Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 624 - 622: I Regard Money as Dirt

Lin Wanwan finished her circle around the countryside and returned to the manor to begin organizing the box of books she brought back from Empress Xiao yesterday.

Most of them were bamboo slips, with a few written on silk; none were on paper.

This was not surprising, given it was only the fifth year of the Zhenguan era, and paper books were not yet widespread. Empress Xiao’s box of books must have been a long-standing collection.

Lin Wanwan inspected them one by one. There were the "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Warm Pathogenic Diseases," "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet," "Vein Classics," "Shennong’s Materia Medica," "Inner Canon of Huangdi," "Emergency Formulas at the Elbow," and others, all complete sets, totaling dozens of volumes.

Besides medical classics, there was also the original version of Jia Sixie’s "Essential Techniques for the People."

Lin Wanwan was thrilled. These were all proofs of Huaxia civilization, even if not originals, they were hand-copied by famous calligraphers.

The value of Empress Xiao’s box of books couldn’t be measured simply by money. Whether in the Great Tang or brought back to modern times, they are invaluable treasures of Huaxia!

And the box containing these books was made of gold-threaded nanmu, which wouldn’t decay for a thousand years!

Lin Wanwan closed the lid with a "snap," her heart pounding too hard; she needed to take a break.

Meanwhile, she was also thinking about how to handle this batch of books. These were functional books, and keeping them just for herself wouldn’t do.

As a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who has paid homage to the ancestors, it’s her indisputable duty to carry forward the complete works of Chinese medical classics.

The Great Doctor’s Sincerity can’t just be memorized.

With this box of books, Lin Wanwan lost interest in that set of exquisite mutton fat jade jewelry and the large blue diamond ring.

After all, she had already put away the mutton fat jade jewelry and blue diamond ring, planning to return them to Xiao Chong, but this box of books, she couldn’t bring herself to give back.

Acquiring collections of this level in the Great Tang wasn’t easy. Clearly, these were unique and rare books from the Great Sui’s Imperial Treasury; to acquire something of this level, one would have to steal from the Great Tang Royal Library.

Stealing was against Lin Wanwan’s values, and she disdained doing such; the golden finger shouldn’t be used like that.

After brief contemplation, Lin Wanwan made up her mind. She stood up, exerted some strength, picked up the heavy box made of gold-threaded nanmu, and headed to her study.

In the outer area of the flower hall, Yun Shang and Ji Yue, who were embroidering, saw this and hurriedly wanted to help.

Lin Wanwan quickly stepped aside: "You can’t carry it, don’t worry about me, do your things. I want to read, and no one should disturb me, understand?"

"Yes!"

The two maids answered in unison.

Lin Wanwan carefully carried the heavy box into the study, hooked her foot to close the study door.

Then, she gently put down the box. Even with the body altered by the Space-Time Gate, carrying this box felt heavy, but her heart felt light.

Without further ado, she closed all the windows, latched them, then Lin Wanwan opened the Space-Time Gate, dragging the box through time and space back to the modern era.

At this moment, dawn was just breaking in the modern time. Lin Wanwan checked her phone on the bedside table; it was five-thirty in the morning.

She walked out of the small courtyard, took a look, and saw Lu Shouyue’s side already had lights on in the courtyard living room.

So, she didn’t delay, opened the call log, and dialed Lu Shouyue’s number.

The phone rang several times before it was answered, the voice on the other end still carrying a trace of laziness from just waking up.

Huh, strange, not up yet, was woken up by me? Then why is the light on in the courtyard?

Oh! Could it be the bodyguard?

But Lin Wanwan couldn’t care less, having already woken him up. She got straight to the point: "Lu Shouyue, I remember you have a private museum, right?"

"Hmm, yes, what about it?"

"I have some books to donate to your museum."

Lu Shouyue, who had only gone to bed at one or two in the morning, suddenly perked up. A donation to his museum?

He laughed: "Alright, Wanwan, such high thinking and awareness you have. When do you want to donate?"

"We’ll talk more after you get up."

"I’ll get up now, wait for me a bit."

After hanging up, Lin Wanwan didn’t close the door, went back to the living room, moved the box out, and hadn’t waited long before Lu Shouyue’s voice sounded at the entrance: "Wanwan, have you recovered?"

Lin Wanwan stood up and said: "Yes, much better after a night’s sleep. Lu Shouyue, the items are here."

Lu Shouyue approached, first not looking at the box, but looking at Lin Wanwan in ancient attire with a smile: "Up so early today, and in ancient costume, planning to visit the old streets?"

Lin Wanwan casually replied: "Ah, yes. By the way, Lu Shouyue, these original editions should be displayed in the museum, and the content needs to be fully digitized and made public online. Most are medical classics."

Actually, Lin Wanwan could just digitize and publish them, but without the originals as evidence, there would be a lot of "enlightened" individuals nitpicking, denying Huaxia ancient civilization.

That’s why she decided to donate them. As for why to Lu Shouyue’s private museum instead of directly to the authorities.

For one, Lu Shouyue’s museum’s items are not for sale, all open to the public for free, as one of Old Mr. Lu’s charitable actions; secondly, while official organizations are trustworthy, the managers may not be, and cases of misappropriation occasionally make the news; thirdly, selling these treasures for money would be difficult.

These are priceless treasures!

Comparatively, Lin Wanwan certainly trusted the Lu Family’s only child with a billion-dollar fortune more, at least he wouldn’t be easily corrupted by money.

Lu Shouyue came over, bent down to examine, the golden-threaded nanmu box caught his eye at first glance: "Ha, what a good piece. This wood was only possible for aristocrats to own in the past."

Lin Wanwan smiled: "The box is indeed nice, but the contents are even better."

"All bamboo slips, and so well-preserved." Lu Shouyue opened the box, put on the white gloves he brought, and sat on the ground to look through the bamboo slips carefully.

Lin Wanwan knelt beside him, watching him work busily.

An hour later, Lu Shouyue finished his research on all the bamboo slips and silk originals, looked at Lin Wanwan very seriously: "Wanwan, these are priceless treasures. Are you sure you want to donate them?"

Lin Wanwan nodded: "Precisely because they are priceless, they should be made public. These are the crystallizations of Huaxia’s civilization and should not be buried."

Lu Shouyue’s gaze grew more intense; this was the girl he admired, viewing money as mere dirt, ethereal and unique.

He smiled slightly: "Alright."

Paused and then said: "I will have someone draft the donation agreement."

Lin Wanwan nodded: "Make sure it notes that these shouldn’t be resold, only for charitable exhibition, and the digital version should be made public online."

Lu Shouyue agreed with a smile: "Okay."

After taking care of these matters, Lin Wanwan felt more at ease, joked with a smile: "Lu Shouyue, aren’t you curious about the origins of these?"

Lu Shouyue paused for a moment, then frankly said: "I am curious, Wanwan, have you traveled through time from ancient times?"

Lin Wanwan’s eyes widened suddenly, then she chuckled dryly: "Yes, yes, I can travel through time."

They both laughed together, while Lu Shouyue looked at Lin Wanwan’s evasive manner, an incredible and bizarre thought sprang into his mind.