The adoption review in China is actually very troublesome. However, when it comes to adopting orphans, disabled children, or abandoned babies and children raised in social welfare institutions whose biological parents cannot be found, the conditions are very relaxed. The only requirement is that the adopter must be at least 30 years old. Liu Yao is 39 years old this year, and Meng Qi is three years younger than him. Both of them meet the age requirements for adoptive parents. Moreover, they are a same-sex marriage, so they will not have children in the future.

The most important thing is that the adopted person Tao Mu is already eighteen years old. Legally speaking, he is a person with full civil capacity and independently enjoys civil rights and assumes civil obligations. This means that even if Liu Yao adopts Tao Mu, there will be no moral or legal risks for both parties due to the adoptive person's sexual orientation.

So they need to go through the adoption procedures, which only requires the consent of both parties, and then submit an adoption application to the orphanage, then go to the adoption registration authority to complete the relevant registration procedures, and finally go to the local police station to register the household registration.

It's much easier than adopting a child under fourteen.

Even so, it took Liu Yao and the other two a full week to complete all the procedures.

On the day the new household registration booklet was issued, Tao Mu was so happy holding the brand new one that he laughed for a long time. His slender fingers flipped back and forth between the home page and the page with all the family members, and from time to time he would turn to a separate page with his own information printed on it. It says Tao Mu, male, relationship with the householder...

Tao Mu flipped through several pages of paper that were 143 mm long and 105 mm wide, almost torn apart after flipping them over and over again.

Tao Mu doesn't have his own household registration book. Children who grow up in orphanages only have their own ID cards but no household registration books. The household registration of all orphans is registered in the collective household registration of the orphanage. Just like students going to college can register their household registration with the university.

When Tao Mu returned to the Shen family in his previous life, he did not transfer his household registration. I don’t know if it’s because the original book’s plot is too Mary Sue that made everyone ignore this point, or if it’s for some other reason, but no one in the Shen family has ever mentioned the matter of changing their household registration. Tao Mu mentioned it once himself, but was sarcastically criticized by Shen Yan, who said, "You just returned to the Shen family and you can't wait to confirm your relationship and divide the family property before you even recognize everyone. Are you hoping that your parents will die soon?" After that, the matter was left unresolved until Tao Mu was kicked out of the Shen family's home, and Tao Mu was never included in the Shen family's household registration book.

Until his death in his previous life, he still had the extravagant hope of returning to the Shen family and being accepted by the Shen family. Therefore, even though he was kicked out by the Shen family, he never thought of setting up a separate household registration book for himself. Even though he later bought his own property and villa in Shanghai, his household registration was always registered with the collective household registration of Shanghai University. Even though he had already graduated, the school did not urge him to move his household registration out. I don’t know if it’s because of the halo of the plot that made everyone forget this. Or maybe it's because of some other reason.

It is worth mentioning that when Tao Mu drove Shen Yu out of the Shen family in his previous life, he did not propose to move Shen Yu's household registration out of the Shen family. So until his death, Shen Yu's household registration was still in the Shen family. It’s funny to think about it now. As the blood-related son of the Shen family, he doesn’t even have a household registration book. However, the guy who had usurped the magpie's nest had been openly staying in the Shen family's household registration book and even the family tree.

No wonder when Tao Mu was making things difficult for Shen Yu, all of Shen's family's old friends and acquaintances stood up to stop him. At that time, he thought that Shen Yu was indeed very charming. Now thinking about it, it was obvious that the Shen family's attitude was too clear, so that everyone was happy to do the Shen family a favor.

After living a new life for thirty or forty years, Tao Mu finally had his own household registration book. When registering his household registration, Liu Yao carefully asked him if he wanted to change his last name. Liu Yao didn't mean anything else. He just wanted to tell Tao Mu that no matter what his kid's last name was, he treated Tao Mu as his own son. In the future, he would let Tao Mu take care of him in his old age, and he would also give all his property to Meng Qi and Tao Mu to inherit - this is a formal, legally recognized family relationship.

But Tao Mu thought about it for several days, and decided not to change his surname until he registered his household registration - he was Tao Mu, neither Shen Mu nor Liu Mu, he just wanted to be himself. From now on, I will never hurt myself because of those who don’t care about me.

Since I didn’t live my life wisely in my last life, I’ll live again in this one. A real man never changes his name or surname, so he wanted to use the name Tao Mu and live a clear life.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi recognized Tao Mu as their son and did not care what Tao Mu's name was. Whether it's Tao Mu or Liu Mu, it's fine as long as he is this kind of person. I didn't waste any time and just went straight to the household registration book. After coming out of the police station, Liu Yao drove his Grand Cherokee. As usual, Meng Qi sat in the passenger seat, and his newly born baby son was sitting in the back. The three of them drove happily to Song Ji.

Mr. Song went to the kitchen himself and almost prepared a full banquet. There were nearly thirty dishes, all of which were Tao Mu's favorites. Helping in the kitchen were Dean Tao, Feng Yuan and the two waiters from the restaurant. Qin Miaoru and her group of brothers also helped out.

