Divorcing your wife might feel good for a moment, but seeing me make money will make you regret it f

Xu Qing reassured him, "Don't worry, brother, just go and invite them."

Xu Jian gritted his teeth, thinking that his second brother hadn't returned yet, and with no man in the house after he left, what would happen if his younger sister was bullied?

Looking at the villagers watching the commotion, Xu Ergou, with whom he had a fairly good relationship, raised his voice and said, "Ergou, could you please invite the village chief over for me?"

Er Gou agreed and ran towards the village chief's house.

……

Xu Gong sold firewood for five coins today. The candied hawthorns were too expensive; two of them cost one coin.

Xu Gong bought six, gave four to the village chief, and the other two to his niece and younger sister.

Back in the village, Xu Gong knew the village chief would definitely not accept it, so he made an excuse that he had something to discuss with Xu Er and went to the village chief's house together.

Just as they arrived, Xu Ergou rushed in as well.

"Village chief, hurry, hurry! The Shi family has come to pick up Shi Xiaocao. The two families are fighting."

"Xu Gong is here too, perfect..."

When Xu Gong heard that someone from the Shi family had arrived, he handed the pre-packaged candy balls to the village chief and said, "These are for Sanwa."

Without waiting for the two of them, he ran home as fast as he could.

The village chief withdrew his hand from his pocket, which contained household registration documents, and sighed. Young people are just too impatient.

They also went to the Xu family's house.

Xu Gong saw a large crowd gathered outside his house from afar, and he ran even faster.

Upon entering the courtyard, one sees the menacing Ding Shi and Shi Gandang, whose face is swollen like a pig's head, standing there.

Xu Jian stood protectively at the bedroom door, like a mother hen guarding Xu Qing.

Xu Gong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Little sister, why did you come out? Mother said you can't be exposed to the wind. Go back inside quickly. Your older brother and I are here."

Xu Qing poked his head out from behind Xu Jian, smiled, and called out "Second Brother," saying:

"It's okay, I don't get any wind here."

Actually, it's summer now, not cold at all, even quite hot, but her second brother is concerned about her.

Xu Qing sighed again, feeling incredibly lucky to have met such a kind family.

Xu Jian went back into the house and got a patched-up jacket, which he then draped over Xu Qing's shoulders.

"You still need to be careful. Before Mother left, she told my older brother and me to take good care of you."

Hearing his second brother's words, Xu Jian felt guilty for not taking good care of his younger sister.

Seeing that this family was ignoring her presence and being so attentive to a worthless person, Ding sneered.

"What? You think you can bully us just because there's one more man here? Let me tell you, hand over that little good-for-nothing right now, or else..."

"Or what do you want?"

The village chief stepped out from behind the crowd and asked sternly.

Ding turned around, raised her head haughtily, and asked, "Who are you? Are all the people from Xujia Village so rude?"

Upon hearing this, the villagers who were watching were displeased. What did they mean by saying that the people of Xujia Village were all impolite?

"Aren't you looking for the village chief? This is our Xu Family Village's village chief, who is also our village head."

"He keeps calling his own granddaughter a money-loser. He has no respect for the elderly or care for the young. I don't know who's being rude."

Ding choked for a moment, but still maintained her superior demeanor: "It's just in time that the village chief has arrived."

"You be the judge. My son divorced Ms. Xu, but she took away my Shi family's descendants. Shouldn't they be returned?"

"Not only did she not let us take him away, she also hit my son. What do you suggest we do about this?"

“Look at my son’s face. What if he’s disfigured? My son still wants to remarry.”

Ding pulled away Shi Gandang's hands that were covering his face and showed them to the village chief.

Xu Jian spoke first: "I hit your son, and I should take responsibility for my actions. But why didn't you say why he was hit?"

Xu Qing stepped out from behind the two brothers: "You say my baby is your descendant, do you have proof of household registration?"

Xu Qing learned from Xu Gong that the village chief had gone to town this morning to register his two daughters' household registrations.

