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

After all, when she returned to this life, she was already pregnant. She couldn't just abort the child, right?
The small road leading to her fourth uncle's house was too narrow for cars to drive into, so Hua Xiali asked Jian Nan to drive the car to the intersection and then got out of the car. She waved to Jian Nan and Xiaodong, and watched Jian Nan find a place to turn the car around and leave. Then Hua Xiali walked towards her fourth uncle's house.

When she arrived at her fourth uncle's house, she saw a big lock hanging on the door. Hua Xiali did not go around looking for her fourth uncle and aunt, but went straight into the bamboo forest beside the house and started picking bamboo shoots. She did not come out until she heard a noise coming from her fourth uncle's house and then went to knock on her fourth uncle's door.

When the door opened and Hua Xiali saw his elderly uncle and aunt, he felt a deep sadness in his heart. He didn't expect that after coming back six years late, his uncle and aunt would be in such a state.

But now that I have her, everything will be fine.

"Xia Li, why are you here? Are you here alone?" asked the fourth aunt, looking behind Hua Xia Li.

Hua Xiali smiled and said, "I didn't come here alone. Jian Nan brought me here, but he has to go to work tomorrow, so he hurried back."

Hua Xiali took Fourth Aunt's arm and went in with her. "Fourth Aunt, I came to see you today because I have something great to tell you."

"What good news? Are you pregnant?" Fourth aunt asked excitedly.

Hua Xiali was stunned. He had never expected that his fourth aunt would guess so accurately. "Fourth aunt, you guessed right. I am indeed pregnant. I found out a few days after my father passed away. But this is not what I came to tell you today."

Hua Xiali shook the bamboo shoots in his hand and said, "Jian Nan's Hotel wants bamboo shoots. I remembered that there are a lot of bamboo shoots on the mountain near my fourth uncle's house, so I came to find you. Bamboo shoots are five cents a catty, and one hundred catties is five dollars. There are bamboo shoots everywhere in the mountains, and I can easily make five dollars. I wonder if my fourth aunt is willing?"

"Really?" Fourth Aunt's eyes widened in shock. "These bamboo shoots that no one eats can actually be sold for five cents a pound?"

Hua Xiali nodded, "Of course it's true. I came all the way here to see you, how could it be false? If you're willing, you can break bamboo shoots to make money. As for where to send the bamboo shoots, I'll let you know when I've made the arrangements."

"Okay, thank you so much, Xia Li, for always thinking of us when there is something good." Fourth aunt reached out and stroked Hua Xia Li's cheek lovingly, and said with a smile.

Hua Xiali couldn't quite accept this kind of intimate behavior, and smiled awkwardly, "Fourth Aunt, are you done cooking? Let me come over and help you!"

"You're pregnant now, so don't move around. You've been in the car for so long, just sit down and rest for a while and wait for dinner." Fourth Aunt said, and went to the kitchen to cook.

Hua Xiali smiled and came to the well outside the door. She first filled the bucket with spiritual spring water, and then poured the spiritual spring water into the well under the pretense of drawing water. No matter how late she came back, as long as everyone was still there, there was still a chance.

"Fourth aunt, I'm going out for a walk first. If dinner is ready, you can eat first. You don't have to wait for me." Hua Xiali went back and said something to his fourth aunt, then turned around and left again.

She walked directly towards Huo Beixi's empty house. Like the house behind her house in Huazhuang, no one had taken care of it for five years. Although the house still stood, it looked very desolate and bleak, indicating that no one had taken care of it in the past five years. Hua Xiali came to the hilltop that belonged to Huo Beixi and saw the bamboo shoots standing proudly. Memories slowly came to her mind. Although Huo Beixi was not by her side, she felt as if he was by her side and had never left, because everything here had the shadow of Huo Beixi's existence.

She walked on the mountain for a while, recalled the past, and then quickly squatted down to pick bamboo shoots. Since this mountain belonged to Huo Beixi, it naturally belonged to her, and the bamboo shoots also belonged to her.

It was getting dark now and no one would go up the mountain at this time, so she could pick bamboo shoots without worry.

It was not until it was completely dark that Hua Xiali walked back to her fourth uncle's house under the moonlight. Her fourth uncle and aunt had indeed eaten dinner, but they kept the dinner warm in the pot for her.

Hua Xiali had dinner, washed up with hot water from the pot, and then went to her cousin Jia Yuxia's room to rest. Lying on the bed, looking at the dark ceiling, her mind was full of Huo Beixi.

However, after returning to her first life, her resentment has decreased a lot. Although she failed to save Huo Beixi, she was able to save her other family members, so it is not too regrettable. The only regret is that she cannot be with Huo Beixi in this life, but she can visit him every day, to accompany him, and not let him wait in endless darkness.

The next morning, Hua Xia said goodbye to her fourth uncle and aunt and went back. Now she had to find a warehouse to store the bamboo shoots. It had to be close to the road and there should be no people around. Otherwise, if her fourth uncle and aunt often pushed a cart of bamboo shoots past, it would easily cause misunderstandings.

When the shuttle bus drove onto the road that connected the city and the countryside, Hua Xiali immediately said to the driver, "Master, please stop at the village ahead. I'll get off here."

This village is the closest to the town and it is close to the road, so it is very convenient. If my fourth uncle and aunt deliver bamboo shoots here at night, no one will suspect anything even if someone hears it, because there is a road here and many cars pass by.

Hua Xiali went straight to the village cadres and asked if there were any houses that had been abandoned for many years in the village. In order to make it easier for her children to go to school in the future, she wanted to buy a house here. It didn't matter if it was dilapidated, as she could just demolish it and rebuild it!

And she's not afraid of older houses at all.

In this day and age, which family doesn’t have elderly people? Which elderly person doesn’t die at home?

This is all normal and there is nothing to worry about.

It seems that every village has a few old houses with no one living in them, and this village is no exception.

The village cadres took Hua Xiali to look at several dilapidated old houses. Unexpectedly, there were two adjacent houses close to the roadside. The geographical location was really advantageous.

Now it can be used to store things, and in the future it can also be used to open a shop, because it is on the roadside at the junction of urban and rural areas, and rural people will pass by here when entering the city. It can be said that the market entrance is very good. (End of this chapter)