Chapter 12: Officially registering marriage and proposing separation

Xia Juanjuan knew that he was so anxious because he was afraid that she would change her mind.

He did not hesitate at the moment and took the three kids and Li Zhan, together with Li Qiang, Wang Guixiang and Liu Lan to the commune brigade.

Qingshui Village, Xiajia Village and two other villages together form a commune. The commune office is located in Qingshui Village, so it is very convenient to get there.

The secretary of the commune was named Zhao, he was over 50 years old, he went to a private school for a few years when he was young and knew quite a few words.

He took out the roster and looked up to ask, "Xia Juanjuan...just married Li Zhan, the fourth son of the Li family, yesterday, right?"

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan said in unison: "Yes."

After saying this, they were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and their faces turned red unconsciously.

Secretary Zhao said, "Your mother-in-law Liu Lan said yesterday that Li Zhan is still in the army and hasn't come back yet. I haven't registered your marriage yet. Now that Li Zhan is back, I will register it directly, right?"

Before Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan could speak, Liu Lan suddenly interrupted and said, "We can talk about their marriage registration next time. Now let's go through the adoption procedures for the three little ones! The second child is still waiting to go to work, we can't afford to waste time!"

As he spoke, he winked at Secretary Zhao.

Xia Juanjuan frowned slightly and glanced at Liu Lan.

What is this mother-in-law who likes to take advantage of others and plot against them behind their backs doing now?

Secretary Zhao didn't react and said in surprise: "Marriage registration is very quick! It only takes a cup of tea! I also wrote the marriage certificate at the same time!"

Liu Lan had a strange expression on her face. Just as she was about to say something, Li Zhan had already spoken: "Then I'll trouble you, Secretary."

Liu Lan didn't know what to say now. She could only glare at Xia Juanjuan coldly and step aside.

Secretary Zhao picked up a pen and wrote it down in the flower list. Xia Juanjuan looked at it and suddenly said, "Secretary, my name... the last two characters of my name, Juanjuan, are not the female character, but three drops of water, which means flowing water."

As soon as she finished speaking, no one else reacted, but Secretary Zhao and Li Zhan looked at her in surprise.

Secretary Zhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Good! It means "juan" in the sense of trickling water. What a good name."

As they spoke, they finished writing the marriage certificate. It was two palm-sized pieces of paper. There was no photo attached to it. It just had the names, hometowns, ages, etc. of both parties written on it.

Secretary Zhao asked the two to sign their names respectively, and then signed his name as the witness before handing the marriage certificate to the two.

"Okay! Make two copies, keep them safe, don't lose them!"

Xia Juanjuan looked at her name and Lizhan's name listed together. She finally felt that she had really married this man. She felt a little embarrassed. For a moment, she didn't even have the courage to look up at Lizhan.

Secretary Zhao started working on the adoption process only after he had signed the marriage certificate.

"Are you sure you want to change the adoptive households of the three orphans of the Lijun family from Liqiang Wang Guixiang's family to Lizhan Xia Juanjuan's family?"

He was mainly asking Xia Juanjuan: "Three little brats are like three mouths to feed. They are not easy to raise!"

Although the fact that Li Zhan, the fourth son of the Li family, is infertile has spread, it is normal for him to adopt an orphan from his eldest brother's family.

But Xia Juanjuan just entered the Li family yesterday. She was a 20-year-old virgin, and she came to adopt three children aged three or five early in the morning the next day. Her husband was away from home as a soldier all year round. The Li family was a bit bullying...

Wang Guixiang glanced at Xia Juanjuan and said, "Of course it's true! Secretary, hurry up and write! My husband is waiting to go to work! If you delay for a while, you will lose one work point today!"

Xia Juanjuan ignored her and nodded, "Sure."

Secretary Zhao looked at Xia Juanjuan, then picked up a pen and wrote it down on the roster, then said, "Okay. From now on, the household registrations of Li Wen, Li Wu, and Li Beibei will be transferred to the household registrations of Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan."

Wang Guixiang saw that the record was on file, and her family was finally free of the three burdens, so she couldn't help but smile!

"Fourth brother's wife, these three little brats have big appetites. You have to work hard to earn work points to support them in the future! I have to say this in advance. Except for the third brother's family, our family has not been divided. But work points must be clearly divided in the future. My man is strong and earns a lot of work points, but I can't support three little brats for you, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be meaningless to transfer this household registration to your household?"

Xia Juanjuan glanced at Wang Guixiang's face, which was full of happiness and joy, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that while the secretary, mother-in-law and the family are here, I will ask the secretary to be a witness. From today on, our family will also separate from the family like the third brother's family!"

When Liu Lan heard this, her eyes widened: "You want to split up the family?! Zhan'er! Has your wife discussed this with you? Do you agree?"

Lizhan frowned slightly.

Xia Juanjuan had not mentioned this idea to him, but he was actually considering it.

Originally, he thought that since he was away from home all year round, his wife and three children would be left without anyone to take care of them.

If the family didn't split up, the second brother's family or his mother Liu Lan would have taken care of them if something happened, at least they wouldn't starve.

But after what happened in the morning, his mother did not blame her second sister-in-law for the unfair distribution. Instead, she started by scolding his wife for snatching the mixed-flour steamed bun.

If the family is divided, his allowance can at least support the four of them. If the family is not divided, I am afraid that the allowance will be taken by his mother Liu Lan, and the four of them will not even have enough to eat!

Thinking of this, Li Zhan nodded and said, "Yes. My wife has told me about this, and I agree that we should live separately."

Xia Juanjuan looked at Li Zhan in surprise.

She didn't tell Li Zhan in advance because she was afraid he would object.

After all, from what she knew, Li Zhan had been in the army for nine years and had sent almost all of his allowance back to Liu Lan, which was a bit foolish.

Will he agree to split up the family?

In fact, she has already prepared herself mentally to leave the house.

Anyway, she had all the supplies and gold jewelry in her space, and she didn't lack the few dozen dollars of allowance from Lizhan every month.

But she didn't expect that Li Zhan not only lied for her, but also supported her decision so much!

Hearing Li Zhan's words, Liu Lan's face was quite wonderful: "This... your wife is taking care of three kids by herself, and she is a woman, how many work points can she earn? If she doesn't earn enough work points and goes hungry, your second brother and I will not care if the family is divided!"

Xia Juanjuan immediately said, "Don't worry about this mother-in-law. After the family is divided, even if my three kids and I starve to death or freeze to death, we will never trouble my mother-in-law or my second brother!"

When Wang Guixiang heard that Xia Juanjuan was going to be separated, she was delighted at first and immediately said, "Mom! If my fourth brother's wife wants to be separated, then let them do it! Why don't you agree?"

This Xia Juanjuan goes against her in everything, and she's afraid that in the future she'll take advantage of her man's work points. It's best to give them away!

But Liu Lan glared at the stupid woman with a look of disapproval and said, "Shut up! Do you have the right to speak here?"

She married Lizhan off so that his allowance could be increased by another 15 yuan, which would make it 40 yuan a month!

As long as the family does not split up, she can get every penny of the forty yuan - this is exactly why she chose Xia Juanjuan to be her fourth daughter-in-law.

But once the family splits up, wouldn't this 40 yuan allowance fall into the hands of Xia Juanjuan, that vixen!