Zhao Pan'er, who runs a tea shop in Qiantang, is shocked to hear that her fiancé, Ouyang Xu, a newly crowned scholar, is going to marry the daughter of a high-ranking official. Unwilling to accept her fate, she vows to go to the capital to seek justice. On the way, she meets Gu Qianfan, the commander of the Imperial City Division, who comes from a powerful family but is upright by nature, and is involved in a major case in Jiangnan. The two get to know each other and thus become friends. With her wisdom and beauty, Zhao Pan'er rescues Song Yinzhang, the top pipa player in Jiangnan who was deceived into marriage and was abused, and Sun Sanniang, a generous cook who was forced to run away from home by her harsh family. The three sisters have since traveled together and finally arrived in Tokyo to see the prosperity of the world. In order not to be driven away from the capital by Ouyang Xu, who is trying to climb a higher branch, Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang have gone through hardships together and developed the small teahouse into the largest restaurant in Tokyo step by step.
The specific requirements for this walking event are as follows:
1. Obtain the original Night Banquet from Zhao Paner, and the system will reward you with 100 World Origin points
2. Protect the heroine. Based on the walker's final comprehensive performance, the system will reward up to 1,000 points of world origin.
3. Please explore the related branch plots by yourself. The origin of the world is unknown.
…
You have sacrificed all the origins of the world. Your status in this walking event has been raised. Your current status is:
Name: Xiao Fan (Yuan Xudong)
Gender: Male
Age: 18 (24)
Appearance: A handsome young man, a gentleman like jade
Power: Teleporter (No world origin yet, cannot be used)
Origin of the world: None
Dimensional space: 100 cubic meters (full)
Walking assets: Rich enough to rival a country
Walking power: Xiao family (home of the envoy)
Talented skills: Horsemanship, Spear and Sword (existing status blessing, can spend 100 world origin points to permanently exchange)
Identity background: Xiao family's son, Gu family's grandson (and Gu Qianfan are brothers, Gu Qianfan stayed in the Gu family, Xiao Fan grew up with his father Xiao Qinyan)
【Xiao Qinyan】
Xiao Qinyan was born in a poor family. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 24. He was spotted by Gu Shuniang, the daughter of Gu Shenyan, the Minister of Personnel, and married into the Gu family. He had two sons, Gu Qianfan and Xiao Fan. The eldest son Gu Qianfan took his mother's surname Gu, and the second son Xiao Fan took his father's surname Xiao. Since childhood, they had conflicts between the elders and the younger ones, and there was a hierarchy. In the early period, Xiao Qinyan relied on the power of the Gu family and his career was quite smooth. In the later period, due to his desire for power and different political ideas, Xiao Qinyan took his youngest son Xiao Fan and left the Gu family. He divorced his wife Gu Shuniang, and Gu Qianfan was adopted by his uncle as a son. Gu Shuniang died early due to depression. Unlike his father Xiao Qinyan, Xiao Fan did not like to show off his literary talent. Instead, he liked swords and spears, which were despised by literati. He was quite talented and was quite famous in Tokyo. Ignorant children sang in the streets:
Young master of the Xiao family, grandson of the Gu family.
His surname is Xiao and his name is Fan, and he is of noble birth.
He is seven feet tall and eighteen years old.
He doesn't like literature and instead plays with swords and guns.
He stood on his horse with a sword in hand, and was an expert in both spear and sword.
…
A series of information suddenly emerged in Yuan Xudong's mind. He no longer cared about what Zhao Pan'er, whose face was blushing, was saying. He just felt a splitting headache and sweat all over his body. He screamed in pain and fainted again.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Yuan Xudong fainting again after shouting, Zhao Paner, who was about to paddle the raft to the shore, was startled. She quickly dropped the bamboo used to paddle the raft, ran to Yuan Xudong and poked him twice with her fingers, while saying with a worried look on her face:
"Dengtuzi, are you okay?"
"Pan'er!"
"Sanniang!"
Following the rippling water, the bamboo raft drifted towards the river bank. Seeing Zhao Pan'er standing on the bamboo raft, a woman squatting on the bluestone steps by the river bank washing clothes smiled and said:
"I made the Luming Cake this morning. I put sweet osmanthus honey in it to wish for good luck. Hey, can you help me taste it later?"
"No need to taste it. Any fruit you put on consignment with me will be sold out in less than half a day. Tea drinkers say they love my tea, but ninety-nine percent of the time they come for your fruit!"
