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

Chapter 429 Red Rope

Old people often say this.

It is not cold when it snows. It becomes really cold when the snow stops and the snow melts.

Xu Wenyan, who has lived in the south for many years, didn't feel much about this before.

It was not until now that Xu Wenyan could truly feel it.

He now wished he could lean his body completely in Chen Sanlin's arms.

Chen Sanlin's body is always warm, like a portable heater.

The snow here is ankle deep, and it is difficult to lift your legs every time you go down.

"Dad, I really can't walk anymore." Zhang Lin said to the man in a weak voice.

The man just lifted up his little son in his arms and ignored him.

The little girl looked very bad, and her walking posture was shaky, as if she would fall down at any second.

Chen Sanlin looked at Xu Wenyan: "I'll go ahead, you follow my footsteps."

"it is good."

Xu Wenyan put both his hands into his sleeves. Chen Sanlin's footprints were a circle bigger than his, so it would save energy if he walked this way.

At a glance, everything around was white, and there were only a few trees on the bare mountains.

Luo Sanyuan pulled Xiaoman and followed Xu Wenyan, stepping on their footprints: "You said this place is so big, but it's all stone ground where no one lives.

How do we grow crops? What do the people eat? "

"Didn't you see when we entered the city? There are not as many people in Longcheng as in Fengxian. And the meat here is relatively cheaper." Xu Wenyan said, panting.

Luo Sanyuan thought about it carefully and realized that the most popular items on the market seemed to be dried meat and dry biscuits.

Vegetables are even less available.

You should know that in Dianzhou, there is always a supply of fresh fruits and vegetables all year round.

"The breeding industry is thriving here, and the land is cheap. Maybe there will be subsidies for reclaiming land."

Xu Dashan nodded and said, "I was sent to the northwest this time to open up wasteland.

In addition to this group, it is said that all the prisoners who have committed serious crimes in the county will be taken to the northwest to open up wasteland. "

That was all Xu Dashan knew, and Manager Wu listened and started chatting with them.

“The current Queen Mother is a devout Buddhist.

She felt that she had seen too much blood last year and it was not appropriate to kill any more animals this year as the cold in the northwest was unbearable.

Although the Northwest is vast, most of it is deserted.

The Queen Mother wanted to let the prisoners build the northwest and accumulate merit for her, which is one of the reasons why the Zhang family members were not beheaded. "

After hearing this, Xu Wenyan was a little confused. Why are the empress dowagers in all palace fighting dramas devoted to Buddhism?

I'm afraid that if you were a vicious woman when you were young, you would have restless dreams at night when you are old.

Of course, Xu Wenyan only dared to complain about these things in his heart.

"Okay, let's rest behind the earth building tonight." said Manager Wu.

It is called an earth building, but it is just a wall made of earth bricks on three sides.

Two walls are higher, one is lower, and there are clods of earth scattered inside the wall.

As for how the wall collapsed, Xu Wenyan didn't know.

"Everyone go out and find some hay and branches."

It is difficult to make a fire in this plateau area.

Now the only way to find firewood is to dig through the snow.

Xu Wenyan came to a strange willow tree, where there were quite a lot of naturally fallen branches.

But these won't burn for long, at least they can start the fire.

Xu Wenyan put the pot on the table, and Xiaoman went to find the ingredients. Given the current conditions, they could only cook something to eat.

Dice the meat, radishes and potatoes you bought in the morning and put them into the pot to cook together.

Then add Xu Wenyan’s special spice powder.

Manager Wu leaned against the wall and watched Xu Wenyan cook.

Xu Wenyan added the ingredients into the pot and covered it with the lid, and couldn't help but wonder.

"Are you done now?"

Xu Wenyan nodded: "Yes, don't worry about it, it will definitely taste good soon."

Afterwards, Xu Wenyan picked up a relatively flat stone and asked Chen Sanlin to help move it. He washed it with snow and placed the dry biscuits on it to heat them.

Including Manager Wu and Luo Feng, there were seven people in total, and Xu Wenyan only heated up seven pancakes.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to do more, but Xu Wenyan always feels that something bad will happen next.

Manager Wu said in the morning that we should be here in the afternoon.

But the team was two hours late.

And looking at the gray sky, I’m afraid it will snow again tonight.

After the meal was ready, Xu Wenyan handed Manager Wu a pancake and a bowl of meat soup.

After doing all this, Xu Wenyan sat down between Chen Sanlin and Xiaoman, with talented people on both sides making it warm.

Manager Wu smelled the soup first and it tasted okay, but he couldn't describe what it tasted like specifically.

