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

Xu Wenyan helped Chen Sanlin walk up the mountain.

After staying at home for more than ten days, Chen Sanlin really felt bored.

"Just go up the mountain to take a look, why are you bringing this thing with you?" Xu Wenyan pointed at the bow and arrow behind Chen Sanlin.

"Just in case we meet, we should be prepared..."

Before Chen Sanlin could finish his words, a pheasant jumped out from the bushes.

The two people and the chicken looked at each other...

The pheasant still looked at the two of them with wisdom, without moving.

"call out--"

"Haha, what did I say? It's better to be prepared." Chen Sanlin said proudly while hugging Xu Wenyan.

Xu Wenyan walked over with a smile and picked up the chicken that had been pierced through the body.

"No, Brother Chen, will we become stupid if we eat this chicken? It doesn't look very smart." This pheasant looks very beautiful with colorful colors, but it doesn't have much meat.

"You're smart enough, it shouldn't have any impact."

Xu Wenyan was not embarrassed at all by Chen Sanlin's flattery. Just as he was about to walk towards Chen Sanlin with the chicken, he caught a glimpse of vines of varying thicknesses, like hemp ropes, hanging at the bottom of the hill.

Xu Wenyan just felt familiar, but couldn't remember what it was for a moment.

"What are you looking at?" Chen Sanlin jumped over on one leg.

"Brother Chen, what kind of vine is that?"

Following the direction of Xu Wenyan's finger, Chen Sanlin looked over and said, "That's kudzu vine, which can be used to weave things. We have a very large basket at home that is made of this.

I heard that I can make clothes, but I don’t know how.”

"Boom."

Xu Wenyan kissed Chen Sanlin on the face: "Brother Chen, you are awesome."

Chen Sanlin was stunned at first, then he touched the place where Xu Wenyan kissed and smiled foolishly. Before he could react, Xu Wenyan had already run back to get the hoe.

When he limped back, Xu Wenyan had already left with Xiaohu and Rong Xiaoliu.

"Brother Xu, it's not time to pick the kudzu vines yet, what are we doing here?"

Kudzu vines are usually harvested in July and August, when they contain the most fiber.

Xu Wenyan cleared the weeds around the kudzu vine and said, "Just dig it up. Its roots are edible."

Although Xiaohu has never eaten it, but if Brother Xu says it is edible, then it must be edible.

The three men dug diligently and soon saw a thick tuberous root with a few hairs and a smooth surface. It looked similar to a sweet potato, but much larger.

Pueraria root can be ground into powder and made into a snack. It is also delicious even if it is soaked in hot water. It can also be cooked directly. If you are really hungry, you can peel it and eat it raw.

At the same time, Pueraria root can also be used as medicine, which has the effects of relieving muscles and reducing fever, promoting body fluid, and clearing rashes.

But for now, we can't worry about its medicinal use. The key point is that this thing is very delicious. Even though there is only one, it is actually very time-consuming and laborious to dig it out.

Xu Wenyan picked up the machete and chopped at the kudzu vine sideways. The vine was really strong. It bounced back every time the machete was cut, causing Xu Wenyan's arms and wrists to ache.

This guy also grows deep, but compared to yam, it's child's play. It took more than an hour to dig out the main trunk of the kudzu root, and there are still many branches buried around it.

The three of them were unable to lift the Pueraria root, so they had to divide it into two sections and carry it back together.

After Zhou Jianye and Chen Xingjie were called over, the five men dug separately and it took them more than two hours to complete the task.

Xu Wenyan didn't expect that the digging would take a whole day.

Just one old Pueraria root weighs at least hundreds of kilograms.

When the men returned, the gravel road on the right had been paved by the two women and children.

Because I don't know how to eat Pueraria root, I'm sitting at the door waiting for them to come back.

"Oh, I thought the ones you brought back were the biggest ones, but there are still so many." Wang Dongmei hurried forward to help: "Hey, it's really heavy."

"Sister Dongmei, there's more on the hillside. We have to go there twice more." Xiaohu fanned himself with his hands. His clothes were soaked after digging for so long.

"Go and bring it back. I have to cook."

Hearing Xu Wenyan talking about cooking, their appetites were aroused again. Although they had just eaten frogs at noon, Chen Sanlin brought back a pheasant at noon.

All the hair was plucked clean and kept by Chen Sanlin to make tail feathers.

"Aunt, please peel some Pueraria root, just peel and cut into pieces." Xu Wenyan was chopping a chicken. Actually, there was nothing much to chop. It was such a small chicken, so it was chopped up in two strokes.

Boil water in a pot and stew the kudzu root and pheasant together. Since the pheasant meat is relatively firm, it is okay to stew them together. Add a little salt and sprinkle with wild onions at the end.

"Uncle, when can we eat?" Chen Dong squatted on the ground and looked at the pot, saliva already flowing out of his mouth.

"Haha, it's still early, let's go play for a while."

Xu Wenyan pulled Chen Dong out and took advantage of this time to make a large pottery jar with yellow mud. If he wanted to make kudzu powder, he must have a jar.

The shape doesn't matter, as long as it's big enough.

At this time, he had to use his childhood skills in playing with mud. As he had no friends as a child, Xu Wenyan played with himself, climbing trees, taking bird eggs, and playing with mud. He did not miss any of them.

I still remember when I was in middle school, the art teacher asked them to bring plasticine. Xu Wenyan simply made a big ball of mud and carried it to school. That day he became the coolest boy in the class.

He was even generous enough to put a lump of mud on the desk of the prettiest girl in the class.

But in the end, it seemed that the girl cried, and Xu Wenyan didn't know why.

"Look at this, everyone. The most important thing about making a clay pot is shaping. As long as the general shape is right, it's a success. Let's focus on practicality."

In half an hour, Xu Wenyan and several children made more than ten clay pots of various sizes, but they didn't know how many survivors would be left in the end.

As Xiaohu and the others brought back the last bit of kudzu root, the aroma of pheasant on the stove also wafted out from the pot.

"I told you that Brother Xu can stew chicken. Xiaoliu, it's your turn to wash your brother Huzi's clothes this week." Xiaohu put his arms around Rong Xiaoliu's neck and laughed.

"Tsk, just wash it."

Although it was called chicken, each person actually only got two or three pieces of meat. However, Xu Wenyan cooked a lot of soup, which was enough to make you full. The kudzu root was also stewed until it was soft and tender. Although it was a little bitter, it was still acceptable.

"Wen Yan, when are we going to build a bathhouse? It doesn't matter to us men, but we have a girl in this family." Zhou Jianye suggested.

Chen Sanlin also nodded: "Yes, it must be repaired." He hasn't even seen his own wife yet, so he can't let her get away with it to these bastards.

Xu Wenyan spat out a bone and nodded, "Okay, let's set up tomorrow."

A mouthful of delicious chicken soup makes the day's hard work all worthwhile.