As she spoke, Zhao Pan'er paddled the bamboo raft to the shore, looked at the rosy-faced Sun Sanniang and said anxiously:
"Sanniang, please come and give me a hand. A scoundrel fell into the water. I rescued him. He might have caught a cold. He just woke up for a moment and then fell unconscious again. Can you help me carry him to the teahouse and ask a doctor to see him later?"
"Where did this lecher come from?"
After listening to Zhao Pan'er's words, Sun Sanniang quickly put down the clothes in her hands, stood up from the bluestone steps, slightly opened her eyes and looked at the bamboo raft that was about to dock, and Yuan Xudong lying on the bamboo raft, and said excitedly:
"I've lived in Qiantang for almost nine years, but this is the first time I've seen a pervert fall into the water. Should I report it to the police?"
"No, I just said that casually!"
After paddling the bamboo raft to the shore, Zhao Pan'er swiftly jumped onto the bluestone steps, looked at Sun Sanniang and said with a smile:
"I don't think he looks like a bad guy, but he's very rude. It's better not to report to the police. You know those officials, Sanniang, if they don't have a good family background, they will be skinned alive. I think he's still young, only 18 or 19 years old, so he shouldn't be a bad guy!"
"You are kind-hearted!"
Rolling her eyes at the gentle and kind Zhao Pan'er, Sun Sanniang leaned over to look at Yuan Xudong who was still lying on the bamboo raft and said with a smile:
"But good deeds will be rewarded. If you hadn't saved Brother Ouyang from drowning three years ago, you wouldn't have had the chance to wear the phoenix crown and go to Tokyo to become the wife of a Jinshi scholar today!"
"Sanniang!"
Hearing Sun Sanniang bring up the past, Zhao Pan'er felt shy and happy, her face flushed as she said:
"Why do you keep talking about Ouyang?"
"No more, no more!"
Seeing Zhao Pan'er blushing, Sun Sanniang smiled with her hands covering her mouth, then looked at Yuan Xudong with bright eyes and said:
"What a handsome man, but what a pity that he is a pervert. What a pity!"
"Don't feel sorry for it, let's save him quickly!"
"Okay!"
As they were talking, Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang, one on each side, dragged Yuan Xudong's arms from the bamboo raft to the shore, and then helped him stagger towards the Zhao's Tea House not far away. Zhao Sanniang pulled Yuan Xudong's arm hard, lifted his hair, wiped the sweat from his forehead with her sleeve, and said with a smile:
"Pan'er, isn't this handsome man even more handsome than your brother Ouyang?"
"So what?"
After taking a look at the handsome young man, Zhao Paner curled her lips and said disdainfully:
"It's just a piece of rotten skin. Ouyang has been well-read since childhood, so he wouldn't be as rude as him, a pervert!"
“That’s it!”
Smiling, looking at Zhao Pan'er who only had Ouyang Xu in her eyes, Sun Sanniang said:
"Who can compare with the scholar?"
"No way!"
Looking at Sun Sanniang who was teasing her, Zhao Pan'er supported Yuan Xudong as they walked, and said embarrassedly:
"I don't know if Ouyang can pass the exam this year!"
“I’m sure I’ll pass!”
Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was full of worry, Sun Sanniang comforted her:
"He failed the exam before because he was unlucky. But since you saved his life, and served him for three years with a red skirt and green handkerchief, adding water and rice, his luck has changed. Just wait and see. My eyes are not only good at judging pigs, but also people. Your Ouyang will definitely pass the imperial examination this time!"
Looking at Sun Sanniang who was comforting her randomly, Zhao Pan'er, who had read some books before, said with a smile:
"That's called a red-sleeved lady!"
"Oh, who cares about the red sleeves adding fragrance or the green sleeves adding fragrance? They all mean the same thing. It's enough if you can understand them!"
"Too!"
…
The wind chimes rang, and Yuan Xudong slowly opened his eyes. What he saw was a rather simple bamboo house. At this moment, he was lying on a bed made of bamboo, covered with a somewhat rough quilt. He lifted the quilt, got up from the bed, and looked outside the bamboo house. There were curtains made of bamboo mats. The breeze was blowing gently . Wind chimes made of bamboo boards hung under the eaves swayed in the wind, making clear and pleasant sounds. Looking into the distance, the rippling blue lake seemed to have no end. Occasionally, a few large ships passed by in the distance, and finally only the shadow of a sail was left.
