Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 452 - 450: Time to Catch the Bad Guys

After sending the two maids to rest, and letting Yun Shang, who was accompanying little Qingyu, also rest in the outer room, Lin Wanwan entered the master bedroom’s en-suite bathroom and took off her dirty dress.

She said she was going to take a shower here, but in reality, she was going back to the modern bathroom for a comfortable bath.

The bathing conditions in the Great Tang can’t compare with the modern day. With Lin Wanwan’s easy access to the Space-Time Gate, she naturally chose to go back to the modern era for a good wash.

After washing and returning to bed, Lin Wanwan looked at little Qingyu, still sound asleep and not disturbed at all, feeling quite contented.

In just over a year, little Qingyu’s sense of security had been fully established by Lin Wanwan, so even with thunder roaring outside, the little one wouldn’t wake easily and would sleep soundly until dawn.

Sleeping children are the cutest little angels in the world, even cuter than their noisy antics during the day.

Lin Wanwan grabbed a chubby lotus arm of little Qingyu, closed her eyes, and fell asleep with a smile.

Lin Wanwan had not uttered a word of blame to the fourth uncle’s wife for not listening and insisting on taking the duck home to eat, because she knew that without her saying so, the other person had already been blaming herself to the point of wanting to hit her head against the wall.

This is the sorrow of poverty, Lin Wanwan thought, and she was determined to make sure her family would all have enough to eat first.

The workshop might need to distribute dividends. For solitary elder women like the fourth uncle’s wife, who had no land and couldn’t do heavy labor, collective workshops were a way to improve life.

Lin Wanwan had established the workshop initially to lend a hand to the clan. Only when the clansmen prospered could the Lin Clan hope to grow strong.

In an era like the Great Tang, going it alone wouldn’t work.

The next morning, when Lin Wanwan was up and grooming, little Qingyu, who had already been downstairs, exclaimed loudly, "Mom! Mom! Little Bao is in our home!"

Lin Wanwan smiled and said, "Yes, you should call him Uncle Little Bao! Go and play with him!"

Little Qingyu shook her head quickly, "Little Bao’s too small! I want to play with Big Sister Daya!"

The little one didn’t like playing with children younger than herself and preferred playing with older ones.

Lin Wanwan didn’t interfere with her social interactions, so she said, "Okay, you go and call Daya and Little Crab over, and bring Little Bao along, you little ones have fun together."

"Okay! Okay!" Little Qingyu clapped her hands and ran off. In her haste, she almost bumped into Xiao Yixun, who was coming to find Lin Wanwan.

"Be careful, walk slowly, don’t run," Lin Wanwan called out after her.

Xiao Yixun walked in with a cool expression and asked, "Why was it so noisy last night?"

Lin Wanwan, with Hong Yan doing her hair, lazily replied, "What, did it disturb you?"

Xiao Yixun said indifferently, "It was so noisy, how could one not hear it?"

Though the girl before her remained expressionless, Lin Wanwan had long understood her temperament, knowing that she usually looked like this and wasn’t really upset, so she suggested casually, "How about you go back and take a nap?"

"No need."

Xiao Yixun sat down next to Lin Wanwan, mindlessly touching the skin on Lin Wanwan’s arm.

"Have you had breakfast?"

Xiao Yixun shook her head, "I want to eat with you."

"Alright, wait for me a bit longer then."

Xiao Yixun watched Lin Wanwan for a while when Hua Nong came to report from outside the door, "Ma’am, Fourth Uncle’s wife said Little Bao is fine now, she wants to come thank you and say goodbye."

"No rush, have them finish breakfast first."

"Right away!"

Xiao Yixun asked, "Is this the person who ate the poisoned duck and disturbed you in the middle of the night?"

Lin Wanwan looked at Xiao Yixun and laughed, "Yixun has quite the knack for observation! By the way, you should take a look later, make sure the residual poison in the child is cleared."

Xiao Yixun huffed, "They’re not worth my effort."

Lin Wanwan chuckled without pushing her further.

When Lin Wanwan finished dressing and went downstairs, she happened upon Xiao Chong coming in with Clan Leader Lin.

"Cousin, good morning." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Lin Wanwan returned the greeting, "Cousin, good morning. Hua Nong, quickly prepare two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, invite Clan Leader Uncle and Cousin to the table."

Clan Leader Lin waved repeatedly, "No need for mine, I’ve already had breakfast. Lady Wan, Magistrate Xiao came just as the day broke today. He went directly to investigate the duck incident. I bumped into him, so we came together."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanwan asked Xiao Chong, "Cousin, have you already seen the scene? Any discoveries?"

Xiao Chong chuckled, "Yes, I’ve observed the footprints. After eliminating interfering tracks, two prints appeared frequently."

For those who don’t understand tracks, differentiating horse hooves from cow hooves is difficult, so Xiao Chong didn’t think of giving Lin Wanwan and Clan Leader Lin a lesson, he went straight to the conclusion, "The first set of footprints belongs to a lady, about forty-two years old, five feet tall, underweight and malnourished. Foot length is 5.1 inches, in-toed gait.

The second set of footprints belongs to a man, twenty years old, five feet five inches tall, also underweight, foot length is 6.6 inches, with protruding toe bones, likely caused by wearing wooden clogs often."

Lin Wanwan clapped her hands, "Now we have a range of suspects! Clan Leader Uncle, is it easy to find people with these features?"

Clan Leader Lin stroked his mustache, "Magistrate Xiao has described it so clearly, it’s not hard to find, I’ll call Mengbo to help catch them."

"Wait, I’ll write these features down for you, Clan Leader Uncle, take them with you."

Clan Leader Lin said, "Alright, also call my young lad, he can read, so he can be of use."

"Okay." Lin Wanwan quickly walked into the study, swiftly wrote the characteristics Xiao Chong just mentioned, then blew on the paper and handed it to Clan Leader Lin.

Clan Leader Lin carefully took the paper, tucked it into his pocket, stood up and bowed to Xiao Chong, "Magistrate Xiao, I’ll take my leave first."

"Alright, off you go, Village Chief Lin."

A village had just about a hundred households, Clan Leader Lin, being the Village Chief, already knew everyone, so filtering out a man and a woman from these people wasn’t difficult.

Once they were locked in, getting a confession from the suspects was easy, one of Xiao Chong’s specialties.

Lin Wanwan’s attempt to keep Clan Leader Lin for a meal didn’t work, she jokingly said, "Cousin, you should’ve been the one to ask them to stay, Clan Leader Uncle would surely give you this favor."

Xiao Chong laughed, "Doesn’t Cousin want to catch the poisoner sooner?"

Lin Wanwan said, "Of course I do, but there’s no rush!" She continued, "Cousin, you’re sure early today, I just got up and you’ve finished checking the footprints."

"After investigating this case, I have to rush to the Ta Mountain Dam site, so I left earlier."

"Oh, Cousin you’re really busy."

Coming from Xiaoxi Town on horseback, it took nearly an hour, considering the time spent on the scene and Xiao Chong’s morning exercise routine, he must have risen four hours ago, before dawn!

Lin Wanwan gained new insight into the schedule of ancient county magistrates, truly rising earlier than chickens, sleeping later than dogs, and working harder than oxen! It’s not easy!