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Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Moving out Household Registration
Upon noticing Guo Jinnian steering the conversation towards him, Gu Hongwei dismounted the oxcart and initiated a greeting with Brother Youzhi, "Hello, my name is Hongwei."
Before, Brother Youzhi’s gaze had been fixed solely on Guo Jinnian. Taking notice of Gu Hongwei, he saw a striking city dweller, vastly different from him—a simple country bumpkin. A feeling he couldn’t properly express welled up within him.
He blushed and said: "Hello, I heard you two are getting married soon, best wishes to you."
"Thank you."
Gu Hongwei nodded, politely expressing his gratitude.
All the words he had planned to say were stuck in his throat. With the arrival of Gu Hongwei, Brother Youzhi couldn’t help feeling inferior and too embarrassed to say any more.
He hesitantly said: "Jinnian, hurry off then! I need to go pick up my wife. I don’t want to hold you both up."
"Oh, alright then."
Guo Jinnian quickly nodded in response.
Brother Youzhi hopped on his bicycle and left, appearing rather flustered.
The longstanding reluctance in his heart finally subsided at this moment. Guo Jinnian was no longer the little girl who used to follow him around, calling him Brother Youzhi. Over the years, Guo Jinnian has been wandering outside and the distance between them had become an insurmountable chasm.
He too was now married. Only a woman like his wife was suitable for their day-to-day life together.
Guo Jinnian had become the moon in the sky, sacred and unreachable. All he could do was admire from afar.
With this thought in mind, Brother Youzhi pedaled his bicycle more firmly. He determined to bring his wife home for a good family life.
Once again, Guo Jinnian and Gu Hongwei reboarded the oxcart. Tong Yao thought about Brother Youzhi’s demeanor just now and teased, "Jinnian, your Brother Youzhi must have had feelings for you."
Maybe he still remembers those feelings. Only, once he saw Gu Hongwei, those feelings could only be hidden in his heart, probably never to be spoken in this lifetime!
But, that’s good too. He has already started a new life as a married man. Holding on to feelings for Jinnian would not be good for anyone.
Guo Jinnian nodded, "Yaoyao, I didn’t think it was possible when you mentioned it yesterday. However, after considering it while lying in bed last night, it seems to be true. When I was little, I always played around him and as we grew up, he seemed too shy to speak to me. He looks kind of bashful, isn’t that a sign that you like someone?"
Before Tong Yao could join the conversation, she lifted her chin and said, "Actually, I’m not so despicable! It turns out that someone was secretly in love with me. What a pity I didn’t know. Had I known earlier, I might have actually married him. Brother Youzhi is not a bad person, it’s just that his mother isn’t a good woman."
As Tong Yao laughed, she subconsciously looked at Gu Hongwei and heard him abruptly chime in: "It’s a good thing you didn’t marry him; otherwise, you would never be able to escape from your parents’ meddling in your life."
Living in the same village, wouldn’t Guo Xinpei pester Guo Jinnian if he ran out of money?
After considering it, Guo Jinnian thought that Gu Hongwei seemed to have a point and exclaimed out of sudden fear: "It seems that bypassing Brother Youzhi is indeed my blessing."
Tong Yao smiled and analyzed, "Brother Youzhi is not right for you. He is the type that likes to live a steady life, while you like to take risks and fight. If you were together, there would be many conflicts in your thoughts."
Guo Jinnian thought about it and agreed with delight: "Now that I have the household register and receipts, once the house is sold, I will never come back again. They won’t even be able to find me."
Embedded with the thought of tricking her little sister to leave and leaving her parents flustered, Guo Jinnian couldn’t help but feel satisfied.
Other people’s parents are parents, but her parents are like human traffickers, only knowing how to exchange them for money.
If it weren’t for the fact that young girls aren’t easy to sell at this time, they might not have waited for them to grow up before selling them off.
When she thought about how her parents were still thinking about having children at such an old age, Guo Jinnian found it absurd. If they gave birth to a girl, she would probably not escape a destiny of being sold.
Tong Yao’s eyes glittered, and she thought of a permanent solution to this predicament, "Jinnian, if you wanted to rid their control completely, the best thing to do would be to seize this opportunity and get a separate household registration."
Guo Jinnian’s eyes lit up, "Can that be done?"
Tong Yao nodded, "Of course it can."
It wasn’t like the 21st century; getting a separate household registration was quite simple.
Gu Hongwei nodded and agreed: "If the household registration is moved, they won’t be able to use it to manipulate you anymore."
Guo Jinnian’s eyes sparkled, then she slapped her thigh in excitement, "Fine, let’s move my household registration this afternoon, then take care of the property certificate to sell the house."
The three of them agreed to act on it straightway. When they reached the city, Guo Jinnian arranged the pickup with Uncle Niu Che, agreeing for him to help fetch her niece the day after tomorrow. She even prepaid a five-cent deposit. Uncle Niu Che was overjoyed, promising he would arrive punctually.
Guo Jinnian, along with Tong Yao and Gu Hongwei, randomly chose a noodle restaurant for lunch, then proceeded to the police station to move the household registration.
Surprisingly, moving the household registration was very straightforward during this era. Within less than half an hour, they had settled the household registration matters. It was already past four in the afternoon after they finished everything.
The three returned to the hostel and had a good rest. They woke up early next morning to process the property certificate. Everything went smoothly and they were now just waiting to sell the house.
As the sale of the house was not something that could be completed immediately, they planned to return to Kyoto first to attend to Hu Haiyun’s cargo. When someone wants to buy the house, they’ll discuss it then. Besides, they had left Kyoto’s home phone number around. If someone wants to buy the house, they’ll definitely get in touch.
They decided that after picking up Guo Miaomiao the following morning, everyone would depart for Kyoto. Hence, they went to bed early that night.
Early the following day, the three packed their things, checked out of the hotel, and reached the agreed meeting place, waiting for Uncle Niu Che. At seven in the morning, Uncle Niu Che arrived with Guo Miaomiao, arriving an hour earlier than agreed. It turned out that Uncle Niu Che was worried about causing any delay, so he had been ready at the village border at four in the morning, all the while Guo Miaomiao had also been worried about oversleeping and had gone to the village border at four in the morning. They both ended up setting off earlier.
Guo Jinnian thanked Uncle Niu Che for his help and gave him five yuan this time. Uncle Niu Che didn’t expect Guo Jinnian to be so generous. He felt he only made one trip, and he shouldn’t have accepted so much money.
However, Tong Yao laughed and said: "Uncle, if Jinnian gives it to you, just take it! Who knows, we might get to ride your oxcart again in the future. In this cold weather, you got up in the middle of the night to help us. The effort you put in is worth far more than these five yuan."
Upon hearing Tong Yao’s words, Uncle Niu Che was thrilled. This time, he didn’t refuse Guo Jinnian’s money and chuckled: "Well, I’ll take it then. If you wish to take the oxcart again, just find me at the same place. As long as my body and this old ox hold up, I promise I’ll be pulling people every day."
