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

After the remaining Pueraria root has been settled today.

Xu Wenyan took a few men to cut bamboo.

"Xiaohu, Brother Xingjie, you guys cut the smaller bamboos, and Second Uncle, Xiaoliu, you guys cut the thicker ones."

Xu Wenyan planned to put the big one into the small one, and then use the small one to put the big one, and repeat this process to form a tube.

There are some things to pay attention to when choosing bamboo. Try to pick straight ones.

The drainage can be led from the waterfall in the mountains, and there will be no obstacles all the way down. These bamboos can be fixed to the trees with vines, and there is no need to worry about passing animals destroying the pipes.

After doing all this, Xu Wenyan led everyone to dig a water reservoir next to the bathhouse. There was no technical skill required to dig it, two people dug while the others carried the soil, and they just took turns back and forth.

It took another whole day, and by dusk they had dug more than seven meters deep.

Xu Wenyan felt that it was enough, and then he went to the creek to dig some mud and poured it at the bottom of the reservoir. He also applied some mud around the edges, and applied it thickly. Only by applying this mud would the speed at which water seeped downwards be slowed down.

After doing all this, we just have to wait for it to dry tomorrow and then we can bring water in. There is no need to worry about the reservoir being full. The water will flow back into the stream along the drainage ditch, so there is no waste at all.

When watering the fields later, you can just dig a ditch and let the water flow through, and then seal it when you are done. It is so convenient.

night.

Xu Wenyan sat on the stool and stared at the moon in a daze.

When Wang Dongmei passed by after washing clothes, she also moved a stool and sat next to him: "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Xu Wenyan sighed softly.

These days Xu Wenyan has been wondering, is he going to be trapped in this ancient time forever?

Birth, aging, sickness and death in this barren feudal society?

He has been eating wild vegetables and drinking spring water until now, and he can't even have white flour. As a time traveler, isn't he such a failure?

"Sister Dongmei, how do you feel about our life now?" Xu Wenyan turned his head and looked at this always enthusiastic elder sister.

Wang Dongmei said without thinking: "I think it's pretty good. We have a house to live in, land, food, and no one can control us. As long as we don't starve to death, we can do whatever we want. It's great."

She smiled brightly as always and added, "Before, when I was at my mother's house, my father and mother always controlled me. They said I was like a boy and not girly at all, but I am who I am.

I can live well alone without them. To be honest, brother Xu Wenyan, I admire you very much.

You can do everything, build houses, identify herbs, bake bricks, make clay pots... Oh my God, what's in your little head? It's so amazing!

If you ask me, you should be the emperor, and you can definitely make sure the people of Lin country have enough food and clothing."

Xu Wenyan responded to Wang Dongmei's smile, and in just a moment he felt relieved. It turned out that he was so powerful in their eyes.

If I think about it carefully, it seems not bad to live here. I can just treat it as traveling and sightseeing. Didn’t I always want to experience survival in the wilderness in my previous life? I might as well fulfill a wish.

And there are many people here who like him, Chen Dong, Xiaohua, Rongrong, Xiaoliu... Xiaohu, and that big silly guy.

Xu Wenyan suddenly stood up: "Sister Dongmei, I will definitely make sure we all live a good life."

"Okay! Just tell Sister Dongmei whatever you need to do. I'll be your...backing." Wang Dongmei also stood up with Xu Wenyan and smiled.

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After the water was diverted to the reservoir the next day, the first sedimentation of Pueraria powder was almost complete.

Xu Wenyan stirred it with water, cut some wild onions, added some salt, and then put some oil in the pan to fry.

The scallion pancakes made with kudzu root powder are in no way inferior to those made with flour. Except for the fact that there is less of it, there are no other disadvantages. Only thirty to forty kilograms of kudzu root powder can be obtained from hundreds of kilograms of kudzu root.

The powder produced by fern roots is less.

Zhou Jianye took Xiaohu, Chen Xingjie and Rong Xiaoliu up the mountain. They found several wild yams and kudzu vines. In order not to waste time, they put the kudzu cakes in a bamboo tube and set off.

I have been in this mountain for more than a month, and the little home I built is quite complete.

Xu Wenyan was weeding the field with a hoe, and Chen Sanlin was sitting on a small stool watching him.

The main problem now is food. I have been eating Pueraria root for two days and I need a change of taste. But to Xu Wenyan's surprise, the vegetables grown in this field are growing quite well.

Much better than he expected.

The sprouts of leeks grow very fast and the first batch can be eaten in less than half a month.

In two days, we will be able to plant wheat. The wheat on the edge of the field has already sprouted, and the terraces below have been irrigated early on.

It is already late to sow seeds now.

When Xu Wenyan went out to hunt in the wild, the other people in the family did not slack off either. Everyone wanted to make the cottage better.

Looking at the butterflies and bees circling around him, Xu Wenyan had a new idea. In his previous life, many families in the village had beehives.

Because every household has wild flowers, the competition is fierce, so in the end each household doesn't get much share. But in these mountains, wild flowers bloom from spring to autumn.

Although the taste may be a bit mixed, it is real honey.

Xu Wenyan did it right away. He went into the house, picked up the saw and walked towards the mountain.

Choose a slightly larger fir tree and chop it down. Xu Wenyan doesn't need to carry all of them back. He can just saw them into half a meter long stakes and then carry them back slowly in a backpack.

"Brother Chen, help me saw it into planks."

Because there were no nails, Xu Wenyan taught Chen Sanlin how to use the mortise and tenon structure to fix the box, and then gave him the carving knife.

"Brother Chen, make the box the right size, and leave some grooves inside for the wooden boards."

While Chen Sanlin was cutting the wood boards, Xu Wenyan made several nets with thin bamboo strips. These nets were placed in the beehives. After cutting the size, the nets could be put into the beehives.

The bees would build their nests here from then on. Because they didn't have any professional tools, the two of them worked very slowly. It took them a whole afternoon. When Zhou Jianye brought Xiaohu and the others back, they had only completed one.

"Uncle, how many kudzu roots are left?"

Zhou Jianye put down the backpack and drank several sips of boiled water: "It's almost done, there are still two more trips."

Xu Wenyan nodded: "By the way, did you see a beehive on the road?"

"Brother Xu! I saw it, it's a little far away, growing on the cliff." Rong Xiaoliu ran to Xu Wenyan and said.

"Well, take me there tomorrow." Xu Wenyan gently wiped the mud off Rong Xiaoliu's face with his hand. You can see that there are many scars on his cheeks and hands caused by thorns.

Xu Wenyan could only sigh that it was really not easy to live in these mountains.