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

Soon, all the native residents in the village knew about it.

A group of people from the county came to live in Jixiang Village.

Among them, Miss Sun is the most famous, and she is loved by men but envied by women.

Today is the last day for recycling bamboo shoots, and the carriage entered Jixiang Village early.

"Brother Xu! I'm here." The enthusiastic waiter at Baihua Tower walked towards Xu Wenyan as soon as he got off the carriage.

Xu Wenyan looked at the pot and spatula in his hand and said, "Oh, you found it quickly."

"Hey, Xiaoman told me that Brother Xu's house is a gray-white house, and it can be seen from a long distance." The waiter was stunned after saying this and then took out a tael of silver from his pocket: "This pot and spatula are three taels in total, Brother Xu, you gave too much."

"Okay. The bamboo shoots are all here. This is the last batch of this year." This batch is even smaller than the previous one. We have been busy these days, and many of the bamboo shoots have turned into bamboos.

This resulted in Xu Wenyan only receiving a total of twelve taels after deducting his wages, but it was still a considerable amount of money.

"Hey, give me a ride." Xu Wenyan went to the county mainly to buy wooden boards, tiles and bricks. The fireplace chimney and inner walls needed to be reinforced. Only bricks were fire-resistant and had more uniform specifications.

Looking at the weather, it must be very hot in the summer. Xu Wenyan walked around the mountains several times but didn't see any mint, honeysuckle or the like. He thought of buying some from the county's herb market.

The waiter at Baihua Tower was also enthusiastic: "Okay, Brother Xu, our carriage is fast.

After asking Xiaohu to help look after the children, the two of them put on their backpacks and got on the carriage.

It was noon when they returned. The sun was really powerful, but the farmers were used to it and didn't feel it was particularly hot. Xu Wenyan was the only one in the carriage who looked listless.

Chen Sanlin kept fanning Xu Wenyan with his clothes in the car, and only then did Xu Wenyan feel a little better.

As soon as he entered the county town, Xu Wenyan separated from the waiter. After asking about the workshop where he could buy bricks and tiles, he did not delay on the road and went straight to the workshop.

Before I entered, I saw a young man holding an abacus in the yard, about seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Two young men, are you buying bricks and tiles?" the man asked while counting beads in his hand.

"Yes, may I ask how much is one piece of brick and tile?" The prices in ancient times were still strange. Some things that were worthless in modern times were surprisingly expensive, and some things that were valuable in modern times were not recognized by the people here.

The man spoke calmly, just patiently counting the money in his hands: "A blue brick is ten cents a piece, and a brick tile is thirteen cents a piece."

Xu Wenyan was also calculating in his mind that if he wanted to make a twelve-wall structure, sixty-four bricks would be needed per square meter, and eighteen walls would require ninety-six. One blue brick would cost ten cents, which was really not cheap.

"Give me three hundred bricks and three hundred tiles." The family just needs to renovate the fireplace and the roof, so they don't need so much.

The man nodded and fiddled with the abacus again: "Oh, three hundred bricks, three hundred tiles, a total of..."

"Six taels and nine hundred wen." Xu Wenyan almost blurted it out. Every Chinese person knows this simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

The man became nervous and looked at the abacus in his hand and then at Xu Wenyan on the side: "It really is six taels and nine hundred coins. Brother, you are really good at math! You can do it without the help of an abacus."

Xu Wenyan waved his hand: "I just guessed, I just guessed."

Although Xu Wenyan said so, the young man would not believe it.

"By the way, can you transport these bricks?" We can't just let the two of them carry them back.

"Of course, I'll leave a deposit of one or two taels and your address and I'll deliver it the day after tomorrow at the latest. Of course, I won't deliver outside of Lin County."

This Jixiang Village is under the jurisdiction of Lin County and is one of the farthest ones.

Finally, Xu Wenyan took a fancy to two more wooden boards and offered them a discounted price of seven taels in total.

After finishing these, the two of them first had a bowl of noodles at a small stall and then went to the flower and tree market.

