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

Chapter 440: Didn't Come Back for the New Year
Hua Chunli took Hua Xiali's arm and asked curiously, "Xiali, why did you bring back so many snails? To eat them? That's too much, and it's really too troublesome to handle them."

"I also collect the fees for others. It's four cents per pound. I collect them from others at one cent, and I can make three cents by reselling them!" Hua Xiali smiled mysteriously. She didn't say much, otherwise what would she do if they asked her where the money for opening the store came from?
Telling one lie requires countless lies to cover it up, so she just shouldn't tell it, okay?

After the worship, everyone went back together.

In the evening, the mother and her daughters sat together to eat the New Year's Eve dinner. It was the first time for everyone to see such a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, including stewed chicken with potatoes, braised fish, fried meatballs, braised pork, scrambled eggs with leeks, fried leeks, stewed radish with pork ribs, spicy pig ears, stewed food, braised spareribs, stir-fried crispy lotus root, stir-fried cabbage, etc.

"With so many dishes, Mom must have made a lot of money this year, right?" Hua Xiali said with a smile, biting his chopsticks.

"Just study hard and you don't have to worry about other things." Hua's mother smiled and started eating.

She could make money thanks to Hua Xiali. She learned the skill of making braised food from Hua Xiali. She knew that Hua Xiali was probably making money secretly by catching snails. She had always had good grades and a quick mind, so she didn't interfere in Hua Xiali's affairs, as long as his grades didn't drop.

Fortunately, she ranked first in the class and third in the grade in the final exam and received a certificate.

Without the annoying Hua Tiefeng, the four mother and daughters had a happy New Year's Eve dinner. After the meal, they cleared the dishes on the table and made some hot tea. The four mother and daughters occupied one side of the table. Hua's mother took out the red envelopes she had prepared in advance from her pocket and gave them to them.

"All three of you should study hard and try to get into college to bring honor to your family. You don't have to worry about money. Since I can help you get into college, I can naturally earn the money for your tuition."

In their previous life, all three of them were admitted to Qingyuan University. The conditions in their previous life were so difficult, and they dropped out of school because of Hua Tiefeng, which delayed them for so long.

Without Hua Tiefeng to hold them back in this life, they can concentrate on their studies and should be able to get into a better university!

In my previous life, I was admitted to Qingyuan University, the best university in Guizhen City. I hope that I can make greater progress in this life and directly be admitted to the best university in Qiangwei Province - Qiangwei University.

Hua Qiuli opened the red envelope and saw ten ten-dollar bills inside. He widened his eyes in surprise, "Mom, you gave us such a big red envelope?"

Hua's mother smiled and said, "Where is this too much?"

Hua Tiefeng gives his mistress hundreds of dollars a month, so this woman must be generous to herself and not save money for others, otherwise the money saved will be used by others.

"Spring Rites, Summer Rites, Autumn Rites, you must remember this in the future: don't save money when you have it, eat whatever you want, buy whatever you want. A person's life is only a few decades long, and there are very few people who can live for a hundred years, so there is no need to let yourself suffer any grievances, understand?" Hua's mother warned.

In this world, it is true that only women who spend money lavishly live a good life, because they get what they want, while those women who save money and make themselves yellow-faced women live a bad life, because men will not be grateful to them for saving money and managing the household frugally. Just like her, Hua Tiefeng, who has such a high salary, only sends her a dozen or twenty yuan a month, and the remaining hundreds of yuan are all spent on the mistress. If she had known this would happen, she would not save money. She told him every month that the money was not enough and asked him to send more, so that the mistress would not spend so much money.

After going out to set off the fireworks, they washed up and went back to their rooms to rest. As soon as Hua Xiali entered the room, she saw a large bag on the bed. She didn't expect that there were brand new clothes and shoes, even socks, in it. Did her mother buy them a new set of clothes from head to toe?

Hua Xiali happily tried the clothes on and unexpectedly found that they fit her quite well. Then she put the clothes down and decided to save the new clothes for New Year’s Day. New year, new look!

Hua Xiali took a walk in the space and then came out to sleep. Her family did not have the habit of staying up all night to celebrate the New Year, so they went to bed at the appointed time just like usual.

The next morning, after Hua Xiali got up, she changed into new clothes. When she came out of the room, she found that her elder sister and younger sister had also changed into new clothes. Because the younger sister was still an elementary school student, her clothes were more childish, while Hua Chunli and Hua Xiali's clothes were a little more mature.

Hua's mother cooked the tea eggs early and placed them on the table. She then used the plastic sugar plate that Hua Xiali brought back to put melon seeds, candies and dried fruits in it respectively, and covered it with a lid to prevent dust from falling in, because they still lived in a mud brick house.

If Hua Tiefeng sent money back every month, it would be impossible for them to live in such a house. Now they can only rely on their own money to build a house.

I had meat soup noodles in the morning. The rice noodles were cooked with the soup from the stewed meat yesterday morning. The rice noodles were chewy and the soup was delicious. I also put two slices of rice cake in it. It was really delicious.

People here would make rice candy, rice cakes, rice noodles, tofu, and fried rice dumplings in the twelfth lunar month, but Hua's mother was busy making money by making braised food and had no time to make these things, so she asked the people she had a good relationship with to make more, and she bought some from them so that the family would have something to eat.

But in fact, no one knows how many of these things there are in Hua Xiali's space. Her messages decades later were made by her asking villagers for help.

Now that Hua's mother has bought some, Hua Xiali naturally doesn't need to take them out.

Just after breakfast, a group of children came running over to wish everyone a happy new year. Everyone knew that Hua Tiefeng had a high salary and thought that Hua Xiali's family was rich, so the first house they visited was Hua Xiali's.

Hua's mother was afraid that they would grab all the candies and leave the people behind with no candies, so she put the candies and dried fruits on a tall table. When the children came, she gave each of them two candies and two pieces of dried fruits. They definitely could not just grab what they wanted, otherwise no matter how much food there was, there would not be enough for them.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married women came back to pay New Year's greetings. The second aunt and the younger aunt came with their families to her parents' home in Huazhuang to pay New Year's greetings. Because Hua Tiefeng had a high salary, the second aunt stayed longer every time she visited Hua Xiali's home.

As soon as I came here today, I asked Hua's mother, "Sister-in-law, didn't my eldest brother come back to celebrate the New Year this year?"

"Yes!" Hua's mother frowned, looking bitter and resentful. "He just sent twenty yuan and said he would not come back for the New Year. Your eldest brother hasn't come back to celebrate the New Year properly for many years. I even doubt whether he has forgotten about the three children. The children don't even have new clothes for the New Year."