The steam coming out of the soup is particularly eye-catching in the cold winter.

As the broth goes down your throat, the salty and fragrant taste instantly spreads in your mouth. After it goes into your stomach, you feel your whole body warming up.

Taking another bite of the diced meat, Xu Wenyan found out that it was mutton. Each piece of mutton had a little bit of fat and the meat was stewed very soft.

The potatoes have been fully integrated into the soup, making the broth more layered.

Manager Wu's eyes lit up instantly.

It’s obvious that Xu Wenyan didn’t do much to prepare the ingredients, so how could it be so delicious?

Luo Feng on the side had finished a bowl of milk. He licked his lips and looked at Xu Dashan.

It happened to be seen by Xu Wenyan. Luo Feng is a very introverted person.

You can tell at first glance that you want to eat it but you don’t dare to open your mouth.

"Eat, two bowls each."

Luo Feng looked at Xu Wenyan, his eyes full of gratitude: "Oh."

I was eating here when I heard a man swearing from the other side.

"There's only so much food, and there's nothing left to eat. Can't you think about your brother? If you talk any more, I'll ignore you." The man pointed at the little girl and cursed.

The people around just watched it for fun, after all, there were only two families with little daughters in this group.

Naturally, the one who was scolded was Zhang Lin. She had only eaten a quarter of a steamed bun, and she was feeling really unwell.

The little girl wanted to pluck up the courage to ask her father for more food, hoping that she would feel better the next morning.

But when Zhang Lin's father saw that she wanted to eat again, he instantly got annoyed. She was just a girl, and yet she asked him for so many things to eat.

"Daddy, I was wrong. I don't want to eat anymore. Please don't leave me." The little girl cried weakly. Her little hands tightly grasped the man's trouser legs, but the man ruthlessly pulled them apart.

For some unknown reason, Zhang Lin fell into coma the next second.

"Damn it, who are you pretending to be dead for?" The man looked at Zhang Lin with disgust and went back to the wall to lean against it to rest.

The woman wanted to help the little girl, but the man stopped her: "If you dare to control her, get out of here too."

Helplessly, the woman withdrew her hand, and followed the man to lean against the wall, daring only to watch from afar.

The little girl just lay on the snow, and no one came forward.

After dinner, I wrapped myself in a quilt. At this time, snow had already started to fall from the sky, accompanied by a little cold wind.

Because of the obstruction of several walls, the snow did not fall directly on our heads, but I was afraid I could not rely on the fire tonight.

Not to mention that there is not much firewood left, the snow is really heavy.

Xu Wenyan couldn't help but shiver, and Chen Sanlin hugged him in his arms.

"How is it now?"

"much better."

Looking at the snow in the sky, Xu Wenyan looked at the little girl on the ground again. Fortunately, the little girl had woken up at this time and was looking at Xu Wenyan with a pair of lifeless eyes.

Xu Wenyan shook his head and stopped looking at her.

After handing over the shift at night, Xu Wenyan looked at the snow falling from the sky and felt more and more uneasy.

"uncle."

A soft voice sounded, and Xu Wenyan turned his head to look towards the source of the voice.

Zhang Lin stood not far away and looked at Xu Wenyan.

"what happened?"

"Uncle, is the porridge delicious..." Zhang Lin asked nervously, biting his lip.

......

Faced with this question, Xu Wenyan didn't know how to answer.

“噗咚。”

The little girl fell to the ground again. Xu Wenyan looked at her and felt uncomfortable.

Be careful and get out of bed, the child has a fever.

Fortunately, the little girl woke up after a while.

Xu Wenyan gathered the burnt firewood around him and used a flint to light the fire.

"Uncle, the fire is so warm..." Zhang Lin hugged his legs with his dirty little hands, rested his head on his knees, and watched the rising flames.

There were faint twinkling stars in his eyes.

Xu Wenyan used a pot to boil some medicine for the little girl: "Drink it."

The little girl took it and sipped it: "Uncle...it's a little bitter."

Since he had no candy, Xu Wenyan stuffed a piece of dried meat into the little girl's mouth and said, "Eat it."

Looking at the piece of dried meat the size of two of her fingers in her hand, the little girl's eyes lit up: "Thank you, uncle!" Then she smiled sweetly at Xu Wenyan.

Seeing Zhang Lin eating the dried meat in small bites, Xu Wenyan sighed softly and tidied up his slightly messy hair.

"Uncle, let me help you." Zhang Lin pursed his lips and slowly sat up from the ground.

Xu Wenyan looked at her and smiled unconsciously: "Okay."

Zhang Lin came behind Xu Wenyan and untied her hair tie.

