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

The third day of the stall.

Xu Wenyan went to settle Xiaohong as usual. Jia Anqing was full of energy today. He started cleaning up with the shop assistants early in the morning.

Still young and energetic.

As I was walking back, I saw a lot of people gathered around the stall, but they didn't look like they were there to buy anything.

Seven or eight big men surrounded the stall, with Chen Sanlin in the middle, his momentum still strong.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Let's talk it out." Xu Wenyan squeezed in and put his hand on the kitchen knife. If a fight broke out, both of them would definitely suffer.

The leading man was in his thirties or forties and looked quite thin. There were probably seven or eight of them who all looked thin and seemed to be very hungry.

"Are you setting up a stall?" The big man sat down on a stool, and two younger brothers stood on both sides of him, carrying sticks.

The neighbors who set up stalls in the neighborhood watched the fun while doing their own things, as if they were used to it.

"Is there anything wrong with these brothers?"

One of the young men stepped forward and pointed a stick at Xu Wenyan: "How can you be blind? We are collecting protection money."

Chen Sanlin picked up a stool and prepared to go over and beat him.

Xu Wenyan reached out and held Chen Sanlin down.

It is not easy to get into trouble if you go out on your own, and collecting protection fees was a common thing in ancient times. You could set up a stall in a special snack street, where there would be government officials to provide protection.

But there are always people who like to cause trouble outside. For example, those who come to collect protection fees are organized by themselves.

“How much do you charge?”

"Five cents a day. It costs ten cents a day to rent a stall in the snack street. It's very cost-effective." said the middle-aged man in the lead.

Xu Wenyan turned around and confronted the middle-aged man: "You can pay the money, but can you protect us stall owners?"

Seeing how thin these people are, it would be no problem for Chen Sanlin and his two men to deal with these eight people.

After all, Chen Sanlin was so big and standing there.

"Haha, what are you talking about, young man? Since I, Zhan Laowu, have taken the money, there is no reason for me not to do anything." The middle-aged man stood up.

There was a deep wound on his forehead and upper lip, and he was wearing patchwork clothes. Although he was a little older, his face still had a heroic look.

Xu Wenyan took out five cents. If he didn't give it to the customer at this time, it would affect his business. He could earn more than ten cents from a bowl of noodles, and there were only customers at this time in the morning. There was no need to waste time.

Zhan Laowu took the money and took his people to the next house. Everyone else paid the money promptly. Seeing this, Xu Wenyan felt a little relieved.

"Young man, that's not a good person." The speaker was a scholar who had just arrived for the first day. He had brought enough money today and was ready to have another bowl of noodles.

Xu Wenyan asked while making noodles: "What do you mean, little book boy?"

"He has killed someone." The scholar did not say what the murder was, but he just asked Xu Wenyan to be careful of them.

Business was particularly good this morning. Xu Wenyan sold out the twenty or so portions he had prepared early and closed the stall. He prepared more yesterday and less today. It is really difficult to do business this way.

"Brother Xu, aren't you going to do business today?" Jia Anqing looked at Xu Wenyan curiously as he took Xiaohong's hand and prepared to leave.

"I've sold almost all of them. Come on, please."

What Xu Wenyan noticed was that the decoration of the store had changed a little, with more plants and flowers. Jia Anqing probably relied on this to attract customers.

But in spring, there are already many mosquitoes. Seeing that the young man was kind-hearted, Xu Wenyan reminded him: "Manager Jia, it is a good thing to put green plants, but you must pay attention to repelling mosquitoes."

"Brother Xu, you are right, but I haven't found anything that can repel mosquitoes well. The insect repellent powder in the spice store is too expensive. It's really not cost-effective."

Xu Wenyan nodded and said, "How about this, I'll solve this problem for you, but you have to let me store the things here, how about that?"

Hearing Xu Wenyan's words, Jia Anqing was delighted and immediately agreed: "Okay, Brother Xu, what are you going to put in there?"

