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

The next morning, Xu Wenyan slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at his rolled-up quilt and Chen Sanlin, who was shirtless and naked next to him.

He just felt a little embarrassed.

After covering Chen Sanlin with the quilt, Xu Wenyan got out of bed. Today he had to deal with the issue of the toothbrush and tooth powder. Besides, the weather was getting colder and colder. He probably pulled the quilt because he was a little cold at night.

After brushing his teeth with salt, Xu Wenyan began to move some stones to form a circle in the yard, placed the pine cones inside the circle of stones, and then covered the pine cones inside with stones.

"Ah - it's so tiring." Xu Wenyan stretched his waist. He felt like his waist was about to break after doing all this.

After hesitating for a while, he started to put wood outside the stones. Chen Xiaohua also got up at this time: "Uncle, what are you doing?" Although he didn't know what Xu Wenyan was doing, Chen Xiaohua still moved the wood and placed it on the stones.

"You'll know in a while." After doing all this, Xu Wenyan lit the wood outside and used the fire to cook porridge.

After the meal, the pine cones were almost cooked. Xu Wenyan was pulling them with the straight stick. Chen Xiaohua and Chen Sanlin went to wash the dishes. Only Chen Dong was watching him, biting his fingers.

"Xiaodong, don't bite your fingers." Xu Wenyan took a glance at him and saw that the child just grabbed things with his hands for no reason and put them directly into his mouth without knowing how dirty they were.

"Yeah." After hearing what Xu Wenyan said, Chen Dong simply put his hands behind his back and watched obediently from the side.

Soon Xu Wenyan took out the pine cones that had been burnt into charcoal from the pile of stones, found a relatively flat stone, and used another stone to crush the pine cones.

Finally, it should be ground into powder, the finer the better.

If you mix some wood ash from burning pots, you can use it as toothbrush powder. If you add some pearl powder, the effect will be better.

Finally, put the powder in a bowl and you're done.

"Chen Sanlin, come with me to the village chief's house." Xu Wenyan put the bowl back in the kitchen, took the basket, and the two went out.

"Why are you going to see the village chief?" Chen Sanlin took the basket from Xu Wenyan's hand. Inside was the remaining half of a rib and some wild yams.

Xu Wenyan wrapped up his clothes. It was really cold today, and the clothes in ancient times were not that warm. They were all made of coarse linen. "Ask the village chief to buy some horsetail hair."

"Are you cold? Why don't you go back and I'll go by myself." Chen Sanlin looked at Xu Wenyan's slightly shivering body and was a little worried that his illness would get worse.

"It's okay. I've been here for a few days and haven't seen the village chief yet. It's a bit impolite anyway." Xu Wenyan knew that although the ancient etiquette was troublesome, it was indispensable. The village chief had an absolute status in the village, and he could not offend the village chief no matter who he was.

Chen Sanlin didn't reply, but just pulled Xu Wenyan towards him to help him block the wind blowing from the side.

"You're a nice person." Xu Wenyan smiled at him.

Chen Sanlin scratched his head and grinned slightly. This was the first time someone praised him like this.

Fortunately, the village chief's house was not too far away. From a distance Xu Wenyan could see a little white-haired old man lying on a wooden chair in the yard basking in the sun.

Judging from his appearance alone, he should be in his sixties.

"It's Sanlin boy, come in and sit down." Chen Fengyi's wife Huang invited the two men into the yard: "You are here to look for Xingjie, right? He went to the fields early in the morning."

Chen Sanlin shook his head and introduced Xu Wenyan to Huang: "Village Chief's wife, my daughter-in-law has just arrived in Jixiang Village and came to meet the village chief."

"Hello, Mrs. Village Chief." Xu Wenyan smiled at Huang.

Huang nodded: "Old Chen, get up quickly, Sanlin boy brought...his wife to see you."

Chen Fengyi walked in front of the door. He was only about 1.6 meters tall, and the old man looked energetic.

"Hello, Village Chief. I should have come earlier, but I was not feeling well so I was delayed." Xu Wenyan took the basket and handed it to Huang: "Oh, Madam Village Chief, I don't have anything to bring. Don't mind a small gift."

From the moment Xu Wenyan entered the door, his smile became a little stiff.

"Well, you are the first male wife to marry into our Jixiang Village. Some villagers can't stand this kind of atmosphere. They don't care much if people say something unpleasant, but if it's really excessive, they come to me, an old man." Chen Fengyi looked at Xu Wenyan. Although he didn't like the custom of marrying male wives, this thin man was quite polite and he had a good impression of him.

"Thank you so much, Village Chief. Also, I heard that your family raises horses. I wonder if I can buy some horsetail hair." Xu Wenyan knew that the villagers always spoke directly, and he was not the kind of person who liked to beat around the bush, so he directly told the other reason for his visit.

The village chief was stunned for a moment and then asked, "What do you want that for?"

"Make a brush for the house. My hands are too cold to wash when it's cold. I can't stop working even though I'm sick."

Chen Sanlin, who had been washing the dishes, suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. It turned out that his wife came to ask the village chief for horsetail hair in order to keep her hands from getting frozen. He really loved him.

Chen Sanlin was feeling very happy at this moment, but Xu Wenyan pushed him and said, "Follow me, don't be dazed."

When they got to the pen, there were two bay horses, a male and a female, chewing hay. "These horses are what my son wanted to raise. The old man's daughter-in-law used these two horses. This is considered a good omen."

"Yes, I see that the two horses are very energetic. Your son will definitely take the lead in future work and achieve success immediately." Although Xu Wenyan was praising them, his eyes never left the butts of the two horses. He didn't know if the fur was hard enough. If it was too soft, it would be difficult to brush.

“Hahahaha, he is quite cultured.” It was the first time that the old village chief heard someone praise his son like this. The idiom in it sounded very meaningful: “Success comes immediately, it’s really a good phrase.”

After collecting the hair, the two men went home carrying the empty baskets. Today, they had a preliminary impression of the village chief of Jixiang Village. So far, he seems to be a nice person.

"Do you want me to carry you?"

"Would you like to take a break?"

"Are you thirsty?"

"Are you hungry?"

Along the way, Chen Sanlin was particularly concerned about Xu Wenyan. How could this person who usually couldn't say a few words suddenly become so talkative? There must be something fishy.

"Don't be like this, brother. I'm scared." Xu Wenyan hugged himself and took a few steps away from Chen Sanlin.

Chen Sanlin: “…”

After returning to the yard, Xu Wenyan took out the bone that Chen Sanlin had drilled a hole in and stuffed the horsetail hair into it at both ends.

Chen Sanlin imitated Xu Wenyan's movements, but his hands were too big to do such delicate work, and he made hair everywhere.

Meeting Xu Wenyan's murderous gaze, Chen Sanlin tactfully gave up his seat to Chen Xiaohua who was watching on the side.

But isn’t this brush a little too small? Chen Sanlin gestured in the air, thinking it could barely be used to wash dishes.

Xu Wenyan used a machete to trim the horsetail hair. He thought to himself that it was really troublesome without a pair of scissors. He must buy a pair next time he went to the county.

After it is fixed, I can use this homemade toothbrush to brush my teeth. Xu Wenyan feels happy just thinking about it.

Chen Sanlin looked at him and smiled, and a smile also appeared on his face. It was obviously something made for him, but he was so happy.

After dinner, Chen Sanliang was happily brushing the bowl with a toothbrush. Then he saw Xu Wenyan dip the toothbrush in the black stuff in the bowl and then put it in his mouth.

Just put it in your mouth like that?

Chen Sanlin looked at the toothbrush he was using to wash the dishes: "......"