Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

When Fang Wei returned to the town police station, he saw the middle-aged policeman sitting behind the table organizing documents.

Behind another table sat a young woman wearing black-rimmed glasses.

She was wearing a white shirt, her hair was tied in a ponytail, and she was engrossed in writing something.

As for the last person...

Fang Wei watched as Song Xuezhuan drank tea and flipped through the newspaper on the table. His eyes turned cold, and he walked directly up to the middle-aged policeman.

"Officer Gao, hello."

He said respectfully, "Officer Xu asked me to go home and bring over the documents for the name change. Could you please take a look?"

Upon seeing Fang Wei, Officer Gao immediately smiled with admiration: "You must be Comrade Fang Wei?"

"Xiao Xu just reported to me. You're pretty good, kid. You caught the thief all by yourself, saving our station so much trouble."

He turned and smiled at the female clerk.

"Xiao Li, look, this is Fang Wei from Laotang Village, the one I told you about."

The female clerk named Xiao Li looked up, pushed up her glasses, and curiously sized up Fang Wei.

Fang Wei then got a clear look at her face.

Xiao Li looks to be in her early twenties. She isn't particularly beautiful, but she has fair skin, regular features, and a quiet, refined air that comes with being an educated woman.

"Is this the thief you caught?"

After sizing up Fang Wei, Xiao Li asked with some surprise, "You caught him all by yourself?"

"I caught it with my brother."

Fang Wei smiled and steered the conversation back on track: "Officer Gao, could you please take a look at these materials for me?"

After saying that, he placed the household registration book, the certificate, and the application form on the table one by one.

Officer Gao put away his smile, picked up the household registration booklet, flipped through a couple of pages, and then unfolded the certificate issued by Village Chief Zhou and read it from beginning to end.

"Hmm... there's nothing wrong with the information."

He closed the documents and beckoned to Xiao Li: "Xiao Li, come here for a moment. You're in charge of household registration. Help this Comrade Fang Wei change the names of his children."

Xiao Li didn't refuse. He came over and checked the documents Fang Wei had prepared. Seeing that there were no problems, he readily opened the register.

"Bang!"

Everyone was startled by the sudden sound and turned to look at it in unison.

Song Xuezhuan slammed his enamel mug on the table, his face grim as he strode over: "Wait! We can't do it for him!"

He walked over to Xiao Li's desk and reached out to press down on both the household registration book and the certificate.

"I told you last time that changing a child's name requires a birth certificate from a legitimate hospital! You can't omit any of them!"

He stared at Fang Wei and said coldly, "You haven't even brought a birth certificate, this can't be done!"

Officer Gao frowned immediately, stood up, and said, "Xiao Song, what do you mean by this?"

"Comrade Fang Wei personally apprehended a suspect who stole sixty yuan last night, saving our station so much manpower!"

"Their documents are all complete—household registration booklet, village certificate, application form, everything. Why won't you process their application?"

Song Xuezhuan sneered and stuck out his neck: "On what basis? On the rules!"

"When the county held a meeting to summarize its household registration work, the leaders above made it very clear that household registration management must be standardized and strictly controlled!"

He rummaged through the materials on the table haphazardly and continued.

"Children in the countryside don't have birth certificates. Who knows where this child came from? What if they were abducted? What if they're not their biological child?"

"If this door is opened, who will be responsible if something goes wrong later?!"

Officer Gao's face darkened. Just as Xiao Xu had said, Song Xuezhuan was deliberately making things difficult for others!

"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill!"

He stopped mincing words and said bluntly, "Everyone knows how babies are born in the countryside! They're all delivered by midwives. Where are they supposed to get hospital birth certificates?!"

"You're not following the rules; you're deliberately making things difficult for people!"

Song Xuezhuan was hit where it hurt, and the muscles in his face twitched for a moment, but he quickly regained his businesslike demeanor.

"Making things difficult? How did I make things difficult for you?"

He spread his hands, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

"I, Song Xuezhuan, am upright and honest, and I do everything according to the rules!"

"Whether or not a birth certificate is provided is a strict requirement! If you don't have one, you don't have one, it doesn't matter who comes!"

"you!"

Officer Gao was so angry he wanted to slam his fist on the table, but then he looked at Xiao Li, who hadn't said a word, and said, "Xiao Li, you tell me what exactly happened!"

"Is it really mandatory for our office to require a birth certificate when processing name changes for people?"

Xiao Li glanced at Officer Gao's ashen face, then at Song Xuezhuan's somewhat warning eyes.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became somewhat subtle.

The two people who had just come in to do their business also pricked up their ears and quietly looked this way.

"This matter..."

Xiao Li hesitated for a few seconds, then said with some difficulty, "Currently, the bureau has not issued any official documents to mandate that a birth certificate is required for a name change."

Song Xuezhuan's expression immediately changed.

"but……"

Xiao Li continued, "When we went to the county to attend the household registration work summary meeting a while ago, the leaders there did mention it in their speeches."

"They said that in the future, household registration management will be standardized, and they may require supplementary materials such as birth certificates."

"Did you hear that?!"

Song Xuezhuan immediately perked up and shouted, "The leaders above have spoken!"

"I was simply following the leader's instructions! I strictly adhered to the rules! I never targeted anyone specifically!"

After saying that, he glanced at Fang Wei with a provocative look, his smugness undisguised.

Seeing Song Xuezhuan's attitude, Xiao Li felt a little uncomfortable and continued, "But since the official document hasn't been issued yet, it proves that this regulation hasn't been officially implemented."

She looked at Officer Gao and Fang Wei and smiled slightly.

"As long as the certificate issued by the village is genuine and valid, according to our police station's past practices, the name change can be processed normally."

"you?!"

Song Xuezhuan was shocked that Xiao Li would speak up for Fang Wei, and immediately flew into a rage, saying, "You're deliberately exploiting loopholes in the policy!"

"Even if no official document has been issued yet, as long as the leader mentions this matter in person at a meeting, those of us working at the grassroots level must resolutely implement it! We can't pretend we don't know!"

"If you dare to process this transaction for him today, you'll be knowingly breaking the law and violating policy!"

"I, Song Xuezhuan, am definitely going to the bureau to file a formal complaint against you!"

Xiao Li didn't expect Song Xuezhuan to show her no mercy at all, and her face immediately turned ugly. She opened her mouth and retorted:

"I'm just following the policy! The lack of an official document proves the rules haven't changed!"

"Go ahead and report it if you want!"