Rebirth Autumn Returns to the Countryside

“Is it necessary to have a separate household registration book?”

Director Leng looked at Leng Yanqiu's expression and asked seriously.

"Yes, it is necessary." Leng Yanqiu stopped smiling and nodded heavily.

"Your parents are divorced, and minors can register for a separate household, but their parents are needed to handle the transfer of the household registration. Your parents are not around, and your grandparents are too old to come." Director Leng said and turned on his cell phone.

"Xiao Liu, come here."

Comrade Xiao Liu from the Household Registration Section of the police station came trotting in. Leng Yanqiu enjoyed the high-level treatment of "going through the back door" and successfully became the only head of the household listed in the freshly issued household registration book.

"Next time I'll bring a few more trays of eggs—"

Her sincere thanks were rejected by Director Leng: "Hurry up and go back to school and attend classes! I'm paying close attention. If you can't keep your first place, I'll invite you to the institute for tea!"

"Hey, don't worry." Leng Yanqiu walked out with ease, weighing two household registration books in one hand and holding his ID card in the other, looking happy.

In her previous life, she only had an ID card to accompany her as she wandered around, and had never used a household registration booklet, not even the one that the old couple had.

If you are not old enough to get married and do not have a marriage certificate, you cannot use the household registration booklet.

You only need an ID card to go out to work.

Leng Yanqiu stopped thinking in time. One should look forward in life and not look back.

From now on, she felt that she was completely independent mentally.

The process of returning the household registration book was also very smooth. Leng Yanqiu felt relieved. When he went to cut the glass according to size, he specially bought some pork ribs and stewed them with the freshly dug potatoes from the vegetable garden. The aroma of meat lingered at the east end of Ma Liu Village. Leng Yanqiu's cooking skills had indeed improved a lot.

Or was it because of their mood? The old couple had to return to their old house to feel at ease, and she finally let go of her hands and feet in this rented yard.

The old couple came back early today. Their joyful expressions faded when they saw the food prepared by their granddaughter. After all, they still had to have a good talk with her.

Thinking of the commotion yesterday, in which the glass door of his granddaughter's room was smashed in the middle of the night, Grandpa Leng's face became increasingly gloomy. He coughed dryly several times before he was ready to speak.

Before he could speak, Leng Yanqiu said, "Don't delay your meal if you have anything to do. How about the potato ribs I made? Are they mushy enough?"

Grandma Leng was willing to follow her granddaughter's instructions a little later and picked up the chopsticks.

It seems like it has been a long time since a family of three has eaten together at the same table.

Grandma Leng was somewhat touched. She praised while chewing the mushy potato chunks: "Qiu'er's cooking skills are better than yours. It's delicious and doesn't get stuck in your teeth. The rice is also soft and fragrant, more fragrant than the one cooked with milk."

Of course she didn't know that all she had been eating during this period was the fragrant rice bought by Leng Yanqiu from the supermarket. The price was so high that the old lady wouldn't buy it anyway and wouldn't even look at it.

The food was delicious, and the old couple, who usually didn't eat dinner very often, were very satisfied, even though Grandpa Leng had a gloomy face. If most of the things in this room had not been moved to the old house, Grandpa Leng might have even poured himself a glass of wine.

The wine that was brought back to the old house was also brought back by the granddaughter, who casually placed it in a convenient place under the dining table.

The granddaughter, who has already learned how to take care of others, is just right for going to Hai City.

Although I am a little reluctant, after all, my sons and grandchildren are more important than my old bones.

Grandpa Leng finally spoke, breaking the harmonious atmosphere before the storm came.

"Qiu'er, you've grown up and can cook..."

Leng Yanqiu stood up and walked out, saying with a smile: "I almost forgot that the glass in my room has not been installed yet. I can work on it before it gets completely dark."

Grandpa Leng's words were interrupted. With his mouth half open, he angrily threw a pair of chopsticks behind Leng Yanqiu.

"Are there any more rules?" Grandpa Leng's patience ran out.

Grandma Leng stretched out her arms and said incoherently: "Don't worry if you haven't agreed yet. Installing the glass is also a serious matter. You said yesterday that we should install the glass when we move out, right?"

Outside, the sound of hammers hitting nails, "ding-dang-dang", was rhythmic and not panicky.

Grandpa Leng, who was sitting on a stool and gasping for breath from time to time, finally couldn't bear to talk too much, so he picked up his walking stick and rushed out of the house.

Grandma Leng, who was washing dishes under the jujube tree, stood up quickly, wiped her hands on her apron, and looked anxious.

Fortunately, Grandpa Leng did not swing his cane again, but just stood in the middle of the yard and started talking.

"I have already made an agreement with your father. He will come back in a few days to pick you up and take you to Hai City..."

His words were interrupted again. Leng Yanqiu, who had hammered in the last nail, turned around, took a few steps forward, and looked into Grandpa Leng's eyes. His voice was soft, but unquestionable.

"I heard everything you said on your phone yesterday. I will not drop out of school. I will not go to Haishi to serve your son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. I will not move to your old house with you. I will not give you the 50,000 yuan, no, the money I gave you for the cornfield, plus the rent and daily necessities, and the remaining 30,000 yuan will not be given to you, your son, or your grandson. I will stay here and live on my own."

The most troublesome kind of "letting go" is family affection.

There is always crying, scolding, making a fuss, hitting and smashing things.

So, she brought back a large piece of glass and a glass cutter today as a backup.

The small hammer in his hand was also brand new and smelled of varnish.

As the night grew darker, a dim moon rose between the treetops of the jujube trees, and then was covered by a large, inky cloud.

Grandpa Leng’s roar, the “pa pa pa” sound of his walking stick hitting the ground, Grandma Leng’s intermittent voice of exhortation... will all become a thing of the past.

That night, she did not hide in the house, and a piece of the glass on Xin'an's door was still broken.

If Grandma Leng hadn't cried, the old man's walking stick wouldn't have hit her arm.

The dim moonlight gradually brightened, and the light of the stars became dimmer, until only a few could be vaguely seen.

There was a sound outside the gate and the yard became quiet.

Grandma Leng pulled Grandpa Leng into the house. There were many unread messages on her mobile phone. The classmates in Class 3 of Grade 9 and a group of netizens who had appeared in large numbers but became die-hard fans were all asking why there was no live broadcast today?

Leng Yanqiu chuckled: Am I going to get beaten live so you guys can watch the fun?

She decided to lie down and sleep like a normal person in the second half of the night. The attack from the old couple was just a snack before dinner. The real "letting go" scene would have to be watched by her biological father Leng Zhiqiang.

Only after passing one more level, the final level, can we be considered to have won the battle.

She is ready.

When crying, scolding, beating and smashing things didn't work, the old couple left the problem to their son, moved out as planned, and finally officially moved into the new house.

Grandpa Leng had a bad temper and didn't even look at his granddaughter. Grandma Leng was still thinking about her granddaughter, so she came to pick some vegetables the next day and saw Leng Yanqiu and two middle-aged people wandering around the vegetable field, writing and drawing on paper.