Chapter 163 Completely Different

During the meal, Hua Xiali gave everyone a toothpick, and then everyone started eating the snails. They couldn't help but praise them while eating. The snails were raised for several days, and the clean water was changed every day. In addition, spiritual spring water was added. There was no mud or sand in them when they were eaten, and the meat was tender and chewy.

After they picked out the snail meat and ate it, they couldn't help but suck on the snail shells. The soup was very delicious.

The four people of the Hua family, mother and daughter, plus Gao Shuaiquan, a total of five people, ate up the whole bowl of snails. While wiping the oil off her hands, Hua's mother said, "Aren't there three bowls left? Do you want to bring out another bowl to eat?"

"It's raining now, so it's cool. It's okay to put it aside for a while and eat it in the evening. No matter how delicious it is, you can't eat too much at once. You have to be careful to eat in moderation." The snails are indeed delicious, so delicious that you can't stop eating them, but you can't eat too much at once!

"If I had known that snails were so delicious, I wouldn't have been hungry when I was little." Hua's mother sighed.

She was born in the 1950s and 1960s. There was not much to eat at that time, and it was impossible to eat enough. Moreover, she was from the mountains and had to rely on wild vegetables and coarse grains to get by. When she was young, she even ate mice.

Although there are no fields or snails in their mountains, there are streams with small fish and snails in them. If I had known at that time that the small fish and snails were so delicious, I would have eaten more of them.

However, there was no oil or salt at that time, and most of the food people ate was boiled in water, which had no taste, so few people wanted to eat these things. They usually picked them up and took them back to feed the chickens and ducks.

"There was no oil or salt at that time. You said that yourself. Have you forgotten?" Even if I could go back to the past and know that these things are edible, without seasoning, I would be powerless!

Hua's mother nodded. She just thought about it for a moment. Even if she was given the chance to go back to the past, she would not eat these things. After all, life is getting better and better now. There is everything at home. No matter what is cooked, it tastes good.

"Let's go pick some snails later!" Gao Shuaiquan suggested with sparkling eyes.

"You guys go! I won't go!" Hua Xiali said with a smile. The main reason was that she had collected a lot of snails and put them in the space in the past few nights. She had no interest in it anymore, so she let them go and experience it!

After dinner, Hua Chunli, Zhang Yongfeng, Hua Qiuli and Gao Shuaiquan each carried a basket and went to the rice field in front. There were so many things in the rice field that it was impossible for Hua Xiali to pick them all up in one go.

Four people walked separately on different ridges of the field, squatting down from time to time to show that they had seen snails.

There were quite a few families living in the first row. When they saw them wandering around the edge of the field, someone went over to check what was going on. Seeing that they were picking snails, they went home to get baskets and joined in the fun.

Although no one knows what Hua Chunli and the others are doing by picking snails, everyone likes to follow the trend and wants to do what others do.

Whether the villagers pick up the fruits or not has nothing to do with Hua Xiali, and it does not affect Hua Xiali. Hua Xiali has the spiritual spring water, and if he really wants to pick them up, his efficiency will be much higher than theirs.

Hua Chunli and his three companions soon came back with a basket full of snails. Four people meant four baskets, which together made almost a large basin.

Hua Xiali asked them to pour the snails into a large wooden basin and add water to keep them there, and told them to do it next week when they had a break. The snails would be cleaner if they were kept there for a few more days.

It rained again in the afternoon. With nothing to do, they sat at the dining table to read and study. Zhang Yongfeng didn't read it. He didn't plan to pick up his textbooks in the future. He just wanted to make money. Besides, he was the only man in the Hua family, so he had to take responsibility for the family.

Hua Xiali and her two sisters, plus Gao Shuaiquan, sat on each side, reading seriously without disturbing each other. Hua Xiali occasionally looked up at Hua Qiuli and Gao Shuaiquan, not knowing whether Gao Shuaiquan came to their house again and again just for Hua Qiuli.

Thinking back then, Zhang Yongfeng followed them to their house without caring about anything. Wasn’t he just here for the spring gift?

But there was also Leng Yuye who went to their house every now and then. Leng Yuye said that he was not doing it for Hua Chunli, and it was even less likely that he was doing it for Hua's mother. After all, there was a ten or twenty year age difference between the two of them. It was impossible. No one could accept a sister-brother relationship with such a big age difference at that time.

I don’t know if Leng Yuye came here for Hua Qiuli.

If this is the case, then wouldn't Leng Yuye and Gao Shuaiquan be competitors?

It is not known which of these two men could become her brother-in-law, but Hua Xiali feels that Gao Shuaiquan is more likely to be the one, because they are classmates, almost the same age, and they have both looked for each other in their previous lives. In her previous life, Hua Qiuli once asked in the junior high school classmate group if anyone knew about Gao Shuaiquan, and Gao Shuaiquan came to the flower shop to look for Hua Qiuli more than ten years later, when they were both in their thirties. However, by that time, Hua Qiuli had already married and moved away for many years.

Leng Yuye didn't even want to stay at home for long during the Chinese New Year, which showed that the family atmosphere was definitely not very good. His family might not agree with him dating a country girl. Even if this girl was admitted to university and became an excellent and capable person, her rural identity would make it difficult for many parents in the city to accept her.

So if Hua Qiuli likes the older Leng Yuye, it is possible that the two of them will not have any good results after years of struggling, and will have to separate in the end. There are too many such cases in reality. If the parents do not agree and the man is not firm in his attitude, the relationship can only be delayed like this until the girl grows older and can't stand it anymore, and then they will separate.

Leng Yueye doesn't look like a particularly decisive and resolute person. Although he is young, handsome and capable, it is obvious that he does not have the temperament to handle things. Otherwise, he would not be able to solve the problems at home and always hide outside and come to Hua Xiali to find the warmth of family.

He and Huo Beixi are completely different types of people. The first impression Huo Beixi gives people is that he is domineering and very difficult to mess with, otherwise he would not have been able to gain a foothold in Qinglong Village in such a short time.

It is said that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. Although this place is not poor mountains and bad waters, it is not a wealthy village either, and the people's hearts are not united at all.

He was able to make an entire village run normally in such a short time, which shows that he not only has very strong comprehensive abilities, but also has the courage to handle things.