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

Xiaohu and his two companions arrived at noon the next day.

Just in time for dinner.

"Brother Xu!"

Xiaohu came over with a backpack filled with flour, a small jar of honey, and some vegetables grown at home.

"Wow, you're quick." Xu Wenyan helped take the backpack off Xiaohu.

"Brother Xu, you need our help."

"Yes, come in and eat, Second Uncle, come in quickly." He lowered his head and smiled at Rong Xiaoliu, then rubbed his head: "Let's go, Brother Xu made some pancakes."

During the meal, Xu Wenyan told everyone his thoughts.

"No problem. When our village suffered from famine a few years ago, it was so miserable." Thinking of the past, Zhou Jianye sighed again and again: "If we knew there were so many things to eat at that time, we wouldn't be so miserable."

But then again, there was nothing to eat at that time, and we just ate whatever we saw. Just thinking about it makes me scared.

After dinner, Xiaoman went to gather everyone together.

Because Chen Sanlin was worried about either Xiaoman or Luo Sanyuan forming a team with Xu Wenyan, he arranged for Xiao Liu to be the soldier with Xu Wenyan.

He is the youngest one, and Chen Sanlin is most at ease with him.

"Hehe, Brother Xu, this is the first time I go on a mission by myself."

Looking at this young man who was only about seventeen or eighteen years old, Xu Wenyan also sighed that it was great to be young, as he was full of energy and vigor in doing anything.

"Then you do a good job, Captain Liu." Xu Wenyan also smiled and joked.

Xiao Liu's face also turned slightly red after being praised: "Yeah!"

When he turned around to give the refugees a task, Xiao Liu put on a serious expression: "There is only one task today, follow behind Brother Xu, and pick whatever he picks.

You have to listen carefully when I teach you. If I see anyone slacking off, then you don’t have to learn and you have to go back to farming.”

The twenty people behind him responded in succession. These people were personally selected by Xiaoman and Ermazi yesterday.

They also have their own reasons for selecting people.

First, you should choose someone you care about at home, such as children, parents, or daughter-in-law.

Second, you have to pick people who are honest and capable. After managing them for a few months, you will know who is working hard and who is slacking off.

Third, try to choose those who are strong and healthy.

After repeated screening, they have become a very obedient team.

The area that Xu Wenyan was assigned to happened to be one that could pass through the fields of Houttuynia cordata, and he planned to move forward towards that piece of land.

"Have you got all the stuff?"

Xu Wenyan looked around and saw that almost everyone was carrying a hoe, only a few had backpacks, and most of them didn't even have tools to carry things.

This is also a problem.

"The day after tomorrow, you guys come here again and I'll make you a backpack. Of course, it'll cost money, 15 cents each. Those who have money can pay directly, and those who don't have money can owe it first.

If you can compile it yourself, you can do it yourself.”

"Brother Xu, then I'll make an appointment for the first one!" A simple-looking man in his twenties in the crowd said with a grin.

Xu Wenyan just nodded and said nothing.

Xu Wenyan didn't feel anything for this kind of flattery. He thought, "If you praise me and I feel good about it, I will naturally give you some benefits."

"This is dandelion, also known as bitter herb. It can clear away heat, detoxify, and reduce swelling." Xu Wenyan talked about the effects of this wild vegetable whenever he could think of it, and just mentioned it in one sentence if he couldn't think of it. As for how much they remembered, it depended on their ability.

"Hey, Brother Xu, do you think I picked it right?"

Xu Wenyan stood up and saw that it was still the same man. The only noticeable feature of this man compared to the others was that he was a little darker and his appearance was very ordinary, neither good-looking nor ugly. He was the kind that could be directly ignored in a crowd.

"Yeah, that's it. What's your name?" I felt really uncomfortable when someone older than me called me brother.

The man chuckled and walked closer to Xu Wenyan: "My name is Zheng Liwei, and I'm originally from the northern county."

"Yeah." Xu Wenyan nodded. He had some skills to escape all the way from the north to here. He must have crossed a province at least. "How are the crops over there different from ours?"

"Hey, if you're talking about this, it's quite different. Just look at this dandelion." He picked up the dandelion in his hand and gestured in the air: "The dandelion leaves where I live are not this big. There are also many wild fruits in this mountain that I have never heard of. The weather is also warmer than over there."

After a few pleasantries, Xu Wenyan went on his own. After all, they had just met and there was no need to say so much.

Because it is only a short time into spring, the wild vegetable fern has not yet grown. Shepherd's purse, pigweed, horsetail and gray-gray vegetable are the main ones now.

These are the main ones we collected today.

"Watch carefully, you can only eat the top of this ash vegetable. The part below is old and slightly poisonous, so pick the young ones.

It is easy to recognize these gray leaves. Look at the bottom of the leaves, there is white powder.

Of course, it is easy to confuse people by just mentioning the features. If you want to recognize it at a glance, you still need to practice more and watch more. "

Xu Wenyan's words sparked a flurry of discussion among the crowd, all of whom were surprised that this poisonous vegetable could actually be eaten, and that one could only eat the tender part and not the old part.

As expected of a medical student, you know so much.

If everyone had followed with the attitude of giving it a try at the beginning, now that they had really learned something, the doubts in people's minds had been eliminated, and they naturally had more faith in what Xu Wenyan said.

"Brother Xu, you teach really well." The young man was still shy, waving the saber in his hand.

"It's fine. How are you doing in school?"

Being questioned by Xu Wenyan, Xiao Liu recalled that when he was young and studying in the academy, the tutor asked him about his homework in this way.

Xiao Liu touched his head and remembered almost everything.

"Haha, then I'll have to ask you carefully tomorrow if you remember it."

"Then... then Brother Xu, please tell me more."

There were more than twenty people in the group, and wherever they passed was like a swarm of locusts, and all the wild vegetables were picked up.

"Hey, wait." Xu Wenyan turned his head and glanced at it inadvertently, only to see a man picking an adult dandelion and putting it into a cloth bag: "You picked such a small one."

The man was embarrassed and at a loss, and suddenly seemed a little flustered: "Xu, Brother Xu, didn't you say you wanted to pick this? Did I pick the wrong one?"

Xu Wenyan took a deep breath and said, "It's true that I'm wrong, but they are so small. Even if I pick them, they can only be eaten in a few bites."

I searched in other people's pockets again, and found that except for a few individuals, everyone had put the little ones away.

Xu Wenyan paused and taught: "As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. These wild vegetables are treasures given to us by nature, and we must learn to cherish them.

If you pick such a small one today, what will we pick tomorrow? What will we pick the day after tomorrow? Will we pick the little new ones the day after tomorrow?

If this keeps happening, we won’t be able to eat any wild vegetables.”

Most of these twenty or so people are educated, so they can understand simple principles once they are explained.

Looking at these men in their thirties, who were lowering their heads like children who had done something wrong, Xu Wenyan laughed out of anger.

"Alright, alright, it's okay once or twice. Remember to leave some space for others in the future so that we can have more wild vegetables than we can eat."

Facts have also proved that as long as we speak nicely, everyone will be sensible.

When you pick them again later, you will know that you cannot pick the small ones.