Chapter 405: Hukou
Old Granny Zhang gently nudged Wang Yongzhu, "You’re such a naive girl, it’s only because of your face that we got offered such a generous amount of silver. Who would give so much money to the likes of two old timers like us? Just take it if it’s given to you."
Wang Yongzhu refused to accept it, "But there’s the expense of the banquet at home, buying meat, fish, and even fireworks, doesn’t all of that cost money? This money has been spent by the Public Institution, so the money we collect naturally has to be handed over to the Public Institution."
Old Granny Zhang insisted, stuffing the silver into Wang Yongzhu’s hand, "Your mother has her reasons for doing this. Think about it, such a large share of money, when those city folks have some banquet or other event, how could our family of country bumpkins attend?"
"What if there comes a time when money is scarce? How will we return the shares to others? Are we supposed to come asking you for it? When Eldest Brother got engaged and married, we didn’t take a single penny from them. Now that my girl is getting engaged, if anyone dares to take your money, watch me tear his mouth open!"
Wang Laozhu silently swallowed the words in his throat and acted as if he were a wallflower.
Seeing that there was no way to refuse and considering Old Granny Zhang’s intention, which seemed to be about distancing herself and Song Chongjin from the household’s finances to avoid the family taking advantage, Wang Yongzhu reluctantly accepted, insisting on giving back the spare change from the four ounces of silver to Old Granny Zhang.
Only then did Wang Laozhu tap his tobacco pipe and say, "Daughter, I have something to ask you?"
Wang Yongzhu turned around promptly, "Dad, what is it?"
Wang Laozhu hesitated a bit, "Tomorrow, I’m going to Lizheng’s house to separately register Song Chongjin’s household registration. Should he be registered under his own household, or should it be transferred to our family?"
If it were in the past, he would have definitely asked for the registration to be transferred to his own family, without overthinking it.
But ever since Song Chunhua exploded with the news that Song Chongjin was not his biological son, the matter had become somewhat complicated.