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

After resting for a while, the three continued to walk up the mountain.

A lot of small porcini were found on the roadside. They should be the last batch of this year. It’s almost the winter solstice and we’re not sure whether they can grow.

"You're here." Xiaohu was digging while Chen Sanlin was resting on the side. When he saw Xu Wenyan coming, he greeted him.

"Well, what's going on?" Xu Wenyan walked down the slope and saw that he had dug about half a meter. The wild yam grew very irregularly. Although it grew downward as a whole, it was messy because of the tree roots.

He lost interest after just one look at Xu Wenyan. He dug a lot of wild yam to eat when he was in the village. He looked around carefully again.

There is a wild cherry tree not far away, which looks quite big. There are wax gourds and red fruit vines on several small trees around it. It seems that there are still quite a lot of wild fruits in the mountains here in early autumn.

"Brother Lin, are there any bamboos nearby?" Bamboo is a good thing. Bamboo shoots grow in abundance and are delicious. If you are lucky, you can also find bamboo fungus, which has a unique taste. Mature bamboo can also be used to weave many things, such as baskets, which Xu Wenyan can make.

"Yes, it's just a little far away." Chen Sanlin wiped the sweat from his forehead. This place is almost entirely made up of pine tree roots, and it is really troublesome to dig them up.

Xu Wenyan nodded, as long as there was one, "I'm going home, you two little guys, are you going to follow me or stay here and watch your uncle dig yams."

Chen Xiaohua took a few small steps to stand beside Xu Wenyan, while Chen Dong hesitated for a while, looking at Xiaohu digging the soil reluctantly.

"Xiaodong, if you want to watch, stay for a while. Uncle will take you back. Your sister and I will leave first."

"Well! Goodbye, little uncle~" Chen Dong smiled happily, showing his few remaining teeth.

After returning home, Xu Wenyan poured out the water in the bowl. The pine nuts had been soaked for a little too long, but it was not a big problem. He put the soaked pine nuts in the pot and boiled them for about fifteen minutes. He put the picked up limestone into the pot and burned it. He didn't need to worry about anything else.

During this period, Xu Wenyan and Chen Xiaohua tore mushrooms together, and strung them together with needle and thread. They had to string the mushrooms together carefully. Otherwise, they would not be dried evenly.

There weren't many mushrooms, so the two of them finished the whole pot in a short while: "Xiaohua, wash the mushrooms that uncle picked today, and pour the pine cones in the yard."

"it is good."

At this time, the pine nuts are almost cooked. After taking them out, pour out the water in the pot and stir-fry them directly in a dry pan. They are cooked when they start to open.

"How about trying it." Xu Wenyan put the bowl on the table and grabbed a small handful and shared it with Chen Xiaohua.

Chen Xiaohua peeled one like Xu Wenyan did. It felt soft in the mouth, with a little salty fragrance. It became crispy when chewed, and the mouth was full of this magical taste, and it also felt slightly oily.

"It smells so good, what is this, uncle?" Chen Xiaohua admired her uncle more and more. Although he was thin, he seemed to know everything.

"Is it delicious?" Xu Wenyan squinted his eyes and waited for Chen Xiaohua's evaluation.

Chen Xiaohua nodded heavily: "Yes, it's delicious!"

"These are pine nuts. Eat more if they taste good." Xu Wenyan peeled a few and stuffed them into his mouth. In his words, this is the most enjoyable way to eat them.

"We need to save it for my brother, uncle and brother Xiaohu to come back and eat together!" Chen Xiaohua's face was a little dark, but at this time Xu Wenyan felt his heart melted when he saw her smile.

"Then how can this be enough?"

Chen Xiaohua pursed her lips and said, "I can eat less, so my brother can eat more."

Looking at the genuine smile of the girl in front of him, Xu Wenyan was stunned for a moment and then looked at the six-year-old girl tenderly. He wished that everyone in the world could be so gentle.

Unfortunately, he himself was not a gentle person: "Okay, okay, then you can keep it. The skewered mushrooms are drying on the clothes rack. I have to go into the house to get busy."

Chen Xiaohua likes it when her uncle assigns her tasks so that she can feel that she has a sense of existence and that she can help others.

Taking the whitened limestone, the white substance on the surface is quicklime. Burning the limestone in the fire can gradually decompose the calcium carbonate in the limestone into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. After the carbon dioxide evaporates, only calcium oxide will remain.

Quicklime can also be used as an adhesive and is generally used to build houses. It will definitely be used if you build a new house in the future.

Now Xu Wenyan wants to use calcium oxide to leave white marks on clothes, so that it will be easier for him to design.

These days Xu Wenyan roughly observed the clothing styles of the villagers around him, and then took the red clothes he had bought before as a reference. It was not difficult, after all, the country people did not have high requirements for clothing.

However, Xu Wenyan knows all the general hidden needle techniques and thread-reeling techniques.

So I started designing clothes while humming a little tune.

During this time, he had been thinking about how to make money here. This place was a little different from what he had imagined. Not only were there few raw materials, but the vendors on the street also sold a wide variety of things, such as buns, various pastries and so on. In short, he still had to check it out.

After all, I am a time traveler, so I can't do a bad job, right?

Chen Sanlin came back around dusk with his basket full.

"Uncle, uncle is back." Chen Xiaohua ran into the house and called Xu Wenyan.

"understood."

Chen Xiaohua ran out and took the bowl of pine nuts to share with Chen Dong and Chen Sanlin: "Uncle, eat pine nuts."

"Okay." Chen Sanlin naturally knew what this was. The villagers had eaten it before, but it was hard to say and difficult to prepare, so few people would specifically prepare it, unless there was a famine or drought and there was nothing to eat. At that time, they would eat anything.

Chen Sanlin's expression changed just as the pine nuts entered his mouth.

"Sister, pine nuts are so delicious~" Chen Dong only knew that these were pine nuts, made by his uncle, and they were delicious. He was shaking his head with joy.

"came back?"

Xu Wenyan walked to the yard and looked at the basket in Chen Sanlin's hand: "Not bad, you have so many." He patted Chen Sanlin on the shoulder to express his affirmation of his business ability.

"It's okay." Chen Sanlin touched his head feeling a little embarrassed.

"How much did Xiaohu take away?"

Xu Wenyan's words made Chen Sanlin ask: "Ah? He didn't take it."

"Are you asking people to work for you for free?" Xu Wenyan glared at him.

Chen Sanlin just felt aggrieved. Wouldn’t you be happy if I came back with more? Chen Sanlin kept muttering to himself.

But when this thought came up, he was stunned: "Why should I want to make him happy?"

"Hurry up and give some to Xiaohu. A small half will be enough. Don't give him too much." Xu Wenyan brought two larger ones into the kitchen.

Chen Sanlin was slightly stunned and stopped thinking about what had just happened.