Back to the 1990s: Holding the spiritual spring and striving for a well-off life

Before, Wang Junhuan and Wang Junli pretended to be her children. She raised them well and educated them well without knowing it, and gave them so many things. Now this one is her own son. Even though he was arranged by the author, she will still raise him well and educate him well.

She didn't want him to become a rich playboy. There are good people and bad people around everyone. Others might take advantage of or scheme against Xiaodong just because the Jian family is rich. She must raise him well and tell Xiaodong about the sinister hearts, scams and schemes in the society. In this way, even without her, Xiaodong can avoid being hurt as much as possible.

Everyone broke off a nylon bag and a basket of bamboo shoots. When they went back, Jian Nan carried the nylon bag of bamboo shoots on his shoulder, and then carried the basket over. Hua Xiali was responsible for holding Xiaodong's hand.

Seeing that Jian Nan had stepped over the stones and reached the river, Hua Xiali squatted down, washed his hands and released some spiritual spring water, attracting a group of fish to circle around here.

Xiaodong jumped up excitedly, "There are so many fish, Dad, so many fish, come and catch them..."

This is how it is with city kids. What seems like a normal scene to rural kids seems strange to city kids.

"Xiaodong, when summer vacation comes, you can come to your grandma's house and your mom will take you to turn over rocks to find shrimps and crabs, okay?" Hua Xiali squatted down, hugged Xiaodong, and asked with a smile.

Xiaodong nodded excitedly.

Jian Nan put down the nylon bag and looked back. Sure enough, a group of fish were circling here, splashing the water.

The scene was truly spectacular.

Jian Nan quickly put down the bamboo shoots, poured the bamboo shoots in the basket onto the nylon bag, and then scooped the basket directly into the water. The fish began to flap their wings excitedly in the basket.

Xiaodong also clapped his hands excitedly and cheered, "Dad is so amazing, he caught so many fish in one go."

Jian Nan dumped the fish on the grass on the shore, and then continued to scoop. Hua Xiali led Xiaodong to the shore, pulled down a few thin bamboo strips from the bamboo next to them, and then used the bamboo strips to string the fish together. After stringing a few fish together, he let Xiaodong carry them.

When Jian Nan stopped fishing, Hua Xiali strung all the fish together and originally planned to carry them herself, but Jian Nan gave her the basket and carried the fish over.

Because the fish are strung together with bamboo sticks, it is easy to get pinched when carrying them.

Not wanting to be watched by the villagers, Hua Xiali took Jian Nan and Xiao Dong home from the upper reaches of the river bend. From there, they would pass by almost every household's door and would not be seen by too many people.

But just as I walked into the village and approached the row of their houses, I saw a group of people gathered in front of their door from afar. They must have come to see Jian Nan's new car.

Although there were already many cars on the city streets at that time, cars were rarely seen in their countryside. The only time anyone saw a car in the village was when Jian Nan got married a few years ago.

Hua Xiali looked at Jian Nan, "Do you want to go over and take care of it? What if your new car is scratched?"

Jian Nan put the things at the door of his uncle's house and walked over. "Everyone, please make way. A scratch on the car will cost several hundred yuan to repair, so I hope everyone can understand and stand a little further away."

Money is not a problem. He is afraid that someone might try to sabotage his car by scratching it here or there. Why would he let his car go through such a thing? When people heard that it would cost so much to repair a scratch, they all stayed away, fearing that they would be blamed for any problems with the car.

Everyone was whispering to each other, sighing quietly that Hua Xiali's family was truly blessed with great fortune, as Hua Xiali actually married into such a wealthy family.

Just look at the car and you will know, their family will never earn that much money in their lifetime, but they spend so much money to buy a car, and they will need to spend a lot of money to maintain it in the future. Buying a car is equivalent to buying a big trouble, but they don’t care at all, which shows that they are rich!

The crowd slowly dispersed, and Jian Nan went to take the bamboo shoots and fish home, while Hua Xiali walked around the car. At that time, cars were not so popular, so the price was quite high. The money for a car could buy several houses in a small place, even a courtyard house.

Thinking of the siheyuan, Hua Xiali's eyes lit up. In the future, a siheyuan would be worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. If he could buy one for his children now and sell it at the right time in the future, he wouldn't have to work hard all his life.

After all, a person's life is only a few decades long, so why make yourself so hard? And after working hard for a lifetime, what can you get in the end?

Isn't it better to live a happy life than to live a hard life?

Moreover, they are in a very good time. House prices and commodity prices are not that high. They can prepare for their children first. If their children live a good life, they as parents will have less worries.

Hua Xiali returned home, took a chopping board and a kitchen knife, and went to the well to process the fish. Jian Nan took the knife from Hua Xiali and said, "Let me process the fish!"

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!" Hua Xiali handed the fish to Jian Nan, while she went to deal with the bamboo shoots. She took out the peeled bamboo shoots and washed them.

Now all the pots at home are being used to make braised food, so she could only blanch the bamboo shoots in the iron pot used for cooking rice, and then leave it there and wait. After everyone took the braised food out of the pot, they would directly put the blanched bamboo shoots into the braising soup, and cover the pot until there was almost no room left. Then she added a few more firewood. The bamboo shoots were almost cooked after blanching, so now they only needed to be braised for a while, and the rest would be done later.

After the bamboo shoots were braised, Hua Xiali served a bowl to everyone in the family, even the third and fourth aunts. Everyone held their bowls and ate the bamboo shoots.

Hua Xiali also served a bowl to Jiannan and Xiaodong, brought it to the main room and placed it on the table, saying, "Jiannan, Xiaodong, you probably haven't eaten bamboo shoots before, right? Come and try it and see how it tastes."

Xiaodong ran over cheering, pulled open a bench and sat on it, then picked up the chopsticks on the bowl and picked up a bamboo shoot. When he found it was steaming hot, he blew on it with his mouth, took a bite, and then turned his head to look at Hua Xiali, "Mom, bamboo shoots are delicious, I like them."

Hua Xiali touched the back of his head and smiled dotingly, "You think everything is delicious as long as it is food."

Jian Nan also nodded to Hua Xiali, "It is indeed delicious."

"Don't talk about this matter when you go back." Hua Xiali looked at Jian Nan and warned.

She was afraid that he would go back and tell his father, and then his father would want to buy the secret recipe of bamboo shoots again. She wanted to keep the bamboo shoots for herself and sell them, and didn't want to give them to others.

After all, bamboo shoots are plentiful and can earn a lot of money. (End of this chapter)