Chapter 261 Fish

"Come with me." Hua Xiali turned around and walked upstream. The downstream was all sand. He didn't know if there were any freshwater clams. Even if there were, they would be hard to find. It would be easier to find them in the mud upstream.

Lu Xiaozhi didn’t know where Hua Xiali was taking him, but he followed obediently anyway.

Arriving at the riverbed upstream, Hua Xiali used a bamboo pole to dig a freshwater clam out of the mud and said to Lu Xiaozhi, "I need this. One cent each. Send it to my home, Huo Beixi's home, after dark. Are you willing to do it?"

Although they cost one cent each, she doesn't limit the size; she wants big or small, so Lu Xiaozhi is not losing money. On the contrary, she may need to pay a large sum of money because there are really a lot of them.

"Really?" A glimmer of hope appeared in Lu Xiaozhi's eyes.

"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you?" Hua Xiali took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Lu Xiaozhi. "I'll give you a hundred first, okay?"

There are a lot of freshwater clams here, and they can be used until the rainy season next year. This means that Lu Xiaozhi can make a lot of money during this period. Even if freshwater clams are hard to find after the New Year, there are still bamboo shoots!

"Thank you, Sister Xia Li." Lu Xiaozhi excitedly took the one dollar. One dollar could buy a lot of big steamed buns, so he could have a full meal.

Hua Xiali handed the bamboo pole in his hand to Lu Xiaozhi, "I have something else to do, so I'll go home. Remember to deliver this thing to Huo Beixi's house in the evening. If I'm not at home, Huo Beixi will give you the money."

After giving orders to her colleagues, Hua Xiali felt much more relaxed and went home carrying the empty basket.

Hua Xiali asked Zhang Yongfeng to find a place in the backyard to build a stove, while she went to prepare the braised food. Zhang Yongfeng first pushed a wooden cart to buy bricks, cement and sand. After everything was ready, he started working alone.

Hua Xiali wanted to go to the reservoir near his fourth uncle's house to pick up fish in the evening, so when the four of them went to sell braised food in the evening, they pushed the food on a wooden cart.

After selling the braised food, Hua Xiali asked the three of them to go home first. She still had things to deal with and would be home later. She also promised that there would be a wooden cart available for Zhang Yongfeng to use when he went to wholesale tomorrow morning.

It is so inconvenient without the spiritual spring space, otherwise why would she need to push the wooden cart over there? Wouldn't it be better for her to just go there directly?
When he was young, his family didn’t have bicycles, so he had to walk everywhere. Even to his grandparents’ house which was so far away, he had to walk there. So Hua Xiali didn’t feel that the reservoir near his fourth uncle’s house was far away.

She pushed the wooden cart alone. She went faster when the road was flat and pushed slowly when the road was uneven. It was already very late when she arrived at the reservoir. Fortunately, she brought a flashlight when she went out, otherwise her trip would have been in vain.

There was not much water in the reservoir at this time. She could even hear the sound of fish flapping in the water. They were particularly lively, and sounded like cries for help.

In that case, she would not hesitate to go down and save the fish that were dying of water shortage. Hua Xiali went down to the reservoir with her shoes on and walked forward. The place without water had dried up and she could clearly see freshwater clams. However, her goal now was the big fish, so she would leave these freshwater clams alone for now and talk about it later.

Hua Xiali wanted to catch a big fish weighing dozens of kilograms, but there was still some water in the water, and the fish were darting around in it, so she couldn't catch them at all. So she just caught whatever she came across, no matter how big or small. After filling the frames and baskets on the wooden cart, she pushed the cart away.

When we returned to the flower village, it was already early morning. It was very quiet, without any sound except for the occasional barking of dogs.

Arriving at the door, Hua Xiali reached out and knocked on the door. Soon the door was opened and Huo Beixi came out. Seeing Hua Xiali's embarrassed look, Huo Beixi felt distressed. Before he could say anything, he heard Hua Xiali say, "Quick, help me move these fish to the yard and raise them in a large water tank."

Huo Beixi then noticed that the frames on the wooden cart were full of fish. He did not ask what happened to the fish, but just urged, "Are they frozen? Go wash up quickly, and don't worry about the rest."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you. Remember to deliver the wooden cart to my door later. My brother-in-law will need it when he goes to the farmer's market in the morning." Hua Xiali gave an instruction and hurried in, leaving the rest of the matters to Huo Beixi.

When Hua Xiali came out of the shower, Huo Beixi had already finished his work and there was hot food on the table. Hua Xiali was really hungry, so he sat down and started eating with his bowl and chopsticks. It was getting late, so the two of them didn't waste any time and went back to their room to rest after eating.

The next morning, Hua Xiali packed herself up and went to the yard. Seeing so many fish in the big water tank and the wooden basin, she felt a headache for a moment. In such a big reservoir, in addition to big fish, there were also small fish and shrimps. If she really wanted to "rescue" all of them, it would take at least tens of thousands of kilograms. Now that she had no spiritual spring space, where could she put so many fish?
It is winter now and the weather is cold. As long as the fish are not always short of water, they will not die so easily. In addition, there is spiritual spring water in the well, so these fish are all alive and well.

They were jumping around from time to time, splashing water, and even the ground was wet. Hua Xiali added some water to each of them, then locked the door and went out.

Hua Xiali went directly to the carpenter's house and ordered ten large wooden barrels of the kind used for slaughtering pigs. Such wooden barrels are actually similar to bathtubs in later generations. You can use them for bathing, but you need to boil a lot of hot water, otherwise you won't be able to bathe in them.

However, Hua Xiali planned to use this to raise fish. After all, she still had to go to the reservoir to "save" the fish that were about to die of thirst, and she really needed a lot of things to raise fish.

It was all Hua Qingmei’s fault for traveling through time and space and stealing her spiritual spring space. Although she could still enter, the spiritual spring space was now with Hua Qingmei, so it was inconvenient for her to use. She could only take some spiritual spring water occasionally. It was too cheap for Hua Qingmei.

After booking the big wooden barrel, Hua Xiali went to his own home in front. Hua Chunli and the others were already busy. They all grew up in the countryside, so washing clothes and cooking were no problem for them. They naturally knew how to clean pig offal, especially the seasonings for braised dishes, which Hua Xiali had already prepared. So even if Hua Xiali didn't go, it would be fine.

When he went to the town to sell braised food in the evening, Hua Xiali took a few more frames and put them on the wooden cart. When he arrived in the town, after everyone took the braised food downstairs, Hua Xiali pushed the wooden cart and set off.

Go earlier so you can go home earlier at night, so you don’t have to stay up late.