Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 461 - 459: A Bountiful Harvest

Xiao Chong looked down and carefully examined the strange object in his hand, exclaiming, "I’ve found a Sea Pearl."

"A pearl?"

"An oyster pearl?"

"Ah, cousin, did you dig up an oyster pearl?!"

The others, who were digging not far from Xiao Chong, heard the commotion and turned to look at him.

"Careful!" Lin Wanwan immediately stepped in front of Xiao Chong. He quickly reached out and grabbed her arm, fearing she might fall into the water.

Lin Wanwan seized the oyster pearl from Xiao Chong’s palm; a large, milky white pearl was pinched between her fingers. She turned it over repeatedly, its color akin to oyster flesh.

"Wow! Beginner’s luck is indeed strong!" Lin Wanwan exclaimed in amazement. "Cousin, you’ve struck it rich, this rounded large pearl is worth quite some money!"

"Indeed, luck is good," Xiao Chong looked at the oyster he accidentally opened earlier, seeing its meat was also milky white, smooth, plump, and seemed delicious.

Xiao Chong reached out to dig among the meat.

"There’s another one." The next second, Xiao Chong’s fingers retrieved another equally round, plump, and lustrous large pearl.

"Wow! This luck, it’s blessed!" Lin Wanwan took the other pearl from his hand to examine closely, "It’s perfectly round too, which adds value!"

The chance of finding pearls in oysters is extremely low, less than one in ten thousand. Even if found, having one pearl inside is good.

Xiao Chong was able to find two in one go, undoubtedly an explosion of luck, one in ten thousand.

However, the appearance of oyster pearls is similar to clam pearls, significantly less valuable than Sea Snail Pearl and Mei Le Pearl.

With modern artificial cultivation of pearls, such large and plump pearls are not considered as precious. But here in the Great Tang, these two oyster pearls are certainly valuable!

Other people who were sea foraging nearby heard the commotion and envied Xiao Chong’s luck.

Truly the rich become richer, those destined for fortune can casually dig and find rare pearls.

"If you like it, cousin, take it," Xiao Chong generously offered the pearls to Lin Wanwan, seeing her loving gaze at them.

Lin Wanwan was indeed quite excited since wild oysters rarely produce pearls, but she didn’t intend to keep them for herself.

Given her wealth in the Great Tang, she did not need to covet others’ possessions.

"No, no, these represent cousin’s good fortune. Cousin should keep them to later make a pair of earrings for your wife." Lin Wanwan returned the pearls to Xiao Chong’s palm, playfully teasing him.

"Wife?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chong raised his eyes to look at Lin Wanwan, his deep gaze seemingly able to see through hearts, causing her heartbeat to skip a beat. She quickly took a step back, looked away, and changed the topic, saying, "Ah, I need to keep digging too, maybe I’ll find pearls as well!"

Xiao Chong slightly curled the corners of his mouth, tucked the pearls into his bosom without pursuing Lin Wanwan any further, and continued sea foraging.

Besides oysters, this area also had abalones, sea snails, and patches of mussels growing.

In just half an hour, everyone’s wooden buckets were filled with various sea goods, a fruitful harvest.

"At noon, we’ll have oyster noodles, prepare a dish of raw oysters and then cook abalone and sea cucumber soup," Lin Wanwan had already planned the noon dishes clearly.

Shu Qi raised his head to look at Xiao Chong, wondering whether to leave after lunch; it all depended on his master’s intentions. Although he truly yearned for a taste at Hua Nong’s hand, it wasn’t up to him.

"Sure, today we’ll have some seafood I dug myself," Xiao Chong didn’t dampen Lin Wanwan’s mood, having planned to relax by sea foraging at Lin Family Manor today, he hadn’t thought about work. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The daily workload at the County Government was endless; rest when it’s time to rest.

Even their Emperor is busy with autumn hunting and recreation, not working at his desk daily, so he doesn’t have to work tirelessly.

A few people continued sea foraging, Lin Wanwan caught two octopuses and laughed, "This stuff is best grilled with spices sprinkled on it—delicious!"

"Indeed," Xiao Chong agreed with Lin Wanwan’s suggestion, last night’s barbecue left little octopus, all went into their bellies.

Lin Wanwan held a burlap sack and continued roaming around (her wooden bucket was full, and she ordered Hong Yan to carry it ashore), then caught two large green crabs intertwined together.

"Cousin, look, two plump green crabs, we can have a crab feast at noon with some wine!"

Xiao Chong agreed enthusiastically: "Wonderful."

"Lady, there are a lot of conchs here too, but they are hard to pry off."

Wu Wanqing waded over to say, "Let me handle it."

Hong Yan quickly pushed him, "You best keep an eye on the lady, don’t dig these."

Lin Wanwan laughed, "Let me do the prying!"

Conchs with meat are usually stuck to stone walls, requiring some effort to pry them off.

Fortunately, Lin Wanwan wasn’t capable of much else, but she was strong; prying conchs one by one with precision, within a while, she pried off those who looked larger.

"Wanwan, the tide is coming in, don’t stay below, come up quickly!" An elder from the clan finished his catch and was calling out to Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan bent down to check, water had indeed risen from her ankles to calves, and she shouted back, "Alright, I’m coming up!"

"Lady, I’ll carry it," Wu Wanqing took the bag full of goods from Lin Wanwan.

Hong Yan supported Lin Wanwan as they walked toward the shore. Passing the rocky beach, Lin Wanwan called out to Qingyu, who was happily scooping shrimp, "Little Jade, we’re leaving."

"Mother, there are so many shrimp here, let me scoop a bit more!"

"Don’t play too much, come again on the fifteenth, let’s go home now."

"Okay!" Qingyu stood up, and Sun Chuyao, who was guarding her closely, seized her bucket, while A-jing stepped forward to help her walk.

Soon, they all reached the shore. The sea breeze blowing on their calves was quite chilly.

Everyone donned their clogs, "tapping" back home.

Lin Wanwan said to Qingyu, "Wash your feet, change clothes, and head to the school quickly. You’re the only one who took a leave today, all other kids are studying diligently!"

In fact, other kids also wanted to skip class for sea foraging, but their parents wouldn’t allow it!

Returning home, the sea goods were naturally handed over for the servants to pick through; Lin Wanwan washed her feet, changed clothes, and then approached Xiao Chong, "Cousin, since you are free today, would you write a script for me?"

Xiao Chong chuckled, "If you want to practice calligraphy, I have Ouyang Xinben’s ’Zongni’s Dream Memorial,’ I’ll give it to you, no need for me to embarrass myself."

Lin Wanwan replied, "Why be modest, cousin? I think your handwriting is excellent, write me a few more pieces!"

This time, Lin Wanwan was sincere, not attempting to trick Xiao Chong for his calligraphy.

The piece Xiao Chong gifted her previously was hung in her study at the Little Creek Town for constant imitation.