Chapter 28: The Season of Grass, Birds, and Blooming Flowers

"I have a way to make money. Do you want to hear it?" Hua Xiali asked with a smile.

She was not kind-hearted and wanted to help everyone, but she really needed help. She couldn't ask her mother to pick bamboo shoots, as her mother had to take care of her father at home!

He needs people to work, and Lu Xiaozhi also needs money to live. It can be said that this is called cooperation between the two of them.

Lu Xiaozhi became excited, "Sister Xia Li, if you have any way to make money, tell me!"

Hua Xiali took out bamboo shoots from the basket and said, "There is a pig farm owner who needs bamboo shoots to feed his pigs, so he asked me to help him pick bamboo shoots. I charge one cent per pound. If you are willing, you can help me pick them. If you are faster, you can make several dollars a day!"

"Really?" Lu Xiaozhi was very excited. "Sister Xia Li, can I break it with you?"

"Of course you can, but you have to keep it a secret and not tell anyone, otherwise the factory manager will be angry and won't let us help him pick bamboo shoots. I'll lose the opportunity to make money, and I won't let you go." Hua Xiali put the bamboo shoots into his palm and said, "The picked bamboo shoots are hidden in the bamboo forest. The factory manager will send people to get them. We are only responsible for picking bamboo shoots. We don't have to worry about other things. I'll find you in the bamboo forest tomorrow."

Hua Xiali left as soon as he finished speaking, without wasting any time.

If Lu Xiaozhi is willing to do it, she will recruit him as her subordinate. If he is not willing to do it, then forget it.

"Xia Li, why did you come back so late?" Hua's mother said unhappily when she saw that Hua Xia Li came back so late, and then took the basket from her hand, "There are plenty of Amaranthus on the ridges of the fields, why do you need to go out specially to pick them?"

Hua Xiali knew that her mother was also worried about her, so she just smiled and didn't refute too much. For her, being beaten and scolded by her parents was actually a happy thing. In her previous life, when she was in her middle and late age, she dreamed of returning to the age when her parents could beat and scold her.

Because it means that her parents are still alive and she is still young.

Hua Xiali had lunch, packed up, and set off. There was only one bus in the afternoon, and if she missed it, she would not be able to go that day.

He came to the shadow of a poplar tree on the side of the road and waited for a while. When he saw a minibus coming, Hua Xiali immediately waved. After the bus stopped, Hua Xiali quickly got in and sat down.

This season is the time when grass grows, birds sing, and flowers bloom. Along the way, you can see large areas of golden flowers. Some are rape flowers, and some are cabbage flowers blooming in people's vegetable fields, but they are all golden yellow and look particularly beautiful.

Hua Xiali is busy making money now and really has no time to think about things like outings or spring outings. Moreover, given her family's current situation, they can't go out.

But everyone is still alive and well, and there will always be a chance for the whole family to go on a spring outing together in the future.

When he arrived at his fourth uncle's house, he saw that the door was closed. Hua Xiali knew that they were picking bamboo shoots on the mountain, so he went directly to the mountain to find his fourth uncle and aunt. When he arrived at the bamboo forest, he saw his fourth uncle and aunt picking bamboo shoots enthusiastically.

"Fourth uncle, fourth aunt." Hua Xiali walked over with a smile.

"Xia Li is here, you must be tired, right? Go back and rest for a while." Fourth Aunt took out the key to the courtyard gate and gave it to Hua Xia Li, asking him to go home and rest. After all, after sitting in the car for so long and being bumpy for so long, anyone would be tired.

"Okay, then I'll go home first. Fourth uncle, fourth aunt, you guys take your time, there's no rush. There are so many bamboo shoots on the mountain, enough for you to make a lot of money." Hua Xiali smiled, took the key and turned around to go down the mountain.

Fortunately, the mountains here are not tall and steep mountains, but small hills. It takes about half an hour to walk from the foot of the mountain to the top.

When she arrived at her fourth uncle's house and saw the bamboo shoots neatly piled in the yard, Hua Xiali couldn't help laughing. With so many bamboo shoots, how much money would she make when they were processed into food!
Looking at these bamboo shoots is like looking at white silver waving at you.

Hua Xiali came to the kitchen and added a little bit of spiritual spring water into the water tank. Then he filled the iron pot with water and started a fire. This way, he could take a bath when his fourth uncle and aunt came back.

The temperature in April is already very high, especially at noon, when it is almost as hot as summer. My fourth uncle and aunt have been busy all day, so they must be tired and hot. They will feel more comfortable if they take a shower after coming back.

In the evening, the three of them weighed the bamboo shoots in the yard together, and found that there were more than 3,000 kilograms. They didn't expect that the old couple had picked so many bamboo shoots.

Hua Xiali took out thirty yuan on the spot and gave it to her fourth aunt, putting the remaining bamboo shoots aside. She would wait until they fell asleep at night and then put the three thousand kilograms of bamboo shoots into the space.

Holding the money in her hand, the fourth aunt was so excited, "It's only been a few days, and we've already earned thirty-six yuan. In a month, we can earn one or two hundred yuan, which is not much worse than working outside!"

"Yes!" Hua Xiali also echoed from the side. This income is indeed quite good. Although the average monthly salary at that time is about 200 to 300, ordinary people do not actually have such a high income. There are many people who earn more than 100 yuan a month, but not many people can get a high salary of 400 to 500 yuan.

Zhang Yongfeng works in a brick factory and earns only about eighty to one hundred and twenty yuan a month after working hard.

If Hua Xiali had not started the bamboo shoot business yet, she would have wanted Zhang Yongfeng to quit his job and work with her, because working in a brick factory was such a waste of time and too hard. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Zhang Yongfeng to pass away from exhaustion in his thirties in his previous life, leaving behind his elder sister and two children.

At night, after her fourth uncle and aunt fell asleep, Hua Xiali went to the yard to put the bamboo shoots into the space. She returned to her cousin's room and locked the door. Then she went to the Lingquan space and planned to arrange the bamboo shoots neatly. However, she saw that there was some space between the previously arranged bamboo shoots and the bamboo courtyard wall.

Hua Xiali was very surprised and didn't understand what was going on, so she had to move the bamboo shoots back to the wall and place them next to the courtyard wall. She had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and things had to be placed neatly so that they would look more comfortable.

The next morning, after having breakfast at her fourth uncle's house, Hua Xiali went back. Now her fourth uncle and aunt helped her to pick bamboo shoots. Whether to add more people was also decided by them. Hua Xiali didn't have to worry about it. She just came occasionally to pay the bill and take the bamboo shoots away.

Moreover, the equipment she ordered from the blacksmith will be almost ready today. She will try it out and see if it works well. If there is no problem, she will hurry up and set up the stall to earn money tomorrow.

After all, her sister will report to university in mid-to-late August, and the tuition and living expenses combined will be three to four thousand per semester. Although three to four thousand may not seem like a lot, it is 1990 now, when the average monthly income is more than one hundred yuan. Three to four thousand is several years' income. If she doesn't make money quickly, her parents will be anxious.

(End of this chapter)