Chapter 8 Going to Fourth Uncle's House
It’s just that no one in their family has awakened to the awareness of eating bamboo. It was not until Hua Xiali went to the city in her previous life to accompany her child to school that she saw people selling processed bamboo shoots in the vegetable market and realized that bamboo shoots are edible and delicious. Later, when the children returned to the village during the holidays, she occasionally took the children into the mountains to pick bamboo shoots.

Thinking of this, Hua Xiali couldn't help but feel happy. Since no one was eating the bamboo shoots now, naturally no one would snatch them from her.

"Xia Li, you're here, come in." Fourth uncle stood at the door and waved to Xia Li.

"Fourth uncle, how did you know I was coming?" Hua Xiali ran over in surprise, carrying a basket.

"Of course your mother called to tell me, otherwise how would I know." Fourth Uncle took the basket from Hua Xiali and saw an old hen tied up inside. He said helplessly, "It would be great if you just came. Why bring things with you? It would be great if you could keep them to nourish your father's body."

Hua Xiali smiled sweetly, "I have more at home!"

My fourth uncle and aunt have three children in total, two sons and a daughter. The two sons are working in other places and have not yet married, while the daughter is already married, so now only my fourth uncle and aunt are at home.

We raise chickens, ducks, and geese at home, and plant some fruit trees and tea trees, and life is pretty good.

The most important thing is that as I get older, I can’t afford to go out, and besides, life at home is manageable, so who would be willing to leave their hometown?

Fourth aunt came out of the kitchen, untied her apron, and said with a smile, "Xia Li is here, quickly fetch some water and wash your hands, we'll eat right away."

"Sorry to trouble you, Fourth Aunt." Hua Xiali smiled embarrassedly.

"We are all family, there is no need to worry about anything." Fourth aunt smiled brightly and didn't care about these things at all.

Hua Xiali came to the big water tank beside the kitchen door, fetched some water to wash his hands, and then went to the living room. The kitchen in his fourth uncle's house was relatively small, and there was not even enough space for a water tank, let alone a place to eat, so his family ate in the living room.

"Xia Li, your mother called and said you wanted fruit trees. Which ones do you want and how many do you want?" Fourth Uncle asked while eating.

Hua Xiali thought for a moment and said, "I want twenty fig trees, and five each of the remaining peaches, apricots, plums, grapes, gala fruits, persimmons, dates, and pomegranates. Is that okay?"

The climate here is not suitable for growing many fruits, so these are all Hua Xiali can ask for. It is useless for her to think about other delicious fruits.

The climate is not suitable!
Fourth uncle nodded, "Okay, I'll help you get the money tomorrow."

Hua Xiali was very happy, "Thank you, Fourth Uncle."

After dinner, it was still bright outside. Fourth uncle and aunt let Hua Xiali walk around and have a look. After all, she had been to their house many times since she was a child and was very familiar with the place.

Hua Xiali went out of the door and went straight into the bamboo forest outside his fourth uncle's house. He walked a few meters inside, made sure that people outside could not see anyone in the bamboo forest, and then flashed into the Lingquan space.

Before, after she put the vegetable table into the yard for experiment, she quickly poured a cup of hot tea into it. Unexpectedly, half a day had passed, and the cup of hot tea was still as hot as before.

This means that if you put things into the Lingquan space, there will be no changes to the things. In this way, the Lingquan space has a greater effect on Hua Xiali. After Hua Xiali came out of the Lingquan space, he began to pick bamboo shoots.

Bamboo shoots are delicious in themselves. If you add some spiritual spring water to enhance the taste, it will be even more delicious. She feels that she can make a lot of money just by selling bamboo shoots.

After all, this is also a major bamboo producing area. Not to mention that there are bamboos and bamboo shoots everywhere, they are all over the mountains and plains!

Hua Xiali kept picking bamboo shoots until it got dark, then he stopped. He then stacked the bamboo shoots neatly in the corner of Lingquan's yard and returned to his fourth uncle's house.

When the fourth aunt saw Hua Xiali coming back, she said to him, "Xiali, you can stay in the room your cousin used to stay in tonight. I have made the bed for you."

Although the daughter is married, her room is still kept at home so that she will have a place to live when she returns to her parents' home with her children.

"Thank you, fourth aunt. You should also go to bed early! I am an adult now and I can take care of myself." Hua Xiali used to come to her fourth uncle's house often. Sometimes she would stay for a while. To her, her fourth uncle's house was like her own home. She didn't need her fourth uncle and aunt to worry about her.

"Then take care of yourself. We'll go back to our room first." Fourth Aunt said as she scooped hot water from the iron pot in the kitchen and carried it back to the room.

It's only April now, and it's not hot. You don't need to take a shower every day. Just wash your face and feet at night.

Hua Xiali came to the kitchen and saw the pot full of hot water. She was very moved. She had a good family and good relatives. How could she not want to marry Wang Liang for the 300 yuan betrothal gift? If she could go back to her previous life, she would definitely slap herself hard a few times to wake herself up.

Three hundred yuan could not solve the family's difficulties, but instead ruined her life and did not help her parents. She was not by her parents' side at the last moments of their lives. She had many regrets in her previous life, and this is the biggest regret in her heart.

Hua Xiali took a ladle of spiritual spring water and poured it into a large water vat. She had no way to repay her fourth uncle and aunt for the time being, so she would use the spiritual spring water to help them regulate their bodies!

She didn't go to wash up right away. It was still early and she couldn't sleep at all, so she went to pick bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house again. This time she didn't go into the bamboo forest, but just picked the outermost bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house. If her fourth uncle or aunt came out to check, she would say they could just look at the stars outside.

Soon, Hua Xiali finished breaking off the outermost layer of bamboo shoots outside her fourth uncle's house, and then got up and went back. She had been squatting on the ground for too long, and when she stood up, she felt as if her legs were not her own. After a long while, the condition of her legs eased, and she returned to her fourth uncle's house.

After locking the gate, I went to the kitchen to fetch hot water to wash up, and then went to my cousin's room to rest.

The next morning, when Hua Xiali got up, her fourth uncle was not at home. Her fourth aunt told her that her fourth uncle had gone to someone else's house to get fruit seedlings for her.

No one here grows fruit on a large scale. They just plant a few trees in the yard or vegetable garden. Hua Xiali wants so many at once, and Fourth Uncle doesn't have any, so he can only ask other people's homes.

Hua Xiali felt bad for causing trouble to her fourth uncle, but she was not an ungrateful person. Her fourth uncle and aunt had helped her, so she would definitely repay them.

(End of this chapter)