Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 652 - 650: It’s Hard to Be a Couch Potato

In the week that followed, Lin Wanwan continued her routine of traveling back and forth between the Great Tang and the modern world, enjoying the busyness.

The high society of the Great Tang had heard of Lin Wanwan’s great achievement in pulling the Cui Family back from the brink of death. Aristocratic women or wives facing childbirth began making intentional efforts to associate with Lin Wanwan.

The bustling world is all for gain; such is the way of life.

Not to mention Lin Wanwan is engaged in female medicine as a Secondary Fifth Rank Village Lady, her miraculous skills in reviving patients in obstetrics have won her the respect of nobles.

Even a low-ranking artisan in Great Tang, if excelling, can become an official at court.

Lin Wanwan herself already holds a rank, her social status is naturally beyond doubt.

Since Lin Wanwan’s arrival in Chang’an City, she was only now truly accepted by Chang’an’s high society.

Previously, whether it was due to her status as Xiao Chong’s fiancée or Empress Xiao’s support, they were merely external forces.

People no longer looked down on her rustic background; only now, standing firm with her medical skills, has she truly earned respect.

An ordinary, vague Pharmacist (title for palace female doctor) would naturally be despised, but a skilled female doctor who brings patients back to health is different; no one would dare offend her.

However, Lin Wanwan didn’t feel much about these changes. Mainly, she lived on an estate and her interactions with people in the city were somewhat superficial.

Also, she rarely pondered over others’ thoughts; as long as everyone was polite on the surface, she didn’t care if they mocked or ridiculed her behind her back.

From Lin Wanwan’s perspective, everyone seemed the same as before, polite in interactions and artfully spoken.

The only difference was perhaps the increase in invitations she received recently!

Lin Wanwan found these social gatherings quite tedious; going to the mountains with Old Sun to gather herbs was far more interesting than attending flower exhibitions, reciting poetry, and drinking games.

After attending a couple of events, she became impatient and claimed her status as Heart Lamp Saintess of Daxingshan Temple required her to maintain purity and meditation, opting out of the bustling tea parties.

To her surprise, this excuse worked well.

Everyone accepted it without considering her discourteous.

On this day, three days after the Cui woman’s childbirth, an old servant from her family delivered the deed to a tavern in East Market and fifty percent shares to Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan was slightly surprised; she had already been paid for midwifery services by Cheng Yaojin, so why was she receiving such a substantial gift now?

The Cui Family’s direct line’s dowry shop in East Market—the location alone indicated its value.

Space in East Market was as precious as gold, mostly controlled by aristocrat Gate Valves.

Merchants, both foreign and domestic, typically served as tenants; some were merely market representatives for these noble Gate Valves.

Looking at the generous gift delivered to her, Lin Wanwan raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled faintly.

The gift was perfectly timed; the Cui woman didn’t idly enjoy her confinement period, after all!

This was already the talk among Chang’an’s aristocrats who had heard about it; the Imperial Medical Bureau got its hands on an alcohol formula from Master Sun. Besides for personal use and military supply, some were distributed to various pharmacies in Chang’an City.

This alcohol was indeed a valuable asset, useful in medical fields and notable in luxury markets; anyone with insight in the Great Tang could see its potential.

Besides Master Sun and the Imperial Medical Bureau, Lin Wanwan, Village Lady of Le’an, also possessed this alcohol formula.

Initially, Lin Wanwan endorsed the alcohol formula due to Sun Simiao’s words.

Yet, with her laid-back mindset and wariness towards Chang’an’s nobility, she didn’t expand into the wine-making business.

Now, another prominent opportunity presented itself.

Accepting the tavern deed and shares from the Cui Family meant she could confidently venture into the wine-making business.

With backing from Demon Lord of Mayhem Cheng Yaojin and the Cui Family from Qinghe, her support was formidable, deterring anyone considering an unscrupulous approach.

With endorsements from Old Sun, the Cheng Family, and the Cui Family, Lin Wanwan resuming involvement with alcohol was virtually risk-free.

Originally, after Li Shimin’s sudden incursion, Lin Wanwan didn’t plan to engage further in luxury industries after creating the Soap and Music Workshop; making money in the Great Tang was far too easy for her. She could achieve wealth at nation’s level merely by trading pepper and glass.

But now, with the opportunity presenting itself, ignoring it would be too idle.

"Heavenly gifts must be seized, or one will suffer," partnering with the Cui Family would be mutually beneficial.

Time-traveling to the Zhen Guan Period in Great Tang seemed always to intertwine one with the Demon Lord of Mayhem’s family!

After accepting the deed and shares, Lin Wanwan gave the Cui Family a return gift: a bag of plump black peppercorns (quite a thoughtless gesture).

Recruitment of the tavern’s assistant shopkeeper and staff was left to Yun Shang and Cai Yun.

Lin Wanwan only made the final decision after they screened the candidates, putting little effort into it herself.

For accounting training, she assigned the experienced accountants from Soap and Music Workshop to handle it.

The old-fashioned accounting method of Great Tang took too much time, so Lin Wanwan replaced it with modern double-entry bookkeeping. Xiao Yixun, a skilled calculator, assisted her in this matter.

Xiao Yixun was like Heaven-sent help, producing vast amounts of honey from a single sugar piece; one wonders why the Xiao Family overlooked such a treasure.

Besides these matters, Lin Wanwan’s estate recently acquired some Armed Department personnel.

Even in today’s safe era, she faced an attack from desperados; in the Great Tang, self-protection was even more necessary.

Armed Department members were considered family servants.

Lin Wanwan didn’t want Ordinary Department personnel for household work; she sought Armed Department personnel.

As a Secondary Fifth Rank Village Lady and an appointed Imperial Physician, also being a disciple of Master Sun, she was more than qualified for recruiting Armed Department personnel.

Such practices were still common in Early Tang; which aristocratic family didn’t have their own Armed Department? No extra attention would be paid.

Besides, Lin Wanwan lived on a country estate; building some secret forces wasn’t highly challenging.

Though Lin Wanwan constantly dreamt of being idle, she indeed had numerous obligations.

Both in the Great Tang and the modern world, she felt overwhelmed with tasks.

Even though Soap and Music Workshop, poultry farming, and the tavern had dedicated personnel managing them, Yongtang in the modern world had a deputy helping her, there were still many things demanding her direct involvement.

Reviewing daily accounts from various places consumed significant time.

Beyond these business tasks, she continued to learn relentlessly. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Taking online courses, keeping up with mentors, transcribing prescriptions, practicing acupuncture and pulse checking, concocting medicines with Old Sun, and tasting numerous herbs; she hadn’t found time to enjoy playing the harp or Ancient Zither.

Moreover, precisely because she could exploit the time loophole between two realms, life felt even more prolonged.

Finally, amidst her busy schedule, the weekend arrived.