Chapter 76 Like a Little Ugly
Hua Xiali first saw clam meat being sold in the city when her children went to middle school. That was ten years later, at the beginning of the millennium, but it was not as popular as chicken, duck and goose meat.
As she was thinking, Hua Xiali sat up all of a sudden. She remembered that there was a large reservoir on the road from her fourth uncle's house to her grandparents' house. She once rode her bicycle straight downhill and almost rushed into the reservoir. Fortunately, she braked the bicycle at the critical moment.
This big reservoir in the previous life also dried up and cracked this year, and the fish on the dry mud were dried up into shells, one after another. There were so many of them, it was such a pity.
Anyway, it's quite outrageous that the water in such a large reservoir can be dried up and evaporated.
I don't know what's going on now. How can there be thousands of fish in a large reservoir? Hua Xiali decided to go there tomorrow to take a look. If the water level has dropped a lot, she will wait for a while before going to "rescue" them. When there is water after the rain, she will release half of the fish and keep the other half for herself as a reward for her hard work.
The next morning, after having breakfast at her fourth uncle's house, Hua Xiali saw Grandma Huo as soon as she went out. She was about to ask Grandma Huo what was going on, but Grandma Huo said embarrassedly, "Little girl, I'm sorry. I called our Beixi yesterday, and he said he has a girlfriend. So I can't arrange for you to meet. Otherwise, wouldn't I be a bad guy who beats up a couple with one stick? I'm sorry, but you are so beautiful, you will definitely meet a better boyfriend than our Beixi in the future."
"Thank you for your kindness, Grandma Huo. Actually, I don't plan to find a boyfriend so early. I want to earn more money to support my parents in their old age." Hua Xiali smiled faintly and walked away quickly. She had something very important to confirm!
The big reservoir is not far from here, and it only takes half an hour to walk there. After the flower house was demolished, the government vigorously developed the tourism industry and set up many fun projects at the reservoir, including light and music fountains, cafes, cruise ships, speedboats, camping, barbecues, zip lines, and even a small train in the mountains for everyone to ride. The development is getting better and better.
In her previous life, she had accompanied her son's girlfriend here to play, but she was the one who paid. After all, they were just in love at that time and had not yet married. It was impossible for her to let her future daughter-in-law spend money when she came to visit.
Hua Xiali came to the place where he almost rushed into the reservoir. He squinted his eyes and looked at the shimmering water in front of him. More of the hill in the middle of the reservoir was exposed, and it was obvious that the water level had dropped a lot, but it was still a long way from the riverbed drying up and cracking!
I guess we'll have to release water to the countryside soon so that everyone can irrigate their crops, which will accelerate the drying up of the reservoir, right?
The river that their village uses to irrigate crops is almost completely dry. Farmers need water for farming, so they should release water to the downstream soon, otherwise everyone's grain production will decrease this year.
When the reservoir was built decades ago, the conditions were not so good, so the edge of the reservoir is not made of cement like in the past, nor are there stairs for people to play around. Instead, it is made of stones. Hua Xiali walked down the slope along the stones, and then sat on a stone that looked quite clean, holding his chin with one hand, enjoying this rare moment of peace.
The breeze blew her hair on her face, making it itchy and uncomfortable, but she didn't care. In her heart, she was thinking about the fact that Huo Beixi had a girlfriend.
Huo Beixi has a girlfriend, so in Huo Beixi's eyes, do her previous actions make her look like a little ugly?
The reason why he didn't say it clearly was that he wanted to see how many more ridiculous things she could do?
Thinking of what she had done before and that secret expectation, she couldn't help but want to slap herself. She had lived one more life than others and was not a simple girl anymore. Yet, she was still in love. It was really speechless enough.
When Hua Xiali was about to get up and leave, she saw something in the shallow water at the edge of the reservoir in front of her. She got up and walked over curiously. When she looked down, she found that it was a freshwater clam. She didn't expect that there were such clams in the reservoir. It seems that the water quality here is indeed suitable for the growth of freshwater clams.
No wonder bosses from other places came to the mountains near their home to open farms.
The water near the reservoir was very shallow and clear, and everything inside could be seen clearly. Although it was already September, the weather was still very hot. Hua Xiali rolled up her trousers and went directly into the water wearing sandals. She then walked along the edge, picking up freshwater clams as she walked and putting them directly into the water so that no one would notice her little trick.
Hua Xiali walked along the edge of the reservoir for several kilometers. Her legs, feet and hands were soaked in the water for almost two hours. When she finally got ashore, she felt her fingers were wrinkled, but she was happy because she picked up a lot of freshwater clams. Maybe she could really get pearls!
Moreover, she was busy picking freshwater clams and completely forgot about Huo Beixi's matter, so she was in a good mood now and not feeling so bad.
After having lunch at her fourth uncle's house at noon, Hua Xiali went home. If she didn't go back, everyone would have sold out the goods. So, as before, she asked the truck driver to drive the car directly to her doorstep, but now he parked the car in front of her third uncle's house, after all, her house was not built yet.
As soon as the truck arrived at the door, the person who took the goods from Hua Xiali ran over. Hua Qiuli had already started school before Hua Chunli, and the family was suddenly missing two helpers. Hua Xiali asked everyone to go to Zhang Yongfeng to register. After all, Zhang Yongfeng was also in his third year of high school that year, so registration and accounting were not difficult for him.
Hua Xiali couldn't possibly let everyone pick out the things first and then go to Zhang Yongfeng to pay. Everything would be messed up if she did. She was here to make money, not to do charity. It was already a sign of her kindness that she allowed everyone to buy the goods from her. If you push her too far, don't blame her for turning against you.
Everyone gave money, and Zhang Yongfeng bought goods for them according to their needs. This way no one could cheat them, because cheating them was impossible anyway.
After everyone took the goods and left, the area in front of Uncle San's house became quiet. Hua Si Nian walked out of Uncle San's yard, walked in front of Hua Xiali, and looked like she had something to say.
"Si Nian, do you have something to say to me?" Hua Xiali asked curiously.
"Xia Li, I also want to buy goods from you and sell them." Hua Si Nian said embarrassedly.
"Of course you can. Haven't you already made several hundred? With so much capital, what is there to be afraid of? If you want to take anything, just go to my brother-in-law to register."
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