Chapter 76 Like a Clown
Hua Xiali first saw clam meat being sold in the city when her children went to junior high school. That was ten years later, at the beginning of the millennium, but it was not as popular as chicken, duck, and goose meat.

As she was thinking, Hua Xiali sat up suddenly. She remembered that there was a large reservoir on the road from her fourth uncle's house to her grandparents' house. She once rode her bicycle straight down the slope and almost rushed into the reservoir. Fortunately, she braked the bicycle at the critical moment.

This big reservoir in the previous life also dried up and cracked this year, and the fish on the dried mud were dried into shells, one after another, there were so many of them, it was such a pity.

Anyway, it's quite outrageous. In such a large reservoir, all the water can be dried up and evaporated.

I don't know what's going on now. How can there be thousands of fish in a large reservoir? Hua Xiali decided to go and take a look tomorrow. If the water level has dropped a lot, she will wait for a while before rescuing them. When there is water after the rain, she will release half of them and keep the other half for herself as a reward for her hard work.

The next morning, after having breakfast at her fourth uncle's house, Hua Xiali saw Grandma Huo as soon as she went out. She was about to ask Grandma Huo what was going on, but Grandma Huo said embarrassedly, "Little girl, I'm sorry. I called our Beixi yesterday and he said he has a girlfriend. So I can't arrange for you to meet again, otherwise I will become a bad guy who breaks up a couple. I'm sorry, but you are so beautiful, you will definitely meet a better boyfriend than our Beixi in the future."

"Thank you for your kindness, Grandma Huo. Actually, I don't plan to find a boyfriend so early. I want to earn more money to support my parents in their retirement." Hua Xiali smiled faintly and walked away quickly. She had something very important to confirm!
The big reservoir is not far from here, and it only takes half an hour to walk there. After the demolition of Huazhuang, the government vigorously developed the tourism industry and built many fun projects here at the reservoir, including light and music fountains, cafes, cruise ships, speedboats, camping, barbecues, zip lines, and even a small train in the mountains for everyone to ride. The development is getting better and better.

In her previous life, she had accompanied her son's girlfriend here to play, but she was the one who paid. After all, they were just dating at that time and had not yet married. It was impossible for her to let her future daughter-in-law spend money even if she came to visit.

Hua Xiali came to the place where he almost rushed into the reservoir. He squinted his eyes and looked at the shimmering water in front of him. More of the hill in the middle of the reservoir was exposed and it was obvious that the water level had dropped a lot, but it was still a long way from the riverbed drying up and cracking!
I guess they will soon release water into the countryside so that everyone can irrigate their crops, which will accelerate the drying up of the reservoir, right?
The river used by their village to irrigate crops is almost completely dry. Farmers need water for farming, so they should release water to the downstream soon, otherwise everyone’s grain production will be reduced this year.

When the reservoir was built decades ago, the conditions were not so good, so the edge of the reservoir is not made of cement like in the past, and there are no steps for people to play around. Instead, it is made of stones. Hua Xiali walked down the slope along the stones, and then sat on a stone that looked quite clean, holding his chin with one hand, enjoying this rare moment of peace.

The breeze blew her hair on her face, making her feel itchy and uncomfortable, but she didn't care. In her heart, she was thinking about the fact that Huo Beixi had a girlfriend.

Huo Beixi has a girlfriend, so in Huo Beixi's eyes, did her previous actions make her like a clown?

The reason why he didn't say it clearly was that he wanted to see how many more ridiculous things she could do?

Thinking of what she had done before, and that secret expectation, she couldn't help but want to slap herself. She had lived one more life than others, and she was no longer a simple girl. It was really speechless that she was still in love. When Hua Xiali was about to get up and leave, she saw something in the shallow water at the edge of the reservoir in front of her. She got up and walked over curiously. When she looked down, it turned out to be a freshwater clam. She didn't expect that there were also freshwater clams in the reservoir. It seems that the water quality here is indeed suitable for the growth of freshwater clams.

No wonder bosses from other places come to the mountains near their home to open farms.

The water at the edge of the reservoir was very shallow, and clear and transparent, and everything in it could be seen clearly. Although it was already September, the weather was still very hot. Hua Xiali rolled up her trouser legs and went directly into the water in her sandals. She then walked along the edge, picking up freshwater clams as she walked, and put them directly into the water so that no one would notice her little movements.

Hua Xiali walked along the edge of the reservoir for several kilometers. Her legs, feet and hands were soaked in the water for almost two hours. When she finally got ashore, she felt her fingers were wrinkled from the soaking. But she was happy in her heart because she had picked up a lot of freshwater clams, and maybe she could really get pearls from them!
Moreover, she was busy picking freshwater clams and completely forgot about Huo Beixi's matter, so she was in a pretty good mood now and not feeling so bad.

After having lunch at her fourth uncle's house at noon, Hua Xiali went home. If she didn't go back, everyone would have sold out the goods. So, as before, she asked the truck driver to drive the truck directly to her doorstep, but now he parked the truck in front of her third uncle's house, after all, her house had not been built yet.

As soon as the truck arrived at the door, the person who took the goods from Hua Xiali ran over. Hua Qiuli had started school before Hua Chunli, and the family suddenly lost two helpers. Hua Xiali asked everyone to go to Zhang Yongfeng to register. After all, Zhang Yongfeng was also in his third year of high school that year, so registering and doing the accounting were not difficult for him.

It is impossible for Hua Xiali to let everyone pick out the things first and then go to Zhang Yongfeng to pay. Everything will be messed up if she does that. She is here to make money, not to do charity. It is already a kindness on her part that she allows everyone to buy goods from her. If you go too far, don't blame her for turning against you.

Everyone gave the money, and Zhang Yongfeng bought the goods for them according to their needs. This way no one could cheat them, and buying on credit was impossible anyway.

After everyone took the goods and left, the area in front of Uncle San's house became quiet. Hua Si Nian came out of Uncle San's yard, walked in front of Hua Xiali, and looked like she had something to say.

"Si Nian, do you have something to say to me?" Hua Xiali asked curiously.

"Xia Li, I also want to buy goods from you and sell them." Hua Si Nian said embarrassedly.

"Of course you can. Haven't you already made several hundred? With so much capital, what is there to be afraid of? If you want to take anything, just go and register with my brother-in-law."