Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

4. Divorce (3)

Su Jinru: "What documents do you need to bring?"

"Household registration booklet, production team certificate, production team letter of introduction, and a wedding photo of the two of us together."

Just then, another young couple came in who wanted to register their marriage.

Su Jinru greeted them warmly: "Everyone, line up in order of arrival. Let me check if you have all the necessary documents: your household registration book, the production team's letter of introduction, the production team's marital status certificate, and photos."

"We don't have any photos of the two of you. Go to a photo studio to take some."

"Is a photo absolutely necessary?"

Su Jinru: "Of course! The marriage certificate needs to have a photo on it. Go to a photo studio, say you want to take wedding photos, and they will take them for you."

"And you two, without the production team's certificate, it can't be processed. Go back and get the production team's certificate."

"Neither of you brought your household registration booklets. Go back and bring them. You need to bring both of your household registration booklets."

"Also, there are your production team's letters of introduction. They don't have the production team's official seal. Go back and get them stamped before you can process them."

The boy said, "Please make an exception. We've already written the letter of introduction, but we forgot to stamp it. Please process it for us!"

The clerk replied, "No, it's not stamped. How can anyone know if this letter of introduction is genuine?"

"Of course it's real! Would we fake it?"

Clerk: "We can't process your application without a stamp. We'll have to go back and get it stamped. That's the rule."

Before the boy could say anything more, Su Jinru said, "Good things come to those who wait, good things come to those who wait. It's okay, it's just one more trip. Getting this marriage certificate wasn't easy, you'll know how to cherish it later."

The girl tugged at the boy's clothes, and the two went outside.

With Su Jinru's help, the marriage registration process was completed much faster.

After finally getting rid of everyone who came to register for marriage, the clerk breathed a long sigh of relief.

Su Jinru leaned closer and said, "Comrade, we need to get a divorce. Could you help us with the process?"

The clerk looked Su Jinru and Qi Zhengyang up and down.

"You two are a perfect match, both handsome and beautiful. Why not enjoy your life together? Why get a divorce?"

Su Jinru: "Our personalities don't match."

The clerk took the marriage certificate from Su Jinru's hand and looked at it.

"Married for seven years, do you have children?"

"I have two children, a six-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl."

"We already have two kids, why get a divorce? Incompatibility? Is that a valid reason?"

Su Jinru: "What kind of reason would qualify?"

"Does he drink heavily? Does he hit you? Is he infertile? Are you sexually incompatible?"

Su Jinru shook her head, then nodded.

"Are these the conditions for divorce that you've mentioned?"

"Divorce is not an option if you can't make it work out or your personalities clash. Even the upper teeth sometimes hit the lower teeth. You've only been married for seven years. If you can endure it for another three years, after ten years of marriage, you'll be completely compatible."

Su Jinru: "Our relationship is not harmonious, and even if we live for another thirty years, we will never be able to make up."

In their past life, they divorced when Su Jinru was fifty-five years old. That is, thirty years later, they had already tried, and no matter how many more years passed, they could not get along.

"Incompatible personalities and emotional discord are not big problems. If you live together, and he doesn't drink excessively, doesn't hit you, and works to earn work points, he's already much better than most men. What more could you want?"

Su Jinru secretly glanced at Qi Zhengyang, who was smugly smiling with an arrogant look on his face.

Su Jinru was furious.

"Comrade, please stop trying to persuade us. Just process it for us quickly! That way, you can go home and rest earlier."

"No, my job requires me to be responsible and conscientious. I can't just give you the divorce certificate so easily, or I'll regret it later. Besides, you have two children! How heartbroken the children will be if you get divorced!"

Su Jinru: "After the divorce, it's not that I don't let him care about the children. We still live in the same village, so the children can visit their father anytime they want."

"You mean, you'll take custody of the child after the divorce?"

Su Jinru: "Yes! If a child stays with his mother, his growth will not be affected. There's a saying that goes, 'It's better to live with a beggar's mother than with an official's father,' because having a stepmother means having a stepfather."

"If you're worried about the children being affected, the best way is not to get a divorce."

"Comrade, please, please process our application quickly! We are all adults, we came here after careful consideration, we made up our minds, and it was our own choice."

"Saving one family if I can is my job responsibility."

Su Jinru: "Comrade, by helping us get a divorce, you truly saved two lives, no, four lives. If we hadn't gotten a divorce, we really wouldn't have been able to survive."

"I see that you two are both cultured and well-mannered people with no bad habits. How could you not be able to get along? What is the reason for your divorce? Give me a plausible reason."

Su Jinru: "Comrade, family scandals should not be aired in public. There are some things I cannot say, and it is not appropriate to say. In short, we can only survive by getting a divorce. Please grant our request and save us!"

As Su Jinru spoke, her voice choked with emotion, and her eyes reddened.

Seeing Su Jinru like this, the clerk was also somewhat moved.

“I can tell you’re a sensible person, not the kind who would impulsively get a divorce. You’ve made your point so clear, so you’re probably determined to get a divorce and won’t regret it later.”

Su Jinru immediately assured, "I promise I will never regret it."

The other party was helpless.

"Okay! I'll process the paperwork for you."

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Su Jinru said, her face beaming with joy.

The other party sighed.

"I didn't mean to make things difficult for you; this is just part of the work procedure."

Su Jinru finally felt relieved when the clerk handed them both the divorce certificates.

With the famine just two months away, she didn't have time to waste on the divorce.

The clerk said, puzzled, "I don't know what's going on between you two, but seeing how happy you are to have your divorce certificate, I hope that the divorce is not the beginning of suffering, but a new beginning."

Su Jinru excitedly grasped the clerk's hand.

"Thank you, long live understanding. For me, divorce is a new beginning, you're right."

"Other people cry and whine when they get divorced, but you're so emotional about it. Maybe you're right."

"A happy marriage is a sweet harbor, while an unhappy marriage is a cage, a bondage, a shackle, and the root of all suffering."

Clerk: "For most people, getting married and having children is as ordinary as eating and dressing. They don't have many thoughts about it. You educated people are just overthinking it and complicating a simple marriage."