"You want your household registration book? You want to go out and marry Guo Wenjie?" Hu Dahai was secretly shocked. He didn't expect that Hu Wangmei was already discussing marriage with Guo Wenjie so early.

No wonder Hu Wangmei hated me so much in my previous life; I dragged him on for so long.

"Yes! He's about to become the factory director, and I'll be his wife from now on, enjoying endless blessings!" Hu Wangmei said, hands on her hips, her face full of confidence and pride.

"You should have said so earlier, why make it so complicated?" Hu Dahai waved his hand and said calmly, "It's not a difficult thing, why make a fuss? Tomorrow we'll go to the brigade and get you a certificate to transfer your household registration out of our house."

Hu Wangmei was shocked.

What's going on? It's so easy? Didn't Hu Dahai forbid her from seeing Guo Wenjie before? Why is she moving her household registration out now? Doesn't he know that after moving her household registration out, she'll be getting a marriage certificate with Guo Wenjie?

No, Hu Dahai definitely knew. Because Hu Wangmei had mentioned it subtly once at home, and Hu Dahai had scolded her, saying: "If you dare to marry Guo Wenjie, I'll break your legs."

Why is Hu Dahai acting like a completely different person now?

"Oh, right, I have one condition. If you agree, I won't stop you from having a household registration." Hu Dahai said to Hu Wangmei as if he had just thought of something.

Hu Wangmei blurted out, "What are the conditions?"

At this moment, her voice was trembling slightly, because her heart was filled with excitement. It was true that trying to find a way to make money today was one of her purposes, but wasn't her ultimate goal still to get the household registration certificate?

She wasn't stupid; if Guo Wenjie hadn't registered their marriage, she wouldn't have given him all her money.

Now that I can finally transfer my household registration out of my home, it means I will soon be free and will no longer have to beg Hu Dahai to let me marry Guo Wenjie.

“I raised you from a young age, you ate my food and drank my water, and I have never really mistreated you, you admit that, right?” Hu Dahai said.

Hu Wangmei didn't speak, she just nodded.

"Okay, that's settled then. Give me 200 yuan as payment for raising you all these years. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. Even if I get sick or die, you don't need to worry about me. Just take care of yourself."

Hu Dahai held up two fingers and said, then blocked Hu Wangmei's escape route of making an excuse: "What do you think? Don't tell me you don't have 200 yuan. I know you've been working in the factory for three years, you should have 200 yuan."

Listening to Hu Dahai's words, it would be a lie to say that Hu Wangmei wasn't tempted, after all, she could go and get a marriage certificate with Guo Wenjie.

But then she thought about all the things she had on her person, and all she had was 250 yuan. Her salary over the years hadn't been very high, only 20 yuan a month. Thanks to eating at home most of the time, she saved some money on living expenses, so she was able to save a little.

However, girls usually buy clothes and snacks, so they don't save much money. Saving 250 yuan in three years was her limit.

Hu Dahai's current request is tantamount to taking all the money from her, leaving her with only 50 yuan, which is hardly enough to live on.

Hu Wangmei retorted, "200 is too much, 100 at most. You have to leave me some. As a father, can't you be more generous? How can you force your child to give you money?"

Hu Dahai almost laughed when he heard this: "You're saying I forced you to give me money now? Why don't you think about how you forced me to give you money before?"

"Not a penny less than 200 yuan. I won't agree to move your household registration out of the house if you're short even a penny. You'll be permanently registered in our household register!" Hu Dahai said firmly before preparing to go back to sleep.

Hu Wangfei looked at Hu Wangmei and added fuel to the fire, saying, "Yes, sister, we are now self-reliant. I have to earn my own food and even my tuition by helping Dad with chores every day. Asking for 200 yuan from you is not excessive at all."

"It's already a big favor that I didn't make you go to the quarry to cut stones. From now on, if you eat at home, you'll have to pay for it just like I do! And you'll have to wash your own clothes too!"

Hu Wangfei has now firmly placed himself on Hu Dahai's side. The experiences of the past few days have made him realize that he is not as outstanding as he thought. Without Hu Dahai's care, he might be nothing at all.

Hu Wangmei looked at Hu Wangfei incredulously: "You have to pay for meals at home?"

"Of course! It's 5 yuan a month!" Hu Wangfei said seriously.

So, Hu Wangmei began to weigh her options again. It seemed there was little point in staying at home; if she had to pay for meals if she stayed, wouldn't she just spend her money even faster?

It would be better to leave now. If Guo Wenjie becomes the factory director later, then 200 yuan will be nothing more than a drop in the ocean for him.

Thinking of this, Hu Wangmei readily agreed: "Okay, 200 it is, but we have a deal. If I take this 200 and things are going well for me, don't even think about coming back to me for help!"

"Don't worry, even if you live like an emperor after taking 200, I won't be envious," Hu Dahai said with a smile.

After the father and daughter finished speaking, the matter passed peacefully.

The next morning, Hu Wangmei gave Hu Dahai 200 yuan, a stack of 20 ten-yuan bills. The father and daughter went to the brigade headquarters and had the brigade leader issue them a certificate.

After obtaining the certificate, Hu Wangmei's household registration was moved from Hu Dahai's house, and Hu Wangmei could go to the township police station to apply for her own household registration book.

That afternoon, Hu Wangmei tidied up her room, preparing to elope with Guo Wenjie. Her face was beaming with smiles, filled with anticipation for their future happiness together. Perhaps, by then, she had already chosen names for their future children.

By the time Hu Dahai returned from Hangzhou, Hu Wangmei was long gone. Hu Dahai stood at the door of Hu Wangmei's empty room for a while.

Just then, Hu Wangfei returned from school and, seeing Hu Dahai's state, stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "Dad, don't be sad. Even though my sister is gone, you still have me, don't you?"

Hu Dahai glanced at him and said, "No, I was just thinking, could this room be converted into a fish pond?"

Hu Wangfei: "..."

I was careless.

......

While Hu Dahai's fish-buying business was booming...

Hu Dahai's eldest son, Hu Guanbao's, home was also bustling with activity.

Ever since they successfully obtained the land from the brigade, the couple couldn't wait to settle down on the new land every day.

Urged on by Zhang Yuzhen, Hu Guanbao quickly began looking for people to build a house.

In their Qunyi Brigade, there happened to be someone who worked as a foreman for masonry work, and he had several people under him who were specifically responsible for building houses.

So Hu Guanbao hired him to build the house, while he himself built a shed next to the new site and stayed there to watch over it at night.

After all, the tools used by those bricklayers are made of iron, and it would be bad if they were stolen by thieves and sold as scrap metal.

Zhang Yuzhen, on the other hand, disliked the shed for being too dirty and messy, and slept at her parents' house every day, only occasionally pretending to come and take a look.

That evening, when Zhang Yuzhen came over, Hu Guanbao said with a troubled expression, "Yuzhen, do you have any money left? You need to give me some more, I've run out of money here."

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