Chapter 399: My Ears Have Developed Calluses_1
An Jing finally opened the box of seal paste she was holding. She had bought a small box of it when she was strolling through the county town with her husband, Xiao Changyi, having spotted it, she never expected it to come in handy today.
An Fu dipped his thumb into the seal paste, then pressed it down onto the divorce letter, leaving a bright red thumbprint on the document.
An Jing took the divorce letter back, saw that the thumbprint was pressed quite clearly, and then she walked over to Shi Xiaolan and handed her the divorce letter, "There you go."
"Thank you," Shi Xiaolan finally took the kitchen knife from her neck, accepted the divorce letter with tears in her eyes, her throat aching as she choked up. Though she could not read, she stared at the bright red thumbprint on the letter for a good while.
In the past, she had never imagined that one day she would be divorced, yet today, she had thought about it, and today, she was truly divorced.
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Xiyun Kingdom also had a rule: a wife who was divorced could take her dowry with her, but Shi Xiaolan didn’t have much of a dowry, and what little there was had long been sold to support the household.
An Fu and his family were somewhat conscientious—they gave Shi Xiaolan half a tael of silver, effectively returning her dowry.
Once Shi Xiaolan had gathered her clothes, she took Yu Yu and Niuniu and left An Fu’s house.
There was no one left in Shi Xiaolan’s natal family, and though there had once been three dilapidated rooms, she had sold them to bury her deceased parents. Naturally, An Jing wouldn’t let Shi Xiaolan be without a place to stay, so she gave her the thatched cottage in Jiuping Village to live in.