Yuan Xudong was wearing an ancient coarse cloth garment, the color and style of which had no aesthetic appeal at all. It was also uncomfortable, a little itchy, and a little drafty. While there was no one around, he quickly took off his clothes, then took out a set of close-fitting cotton clothes from the dimensional space and put them on, then covered himself with the coarse cloth garment. After changing his clothes, Yuan Xudong moved his limbs, stretched his legs, kicked his feet, and felt much more comfortable.
Without leaving the bamboo house in a hurry, Yuan Xudong took out a mirror from the space. He was still wearing the black nightgown when he came. Logically speaking, this body now should be his original one. He looked in the mirror and found that he was still the same as before, just a little younger, with long hair. This was probably the reasonable identity arranged by the system for him to "voluntarily" sacrifice the entire origin of the world. He spent so much money to buy a father, was he going to let his father down?
After putting the mirror away, Yuan Xudong walked out of the bamboo house. This was a teahouse built on the edge of the lake. Yuan Xudong had just slept in the side room. When he walked out of the door, he came to the lobby where the teahouse business was run. There were plaques with the words "Fragrant as Orchid and Osmanthus" and "The Aroma of Orchid" hanging in the room. There were also many wooden tables and chairs with tea sets in the lobby. The shopkeeper's wife who was making tea was extremely beautiful. Outside the teahouse, there were endless blue waves and a gentle breeze. It was indeed a great place to drink tea and relax!
"Lord Kuixing, please bless Ouyang and make sure he doesn't fail the exam again this time!"
Yuan Xudong walked out of the side room and happened to see Zhao Pan'er kowtowing to an ancient painting, so he smiled and said:
"Everyone kowtows. Who do you think Master Kuixing should help?"
Ignoring Yuan Xudong and kowtowing devoutly, Zhao Paner stood up from the ground, looked at Yuan Xudong and said directly:
"I'm glad you're awake. When you were unconscious, I hired a doctor for you. I also bought the clothes you're wearing for two hundred coins. Give me the money!"
"Two hundred coins?"
After listening to Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong thought about it. In the Northern Song Dynasty, one tael of gold was equal to ten taels of silver, one tael of silver was equal to one string of copper coins, and one string of copper coins was equal to one thousand coins. Of course, this is an approximate ratio. In specific terms, the exchange rates between different periods, different places, and even the fineness of the currency itself will be different. Other measurement units are:
One liang is equal to 37.30 grams
One stone is equal to 75.96 kilograms
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, the price of rice in the capital was 700 wen per dan, or 9.22 wen per kilogram of rice. By the same token, the price of rice would vary greatly in different periods and places. If there was a famine, the wealthy families would collude with officials in the court to hoard rice and sell it for ten times or even dozens of times the price per kilogram. Calculated at 9.22 wen per kilogram of rice, 200 wen would only buy 21.69 kilograms of rice, which was very cheap for Yuan Xudong.
I just don't know whether it is expensive for most of the natives. He has no idea about it at all. After all, there are 26 million taels of gold in the dimensional space, not to mention those scattered properties.
In general, if it was just a matter of who had more money, Yuan Xudong should be richer than the current emperor. Looking at Yuan Xudong's slightly stunned face, Zhao Pan'er thought he was penniless. When someone changed Yuan Xudong's clothes, he had nothing on him except the nightgown made of strange fabric, let alone money. The reason why Zhao Pan'er asked him for money was to make him shut up for a while, so that he wouldn't say something annoying or inexplicable all the time.
"No money, huh?"
Zhao Pan'er looked at Yuan Xudong with her big eyes and said angrily.
“No money!”
There was no excuse for him to stay with Zhao Pan'er, so Yuan Xudong simply followed her words and said:
"But don't worry, I will definitely pay you back. It's just two hundred coins. How about I stay and work for you?"
"Puchi~~"
“Haha~~”
Yuan Xudong had just finished speaking, and Zhao Pan'er hadn't spoken yet, when Sun Sanniang, who was in the teahouse next to him, burst out laughing and said:
"You are such an interesting person, are you attracted to our Pan'er?"
"Sanniang, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Zhao Paner said angrily.
Looking at Sun Sanniang, a woman with a rosy face and graceful demeanor, who came out of the teahouse next door carrying a plate of fruit, and who looked quite similar to Liu Shitou, with big and plump breasts, Yuan Xudong recited a poem and laughed:
"Spring | The water is bluer than the sky, I sleep in a painted boat listening to the rain, the woman beside the wine shop is like the moon, her white wrists are like frost and snow, Miss Pan'er is that graceful lady, so I am naturally a gentleman's ideal match, is that not okay?"
