Chapter 82 I Only Have Thoughts About You

After taking the measurements, Huo Beixi took Zhenzhu and set off on his bicycle. It seemed that he would not have lunch at home. Even if he was just going to the town, he would not be able to get back in time for lunch. What's more, no one in the town was doing jewelry business yet. He might be going to the county or the city.

Seeing Huo Beixi being so active and concerned about her affairs, Hua Xiali was deeply touched. Even her parents didn't care much about her affairs. When they chose furniture, they only considered the ones that Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli liked, and didn't consider her at all.

But Huo Beixi, an outsider, actually...

There was too much river clam meat and it took too much time to clean it. Hua Xiali didn't even make lunch. He just focused on cleaning the clam meat. Fortunately, these freshwater clams were raised with spiritual spring water, and the meat was very tender. There was no need to cut it slowly with a knife. After all the clam meat was cleaned in the afternoon, Hua Xiali took it to the kitchen for processing.

However, there was so much clam meat that one pot couldn’t hold it all. But the other pot couldn’t get stained with oil. If it got stained with oil, there would be no way to boil hot water for a bath. So Hua Xiali could only cook it in batches.

She first put half of the clam meat into the pot, then added water to completely submerge the clam meat, put in ginger and garlic, and then lit the fire. After blanching both pots of clam meat, Hua Xiali began to formally process it.

She cooked a slightly spicy pot of river clam meat, and for another pot she added a little more chili powder because the river clam meat had a stronger fishy smell, so she had to add chili. If she didn't add any chili at all, it wasn't that it was hard to swallow, but simply the smell would be unbearable.

After it was done, Hua Xiali sent a plate of the slightly spicy dish to his third and fourth uncle's families, letting them have a taste. The rest was kept for Huo Beixi, and the one with the extra half spoonful of chili was eaten by their own family. Their family members were quite fond of chili. In the summer, they would simply fry the green peppers grown at home and eat them. Some of the green peppers were even spicier than chili powder.

Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli both had to return to school in the afternoon, so they had dinner early. After dinner, they packed up their things and left.

Huo Beixi did not come back until the evening, so Hua Xiali kept dinner warm in the pot for him so that he could have hot meals no matter when he came back.

After all, he was running around for her.

Today was obviously his rare day off, but he wasted it because of her affairs.

After Hua's father and mother finished their bath, Hua Xiali took her bath last. After taking a bath, she moved a bamboo chair to sit in the yard, looking up to admire the beauty of the night sky. At this time, the bright crescent moon hung in the deep blue sky, and every star was particularly bright and clear.

Unlike in the previous life, it is not easy to find a few stars.

Suddenly, he heard a voice coming from outside the courtyard gate. Hua Xiali quickly got up and ran to open the door. It was Huo Beixi, who had just got off his bicycle. Hua Xiali looked at him with a smile, "You're back. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay." Huo Beixi smiled faintly, pushed the bicycle into the yard, and then pushed the bicycle into a small house next to the gate.

Hua Xiali followed him in and asked curiously, "How is the pearl going? What did they say? When can I get it back?"

Huo Beixi reached out to Hua Xiali, picked her up, and put her on the tail seat of the bicycle. Then he put one hand on the wall behind her and the other on the bicycle seat, as if he was holding Hua Xiali in his arms.

His scorching gaze made Hua Xiali swallow his saliva in embarrassment. "The pearls you opened have good color and are quite round. They want some and can give 20 yuan each. What do you think?" Huo Beixi asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hua Xiali's eyes widened in surprise, a little bit unbelieving, "Twenty yuan per piece?"

"Is it too much or too little?" Huo Beixi asked.

Hua Xiali shook his head, "I don't know, this is also my first time meeting Pearl."

In her previous life, she had worked at a pearl breeding base. The pearls that were opened at that time were quite expensive, costing several hundred yuan each. However, she had no idea how much pearls cost in the 1990s, so she didn't know whether twenty yuan per pearl was a lot or a little.

"Then how do you answer them?" Hua Xiali asked curiously.

"I said let's make the jewelry first, I'll come back and ask." Huo Beixi moved closer, and the atmosphere became ambiguous. "If you think the price is too low, I can refuse it for you, or raise the price for you."

"No hurry." Hua Xiali shook his head. "What do you think about this matter?"

"No." Huo Beixi shook his head, but he was saying in his heart, I only have thoughts about you, this is yours, I won't snatch it away.

"You don't have any ideas, but I do. I want the wasteland behind the primary school. Can you please arrange for someone to measure it for me someday, calculate the price, and then complete the formalities for me? I want to dig this land into a fish pond to raise freshwater clams and get pearls. The pearls can be sold for money, and the clam meat can also be sold for money. I can also create a few jobs, which is also a good thing for the village, don't you think?"

Although she informed Huo Beixi in advance, she still followed the normal procedures and paid the required amount of money. She did not need Huo Beixi to give her a back door, and she would not let Huo Beixi give her a back door.

She couldn't make things difficult for Huo Beixi, right?
Hua Xiali had worked in a farm in her previous life, so she had some basic understanding. Once she had dug and built the farm, she could go to the Agricultural University's aquaculture department and ask a professor to help her. That way, she could say that everything she knew was learned from the professor.

"You're right. The villagers will thank you then!" Huo Beixi said as he tried to get closer to Hua Xiali.

Hua Xiali stretched out his hand to block him from getting close, "Dinner is warming in the pot, go and eat it quickly! I've left some clam meat for you, it's slightly spicy."

Just talk, why are you getting closer?
Huo Beixi put his arm around Hua Xiali's waist and lifted her off the back seat of the bicycle. While putting her on the ground, he moved closer to her.

"Hmm..." Hua Xiali stared at Huo Beixi in shock. This man was really hard to guard against.

Being held by Huo Beixi, her feet could not touch the ground and she had to endure it. However, Huo Beixi, the culprit, seemed not to be disturbed at all. He just focused and ate bite by bite. Hua Xiali gritted her teeth and defended her position until it was lost. She was so ashamed.