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

Xiaohu went to find Sun Qiulan as soon as he heard Xu Wenyan's words.

As soon as he arrived at the door of Zhou's house, he saw Zhou Rong weeding the vegetable garden in the yard. Xiaohu suddenly remembered that Brother Xu said that giving flowers to girls would make them happy.

But what if Miss Sun doesn’t like the flowers I gave her? I should ask Zhou Rong first. After all, they are both girls, so it would be right to ask her.

"Sister Zhou Rong." Xiaohu called out and walked into the yard excitedly. They were both born in the same year and were both fourteen years old. In a few months, Xiaohu would be fifteen.

Seeing that it was Xiaohu, Zhou Rong put down the hoe in her hand and said, "Brother Xiaohu."

"Hey, Zhou Rong, let me ask you something."

Zhou Rong first went into the room and brought a bowl of water to Xiaohu: "Brother Xiaohu, ask."

"What color flowers do you like?" In the village, they couldn't name the species of wild flowers, they only knew their colors.

Hearing this, Zhou Rong's cheeks turned slightly red, and she lowered her head unconsciously: "Blue."

Xiaohu nodded and thought: "The blue one is hard to find."

"Actually... other colors are fine too."

Xiao Hu wanted to ask something else, but was stopped by a sweet voice behind him: "Hey, you are the one who chatted with Brother Xu this morning, right?"

He turned his head and saw Sun Qiulan smiling at him. Being looked at by that fair and rosy little face, Xiaohu's ears changed color in just a moment: "Miss Sun... Miss Sun."

Sun Qiulan was also a lively person. She ran into the yard and stood in front of Xiaohu: "Can you help me pass on a message?"

"Yes, I can! Definitely!" Xiaohu nodded his head like pounding garlic.

Seeing Xiaohu's reaction, how could Zhou Rong not know what Xiaohu was thinking about this Miss Sun? Her eyes darkened and she first looked at the clothes that Miss Sun was wearing, which was a light pink cloth.

There were all kinds of beautiful patterns on the clothes, but when I looked at myself, I was just wearing a grey linen dress.

Miss Sun's hands were delicate, while her own were covered with calluses. She also had the scent of rouge on her body, which was something she could never afford to use in her entire life. It seemed that compared to Miss Sun, she was nothing.

Zhou Rong lowered her head and slowly walked towards the inner room. She didn't want to be an eyesore here.

"Hey, why did that girl leave?" Sun Qiulan tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhou Rong's leaving figure, wondering.

"Maybe, maybe there is something wrong. Miss Sun, I don't know what message you want me to convey to Brother Xu."

"Oh, tell me, the buns he made are delicious and sweet." Sun Qiulan turned her back and smiled at Xiaohu with her hands on her back: "Thank you, by the way, what's your name?"

Xiaohu scratched his head. This was the first time a girl asked him his name: "My name is Xiaohu."

"Well, I'll leave it to you, Xiaohu. Thank you."

After blinking at Xiaohu, Sun Qiulan went home.

Xiaohu looked at her figure from behind and smiled foolishly.

......

"Rong Xiaoliu, pick out the old leaves at the bottom for me. If we don't eat them, we still have chickens at home." Xu Wenyan was busy in the kitchen. Looking at the leaves picked by Rong Xiaoliu, he was speechless.

After removing the few old leaves at the bottom of the shepherd's purse, he looked at Xu Wenyan with a silly smile: "Oh, I think the leaves at the bottom are bigger."

Xu Wenyan shook his head. These children were really scared of being hungry. He originally wanted to make shepherd's purse dumplings, but it was too late today. He could only see if he could wrap them with bacon. At worst, he could just chop them up a bit.

The picked toon needs to be soaked in boiling water for a while until the color becomes lighter. Toon contains nitrite, which can cause cancer if not handled properly.

"Put the picked wild vegetables in a winnowing basket and take them out to dry." Xu Wenyan plans to store more dry goods while he has them now. The climate in ancient times was complicated, and there might be some natural disasters.

It’s never a bad idea to stock up on more food.

While they were busy here, another carriage stopped at the gate of Xu Wenyan's yard.

The villagers around were also puzzled. What was going on? Why did a horse-drawn carriage come to Chen Sanlin's house every day this year?

And the carriage is made of blue bricks. When did Chen Sanlin's family become so rich?

The whole family worked together to unload bricks, and the several hundred bricks were cleared out in no time. If it weren't for the saying that money was spent like water, just for such a small pile of things, they had already spent seven taels of silver.

As soon as the wooden board arrived, Xu Wenyan started to work on it. One side of the bed at home was always tilted, making Xu Wenyan very uncomfortable when sleeping.

Today I was finally able to get this bed back.

Xu Wenyan tidied up the old quilts and mattresses underneath and took them out to dry in the sun. Such old items could not be washed, as the catkins inside would gather together.

"Rongrong, Xiaohua, take the sticks and knock on these quilts." The bed boards of the little ones were naturally replaced as well.

According to Xu Wenyan, the purpose of making money is to improve life. Now that he has the conditions, he must make himself live comfortably.

"Brother Xu!"

As soon as Chen Sanlin climbed onto the roof, Xiaohu walked into the yard.

"Huzi, you came just in time. Help me build a house."

Xiao Hu looked at the blue bricks and tiles in the yard with envy: "Brother Xu, these blue bricks are not cheap. By the way, Miss Sun asked me to tell you that the red bean buns are delicious."

As for Xiaohu's loud voice, Xu Wenyan immediately stopped him and made a gesture to silence him: "Speak softly, don't let your brother Sanlin hear it."

"Oh, Brother Xu, why did you send red bean buns to Miss Sun?" Xiaohu's eyes darkened. He thought that Brother Xu might also like Miss Sun, but Brother Xu has already married Brother Sanlin, right?

Xu Wenyan reluctantly explained to Xiaohu what happened yesterday, and the young man's expression improved.

With Xiaohu's help, the roof tiles were covered in one afternoon. The branches were able to block the snow, but if it was the rainy season, it would definitely leak.

And these three hundred pieces alone are not enough, and they only make it barely enough by interspersing the old tiles in between.

"Xiao Hu, stay for dinner. Your brother Xu is making dumplings today."

"Brother Xu, you are so nice!"

After saying this, Xiaohu felt a chill on his back.

Chen Sanlin just looked at him from behind without saying anything.

The dumplings are filled with bacon and shepherd's purse, which can be considered an innovation of Xu Wenyan, but the bacon has to be cooked in advance.

Xu Wenyan made big dumplings, and Chen Sanlin ate more than 40 of them. Judging from his appearance, he was probably not full yet, so Xu Wenyan added some noodles for him and Xiaohu to share.

"Hey, Brother Xu, I see you brought back so many wild vegetables. Are you going to sell them?" Xiaohu asked after he finished eating the last dumpling in the bowl and was about to start eating noodles.

“What are you selling? When we went to the county yesterday, some people had already started selling them. The prices were very low and we were too lazy to make that trip.” People in this dynasty were not as stupid as those portrayed in novels.

They know most of the edible wild vegetables and fruits, and they are better at selling them than Xu Wenyan. It is unrealistic to make money just by selling these natural things.

What is lacking is innovation.