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

The breeze is blowing, and the early autumn wind has begun to feel chilly.

Chen Sanlin still has to go to the county to deliver goat milk today. Today, Xiaoman accompanied Xu Wenyan to the neighboring Xujia Village.

"Brother Xingjie, what did you talk about yesterday?" Xu Wenyan was driving the mule cart, Xiaoman was sitting next to him, and Chen Xingjie was in the back carriage.

"The new village chief of Xujia Village is Xu Dawang. I recommended him, and he was appointed by the government because he is the only one with the surname Xu in the village and he is the oldest." Chen Xingjie said.

"But he has a bad temper. If he hadn't considered that we could save them a lot of labor, he wouldn't have been willing to wait until today."

Xu Wenyan nodded slightly. He hated chatting with those brainless people the most, and was afraid that he would go up to him and hit him twice.

"It is said that the village chief built the road because he was eager to show off and wanted to win credit from the county magistrate."

"Brother Xingjie, do you think we should still build this road?" Xu Wenyan was afraid that the head of Xujia Village would turn the tables.

Now that the road has been repaired, what should we do if something unexpected happens?

Chen Xingjie was also in a dilemma: "It's too far from our village to the county. There is actually a shortcut, but the road is full of big rocks and we can't dig it open no matter how hard we try."

Speaking of this, Chen Xingjie recalled that at that time, the old village chief had already led the men in the village to dig the road.

Halfway through the digging, they were discouraged by large rocks. The small path was not safe, so the villagers preferred to take the main road.

"Big stone? How big is it?" Xu Wenyan asked.

"It's about two feet long. If it's high, there's a lot of it underneath the ground."

Xu Wenyan also understood the difficulty. He decided to go to Xujia Village to see the village chief first. If there were any problems in communication, Xu Wenyan didn't want to see other people's bad faces.

Returning to the place where his original body had stayed for more than ten years, Xu Wenyan still felt a little touched.

The mule cart entered the village, and no one came to meet it in front of the village.

Xiaoman subconsciously reached for the saber on the bottom of the mule cart and asked, "Are they putting on airs?"

"It doesn't matter." Xu Wenyan smiled.

"Is this the only one?"

"Well, if it's necessary, Xiaoman, you can come." When you go out, you should be on guard as much as possible. I'm afraid that the Xujia Village will take advantage of their power to bully others.

As soon as he entered the village, Xu Wenyan saw the osmanthus trees that Chen Sanlin mentioned. It looked like they were about to bloom. The flowering period of osmanthus is not long, and Xu Wenyan was afraid that he would miss it.

Looking around, it seems that the harvest in the farmland of Xujia Village is not very good this year. They planted rice even later than Jixiang Village.

"Uncle, where is the village chief's home?" Xu Wenyan asked a farmer who was working.

"Just go along this road and turn right at the end. There is an old locust tree in front of the village chief's house."

Xu Wenyan nodded: "Thank you, uncle."

"It's out of the way, it's out of the way."

The villagers of Xujia Village behaved quite well along the way, and Xu Wenyan looked quite simple. It was hard to imagine that their village chief would be like what Chen Xingjie said.

Everyone in the village is very curious about the mule cart. Although the mule is not expensive, their Xujia Village has been under renovation since early spring.

At most there were a few chickens and pigs, but no other livestock was to be seen. Moreover, many piglets died in the heavy rain a few months ago.

I have to say that the old locust tree is really big. The locust flowers can be used for several meals.

Xu Wenyan parked the mule cart at the entrance of the village. Several people got off the cart and Chen Xingjie went to the yard and shouted, "Is Village Chief Xu here?"

After half a quarter of an hour, there was still no response from inside, and Chen Xingjie could only shout again.

But Xu Wenyan had already seen through the window that there was someone inside. Xu Wenyan laughed on the spot. How could the village chief of Xujia Village be like a child and play such tricks?

"Forget it if there's no one at home." Xu Wenyan said casually, and then left with Chen Xingjie.

Only then was the house opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a little old man with a gloomy face, and Xu Wenyan couldn't tell how old he was.

Village chief Xu was not tall, a little shorter than Chen Xingjie. He wore dark blue coarse cloth and held a cane in his right hand.

"People from Jixiang Village, you have been making excuses since yesterday. If you don't want to participate, don't come." Village Chief Xu said in a deep voice.

"I was really busy yesterday, so I came to your Xujia Village today to discuss it." Xu Wenyan said with a smile.

After all, he was the one who breached the contract first, so Xu Wenyan could still tolerate his little tricks.

"Hmph." Village Chief Xu turned around and walked into the house, leaning on his walking stick.

Chen Xingjie and Xu Wenyan looked at each other and followed him in.

"I, an old man, will say it straight out. Building a road in Xujia Village will benefit both villages, and you can be considered to have benefited from it."

Old Man Xu was sitting on a wooden chair. There seemed to be no extra benches in the room, so Xu Wenyan and Chen Xingjie could only stand and talk to the old man.

Xu Wenyan walked around the room and sat directly on the table: "Oh, what you said is wrong, Village Chief Xu, how can we benefit from it? If we want to build a road, we all have to work together to build it. If we want to benefit from it, we all have to work together to build it."

"You." Village Chief Xu pointed at Xu Wenyan with his cane, "That's where I eat. How can you just sit there?"

Xu Wenyan looked at him with a smile: "Oh, if you hadn't told me, I would have thought this was the stool you prepared for us. I thought it was this high."

Despite what he said, Xu Wenyan had no intention of leaving the stool.

Village chief Xu was also angry. Isn't this a complete scoundrel?

But he didn't know what to do with this scoundrel, so he could only continue talking.

"Let's get down to business! What do you in Jixiang Village say? Will you help us build the road or continue to use your main road?" Seeing that he could not gain any advantage, the old village chief Xu did not insist any further.

Xu Wenyan sat his entire butt on the table, swinging his legs and said, "We can build the road together, but we have to agree on three rules."

"You want to make three rules for me?" Village chief Xu frowned.

“Who else can I follow? First, this road can be used forever by anyone with good luck like us.

Second, the number of workers will be divided equally. We in Jixiang Village will contribute as much as you contribute.

Third, no caravans may be intercepted on this road."

Xu Wenyan will definitely come into contact with most of the merchants in the future. If they set up some checkpoints here and don't let the caravans in, Xu Wenyan will suffer a huge loss again.

After listening to Xu Wenyan's long speech, the old village chief Xu snorted coldly: "You are a villager from Jixiang Village, why are you talking so much to me?"

"What Xu Wenyan said is what I mean. My meaning represents Jixiang Village." Chen Xingjie also walked towards Xu Wenyan.

I originally wanted to sit at the table like Xu Wenyan.

But my legs are a bit short, so I can't sit on it...