"Bah, you are a gentleman too?"
Rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner said unhappily:
"I think you are a pervert. I don't want the money. Please leave now!"
"I won't leave. What I hate most is owing people favors and not paying them back!"
Looking at the unhappy Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong bowed his hands and said seriously:
"Miss Pan'er, you saved my life. I cannot thank you enough. If you don't mind, I am willing to stay by your side and work like a slave to repay you for saving my life. How about that?"
"No, I don't mind. Please leave now. This is a teahouse. I don't need any cows or horses!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong's boastful words, Zhao Pan'er felt more and more troubled. How come this man was like a dog-skin plaster, and he couldn't get rid of him even if he wanted to? Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was full of disgust but helpless, and Yuan Xudong who was pretending to be determined to repay his kindness, Sun Sanniang smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth:
"Pan'er, how about this? Let him stay in the store and do odd jobs, or even fetch water!"
"Sanniang!"
"It's okay, just look at me!"
After comforting Zhao Pan'er with her eyes, Sun Sanniang coughed twice, cleared her throat, looked at Yuan Xudong and whispered:
" Who?"
"My name is Yuan Xudong. You can just call me Yuan Xudong, or Xudong!"
"Bah, you lecher!"
After rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong, Sun Sanniang blushed and said:
"Young Master Yuan, go hang up the teahouse opening sign outside the yard. If it weren't for the delay in saving you, Pan'er's teahouse would have opened early in the morning. Did you know that?"
"I know, I know. I will work hard to repay Miss Pan'er for saving my life. When I make money in the future, I will definitely make up for Miss Pan'er's loss today!"
"Well, that's all you need to know!"
As if she was quite satisfied with Yuan Xudong's answer, Sun Sanniang nodded and said with a smile:
"Go ahead and hang the sign on the right side of the yard. Don't make the wrong one!"
"Okay, don't worry!"
After agreeing, Yuan Xudong ran out of the teahouse. After he left, Zhao Paner looked at Sun Sanniang, who had a smirk on her face, and rolled her eyes and said:
"Sanniang, what on earth do you want to do?"
"It's okay, I just think he's so stupid, let's tease him and see if he's really stupid or just pretending!"
"But……"
"Oh, it's okay. Look at his delicate skin and tender flesh. He can't bear any hardship. If you assign him more dirty and tiring work, maybe he will sneak away!"
"What if he doesn't run?"
"Don't pay him. Only a fool would run away if he works without getting paid. Besides, you are going to Tokyo soon. If he is really honest and reliable, it would be nice to let him help run the shop after you leave!"
"Okay, that's it!"
…
At the entrance of the teahouse, Yuan Xudong was holding a wooden sign that read "Tea Available" and was in a dilemma. Which right side was this? Was it the right side when standing outside the teahouse and looking inside, or the right side when standing inside the teahouse and looking out?
After thinking for a while, Yuan Xudong hung the wooden sign on the right hand side when standing outside the teahouse and looking inside. This sign indicating that the teahouse is open is for customers coming in to see. The ancient people also had the habit of writing from right to left. It's fine, nothing wrong with it!
After hanging up the sign, Yuan Xudong ran back to the teahouse happily. He first got acquainted with Zhao Pan'er, then got the Night Banquet Map from her hand, and sold it to the system in exchange for the Origin of the World. Without the Origin of the World, Yuan Xudong would have no sense of security in his life. What if a bad guy wanted to harm him?
Entering the teahouse, Sun Sanniang was chatting and laughing with Zhao Pan'er:
"Pan'er, let's have a competition today to see which one opens first, your tea or my fruit!"
"OK!"
Seeing Yuan Xudong coming in, Sun Sanniang said with a smile:
"Hang it up?"
"It's hung up!"
"That's good, you mop the floor first, then wipe the tables and chairs!"
Looking at the rather large teahouse, with more than a dozen tables and more than forty chairs, Yuan Xudong looked at Zhao Paner and said:
"I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?"
"Well……"
Seeing Yuan Xudong who was obviously trying to shirk his responsibilities, Sun Sanniang frowned and said:
"It's neither early nor late. What do you want to eat?"
After taking a look at Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong turned his gaze towards her fruit and said:
“Can I eat that fruit?”