The hair was scattered, and the little girl took out a wooden comb from her body. She held a small bunch of hair in her left hand and carefully used the comb to comb Xu Wenyan's hair.

"This comb was given to me by my grandmother. She made it for me herself."

The little girl had a sweet laugh, and Xu Wenyan couldn't help but want to talk more to her.

"What about your grandmother?"

"Hey, grandma passed away. She passed away years ago."

"......All right."

The girl combed her hair carefully, "Uncle, thank you, but I won't cause you any trouble.

Daddy said I was a money-loser, and whoever I followed would be unlucky."

Listening to Zhang Lin's words, Xu Wenyan felt sad.

For a long time, neither of them spoke.

Until Zhang Lin carefully tied up Xu Wenyan's hair.

She squatted carefully away from Xu Wenyan, and then pushed the wooden comb towards Xu Wenyan.

Looking at the wooden comb, Xu Wenyan was puzzled: "Hmm?"

"Hey, it's for uncle." Zhang Lin smiled at Xu Wenyan, "Grandma said that we can't take other people's things for free, otherwise people will hate us.

I don’t want to be hated by my uncle.”

Xu Wenyan took the comb and pushed it back to the girl: "I don't want this, give me your hairband."

"Ah?" The little girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

Zhang Lin quickly took the hair tie and handed it to Xu Wenyan.

Xu Wenyan took out a pancake from the package: "I didn't take it from you for nothing, now we are even."

The little girl knew that she had gotten the better deal, but she had nothing more valuable than the comb.

Daddy always said that he was a money-loser. If uncle didn't like that comb, he would never like anything else she had.

"Thank you, uncle." Zhang Lin turned his head and looked at the wood burning in the fire.

"What color do you prefer?"

"Ah?" Zhang Lin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xu Wenyan's face. The little girl lowered her head shyly: "Red, grandma said that red is better."

Xu Wenyan nodded, rummaged through the package again, found a piece of red thread and gave it to Zhang Lin.

The little girl spread out her hands and looked at the red thread as if she had received some treasure.

"Wow! It's a red string!"

The little girl's eyes were filled with joy, and gradually brightened.

"The red rope will bring you luck, so go to bed early." Xu Wenyan smiled at Zhang Lin, and returned to bed without saying anything else.

Zhang Lin tied the red thread on his hand, looked at the thread in his hand and then looked at Xu Wenyan in the distance, his heart was extremely excited.

This was the first gift she received.

She was really happy.

Looking at the red rope, the little girl's heart gradually became firm. She looked at the man wrapped in a thin blanket behind her, as if she had made up her mind.

The daybreak comes late in the north.

When I was awakened by Chen Sanlin, the sky was still gray and I could barely see anything.

That's it.

"Damn it! Why are my things gone?"

As soon as he opened his eyes, a few loud curses attracted everyone's attention.

The man searched everywhere almost frantically, asking everyone he met if they had seen his bag.

Soon, other people also started clamoring for food in the bags.

Xu Wenyan took a look and saw that most of them were single-family men who were strong and healthy. For example, they were dragging a family of four, and Zhang Chao's family was fine.

"What are you doing?"

Manager Wu roared angrily, and the man knelt down in front of Manager Wu, almost collapsing and saying, "Sir...Sir, our bags are gone, and the clothes, dry food, and water bags inside are gone."

Manager Wu frowned and looked at the crowd. Most likely, someone had run away with the supplies.

"Where's that damn girl?" The man seemed to have realized something: "That damn girl is gone! It's her, it must be that money-loser! If I had known, I would have starved her to death!"

The people around looked around and indeed couldn't see Zhang Lin anywhere.

"There are footprints here!"

another man in the crowd yelled.

The man on the ground stood up and followed the footprints like a madman, but the footprints were buried deep in the snow.

"Okay, stop running around. The government won't let you starve to death." Manager Wu said sternly.

But all the exiles knew that the government only provided one meal a day, and if they lost their own dry food, they would go hungry at night.

But what had happened was there was no way they could find the person again.

When they set out, the atmosphere in the team was obviously a little depressing.

"That girl is so brave." Chen Sanlin exclaimed.

"Yeah." Xu Wenyan sighed again and looked into the distance: "I hope everything goes well for her."

I don’t know when the snow stopped, and now there is only a breeze mixed with fine snow blowing continuously.

The cursing of the man behind him continued for more than an hour before it stopped.

Just when Xu Wenyan felt he could finally have some peace and quiet.

On a small bulge in the snow not far away, a red line was swaying in the wind.

It’s snowing heavily again.