Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 365 - 362: A New Bride Finally Arrives in the Village

Chapter 365: Chapter 362: A New Bride Finally Arrives in the Village

Today, they don’t need to use the children’s points to eat cake, because Qingyu is treating.

Starting from May, Qingyu has her own monthly allowance, which Lin Wanwan prepared for her as "social interaction expenses." Whenever she wants to eat melting beans, chocolate, or other snacks, she pays Lin Wanwan to buy or make them for her.

Today’s cake is the same; Lin Wanwan asked her for the cost of the ingredients.

Qingyu has absolutely no objections to the idea of spending her own money to treat others; this gives her a sense of pride in making her own decisions, and she thoroughly enjoys it.

Seeing Qingyu pay, Xiao Yixun paused for a moment and then suddenly handed Lin Wanwan a gold ingot.

Lin Wanwan was surprised. To think that Xiao Yixun had journeyed all the way from Chang’an to Mao County to find her was to pawn off all the valuable things she had, leaving her penniless. Lin Wanwan had been supporting her, purely as repayment for saving her that day.

Now, where did she conjure a gold ingot from?

Seeing Lin Wanwan not take it, Xiao Yixun grabbed her hand and placed the gold ingot in her palm, then said lightly, "It was earned by Zhong Yi for me."

Lin Wanwan: "..."

Xiao Yixun’s servant is indeed miserable; not only does he not have a monthly allowance, but he also has to earn money for his master to spend! However, Lin Wanwan is somewhat curious about how the burly Zhong Yi makes money.

He isn’t always stuck in Lin Family Manor; he often disappears on horseback for a while. Lin Wanwan doesn’t care about his whereabouts since he’s not her servant.

As long as he doesn’t cause trouble in her territory, she lets them be.

Seeing Xiao Yixun seriously intending to pay, Lin Wanwan understood that she was probably competing with Qingyu after watching her pay. There are days when Xiao Yixun shows up with a rather childish persona.

"Alright then, consider this your pastry fee for the month."

If calculated according to Great Tang’s prices, the gourmet food Lin Wanwan feeds her and Qingyu with, a small gold ingot wouldn’t be enough. Just the cream and sugar in this cake are astronomical.

Currently, in Great Tang, there’s no white sugar yet; the technology hasn’t been learned from India. Although Mao County does grow sugarcane, Great Tang’s method of extracting sugar is very crude at this time, and what they get is only some coarse sugar.

More refined cane sugar and granulated sugar are all imported, luxury tribute-level items — no, to be precise, no matter what sugar in the fourth year of Zhenguan is a luxury.

Li Shimin will send Wang Xuance to India to learn sugar-making techniques in the twenty-first year of Zhenguan.

During this process of learning sugar-making, he also encountered the passing of the Indian Emperor, and Wang Xuance was involuntarily involved in the Indian civil war. Before studying sugar making, he first pacified the disorder in India, and later he returned to Great Tang with several sugar-making experts.

Gradually, Great Tang’s sugar-making technology surpassed that of the blue, overturning India’s status in sugar-making.

Huaxia people have always been smart, liking to delve and think about things, never simply copying, truly mastering foreign skills to defeat them.

But now, all this hasn’t happened yet, and Great Tang’s sugar-making technology is still very backward.

Lin Wanwan knows the "Waliu Method" for making white sugar, also called the "Yellow Mud Water Decolorization Method," but she doesn’t want to publicize it widely like alcohol.

The interests in this matter are too great, it’s not suitable to reveal it; it’s enough to enjoy it in her territory.

A ten-inch cake seems large, but with so many eager eyes waiting to eat, it’s not enough to divide. Everyone just gets a taste.

Like Qingyu’s ten little Attendant Students, they did not get a turn to eat.

Of course, they wouldn’t foolishly stare; once little beggars themselves, they understand boundaries better than Rongrong. Life taught them the survival rules.

Qingyu is not eating cake for the first time; she has some experience, but it is Xiao Yixun’s first time.

She cautiously followed Qingyu’s actions, licking a small bit of pink cream with the tip of her tongue; the dense and smooth texture instantly captivated her. The small piece of cake soon disappeared into her mouth.

Wanting more, she found only a wooden tray left in front of her.

Xiao Yixun unhappily glared at the Lin Family Manor children who had snatched the cake from her, even having a fleeting thought of hypnotizing them all.

But looking at Lin Wanwan, she gave up, fearing that if she used hypnosis again, Xiao Chong would send her back to Chang’an. The last time, it was because she used hypnosis that Xiao Chong forcibly sent her back.

Speaking of which, Xiao Yixun has been staying here for quite some time now. Lin Wanwan had long sent a letter to Xiao Mansion in Chang’an via the post station; it’s just that with the long journey, she has yet to receive a reply from Chang’an.

On one side, Lin Wanwan’s house was filled with children’s laughter because of the cake, while on the other side, Lin Mengxing’s house was also bursting with exclamations around the cake.

"It’s all made from eggs, white flour, fruits, and sugar!"

"Wan Niang is indeed extravagant!"

"I heard Lin Mengxing’s house traded some Golden Cod Fish Roe for it. Well, I have Golden Cod Fish Roe too, I’ll send it to Wan Niang tomorrow."

As the sunset half nestled below the horizon with the glow scattering across the beach, a group of children "swished" into the village entrance, shouting eagerly: "The bride is snatched back! The bride is snatched back!"

Having finished the cake, Qingyu had long been escorted out of the courtyard by the children, always attentive to movements on the village path. Around her were not only her good playmates, but also Rongrong, ten Attendant Students, her animal army, and the mute girl A Jing, the animal chieftain.

The falcon flying above constantly reported the whereabouts of the bride-grooming team, allowing the little ones to spot the welcome team immediately.

After the children’s report, a stick of incense worth of time passed before the somewhat disheveled-looking Lin Mengxing rode into view, leading the team at the village entrance.

After a battle of wits and courage, and a beaten experience from the bride’s family "befriending the son-in-law", with flowers disheveled and makeup smeared, he managed to bring back the bride, escorted by clan brothers to the Lin Family’s domain.

As soon as they entered the village path, Lin Family Manor became lively, the sound of pots and pans overpowering the band instruments from the team.

Lin Wanwan joined the crowd with the new bride and groom heading toward Lin Mengxing’s house, watching as the bride, dressed in green robes, was helped off the decorated carriage, without a red veil, using only a round fan to cover her face.

The married women in the clan laid felt rugs under her feet all the way, not letting her touch the ground.

"So, Tang brides also enter without touching the ground, quite similar to modern customs!" Lin Wanwan murmured to herself.

When Gu Jingyu got married, she also entered stepping on sacks, similar to what was happening now, except Tang’s procedure was more complicated, with more superstitious rituals.