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

Soon Xu Wenyan found what he wanted.

This is a cylindrical tree, covered with old petiole bases that are not easy to fall off and dense reticular fibers. Its leaves are generally round or oval.

A large leaf may be deeply divided into thirty to fifty pieces, with wrinkled, linear, sword-shaped leaf blades.

When Xu Wenyan was at his uncle's house in his previous life, he often used the sword-shaped thin leaves of this palm tree to tie bacon, which was extremely sturdy. Some people also used the leaves to make fans, which were also very good.

Of course, the most important use is to make straw raincoats, and farmers here all know how to make them.

Cotton fiber is extremely water-resistant and also keeps you warm.

The two men came under the tree. The palm tree was about four or five meters tall.

"Xiao Liu, how are you at climbing trees?"

"That must be good. I climb walls every day in the county." Rong Xiaoliu said proudly.

Xu Wenyan hummed and kicked him lightly: "Show off." If he hadn't sprained his leg, he would have climbed up a tree like this in a few steps.

"hey-hey."

"Go up there and cut off the two big leaves and the pale yellow flowers. The most important thing is the brown tassels. Hold them in your arms and get more."

The flower buds of the palm tree are light yellow, just like pieces of fish eggs, holding together. The flower buds can be used as medicine when dried, and can be ground into powder and sprinkled on wounds to stop bleeding.

If you eat it directly, it can protect your cardiovascular system, or you can soak it in water.

Rong Xiaoliu put the machete on his lower back, used his hands and feet, and reached the top in two minutes.

"Be careful."

"Got it, Brother Xu." Rong Xiaoliu moved quickly, and with one cut, the pale yellow bud fell off: "Brother Xu, be careful, I'll throw it down."

There are only nine flower buds on this tree, but they are enough for one meal. Xu Wenyan wants to get more, dry them and use them to make medicine.

If the flower buds are picked too late, they will taste bitter and will not be delicious.

Rong Xiaoliu was picking them up, and Xu Wenyan was throwing them into the backpack down below.

"Bang." Rong Xiaoliu jumped down from the air and handed the two big leaves in his hand to Xu Wenyan.

"Brother Xu, this is for you."

Xu Wenyan was stunned: "Ah? What are you doing for me?"

"Eh? Didn't Brother Xu want it because he thought it looked good?"

"Boom."

Xu Wenyan tapped Rong Xiaoliu on the forehead and said, "Haha, you're right to say I want it, but these are all useful things. Let's go, next one."

Soon, the two men had cut down most of the flower buds of the four palm trees they could see, and left some for humanitarian reasons.

The two returned with their things and found that the shelter had been expanded a bit and covered with a lot of leaves.

"We're back." Chen Sanlin was holding branches in both hands and was separating them.

"Yeah." Xu Wenyan took out the palm tree fiber from his arms and rubbed it on the dry cloth. When it was a big ball, he continued to put it in his arms and hold it.

The fire should be placed next to the shelter and also covered.

After a few people moved the fire, the fiber in Xu Wenyan and Rong Xiaoliu's arms was almost dry, because the fiber of this palm tree is waterproof, otherwise it would not be used to make raincoats.

"This is a good thing. My family Jianye knows how to make a raincoat, so we won't be afraid of getting wet in the rain." Wang Cuijuan said with a smile. There were also a few palm trees outside Jixiang Village, but they had been worn out by the villagers.

It is considered good conditions if a family has a straw raincoat.

"That's great, second uncle. You and Xiaoliu can go get some later." Xu Wenyan half-knelt, preparing to make a fire.

"Don't wait for a while, go now. We can't do anything when it rains. It takes too much time." When it rained in the morning, I stayed in the shelter for more than an hour and did nothing.

After the two left, Xu Wenyan first put a layer of palm fiber into the fire, then laid a layer of twigs, and finally laid another layer of palm fiber, so that it could be lit.

The flint kept making a "hissing" sound in his hand, and little sparks came out of the flint. When the sparks came into contact with the dry brown fibers, flames burst out.

"Wow! Brother Wenyan, you are very good." Wang Dongmei also looked at Xu Wenyan with admiration. It was really difficult to make a fire in this weather.

Xu Wenyan raised an eyebrow and immediately added thicker branches to the tree: "That's a must!"

"Wen Yan, why are you picking the flower buds of this palm tree?" Wang Cuijuan took a few flower buds and looked at them. They didn't smell very strong, just a little bit of fragrance.

