Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 27 - 0 Household Registration Paper

Old Mrs. Gu, seeing Elder Gu press his handprint, became anxious and rushed forward to fiercely pat Elder Gu's back, expressing her dissatisfaction: "Old man, what are you doing? You mustn't be confused."

Gu Dashan, this cursed seed, caused their entire family to be publicly bound and brought to the Qi Mansion's camp, losing all their dignity, how could they let Gu Dashan's family off without taking any advantage?

Elder Gu looked coldly at Old Mrs. Gu: "Press your handprint."

Old Mrs. Gu was startled, realizing there was no room for negotiation, and could only grumble and curse as she approached the table. After dipping her thumb in the vermilion inkpad, she pressed her handprint onto the severance letter.

Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, Village Chief Gu, and Father Luo, as witnesses, also pressed their handprints on the severance letter in turn.

Qi Yi also pressed his handprint and signed his name. With his signature, the severance letter was almost as good as having the red seal of the government office, even though it hadn't actually been taken there.

Old Mrs. Gu was extremely infuriated and, after pressing her handprint, spat at Gu Dashan: "Heartless wolf cub, treating your parents like this, you will suffer retribution."

After saying this, she hobbled towards the entrance of the tent with her walking stick. Gu Jinli hurriedly called out: "You can't leave. Bring me our household registration!"

Without the household registration, simply severing ties would mean her family would become vagrants, and once in other regions, they could be captured and sold at will.

Housekeeper Lin immediately stepped up with a servant to block Old Mrs. Gu, smiling: "Old Mrs. Gu, you've heard it too, please bring out the Gu Dashan family's household registration."

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Old Mrs. Gu shouted: "What household registration? There is no household registration. This old woman doesn't know anything about it!"

Qi Yi, watching Old Mrs. Gu about to throw a tantrum again, coldly said: "Old Mrs. Gu, bring the Gu Dashan family's household registration paper."

She wanted to throw a tantrum and not give the household registration paper, aiming to turn the Gu Dashan family into vagrants. This old woman's heart is indeed poisonous enough.

Old Mrs. Gu pretended not to hear, raised her walking stick, and struck Housekeeper Lin, who was blocking her. Housekeeper Lin, unable to endure further, ordered two servants to seize Old Mrs. Gu and escort her back to the table.

"Old lady, the Gu Dashan family's household registration paper, bring it here." Qi Yi pointed at the table surface with his index finger, eyes carrying a warning as he looked at Old Mrs. Gu.

Village Chief Gu said to Elder Gu on the side: "Lao Liu, hurry up and have your wife bring out Dashan's family's household registration."

Elder Gu did not speak, obviously, just like Old Mrs. Gu, he did not wish to hand over the household registration paper.

Old Mrs. Gu still stubbornly said: "Old Gu Family has only one household registration paper. If we give it to Gu Dashan, what will our family do? Do you want the whole family to become vagrants?"

Qi Yi laughed: "Old lady, you might deceive others with those words, but not me. According to the Great Chu Criminal Law, if a man remarries, he must go to the government office to obtain a new household registration paper. Subsequently, children and grandchildren born to the man's subsequent wife must be recorded on this new paper."

Since ancient times, cases of stepmothers mistreating children from previous marriages were not rare. Great Chu, in order to protect the interests of children from the original marriage, unlike other dynasties, specifically added an extra household registration paper for stepmothers, separating them from the children of the original marriage in the registration, reducing the stepmother's leverage over the children from the first wife.

Old Mrs. Gu, hearing this, panicked internally, knowing that Qi Yi was not an ignorant country bumpkin and understood these matters. She could only change her tune and say: "There is such a household registration paper, but that is an old document from over thirty years ago, long since discarded in some corner."

Third Grandma directly punctured Granny Gu's lie: "Ms. Pan, you just don't want to give the Dashan family their household registration papers, you want to make the Dashan family become vagrants, how can your heart be so malicious?!"

Granny Gu had already lost enough face today, she didn't care about losing it one more time, and patted her chest saying: "This old woman just doesn't have the Dashan family's household registration papers, if you want them, come and search."

Village Chief Gu and Third Grandpa were so angered by Granny Gu's shameless demeanor that they pointed at Elder Gu and said: "Lao Liu, aren't you going to manage this?"

Elder Gu said: "The household registration papers have always been managed by Ms. Pan, if she says they're not here, I also don't know where they might be."

Elder Gu did not say anything excessive, but his words clearly showed bias towards Granny Gu.

Gu Jinli angrily said: "So what you mean is you won't give my family the household registration papers, and you want us all to become vagrants, right?"

Granny Gu dares to be so arrogant all because she's indulged by Elder Gu.

Upon hearing Gu Jinli's words, Elder Gu glared fiercely at her, his eyes filled with obvious hatred. Elder Gu hated Gu Jinli; if it weren't for this wretched girl, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

Qi Yi didn't want to entangle with Elder Gu and Granny Gu any longer, he directly commanded Housekeeper Lin: "Go tell Master You to drag out the three Gu brothers and give them a beating."

When Granny Gu heard this, she rushed up to stop Housekeeper Lin but was restrained by two servants, unable to move, she could only shout: "What are you doing? What do you wish to do? An official is hitting people, there's no justice!"

No one paid attention to her, Housekeeper Lin turned around to find Master You, and soon came the miserable screams of the three Gu brothers being beaten.

Hearing these screams, Granny Gu thought of her second and youngest sons being beaten, her heart and liver spasmed in pain.

Elder Gu's face turned ashen, he questioned Qi Yi: "Our family isn't a servant of the Qi Mansion, by what right do you beat people?"

Qi Yi just smiled and didn't answer Elder Gu's question, and instead looked at Granny Gu saying: "Old lady, whenever you hand over the household registration papers for the Gu Dashan family, that's when I'll have Master You stop."

He also said: "Master You is a martial artist, he has heavy hands, you better speak quickly, lest Master You cripples someone."

Terrified out of her wits by this threat, Granny Gu trembled, her second son was still to take the official position exams, if he were to be crippled, he would never be able to become an official in this lifetime, she shivered and said: "I'll hand them over, I'll hand them over."

Qi Yi had the two servants release Granny Gu, who turned around and took out two household registration papers from the inner layer of her clothes, handing over one of them to Young Master Qi.

Young Master Qi received it, he looked over the names of the people on the papers, the small recorded details, and the government's seal to confirm they were correct, then he stood up, handed the household registration paper and the severance letter to Gu Dashan: "Brother Gu, keep these safe. I can only help your family this once. If the household registration papers are lost, your whole family will turn into vagrants, at the mercy of others to buy and sell."

Upon hearing this, Gu Dashan solemnly took the household registration papers and the severance letter, concealing them close to him, and gratefully said to Qi Yi: "Young Master Qi, thank you. You are the savior of our family."

Qi Yi smiled and shook his head: "Your second daughter is the savior of my family."

If it hadn't been for Gu Jinli saving the child, he and Ah Shu would have suffered for a lifetime.

After Granny Gu handed over the household registration papers, she immediately rushed out of the tent to send away Master You, not allowing them to continue beating her three sons. Seeing that the whole family was still tied up, she shouted at the tent again: "I have already given the household registration papers, release our family quickly."