When Xiao Haitang realized that Han Zhongyu had misunderstood, she stepped forward to explain.
Han Zhongyu was embarrassed on the spot.
"Is that so? I'm sorry, I misunderstood. If that's the case, did your husband leave you any instructions before he left? What did he say about his return?"
If it's just because your husband went out, the Xiao family can't divorce you. The Xiao family is indeed going too far!
"Why don't you send your two younger brothers and those Liu family members back to explain the law to them?"
"No need. They're a bunch of scoundrels, there's nothing to talk about. Besides, the village chief and clan elders punished them according to clan rules for their mistakes, so I didn't suffer any loss. Now I just want to break free and live my own life, so I won't get entangled with them anymore."
“It’s good that you think that way. I’ll take you to the household registration office.”
"Then thank you, Lord Han."
With Han Zhongyu leading the way, the household registration process went incredibly smoothly. The head of the prefectural government personally led the way, and the clerks handling the household registration were practically kneeling to greet him.
According to the rules of the imperial court, in addition to having a house deed and land deed, one must also pay a female household tax of twenty taels of silver to establish a household. Xie Yushu's manor land deed had always been carried in her hairpin, but the main courtyard and guest courtyard of the manor had not yet been built, so there was no house deed for the time being. Therefore, she only paid twenty taels of silver and the land deed. The clerk did not even ask about the house deed and quickly wrote the household registration and stamped it.
Xiao Haitang's relationship on the household registration is listed as her younger sister. Since Xie Yushu and Xiao Yi are no longer husband and wife, Xiao Haitang naturally cannot call her Second Aunt anymore. Xie Yushu originally wanted her to call her Little Aunt or Aunt, but this is not like after the death of a relative, where one can casually call someone Aunt or Little Aunt. Those who can be called Aunt are all her mother's sisters.
Thinking of Xiao Damei and Xiao Yan's character, Xiao Haitang instantly disliked her aunt. Her mother had remarried, and she was unfamiliar with her relatives on her mother's side. She didn't like calling them "little aunt," so she called Xie Yushu "sister," just like Xie Yumin. Xie Yushu thought that since she was only five or six years older than Xiao Haitang, she might as well call her "sister."
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