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

Since I saw Chen Sanlin washing dishes with a toothbrush, I laughed every time I saw him in the following days.

Each toothbrush is marked on the back to prevent someone from using their own toothbrush to wash dishes.

After taking medicine for half a month, Xu Wenyan felt that he had recovered well, so he wanted to go to Dejitang for another follow-up visit and buy some food and daily necessities.

Today, in addition to Xu Wenyan and Chen Sanlin, there was also Aunt Wang in Uncle Wen's ox cart. This Wang Cuijuan was Chen Sanlin's second aunt, and the two had only met each other.

"Second aunt." Chen Sanlin nodded and greeted Wang, then put away the backpack and helped Xu Wenyan onto the ox cart.

Wang looked a little haggard: "Sanlin, why are you going to the county in late autumn?" Although they are both daughters-in-law of the Zhou family, Wang speaks much more nicely than He Xianhua.

"I'm going to see a doctor, Chen Sanlin, please accompany me." After all, he is Xu Wenyan's relative, so he should at least say hello.

Wang smiled and said, "You are my nephew's wife, right? This is the first time we meet." Then she touched something on her body and said, "I don't have anything to give you. My wife and I didn't go to the Chen family on the day you entered. I'm really sorry. This pair of red bracelets are for you."

Xu Wenyan looked at the bracelet on her hand. It was actually made of red rope. It was obvious that she had prepared it long ago, otherwise she would not have kept it with her. As for why they did not go to Chen Sanlin's wedding, Xu Wenyan did not know.

"Thank you, second aunt. But you seem to be not well. Are you here to see a doctor like me?" As he spoke, the ox cart started to move towards the county.

Wang lowered her head and her eyes darkened.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to want to talk, Xu Wenyan didn't ask any more questions.

The time spent riding in the ox cart was so long that Xu Wenyan fell asleep leaning against the carriage. When he woke up, he found himself in Chen Sanlin's arms, sleeping quite comfortably.

It cost two taels of silver and seven hundred coins to buy enough medicine for more than two months. As long as it could cure the disease, it was worth it. Xu Wenyan only had one tael of silver left in his hand. He was carrying the medicine and was about to go to the cloth shop to buy a pair of scissors when he heard a noise in front of him.

"Damn it, I told you to steal something, you little bastard, I'm going to beat you to death today."

The people around formed a circle, and inside was a middle-aged man beating a beggar. Xu Wenyan recognized the beggar at a glance, Rong Xiaoliu.

Xu Wenyan had no intention of going out to help him. It was his luck that he met me last time. Now he was caught by someone who was difficult to talk to. He deserved to be beaten.

No matter how miserable his childhood was, the most he had done was to steal eggs and leftovers from his uncle's house. What Rong Xiaoliu did was indeed improper. Xu Wenyan took a few glances and left. He was not a person with overflowing sympathy.

"What's wrong? Do you know the person who was beaten?" After all, Xu Wenyan was looking at the beggar quite intently just now, so Chen Sanlin asked.

"So we know each other."

After buying a pair of scissors and some scraps of cloth at the cloth shop, Xu Wenyan only had one or two taels of silver left: "Let's buy some more rice. How much money do you have?"

The weather these two days has been really abnormal. Since yesterday, the temperature has dropped by at least five or six degrees, and it will be even colder today. Xu Wenyan always feels that something bad is going to happen, either heavy snow or a cold wave.

This winter is going to be a cold one and it will definitely not be pleasant.

"I only brought two taels and six hundred coins with me, and I have five taels of silver at home. This is all the money I have saved." Chen Sanlin said as he stuffed the two taels of silver into Xu Wenyan's pocket.

Seeing that Chen Sanlin was so generous, Xu Wenyan felt that it was very good to have such a brother. Although Chen Sanlin had so much money, most of it came from his mother Zhou selling houses and land.

After all the trouble, Chen Sanlin only had this much left. Besides, he was a hunter, so if he was lucky enough to kill a wild boar or something, he could earn several taels of silver. He was better off than ordinary people, but whether he could have enough to eat depended on God's will.

I bought some seasonings like chili peppers and ginger at the grain and oil shop, a large piece of brown sugar, and a can of rapeseed oil, which cost me another ten or twenty pounds.

Xu Wenyan asked Chen Sanlin to buy rice and flour with the remaining two taels of silver. The rice he bought was of average quality and you could even see some bran in it.

It took Chen Sanlin a lot of effort to carry several large bags. After buying all these, Xu Wenyan was left with only 600 coins. When he was about to leave the city, he saw Rong Xiaoliu at the entrance of the alley.

The linen clothes he was wearing were stained with a lot of blood. He just sat at the entrance of the alley with his head lowered: "Brother Lin, you move over first. I'll be there soon."

Chen Sanlin thought he had something else to buy so he didn't say anything.

Looking at the pitiful Rong Xiaoliu, Xu Wenyan kicked his leg and asked, "Are you dead?"

Rong Xiaoliu raised his head slightly, and Xu Wenyan could see clearly how badly he was beaten. There was a circle of bruises around his right eye and his forehead was also broken.

After seeing who was coming, Rong Xiaoliu quickly lowered his face into his arms.

"Why don't you make money on your own? Are you encountering difficulties?" Xu Wenyan leaned against the wall and looked down at Rong Xiaoliu opposite him.

I thought Xu Wenyan would make some sarcastic remarks, but after hearing these words of concern, the teenage boy finally burst into tears: "I really don't want to steal... My father and mother died early, leaving my sister for me to raise..."

"Okay, okay, I don't want to know how miserable you are." Xu Wenyan interrupted Rong Xiaoliu: "You owe me this. I live in Jixiang Village. If anything big happens in this county, please go to Jixiang Village and inform me." Xu Wenyan threw a hundred coins to Rong Xiaoliu.

Rong Xiaoliu looked at the scattered coins in his arms and couldn't control his tears anymore.

Xu Wenyan felt it was worth it to exchange a hundred coins for a young man's gratitude and a piece of information concerning life and death.

If my survey was not wrong, this year would be a cold winter. If the imperial court took any action, it would certainly collect grain again. In fact, these were nothing. It was just that the sister from the cloth shop said a few words to Xu Wenyan when he went to buy cloth.

Her cloth shop was moving away, and those scraps of cloth were actually a full bag plus a large cloth bag that she gave to Xu Wenyan. In the words of the female boss, it was fate. Her earnest words were to remind Xu Wenyan.

The Lin Kingdom is about to go to war.

Xu Wenyan didn't know which country they were at war with, but he had to leave a way out for himself, and this way out in the county was Rong Xiaoliu.

Collecting grain is a small matter, but conscription is a big matter. Logically speaking, Chen Sanlin is the only son in his family and it is impossible for him to be conscripted into the army. What he is afraid of is himself.

The Xu family has two sons and one daughter. According to his original parents' wishes, he would most likely replace his brother in joining the army, so the issue of moving out would have to be dealt with early tomorrow morning.

After Wang Cuijuan came back, the ox cart creaked as it headed towards the village.