The carriage had already stopped at Moon Bay Wharf.

After Li Lanzhen and the others disembarked from the boat, Manager Hua had a carriage take them back to Sifang Restaurant.

Then they came back to haul the vegetables off the boat.

Upon arriving at the Sifang Restaurant, they again stayed in the back courtyard.

Han Mingxiang and his children were put into two rooms. The rooms were spacious and had desks, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones.

Li Lanzhen knew that this was specially prepared by Manager Hua.

After they tidied up, Xuan Shen prepared to take her, Han Shunde, Sanwang, and a few others to the government office to handle the household registration and resettlement matters.

When they arrived at the government office, it was as bustling as a market.

Li Lanzhen did not expect that so many people would come to apply for household registration resettlement.

Xuan Shen glanced at the crowd in line and said to them.

"Auntie, you all stand here in line first, I'm going in."

Li Lanzhen knew that he had a relationship with Prefect Wu of Youzhou City, so she nodded and waved.

"Okay, go take care of your business."

In front of them stood more than twenty people, each with a worried expression, whispering to each other.

Han Shunde quickly went over to listen to what they were saying.

"Oh dear, what are we going to do? Of the twenty-odd people who fled from our village, we're all scattered and can't even be assigned to a single village."

"That's right, village chief! Look at our family, how can we be separated? My two sons and I will be scattered to three different villages!"

"That's right, village chief, why don't you explain our situation to the people at the government office?"

"Even if we're assigned to a more remote area, it's fine as long as we're all from the same village together."

Han Shunde listened for a moment and then stepped back, shaking his head at Li Lanzhen.

Li Lanzhen, however, was not worried about this issue.

She knew that Manager Hua and Xuan Shen had already spoken to the government office.

All of them will be assigned to Pear Tree Village, and they will not be separated.

She had also prepared herself mentally for the possibility that the government officials would scatter them among various villages.

She won't handle this matter today.

Before long, we came to the group of people in front of us.

The village chief and several older people went up to persuade her, but Li Lanzhen saw that the two elderly people were about to kneel down to the people who were handling the matter.

The commotion caused a temporary halt to the household registration process.

"What's going on? There are still a lot of people in line behind us, and the process is so slow. What happened?"

Li Lanzhen heard a familiar voice and looked up.

It was the clerk from the Youzhou government office they had met last year.

The two bailiffs who were handling the matter stood up and spoke.

"Secretary Zheng, this is what happened..."

After the two yamen runners recounted the story of the people in front of them.

He looked at the clerk, seeking an answer.

"How many households do you have? How many people are there?" he asked the village chief.

The village chief quickly greeted him with a broad smile.

“We have 11 households, with a total of 27 people, young and old.”

After the village chief finished speaking, the twenty-odd men and women looked up expectantly at the clerk.

They were afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would scatter them and send them to various counties, towns and villages in Youzhou City.

The clerk glanced through the household register and said to the two clerks handling the matter.

“Reassign their household registrations to Wangyou Village.”

Li Lanzhen's heart skipped a beat, "Forget-Worry Valley, Forget-Worry Village?"

Could this be that place? If so, that's wonderful! Let's go, let's go, the more people the better.

The clerk in charge nodded and said.

"Understood, Clerk. We'll proceed immediately."

A group of people, with tears in their eyes, repeatedly bowed and thanked the clerk.

Secretary Zheng nodded. "Go quickly to register your household registration, and then follow the yamen runners to Wangyou Village."

It's a valley; some people have already settled there. You can just go there directly.

At this moment, Li Lanzhen was certain that this Forget-Worry Village was indeed Forget-Worry Valley, hehe!

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the clerk calling her name.

"Which one is Li Lanzhen?"

Sanwang tugged at her sleeve and then pointed to the clerk standing on the steps.

Li Lanzhen smiled and quickly replied, "Yes, I am Li Lanzhen. I'm here. Hello, clerk."

The clerk looked down and saw Li Lanzhen in the crowd. He smiled slightly; she was someone he knew.

She looked like an ordinary peasant woman; no one knew how she had become acquainted with the current emperor.

Never mind all that, I just need to get this done.

"Li Lanzhen, did you bring all the necessary documents?"

"Yes, we brought our original household registration documents and certificates."

"Okay, bring your documents and come in with me."

As they walked uphill, the twenty-odd people in front of them, thanking them profusely, clutched their newly issued household registration certificates and walked back happily.

They left, and Li Lanzhen and the others lined up at the front. The clerk personally processed their household registration.

He sat down, picked up his pen, and prepared to fill in their names on the household registration certificate of Youzhou Prefecture.

The constable in charge of the matter asked.

"Secretary Zheng, where are these people going to register their residency?"

"Oh, get the documents ready. They all need to register their household in Lishu Village."

Just as the constable was about to say something, someone tugged at his sleeve and gave him a wink. He immediately shut up and lowered his head to start preparing the documents.

First, they filled out the household registration certificates for Li Lanzhen's several in-laws, as well as the people she brought along and Li Erhan's family.

Then there were ten people from the Shui family, two siblings (Shui Niu and his sister), and one hundred and three people including Brother Hong from the small mountain village.

As for the nine orphans including Shi Tou, and the eleven people including Tie Hua who were brought out of the bandit stronghold, their original household registrations have been lost.

However, Manager Hua had already written a certificate for her.

Li Lanzhen also presented her documents, so the new household registration certificates for the nine orphans of Shitou and the eleven women, including Tiehua, were successfully issued and processed.

Finally, there are the eleven children from Shanxing Sanwang Village in Lishu Township.

Sanwang produced their original household registration documents.

Secretary Zheng picked it up and looked at it, saying, "You're Zheng Sanwang, the grandson of the village chief of Lishu Village?"

When Sanwang heard him mention his grandfather, his eyes reddened slightly as he nodded, and then replied.

"Yes, sir. My grandfather was the village chief of Lishu Village. I am his grandson. I am the only one left in my family."

Eleven people survived in our village, all of them children.

Secretary Zheng sighed, "Alas, Lishu Village has also suffered an undeserved disaster."

Sanwang looked at the clerk and asked, "Sir, what exactly were these thieves looking for in our village that caused such harm to the people here?"

The clerk was silent for a moment, then looked up and said, "Look into the eyes of the three kings."

“Zheng Sanwang, don’t ask again. You should seek revenge for the terrible things that couple in your village did. The grievances have their source, and the debts have their debtors.”

Go find their house!

Zheng Sanwang didn't say anything more, just stood there, his fists clenched tightly.

Li Lanzhen thought to herself, "This was probably an accident. It must have been that the government officials went there for some reason and were looking for something, which led to the accidental killing of the entire village."

However, Secretary Zheng was not wrong; the two couples were the culprits behind this disaster!

"Alright, ma'am, your household registrations are all done. Please keep them in good condition."

Han Shunde carefully gathered the thick stack of household registration certificates, put them in a bag, folded the bag, and then put it into his bundle.

Li Lanzhen said, "Leave it to me to manage!"

Han Shunde handed it to Li Lan without hesitation.

As they turned to leave, they ran into an acquaintance across the street.