Chapter 361 It’s not too regrettable
After all, when she returned to this life, she was already pregnant. She couldn't just abort the child, could she?
Cars couldn't drive into the small road leading to her fourth uncle's house, so Hua Xiali asked Jian Nan to drive the car to the intersection and then got out of the car. She waved to Jian Nan and Xiaodong, and watched Jian Nan find a place to turn the car around and leave. Then Hua Xiali walked towards her fourth uncle's house.
When she arrived at her fourth uncle's house, she saw a big lock hanging on the door. Hua Xiali did not go around looking for her fourth uncle and his wife, but went straight into the bamboo forest beside the house and started picking bamboo shoots. She did not come out until she heard a noise coming from her fourth uncle's house, and then she went to knock on her fourth uncle's door.
When the door opened and Hua Xiali saw his elderly uncle and aunt, he felt a deep sadness in his heart. He had never expected that he would come back six years late and see his uncle and aunt in such a state.
But now that I have her, everything will be fine.
"Xia Li, why are you here? Are you here alone?" asked the fourth aunt, looking behind Hua Xia Li.
Hua Xiali smiled and said, "I didn't come here alone. Jian Nan brought me here. But he had to go to work tomorrow, so he hurried back."
Hua Xiali took Fourth Aunt's arm and went in with her. "Fourth Aunt, I came to see you today because I have something great to tell you."
"What good news? Are you pregnant?" Fourth Aunt asked excitedly.
Hua Xiali was stunned. He had never expected that his fourth aunt would guess so accurately. "Fourth aunt, you guessed right. I am indeed pregnant. I found out a few days after my father passed away. But this is not what I came to tell you today."
Hua Xiali shook the bamboo shoots in his hand and said, "Jian Nan's Hotel wants bamboo shoots. I remembered that there are a lot of bamboo shoots on the mountain near my fourth uncle's house, so I came to find you. Bamboo shoots are five cents a pound, and one hundred pounds is five yuan. There are bamboo shoots all over the mountain, and I can easily make five yuan. I wonder if my fourth aunt is willing?"
"Really?" Fourth Aunt's eyes widened in shock. "How can bamboo shoots, which no one eats, be sold for five cents a pound?"
Hua Xiali nodded, "Of course it's true. I came all the way here to see you, how could it be false? If you're willing, you can break bamboo shoots to make money in the future. As for where to send the bamboo shoots, I'll let you know when I've made the arrangements."
"Okay, thank you so much, Xia Li, for always thinking of us when there are good things." Fourth aunt reached out and stroked Xia Li's cheek lovingly, and said with a smile.
Hua Xiali couldn't quite accept this kind of intimate behavior and smiled awkwardly, "Fourth Aunt, are you going to finish cooking? Let me come over and help you!"
"You're pregnant now, so don't move around. And you've been sitting in the car for such a long time, just sit down and rest for a while and wait for dinner." After saying this, the fourth aunt went to the kitchen to cook.
Hua Xiali smiled and went to the well outside the door. She first filled the bucket with spiritual spring water, and then pretended to draw water to pour the spiritual spring water into the well. No matter how late she came back, as long as everyone was still there, everything would still have a chance.
"Fourth aunt, I'm going out for a walk first. If dinner is ready, you can eat first. You don't have to wait for me." Hua Xiali went back and said something to his fourth aunt, then turned around and went out again.
She walked directly towards Huo Beixi's empty house. Like the house behind her house in the flower village, no one had taken care of it for five years. Although the house was still standing, it looked very desolate and bleak, indicating that no one had taken care of the house in the past five years.
Hua Xiali came to the hill that belonged to Huo Beixi and saw the bamboo shoots standing proudly. Memories slowly came to her mind. Although Huo Beixi was not by her side, she felt as if he was always by her side and had never left, because everything here had the shadow of Huo Beixi's presence.
She walked on the mountain for a while, recalled the past, and then quickly squatted down to pick bamboo shoots. Since this mountain belonged to Huo Beixi, it naturally belonged to her, and the bamboo shoots also belonged to her.
It was getting dark now and no one would go up the mountain at this time, so she could pick bamboo shoots without worry.
It was not until it was completely dark that Hua Xiali walked back to her fourth uncle's house under the moonlight. Her fourth uncle and aunt had already had dinner, but they left the dinner warm in the pot for her.
Hua Xiali had dinner, washed up with hot water from the pot, and then went to her cousin Jia Yuxia's room to rest. Lying on the bed, looking at the dark ceiling, her mind was full of Huo Beixi.
However, after returning to her first life, her resentment has decreased a lot. She failed to save Huo Beixi, but she was able to save her other family members, so she doesn't regret it too much. It's just that she regrets emotionally. She can't be with Huo Beixi in this life, but she can visit him every day, to accompany him, and not let him wait in endless darkness.
The next morning, Hua Xiali said goodbye to his fourth uncle and his aunt and went back. Now he had to find a warehouse to store the bamboo shoots. It had to be close to the road and there should be no people around. Otherwise, if his fourth uncle and his aunt often pushed a cart of bamboo shoots past, it would easily cause misunderstandings.
When the bus drove onto the road where the city and the countryside meet, Hua Xiali immediately said to the driver, "Master, stop at the village ahead. I'll be right here."
This village is the closest to the town and is close to the road, so it is very convenient. If my fourth uncle and aunt deliver bamboo shoots here at night, no one will suspect anything even if someone hears it, because there is a road here and many cars pass by.
Hua Xiali went directly to the village cadres and asked if there were any houses that had been abandoned for many years in the village. In order to make it easier for her children to study in the future, she wanted to buy a house here. It didn’t matter if it was dilapidated, as she could just tear it down and rebuild it!
And she's not afraid of old people's houses at all.
In this day and age, who’s family doesn’t have elderly people? Who’s elderly people don’t die at home?
This is human nature and there is nothing to worry about.
It seems that every village has a few old houses with no one living in them, and this village is no exception.
The village cadres took Hua Xiali to look at several dilapidated old houses. Unexpectedly, there were two neighboring houses close to the road. The geographical location was really excellent.
It can be used to store things now and to open a store in the future, because it is on the roadside at the junction of the city and the countryside, and farmers will pass by here when going into the city. It can be said that the market is very good.