——When Qin Miaoru and her group came to Yanjing, Tao Mu specially took them to Songji for a welcome party. Qin Miaoru immediately fell in love with Houhai, a Feng Shui treasure land, and thought that this place had a special human touch. Even the hawking sounds she heard from people walking around the streets every morning were particularly interesting. He immediately slapped his thigh and started looking around Houhai. Finally, he rented a three-story shop on a street two alleys away from Songji to open an Internet cafe. Business is also booming.

Moreover, Qin Miaoru and her group are numerous, kind-hearted and love to have fun. Knowing Tao Mu's relationship with Dean Tao and Mr. Song, he loves to come here whenever he has time. Especially in October, every household starts to store cabbage, potatoes, radishes, and pickled cabbage. Qin Miaoru asked her burly brothers to come to the orphanage and Songji to help. Occasionally, when I was busy late, I would stay overnight in Mr. Song’s courtyard. Anyway, the old man has many rooms in his house.

Later, a group of people simply connected an Internet cable to the old man's courtyard and forced him to learn how to play games online. I also found him a few online chess games. The excuse is "When you can't find any chess friends, just play a few games with netizens to avoid boredom." If the old man doesn't like something, they will pester him and force him to accept new things.

Old man Song was so annoyed that he wanted to pick up the broom and kick those people out.

When Tao Mu was blackmailed by Yao Wenxiao through more than a dozen media outlets, the old man had just learned how to type in pinyin. Seeing someone scolding their kid online, he was so angry that he registered a Feixun account overnight. He used his one-finger Zen to fight with the other person. The other person scolded him a hundred times, but he couldn't even reply to a single word. The angry old man started cursing. Qin Miaoru and her group really experienced the essence of Beijing cursing.

Qin Miaoru immediately directed her brothers and netizens who came to the Internet cafe to play, and according to the principle that if they helped to curse for an hour, they could play for another hour for free, and according to the old man's cursing style, they fought with the gang of black fans online for three days and three nights. Even their internet cafe became famous after being scolded!

With such a comrade-in-arms-like friendship, the old man's attitude towards Qin Miaoru and her gang became much more moderate. The old man Guguai finally got used to these noisy little brats. He even locked up Song Ji for a few days and hired a construction team to renovate several rooms in the courtyard, connect the network cable, and hang air conditioners. The tables, chairs, doors and windows that Tao Mu had refused to move were also repaired and replaced with new glass. The light bulbs that didn't light up were also replaced with new ones and covered with lampshades. In the end, he rented a few rooms to Qin Miaoru and others with a cold face - to save a bunch of young men and women from having to sleep in the Internet cafe's private rooms all day long. It really doesn't look like a good look.

So when Tao Mu came to the courtyard this time, he was surprised to find that the courtyard was more lively than before. The courtyard, which used to look empty and desolate, was now filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items. These were the things Qin Miaoru and her friends had moved from the Internet cafe and had not had time to sort them out. The autumn sun pours down through the gaps between the branches of the lush old locust tree, filling the entire yard with warmth and a particularly human feel.

They curled their lips and gave Qin Miaoru a look of particular satisfaction - it was worth it that he brought Qin Miaoru and her group all the way from H Town to Song Ji. As expected, the old man in their family just likes this kind of "those who are righteous are often butchers" tone.

While everyone was not paying attention, Qin Miaoru came to Tao Mu and lowered her voice: "My Internet cafe has been open for a month and has earned more than 100,000 yuan. Can you lend me the money to open an Internet cafe? How about I pay back part of it first?"

"No need." Tao Mu also waved his hand quietly. He brought Qin Miaoru and her gang out from H Town because, on the one hand, he valued Zhang Fei's talent, and on the other hand, he valued the character of Qin Miaoru and her gang. Of course, Tao Mu also knew that it was not easy to live in the capital. So as soon as Qin Miaoru arrived in Yanjing, Tao Mu lent her one million yuan. No matter what business Qin Miaoru would do in the future, this extra one million yuan would always be enough for her to make ends meet: "I'm not in a hurry to use the money. Your Internet cafe has just opened, and you need working capital to avoid any problems."

"By the way, have you opened an Internet cafe in Houhai, and have you arranged everything?" Tao Mu asked again. Running an Internet cafe or hotel is different from other businesses, and you have to manage everything well.

"Don't worry." Qin Miaoru patted Tao Mu's shoulder with a smile: "Brother Yao has helped us a lot. With him here, things are much easier. It's easier than when I first went to H Town."

Tao Mu still knew Liu Yao's abilities and connections. He nodded immediately, and suddenly came back to his senses: "Can't I call you Brother Yao anymore?"

"Ah?" Qin Miaoru was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly and said with a mischievous smile: "Then I should call you Uncle Yao from now on?"

Tao Mu smiled and gave Qin Miaoru a look, asking her to experience it herself, then went into the house.

