Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 458 - 456: Staying Overnight

The curved moon hangs high above the sea, the sound of singing and dancing, mixed with the sound of waves, makes the entire Lin Family Manor feel extraordinarily warm.

Drinking, eating meat, singing, dancing, these are the happiest of days.

Lin Wanwan drank a bit too much too; she was not very interested in roast lamb tonight, her main focus was still on seafood.

Xiao Chong shared similar tastes; the salty red-roe marinated crab dipped in a bit of rice vinegar tasted a hundred times better than the freshest fish sashimi.

Xiao Chong drank a lot tonight as well, but with the experience of having gotten caught off guard by red wine once, and after several attempts thereafter, he now had a good understanding of his drinking capacity and was unlikely to get drunk easily again.

An uncontrolled drunken state did not fit his habits; he liked to control everything.

"Cousin, it’s better if your family’s wine appears less at the feasts." Though not completely drunk, Xiao Chong was three parts drunk at this time, looking at Lin Wanwan with intense and captivating eyes, like a deep, bottomless well.

Lin Wanwan’s cheeks were flushed as she glanced at Xiao Chong with eyes carrying a hint of intoxication, seeing the concern in the depths of his gaze, her heartbeat quickened, and she replied softly, "Cousin, I know this. When entertaining noble ladies, I prefer using the fruit wine brewed by the Wang Family in town."

"That sounds excellent." Xiao Chong nodded with a smile upon hearing this, drank the last cup of wine, and rubbed his head, saying, "Cousin, it’s late, I’ll go rest first."

Xiao Chong won’t return tonight because they agreed that there would be a high tide tomorrow, and everyone would go clamming together.

Xiao Chong has been in Mao County for over a year but hasn’t gone clamming yet. Hearing Lin Family members talk about the fun of clamming piqued his interest, and he wanted to personally experience it, a relaxation from days of hard work.

Although the Lin Mansion is large, lodging for outsiders is still arranged in the school.

The school was built as a two-entry quadrangle building with plenty of empty rooms, some of which were converted into guest rooms. Xiao Chong wasn’t staying there for the first time.

"Alright, I need to head back too; after eating and drinking, the sea breeze is making me drowsy." Lin Wanwan propped herself up from the beach, turning her head to look for Qingyu’s figure; the little one was having a blast tonight.

Hong Yan, Hua Nong, and other maids also drank quite a bit, but compared to Lin Wanwan, naturally, their drunkenness was less as they still needed to serve their mistress’s rest.

Qingyu, who was having a great time, was caught by A-Jing, and Lin Wanwan stepped forward to hold her hand, leading a group of maids onto the beach, heading home.

Kun Lun, squatting by the side and eating nonstop, saw Lin Wanwan leaving and hurriedly grabbed a large lamb chop, munching as he followed from behind. Standing with Kun Lun was Shu Qi, whose eating manner was far more refined compared to Kun Lun.

Shu Qi’s interest in lamb was generally mild, just like his owner, preferring freshly caught seafood.

People of Lin Family Manor were fed up with seafood; tonight, so much seafood was mainly consumed by Xiao Chong and Lin Wanwan with their servants, others hardly touched it.

Only a few elderly people roasted some small pomfret to eat. Pomfret is rarely seen on tables of seaside households since its tender meat sells well, fishermen naturally hesitated to eat it themselves.

Fish like grouper, Yellow Croaker, which sell well, were also less eaten.

Common and inexpensive fish like rubberfish, mud crab, mackerel, and blue jack mackerel were frequently consumed. Especially in times when food was scarce, these fish were often made into salted fish as the staple.

To say people of Lin Family Manor loved eating fish certainly wouldn’t be possible. Just compared to shelled seafood, sea fish are barely acceptable.

Of course, compared to fatty lamb seasoned with salt and spices, even pomfret and Yellow Croaker pale by comparison, naturally not as appealing.

Though it was getting late, the atmosphere on the beach was still lively. Apart from old and young who couldn’t withstand the night and returned home, young people hadn’t had enough fun yet—mainly because the lamb was roasting, and they hadn’t had enough. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Lin Wanwan’s departure didn’t affect the situation as long as the lamb remained.

Lin Wanwan didn’t want to dampen everyone’s spirits, leaving without letting the servants follow, instructing Sun Chuyao to continue eating and dancing, only a few close maidservants insisted on leaving together.

The mistress is going to rest, as close maidservants, they naturally should serve. Ever since following Lin Wanwan, the close maidservants have tasted various delicacies, not caring for the banquet dishes at all.

This rough roast lamb and the big pot boiled seafood fall short compared to their own kitchen’s cooking, just eating for freshness and festivity.

Besides the maidservants, an equally lively troop of animals followed behind Lin Wanwan and others.

This group of animals raised by Qingyu seemed almost enlightened, each demonstrating high intelligence, especially the big white elephant and the White Fox, sometimes Lin Wanwan suspected they had been awakened.

Upon arriving at the school entrance, Lin Wanwan bade farewell to Xiao Chong and continued pulling Qingyu heading home.

Qingyu murmured, "Mother, the little crab and big sister haven’t returned to sleep yet, so why are we going to sleep already?"

Lin Wanwan pointed behind them, saying, "They will all go home to sleep shortly; it’s late now, children must sleep early or they won’t grow up."

"Oh, okay." Qingyu walked home, glancing back every few steps.

As soon as she entered the house, Lin Wanwan felt a scorching gaze upon her, looked up to see Xiao Yixun on the second-floor balcony of the main house, holding the equally white White Fox, her expression stern, staring at Lin Wanwan and Qingyu, the orange palace lanterns behind her couldn’t warm her demeanor one bit.

Such lively banquets Xiao Yixun always avoided, she disliked crowded places, finding them noisy and unpleasant.

So tonight, it was just her and her close maid A-Li left at home, even her guard was out enjoying the festivities, her joy impossible.

Xiao Yixun simply didn’t like crowds but liked to follow Lin Wanwan.

Once Lin Wanwan left her alone, her other personality surfaced, leading her to sulk.

Lin Wanwan waved at Xiao Yixun upstairs with a smile, "Yixun, you’re still up? I thought you’d be bored alone, so I came back early."

Now Lin Wanwan can promptly discern whether the person before her is the maiden Xiao Yixun or the child Xiao Yixun, easily managing her.

Upon hearing Lin Wanwan say this, the coldness around Xiao Yixun indeed dissipated somewhat, arrogantly snorting, "Too slow."

"Haha, why aren’t you asleep yet? Let’s wash up and sleep together."

Lin Wanwan walked through the front yard with Qingyu, quickly entered the house upstairs, washed up, and rested, attended to step-by-step by the maidservants.