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

The moonlight is bright.

With the breeze approaching the morning,

Xu Wenyan walked out the door and washed up simply. Fortunately, the fire was still burning, so he used warm water.

At this time, the water in the river was already a little cold.

"Brother Xu, why are you handing over the shift so early?"

The person who was talking to Xu Wenyan was a man brought by Fu Jian. He was thin and short, which was probably caused by long-term malnutrition.

It’s not much better than when Xu Wenyan first came here.

"I'll come and see you when you wake up, go to sleep."

The man came to Xu Wenyan and smiled: "I'm not sleepy yet, I'll help you."

"Row."

"Brother Xu, yesterday's mutton soup was the best thing I have ever eaten. It was really delicious."

Xu Wenyan was slightly stunned: "Where are you from?"

"I'm from Shunping. My family makes a living by making hemp. But there was a drought a few years ago, so the hemp production was low and few people wanted to buy it. My parents starved to death at that time."

The man spoke calmly, as if he was talking about something ordinary.

"what?"

Xu Wenyan actually couldn't stand hearing these words. It wasn't that he thought they were hypocritical, but he just didn't know how to comfort others.

“Hehe, it was Brother Fu who saved me. I was on the side of the road at that time. If no one had cared for me, I would have died the moment I closed my eyes.

Brother Fu is a good man."

"Well, he is quite nice and righteous."

After chatting for a few words, Xu Wenyan went to look at the sugar in the pot. The sorghum sugar had turned golden yellow at this time, which meant it was done. If it was boiled any further, it would become old.

"Go to the house and bring me a jar of moderate size."

"okay."

The man moved very quickly. Packing candy is a technical job, and it would be faster if two people did it.

"I'll scoop it up with a spoon, and you use a shovel to scrape off the sugar under the spoon."

"Oh, good."

The man spoke with a hint of panic in his tone, and it was obvious that he was afraid that he had messed up this matter.

Xu Wenyan noticed that his hands were shaking slightly.

"What's your name?"

"Qiu Ning."

“It’s a nice name.”

Qiu Ning smiled innocently: "When I was born, there were many troubles in my family. The name was given by the village chief grandfather. He hoped that our family would have more peace."

Xu Wenyan was silent for a while...and did not continue the topic.

Soon the two large pots of sugar were filled, filling one jar and leaving the other jar only half full.

Xu Wenyan then boiled the remaining sorghum residue.

After the first jar was sealed, Xu Wenyan asked Qiu Ning to put it in the basement.

He scooped half of the can of sugar onto a plate, and then put the sesame seeds, peanuts and walnuts that he had fried during the day into it.

I also fried some rice in a pan and added it in.

The sugar just out of the pot was very sticky and stuck all the ingredients together. Xu Wenyan pressed the sugar in the plate firmly.

When it is shaped, take it out and cut it into pieces with a knife.

When Qiu Ning came back, he saw Xu Wenyan cooking and hurried to his workplace.

"Hey, why are you running? Come here."

Xu Wenyan handed him a piece of sorghum rice candy: "It's normal for me to cook a little special for you when you work with me. Don't let others know."

Qiu Ning took the sorghum rice candy and couldn't hide the smile on his face: "Yes, of course!"

After saying that, Qiu Ning walked away quickly.

After reaching the door, he carefully bit off a small piece of rice candy with his front teeth.

The sweet feeling spread from the tip of the tongue instantly.

Qiu Ning was reluctant to chew it, as it was the first time he had eaten candy since his parents left.

As the rice candy melted, warm tears gradually flowed down my cheeks.

..........

Xu Wenyan covered the finished rice candy, then went back to the house and carefully took away the booklet.

By the fire, Xu Wenyan carefully calculated today's expenses.

About five taels of sorghum stalks were used, five hundred taels of beef and mutton were used, two hundred taels were used to buy salt, and fifty taels of dried fruits were used.

In addition, there was rice and rapeseed oil, which cost another two hundred taels.

The local people use mutton fat, but Xu Wenyan really can't get used to it, so he always buys rapeseed oil.

Xu Wenyan sighed softly, money was really spent like water.