"What are you mumbling about outside? The food is cold." The old man glared at Tao Mu unhappily: "You are not even active in eating, go wash your hands quickly."

"Hey~" Tao Mu agreed in a particularly charming voice and ran happily to wash his hands. When he came back, he personally poured wine for the old man, Dean Tao, and Liu Yao and his wife. When he wanted to pour for Feng Yuan, the bottle was taken over by Feng Yuan. The child poured a glass for Tao Mu first, and then poured one by one, until everyone's glasses were filled.

Liu Yao raised his glass with a red face: "Today is a big day for our family of three. Thank you, old man, for preparing this meal for us. You have worked hard. Thank you all for coming to make it a success. On behalf of our family of three, I would like to toast everyone."

Everyone smiled and raised their glasses to drink together. But when drinking, the old man sighed a little: "I wanted to adopt this brat a long time ago. He was still a little boy at that time, but because of the previous incident, he refused to be adopted. He said that he didn't want to be abandoned by his adoptive parents again. I never mentioned it again. Now it seems that we are not destined to be together."

The old man's words were full of bitterness. It immediately quieted down the festive crowd at the table. Everyone looked at each other, and Dean Tao couldn't help but persuaded: "Don't think like that. We all know that Tao Mu is a kind and righteous child. Even if he doesn't recognize you as his father, he will never forget your kindness to him."

Mr. Song sighed silently. Of course he knew Tao Mu's character. But even without this relationship, there is still a gap. Maybe his life is just like what the fortune teller said, he is unlucky and unlucky with his wife and children, and is destined to live out his life alone.

Tao Mu couldn't help it, picked up the bottle and poured a glass of wine, walked to the old man, bent his knees, and knelt down suddenly: "Old man, I know you are very good to me. I, Tao Mu, used to be ungrateful and ungrateful, but I will never be again. If you believe me, you will be my grandfather from now on, my dear grandfather. I will definitely take care of you in the future and take care of you until the end of your life."

After saying that, without waiting for Song Daozhen to react, he kowtowed three times.

Song Daozhen was stunned. After staring blankly for a long time, he took the wine glass from Tao Mu's hand with trembling hands. Before he could bring it to his mouth, half of the wine in the glass was spilled due to his shaking hands. The old man's eyes turned red and a turbid tear fell into the wine glass. The old man mixed the wine with his tears and drank it in one gulp.

"Okay! Okay!" Song Daozhen held the wine glass in one hand and slapped his thigh with the other hand, unable to utter another word.

This time, the one who felt uncomfortable was Liu Yao who was sitting next to him. The forty-year-old man looked at his newly born baby son with resentment. He just received the household registration book, and his eldest son hasn't even started calling him dad yet, but he has already acknowledged him as grandfather.

However, they also knew about the relationship between Song Daozhen and Tao Mu. So even if I feel jealous, I can't say it. In addition, Liu Yao and his wife also knew about Song Daozhen's past, so it was inevitable that they felt sad when they saw the old man holding back his tears.

It's really not easy to be alone for so many years.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi sighed for a moment, then saw Tao Mu pour two more glasses of wine and kneel down in front of them. Before he even opened his mouth, Tao Mu's face flushed. Even though he had prepared himself for a few days, it was still embarrassing to change his words when the time came.

Tao Mu took a deep breath and shouted, "Dad, drink."

Liu Yao froze for a moment and shuddered. It was Meng Qi who reacted first. He took the glass of wine that Tao Mu poured for Liu Yao, drank it contentedly, and replied loudly: "Hey, good son."

As he said this, he took out the change of words fee that he had prepared long ago from his pocket - Meng Qi thought at the time that if Tao Mu changed his words, it would be the change of words fee. If you are too embarrassed to change your words, then it is a red envelope. Anyway, it has to have this meaning. Acknowledging a son is such a joyous event, so there must be a red envelope.

It wasn't until Meng Qi drank all the wine that Liu Yao reacted. He looked at Meng Qi aggrievedly - and Meng Qi looked back at him with a smile. He immediately touched his nose and stopped talking.

Okay. I am the head of the household according to the household registration book, and you are the head of our family. It makes sense to toast you first.

Liu Yao comforted himself, took the wine glass that Tao Mu handed to him and drank it all, and then gave Tao Mu a red envelope as usual.

Seeing this, everyone clapped their hands with a sense of ritual. Dean Tao looked at the happy family of three and joked to Song Daozhen, who was holding back tears, "Look how suitable you are. If you had adopted Xiao Mu earlier, you could only adopt a son. Now it's so good, you have both a son and a grandson, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren. I'm looking forward to having four generations living under the same roof."

Liu Yao, who had just drunk the wine and hadn’t had time to celebrate becoming a father, said: “…”

Meng Qi, who was also happy to be a father: "..."

Only Tao Mu touched his nose guiltily and lowered his head.

Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren should be no problem. But it’s hard to say that four generations live together——

After all, I'm going to have no children or grandchildren in this life_(:з)∠)_