Chapter 8 Going to Fourth Uncle's House
However, no one in their family has realized the importance of eating bamboo. It was when Hua Xiali went to the city to accompany her children to school in her previous life that she saw people selling processed bamboo shoots in the vegetable market. Only then did she realize that bamboo shoots are edible and delicious. Later, when her children returned to the village during the holidays, she would occasionally take them into the mountains to pick bamboo shoots.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiali couldn't help but feel happy. Since no one was eating bamboo shoots now, naturally no one would snatch them from her.
"Xia Li, you're here, come in." Fourth uncle stood at the door and waved to Xia Li.
"Fourth uncle, how did you know I was coming?" Hua Xiali ran over in surprise, carrying a basket.
"Of course your mother called to tell me, otherwise how would I know." Fourth Uncle took the basket from Hua Xiali's hand and saw an old hen tied up in it. He said helplessly, "It's good that you just came. Why bring things? It would be better to keep them for your father to nourish his health."
Hua Xiali smiled sweetly, "I have more at home!"
My fourth uncle and his aunt have three children in total, two sons and a daughter. The two sons are working in other places and have not yet married, while the daughter is already married, so now only my fourth uncle and his aunt are at home.
We raised chickens and ducks at home and planted some fruit trees and tea trees, and we lived a decent life.
The most important thing is that as we get older, we find it hard to go out, and life at home is manageable, so who would be willing to leave their hometown?
My fourth aunt came out of the kitchen, untied her apron, and said with a smile, "Xia Li is here, go get some water and wash your hands, we'll eat right away."
"Sorry to trouble you, Fourth Aunt." Hua Xiali smiled embarrassedly.
"We are all family, there is no need to worry about anything." Fourth aunt smiled brightly and didn't care about these things at all.
Hua Xiali came to the big water tank beside the kitchen door, fetched some water to wash his hands, and then went to the living room. The kitchen at his fourth uncle's house was relatively small, and there was not even enough space for a water tank, let alone a place to eat, so his family ate in the living room.
"Xia Li, your mother called and said you wanted fruit trees. Which ones do you want and how many do you want?" Fourth Uncle asked while eating.
Hua Xiali thought for a moment and said, "I want twenty fig trees, and five each of the remaining peaches, apricots, plums, grapes, gala fruits, persimmons, dates, and pomegranates. Is that okay?"
There are not many fruits suitable for growing in their climate, so these are all Hua Xiali can ask for. It is useless for her to think about other delicious fruits.
The climate is not suitable!
Fourth uncle nodded, "Okay, I'll help you with it tomorrow."
Hua Xiali was very happy, "Thank you, Fourth Uncle."
After dinner, it was still bright outside. Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt let Hua Xiali walk around by herself. After all, she had been to their house many times since she was a child and was very familiar with the place.
After Hua Xiali went out, he went straight into the bamboo forest outside his fourth uncle's house. He walked a few meters inside, and after making sure that people outside could not see anyone in the bamboo forest, he flashed into the Lingquan space.
After she put the vegetable table into the yard for testing, she quickly poured a cup of hot tea into it. Unexpectedly, half a day had passed and the cup of hot tea was still as hot as before.
It means that if you put things into the Lingquan space, they will not change at all. So for Hua Xiali, the Lingquan space is very useful.
After Hua Xiali came out of the Lingquan space, he began to break bamboo shoots.
Bamboo shoots are delicious in themselves. If you add some spiritual spring water to enhance the taste, they will be even more delicious. She feels that she can make a lot of money just by selling bamboo shoots.
After all, this is also a major bamboo producing area. If not all over the ground, bamboos and bamboo shoots are everywhere in the mountains!
Hua Xiali kept picking bamboo shoots until it got dark, then he stopped. He then stacked the bamboo shoots neatly in the corner of Lingquan's yard and went back to his fourth uncle's house.
When the fourth aunt saw Hua Xiali coming back, she said to him, "Xiali, you can stay in the room your cousin used to stay in tonight. I have made the bed for you."
Although the daughter is married, her room is still kept in the house so that she will have a place to live when she returns to her parents' home with her children.
"Thank you, Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, you should also go to bed early! I am an adult now and I can take care of myself." Hua Xiali used to come to Fourth Uncle's house often. Sometimes she would stay for a while each time she came. Fourth Uncle's house was just like her own home to her. She didn't need Fourth Uncle and Fourth Uncle to worry about her.
"Then take care of yourself. We'll go back to our room first." Fourth aunt said as she scooped hot water from the iron pot in the kitchen and carried the hot water back to the room.
It's only April now, it's not hot, so you don't need to take a shower every day. Just wash your face and feet at night.
Hua Xiali came to the kitchen and saw a pot full of hot water. She was deeply moved. She had a good family and good relatives, but she was so disappointed that she married Wang Liang for the 300 yuan betrothal gift. If she could go back to her previous life, she would definitely slap herself hard a few times to wake herself up.
Three hundred yuan could not solve the family's difficulties. Instead, it ruined her life and did not help her parents. She was not by her parents' side in the last moments of their lives. She had many regrets in her previous life, and this was the biggest regret deep in her heart.
Hua Xiali took a ladle of spiritual spring water and poured it into a large water vat. She had no way to repay her fourth uncle and aunt for the time being, so she decided to use the spiritual spring water to help them regulate their bodies!
She didn't go wash up right away. It was still early and she couldn't sleep at all, so she went to pick bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house again. This time she didn't go into the bamboo forest, but just picked the outermost bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house. If her fourth uncle or aunt came out to check, she would say they could just look at the stars outside.
Soon, Hua Xiali finished breaking off the outermost layer of bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house, and then got up and went back. She had been squatting on the ground for too long, and when she just stood up, she felt as if her legs were not her own. After a long while, the condition in her legs eased, and she returned to her fourth uncle's house.
After locking the gate, I went to the kitchen to get some hot water to wash up, and then went to my cousin's room to rest.
The next morning, when Hua Xiali got up, her fourth uncle was not at home. Her aunt told her that her fourth uncle had gone to someone else's house to get fruit seedlings for her.
No one here grows fruit on a large scale. They just plant a few trees in the yard or in the vegetable garden. Hua Xiali wanted so many at once, and his fourth uncle didn't have any, so he could only ask other people.
Hua Xiali felt bad for causing trouble to her fourth uncle, but she was not an ungrateful person. Her fourth uncle and aunt had helped her, and she would definitely repay them.