Good luck every time

The next day, before dawn, Li Ruyi woke up the third brother.

The third child thought it was time to start working, so he rubbed his eyes and climbed up obediently.

The eldest sister stayed up most of the night and finally fell asleep. Li Ruyi asked the third sister to keep her voice down so as not to wake her up.

The third brother followed Li Ruyi to the outer room.

Li Ruyi told her that she wanted to change her name and asked her what she thought.

The third child, like the eldest, has a very limited vocabulary.

"Second sister, what are your names?"

"My elder sister's name is Jixiang, and mine is Ruyi."

When the third brother heard that Jixiang Ruyi was called, he instantly felt disappointed.

"I don't know what to call it either, second sister, please think of one for me!"

Li Ruyi tilted her head and thought about it.

"How about perfect? ​​Perfect and harmonious."

When the third child heard this, his little head instantly raised up, his eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, and he nodded vigorously.

However, the third brother's good mood just started to fade away immediately.

At such a young age, she sighed and expressed her disdain.

"Then you and Big Sister are auspicious and happy. Should I ask Zhuzi for a name? A happy reunion?"

Li Ruyi grinned subconsciously. Is Li Zhuzi worthy of a reunion?

"Don't worry, the pillar won't change its name."

They can change the name only if they set up a new household. Li Zhuzi's household registration remains unchanged, and his property has not changed, so why should he change his name?

Besides, even if he really changed his name, he wouldn’t deserve to be called Tuanyuan.

Li Ruyi touched the third brother's head.

"If you really want to call it an idiom, it should probably be called life!"

Apart from being a great man in life, Li Zhuzi doesn't have any other advantages that can be boasted about in his name!

The third sister didn’t understand what Li Ruyi said next. She only heard Li Ruyi say that Li Zhuzi would not change his name!

Children's worries come and go quickly, and the third child immediately became happy again.

Maybe Meiman is not a nice name, but it does have a good meaning that is hard to refuse.

After Li Ruyi told her not to let the secret slip for the next few days, he took out some food and asked her to cook some porridge, while he rummaged through the boxes and cupboards to find the household registration and household registration sticker.

She had more than one or two taels of silver on hand, so she took it all with her, washed herself, and sorted her clothes. Then the third brother cooked the porridge.

There was only a handful of grain, so it didn't take much effort to cook.

Li Ruyi divided it into four bowls before calling her elder sister and Li Zhuzi.

Li Zhuzi wanted to make trouble again when he saw the porridge, but Li Ruyi would not tolerate him at all. Anyway, his face had been beaten so badly that he couldn't face people, so a few slaps wouldn't hurt.

He slapped her twice in the face, and the elder sister, who was quick in action, didn't have time to stop him.

Li Zhuzi still wanted to make a fuss, but Li Ruyi took his bowl and drank up all the porridge!

Li Zhuzi glared at her as if he wanted to kill her, but looking at Li Ruyi's eager expression, he didn't dare to do anything. He turned around angrily, roared and rushed out of the house.

The eldest sister followed him and called him, but it was of no use. How could a child who was brought up with so much care and love face the reality in just one day?

Li Ruyi had no time to pay attention to him. He drank two bowls of rice and water, stuffed all the things he needed to take into a bag made of rags, and went to the vegetable garden at the back to pick a lot of vegetables before going to the headman's house.

She didn't care about Li Zhuzi's life or death. It would be great if he accidentally fell into the river and drowned!

After being reborn, she would not kill Li Zhuzi to cause trouble for herself, but if the other party died, it would be his short life and it would have nothing to do with her!

The headman's house was at the entrance of the village, and Li Ruyi ran from dusk to dawn.

The dewy morning was a little chilly, but many people around had already gotten up.

There is also a lot of work to do in the fields in summer, weeding, pest control...

Everyone is rushing to work early in the morning and late at night to avoid the hottest time of the year.

Li Ruyi arrived at the headman's house and pushed open the gate.

On the narrow path, the village head's wife was feeding the chickens with a handful of dried grass seeds.

She was probably in her forties, with gray hair and a thin stature, but she looked very energetic. When she heard the noise, she turned around and was stunned when she saw that it was Li Ruyi.

