Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

Xu Wenyan was walking slowly in the county town alone, wearing an extremely incongruous plain clothes and red cloth shoes.

It’s not that he’s not anxious.

The problem is, he doesn't know where the pharmacy is.

Although he hadn't found a pharmacy yet, the things sold by the vendors along the way had attracted his attention.

There were some insect repellent sachets, unique palm-leaf fans, and even a large jar for sale. The jar was one meter high and the workmanship was quite fine. Such a large jar would cost a full one or two taels of silver. Xu Wenyan was a pauper now, so he just had to take a look.

Moreover, vegetables in this era were quite abundant. Some daily vegetables were available here. He also saw peanuts and tomatoes. You should know that these things were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen in this dynasty today, so it seems that it does not belong to any dynasty in Chinese history.

It’s difficult.

Following the hawker's instructions, Xu Wenyan came to Dejitang, which is considered a famous pharmacy in the county. As soon as he stepped inside, he could see many people waiting to have their pulse taken.

Xu Wenyan walked to the other side. The medicine boy saw that Xu Wenyan was not going there to take the patient's pulse, so he asked him what he needed to buy.

"How do we sell this deer antler?"

The medicine boy subconsciously thought that this thin man was here to buy deer antlers, but seeing how thin he was, he really needed some supplements: "It depends on the quality, but the price is still quite expensive. Other cheaper herbs can be used instead."

Xu Wenyan knew what the medicine boy meant. He saw that he was wearing clothes made of the cheapest linen and was afraid that he could not afford it. However, the medicine boy's attitude was still okay, unlike Zhao Tiezhu with a mouth full of yellow teeth.

When the medicine boy saw Xu Wenyan starting to take something out of his pocket, he thought he was trying to see if he had enough money. Unexpectedly, the thin man took out a dark blue cloth that was filled with money. If it was money, how much would that be?

When Xu Wenyan took out the antlers, the medicine boy was also shocked. Although the antlers were not particularly large, they were a complete pair. After discussing with the old doctor, he sold the two pairs of antlers for five taels and two hundred coins. This price was within Xu Wenyan's expectations.

After waiting in line for a while, the old doctor immediately saw what was wrong with Xu Wenyan: "Although he was born weak, he should have gotten better by the age of five or six if he was well cared for. Why is his condition getting worse? What other symptoms are there?"

"I cough when I'm tired, when I'm angry, and my hands and feet are a little cold."

The old doctor stroked his beard and said, "It should be asthma." The old doctor said a few words to the medicine boy, and the medicine boy went to get the medicine. The only ones Xu Wenyan could understand were almonds, ephedra and perilla leaves, and he couldn't understand a few other herbs.

"Take it for half a month first. If it works, keep taking it. If it doesn't, I'll switch to a stronger one. Also, pay more attention to rest and eat good food. I won't prescribe any supplements for you."

"Thank you, doctor." Xu Wenyan nodded and paid five hundred and fifty coins for the medicine. Fifty coins were the consultation fee. You have to know that this was only half a month's worth of medicine. It turned out that taking medicine was expensive no matter what era it was.

Besides, Xu Wenyan's disease is a chronic one, so it naturally needs to be treated slowly.

After leaving Dejitang, Xu Wenyan looked at his clothes and shook his head. His mysophobia had attacked him many times, but the word "poor" suppressed his frustration.

He went to several cloth shops and bought a batch of dark and ultramarine cloth, a roll of black needle and thread, and four pairs of cloth shoes. Chen Sanlin's feet were about 44,45 or in size, so it was easy to make up for the two little ones, at most they could just use insoles.

Yesterday I saw that the roof of the mud house was leaking a bit, and I wondered if it could survive the winter. I still wanted to buy two quilts, but he couldn't afford them. Just two pieces of cloth were enough, and it cost more than ten or two taels of silver to buy them.

Xu Wenyan was holding Bu and waiting for Chen Sanlin and others at the city gate. A beggar bumped past Xu Wenyan.

The beggar only felt something cool, and when he raised his hand, he found that his fingers were interlocked with that of the thin man.

"Little beggar, it's not right to touch money in broad daylight." Xu Wenyan clasped the little beggar's hand with five fingers.

"You, let me go." The little beggar looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. Although his face was dirty, he was not ugly from his outline, and his limbs were healthy.

Xu Wenyan was pulled so hard by the little beggar that it hurt: "Hey, if you move around, I'll call you and you'll hit someone."

"You..." The little beggar wanted to struggle but then thought of what Xu Wenyan had just said, and looked at Xu Wenyan with a pout in grievance.

He just wanted to make a few cents and have a meal, what's the big deal now?

Holding hands with a skinny man and still being threatened by him.

Xu Wenyan was also amused by the little beggar's expression: "What's your name?" Xu Wenyan slowly released his fingers and raised his chin towards the little beggar.

"Rong Xiaoliu." Rong Xiaoliu didn't want to tell this man, but he didn't know why this thin man in front of him seemed to have extraordinary aura.

Xu Wenyan rubbed his fingers, which had turned red. "What kind of difficulties did you encounter? Do you have to rely on stealing?"

"I'm hungry." Rong Xiaoliu still looked aggrieved.

"Pick up my cloth and follow me." Xu Wenyan took Rong Xiaoliu to the intersection ahead, where Wen Qiang's ox cart was still waiting for them.

After putting the cloth and shoes away, Xu Wenyan took Rong Xiaoliu back to the county: "Help me move things, and I'll treat you to a meal."

"Ah?" Rong Xiaoliu looked at Xu Wenyan as if he were a fool. He had only helped him carry the cloth and walked a few steps, so why did he treat him to a meal?

Xu Wenyan saw that Rong Xiaoliu was looking at him strangely and immediately flicked his forehead: "Who taught you to look at your elders like this... ahem."

"Ah, it hurts." Rong Xiaoliu rubbed his forehead and put on an aggrieved expression.

So Xu Wenyan took the child to a place selling steamed buns. Steamed buns cost one cent each, so Xu Wenyan bought five. He handed two steamed buns to Rong Xiaoliu and said, "I, your brother, don't have that much money, so I can only treat you to this." After thinking about it, Xu Wenyan bought five more buns. A meat bun cost three cents. Although it was a bit expensive, Xu Wenyan didn't feel particularly bad about it.

He has always adhered to the idea that people should eat well and use good things while they are alive, so this little money is not enough.

He stuffed another meat bun into Rong Xiaoliu's hand and said, "We are real men with hands and feet. You can earn a few coins a day by unloading goods. You can't let yourself starve to death. You are not a child anymore. Regardless of how ambitious we are, at least don't starve yourself. It's better to suffer a little and be tired than to be hungry all the time."

Xu Wenyan wanted to say something else, but when he saw Rong Xiaoliu's eyes were full of tears and he looked like he was about to cry, he realized that he had been a little too long-winded.

"Ahem, well, that's it." Xu Wenyan didn't pay much attention to the beggar.

He bought another bottle of soy sauce and went back to the ox cart to wait.