Chapter 72: Never Been Treated Like This Before

Huo Beixi picked up a stone, threw it into the water, tested the water depth, and then jumped into the water like a diver. His speed was so fast that Hua Xiali was almost startled.

Huo Beixi just used a stone to test the depth of the water. He was not afraid that the water was too deep, but that it was too shallow. If he dived in, wouldn't he get stuck in the mud?

Soon, Huo Beixi poked his head out of the water. He reached out and wiped the water off his face, then said to Hua Xiali, "Stand aside."

"Oh!" Knowing that he must have picked it up, Hua Xiali quickly stood aside. After Huo Beixi threw the thing in his hand up, Hua Xiali hurried over to check. Unexpectedly, it was a freshwater clam as big as a washbasin. It should weigh several kilograms, or even more than ten kilograms.

Huo Beixi was looking for freshwater clams in the river, while Hua Xiali was looking for freshwater clams in the mud on the shore. She would pick out any clams with a hole in them, and then when Huo Beixi was not paying attention, she would collect the small ones into the Lingquan space. These small ones could be taken out and raised later, and the big ones that were left outside would be broken open to see if there were any pearls, and the meat would be kept for eating.

Maybe because the riverside was drying up, the freshwater clams all crawled to the middle of the river, resulting in a particularly large number of freshwater clams in the middle of the river. Soon, the shore was piled up like a small hill.

When Huo Beixi stood up from the river again, Hua Xiali waved to him hurriedly, "Huo Beixi, that's enough, no need to touch anymore, this much is enough for us to have a few meals, come over and touch after we've finished eating!"

"Okay." Huo Beixi came ashore with the freshwater clams in his hand, put them together, and said to Hua Xiali, "There are so many, there is no way for the two of us to take them back. You go back first! I will carry them back with a shoulder pole later."

Hua Xiali took a look at the pile of freshwater clams and felt helpless. If Huo Beixi was not here, she could directly put them into the Lingquan space and would not have to work so hard. But now because Huo Beixi was here, she could not cheat and could only let Huo Beixi suffer.

After hesitating for a while, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. I'll take care of the arrangements for lunch. Now that our family is staying at your house, we definitely can't wait for you to do everything."

Hua Xiali said something and went back with her empty basket. Huo Beixi would take them back anyway, so it would be of no use to him no matter how many she took.

The rest of the Hua family was busy preparing salt at Third Uncle's house. There was no one at Huo Beixi's house. It was quiet. Hua Xiali first scooped water from the water tank and washed her hands and face. Then she started to cook with the food in Huo Beixi's kitchen. She also used vegetables from the yard. In fact, it was enough for the two of them. Her family was all at Third Uncle's house. They definitely wouldn't run back and forth in the middle of the day. After all, the sun outside was too scorching.

As soon as the meal was ready, Huo Beixi picked up the freshwater clams. Hua Xiali hurriedly handed him a towel and asked worriedly, "Did anyone in the village see you? How did you answer?"

"It's the middle of the day and everyone is resting at home. I didn't meet anyone." Huo Beixi looked at Hua Xiali with a gentle face and did not take the clean towel in her hand. Anyway, he would take a shower and change clothes soon, so there was no need to dirty the towel.

"That's good." It would be best if he didn't meet anyone. Otherwise, based on the nature of Huo Beixi's work, he would definitely tell everyone without reservation.

Others have never done this before and don't know how to do it. Letting them do this would be a waste of resources.

Huo Beixi placed the freshwater clams in a shady corner of the yard, and then took the bucket to the public well in front to fetch water. When Hua Xiali heard the sound again, he saw Huo Beixi standing by the yard wall, pouring water directly on his head. The transparent well water flowed down along the muscle lines of his back, like a sexy oil painting.

Hua Xiali swallowed her saliva and quickly turned around. She couldn't look any further or she would go deeper and deeper.

She returned to the kitchen and served the meal.

Huo Beixi finished showering, went back to his room, changed into clean clothes, came out and sat opposite Hua Xiali. As he picked up his bowl, he subconsciously asked, "You haven't had your birthday yet, have you?"

"It's been a long time since then." Hua Xiali felt a little disappointed.

Huo Beixi was slightly surprised, "When did you pass by?"

"July 11th." Hua Xiali said as she lowered her head to eat. She had never celebrated her birthday since she was a child, so she was not aware of her birthday after her rebirth and simply forgot about it.

Next year, she must have a good birthday for herself to make up for the regrets of her past and present lives.

Huo Beixi put down his bowl and chopsticks, got up and went back to his room. After a while, he came out of the room again, but with a small box in his hand. He handed the small box to Hua Xiali.

Hua Xiali asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"Birthday present." I had prepared it long ago and was waiting to give it to her, but I didn't expect to miss it, and it was so wrong.

"Ah?" Hua Xiali was surprised. "This... this is not good, right?"

Huo Beixi took Hua Xiali's hand and placed the box in her hand. "This is a birthday gift. It has a different meaning. You can't refuse it. Read it when you have time. Let's eat first."

Huo Beixi gave some instructions and continued eating, while Hua Xiali also put the box aside and started eating.

After lunch, the two went back to their rooms for a nap. Although Huo Beixi worked in the brigade headquarters, they also had lunch breaks, but someone would be on duty in the brigade headquarters. This was why Hua Xiali often met Huo Beixi in the brigade headquarters. When he was on duty, he was of course the only one in the brigade headquarters!

After Huo Beixi gave the room to Hua's father and mother, he now goes to the floor-laying room for his lunch break.

Hua Xiali was lying on the floor made of door panels. She opened the birthday present that Huo Beixi had given her. When she saw the big, glittering gold bracelet inside, she was completely stunned.

In the previous life, when the two sons got married, Hua Xiali took their wives to buy hardware. She bought them big gold bracelets like this one. At that time, it cost about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. It weighs 40 to 50 grams. According to the current price of gold, this big gold bracelet would cost at least more than 2,000 yuan!

More than 2,000 in 1990, what does this mean?

This amount of money can buy several houses in the countryside.

It was just a small birthday present, but Huo Beixi actually gave her such a thick gold bracelet!

But Huo Beixi had just said that this was a birthday present and she couldn't refuse it. This blocked her way out. If she returned the big gold bracelet to him, he would definitely be very angry, thinking that she was not giving him face, right?

After hesitating for a while, Hua Xiali took out the big gold bracelet, put it on her wrist, and then admired it carefully. Let her be happy for a while. After all, she had never been treated like this in her past and present lives.