Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 476 - 474: Meeting the Intangible Cultural Heritage Heir

Chapter 476: Chapter 474: Meeting the Intangible Cultural Heritage Heir

Sitting in the passenger seat of Lu Shouyue’s car, a deep and soothing zither tune played, calming the heart.

Lin Wanwan leaned against the seat back, watching the street lamps and trees whiz by on both sides, feeling drowsy, her eyelashes growing heavy.

Lu Shouyue came over in the evening saying he wanted to take Lin Wanwan to a place. She initially refused, as she had arranged quite a few tasks for herself tonight.

Due to the time difference between the two worlds, Lin Wanwan had set many plans for herself every day. Today’s plan was yet to practice acupuncture and study videos.

She had bought many video and live courses, covering various topics like traditional Chinese medicine, agriculture, textiles, and dyeing.

As a Village Lady aiming to lead her entire clan and even all of Mao County to prosperity, Lin Wanwan must learn tirelessly.

But Lu Shouyue said he was taking Lin Wanwan to meet a national-level inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Su Embroidery, Master Yao, a national arts and crafts master.

Lu Shouyue had mentioned a few days ago that he would introduce Lin Wanwan to a big name in the embroidery world; she didn’t expect it to happen so quickly.

Master Yao had not stayed in a hotel during his visit to Yongcheng, but lodged at the Xuedou Ancient Temple, and few knew of his itinerary.

Lin Wanwan had just searched for information about him on Baidu and gained a rough understanding.

Master Yao’s works have often been presented as national gifts to foreign dignitaries and celebrities and he has embroidered portraits for world political giants. Some of his works are collected by important institutions, museums, and collectors domestically and abroad.

Given his status, he does not need media promotion and does not need to collaborate with shopkeepers like Lin Wanwan who sell embroidered goods.

His kind of works appear in auctions, and his collaborators are auction house owners like Lu Shouyue.

Therefore, Lin Wanwan meeting him is purely beneficial to her, not a win-win situation.

Since she now runs Yongtang and sells embroidered products, getting to know more big names in the embroidery world is certainly beneficial.

So when Lu Shouyue suggested it, she naturally got into the car obediently.

Driving from Lin Wanwan’s residence to the Xuedou Ancient Temple, the navigation showed it would take an hour, nearly seventy kilometers. Without the freeway and a private car, this distance would indeed not be short.

Lin Wanwan had done experiments, and the farthest distance for the Space-Time Gate between the two worlds is about fifty kilometers (the distance between Lin Family Manor and Xiaoxi Town’s Lin Mansion). Exceeding this range, the Space-Time Gate would randomly refresh new locations.

This means if she goes to the Xuedou Ancient Temple, Lin Wanwan would not be able to return home in Xiaoxi Town of the Great Tang.

Fortunately, Qingyu had already been arranged to sleep alone starting this month. No one would disturb Lin Wanwan in her room in Xiaoxi Town of the Great Tang, as long as she returned before dawn, there would be no worry of being exposed.

After all, four hours in the modern world equals just one hour in the Great Tang.

When the car stopped, Lin Wanwan awoke with a start, looking around the quiet surroundings, she asked, "Lu Shouyue, are we there?"

Lu Shouyue smiled and looked at her, "Yes, we’re here, let’s get out of the car."

The two of them opened the car doors and stepped out, the autumn wind blew, rustling the leaves of the trees nearby.

Lin Wanwan couldn’t help but hug her arms. Suddenly, her shoulders felt warm as Lu Shouyue draped a large cashmere scarf over her.

"It’s cold up the mountain, this will keep you warm," Lu Shouyue said with a gentle smile.

Surprised, Lin Wanwan wrapped herself in the scarf, smiling and thanking him, "Thank you, Lu Shouyue, this scarf fits well."

"No need for thanks, come on, let’s go in. They’re already waiting for us."

The Xuedou Ancient Temple is naturally not open to tourists at night, but Lu Shouyue had arranged everything in advance, and led Lin Wanwan to knock and enter. The young monk who met them bowed naturally and retreated without any unnecessary questions.

The two of them passed through the mountain gate, walking to the meditation courtyard behind the temple, where there were monks’ meditation rooms and rooms for guests staying over night.

It was just past seven in the evening, and in the mountain temple, one could faintly hear the monks chanting their evening prayers, the sound of wooden fish made the ancient temple even more serene, giving a sense of "the mountain feels more secluded when birds sing."

When Lu Shouyue and Lin Wanwan arrived at the courtyard where Master Yao and his disciples were staying, he was having tea with a venerable monk with a white beard.

Seeing them arrive, the venerable monk put his hands together in a salutation and withdrew.

"Master Yao, this is Lin Wanwan whom I mentioned to you, she is now promoting embroidery and Hanfu," Lu Shouyue stepped forward to introduce.

"Master Yao, hello, I’ve admired your name for a long time!"

"Good, hello, come, have a seat," Master Yao invited the two of them to sit, "Come, have some tea. This is the tea that Shouyue gifted me this year; you should try it too."

In the room, besides Master Yao, there were two young girls.

Through Lu Shouyue’s introduction, Lin Wanwan learned their identities, as she had guessed, they were Master Yao’s personal disciples.

One was a direct descendant of Master Yao, named Yao Qian’er, and the other was named Lv Xiaozhen. Both were in their early twenties, from Gusu, having apprenticed with Master Yao since middle school.

This kind of intangible cultural heritage must be taught by the master hand-in-hand; large classes are ineffective.

The group first had tea, then chatted a bit, and exchanged contact information.

Lin Wanwan was more interested in Master Yao’s disciples than herself, as artists of Master Yao’s caliber were unlikely to collaborate with Lin Wanwan’s Yongtang Company, but his personal disciples held promise.

Because Lin Wanwan was operating an embroidery workshop in the Great Tang and running a physical store and cross-border e-commerce in the modern world, although she wasn’t hands-on in embroidery, she was quite articulate in talking about it—a so-called master of words.

Therefore, this meeting turned out to be quite pleasant.

Northerners drink wine, Southerners drink tea.

Besides tea, they also had a vegetarian meal together.

Huaxia people love to socialize over meals, and it’s the same everywhere.

After talking for over two hours, full of tea and food, Lin Wanwan and Lu Shouyue said their goodbyes to Master Yao and his disciples and left through the mountain gate.

"Lu Shouyue, thank you for today," Lin Wanwan said gratefully to Lu Shouyue, feeling great.

Through their conversation, Lin Wanwan had established initial understanding with Yao Qian’er and Lv Xiaozhen, with great hope for collaboration.

Lin Wanwan’s Yongtang already collaborates with embroidery workshops in Suzhou, but they are not from prestigious backgrounds and cannot compare with Master Yao, the Su Embroidery Empress, and her personal disciples.

So the embroidered products from the modern workshops are only considered mediocre and mostly sold on cross-border e-commerce platforms, not top-notch. Currently, Yongtang’s high-quality products all come from the Great Tang Embroidery Workshop, produced by embroideresses immersed in the art for a lifetime in the Great Tang.

Being able to collaborate with names of non-material cultural heritage in the modern world made Lin Wanwan quite happy, and she was naturally grateful to Lu Shouyue.

"There’s no need to be polite with me," Lu Shouyue laughed heartily, glanced at his watch, and said, "Wanwan, there’s a meteor shower today, would you like to go see it together?"