Chapter 222: You Can See

After a while, Hua Xiali shook his head and said, "It's okay. Maybe I just got up too hastily."

"You must have sat for too long. Don't sit for so long next time." Huo Beixi held the basket in one hand and supported Hua Xiali with the other.

Arriving at the kitchen, Huo Beixi followed Hua Xiali's instructions and poured half a basket of bamboo shoots directly into the iron pot. He then added a few scoops of water until all the bamboo shoots were submerged before starting a fire.

After the water in the pot boiled and then cooked for a few more minutes, Huo Beixi opened the lid of the pot and took out the bamboo shoots that had changed color. After letting them cool down, he cut the bamboo shoots. He then took out the bacon that had been dried in the twelfth lunar month, cut a small bowl of bacon slices, and stir-fried them with the bamboo shoots.

Before, Hua Xiali couldn't stand the smell of any meat, but after three months, his sense of taste and smell returned to normal, his appetite also recovered, and he could eat meat normally.

In the evening, I made stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon, stir-fried vegetables and minced meat soup. There were only two of them at home eating, so two dishes and one soup, both meat and vegetables, were enough.

Huo Beixi picked up a piece of bamboo shoot with chopsticks and tasted it, his eyebrows raised slightly. He didn't expect that the bamboo shoot was so delicious, crisp and refreshing, and had a fresh flavor.

"Is it delicious?" Hua Xiali asked curiously.

Huo Beixi nodded. "I didn't expect this thing to be so delicious. There are a lot of them on the mountain behind my house. If I had known that this thing was so delicious, I wouldn't have wasted so many bamboo shoots."

"It's okay. We don't lack food now. It's enough to eat bamboo shoots occasionally." Hua Xiali would not tell him that he had collected a lot of bamboo shoots in the past few years. If he opened a store to sell bamboo shoots, it would probably take several years to sell them all.

The bamboo shoots on the mountain are too dense, which will affect the growth of bamboo. Anyway, they need to be cleared, so let's give my fourth uncle and aunt a chance to make money. It doesn't matter if she harvests a few more bamboo shoots. Anyway, everything can be sold in the future. At worst, when she retires, she can set up a small stall near the vegetable market every day.

"Oh, right, when I came out of your house just now, I met your second grandpa and second grandma. I told them that I bought your house and land from you. They seemed to have always treated your things as theirs. After hearing what I said, they seemed a little unhappy and asked where you were. I said you owed too much money and I didn't know where you had gone." Hua Xiali felt that there were some things that Huo Beixi should know, so that he would not let it slip when talking to Grandpa Huo and Grandma Huo in the future.

If the Huo family's second grandfather and second grandmother knew that she and Huo Beixi were married, they might really ask her to be filial to them. After all, they have no one to turn to. They have nothing in their hands, and those so-called grandchildren will not come to them.

People tend to seek profit and avoid harm. Two unprofitable old men are a huge trouble to them, and no one wants to get into such trouble.

But once the old man had something in his hand, they would come following the smell and then fight until they were bloody.

Huo Beixi nodded, "You don't have to worry about them. I will ask someone to send some rice, flour, grain and oil over occasionally to show my gratitude. They have descendants, and it's not our turn to take care of them in their old age, and I won't take it on myself." When the last moment came, the two old people were really desperate and would definitely look for their own descendants. They didn't know where Huo Beixi was and they only had one phone number. Moreover, Huo Beixi was at the brigade headquarters most of the time. If they received a call saying "Huo Beixi resigned", they would not be able to find Huo Beixi at all.

Hua Xiali didn't even want to care about Hua Tiefeng, so how could she care about someone who didn't know what she was doing? The reason why she cared about Hua Tiefeng was just to fulfill her responsibilities and obligations. Others had nothing to do with her, so why should she care about them?
In the following days, Hua Xiali spent his time picking morels and collecting bamboo shoots. He would occasionally go to Baibao County to check on the growth of sugarcane there, as well as the progress of road construction and river clearing. The road was getting longer and longer, and it was getting closer and closer to the mountain village. Soon, cars would be able to drive into the village, making it much more convenient for everyone to enter and exit the village.

The saplings planted on both sides of the road have sprouted and are growing well. However, when Hua Xiali bought the saplings, the road had not been repaired yet, so he did not buy so many saplings. He will have to wait until autumn when the temperature is not so high to buy saplings and continue planting.

She plans to plant saplings on both sides of the road, so that the shape of the road will be determined by the shape of the flowers that bloom from the trees. It will be a beautiful scenery when viewed from the sky.

Twenty years later, when people fly drones to take pictures and capture scenes like this, they will be so spectacular and shocking!
Hua Xiali went to the city center for every prenatal checkup, and went to the city center hospital with Hua Chunli. This month, the two of them went together for a prenatal checkup again.

In fact, very few pregnant women in rural areas come to the hospital for check-ups every month. Many of them don’t even get checked at all, and just get pregnant until they give birth, and then give birth at home.

But Hua Xiali knew that this was actually very dangerous, and that they still had to get checked. It was just that others did not have the conditions, so she could not force others to do the same.

Many doctors are off on weekends, so the two of them chose weekdays to come to the hospital for prenatal check-ups, which meant that Hua Chunli needed to take a leave of absence.

Hua Chunli studies hard and has good grades, so even if she takes one day off, it will not affect her studies at all. Therefore, the teacher directly agreed to her request for leave once a month for a prenatal check-up.

Huo Beixi had to work and could not accompany Hua Xiali to the hospital for the prenatal check-up. Besides, Hua Xiali was with Hua Chunli and did not need his company, so Hua Xiali did not ask him for leave.

It’s better to save your vacation time until you give birth and then take leave. If you take too much leave, someone will definitely complain.

And it is indeed not the case that she needs his company now. After all, she is with Hua Chunli, and Hua's mother and Zhang Yongfeng are also in the city. With them around, why should he worry about anything?
Hua Xiali arrived at the city center in the afternoon on the day before her prenatal check-up. There were many people in the city center hospital, and if you don't come early, you can't get an appointment in the morning, or even in the afternoon. So the two of them came to the registration place early to queue up for registration.

When the medical workers arrived at work, Hua Xiali saw Leng Yuye and a female comrade walking in, talking and laughing. The registration place was in the lobby, and everyone had to pass by here. Hua Xiali could see Leng Yuye, and Leng Yuye could naturally see Hua Xiali as well.

It is already mid-April, the temperature is quite high, and everyone wears less clothes. Although Hua Xiali's belly is not big, it is still obvious that she is pregnant.