Chapter 40 I just wanted to show my concern for her.

When the three of them were passing the brigade headquarters with sweat on their foreheads and red faces, Hua Xiali saw Huo Beixi standing in the office window and waving at her. Hua Xiali walked over confused and subconsciously looked inside the office. Seeing that there was no one else, she asked, "Huo Beixi, are you calling me?"

Huo Beixi just waved at her and didn't call her name, and she was not sure who Huo Beixi was calling.

"Someone just called you and said it was your fourth uncle, and asked you to call him back." Huo Beixi said in a gentle voice.

Hua Xiali nodded, and then said to Zhang Yongfeng and Hua Qiuli, "Brother-in-law, Qiuli, you go home and rest first. I'll call back and will be back soon."

Although the brigade headquarters is on the roadside, the main entrance is not. Hua Xiali is currently at the window behind the brigade headquarters. If she wants to go into the brigade office, she has to go around to the main entrance.

Hua Xiali walked into the brigade headquarters, came to the phone, and dialed the phone in his fourth uncle's village. Although it was already the 1990s, telephones were not yet popular. Firstly, they were too expensive, costing three to five thousand yuan to install a phone. Secondly, most people didn't have access to telephones at home, so installing one would be a waste.

Ten years later, telephones became popular and not that expensive. There was also a kind of wireless landline phone that seemed to cost only a few hundred dollars to install.

I called and the village cadre answered first. Then he notified my fourth uncle through the radio. I waited for a while before I heard my fourth uncle's voice. He asked on the phone, "Xia Li, when are you coming over? There are already a lot of bamboo shoots piled up at home."

"Fourth uncle, I'll be there tomorrow afternoon. You just do what you need to do and don't worry about other things." Hua Xiali said in a low voice after answering the phone.

She was busy setting up the stall these days and couldn't leave, so she didn't go to her fourth uncle's house to collect bamboo shoots. But it's time to go, otherwise the bamboo shoots will dry up if she leaves them there.

She didn't want anyone to know that she wanted to make money from bamboo shoots, especially Huo Beixi, who was the village party secretary and cared about the interests of the villagers.

What would she do if Huo Beixi asked her to make money with the villagers?

She will help those who are good to her family without being reminded, but she will not help those who take advantage of her family even if they kneel in front of her and beg her.

She is not the kind of person who forgets the pain once the wound has healed, and if she forgives the other person, wouldn't that be a stab in the back to her parents?

After all, they had once taken advantage of her parents' misfortunes and caused them great harm. There was no way she could forgive those people on behalf of her parents.

After hanging up the phone, Hua Xiali took out a dime and put it in the box next to the phone, then said to Huo Beixi, "Thank you."

"Xia Li, there is a smell of blood on you, are you okay?" Huo Beixi asked in a gentle voice.

Hua Xiali met Huo Beixi's narrow and dark eyes and was speechless for a moment. She turned around and left without saying anything. She smelled of rust on her body because her good friend was about to visit her. She could smell the rust every time before and when she came. Now she didn't expect that Huo Beixi could also smell it. She felt that when she was in front of him, it seemed as if there were no secrets.

Huo Beixi didn't know why Hua Xiali was angry. He just wanted to show his concern for her!
"Second sister, have some water." As soon as Hua Xiali entered the yard, Hua Qiuli handed her a teacup. "Second sister, I followed you today and realized that although setting up a stall can make money, it is also too hard!" Hua Xiali smiled faintly, "If you know how hard it is, then study hard and try to get into college. When you graduate, you can work in an office. Not only will you get a high salary, but you won't have to work in the sun and the wind. Besides, you are only in the second year of junior high school, and you will only be in the third year in the second half of the year. You still have four years, so everything is in time."

Hua Qiuli nodded, "I understand. I will no longer muddle through like before. I will pick up my textbooks and study hard."

It was only today that she realized how much her second sister had contributed to the family. She and her eldest sister were able to sit in the classroom and attend classes peacefully because of her second sister's efforts.

The second sister probably wanted to study more than anyone else, but she gave this opportunity to her and the eldest sister.

She must work hard. Her elder sister dared to take the college entrance examination even though she only had more than a month to review. She still has four years. What can't she do?
Hua Qiuli did not take the college entrance examination in her previous life. She did not even finish high school. Seeing her classmates dropping out one after another, she also dropped out.

Among the three sisters in the family, she was the only one who had the opportunity to take the college entrance examination, but she gave up. Hua's mother begged her to go back to school and her tears were almost running out.

However, children in junior high and high school are more rebellious. Who would listen to their family's arrangements? Hua Qiuli naturally did not listen to his family, but followed his classmates to work in an electronics factory in the suburbs of the county. After two years of work experience, he went to work in an electronics factory in a big city. At first, his salary was a few hundred yuan a month, and later it was several thousand yuan.

Later, he got married and his life didn't have any big ups and downs, but it was much better than Hua Xiali and his elder sister. However, living with a large family together meant high expenses and a hard life, and he often worried about money.

But Hua Chunli and Hua Xiali were both unable to take care of themselves and were unable to help her at all. After all, Hua Chunli's husband had passed away, and she was alone raising her son with cerebral palsy and young daughter.

Hua Xiali is raising two sons alone and working various odd jobs. He is extremely short of money. How can he help Hua Qiuli?

Fortunately, the house was demolished later, which alleviated their urgent needs. Hua Chunli also transferred all the money that should have belonged to Hua Qiuli to Hua Qiuli. Even though she had to treat her son with cerebral palsy, she did not embezzle the money that belonged to Hua Qiuli.

Now she has made up her mind to study hard. If she can get into university, she will find a good job in the future. She won't have to work so hard, and she won't have to marry far away and lose the chance to meet her family.

Anyway, in the previous life, after Hua Qiuli dropped out of school, Hua Xiali hadn't seen her many times. Later, when smartphones became popular and they could chat via video, Hua Qiuli often cried to her, saying that she wanted to go home, but the journey was long and the high-speed rail tickets were too expensive, and she was worried about taking care of the child alone...

Anyway, for various reasons, Hua Xiali had rarely seen Hua Qiuli before his house was taken away by the mistress and the illegitimate child.

Things are different now. In this life, her family members no longer have to suffer such regrets. Everyone can live and work in peace and contentment in their hometown without having to leave their homes.

After dinner, it was still light and the distant sky was hung with brilliant sunset glow, which looked extremely magnificent and beautiful. Hua Xiali and Zhang Yongfeng carried Hua's father out of the room, put him on the bamboo bed, covered him with a quilt, and let him lie there to enjoy the beautiful evening view.

(End of this chapter)