"Pan'er? Why are you here so early?"

Li Ruyi smiled tiredly.

"My mother is gone. I'm going to talk to my cousin about the household registration."

At that time, there was still a head tax. After Sun's death, of course his account had to be cancelled immediately to avoid having one more person pay taxes when the tax was collected this fall.

"Oh! Come in quickly! Your cousin is in the middle room!"

Li Ruyi didn't hesitate and walked in quickly.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw the headman sitting on the kang and looking at the sky, wondering what he was thinking about.

He was not surprised to see Li Ruyi come in. After all, the door was wide open. He heard everything Li Ruyi was talking to his wife just now.

"Uncle..."

Hearing her speaking so familiarly about their distant relative status as if they were so close, the head of the village did not correct her but nodded and asked her.

"Help your mother to close her account?"

Li Ruyi nodded and put the dishes aside.

"Well! In addition to helping my mother close her account, there is another thing I would like to ask you for help with."

The head of the village had no expression on his face, as if he had just woken up and was still in deep sleep.

"You said."

Li Ruyi did not hesitate and spoke openly.

"We still want to split up the family, and we want to take this opportunity to divide it into two household registrations."

When he heard about the division of the family, the head of the village was obviously stunned for a moment, and said subconsciously.

"You only have one pillar in your family, right? Why divide the family?"

Li Ruyi was already used to people ignoring them, and there was no change on her face as she began to explain to the head of the village.

"Yes, that is to separate us from Zhuzi. All the family property will be given to Zhuzi, and the three of us sisters will set up our own household."

She hid the household with a daughter among the separated households. The head of the village did not react for a while. When he heard that she wanted to divide the household in this way, he was very confused.

"Then why did you split up?"

Farmers in Da Qi are divided into several levels, including upper households, middle households and lower households. They are allocated according to the amount of land and are all main households.

If the two sisters Li Ruyi were to separate, they would not have any land and would not be able to become the main household. They could only become clients, making a living by renting land or helping others to farm.

Moreover, clients are sandwiched between farmers and merchants, with a status lower than farmers but higher than merchants, which will have an impact on their future marriages.

Thinking about marriage, the head of the village suddenly realized that once the three sisters in this family set up a household, it could only be a female household, and the problems of a female household would be more troublesome.

It's not that there were no female households in the village. That woman was a widow who had given birth to four daughters with a man. Her husband and parents-in-law died, and she didn't want to remarry, let alone have anyone live in her house, so she established a female household.

But their lives were extremely difficult. Even though the family had six acres of land, they still struggled to make ends meet every year.

The five taels of redemption money per year was a choke point for them.

I heard that nowadays all the daughters in the family want their mother to find someone to live with them. It is obviously much cheaper to support a man than five taels of silver a year.

The main currency in circulation in Da Qi was copper coins. One thousand copper coins equaled one string of coins. When buying things openly, one tael of silver could only be used as one string of coins.

But if you go to a money shop, one tael of silver can be exchanged for about 1,100 copper coins. The price of silver in each money shop is different, and the price of copper coins fluctuates every day.

Sometimes it is not enough, sometimes it can even be exchanged for twelve hundred, and some people even directly take advantage of these to make money.

However, most farmers do not seek to make a living by exchanging silver.

Copper coins are not easy to carry, and it is also difficult to recover them if they are stolen on the road. It is better not to think about it in the first place!

There are people in the county who specialize in this, but the risk is relatively high. After all, those who can run a money shop cannot tolerate such people. Over time, they will be beaten at best, and some will even lose their arms and legs and die at worst.

The powerful class in the feudal dynasty wanted to solve the problem in such a simple and crude way.

Farmers do not handle silver, and they use copper coins when buying and selling grain.

Merchants are not stupid. It is impossible for them to leave cheap copper coins unused and give silver to others.

Therefore, for the women in that family, the annual tax for redemption of labor service was as much as five strings of coins and more than five hundred copper coins.

If this money is kept in an ordinary farmer's home and the farm produces enough income, it can fully support the family's expenses for several years.

And if Li Ruyi established a female household, she would not even have six acres of land to squander!