There was a group of children gathered in front of the sugar figurine stall. When the two of them came over, they immediately stood out from the crowd, especially Pei Ji. He suddenly felt like he was "looking down on everyone else". All the sugar figurines that served as models on the stall were clearly visible to him.
He looked through them one by one and pointed, "This one."
That's a bunny candy man.
Xue Huan asked the stall owner, "Boss, how much for a rabbit and a Chang'e?"
"Twelve coins."
Compared with other snacks, sugar figures are much more expensive. After all, a string of candied haws only costs three cents, and these two sugar figures together can buy four strings of candied haws.
But Xue Huan was not short of money now, so she paid the money readily, took the two candy figures from the stall owner, gave the rabbit to Pei Ji, and licked Chang'e's herself.
Turning around, he saw Guan Yue approaching, and thought of asking, "Brother Guan, do you want to join us?"
Guan Yue laughed. How old is he and still eating candy figures?
"Okay, I'll do a Guan Yu one."
The history of Daqi, from the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, all overlapped and was pretty much the same as what Xue Huan knew in her previous life, but the history after the Song Dynasty diverged.
Daqi is a dynasty that was established after the collapse of the Song Dynasty and a period of chaos. It has been more than three hundred years since then.
So there was also the Three Kingdoms in this era, with popular figures such as Guan Yu and Cao Cao.
The three adults, each holding a candy man, left amid the envious gazes of the children.
After dinner, before Xue Huan could speak, Guan Yue spoke first, "Tell me, what can I help you with?"
Xue Huan was a little surprised, "How did you know?"
Guan Yue smiled faintly: "If you didn't need my help, would you have been so attentive to me at the banquet just now?"
She asked him what dishes he liked and helped him serve soup. Her attitude towards him was not like this before.
Xue Huan smiled awkwardly, "Brother Guan, this is what I mean. This is my father's apprentice Akang." She first introduced Pei Ji's identity and origin to Guan Yue. Of course, it was all made up by her.
"Akang was abandoned in the mountains when he was young. A few years ago, when my father went hunting in the mountains, he saw him eating raw meat—"
Pei Ji, who was quietly working as a wallpaper, glanced at her. This woman was really good at writing. If she wrote a storybook, those storybook writers would probably be out of work.
Xue Huan held his hand under the table, squeezed it, and signaled him to be quiet.
"My father gave him the dry food he brought with him. Later, one day, my father encountered a pack of wolves, and Akang appeared and saved him. After a few interactions, my father became familiar with him and taught him a lot. Although Akang did not formally become his disciple, my father treated him as his apprentice.
"You should also know about my father's disappearance in the mountains this time. A Kang was worried that our family would be bullied, so he came down from the mountains. However, he has lived in the mountains since he was a child and doesn't understand the ways of the world. He also doesn't have a household registration or anything like that."
After hearing this, Guan Yue finally understood where the sense of incongruity with Pei Ji came from. No wonder he hardly spoke and behaved like a child most of the time. So that's how it was.
"You want to help him get a household registration, right? It's easy, I'll take care of it."
If it were someone else, this matter might be more difficult, but who is Guan Yue? He is a government official, and his status is not low.
Isn’t it easy to apply for a household registration?
Xue Huan smiled brightly, "Thank you very much, Brother Guan."
She remembered this favor and would find a chance to repay it later.
Guan Yue was dazzled by her unconditional smile, and when he came to his senses, he quickly picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but he choked because he drank too quickly.
Xue Huan quickly picked up some food for him with chopsticks and said, "Come, eat some food to calm you down."
After leaving the restaurant, Guan Yue took the two of them to the government office.
The personnel structure of the county government was exactly the same as that of the imperial court. The imperial court had six ministries: the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works. The county government had six departments: the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works. The person who managed the specific affairs of these six departments was the chief clerk.
The chief clerk and the county lieutenant are equivalent to the county magistrate's right and left hands, one civil and one military.
If you need to apply for household registration, you can ask the chief clerk to take care of it. Guan Yue has a good relationship with the chief clerk and they often go out for drinks.
When the chief clerk surnamed Zhang heard Guan Yue say that he wanted to register a "relative" and handed him a silver note, he immediately called the official in charge of the household affairs and gave him instructions without saying a word.
The officer glanced at Pei Ji, listened to Guan Yue's introduction of his identity, and then went back to fiddle with it for a while. In just a cup of tea, he brought back a brand new household registration.
The household registration is also called the household registration card. The paper is one foot and three inches long (about 43.3 cm) and one foot and two inches wide (about 39.9 cm), with a circle of flowers on the edge as decoration.
The middle part is the main content of the household name card, which contains information such as the household's hometown, number of people, age, property, and address.
Each household registration card must be in duplicate, the first copy is called the registration copy, and the second copy is called the household copy.
The former must be handed over to the government for record so that it can be checked when needed. Sometimes changes are also required. For example, if new population is added due to marriage or childbirth, corresponding changes need to be made to the household registration.
This household registration is also the specific basis for the state to collect taxes.
The household certificate was given to the people themselves, and the font size was printed in the gap between the two copies for matching.
Finally, the household side should stamp the seal at the seam, leaving exactly half of the seal on each couplet.
This also avoids the possibility of human falsification to the greatest extent.
After all, household registration is easy to forge, but the font size and seal on the interlaced parts are not easy to forge. Even if they are forged, it will be useless if they do not match the household registration certificate kept in the county government.
Unless you can steal the seal from the county government office.
But if one has the ability to steal the seal, why bother to forge it?
Pei Ji's registered name was "Huo Kang". "Huo" was his mother's surname and "Kang" was his nickname.
The address information was the house that Xue Huan had just bought.
Now he is the only one registered in the household registration, and it is simple to fill in the household registration information, so the official quickly completed it, took the household registration form back for filing, and gave the household registration form to him.
In this way, he is no longer an illegal resident, but a person with formal household registration.
From now on, there will be no hindrance whether you are doing business or taking exams.
Guan Yue smiled at Zhang Zhubu and said, "I'll treat everyone to a meal at Yingxian Tower some other day."
Zhang Zhubu laughed and said, "No problem, no problem."
Guan Yue escorted Xue Huan and the other two out of the county government office. Xue Huan turned around and said, "Once I've finished tidying up the house in Qingyun Lane, I'll personally cook a feast for you. I hope you'll come and have my presence with me, Brother Guan."
"must."
Guan Yue watched Xue Huan and Pei Ji leave. Seeing their hands clasped together, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
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