Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 468 - 466: The Little Kitten Delivered to the Door
Last month, Lin Wanwan was busy with the matters of the cotton workshop and didn’t spend the night in Xiaoxi Town.
This month, the workshop at Lin Family Manor has basically stabilized, so she doesn’t need to personally oversee things anymore, and her free time has increased. Therefore, today she brought a group of maids along with Xiao Yixun and Xiao Qingyu, and they took a boat to the Lin Mansion in Xiaoxi Town, planning to stay for about ten days.
In Xiaoxi Town, she has her Red Face Smile, Silk Clothing Shop, and Embroidery Workshop, which can’t be neglected for long periods.
She had already hired a math assistant for the school, so whenever she wasn’t there, the assistant would take over the arithmetic lessons.
Lin Wanwan’s schedule is quite tight now. The reason she continues to teach the children herself is that she wants to train her own direct lineage.
It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to nurture a person. In terms of education, one cannot be lazy; she must personally handle it.
This time when going to Xiaoxi Town, Xiao Qingyu brought along the lynx and two little kittens that were brought to their room’s balcony earlier this morning.
There’s no doubt that these two little kittens are probably the offspring of the tabby cat that Xiao Qingyu often feeds. Is it too difficult for the cat to raise them on its own, so it’s sending them to a wealthy family for foster care?
It must be said that the tabby cat is quite clever, as if it has gained intelligence.
Xiao Qingyu couldn’t take her eyes off the meowing little kittens and even fed them her breakfast milk.
Seeing how much Xiao Qingyu likes the kittens, Lin Wanwan knew she had to bring them along for the journey.
Fortunately, adding two little kittens wasn’t a burden at all.
Ever since getting the two little kittens in the morning, Xiao Qingyu has been busy non-stop, even offering up her dollhouse as their home, with the dolls’ beds naturally becoming the kittens’ beds.
She even gave up her soft pure cotton silk handkerchief as a mattress for the kittens. Although Xiao Qingyu is a country child, she already seems to carry the aristocratic mannerisms when it comes to raising small animals.
With the level of care enjoyed by these two little kittens, the children of ordinary families in Lin Family Manor aren’t as fortunate, not to mention the children of nearby impoverished areas.
However, it’s true that cats are adorable. It’s not just Xiao Qingyu who wants to serve the cats; even Lin Wanwan finds the two little kittens quite endearing.
Throughout the boat journey to Xiaoxi Town, Lin Wanwan was accompanying Xiao Qingyu in taking care of the little kittens.
These two little kittens are even smaller than an adult’s palm, and it looks like they are no more than ten days old. Normally, kittens would leave the nest after at least two months, so it’s unclear why the tabby cat abandoned them.
The family’s small elephant had just been weaned, and now they’ve taken on raising the little kittens, keeping Xiao Qingyu even busier.
However, for Xiao Qingyu, raising small animals is endless fun, with no sign of annoyance at all.
Xiao Yixun, who was holding the white fox, sneered at the kittens, as she used to enjoy playing with venomous insects and scorpions. Since Lin Wanwan had given her and Xiao Qingyu each a little white fox she found on the mountain, she has been holding the white fox every day.
It must be said, pets resemble their owners. Her white fox also carries an icy and haughty demeanor, refusing to let anyone touch it except for Xiao Yixun.
Compared to the mischievous little white fox in Xiao Qingyu’s animal ensemble, it was much more tame.
Before meeting Lin Wanwan and enduring those harsh days, Xiao Qingyu had probably forgotten all about them during a high fever.
A little over a year ago, Xiao Qingyu couldn’t even get enough food, let alone clothes, but now even her little horse and elephant have clothes to wear.
If not for the unwillingness of the black muntjac, white fox, and lynx to wear small clothes, Xiao Qingyu would have dressed them up as well.
Later, the small clothes she prepared for them were given to little companions in her clan who were about to welcome new siblings.
As soon as the boat docked, the servants of the Lin Mansion, alerted by the Haidong Qing, were already waiting with carriages at the pier.
Xiao Qingyu asked A Jing to move the dollhouse with the sleeping kittens onto the carriage, then eagerly continued watching them, making the accompanying lynx quite envious. It was tempted several times to harm the little kittens, but Xiao Qingyu admonished it.
As the carriage passed the Wang Family, Xiao Qingyu reluctantly set down the little kittens and was sent by Lin Wanwan to study at the Wang Family’s private school.
Xiao Qingyu, who couldn’t bear to be apart from Lin Wanwan, would always borrow study time at the Wang Family’s private school whenever they came to Xiaoxi Town together.
The Wang Family is a scholarly family renowned for their educational prowess among the aristocratic circles in Xiaoxi Town, with children from the Shi Family and the Zhang Family also attending their school.
Accompanying Xiao Qingyu to study were two personal maids, Rongrong and Song Sulan, a mute guard A Jing, and a male Kunlun slave bodyguard Ali.
In terms of entourage, Xiao Qingyu had even more splendor than Lin Wanwan.
Lin Wanwan usually traveled with just Hong Yan and Kun Lun, while Yun Shang, Hua Nong, and Sun Chuyao had their own work to attend to.
After sending Xiao Qingyu to the Wang Family private school, Lin Wanwan and Xiao Yixun went straight to Red Face Smile.
She wanted to enjoy the beauty services while listening to reports.
Every day, noble ladies make reservations at Red Face Smile for beauty treatments or massages, but everyone is in their own private room. Unless they specifically want to socialize, they can easily close the door and enjoy the solitude and freedom.
Lin Wanwan had a specially reserved beauty room at Red Face Smile, where she and Xiao Yixun could lie down together to receive freshly prepared herbal facial masks, while listening to reports from the female steward of Red Face Smile, enjoying both work and leisure.
Xiao Yixun, who had a knack for numbers, was tasked by Lin Wanwan to help with the bookkeeping, so when listening to the steward’s report at Red Face Smile, she didn’t avoid Xiao Yixun either.
The cosmetics and skincare products at Red Face Smile are nominally Lin Wanwan’s own creation, but in reality, most of them are products she bought from the modern era and repackaged.
Of course, for authenticity, Lin Wanwan would purchase some traditional remedies and pearl powder from a Great Tang pharmacy to make some native Great Tang skincare products.
The staff at Red Face Smile were New Luo Maids bought by Lin Wanwan from a broker, while the burly guards were Kunlun slaves also purchased. There was no need to worry about loyalty issues.
In the Great Tang, where employees were essentially considered the owner’s slaves, there was no concern about being poached.
They not only worked for Lin Wanwan but also had to be willing to lay down their lives for her.
After finishing her facial mask, Lin Wanwan applied a layer of skincare product, comfortably turned over, removed her top, and enjoyed the oil massage service.
The newly hired New Luo Maids were trained in massage techniques by Hua Nong, who had studied under Sun lao, and after a few months of actual practice, they were becoming increasingly proficient.
Lin Wanwan relaxed and fell asleep while receiving her massage. The New Luo Maid who was massaging her stopped the treatment, tidied up her back, and pulled the cover over her.
Xiao Yixun glanced at the sleeping Lin Wanwan on the nearby beauty bed, her eyes softened slightly.
She gestured with her hand, and the New Luo Maid performing the oil massage on her also stopped, tidied up the cover, quietly bowed, and retreated.
Xiao Yixun turned her body and quietly watched Lin Wanwan.
