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

Inside the cabin.

Xu Wenyan lay on the bed and felt his whole waist stretched.

"Should we continue moving forward?" Luo Sanyuan lay down beside him and closed his eyes to rest.

Chen Sanlin sat next to him and helped Xu Wenyan change his shoes.

"Forget it, let's find a place to live. Let's go around Lan County tomorrow and see if there is a suitable place to build a house."

"Great." Luo Sanyuan turned over and looked at Xu Wenyan: "I feel like I'm no different from a beggar. Even if I don't like to be clean, I wouldn't go without a bath for so long."

"You still know that you smell." Xu Wenyan raised his foot and kicked Luo Sanyuan to the side.

Luo Sanyuan stood up and hugged Xiaoman: "We are the same now, so no one should look down on each other."

"Wen Yan, do you think Fu Jian and the others can find the nugget-head gold?" Xiaoman asked.

"I don't know. This kind of thing depends 70% on luck. With my bad luck, I'm sure I won't encounter it."

After chatting for a while, they soon became too sleepy.

The next day, I asked Uncle Murati, who sells meat, to deposit my luggage at his house.

Xu Wenyan decided to act separately so that it would be faster to find a place to live.

The camel carried the two people towards the Gobi Desert, and Xu Wenyan sat behind with a sheepskin scroll in his hand.

Originally, he wanted to buy a map of the area near Lan County, but he couldn't find any for sale, so Xu Wenyan could only draw a simple map himself.

Xu Wenyan drew every stroke with extreme caution. This parchment scroll was not cheap, and there was no way to change it if he made a mistake.

"Wife, can crops be grown on the land here?"

Chen Sanlin looked into the distance, and all he could see was a desolate Gobi desert. There were countless small stones on the ground, and it was hard to see any green at all.

"There is no other way in the Gobi Desert. At most, we can plant some drought-resistant plants such as poplar and saxaul.

In my original world, this place was called Gansu, but I see that the topography here is already connected to Xinjiang.

If you are lucky, you may come across sandy land or grassland. "

Gansu has all the landforms in my country except the ocean, and the scenery of each area is a magical painting.

Soon, Xu Wenyan found the village that Uncle Mu mentioned.

There is a small river in the village, and there is a slightly larger pond in the center of the village. It would be more appropriate to call it a puddle.

"Are you also... a caravan from the Central Plains?" A young man rode over on a horse. His hair was still the same black, but slightly curly. The clothes he wore were made of wool from someone else's animal, maybe sheep or some other animal.

There are obvious freckles on the face.

“You can say that.” The young man used the word “also”, which meant that there must be other caravans from the Central Plains in the village.

It’s most likely Fu Jian and the others.

"Then...I'll take you to see...the village chief."

The boy spoke Chinese haltingly, so he must have not studied it for long.

Xu Wenyan nodded.

"Then...you guys follow me...like this."

Under the guidance of the young man, Xu Wenyan soon saw the familiar buildings.

That should be an earthen yurt, a very conspicuous building among the surrounding earthen houses.

The young man jumped off the horse swiftly and ran into the yurt. Soon an old man with a cane came out.

The old man smiled kindly, walked slowly to Xu Wenyan and stopped: "Welcome to the guests from afar, I am the village chief of Kare Village, Baibu. I heard from Aman that you are businessmen, do you need to stay in the village?"

The village chief named Baibu spoke much more fluently.

"We need to stay for two days. Please excuse me, Village Chief Bayibu."

The village chief still smiled. He turned and looked at the boy beside him: "Aman, there is another room in your house, right?"

Aman nodded: "Yes... there is such a thing."

"Aman is taking the guests to see the house. Feel free to come to me if you have any other questions."

After the village chief finished speaking, he went in. It seemed that he had other things to do.

"Brother... follow me like this."

A'man led the horse and looked back from time to time to see if Xu Wenyan and the others were catching up.

Xu Wenyan thought that this boy was very cute in the way he spoke and acted.

"Your name is Aman, right?" Xu Wenyan asked.

"Oh, that's it... bro."

"Did you learn Chinese from the village chief Baibu?"

A'man first carefully understood Xu Wenyan's words, then scratched his head: "Learn... yes."

Xu Wenyan felt that it was a bit too difficult for the child, so he didn't say anything.

Soon we arrived at Aman's home.

There was a girl in the yard who was about the same age as A'man, probably only eleven or twelve years old.

When the little girl saw that her brother had brought guests, she sat up from the stool and hid behind A'man shyly.

"Aina, this is a guest...at home."

Aina was still hiding behind A'man and nodded to Xu Wenyan and Chen Sanlin.

"Are they surnames? Very unique surnames."

"I don't think so." Xu Wenyan replied. Modern ethnic minorities actually also follow their father.

After their names there is the full father's name.

"Um...Brother, you guys first...look at the house, like that."

A'man was obviously a little flustered, and both the brother and sister were a little shy.

They led the way in front, and Xu Wenyan and the others followed in.

The house is actually not big, with only two rooms in total.

The brother and sister live in one room, and there is another room as a guest room.

The guest room is covered with a wool blanket, and next to the blanket is the familiar tatami.

The house was fully furnished with quilts and mattresses, but there were no other furniture, not even a cabinet.

The wall between the two rooms should be a fire wall. Xu Wenyan observed carefully and found that there was no kang, only a fire wall.

A'man looked at Xu Wenyan nervously.

"Brother Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Sanlin nodded: "It's enough for the four of us."

They were just staying here for a few days, so there was no need to waste any more money.

"How much does it cost to stay for a day?" Xu Wenyan looked at the brother and sister.

A'man said excitedly, "Thirty cents, that's it."

This price was quite cheap, so Xu Wenyan took out thirty coins and gave them to Aman without hesitation: "I'll give you one day's rent first, and I'll pay you more when you want to stay here."

Aman gave the money to Aina: "You can do that, brother."

After saying goodbye to the brother and sister, Xu Wenyan planned to walk down the river to take a look.

The width of this river is less than one meter, and its depth is at most about one and a half meters.

The stream meanders all the way down, and farmlands are dug on both sides of the river. The soil here is normal land, so it is no problem to use it for planting.

Xu Wenyan roughly observed that there were only two or three hundred people in this village.

It takes more than an hour to ride a camel from here to Lan County.

But it is actually quite far, as camels travel in a straight line.

After walking for a while, Xu Wenyan saw a small forest not far away.

In fact, there are scattered trees in the village, and Xu Wenyan estimated that they were planted by the villagers themselves.