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

The sky is slightly bright.

Just to the extent that I can see things clearly.

After traveling to this ancient time, my daily routine has become regular. I always go to bed early and get up early.

Fourth month without a cell phone.

Think about it.

After carefully putting on his shoes, Xu Wenyan planned to go downstream along the river to take a look.

"Uncle." Rongrong called Xu Wenyan in a low voice.

"woke up."

Rongrong rubbed her eyes lightly, smoothed her hair and tied it up with a hair tie: "Where is my little uncle going?"

"Let's go play in the river together?"

Rongrong's face lit up with joy, and just as she was about to speak, Xu Wenyan made a gesture to silence her: "Shh, let's go secretly and let them rest."

"OK."

The two of them went down along the stream.

The water flow did not increase due to the rain, and the two men moved forward by stepping on the large rocks beside the stream.

"Rongrong, watch out as you go."

Don’t look at the little girl’s short legs now, she can jump very far.

Xu Wenyan squatted on a stone slab and moved the stone next to him with force. There was nothing underneath except a few small black bugs that ran out.

These crabs are more abundant in late summer and early autumn.

I moved several more and finally saw some small fish swimming around. In my previous life, I often caught this kind of fish and secretly fried them to eat. They were so delicious.

"Let's go back first."

Xu Wenyan pulled Rongrong back. When they got back, the others had already started digging the hole and it looked like they would be finished soon.

"Brother Xu, where did you go?" Rong Xiaoliu took a few steps forward and asked.

"Wandering around." He checked the inside of the cave. Overall, it was fine. All he had to do next was put the wooden bed in.

"Second uncle, I saw some limestone on the other side of the stream. Burn some, mix it with the excavated loess, and then add some dry straw into it. Then apply it inside to prevent insects." Xu Wenyan could accept everything else, even if the sleeping space inside was small.

The only thing I can’t do is touch a few lively bugs around me while I’m sleeping, and that feels suffocating.

Xu Wenyan shook his head. No! He couldn't let this happen. "Rongrong, let's go later. We have to finish this now."

Rongrong is also very obedient. Anyway, her uncle will never lie to her.

Chen Sanlin took a few men to transport the stones, while Xu Wenyan and Wang Dongmei piled up the removed thorns and then put some collected firewood on top.

This is done to burn limestone and to fertilize the land, killing two birds with one stone.

When Chen Sanlin and his men brought the stones back, they placed them on the thorn bushes. As the flames fell into the thorn bushes, soon the fire shot up into the sky.

The scorching heat twisted the air in the sky, as if tearing the space apart.

"Be careful not to let any sparks fall outside." It would be no fun if it caused a forest fire, but it just rained, so it's not easy to ignite.

While the fire was burning, Xu Wenyan, together with Wang Dongmei and Wang Cuijuan, went to pull up a lot of dry straw and then cut it into pieces with a machete.

It was not the first time for these people to be deployed, and they were particularly adept at it this time. Looking at their superb putty-scraping techniques, Xu Wenyan estimated that he would have to get a civil engineering certificate after returning.

After the space inside has been blown clean, it still needs to be ventilated for a while.

"Brother Chen, take them to turn over the burned land. There are a lot of grass roots in it."

After giving the instructions, Xu Wenyan picked up the hammer and took the little guys to the creek.

The children were all very excited. Following their uncle out was like going on a picnic. Chen Xiaohua felt that even though they were living in the wild now, it was better than living at home in previous years.

No one beats her or scolds her here, and she is no longer a jinx.

"Uncle, what are we doing here?" Chen Xiaohua asked.

"Catch fish."

Chen Dong and Rong Xiaoliu squatted on the rocks and looked into the stream: "Brother Xu, there are no fish."

Xu Wenyan was seen standing on the protruding rocks in the stream, raising a hammer and smashing it hard at a stone.

"Okay."

"Bang——" The knocking sound caused splashes of water and left a white mark on the gray stone.

"Xiao Liu, move the stone."

"it is good."

As the stone was moved away, two small fish, about five or six centimeters in size, floated out from under the stone with their white bellies turned up.

"Wow!" Several children looked at Xu Wenyan with admiration.

"Uncle, you are so awesome! There are really fish." Rongrong was quick with his eyes and hands and caught the two floating fish.

Xu Wenyan smiled proudly: "Follow Brother Xu, you can have nine meals a day in three days."

These small fish like to hide under rocks the most. If you hit them with a hammer from above, the sound waves emitted from the bottom can directly stun these small fish.

The other people who didn't know what was going on just heard the sound of "dong, dong, dong" from time to time in the shelter, but Xu Wenyan didn't make any sound, so he probably wasn't in danger.

After hammering along the stream for more than half an hour, Xu Wenyan said that his body was exhausted and he had no strength left.

But the harvest was rich. The little guys had hundreds of small fish, big and small, in their hands. The largest one was more than ten centimeters long and was a loach.

"Go back, little uncle, I'm out of strength." Xu Wenyan handed the hammer to Rong Xiaoliu. He should relax when it's time to relax. Xu Wenyan never liked to push himself.

Seeing the few people with wet trouser legs but still smiling, Wang Dongmei also smiled and said, "What have the little ones been doing? They look so happy."

"Aunt Mei, look." Rongrong raised the fish skewer in her hand. Xu Wenyan taught them how to use green grass to string these small fish together through their gills.

There are six or seven skewers in total.

"Wow, so much?" Several adults were also greedy. They hadn't eaten meat for a few days and really wanted to have a few bites.

Xu Wenyan sat on the stone slab and started a fire, then took off his shoes and roasted them: "Sister Dongmei, please take care of it. I'll take a rest."

"to make."

There is nothing special about cooking these small fish. Just remove the gills and internal organs and they will be very clean.

"By the way, Sister Dongmei, don't throw away the internal organs. Bury them in the ground as fertilizer later." Using fish to nourish plants is the most fertile way, but not many people have the conditions to do so.

The most you spend is on growing flowers.

The thorn bush had been dug up halfway, and Xu Wenyan could see something moving in the ground from a distance.

Looked again carefully.

"Xiaohu, is that an earthworm?"

Following the direction of Xu Wenyan's finger, Xiaohu pointed at a long flesh-colored worm: "Brother Xu, is this it?"

"Correct."

Xiaohu simply grabbed it and trotted to show it to Xu Wenyan: "This is an earthworm. You can often dig it out in the vegetable garden and feed it to the chickens."

Xu Wenyan nodded. Although this thing was indeed edible, Xu Wenyan's face twisted into a knot when he looked at the thing still squirming in Xiaohu's hand.

"Forget it, forget it, leave me a few."

"Oh, okay." Xiaohu used a few leaves to wrap three or four strips for Xu Wenyan and then continued to work.

There were small fish to eat at noon, so the four men who worked were also working extra hard.

Everyone is looking forward to the long-lost fresh fish soup.