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Chapter 336 Going to town

The oxcart arrived in town quickly. The village chief went to find a place to store the oxcart, while Lu Yaoyao carried her basket into the town.

It's the dead of winter now, and there are hardly any people in town.

Only in the West Market were there still things for sale. These were all good things that the families themselves were reluctant to eat or use, which they took out to sell to get some money, and then to buy food to prepare for the winter.

The women who came with her in the oxcart were also going to the West Market to sell some things to earn money.

Instead of selling anything, Lu Yaoyao went directly to the yamen (government office) through the West Market.

The government office of a small town in Tongxiang looked dilapidated and was not as impressive as the entrance of a merchant's house.

"Who goes there?" The constable blocked her way.

Lu Yaoyao took out the letter of divorce. "Sir, I'm here to get it stamped. My husband's family gave me the letter of divorce, but they didn't stamp it."

Liang, the head constable, took the letter of divorce and glanced at it. Then he looked at Lu Yaoyao and thought, "No wonder she was divorced by her husband's family. It's no wonder she was divorced when she's so ugly."

However, he didn't mean to look down on her; he just found it a little strange.

Women who are divorced are usually filled with shame and indignation, crying and sobbing. They either commit suicide or live in a daze, and in the end, none of them have a good ending.

This woman is quite something; she actually brought a letter of divorce to the yamen to get it stamped.

He felt a certain admiration for this kind of woman.

"Come with me." Officer Liang led her to find the clerk.

When the clerk saw that it was a letter of divorce, he didn't make things difficult for her. He just sighed and stamped it.

Finally, he specifically instructed, "Now that you've been divorced, it will be very difficult for you to get married again! If you really have nowhere to go, then go work at the orphanage!"

"That's the orphanage run by the county government. At least you'll have food to eat in the future."

Women in this era faced hardship; being divorced was considered a disgrace, making it difficult for them to remarry.

The advisor only mentioned it casually because he felt sorry for her.

In Lu Yaoyao's memory, the magistrate of Tongxiang Town was a good official, and that was indeed the case.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I still have a place to stay. Do you know where the Salesian Hall is? I have some food and other things that I would like to donate to the Salesian Hall."

We happened to have obtained a lot of grain from the Wang family, so we donated it all to the orphanage.

The advisor was surprised by the woman's integrity and didn't say much.

He simply advised, "Young lady, if you have any food, you should keep it for yourself! Otherwise, how will you survive in the future?"

The expenses of the orphanage have always been covered by the county government; there is no reason for the people to contribute.

Besides, how much food could a young girl possibly have?

Our future lives need to be secured, don't we?
Now that every household is struggling to get enough to eat, how can they possibly need a girl's life-saving food?

“I have food to eat, and I can donate 30,000 catties of grain to the orphanage.”

The Wang family only has 10,000 catties of grain. She should add some more and send it to the orphanage together!

It's clear that people living in this world are having a really tough time.

The clerk's clothes were patched, and the constable's clothes were also patched, which shows that life in the county government was not easy.

"Is there really that much grain?"

"Girl, you're not joking, are you?"

The clerk and Constable Liang spoke in unison.

That's 30,000 catties of grain!
That much grain is enough for the elderly and children of the orphanage to have a warm and comfortable winter.

"Yes! Thirty thousand catties of grain. This is all grain left by my ancestors. Although I was divorced, my father still left me a lot of grain, enough for me to eat."

This is the only excuse she can come up with now.

What she said was only half true and half false.

Lu Yaoyao's father did indeed leave her a lot of grain, a full 200,000 jin, but over the years Lu Yaoyao secretly took it all out to sell and use the money to help Wang Hechuan pass the imperial examination. The Wang family members didn't know exactly how much wealth Lu Yaoyao had; it was because Lu Yaoyao herself didn't leave herself any reserves and gave everything away.

Now, all Lu Yaoyao has left is that ancestral home.

She's different; she has plenty of food in her online space, so donating more wouldn't be a problem.

"Excellent! That's wonderful! Miss, the magistrate is not in the yamen right now. When he returns, I will definitely ask him to reward you."

"When will the grain arrive, young lady?"

The advisor also got excited.

The county magistrate wasn't in the yamen, wasn't it because he was worried about the grain and had gone out to get some?

Now that the young lady is donating grain, their master no longer needs to go out and suffer mistreatment.

“I can’t get that much grain myself. My family lives in the Lu family’s house at the foot of Wangjia Village. Tomorrow, the advisor can send more people to fetch it.”

She had her own selfish reasons for donating the grain; she believed that if she received a commendation from the county government, no one would look down on her as a divorced woman.

If she can live her life well from now on and find the right time to achieve fulfillment, she can leave this world.

The advisor bowed sincerely and said, "Thank you for your kindness, young lady! I will send someone to fetch the grain tomorrow."

Lu Yaoyao nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait for Master at home. Goodbye."

It's getting colder and colder, so she needs to make more clothes.

When they arrived at the cloth shop, there were hardly any people inside, except for a woman who was sorting through the fabrics.

The cloth shop was very small; you could see the end of it at a glance. It only had about a dozen bolts of cloth, all of them white and blue linen.

"Young lady, are you here to buy cloth?" Chu Niang greeted her with a smile.

They didn't dislike her because of her appearance.

Lu Yaoyao glanced at the cloth in the manor and then thought of the cloth in her own basket.

These fabrics of hers are the ugliest they've ever seen; they would be considered high-end goods in this fabric shop.

"Shopkeeper, I have some fine cloth here. Do you accept it? I want to exchange it for ordinary cloth to make clothes."

Lu Yaoyao took out fabric from her basket. She had specially chosen fabrics in colors that weren't too eye-catching, which made them look more upscale compared to the fabrics here.

"Wow! What kind of fabric is this? How can it be so delicate?"

Chu Niang exclaimed in surprise and picked up a piece of cloth, admiring it with great affection.

It warms up to the touch, is soft and smooth, and has a beautiful color. If this were made into winter clothes, wouldn't wealthy families be scrambling to buy it?
The fabrics Lu Yaoyao took out were all the kind with a velvety surface, which would be soft and warm to wear in winter.

Adding a layer of silk inside makes it even warmer to wear.

"This is velvet, perfect for making linings for winter. Would you like to buy it, shopkeeper?"

Lu Yaoyao also saw that there were ready-made cotton-padded clothes for sale here, but they were not suitable for her because she was too thin.

Let's redo it from scratch!

"Buy it! We'll definitely buy such good fabric! Why doesn't the girl make her own clothes with such good fabric?" Chu Niang saw that she was dressed thinly and assumed that she was having a hard time, which was why she sold such a good item.

Lu Yaoyao smiled and said, "I came here to ask the shopkeeper to make me some clothes. I'd like to use these flannel fabrics for the lining, with a layer of silk on top, and the outer layer made of the coarse cloth from the shop. Do you think that's possible?"

If she weren't incapable of sewing, she would have made the clothes herself.

It's because she can't sew clothes!
"What? You even have silkworm silk? That's something all the ladies in the harem want!" Chu Niang exclaimed in surprise.

What is the background of this girl?
They even have silkworm silk?

This is something rarely seen here, and this girl is actually using it to make a cotton-padded coat?

Isn't this a terrible waste?

(End of this chapter)