Chapter 169 No More Need to Watch

Huo Beixi's hands were shaking with excitement as he slowly put the ring on Hua Xiali's finger. Hua Xiali lowered her head and looked at it carefully. The diamond was big and bright, and it looked very sparkling. It turned out that big diamonds look better!
"Huo Beixi, if you want to buy something for me in the future, don't buy me a diamond ring. Buy gold instead, because a diamond ring is only worth one once in a lifetime." The main reason is that diamond rings are worthless and cannot be sold, while gold can be sold at any time, so it is more cost-effective to buy gold.

As for jadeite, although it will become more and more valuable, the prerequisite is that it must be sold. If it cannot be sold, no matter how high its value is, it is unknown. After all, gold has more collection value for most people.

Besides, one diamond ring for a wedding is enough. Why do you need so many? How many times do you want to get married?

"Okay." Huo Beixi agreed, with a smile choking his chest. It was obvious that he was in a very good mood as his proposal was successful.

After dinner, Huo Beixi put all the tableware in the kitchen. The two of them stayed together for a while, and then Hua Xiali went home. When she got home, she quickly took off the diamond ring, put it back in the box, and then put the box directly into the space for safekeeping.

The diamond ring is too big. It is not convenient to work with it on your hand. And if it gets scratched or snagged, wouldn’t you feel sad?
The next morning, the village radio called on everyone to go to the village center for a meeting. Hua Xiali knew that today's meeting should be about the child falling into the water. After all, a child is the future of a family. If something happens to the child, it would be a disaster for the family, right?

We had a meeting in the morning and the sun wasn't that strong. We sat on the open space under the stage and it was quite cool with the breeze.

Several village cadres sat behind a table on the stage.

"Everyone, please be quiet." As soon as Huo Beixi finished speaking, the noisy scene instantly became quiet.

The deputy branch secretary said, "I called everyone to a meeting early in the morning because I have something important to say. Yesterday, several children in the village fell into the water. I'm sure some people still don't know about it, so let's talk about it today. Yesterday, a group of children in our village were playing in the water in the upper reaches of the river bend. Several children ran to the middle and couldn't come back. It was Branch Secretary Huo who heard the cries for help and went to rescue the children, but the children were panicked and uncooperative, which increased the difficulty of rescue. Later, Branch Secretary Huo and child Su Weidong almost died. It was because Hua Xiali had something to ask Secretary Huo and happened to catch up. Otherwise, we would not be sitting here peacefully for a meeting today, but would be handling the funeral of Branch Secretary Huo and Su Weidong."

"That's right. If Hua Xiali hadn't happened to arrive, Su Weidong and I would have died yesterday." Huo Beixi glanced at everyone with a cold look in his eyes. "I hope everyone can take good care of their children and not let them go to the water alone to play. Otherwise, if anything happens, the village will not be responsible."

Hua Xiali raised his hand and said, "Secretary Huo, I think we can open a kindergarten in the village and let all children who have not yet started primary school go to kindergarten. This way, parents can concentrate on their work, and children in primary school can also come to kindergarten during winter and summer vacations. There are many children in five villages. If the kindergarten is really opened, the village can also earn more income."

The most important thing is that children don’t have to play in the mud at home, but can go to kindergarten to study like children in the city. In this way, when they grow up, they will not say, "Other people know everything at the age of eight, but I was still playing in the mud at the age of eight."

Huo Beixi nodded and said, "Hua Xiali's idea is indeed good. We will discuss this matter carefully. If you have any other ideas, you can come to the brigade headquarters and tell us. We will adopt any good suggestions."

Some people had no idea what happened yesterday. Now that they knew, they were terrified. They hurriedly pulled their children and threatened and bribed them not to go to the river alone. It had rained intermittently for so long before, and the water in the river had risen long ago. If the upstream reservoir was full, it would release water downstream, which would cause the river water to rise. In such a dangerous situation, they dared to go to the river to play. If it weren't for Huo Beixi, everyone would have to hold a funeral today.

After the meeting, the villagers carried their benches and chairs home. Soon, the open space was empty. Several village cadres also packed up their things and returned to the brigade headquarters.

Almost every household in the village has children, so safety issues must be taken seriously, otherwise things like what happened yesterday will happen again in the future.

Huo Beixi didn't know that in fact this kind of thing happened every year in his previous life, but when the Internet was not well developed, no one knew about it. Later, when the Internet became well developed, everyone knew about it.

Hua Xiali often sees such news.

Therefore, parents must be reminded to take good care of their children and tell them not to go into the water without adult supervision. Even if there are adults around, they are not allowed to play. Didn’t Huo Beixi run out of energy yesterday and almost sank to the bottom of the river with Su Weidong?
No, didn’t Huo Beixi in his previous life fail to come up because he was exhausted after saving too many people?

At noon, Hua Xiali heard a knock on the door and came down from upstairs. Seeing Huo Beixi walking into the door with something in his hand, Hua Xiali deliberately acted confused and asked, "Huo Beixi, what are you doing here?"

"Hua Xiali, thank you for saving me and Su Weidong yesterday, otherwise yesterday would have been our death anniversary. I came here to thank you." Huo Beixi walked up to Hua Xiali and handed the gift in his hand to Hua Xiali.

Hua Xiali suppressed the urge to laugh and said calmly, "I believe that no matter who it is, they would not stand by and watch when encountering such a thing. Just like you, didn't you save so many children in the village? Did you save people so that they would thank you?"

Hua's mother made a cup of hot tea and handed it to Huo Beixi, "Secretary Huo, this is new tea picked this spring, you can try it."

"Thank you, auntie." Huo Beixi placed the gift in his hand on the coffee table, took the teacup handed over by Hua's mother, and sat down on the sofa.

From now on, I no longer have to watch Leng Yuye and Gao Shuaiquan appear in the Hua family openly.

Hua's mother sat on the two-seater sofa next to her. After hesitating for a while, she asked, "Huo Beixi, I heard from the villagers that you are planning to marry our Xia Li. Is this true?"

Huo Beixi nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. I should repay you for saving my life with my body."