Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 601 - 599: Acquiring Ouyang Xun’s Calligraphy

Chapter 601: Chapter 599: Acquiring Ouyang Xun’s Calligraphy

Lin Wanwan, after bringing Ouyang Xun back to the manor, was determined to go all out for the national treasure! She decided to prepare a feast with a full array of colors, aromas, and flavors to keep Ouyang Xun captivated.

She took out a jar of yellow wine bought in the modern era, gently heated it, and served it in a jade bowl.

The black fish that Ouyang Xun caught himself, Lin Wanwan instructed Hua Nong to make into sour fish soup. The various seasonings inside were beyond what an ordinary household in the Great Tang could imagine.

Then she made red-braised tomato and potato beef brisket, golden corn cakes, and roasted sweet potatoes. These dishes were meant to show Ouyang Xun how great her master’s sect was, as her senior brother, while traveling the world, still didn’t forget to bring blessings to the Great Tang. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Additionally, Lin Wanwan quickly traveled through time back to the modern era, took a taxi to the Time Hotel’s Chinese restaurant, and ordered a platter of three kinds of sashimi: salmon, Arctic clam, and tuna.

Sashimi is a favorite among Great Tang people, but Lin Wanwan could not accept the people of Chang’an using river fish for sashimi, so she chose to go back to the modern era to buy fresh imported deep-sea fish from the Atlantic Ocean, ensuring it was both delicious and safe, without the worry of parasites.

Besides these dishes that were hardly found in the Great Tang, Lin Wanwan additionally instructed to prepare local famous dishes from Chang’an like goji berry and silver ear stew, golden thread oil tower, and roast lamb.

Compared to Jiangnan people who prefer rice as their staple food, in Xi’an, it’s mainly noodles, so Lin Wanwan had Hua Nong prepare fermented corn buns.

This lunch made Ouyang Xun’s mouth water; having lived to seventy, he had never tasted such delicious food!

At Ouyang Xun’s age, external possessions like gold and jade had little attraction, even in his career he had entered retirement mode, but good food was hard to resist!

After the perfect lunch, Lin Wanwan expressed her wish for Ouyang Xun to guide her in calligraphy.

Having indulged in good food and drink, a reserved person like Ouyang Xun was full of praise, so how could he refuse her request?

Thus, Lin Wanwan took Ouyang Xun to the study room, lit incense, washed her hands, and took out brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, ready for writing.

"Huh, Lin Le’an, you little one have my calligraphy copies?" Ouyang Xun was surprised when he saw the brush writing Lin Wanwan produced. Although it was hardly good and could even be called rough, it was clearly imitating his style for practice.

Lin Wanwan smiled sweetly: "Yes, Ouyang Shuigeng’s reputation spreads among the barbarians, let alone us Tang people; did I manage to learn it somewhat?"

In her childhood, Lin Wanwan had taken big calligraphy classes, but could hardly say her writing was good.

However, after growing up, she had Xiao Chong as her first private tutor, whom she often invited to teach her calligraphy several times.

Additionally, Xiao Chong had a book of Ouyang Xun’s calligraphy copies, which Lin Wanwan borrowed several times, so her calligraphy style was heavily influenced by the Ouyang Style.

Nevertheless, she was not someone who practiced daily, so her calligraphy was far from entering a high level of skill.

Ouyang Xun wasn’t the kind of old man who said nice things; he frankly stated that Lin Wanwan needed to practice her regular script more before it could be presentable.

After his criticism, Ouyang Xun took a sheet of rice paper, wielded his brush and ink, writing a piece in upright, rigorous, and imposing regular script for Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan watched with eyes glowing!

Wow wow wow! I’m also someone who possesses Ouyang Xun’s regular script!

With this piece, Lin Wanwan’s visit to Chang’an wasn’t a waste.

After writing, Lin Wanwan quickly invited Ouyang Xun to add a signature. Before the Tang dynasty, scholars often disliked adding signatures, making it difficult for later generations to discern authenticity.

Naturally, Lin Wanwan couldn’t let the great master present without asking for a signature, but unfortunately, Ouyang Xun didn’t have the habit of carrying his private seal, so today it was impossible for him to sign for Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan immediately threw out more bait: "Ouyang Shuigeng, you haven’t tasted my best homemade wine yet; the yellow wine at noon was nothing special. Come again in a few days! Oh, by then, my master, Sun the Divine, should be back from picking herbs."

Meaning there’s good food, wine, and even a company arranged for you.

Ouyang Xun chuckled and agreed; after the calligraphy was finished, Lin Wanwan also practiced a bit beside him, with Ouyang Xun giving pointers.

Lin Wanwan essentially got a private lesson from a famous master, and its extravagance was unparalleled.

The pity was that she couldn’t show off, as neither then nor now could freely boast!

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was dinner time.

To return to Chang’an City before curfew, Lin Wanwan instructed some dishes to be packed directly for Ouyang Xun to take with him.

Today’s transaction was simply too cost-effective; once Ouyang Xun took his seal to sign and stamp the piece, she would frame and preserve it.

Ha! Another small goal achieved; this treasure came far too easily—indeed, it’s Chang’an!

In Mao County, where could Lin Wanwan coincidentally encounter such a treasure-level calligrapher?

The last time, she got a calligraphy piece from Yu Shinan through the Yu family, which she gave to Lu Shouyue as a birthday gift; whether he liked it or not was unknown.

Afterward, too much happened between the two, and Lin Wanwan never heard Lu Shouyue mention it again.

As Ouyang Xun left at sunset, Lin Wanwan packed plenty of good food and drink for him, watching him go from afar with reluctance.

As for the homemade grape wine she bragged to Ouyang Xun about, she planned to buy it once she returned to the modern era, arranging Romani Conti red wine and inviting the old man over!

If not for the need to avoid revealing too much, Lin Wanwan wished she could handle the matter tomorrow and have Ouyang Xun add a signature to the calligraphy piece.

As the sun set in the west, young Qingyu, having finished her day’s lessons, happily brought her miniature animal army to patrol the paths in Mozhu Village.

The patrol team grew larger, with a string of village children following, hoping to receive some cakes and dried fruits from young Qingyu.

As long as she was out, young Qingyu truly was a king of children wherever she went! The twenty-plus village kids played games earnestly under her arrangement, vying for dried fruits, jerky, and cakes.

Since Lin Wanwan’s family moved to the manor, Mozhu Village, associated with the manor, has transformed greatly. The most significant change is the cleanliness, with no one urinating in public and no lice-infested people anymore.

Dirty, lice-ridden children were not allowed near young Qingyu, so for the kids to earn a bite, they had to be clean!

Lin Wanwan also distributed many medicines against lice and cockroaches, and since almost every household in the village had people working in the Soap and Music Workshop, everyone received defective soaps and small blocks of scented soap, vastly improving hygiene.

After cleaning inside and out, everyone’s mental outlook was different; although their linen clothes were patched with patches, they were clean, and they didn’t seem too downtrodden.