Chapter 163 is completely different
During the meal, Hua Xiali gave everyone a toothpick, and then everyone started eating the snails. They couldn't help but praise them while eating. The snails were raised for several days, and clean water was changed every day. In addition, spiritual spring water was added, so there was no mud or sand at all, and the meat was tender and chewy.

After they picked out the snail meat and ate it, they couldn't help but suck on the snail shells. The soup was very delicious.

The four people of the Hua family, including mother and daughter, plus Gao Shuaiquan, a total of five people, ate up the whole bowl of snails. Mother Hua wiped the oil off her hands and said, "Aren't there three bowls left? Do you want to bring out another one?"

"It's raining and cool now. It's okay to put it aside for a while and eat it in the evening. No matter how delicious it is, you can't eat too much at once. You have to be careful to eat in moderation." Snails are indeed delicious, so delicious that you can't stop eating them, but you can't eat too much at once!

"If I had known that snails were so delicious, I wouldn't have gone hungry when I was a child." Hua's mother sighed.

She was born in the 1950s and 1960s. There was not much to eat at that time, and it was impossible to get enough to eat. Moreover, she was from the mountains and had to rely on wild vegetables and coarse grains to get enough food. When she was young, she even ate mice.

Although there are no fields or snails in their mountains, there are streams on the mountains, and there are small fish and snails in the streams. If they had known at that time that the small fish and snails were so delicious, they would have eaten a few more bites.

However, there was no oil or salt at that time, and most of the food people ate was boiled in water, which had no taste, so few people wanted to eat these things. They were usually picked up and fed to chickens and ducks.

"There was no oil or salt at that time. You said this yourself. Have you forgotten?" Even if I could go back to the past and know that these things are edible, but without seasoning, it would be like a skilled cook without rice.

Hua's mother nodded. She was just thinking about it. Even if she was given the chance to go back to the past, she would not eat these things. After all, life is getting better and better now. There is everything at home. No matter what is cooked, it tastes good.

"Let's go pick up snails later!" Gao Shuaiquan suggested with sparkling eyes.

"You guys go! I won't go!" Hua Xiali said with a smile. The main reason was that she had collected a lot of snails and put them in the space these few nights. She had no interest in them anymore, so let them go and experience it!

After dinner, Hua Chunli, Zhang Yongfeng, Hua Qiuli and Gao Shuaiquan each carried a basket and went to the rice field in front. There were so many of these things in the rice field, it was impossible for Hua Xiali to pick them all up in one go.

Four people walked separately on different ridges of the field, squatting down from time to time, indicating that they had seen snails.

There were also many families living in the first row. When they saw them wandering around the edge of the field, someone went over to check what was going on. Seeing that they were picking snails, they went home to get baskets and joined them in picking snails.

Although no one knows why Hua Chunli and the others are picking snails, everyone likes to follow the trend and wants to do what others do.

Whether the villagers picked up the snails or not had nothing to do with Hua Xiali, and it did not affect him. Hua Xiali had spiritual spring water, so if he really wanted to pick them up, he would be much more efficient than them. Hua Chunli and his four companions soon came back with a basket full of snails. Four people meant four baskets, and together, it was almost as big as a basin.

Hua Xiali asked them to pour the snails into a large wooden basin and add water to keep them there, and told them to do it next week when they had a day off. The snails would be cleaner if they were kept for a few more days.

It rained again in the afternoon. With nothing to do, they sat at the dining table and read and studied. Zhang Yongfeng didn't read. He didn't plan to pick up the textbooks in the future. He just wanted to make good money. Besides, he was the only man in the Hua family, so he had to take responsibility for the family.

Hua Xiali and her two sisters, plus Gao Shuaiquan, sat on each side, reading seriously without disturbing each other. Hua Xiali occasionally looked up at Hua Qiuli and Gao Shuaiquan, not knowing whether Gao Shuaiquan came to their house again and again just for Hua Qiuli.

Thinking back to the beginning, Zhang Yongfeng came to their house regardless of anything. Wasn’t he here just for Hua Chunli?

But there was also Leng Yuye who went to their house every now and then. Leng Yuye said that he was not doing it for Hua Chunli, and it was even less likely that he was doing it for Hua's mother. After all, there was a ten or twenty year age difference between the two of them. It was impossible. No one could accept a sister-brother relationship with such a big age difference at that time.

I don’t know if Leng Yuye came here for Hua Qiuli.

If this is the case, then wouldn't Leng Yuye and Gao Shuaiquan be competitors?
It is not known which of these two men could become her brother-in-law, but Hua Xiali feels that Gao Shuaiquan is more likely, because they are classmates, almost the same age, and they had looked for each other in their previous lives. In her previous life, Hua Qiuli once asked in the junior high school classmate group if anyone knew about Gao Shuaiquan, and Gao Shuaiquan came to Huazhuang to look for Hua Qiuli more than ten years later, when they were both in their thirties, but at that time Hua Qiuli had already married and moved away for many years.

Leng Yuye didn't even want to stay at home for long during the Chinese New Year, which showed that the family atmosphere was definitely not very good. His family might not agree with him dating a country girl. Even if this girl was admitted to university and became an excellent and capable person, her rural identity would make it difficult for many city parents to accept her.

So if Hua Qiuli falls in love with the older Leng Yuye, it is possible that the two of them will not have any good results even if they struggle for many years, and will have to separate in the end. There are too many such cases in reality. If the parents do not agree and the man is not firm in his attitude, the relationship can only be delayed like this until the girl can't stand it anymore and then they will separate.

Leng Yuye doesn't look like the kind of person who is particularly decisive and resolute. Although he is young, handsome and capable, it is obvious that he does not have the temperament to handle things. Otherwise, he would not be able to solve even the problems at home, and always hide outside and come to Hua Xiali to find the warmth of family.

He and Huo Beixi are completely two different types of people. The first impression Huo Beixi gives people is that he is powerful and very difficult to mess with, otherwise it would be impossible for him to gain a foothold in Qinglong Village in such a short time.

It is said that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. Although their place is not poor mountains and bad waters, it is not a wealthy village either, and the people's hearts are not united at all.

He was able to make an entire large village function normally in such a short time, which shows that he not only has very strong comprehensive abilities, but also has the courage to handle things.

(End of this chapter)