Chapter 261 Fish

"Come with me." Hua Xiali turned around and walked upstream. The downstream was all sand. He didn't know if there were freshwater clams. Even if there were, they would be hard to find. They would be easier to find in the mud upstream.

Lu Xiaozhi didn't know where Hua Xiali was taking him, but he followed obediently anyway.

Arriving at the riverbed upstream, Hua Xiali used a bamboo pole to dig a freshwater clam out of the mud and said to Lu Xiaozhi, "I need this. One cent each. Deliver it to my home, Huo Beixi's home, after dark. Are you willing to do it?"

Although each one costs one cent, she doesn't limit the size; she wants big or small ones, so Lu Xiaozhi doesn't lose money. On the contrary, she may need to spend a lot of money because there are so many of them.

"Really?" A glimmer of hope appeared in Lu Xiaozhi's eyes.

"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you?" Hua Xiali took out a coin from his pocket and handed it to Lu Xiaozhi. "I'll give you a hundred first, okay?"

There are a lot of freshwater clams here, and they can be harvested until the rainy season next year. This means that Lu Xiaozhi can make a lot of money during this period. Even if freshwater clams are hard to find after the new year, there are still bamboo shoots!

"Thank you, Sister Xia Li." Lu Xiaozhi excitedly took the dollar. One dollar could buy a lot of big steamed buns, so he could have a full meal.

Hua Xiali handed the bamboo pole in his hand to Lu Xiaozhi and said, "I have something else to do, so I will go home. Remember to deliver this to Huo Beixi's house in the evening. If I am not at home, Huo Beixi will give you the money."

After giving orders to her colleagues, Hua Xiali felt much more relieved and went home carrying an empty basket.

Hua Xiali asked Zhang Yongfeng to find a place in the backyard to build the stove, while she went to deal with the salt smell. Zhang Yongfeng first pushed a wooden cart to buy bricks, cement and sand. After everything was prepared, he started the work alone.

Hua Xiali wanted to go to the reservoir near his fourth uncle's house to catch fish in the evening, so when the four of them went to sell salt in the evening, they pushed the fish on a wooden cart.

After selling the salt, Hua Xiali asked the three of them to go home first. She had other things to take care of and would be home a little later. She also promised that there would be a wooden cart available when Zhang Yongfeng went to wholesale the next morning.

It is so inconvenient without the spiritual spring space, otherwise why would she need to push the wooden cart over there? Wouldn't it be better for her to just go there directly?

When I was young, my family didn't have bicycles, so we had to walk everywhere. Even to my grandparents' house, which was so far away, I had to walk there. So Hua Xiali didn't think the reservoir near my fourth uncle's house was far away.

She pushed the wooden cart alone, going faster on flat roads and pushing slowly on uneven ones. It was already very late when she arrived at the reservoir. Fortunately, she brought a flashlight with her when she went out, otherwise her trip would have been in vain.

There was not much water in the reservoir at this time. She could even hear the sound of fish flapping in the water. They were particularly lively, and sounded like cries for help.

In that case, she would naturally not be polite. She had to hurry down to "save" these fish that were about to die from lack of water.

Hua Xiali went down to the reservoir with her shoes on and walked forward. The places without water had been dried up and she could clearly see the freshwater clams. However, her current target was the big fish, so she left these freshwater clams aside for now and would deal with them later.

Hua Xiali wanted to catch big fish weighing dozens of kilograms, but there was still some water in the water, and the fish were wiggling around in it, so she couldn't catch them at all. So she caught whatever she came across, no matter how big or small. After filling the frames and baskets on the wooden cart, she pushed the cart away.

By the time we got back to the flower shop, it was already early morning. It was very quiet, with no sound at all except for the occasional barking of dogs.

Arriving at the door, Hua Xiali reached out and knocked on it. Soon the door was opened and Huo Beixi came out. Seeing Hua Xiali's frightened look, Huo Beixi felt distressed. Before he could say anything, he heard Hua Xiali say, "Hurry up, help me move these fish to the yard and raise them in a large water tank."

Huo Beixi then noticed that the frames on the wooden cart were full of fish. He did not ask what happened to the fish, but just urged, "Are they frozen? Go wash up quickly, and don't worry about the rest."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Remember to deliver the wooden cart to my door later. My brother-in-law will need it when he goes to the farmers' market in the morning." Hua Xiali gave a reminder and hurried in, leaving the rest of the matter to Huo Beixi.

By the time Hua Xiali came out of the shower, Huo Beixi had already finished his work and there was a hot meal on the table. Hua Xiali was really hungry, so he sat down and started eating. It was getting late, so neither of them wasted time and went back to their room to rest after eating.

The next morning, Hua Xiali packed up and went to the yard. She saw so many fish in the big water tank and the wooden basin. She had a headache for a moment. In such a big reservoir, in addition to big fish, there were also small fish and shrimps. If she really wanted to "rescue" all of them, there would have to be at least tens of thousands of kilograms. Now that she had no spiritual spring space, where could she put so many fish?

It is winter now and the weather is cold. As long as the fish are not always short of water, they will not die so easily. In addition, there is spiritual spring water in the well, so these fish are all alive and well.

From time to time, they were jumping around inside, splashing water, and even the ground was wet. Hua Xiali replenished some water one by one, then locked the door and went out.

Hua Xiali went directly to the carpenter's house and ordered ten large wooden barrels of the kind used for slaughtering pigs. Such barrels are actually similar to bathtubs in later generations and can be used for bathing, but a lot of hot water is needed, otherwise it will not work.

However, Hua Xiali planned to use this to raise fish. After all, she still had to go to the reservoir to "save" the fish that were about to die of thirst, and she really needed a lot of things to raise fish.

It was all Hua Qingmei's fault for traveling through time and space and stealing her spiritual spring space. Although she could still enter, the spiritual spring space was now with Hua Qingmei, so it was inconvenient for her to use. She could only take some spiritual spring water occasionally. It was too cheap for Hua Qingmei.

After booking the big wooden barrel, Hua Xiali went to his own home in front. Hua Chunli and the others were already busy. They all grew up in the countryside, so washing clothes and cooking were no problem for them. They naturally knew how to clean the pig offal, especially the halogen seasoning, which Hua Xiali had already prepared. So even if Hua Xiali didn't go, it would be fine.

When he went to the town to sell salty food in the evening, Hua Xiali took a few more frames and put them on a wooden cart. When he arrived in the town, after everyone took the salty food down, Hua Xiali pushed the wooden cart and set off.

Go earlier and you can go home earlier at night, so you don’t have to stay up late.