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

Yesterday's pest control was very effective.

At least there are no bugs on the leaves anymore. These tender corns will be transported away in half a month or so. Today we are organizing the refugees to cultivate sweet potatoes.

This kind of sweet potato is different from growing other crops. You need to raise the soil and then plant the grown sweet potato vines into it.

Sweet potato is an extremely easy crop to grow. You can plant sweet potatoes directly or bury the vines in the ground and they will both survive. Moreover, wild potatoes grow the largest, whether it is cassava, kudzu or some big potatoes.

"Brother Chen, I'm going to discuss something with Wang Zeren today. Can you borrow some tools from Luo Sanyuan to chop some wood?" Xu Wenyan thought that since he was back, he would definitely have to raise some livestock. He was reluctant to leave the rabbits and pheasants in the shelter there.

In this case, the house needs to be expanded. During this special period, no one will investigate if the house is expanded. There are so many damaged houses in the village, and the county cannot help with the reconstruction. It will be easier if we build it ourselves and report to the county.

Go and confirm with Wang Zeren whether this is possible.

After all, fields were considered very important in ancient times.

For such an expansion, two sides of the previous earthen wall in the yard would have to be demolished, and the house was too small, so it had to be expanded anyway. Not to mention that Xiaoman has no place to live now.

Children are growing very fast nowadays, so they need at least two to a room.

The house next door doesn't need to be built too big. A small second floor of four meters high will be enough. Xiaoman, Rong Xiaoliu and the two brothers Chen Dong will live upstairs, and the two sisters will live downstairs.

Xiaoman has already discussed with Xu Wenyan that he does not plan to continue serving in the army, and he does not plan to return to the state with Wang Zeren after the war is over.

Although this would result in the loss of a large portion of the military pay, Xiaoman felt it was worth it, and Xu Wenyan couldn't say anything.

He is an adult and can make better decisions about his own life. Xu Wenyan knows that someone like Xiaoman, who is handsome, literate and has high martial arts skills, can live well wherever he goes.

"Are you going alone?" Chen Sanlin took the bowl from Xu Wenyan's hand.

"Xiao Hu, come with me. Second Uncle and Xiao Liu, you two can help Brother Chen." This time, Xu Wenyan took with him a small jar of honey that Xiao Hu brought. One still has to be sincere when asking others to do something for you.

Xiaohu was very excited along the way. They would be able to come back and live their lives soon, which meant that he would be able to find a wife. He was always envious every time he saw Xu Wenyan and Chen Sanlin sticking together.

"Commander Wang?"

This was the first time Xu Wenyan came to the military tent next door. Wang Zeren had already moved out of Chen Xingjie's house. For Wang Zeren, it didn't matter where he lived.

"Why did you bother to look for me?" Wang Zeren took a sip of the tea on the table.

Xu Wenyan took Xiaohu and sat down opposite Wang Zeren.

When he saw Xiaohu, Wang Zeren kept looking at him. Xiaohu felt a little creeped out by his cold gaze.

"This is?"

"This is my cousin, Xiaohu."

Wang Zeren chuckled and poured a glass of water for Xu Wenyan: "Cousin."

"Here, this is for you." Xu Wenyan handed over the ceramic jar containing honey. Wang Zeren pulled out the cork and found that the honey had solidified into a yellow-white solid with a sandy texture on the surface.

"It's honey. I was wondering why the buns Xiaoman sent were so sweet. Oh, thank you for thinking of me." Wang Zeren held Xu Wenyan's hand with one hand and said with a smile.

His action confused Xiaohu.

Xu Wenyan laughed awkwardly twice and pulled his hand back: "By the way, Commander Wang, there are quite a few damaged houses in this village. If there is anything to report, can you report more?"

After putting the wooden cork in place, Wang Zeren looked up at Xu Wenyan and asked, "Are you coming back to live here?"

"Well, it's always a little uncomfortable to live in the mountains. It's okay to live there for a few months or a year, but it won't work if you live there for too long."

"You want me to help you report more, right? Then how about you just follow me to live in the state? My house is quite big. You just need to be responsible for making desserts for me at home, and I will think about making money." Wang Zeren leaned back and said with his arms folded across his chest.

Although the feeling of being supported by a rich woman is what Xu Wenyan has always dreamed of, he already has a family.

"I appreciate Commander Wang's kindness. If Commander Wang can't do it, I will have to find a way myself." As he spoke, Xu Wenyan reached forward, wanting to take the ceramic jar back.

Halfway through, Wang Zeren stopped him and said, "Ah, can't you say something nice? It's so sad. I didn't say I won't help you."

"Hehe, thank you very much. I want the piece of land on the left side of my house, which is about six or seven square meters. I'll treat you to a meal then." As soon as the words fell, Xu Wenyan hurriedly took Xiaohu and ran away. What if this guy changed his mind again if they stayed any longer?

Seeing Xu Wenyan running so fast, Wang Zeren just picked up the ceramic jar, dipped some honey and tasted it.

"Brother Xu, Commander Wang is so scary. He looks so fierce when he looks at me, but smiles at you." Xiaohu looked back from time to time, always feeling that Wang Zeren would chase him out.

"Yeah, he has a split personality, just ignore him."

"Dual personality?" Xiaohu obviously didn't understand the meaning of Xu Wenyan's words.

The two men first went to the former village chief's house and took the ruler. When they returned to the house, the three people in the house were not there, and there were a few more pieces of wood in the yard.

The so-called ruler is only one meter long, with a scale in the middle, which is half a meter long.

"Huzi, put a stick on the ground, it's more important."

"Good."

Xu Wenyan went into the house and found a ball of hemp rope. After leaving the house, he tied one end of the rope to the wooden stick that Xiaohu had just nailed: "Huzi, hold the rope and walk forward. Pull it straight."

"Got it! Brother Xu." Xiaohu took the hemp rope and ran forward. He didn't squat down and straighten the hemp rope until Xu Wenyan called for stop.

Xu Wenyan placed the ruler on the ground and started measuring along the line pulled by Xiaohu. He only needed to measure until he reached six meters. If it was longer, others would probably be able to see the problem.

Although this can be reported, don't expand it too much. In the countryside, it's just these kinds of things. If someone has half an acre of extra land or pays less rice, there will be a big quarrel.

"Okay, here it is. Huzi, take another stick and nail it in. Make sure it's firmly nailed."

After giving the instructions, Xu Wenyan took the linen to the other end and measured with a ruler, then made a large square of six meters by six meters on the left side of the house. This would be where the livestock would be raised in the future.

Now we just have to wait for Chen Sanlin and the others to come back. This wall must be renovated. Xu Wenyan needs a lot of earth bricks now. It is impossible to make so many with just the number of people he has. Now we have to start with the refugees.

The bricks were big, four of them were about one meter long. They had no money now, so they could only use game to pay for it. Xu Wenyan had thought it through: for fifty bricks, he could get half a rabbit or a pound of grain.

It is more than enough to make fifty bricks in one day, and the rest can be transported after being dried in a few days.