Chapter 41 Are you free on Sunday?

Seeing that it was still early, Hua Xiali went to the bamboo forest at the river bend to collect the bamboo shoots that Lu Xiaozhi had broken. There were only bamboo shoots but no bamboos in the designated place.

She collected the bamboo shoots, put down the money, and turned to leave.

By the time they reached the village, it was already dark and visibility was very low, but they didn't need a flashlight yet. Before they reached the public well, they saw a tall figure standing there again. Hua Xiali gradually got used to it. After all, he came here to fetch water every day, so it was normal to see him! If he didn't see him one day, that would be a problem!
"Xia Li, are you really okay?" When passing by Huo Beixi, Hua Xia Li's arm was suddenly grabbed by him.

Hua Xiali was startled and turned to look at him with a hint of accusation in her eyes. She wanted to lose her temper but couldn't say it. After all, the other person had provided her with so much help and had even given her a ride a few nights ago. In other words, no matter how angry he was, he would always have privileges with her.

"It's okay, this is normal for girls, but your nose is quite sensitive and you can even smell this smell." Hua Xiali finally explained patiently.

In his previous life, there was only his own name on his tombstone, and no other name. It seemed that he had no family, so he probably didn't know that there were such cases for lesbians.

"I only smell this kind of scent on you." Huo Beixi said, looking away uncomfortably, not daring to look into her eyes. Mainly because as soon as he saw her, he couldn't help but think of what he had done to her in his dream.

If she knew that he did such a thing in his dream, she might think he was sick and stay away from him, not wanting to have any contact with him anymore.

"Oh!" Hua Xiali didn't know what to say, so he just responded to indicate that he understood.

"Are you free on Sunday?" Huo Beixi looked at Hua Xiali with anticipation in his eyes.

Hua Xiali shook his head.

She had a lot of things to do, and even on Sundays, she had no time to rest. As long as the family's debt was not repaid and Hua Chunli's university tuition was not raised, she would not be able to feel at peace and rest well.

Hua Xiali walked into the backyard and when she turned around to close the gate, she saw Huo Beixi standing there motionless, but his back seemed inexplicably a little depressed and lost. She didn't know if she had seen it wrong.

After returning home and washing up, Hua Xiali lay down. She still felt strange. Huo Beixi seemed to have asked her twice if she was free on Sunday. What on earth did he want? Why couldn't he just tell her directly?

He had taken her back on his bicycle several nights before, and she would sit on the beam, only a few centimeters away from him. Why couldn't he just say what he wanted to say?

Why do you have to ask again and again? Isn't this unnecessary?

Hua Xiali couldn't figure it out and decided not to think about it anymore. He turned over and closed his eyes.

The next morning, Hua Qiuli had already returned to school. After all, there was only one day off for May Day, so he had to attend classes as usual. It was okay if he missed the morning reading class, but he couldn't be late for the first class. Hua Xiali and Zhang Yongfeng finished breakfast and did all the things inside and outside the house, so that Hua's mother only had to concentrate on taking care of and accompanying Hua's father at home. In the afternoon, the two of them set off.

After getting off the bus, Hua Xiali let Zhang Yongfeng set up the stall alone, while she took another bus to go to her fourth uncle's house, because there was only this bus in the afternoon, and if she was late, she would have to walk to her fourth uncle's house.

After setting up the stall for a day yesterday, Zhang Yongfeng has become proficient and can look after the stall by himself. If he is too busy, he can sell less and earn less. It doesn't matter. Anyway, at this rate, he can definitely earn enough to pay for Hua Chunli's college tuition.

The most important thing right now is tuition fees. As for the foreign debts, they can be repaid by the end of the year. After all, those who are willing to lend money to help their family are those with whom they have good relations. They know their family situation and will definitely not urge them.

Even if it doesn't work this year, I can pay off all my debts by next year at the latest. The money I earn in the future can be used to buy houses and land, and wait for appreciation.

When she arrived at her fourth uncle's house, she saw that the gate was locked. Hua Xiali went up the mountain to find her fourth uncle, got the key and came down. Now that someone was picking the bamboo shoots, she didn't have to do it herself.

When I arrived at my fourth uncle's yard, I saw bags of bamboo shoots placed in the shade of the yard. The weight was written on each bag. It seemed that my fourth uncle and aunt had already weighed them.

Knowing that her fourth uncle and aunt would not be back until the evening at the latest, which would take at least two hours, Hua Xiali would have enough time to do anything, so she simply put all the bamboo shoots in the yard into the Lingquan space, then calculated the money according to the weight of the bamboo shoots, took it out, and put it in her coat pocket, so that she could give it to her fourth aunt later.

Afterwards, Hua Xiali came to the kitchen, filled a pot with water, started a fire, and added some spiritual spring water to the large water tank. After being nourished by the spiritual spring water, her fourth uncle and aunt looked much better and their bodies became much healthier. She would soon be able to use the water to regulate the health of her own parents.

When Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt came back with the bamboo shoots, they found that all the bamboo shoots in the yard were gone. They were both very surprised. Fourth Aunt even asked directly, "Xia Li, did the director of the pig farm come and take the bamboo shoots away?"

"Yes!" Hua Xiali handed the money to his fourth aunt, "Fourth aunt, this is the money given by the factory director. He said he would bring the bag to you next time he comes."

"Xia Li, why don't you keep the person? We follow him to make money, but we don't even know his name or what he looks like." Fourth uncle smiled embarrassedly.

"They were busy, they just picked up the bamboo shoots and left without even stopping for a second. How could I have the nerve to waste their time?" Hua Xiali said with a smile, "By the way, Fourth Uncle, did you two pick so many bamboo shoots these days? Did anyone else pick them with you?"

My fourth uncle and aunt can only break off a few thousand kilograms at most, but today there are tens of thousands of kilograms of bamboo shoots here, so it is obvious that there are more than just the two of them.

"I listened to you and called one person from your eldest uncle's and second uncle's families. In addition, we also asked two elderly people in the village to help us pick bamboo shoots. It's not easy for them, so we helped them. But we didn't give them money randomly, nor did we exploit them. The owner of the pig farm gave us one cent per pound, so we gave them one cent per pound."

As Fourth Uncle spoke, he smiled embarrassedly. After all, he had brought outsiders in without Hua Xiali's consent.

(End of this chapter)