The village chief immediately stepped forward respectfully: "Sir! I am the village chief! What are your orders?"
The officials ordered the village chief: "Take a few able-bodied men! Tie up these women who insulted an official of the imperial court, falsely accused others, and trespassed on private property! Also, have a few people check the stolen items from this house, and whoever damaged them should take back an equivalent amount of grain!"
Upon seeing that they were really going to tie someone up, the village chief hesitated!
Seeing this, Old Lady Lin cursed even more fiercely: "Let's see who dares! Do you know who my eldest son is! My eldest son is going to be a general! What are you! You're just a bully trying to intimidate me! You're only doing this because that Bai woman is a bit pretty..."
Everyone knows that Lin Dali is dead, and the compensation has been recovered!
So everyone thought that Old Lady Lin was talking nonsense!
Nobody took it seriously!
Only Lin Ru secretly observed the expressions of the Lin family members!
She suspected that the old man and woman Lin might have known from the beginning that their son was not dead.
More likely, Lin Dali has already hooked up with that so-called princess!
In the original novel, Bai's death and the selling of the female protagonist's family were also related to Lin Dali!
Seeing that the village chief remained motionless, the official shouted, "Do you not want to be the village chief anymore? Or are you deaf? Get up and move!"
The village chief wanted to plead for leniency, but the old woman's curses were indeed filthy and full of nonsense.
After being yelled at by the official again, he immediately pointed to several able-bodied young men: "Go! Shut them up! Do as the official says!"
Lin Ru hadn't expected the official to be so easy to talk to; resolving the matter with these people was actually easier than she had anticipated.
I heard when I went to town that the newly appointed magistrate was honest and upright! I didn't expect his subordinates to be so good as well.
As soon as the old lady Lin and her family were taken away, Lin Ru immediately led her family to stop the officials and thank them profusely.
If she weren't currently penniless, she would have given them some money.
Bai, standing to the side, said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um! Sir! I'd like to ask about the matter of establishing female households!"
In the current Wu Dynasty, the standards for widows to establish female households are not strict. As long as a widow has a young child who is not yet able to support the family, she can apply for a female household. Once the child reaches adulthood, the female household registration will be cancelled.
The advantage is that neither the bride's family nor the groom's family can force the woman to marry.
Lin Ru was surprised by Bai's behavior, because in recent days Bai had always relied on others.
The fact that she can ask this question now suggests that Lin Meili's words have been a big blow to her.
But that's fine, since we still don't know what the situation is like in her grandfather's family.
The official was surprised for a moment: "You can come with us to the county government office! The official in charge of household registration will help you with that."
Upon hearing this, Bai immediately knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude.
Then the group drove the donkey cart and followed the official on horseback to the county government office to handle the registration of female households.
On the donkey cart, Lin Ru looked at the old woman and the others tied together and gagged behind her, and felt the frequent announcements from the system in her mind, and a smile appeared on her lips.
We arrived at the entrance of the county government office!
Lin Ru and others went to register the female household registration, while Old Lady Lin and others were directly imprisoned!
Just then, the official in charge of household registration learned about the Bai family's situation!
It's a bit of a dilemma.
Because Bai's household registration is still in Rongnian County, Huiwu County cannot directly register her as a female household here!
Upon hearing this, the officers following behind Lin Ru and the others hurriedly left.
When they returned, a man in official robes followed behind them.
The official in charge of household registration immediately stood up upon seeing the man.
"Lord Ji! What brings you here?"
Lin Ru and the others turned around to look!
She discovered that the man was actually the son of the lady she had saved yesterday!
No wonder the officials who went to her house were so easy to talk to!
Ji Wenxuan looked at Lin Ru with a smile on his face!
"Miss Lin! We meet again! What a coincidence!"
Lin Ru knew that he must have thoroughly investigated her background!
She smiled too.
"Lord Ji! It is indeed a coincidence!"
"I wonder how Madam Ji is doing?"
"My mother is fine, so Miss Lin need not worry about her!"
"I've heard about what you need to do from my men. It's indeed a difficult matter, but I can issue you a travel permit and write a letter to the magistrate of Rongnian County."
Explain your situation to him.
"He and I have been friends for many years."
"After seeing my letter, I will absolutely not make things difficult for you!"
Lin Ru's eyes lit up. They were going to Rongnian County in the next few days and were worried about how to get a travel permit after falling out with the village chief!
Lord Ji's appearance was absolutely timely!
She thanked them repeatedly!
"That's really too much trouble for you!"
Ji Wenxuan shook his head.
"It's my honor to be able to help Miss Lin!"
"I haven't had a chance to thank you in person yet for saving my mother!"
"I was in a bit of a hurry! I accidentally pushed you, I hope you don't take it to heart!"
Lin Ru quickly waved her hand.
"It is only natural for Lord Ji to worry about his mother!"
"It was my mother, my younger brother, and I who were falsely accused of stealing money from our elders."
"I hope the authorities can investigate and find out the truth to clear my daughter's family's name."
Ji Wenxuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled at Lin Ru!
"Of course, I have sent people back to the village to investigate, and I will give you justice within a day."
Lin Ru felt that there was something wrong with his smile, as if he knew something!
But it doesn't matter!
Even if he knew he did it, there was no evidence!
After Ji Wenxuan gave them travel permits and wrote them letters, they went and bought some more things.
Then I went home!
When they got home, they found five extra bags of grain, two bags of flour, two chickens, two ducks, and some seasonings, cloth, and bowls and chopsticks in the yard!
I heard from the neighbors that the officials ordered them to take it from Old Lin's house!
Lin Ru took stock of the items.
It was twice as much as what Lin Meili had done to them.
That evening, Mrs. Bai cooked the meal herself!
Kill both chickens.
I made chicken stew with potatoes!
Multigrain pancakes stuck to the side of the pan!
I also rolled out a bunch of noodles!
Once you've almost finished eating the multigrain pancakes and stewed chicken, add the noodles.
Use the remaining broth to simmer the noodles for a while!
The noodles are topped with potato paste that has dissolved in the soup, as well as bits of chicken.
Have a bowl of this.
It smells absolutely amazing!
Even Lin Ru couldn't resist eating an extra big bowl.
After finishing their meal, the four siblings patted their round little bellies.
Lin Qing smiled.
"Mom's cooking is still the best!"
"You've all eaten your fill!"
"This is so satisfying! Let's kill those two ducks tomorrow too, I want to eat them like this again."
Bai smiled!
"Okay, Mom will make it for you again tomorrow morning!"
Looking at Bai's smiling face, Lin Ru felt that she had indeed come to terms with things!
That would be perfect, it saves her a lot of trouble!
The four siblings are about to go to sleep tonight!
By the moonlight, Bai continued to mend clothes for the four siblings!
Lin Ru looked at Bai Shi, who was struggling to mend clothes by the window!
My heart felt warm, and I finally understood why so many cultivators, once they entered the illusion, were reluctant to leave!
She thought, what if this really is an illusion?
Staying a little longer wouldn't be bad!
She just watched Bai Shi like that, and soon fell asleep!
In the middle of the night, she suddenly woke up!
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