She hadn't mentioned it before because she was afraid that the village chief hadn't finished handling things, and that if she did, it would remind the Ding couple to go back and bring Xu Baobao to their place.

Ding hadn't really thought about the household registration issue, but Shi Xiaocao was indeed her Shi family's granddaughter. At worst, she could just take her back and register her later.

"Of course I have it! I just didn't bring it with me. Everyone knows that brat is from my family. Do I need a household registration certificate?"

At this moment, the village chief walked up to Xu Qing, took out the household registration document, and handed it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing opened it and took a look. It was all in traditional Chinese characters. She managed to understand it by guessing and deciphering that it was a household registration document.

She smiled gratefully at the old village chief and said softly, "You flatter me, village chief. I'll come to thank you in person after I've seen those two off."

The village chief waved his hand dismissively, deliberately raising his voice: "What I can't stand the most is people who look down on their daughters. Aren't their own mothers women too?"

Xu Jian and Xu Gong nodded in agreement.

Ding retorted, "Of course you say that in front of outsiders, but who knows how you treat your own maid behind closed doors?"

The village chief disdained arguing with a woman, ignored her, and said in an official manner:

"Since you don't have household registration documents, you can't prove that she is your granddaughter. Go back and get the documents and come back."

Ms. Wen never expected that just taking home a worthless customer would cause these people to try and stop her.

If that worthless girl wasn't still somewhat useful, she wouldn't have come all this way to ask for her back.

"You're just being unreasonable. You're biased towards your own village. You don't deserve to be the village head or the village chief. I'm going to report you to the authorities."

Xu Qingyang waved the documents in his hand: "You don't have household registration documents, but I do. And the Shi Xiaocao you mentioned, we don't have that person here. We only have Xu Baobao."

Wen was illiterate and thought Xu Qing was just putting on an act to deceive her, so she turned to ask Shi Gandang.

Shi Gandang didn't know many characters and wasn't sure, so he could only shake his head.

Seeing that she couldn't take the little money-loser with her today, Ding glared at Xu Qing fiercely: "You just wait, I've brought the household registration and let's see what you have to say now."

Xu Jian picked up the broom and glared at Ding and Shi Gandang: "You can talk to me about it after you bring it here. Hurry up and leave, or I'll beat you up too!"

Ding dared not say anything more and quickly pulled Shi Gandang away in a sorry state.

The village chief dismissed the onlookers, and Xu Qing went inside, bought 10 feed eggs from the mall, and carried them out in a basket.

"Village chief, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help, the baby would have been taken away by them."

"This is a small token of my appreciation; please accept it."

The village chief said with a stern face, "It's just a small thing, why bother with all this? If you don't want it, save it for the children. I have things to do at home, so I'll be going now."

Xu Gong hurriedly went to see the village chief off, while Xu Jian took two eggs, caught up with Xu Ergou, and stuffed them into his hands.

Xu Ergou swallowed hard, but still pushed it back: "The village chief is right, give it to the children."

After all the outsiders left, Xu Jiancai returned to the house, where Xu Qing was comforting Xu Baobao.

Xu Baobao has recovered. Her mother and uncles are protecting her, and she needs to become even braver.

Xu Jian glanced at the eggs in the basket and noticed that his younger sister had taken them from the bedroom, but the eggs were all in the kitchen.

However, my younger sister must have her reasons for not saying anything. Since there are so many eggs at home, let's cook one for my niece too.

The little girl is indeed too thin.

After seeing the village chief off, Xu Gong returned to the house, took out some melted candy balls from his pocket, and gave them to Xu Qing and Xu Baobao.

Xu Qing had been eating a lot of brown sugar eggs lately and wasn't craving sugar, so she handed hers to Xu Baobao as well.

"Baby, eat."

Xu Baobao gently picked up a piece of candy and fed it into Xu Qing's mouth: "Mommy, have some. Baby has more."

Xu Gong said with a smile, "Uncle will go chop firewood again later, sell it, and buy more food with the money!"

Xu Qing savored the sweet taste of the candy, as if the sweetness had seeped right into her heart.