Entering the market, he found that the variety of flowers, plants and trees was much richer than Xu Wenyan had imagined, with orchids and chrysanthemums being the most numerous.

It is not the flowering season yet, so the quality of the orchid is naturally hard to tell. If you are lucky, a pot of orchid can be sold for hundreds of taels after it blooms, but if you are unlucky, it may not bloom for several years.

It is much more exciting than gambling on stones.

Narcissus, peony and magnolia are slightly cheaper. Xu Wenyan just asked the price of a peony and it cost several taels.

Too expensive, just take a look.

After only turning halfway, Xu Wenyan felt that he was about to be intoxicated by the fragrance of the flowers.

It was spring, and the colorful flowers were so dazzling that Xu Wenyan was overwhelmed. He was moved every time he saw one.

But my wallet can’t bear it.

Xu Wenyan walked all the way to the end of the market before he saw a stall selling mint and honeysuckle. The seller was a quiet girl, who was watering the plants with her hands.

"Girl, how much are your mint and honeysuckle?"

"Twenty cents a mint plant, one ounce of honeysuckle, guaranteed to survive." The woman spoke calmly and gently, like the flowing water, and she was very confident in her flowers.

I was originally planning to buy this much, but the jasmine in the corner attracted Xu Wenyan again: "How much is this jasmine?"

"Two taels of jasmine. There are some that are not good quality, and they are not guaranteed to survive. One tael is four plants."

Xu Wenyan took a look and found that the leaves were a little small and looked malnourished.

The price was quite reasonable. When Xu Wenyan was about to pay, he saw a familiar figure.

"Xu Wenyan...what's wrong with you?" Seeing his wife suddenly stunned, Chen Sanlin gently pulled his sleeve.

"Nothing." After buying two honeysuckle plants, ten mint plants and four jasmine plants, he left the herb market.

I carefully covered the plants, bought six egg yolk cakes and some vegetables.

Just buying these little gadgets and green plants cost another three or two taels of money.

Then they got up and went home. Fortunately, after walking for more than an hour, they saw Chen Wu driving a ox cart towards Jixiang Village.

"Hey, isn't this the Sanlin boy?" Chen Wu smiled brightly. This ox cart was assembled today and the ox was just bought. From now on, he will be able to start a business in the village.

"Uncle Chen Wu."

Chen Wu warmly invited the two to get in the car without charging a penny.

"You two guys are so lucky. This is the car your uncle Wu just bought, and you are my first batch of customers." Along the way, Chen Wu kept bragging about how stable and fast his car was, and how strong the bull was.

Xu Wenyan found it interesting to listen to along the way.

I staggered back home and shared the pastries I bought with the little ones.

Chen Dong took the egg yolk pastry and trotted to Xu Wenyan's feet who was cooking: "Uncle, when you were away today, a beautiful sister came to our house."

"Pretty sister?"

Chen Dong nodded heavily: "Yes, it was a beautiful sister in pink clothes. She also gave us some corn tortillas."

"Have you harvested it?" Xu Wenyan asked calmly, carefully cutting the vegetables in his hand.

Chen Dong looked at his uncle with a guilty conscience: "Well, the beautiful sister speaks very gently, Xiaoliu brother is embarrassed to refuse, and the corn tortillas are also delicious."

Xu Wenyan just nodded: "Okay, I understand."

After dinner, Xu Wenyan called the children together and then looked at Rong Xiaoliu.

Rong Xiaoliu felt guilty when Xu Wenyan looked at him, and then he immediately knelt down and admitted his mistake, tears about to flow. What if Brother Xu wanted to kick him out because he collected things in a disorderly manner?

He was scared when he saw Brother Xu’s serious expression.

"I'm sorry, Brother Xu, I shouldn't have accepted other people's things without permission. I won't do that again." Rong Xiaoliu had just knelt down when Rong Rong also knelt down, with tears flashing in his eyes.

Chen Xiaohua and Chen Dong were also scared and actually knelt down.

They seemed to be in real trouble.