Chapter 113
After buying the house, Su Yuanzheng asked Su Miao whether he wanted to move his household registration there. After all, in people's value system at that time, a county household registration was far inferior to a city household registration. With a city household registration, one could even hold their chin up higher.
"No! Dad! Don't move! If there wasn't any land left in the village, I would have moved back!"
Su Yuanzheng couldn't understand this: "Why? Miaomiao, many people are paying to buy urban household registration now! Someone in our village settled their son in a large compound in Ning County and spent 3,000 yuan!"
Su Miao couldn't say that because of ethnic minorities, they would get extra points in the college entrance examination. It wasn't just ethnic minorities; the poorer and more remote the student's place of origin, the more extra points they would get, up to 20 points.
Although she is confident in her abilities, she probably won't take the college entrance examination in the same year as in her previous life. Now that the butterfly has flapped its wings, she must be fully prepared. Why not take advantage of something that can be picked up for free?
"Dad, why do you think people buy urban household registration?"
"Well...in the past, urban residents could get commercial grain, and there were also fixed-quota receipts."
"But now, tickets are no longer needed."
"You can only study in the city if you have a town hukou. Otherwise, you have to pay more money!"
"But now, not only do I not have to pay more money, I even received a scholarship. Dad, we originally had a town hukou, just not in the city."
Su Yuanzheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Miaomiao, I heard from them that if you are looking for a husband in the city in the future, girls with non-local household registration will be looked down upon. The mother-in-law has said that girls with local household registration speak much more softly."
"Dad, do you know what it means to care more about something the more you lack it? They care about their hukou because they don't have anything better to compare themselves to. They actually feel inferior, so they cling to it. A truly outstanding family doesn't just look at hukou; they look at family background, education, character, and values. If you're not outstanding yourself, just having a hukou is useless."
"Look...look at your family background. Dad will work hard to make money. When we are rich in the future, you will have a family background!"
Su Miao wanted to say that family background is not just about savings, but she opened her mouth and didn't say anything else. It was good enough for her father to think so. This way, he would be more satisfied and happier when he made money, and he would worry less about her.
Life in a residential area is fulfilling and happy. Even if there are occasional emergencies, they are just a spice of life.
The residential area is full of the atmosphere of life. In his spare time, Su Miao often sits in the shops or visits the gathering places of uncles and aunts in the alleys.
There are many children where there are residents. It is impossible not to think that a place with many children is lively. You often hear roars and slaps coming from somewhere, and the cries of children are mixed with the barking of dogs. It is lively but not annoying.
The half-grown boy was as stubborn as a newborn calf. Every day, you could see his mother chasing his child through several streets with a cane in hand. When you saw the pony jumping up and down, some neighbors would even shout, "Run! Your butt is going to break!"
What Su Miao likes most is to listen to gossips from various families. Today it’s about which child is in high school but still wets the bed, and tomorrow it’s about which old lady directly skinned the duck because the duck feathers were too difficult to pluck.
In short, every family has its own affairs, and life must go on even if it is chaotic.
On this Saturday, Su Miao went to the shop after breakfast. It was not yet opening hours and there were no customers in the shop.
Before she could even get comfortable sitting on the stool at the cashier counter, she heard a "wow" not far away, followed by crying, shouting, and beating.
Afterwards, Su Miao saw several of his usual gossip partners running over there.
As soon as Ye Jiayin returned, she saw Su Miao sticking her head out to look at where the crowd was gathering. If she was really a rabbit, her ears would definitely be erect at this moment.
"Miao Miao, what's wrong?"
"Sister Jiayin! Something seems to have happened over there!"
Seeing her eyes shining, Ye Jiayin said, "Then let's go and take a look?"
"Okay, okay! I was just worried that it would be too awkward for a child like me to run over there. Sister Jiayin, let's go! Let's go and check on the neighbors."
The house was not far from them, just about ten meters diagonally opposite. At this time, the entrance and the front yard were surrounded by people watching the excitement. Su Miao couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that loving to watch the excitement is a common trait of Chinese people.
The two of them squeezed into the crowd. Seeing that they were children, the neighbors all moved aside, so they actually squeezed into the front row for the best viewing spot.
At this time, a young woman with pigtails was leaning against the door and crying, with a handkerchief covering half of her face. Her thin shoulders trembled slightly with sobs, and her tearful eyes looked at a tall young man from time to time.
Wow! Something’s going on! Su Miao heard the aunties behind him talking to each other.
"Isn't this the future daughter-in-law of the Lin family? I heard she's a relative's daughter, named Lin Meimei. She came to the city to live with us. Old Lin found her a temporary job at his company. She's been living at home for half a year and she's been getting along with Dalin. She just got engaged last month. Didn't that mean good things are coming?"
"No! Can relatives get married? Aren't you afraid of giving birth to a fool?"
"You may not know this, but this girl's mother is married for the second time. She married her to a cousin of Lao Lin. Although he calls her uncle, they are not blood relatives."
"Dalin? Which one is Dalin, the one the girl has been looking at? Are they arguing now?"
"No, no! The guy standing at the other end with a face as black as the bottom of a pot is Dalin. This is Dalin's cousin Xiao Wang. His father is the second-in-command of the Forestry Bureau!"
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Based on the aunts' descriptions, Su Miao quickly found the roles of these people.
The crying heroine is Lin Meimei, who came from the countryside to the city to live with her relatives and eventually succeeded in getting engaged to her relative's son.
The man standing aside with a deathly pale face is her fiancé Dalin, and the one who is cursing at Lin Meimei is her future sister-in-law, Xiaolin, Dalin's sister.
But from what it seems, the male lead is Xiaolin's cousin Xiao Wang. Oh my god! Isn't this the time to submit new ideas?
"You shameless devil! I've always seen you restless, always trying to climb up the social ladder. You tricked my brother into marrying you, and now you want to climb up my cousin? Ugh!"
Xiao Lin pointed at Lin Meimei and kept cursing her, but after all, he had limited experience, so his anger was just a drizzle in the eyes of the aunts.
"Xiao Lin, this won't do. When I was young, I was much more eloquent than her. Next time I have time, I'll give her some practice. Otherwise, she won't be able to avoid quarrels when she gets married."
A group of aunts agreed and started planning to set up a quarrel training class for the young girls in the area. Otherwise, when they marry into their husband's family, they will be weak and others will think that their area is a pushover and there are no capable people.
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