"They are just some tables, chairs, benches and other things. It's a bit troublesome for me to carry them back and forth every day." Xu Wenyan held his forehead. If he put these things here, he could invite one more person to come to the county to play.

Xu Wenyan also knew that everyone was bored staying in the village and wanted to visit the county, and they had never ridden in a carriage before.

"Okay, okay, sure, Brother Xu."

Holding a piece of dry straw, he gently nodded Jia Anqing's head: "Don't agree to someone so quickly next time, you will suffer a loss."

Jia Anqing touched his forehead and smiled: "Brother Xu, you won't."

He bit the straw in his mouth and said, "Maybe I am a bad guy, Xiao Jia, you should be more careful."

Afterwards, he came over with Chen Sanlin to put down his things, and they drove around the county in a horse-drawn carriage. The prices today are still ridiculously high.

Xu Wenyan just took a look and had no desire to buy.

They bought some noodles and went back.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Wang Zeren standing next to Mo Xuan with a disappointed look on his face.

When he heard the sound of a carriage, he turned around and was surprised to see Xu Wenyan.

"Hey, isn't this our Captain Wang? Why is he standing here?" Xu Wenyan said with a smile.

Wang Zeren's eyes lit up and he smiled: "Maybe this is fate."

"What are you talking about to yourself, kid? What fate?" Xu Wenyan got off the carriage and looked at the man.

"Nothing." Wang Zeren shook his head: "We will leave here soon."

Xu Wenyan was slightly stunned. Although he already knew that they would leave, he still felt a little strange at this moment.

What he hated most was parting, and he couldn't say such sentimental words.

Hypocritical.

He patted Wang Zeren on the shoulder and said, "Okay, come and play with us when you have time in the future. Brother Chen and I will definitely treat you well." Wang Zeren looked at Chen Sanlin again. It was rare that Chen Sanlin did not go against him today.

"Brother Xu!" Xiao Liu ran over from a distance, hugged Xu Wenyan, and his eyes were slightly red: "Brother Xu, we are leaving."

Xu Wenyan rubbed his back and said, "We are real men, don't cry."

Xiao Liu wiped her tears and looked at Xu Wenyan reluctantly.

Then it was Luo Sanyuan's turn: "If that brat Xiaoman doesn't go with us, I'm going to be so lonely on this journey. Xu Wenyan, you must come to Dianzhou when you have time." Luo Sanyuan ignored Chen Sanlin and hugged Xu Wenyan.

He had wanted to hug her for a long time, but he was afraid that Chen Sanlin would do him harm. Today might be the last time they met. In this world, nothing could be said for sure.

Afterwards, Xu Wenyan said goodbye to several soldiers he often met one by one, shook hands, and listened to what they said. Most of the time, Xu Wenyan was smiling.

Looking at Wang Zeren, Xu Wenyan stretched out his hand: "Wang Zeren, see you again if we are lucky."

Wang Zeren held Xu Wenyan's hand with his right hand, stepped forward with his left foot, held Xu Wenyan's head with his left hand and hugged him into his arms, whispering in his ear: "If you can't stay here, come to Dianzhou to find me anytime. You still owe me a cake, I'll remember it."

Letting go of Xu Wenyan, Wang Zeren looked at Chen Sanlin: "Remember what I told you."

Chen Sanlin didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

He was able to control himself today. He knew that this meeting would make it difficult to see each other again in the future. He had to endure it for now. His wife didn't like him being too petty.

Looking at Chen Sanlin's expression, Xu Wenyan knew that he would be in trouble tonight.

No matter how reluctant we are, we will eventually part ways.

Wang Zeren rode on Mo Xuan and looked down at Xu Wenyan: "If you have any problems, go find County Magistrate Cheng. I have explained some things to him. Xu Wenyan, I hope everything is well with you and everything goes well."

"Well, you should all be careful on the road and have a safe journey."

Looking at the army team leaving, Xu Wenyan didn't have any special feelings. Farewell was indeed not suitable for him.

That's just not cool.