"Thank you, sister-in-law. I have to go to register my household registration as a woman tomorrow morning, so I won't be free until the afternoon."

"Okay, I'll have him go this afternoon."

Knowing that she was going to the village head's house, Tie Niu's wife smiled and saw her off.

...

Ye Li was weaving baskets when he saw Ye Caiping and Huan'er coming over. He smiled and said, "I knew you would come."

How did the village head know?

As Ye Lizheng ushered the man into the house, he said, "You just asked those policemen for a female household, so I guessed you didn't want to get married yet. You must want to build a house and move out first."

He nodded to himself as he spoke, "That's true. Take your time choosing. It's not too late to get married after a year or two when you find a good one."

Ye Caiping did not refute, and sat down at the table.

The village head's wife, who was inside the house, quickly came out to pour tea.

Ye Lizheng took out a notebook and spread it on the table. It was a map of the village, with each piece of land marked as belonging to someone and which piece of land was empty.

"There are no vacant houses in the village. If we really want to move out, we'll have to build our own."

"I planned to build it myself." Ye Caiping accepted the tea handed to her by the village head's wife.

Ye Lizheng nodded: "Where do you plan to build it? There's no vacant land next to your house."

“I’ve already chosen this spot. It’s located at the end of the village, at the foot of the mountain. Here!” Ye Caiping pointed to a spot in the picture.

Ye Lizheng was taken aback: "Isn't this too remote? It's not safe."

"It's okay, my parents will live with me then." Ye Caiping looked at the map. Her current home was also near the end of the village, only about 300 meters away from the location she had chosen.