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

Xu Wenyan thought about it.

It's not a good idea to have the river breeze blowing all the time in the fall and winter.

Xu Wenyan decided to build an orchard a little bit upwards from the river. It was not because other trees were not acceptable, but because fruit trees were more cost-effective.

With the idea in mind, the family took action the next day.

There were still a lot of stones in front of the river, so the whole family worked together to clear them. Those who were strong moved the big ones, and those who were weak moved the small ones.

These stones were not placed randomly. Xu Wenyan used these stones to build the road. He scattered the small stones one by one on the upward slope. It was not only anti-slip but also kept his feet from getting dirty with mud on rainy days.

Xu Wenyan was also convinced. No matter where he went, there was always a slope to get in the way. When he was in Jixiang Village, there was an extremely steep uphill slope.

It took a lot of effort to flatten the steep slope back then, and this slope is not easy to level either.

Looking at the river ahead where the water level has dropped a bit, Xu Wenyan plans to make some funnel traps to catch small fish after the renovation. Having different ways of eating every day is what life is all about.

After expressing his feelings, Xu Wenyan lowered his head and moved the stones under his feet. The stones loosened slightly, and some small black beetles ran out from them.

This kind of insect is not very lethal to Xu Wenyan, as long as it has no legs or many legs, it will be fine. After looking at it for a long time, this beetle is still quite handsome compared to the caterpillar.

"Brother Chen! Put the big rocks on the side and the small ones inside." This is done for both aesthetics and safety. The big rocks on the side can act as a guardrail.

"Brother Xu! Why are there cockroaches under the stone?" Rong Xiaoliu was beside Xu Wenyan, pointing at the black and brown bugs running fast on the ground.

Xu Wenyan stared at it for a long time. The insect's body was flat and smooth, with a long streamlined shape. Its dorsal and ventral sides were arched, and it looked a bit like a cockroach.

But upon closer inspection, you can notice that its antennae are much shorter and rounder than those of a cockroach.

"Is this a water beetle?" Xu Wenyan was still a little unsure. Water beetles have very high requirements for water quality. Xu Wenyan had only seen them in rice fields when he was very young.

I haven't seen it for more than ten years, and today I saw it here.

Seeing Xu Wenyan's happy expression, Rong Xiaoliu knew that this must be a good thing. He pretended to pounce on it and chased the water lice for a long time, but still let it run away.

Dytiscidae is an insect of the genus Dytiscidae in the family Dytiscidae in the order Coleoptera. It is also called water cockroach. It has excellent water properties and can also be killed by high temperature and dried to make medicine.

Water beetles are cold in nature and sweet in taste. They have the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, reducing urination, promoting blood circulation and strengthening tendons. They can also be used to remove freckles. In the previous life, a pound of water beetles on the market cost 150 yuan, but now they are only getting more and more expensive.

Moreover, its meat is delicious, crispy and refreshing, and it is high in protein and low in fat. There is no reason why people sell it at such a high price. Eating water leeches can prevent high blood pressure, obesity and other diseases.

"Xiao Liu, stop chasing it, it's just a black bug." Xiao Hu said as he stretched.

Xu Wenyan looked at Xiaohu and said, "This thing is delicious, even better than bamboo maggots."

Xiaohu's eyes lit up: "Delicious?!"

"Look at you, you only care about eating." Wang Dongmei also put down the backpack in her hand and mocked him mercilessly.

Seeing this, Xu Wenyan smiled evilly again: "It can be used as medicine to remove freckles."

"Go. Remove the freckles!" Not only Wang Dongmei, but also Wang Cuijuan was upset. After all, they were women, and women had a grudge against freckles all their lives. Now that they heard that this insect could remove the freckles, the two women stopped working and helped Xiaohu catch the insects.

Zhou Jianye shook his head helplessly: "This woman and the child just can't keep their cool, unlike us grown men."

"This thing has an aphrodisiac effect," Xu Wenyan added.

"Ah?" Zhou Jianye just expressed his doubts and looked back, and saw Chen Sanlin and Chen Xingjie, who were beside him just now, also followed him to move the stones in the blink of an eye.

Isn't this a slap in the face?

This water beetle is really hard to catch. Not only can it run very fast, it can also run on water!

This is so unfair!

How can it run on water?

After working for an hour, they only caught more than twenty fish.

Xu Wenyan couldn't stand it any longer: "Alright, stop wasting time, we need to make a basket net with cloth, how long will it take you to catch them if you keep catching them like this?

After locking up the twenty or so water beetles, the whole family continued to work.

After a whole day of work, the orchard construction project is only half completed. We need to speed up.

The longer you wait, the harder it will be for the fruit tree to survive, after all, the weather is going to get cooler.

"Wife, how do you make that basket net you talked about during the day?" Chen Sanlin sat on the kang, carefully studying the thing Xu Wenyan talked about during the day.

Of course Xu Wenyan knew what he was holding back on.

With his bull-like body, there's no point in supplementing it.

"You are so stupid. Use this iron to make a sleeve and sew the cloth bag on the wire." Xu Wenyan took the bamboo pole from his hand and said, "Go out and get the wire."

In just a few minutes, Xu Wenyan made two. It was not that he didn't want to make more, but there were not so many cloth bags at home for him to use.

With this it will be much easier to press tomorrow.

When Xiaohu came back today, he was clamoring for food. It was just a little bit, not enough to eat.

The next day, the weather was slightly cool.

Xu Wenyan was shaken by the excited people.

With torches in hand, they started catching water lice by the river.

Xu Wenyan yawned and sat on a big rock watching the group of people like an excited female monkey, shouting "Awooo Awooo" excitedly every time she caught a water beetle.

It's really interesting to just hold my head up and watch them make a fuss.

When the sun rises completely, it's time to start the work. We must finish turning over the orchard today.

The family was busy until the afternoon. At lunch time, Xiaohu was clamoring for food again. Xu Wenyan asked him to wait. After they thoroughly turned over the orchard, which was no longer free of stones, with a hammer, they finished the work.

"Brother Xu! Brother Xu! Let's start quickly." Xiaohu and a few other little ones followed Xu Wenyan like little tails with anticipation on their faces.

It's also Xu Wenyan's fault for talking too much about this thing, but Xu Wenyan didn't exaggerate. It really does have these effects. Today, Xu Wenyan was also generous enough to use oil to fry it.

Such high-end food must be prepared to taste better.

First, scald them with hot water, then pick the big ones and put them into the pot. Just add a little salt to the oil and the aroma of the protein will come out.

After taking it out of the water, Xiaohu started eating it before it even cooled down.

"Hiss, it's hot, hot." When his left hand couldn't bear the heat anymore, he switched to his right hand, which made Xu Wenyan so teased that he could hardly hold the spatula steadily.

But this thing really smells good. After removing the shell, eat the abdomen of the water beetle first, just like eating crab roe, and it tastes like milk.

After that, you can just chew the other parts dry, they are crispy and refreshing.

It’s just a healthy snack, and everyone who eats it enjoys it.