"Eat it. It's just that it might not taste good without bacon." When the fire started, Xu Wenyan sat on the stone slab, took off his shoes and roasted them for a while.

Chen Sanlin stretched out his hand and shook it; it was cold.

He grabbed Xu Wenyan's cloth shoes, walked to the side, twisted them hard, shook them hard, and finally propped them up with two sticks and placed them next to the fire.

Xu Wenyan looked at the people around him and felt warm in his heart. He wrung out his clothes and pants as much as he could. As soon as he turned around, he saw that there were injuries on Chen Dong's little feet.

"Hey, Chen Dong, what's wrong with your foot?" Xu Wenyan noticed that there was a scratch on the side of Chen Dong's shoeless foot, which was almost scabbed over.

Xu Wenyan hugged him and looked at him carefully: "Xiaohua, bring me my cloth bag." After treating Chen Dong's wound, Xu Wenyan taught him a lesson coldly: "If you are injured, you must tell the doctor on the spot. The longer you delay, the harder it is to cure this disease. Do you know that?"

"I'm sorry, little uncle." Chen Dong pouted, his face full of self-blame.

Xu Wenyan put him back on the stone slab. He was also very worried about making shoes.

"Wen Yan, I'll pick some straw and make a pair of straw sandals for Xiaodong." Wang Cuijuan said as she washed the palm buds.

"Excuse me, aunt."

Xu Wenyan's feet were warmed for a while, and Chen Sanlin pinched them for a while, and only felt relieved after making sure that they were not cold.

Although I didn't want Xu Wenyan to wear half-dry shoes, the sun was about to set and now was not the time to rest.

"Brother Chen, Sister Dongmei, let's go chop some wood."

Xu Wenyan planned to make a slightly longer wooden bed. The ground was very humid, and it was impossible to lay the mat directly on the ground at night.

Chen Sanlin chose smaller pieces of wood. He could chop down one with two axes, and Xu Wenyan and Wang Dongmei were responsible for removing the branches from above.

"Sister Dongmei, let's pile these branches together and take them back to use as a mat." Xu Wenyan thought of using these relatively soft branches and leaves to pad the wooden bed, and then cover it with a blanket, which would make it more comfortable.

Wang Dongmei slapped her head and gathered all the scattered branches and leaves. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Xu Wenyan was so meticulous in doing things.

Later, Xu Wenyan saw that there were many vines on the surrounding trees. Xu Wenyan had never seen these vines before. After all, he was not a real plant encyclopedia.

After pulling it, he found that it was quite tough. Xu Wenyan first cut shallow notches on both ends of the wood, then tied the wood together to form a large wooden board, and then tied the two large wooden boards together with vines.

A total of two layers were made, and then a few slightly larger pieces of wood were placed in the middle, and two people worked together to tie it up with vines.

The bed is now finished.

I spread the blanket on it. It wasn't full, but it was adequate.

Rong Xiaoliu and Zhou Jianye have returned from collecting palm fiber and are now processing it.

What we ate in the evening was the buds of palm trees. The buds bloomed in our mouths, just like eating little pearls. There was no strange taste and it was pretty good.

When night fell, Chen Xingjie and Wang Dongmei knelt beside the fire. After all, today was Qingming Festival.

The two wanted to pay tribute to their parents in this way.

The second branch of the Zhou family also felt a little touched and followed suit.

Xu Wenyan sat on the wooden bed, one foot on the ground and the other on his arm, with his arm supporting his head, looking at the people praying devoutly beside the fire.

To be honest, he didn't feel anything. He didn't know when his parents died, and the relatives around him were not good people.

Of course, I am also a bad guy.

It's not the family tradition.

Ever since they decided to abandon him, Xu Wenyan had already considered them dead in his heart.

In the past twenty years, there has never been a day when he expected his parents to come back to see him.

You are the one who feeds yourself.

The only one you can rely on is yourself.

Thinking of this, Xu Wenyan smiled bitterly.

"What are you thinking about?" Chen Sanlin sat down next to him and held his hand: "Why is it still so cold?"

Then he held Xu Wenyan's hands and rubbed them together: "Brother Chen will warm you up."

Xu Wenyan looked at the big man and felt a ray of sunshine shining through his heart, and he smiled with relief.

Or, try to rely on others?