I trade in both worlds

Xu Jianli scratched the back of his head and chuckled.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, the waiter brought up the food they ordered. The clan leader began to greet Village Chief Yang: "Village Chief Yang, eat. I won't greet you anymore. Please feel free to eat."

Village Chief Yang said as he picked up some food: "No need to ask, I'll do it myself."

When he first entered the store, Xu Jianli saw that the restaurant's business was not very good and thought the food tasted just average. Unexpectedly, after one bite, he couldn't stop eating.

Xu Xu tasted the mutton and raised his eyebrows. As expected, if he could run a restaurant, the taste must be something that not everyone can make.

After dinner, they chatted for a while and saw that it was almost time, so they prepared to go to the county government office. Xu Jianli went downstairs first to pull the ox cart, and Xu Xu followed him downstairs to settle the bill.

Xu Xu walked over to the waiter and whispered, "Brother Xiaoer, should we pay the bill at our table downstairs or here with you?"

The waiter smiled and said, "It's downstairs. I'll take the guests there."

After Xu Xu followed the waiter to pay the bill and walked out of the restaurant, he saw Xu Jianli coming out of the alley with a bullock cart. The clan leader saw the bullock cart upstairs and came out with Village Chief Yang and got on the bullock cart to the county government office.

When they arrived at the county government office, the clan leader got off the car first and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go find the servants. Jianli, you drive the car to the side and wait."

Xu Jianli led the ox cart to the alley next to him. Xu Xu and Village Chief Yang followed him and waited at the entrance of the alley.

After waiting for a cup of tea, the clan leader came out and handed a copy of the registered divorce agreement to Village Chief Yang: "Village Chief Yang, please give this copy to the Yang family. I have already given one copy to the government for record. I will trouble you to wait a little longer while Xu Xu and I go to handle the household registration."

Village Chief Yang was surprised when he took the divorce agreement. Usually, both the husband and wife had to be present in person to process the divorce. But now, Chief Xu had stamped it in such a short time. It seemed that Chief Xu did not mark it as simple as it looked. It was a pity that the Yang family did not cherish such a good resource. Alas, it was too late to say anything now.

After leaving Village Chief Yang's sight, Xu Xu quietly discussed the matter of changing the surname with the clan leader: "Second Grandpa, can Weiwei and Tiantian change their surname to Xu?"

The clan leader looked at Xu Xu in surprise and said, "It's not impossible, but will the Yang family have any objections?"

Xu Xu looked indifferent: "We've already severed our relationship, so I won't care if they have any objections. Who cares? We agreed not to have any contact for the rest of our lives. It will probably take them several years to find out that I've changed my surname."

The clan leader smiled and nodded at Xu Xu: "You, then change it. After all, you are the bloodline of our Xu family."

Xu Xu happily followed the clan leader to the chief clerk's office. As soon as he entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man writing something at his desk. The whole room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Xu Xu suddenly felt a little nervous and subconsciously lightened his footsteps.

After entering the door, the patriarch greeted him with a smile: "Be careful."

Upon hearing this, the chief clerk of Guoyue County looked up and asked expressionlessly, "Is it done?"

The clan leader waved at Xu Xu and replied, "It's done. Come here, Xu Xu, this is Liu Zhubu, who used to be my classmate."

Xu Xu bowed to Liu Zhubu: "Liu Zhubu."

Liu Zhubu nodded

The clan leader walked to the desk of Liu Zhubu and glanced at the documents on the desk: "Shenzhi, this is my niece's granddaughter. She just went through the divorce procedures and wants to transfer her and her two children's household registration back to our village."

Liu Zhubu turned his head and glanced at Xu Xu: "Where is the household registration information? Did you bring it?"

"I have brought it." The clan leader took out the household registration information: "Also, the surnames of the two children must be changed to Xu."

"Change your surname?" Liu Zhubu took the household registration documents and flipped through them, and asked in surprise, "Does the man's family agree?"

The clan leader took out the document of breaking off the relationship and waved it to Liu Zhubu: "The relationship has been broken off, so who cares whether the man's family is willing or not? The child will take the surname of whoever raises him."

Liu Zhubu looked at the document in the clan leader's hand and said, "Okay, you guys wait here for a while, I'll go and handle it."

Seeing Liu Zhubu getting up and walking out, the clan leader motioned Xu Xu to follow him outside and wait: "No need, we can just wait outside."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhubu looked back at the clan leader, nodded without saying anything, and left.

Xu Xu asked the clan leader softly, "Second Grandfather, are you on good terms?"

The clan leader lifted his sleeves and said, "We lived in the same dormitory for three years when we were in school. He has been like this for decades, and he doesn't smile. He looks cold, but he is actually very kind-hearted. He will help anyone who is in trouble as long as it does not violate his principles."

Xu Xu was quite surprised: "I really can't tell."

The clan leader snorted indifferently: "How old are you? What can you see?" After that, he ignored Xu Xu and went straight to admire the flowers and plants in the yard.

Soon, Liu Zhubu came back and handed the new household registration to the clan leader: "Okay, take a look. If there is no problem, let's go."

The clan leader looked at the household registration and handed it to Xu Xu: "Okay, I'm leaving now. Let's have a drink together next time."

Xu Xu held the household registration document and instantly felt the air become fresher. From this moment on, Xu Xu began a new life, a new life.

Liu Zhubu waved his hand and went back to his office. The clan leader watched him go in before leaving the county government office with Xu Xu.

As soon as Xu Qinglin and his companions reached the entrance of the village, everyone prepared to go back to their homes. Xu Jizong thanked everyone one by one: "Thank you all for today."

Xu Qinglin smiled and said, "Why thank me? It's all my duty."

Everyone politely said: "It's just a small matter, it's what we should do."

Xu Jizong smiled and said, "Everyone has worked hard today. Come to my house in a couple of days and have a drink together."

Everyone cheered and started walking towards home.

When they arrived at the village, Xu Qinglin and Xu Jizong's houses were heading in different directions. As Xu Xu's things were still in the car, Xu Qinglin drove towards Xu Jizong's house.

Second Madam was gossiping with someone under the big locust tree in the village at this time. When she saw Second Aunt Xu, she hurried over and asked, "How is it going? Separation or divorce?"

She was furious when Second Aunt Xu was mentioned, and wanted to find someone to vent her anger on, but unfortunately she was not as quick as Xu Youyin: "Divorced, Second Aunt, you don't know how cruel that family is..."

Xu Youyin had been holding it in for the whole journey, and when he finally got the chance, he grabbed Second Grandma and recounted the entire incident from beginning to end, telling it as vividly and dramatically as a storyteller.

Second Aunt Xu looked at Xu Youyin with a constipated look on her face, while Xu Youliang waved his hand to signal Xu Qinglin to leave. When they arrived at Xu Jizong's house, Xu Qinglin unloaded his luggage with Xu Jizong and his son before going home.

Lin Erya and Chen Lihua saw Xu Jizong and his son, but no one else, so they leaned out to look. Xu Youliang saw them and explained to them directly: "Mother and Youyin are at the big tree. Xuxu and Second Grandpa went to the county to handle household registration."

Lin Erya asked curiously, "Divorced?"