Looking at Yuan Xudong who wanted to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus-filled fruit she made, Sun Sanniang smiled and said:
"Okay, ten cents each, do you want to eat one?"
Seeing that Sun Sanniang and Zhao Pan'er were looking at him teasingly, Yuan Xudong pretended to smile very honestly, then scratched his hair and said with an embarrassed smile:
"Well, can I buy on credit?"
"You're going to eat one for ten cents?"
Looking at the somewhat silly Yuan Xudong, Sun Sanniang rolled her eyes and said with a smile:
"It seems that you are really a fool. Go and eat quickly. After you finish eating, go back to work. You are only allowed to eat three!"
"Okay!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who ran to eat the Luming Cake, Zhao Paner shook her head slightly and said with a smile:
"I originally thought he was an uneducated and unlearned scoundrel, but now it seems that he might really have a problem with his brain and can't even distinguish the most basic common sense!"
"Could he be pretending?"
“Probably not!”
After thinking about it, Zhao Pan'er shook her head slightly and said:
"I saw that he looked very calm, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with the ten-cent Luming Cake. He probably didn't understand this!"
"So stupid?"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was sitting at a table not far away and eating Luming Cake, Sun Sanniang suddenly opened her eyes slightly and exclaimed:
"Oh, my Luming Pancake!"
She rushed to the table where Yuan Xudong was sitting, snatched all the Luming Cakes she had made, and held them in her arms, angrily saying:
"We agreed to only eat three, why did you eat so much?"
"No, I only ate three!"
Putting the last piece of Luming Cake into his mouth, Yuan Xudong said confidently:
"You said three Luming biscuits, not three pieces. I only opened three lotus leaf packages, right?"
"you……"
After looking at the somewhat embarrassed Zhao Pan'er with a rather resentful look, Sun Sanniang looked at the somewhat complacent Yuan Xudong and said with gritted teeth:
"Then let's say three, that's thirty coins in total, give me the money!"
"Well……"
Looking at the somewhat angry Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong pointed at Zhao Paner and said:
"You can ask her for it. She's my boss!"
"you……"
Looking at Yuan Xudong, who was not stupid at all, Sun Sanniang said bitterly:
"Forget it, I'm the fool!"
After rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong, Sun Sanniang walked towards Zhao Paner holding her Luming Cake. At this moment, two guests walked in from outside the teahouse and said with a smile:
"Madam Zhao, bring me a pot of Xieyuan tea!"
"Okay!"
After bowing to the two guests, Zhao Pan'er went to the teahouse next door to prepare tea. Sun Sanniang walked with her. She looked at Sun Sanniang and smiled:
“I won!”
"That's right, who dares to compete with the future Jinshi wife, Madam Ouyang, in luck?"
"Oh, I've told you so many times that you can't tell anyone else about what happened between him and me!"
After looking at the guests who were still chatting not far away, Zhao Pan'er looked at Sun Sanniang and whispered:
"Scholars care about this the most. There are quite a few people in Qiantang who know my past!"
"You don't have to think so much. When he takes you to Tokyo, you'll be wearing the phoenix crown and bridal robe, and you won't leave the house. Who will recognize you?"
"I think so too, so I bought some land in my hometown a long time ago. When I go to Tokyo, I will be the Lady Zhao from Dengzhou!"
"It turns out that this was planned long ago. Who was the one who was worried that Mr. Ouyang would fail the exam?"
"Don't you dare laugh at me!"
"Hey, why am I laughing at you?"
Sun Sanniang rolled her eyes at Zhao Pan'er and said with a smile:
"We are all women, so who doesn't want to marry a good man who can rely on them for life?"
"yes!"
After listening to Sun Sanniang, Zhao Paner sighed:
"Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are ranked last, and I am from a humble background. Fortunately, Ouyang doesn't look down on my background!"
"What's there to dislike about him?"
Looking at Zhao Pan'er who always cared about her lowly origin, Sun Sanniang spoke up for her:
"If you hadn't spent a lot of money to help Mr. Ouyang buy land and register him, and if you hadn't raised him for three years, would he have had the opportunity to go to Tokyo to take the imperial examination? What's more, you saved his life when he almost drowned. For such a great favor, he should be your slave. Besides, our Pan'er is so beautiful, and her family is just a little bit inferior. How can he be wronged?"
Looking at Sun Sanniang who was speaking up for her, Zhao Pan'er was quite moved and said:
"Thank you, Sanniang!"
"No need, we are good sisters, why are you so polite?"
"Yeah, good sisters!"