Song Dynasty Dreams: Marrying Zhao Pan'er at the beginning-Chapter 21 - Have a Scholar Born Soon

Chapter 21 Have a Scholar Born Soon

After a lively and noisy door-blocking ceremony, the groom finally succeeded in taking the bride away. The onlookers reluctantly dispersed from the entrance of the Li residence.

Gao You and his companions soon returned to the teahouse. By then, customers were already waiting, so Zhao Pan’er and the others hurried to serve them. Gao You found a corner, sat down, and activated the system’s check-in.

[Ding! Congratulations, you have received one pound of sugar tangerines!].

What? Sugar tangerines?

Gao You never expected the system to generate something like this.

[Ding! The system backpack has been activated. The sugar tangerines have been placed inside. Please check!].

The next moment, a backpack interface appeared in his mind.

The bag had a 9×9 grid, and the first slot contained an image of an orange with a small “6” in the bottom right corner, indicating that six tangerines were stacked together.

He wondered what the stacking limit of this system’s backpack was. If it was high enough, he might even be able to act as a merchant in the future—loading goods into the backpack and transporting them to Dongjing to sell for profit.

Gao You took out one of the sugar tangerines provided by the system. Peeling it open, it looked just like a normal tangerine.

After tasting it, he confirmed—it was indeed just an ordinary sugar tangerine. The only remarkable thing about it was its sweetness.

“Wife, open your mouth!”

Zhao Pan’er instinctively obeyed, and Gao You placed two orange slices into her mouth.

It was so sweet!

Zhao Pan’er was a little surprised.

“Where did you get these tangerines?”

The system gave them to me.

Of course, Gao You couldn’t say that out loud, but he also hadn’t gone out to buy any. Forget it, no explanation needed—time to make a run for it!

Gao You turned and walked away, leaving Zhao Pan’er shaking her head with a helpless smile.

“He really only dotes on his wife!”

Sun Sanniang teased Zhao Pan’er.

“We’re here too, but we don’t even get a single slice of tangerine?”

Zhao Pan’er copied Gao You’s reaction and pretended not to hear.

Xiao Lingdang, watching enviously, spoke up. “That bride from the Li family was wearing a phoenix coronet and red wedding robes, wasn’t she? So beautiful!”

Sun Sanniang nodded in agreement.

“It really was beautiful!”

“When Zifang grows up and gets married, I want to wear a phoenix coronet and red robes too!”

She then turned to Zhao Pan’er.

“Actually, you could wear them as well!”

Hearing this, Gao You, who was sitting nearby, instinctively thought that Sun Sanniang was trying to encourage him to take the imperial examination.

If the system ever granted him knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics, then becoming a top scholar wouldn’t be out of the question.

As he entertained this thought, Gao You took a sip of tea.

“Both you and Gao You are so intelligent!”

“If you two work hard, you could definitely give birth to a scholar!”

“Then you’ll get to wear the phoenix coronet and red robes!”

“Pfft!”

Gao You spit his tea out on the spot.

Zhao Pan’er quickly took out a handkerchief to help wipe his mouth.

Gao You looked carefully at Zhao Pan’er, who was lowering her head, busy wiping his face. Her face was now completely flushed, all the way down to the base of her neck.

As expected, this kind of topic is lethal to a young lady!

“What are you getting shy about?”

Sun Sanniang had no intention of letting Zhao Pan’er off the hook.

“You really need to put in the effort!”

“The sooner you raise a child, the sooner he can become a top scholar!”

Zhao Pan’er couldn’t handle the conversation anymore.

“Oh! Someone’s calling me!”

She quickly made up an excuse and ran away.

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Meanwhile, in Qiantang, at Wang Dashan’s house. Ouyang Xu had been chatting with Wang Dashan for a long time in the main hall.

After much persuasion, Ouyang Xu finally convinced Wang Dashan that he had nothing to do with Gao You and that he never ordered anyone to kill the dog.

“Top scholar, Gao You set you up!”

Wang Dashan looked at Ouyang Xu.

“Are you just going to let this slide?”

Ouyang Xu sighed.

“I owe Pan’er for all she has done for me. No matter what, I cannot lay a hand on her husband.”

“But I must clear my name!”

A well-crafted excuse.

Wasn’t he just afraid of taking action himself and inviting criticism?

Wang Dashan didn’t bother exposing him.

After exchanging a few more empty words, Ouyang Xu got up and left.

Wang Dashan, on the other hand, called in his servants and summoned a gang of thugs from Jiaxing overnight.

At the same time, he bribed the county constable, making arrangements to deal with Gao You the next day. Since Gao You dared to kill his dog, he had better be ready for revenge.

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After finishing his sugar tangerines, Gao You took some silver coins and left the teahouse. He had been in this world for a while but had never properly explored Qiantang. Today, he decided to see what the West Lake of the Song Dynasty looked like. He wandered around until nightfall, then returned home exhausted.

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Without modern transportation, relying solely on his two legs was truly tiring. Completely worn out, Gao You collapsed onto the bed and immediately fell asleep—too lazy even to take off his clothes.

“Take off your clothes!”

Zhao Pan’er called out urgently, but Gao You was already snoring within three seconds. Seeing this, Zhao Pan’er shook her head helplessly.

However, instead of being annoyed, she gently helped him undress, fetched some water to wipe his face and hands, and tucked him in carefully.

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At dawn, Gao You woke up early. The next second, he retrieved a classical Chinese version of ‘The Legend of the White Snake’ from his system. He had checked in at the restroom at midnight, hoping for a rare reward, but this was all he got.

“Gao Lang?”

Zhao Pan’er woke up to find Gao You reading and softly called his name.

“What’s wrong?”

Gao You looked at her in confusion. Zhao Pan’er’s cheeks flushed red as she pointed downward. Gao You suddenly realized—his arm was resting in a rather inappropriate place.