It's so hard to make money, but it's gone in an instant when you spend it.

As I was sighing, I felt my body being hugged.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen Sanlin leaned his head on Xu Wenyan's back and asked lazily.

"Why are you up so early? Don't you want to get some sleep?"

"A dream is more beautiful when it is half-dreamed. I just want to be with you now."

Xu Wenyan put down the book and leaned back slightly: "Hey, whose dog is this? It's so clingy."

"Yours." Chen Sanlin rubbed Xu Wenyan's ear with his head and used his arms to pull him into his arms.

"Wang Wang!"

The black bear came over, wagging its tail, and lay down beside Xu Wenyan's legs.

Xu Wenyan touched Black Bear's head and said, "I am so lucky. I have two dogs who are so clingy."

The two men and the dog sat by the fire, waiting until the sun slowly rose and a hint of paleness gradually appeared on the horizon.

"Brother Chen, it's OK."

Xu Wenyan patted Chen Sanlin, stood up and filtered the sorghum residue, and then continued to boil it.

At this time, other people also got up one after another, and Xu Wenyan immediately took the beef and mutton that had been marinated yesterday to the drying room.

Thanks to Huo Min and Uncle Ye, I basically don’t have to worry about anything related to iron.

The iron plates were placed one by one on the shelves of the drying room. After the coal flames were extinguished, Xu Wenyan closed the door.

There are more things at home, and I will need a lot of containers in the future.

Xu Wenyan asked Xiaohu to take people to the nearby low hill to dig an earthen kiln.

After following Xu Wenyan for a few years, Xiaohu has mastered a lot of skills. Xu Wenyan believes that he can live a good life even if Hu Zi leaves him.

If I want to leave here in the future, should I take the little ones with me?

What Xu Wenyan was afraid of was that they would not be able to adapt to that world, as they were already in elementary school at their age.

It is very difficult to get an ID card for them, but if I just take Chen Sanlin with me, I can still support myself.

I don't know that the speed of time flowing in the real world is different.

What if I go back and become an old man?

Xu Wenyan quickly shook his head and decided to understand the situation clearly after it was done.

The remaining sorghum stalks were all transported here today, and Xu Wenyan gave Qian Sen the sorghum wine that the uncle had given him yesterday.

This little old guy still needs to be given some motivation.

In the following days, in addition to making sorghum sugar, they also made dried meat. More than 3,000 kilograms of meat used more than 200 kilograms of salt.

It was also completed within three days, and Xu Wenyan put the finished dried meat in a jar after it was dried.

When the elite soldiers went to the battlefield, Xu Wenyan would make a big bag for each of them, which would contain compressed biscuits, dried meat, dehydrated vegetables and water bags.

Huo Min will have to take care of the rations for ordinary soldiers himself.

They are professionals when it comes to transporting food and fodder for war.

But they will definitely have to ask me to borrow money later. I only have about 10,000 taels in my hand now. Even if I give them all, it will not be enough to support 300,000 soldiers.

All I can say is save it slowly.

According to the news Xiaoman brought back, the branch in Beijing was selling very well, and Mr. Jiang would receive more than 10,000 yuan a month in the future.

It is now the end of August, and I will soon be able to get my share of money from Grandpa Jiang, but it should be less this time.

You can get it twice between now and October.

Including the money that will be sent from Jixiang Village, it is estimated that there will be another 30,000 taels.

But it doesn’t matter. The main purpose of this winter war is to occupy the entire border area.

Huo Min did not stay at the border for a few years in vain. There must be some officials who were dissatisfied with the court's behavior.

Occupy the border areas and then slowly advance inland.

The purpose of this battle was very clear, it was just to attack the city and would not touch the civilians at all.

Of course, if the imperial court asked for peace, the only option was for the new emperor to abdicate. However, given Huo Min's behavior, he would massacre the royal family and would never give the Lin family a chance to turn things around.

Now the blacksmith has selected fifty apprentices to help, and it is only a matter of time before he can start mass-producing explosives and firearms.

These people are Fu Jian’s confidants. Of course, Xu Wenyan will pick another fifty people from Huo Min later.

Checks and balances work everywhere.