Chapter 71 Just Like My Brother

Since we are going to build it, we must build it big and well, and make it more solid, so that it can be lived in for the next twenty years!
The construction team first cleared away the rubble, and then dug down and laid a new foundation. Because in order to build a large building, the foundation had to be laid from scratch. Before, it was not called a foundation at all.

Those who wholesaled goods from Hua Xiali thought that the goods Hua Xiali brought back were burned, and they were a little disappointed when they came to find Hua Xiali.

But they didn't expect that when they arrived under the pear tree in front of Hua Xiali's house, they saw the goods intact and placed there. Everyone was very surprised and excited. They didn't expect that Hua Xiali didn't bring all the things back, so it wouldn't affect everyone's money-making.

Everyone took less the first time they sold the goods, but they all sold them and they did taste the sweetness, so this time everyone took more. Hua Xiali sincerely hoped that everyone could make money, so that she could make more money, because if everyone sold quickly, she would naturally make money quickly.

Since someone had taken care of all the tasks in each link, Hua Xiali had some free time. She picked up a basket and set off for the river bend. She had been out for many days. She had to quickly collect the bamboo that Lu Xiaozhi had cut and settle the money with him, so that the child would not be frightened and think that the director of the pig farm had run away.

Hua Xiali went directly from the middle and upper reaches this time, because she knew that the lower reaches had dried up long ago and the stones were all scorching hot. After all, the water was so shallow before that it couldn't even flood the stones, and now it had been exposed to the sun for more than ten days.

When we arrived upstream, we saw that the water in the river, which was originally several meters deep, was now gone. The riverbeds on both sides were exposed, and the silt in the river closest to the shore had dried up.

Hua Xiali stepped on it curiously, but she didn't expect the mud to be dry and hard and she wouldn't sink at all. She walked forward slowly, lowering her head and searching under the dried water plants to see if there was anything under them.

However, she found a long cut under the still damp water plants. She recognized it as a freshwater clam at a glance. Curiously, she used a bamboo pole to pull out the cut. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a freshwater clam bigger than her face. She had worked in a pearl oyster breeding base in her previous life, so she had some understanding of it.

Regardless of whether there were pearls or not, Hua Xiali was very excited about its huge size. She turned her head and looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, she directly put the freshwater clam into the Lingquan space, and then went to the bamboo forest opposite.

She first went to collect all the bamboo that Lu Xiaozhi had cut during this period, and then took the money to find Lu Xiaozhi. Lu Xiaozhi cut bamboo every day and got tanned several layers. Now he looked like a coal briquette, with only his eyes and teeth being white.

Hua Xiali handed the glass in his hand to Lu Xiaozhi, "Lu Xiaozhi, drink some water. I have something to tell you later."

Lu Xiaozhi stared at her with wide eyes, as if he had heard some bad news.

Hua Xiali chuckled and said, "Look how scared you are. What I'm going to tell you is good news. You're like my brother now. How can I forget you when I have good news?"

After Lu Xiaozhi finished drinking the water, Hua Xiali handed him the money for the bamboo he had just collected and said, "The owner of the pig farm doesn't want bamboo and bamboo shoots this year. He will need them almost next year. You can do other things with me in the rest of your time!"

"Sister Xia Li, what should we do next?" Lu Xiaozhi asked curiously.

"From now on, you can come to my house in the morning and help my mother wash pig offal. It's three dollars a day. Although it's not much money, you don't have to work all the time. You can stop working after you're done. It will be easier for you." Hua Xiali said.

Lu Xiaozhi nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to Sister Xia Li's house tomorrow morning."

"You should go back and have a good rest now!" The bamboo here is thinner and can be used as firewood or chopped into strips to weave baskets, but it is of no use to Hua Xiali.

So the matter of cutting bamboo can be left to the fourth uncle. After Lu Xiaozhi left, Hua Xiali collected the bamboo joints that he had left here, and then returned to the place where he had just picked up the freshwater clams and continued to look for freshwater clams.

Unexpectedly, there were so many freshwater clams in the damp mud, both big and small. It wouldn't rain until the end of this year, and if she didn't collect them all, they would be dried into two empty shells. In order to "save" them and for herself, Hua Xiali collected them all, regardless of size.

Every time Hua Xiali collected things into the Lingquan space, she would turn her head and look around, so that others would not notice that things could disappear out of thin air in her hands.

When she saw a figure appear in the distance, she did not collect them into the spiritual spring space anymore, but separated the large and small freshwater clams, intending to collect them all after the person left.

"Xia Li, what are you doing here?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Hua Xiali turned around in surprise, only to see Huo Beixi coming over from the shore, and also walking towards her directly on the dry riverbed. Seeing the big thing at her feet, she was a little surprised, "What is this?"

"How do you know I'm here?" Hua Xiali asked in surprise.

"I guessed." Huo Beixi saw Hua Xiali pick out a large pearl oyster in the mud with a bamboo pole, and asked curiously, "Why are you looking for this? Can it be eaten?"

Hua Xiali's eyes lit up, "You guessed right, this is indeed edible, and it's very delicious, but you can't eat spicy food, so you won't be able to enjoy it."

Hua Xiali had worked at a pearl oyster breeding base in his previous life, and had also packaged the meat of pearl oysters after the pearls were taken out. People would buy the meat and take it home to cook and eat.

Although the pearl oysters that are cultured have a particularly fishy smell, much stronger than freshwater clams, there were plenty of seasonings at that time, including many seasonings for removing the fishy smell. As long as enough ingredients were added, any fishy smell could be covered up.

Now she is picking freshwater clams in the river, which are not as fishy and should taste better when cooked.

However, freshwater clams require a lot of spices and chili peppers. Huo Beixi can't eat spicy food, so he won't be able to enjoy this delicacy.

Huo Beixi watched Hua Xiali pick out a few freshwater clams and knew this was the way to do it. He took the bamboo pole from Hua Xiali's hand and broke it into two sections. He then used the other section to search in the mud.

"Huo Beixi, can you swim?" Hua Xiali asked curiously.

Huo Beixi nodded, "Yes."

Hua Xiali pointed to the remaining water in the middle of the river and said, "There's a lot of this stuff at the bottom of the river. Can you go over there and help me get some up?"

Although this is upstream, the water has been almost dried up and is now estimated to be only one-third of its previous depth. For a tall man who is almost 1.9 meters tall, such a small amount of water is not a problem for him.

(End of this chapter)