imperial examination, and he didn’t want to be an official, so why did he need such a good reputation. Besides, there was always a source for why he was unfilial. Although his reputation was ruined, Li Fu also lost his reputation. It was mutual, and he didn’t suffer any loss.

He arrived in town. There was a document to prove it, and the head of Lin Village testified. Li Hu changed his name to Fang Zhiyuan and officially settled down under Fang Zeng’s name, becoming a member of the Fang family in Lin Village. In name, he had no relationship with Li Village and Li Fu. Fang Zhiyuan was holding a thin piece of paper proving his household registration, feeling excited, and finally took the first step.

Today was Fang Zhiyuan’s first day to settle down in his family, Fang Zeng took him to the pork shop, intending to buy a few pounds of pork to satisfy Fang Zhiyuan’s cravings and entertain him casually. They would be a real family in the future. The first meal must be good, so that it is festive.

Although Fang Zhiyuan had memories, he still followed Fang Zeng obediently and watched him take him to the pork shop. Looking at the neatly arranged pork in front of him, his saliva was about to flow out. Farmers live frugally. Although his mother had game sent by his uncle from time to time, these days, his mother was gone, his uncle didn’t come to see him, and Li Fu didn’t care about him. He was always hungry, not to mention meat, even coarse grains were not enough to eat.

Now seeing pork, Fang Zhiyuan’s body was drooling uncontrollably, his mind was full of braised pork, braised spareribs, braised pig’s trotters and stir-fried pig intestines. No, there were too many delicious foods, the more he thought about it, the hungrier he became, and the faster his saliva flowed. After all, he was an adult in his thinking, so he quickly wiped his saliva with his sleeve, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Fang Zeng looked at Fang Zhiyuan like this, and he felt funny and sad at the same time. If his brother was still alive, his nephew would not be so greedy for meat. It was also his fault that he misunderstood his nephew and made him suffer these days. Under the black-hearted hands of Li Fu, he didn’t know what kind of life he would live.

 Thinking of this, he touched Fang Zhiyuan’s head and said with a smile: “Huzi likes to eat meat, uncle will buy you more so that you can eat enough. Boss, give me five catties of white board and three catties of pork belly. I want to nourish my nephew’s body.”

The butcher shop owner and Fang Zeng are also acquaintances. Before Fang Zeng sold the game to Shopkeeper Chen, most of it was handled by him. The boss’s surname is Han, and he is a big and strong man. He said to Fang Zeng with full energy: “Brother Fang, you are here. Old Han promises to give you the freshest and sufficient quantity. Don’t worry!”

White board means all fat meat without a trace of lean meat. This kind of meat is the most delicious for farmers who lack oil and water but it was not the case with Fang Zhiyuan. He pulled Fang Zeng and shook his head, saying, “Uncle, I don’t eat white board. Buy me some pig’s trotters, intestines, and lean meat. I like to eat them.”

The pig’s trotters are only half the price of meat. Those pig offal are difficult to clean up and are not as delicious as meat, so they are also very cheap. The bones are cleaned of meat, and you can buy two for one penny. Fang Zeng thought that Fang Zhiyuan wanted to save money for him, and he felt warm but funny in his heart.

Although his family didn’t have much land, he could hunt. Every year, he would tidy up the mountain land to plant some coarse grains and vegetables. The rest of the time, he would go to the mountains to find mountain delicacies and hunt prey. At the end of the year, he could make a slight surplus, especially because he had some friendship with the owner of the largest restaurant in the town, Shopkeeper Chen, and he never suffered a loss when selling things to him. After a few years, he could make some money.

However, when his mother was around, he knew how to live, and he lived a tight life. This scared the gers and made them unwilling to marry him and suffer. If his mother hadn’t insisted on building a new house half a year ago, he would still have a lot of money. However, it was enough for his nephew to eat meat every now and then.

He said to Fang Zhiyuan generously: “Don’t worry, you won’t make your uncle poor by eating meat. Uncle bought white board for you to eat, and the stew made from pork belly is the most delicious.”

Fang Zhiyuan really didn’t want to eat big fat meat. He and his uncle were not on the same train of thought. However, he still said to his uncle seriously: “Uncle, I want pig’s trotters, not white board, will you agree? And I want pork belly, too. Okay?” As he said that, he pulled his sleeves, unconsciously acting like a spoiled child.

Fang Zeng finally agreed, but still brought two kilograms of white board.

Fang Zeng thought that Fang Zhiyuan’s clothes were not brought out from Li’s house, so he was not happy to go and get them. For this reason, he took Fang Zhiyuan to buy some cloth and prepared to ask someone familiar in the village to make two sets of clothes for Fang Zhiyuan. Besides, it would be cold soon, and with a child, life would have to be more delicate, so he bought cotton and other things.

Looking at Fang Zhiyuan, Fang Zeng thought about it and took him to the grocery store again, buying him fine grains and some snacks. Since his nephew trusted him and was willing to follow him, he couldn’t let his nephew live worse than others.

Lin Xin saw them coming with large and small bags of things and hurried to take over. There were only three of them in town this time, and Fang Zeng was not a stingy person. Today, Lin Xin helped him, so he took out a piece of pork belly and a bag of sugar he had just bought and handed them to Lin Xin.

He smiled and said, “Brother Lin, you have been running around with us all day today and you are tired. This is for your brother and nephew. Otherwise, I won’t dare to come to your house in the future. It’s too much trouble for you.”

Even if Lin Xin likes to get along with people like Fang Zeng, although they have a good relationship, Fang Zeng does things for justice and never lets anyone go empty-handed. He didn’t hesitate to take the things. After all, they are from the same village, and Fang Zhiyuan will need his care in the future. If he accepts it, Fang Zeng will feel more at ease.

 Fang Zhiyuan followed his uncle, sitting in a green mule cart. He actually fell asleep as the cart was shaking all the way.