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

When Zhang Yongfeng saw the notes Hua Chunli left on his desk, his heart was so excited that it almost jumped out.

Then he reached out to open it and saw the neat and elegant handwriting on it.

Zhang Yongfeng felt as if someone was strangling his lifeline and he couldn't breathe.

On the first day of school, the Suo Luo Restaurant opened for business. Hua Xiali had already taught Jia Yuxia how to make Suo Luo in advance and also hired two employees for the Suo Luo Restaurant.

Cut the tails, clean, process the snails and sell them.

The three of them worked together, but Jia Yuxia also served as the store manager and had to assign two employees to do things, so Jia Yuxia's salary was higher, and the two employees' salaries were slightly lower.

The two employees received a salary of 40 yuan plus a rent allowance of 10 yuan, and Jia Yuxia received a salary of 50 yuan plus a rent allowance of 10 yuan.

Hua Xiali asked them to rent the house they liked by themselves because she was afraid that they would not like the house she chose and they would have to change it later, and she did not have the time to help them choose a house.

Suoluoguan is not far from the place where Hua Xiali set up his stall before the New Year, so Hua Xiali did not eat at school at noon, but went directly to the open space in front of Suoluoguan to set up his stall.

The season of shortage of vegetables is approaching, so vegetables are still very popular. She still sets up a stall to sell various vegetables. She sells as many as she can in an hour. The unsold ones are placed in the snail restaurant and in her office.

There were many rooms in the self-built house at that time, so Hua Xiali naturally cleaned up a room here to use as her office to store her things.

Since the students have gone back to school, there was no one to help Hua Xiali catch the snails, so Hua Xiali had to ask Hua Si Nian's mother and two aunts to help catch the snails, also for one cent per pound.

And decades later she told her present self that Hua Si Nian was Jia Yuqiang's true love, which meant that Hua Si Nian would be her cousin's sister-in-law in the future. Since they were destined to be one of hers, it would be good for her to take them to make money together now.

The snail shop had been open for a month and, excluding employee salaries and capital, had made a total of RMB 4,500, an average of RMB 150 a day. It was quite good to make that much money without advertising everywhere.

Once the reputation of snails gradually spreads in the town, business will improve.

Including the money Hua Xiali earned from setting up his stall, Hua Xiali now earns about 10,000 yuan a month.

She is only seventeen years old and can earn so much in a month. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?

Time passed quickly, and it was July in a blink of an eye, when Hua Chunli took the college entrance examination.

Since Hua Chunli could not live in the school during the college entrance examination, Hua Xiali arranged for Hua Chunli to live in his room in Suoluo Pavilion. Suoluo Pavilion was closed at night, so it would not affect Hua Chunli's rest at all.

It was only after Hua Chunli saw the business license that she realized that this conch restaurant was opened by Hua Xiali. She really didn't expect that Hua Xiali could run a business while studying. She didn't know how she was so smart that she could balance her studies and career.

The third-year students need to use the classroom to take the college entrance examination, so the first-year and second-year students have a holiday during the college entrance examination. However, Hua Chunli will not be absent at this crucial time. The snails raised in the pond of the Snail House are enough for at least a month, so Hua Xiali does not need to worry about it. When Hua Xiali is outside to accompany the students to take the exam, she sets up a small stall on the roadside. With so many parents coming to accompany their children to take the exam, how can she miss such a good opportunity?

Hairbands, hairpins, small accessories, lipstick...

They are all small and exquisite things. I believe many parents are willing to spend a dollar or two to give a small gift to their daughters who have just taken the college entrance examination.

During the three-day college entrance examination, Hua Xiali earned thousands of yuan. He made money and also accompanied his elder sister to take the college entrance examination. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.

After Hua Chunli finished the college entrance examination, he had a holiday and just had to go home and wait for the admission letter.

Because in this era people apply for their favorite schools based on their academic performance before the college entrance examination. Now that the college entrance examination is over, it is futile to think about those things, so Hua Chunli stopped thinking about them and did not compare answers with others.

Anyway, I will be admitted, but I don’t know which school I will be admitted to.

After the college entrance examination, the senior high school students had a complete vacation, but the freshmen and sophomores had classes for another half a month before they had their summer vacation.

The Soluo Shop was run by the manager Jia Yuxia, so Hua Xiali didn't have to worry about anything, so he went home.

Every evening when it was cool, she would go to the front of the Soluo shop to set up a stall and sell watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, Hami melons and other things.

In hot weather, chilling a watermelon with well water or a refrigerator is the greatest enjoyment in the world, so business is very good and we often can’t sell enough every day.

But Hua Xiali was alone and couldn't push too many things out, so she prepared a wooden cart in advance and put it in the space. She waited until she reached the junction of the city and the countryside and found an empty place. She took out the wooden cart and the fruits to be sold that day, and then pushed it to the snail shop. Although it saved a lot of distance, it was still a bit difficult for a thin girl like Hua Xiali.

So every day I would sell a cartload of watermelons and other fruits, and then go home after I had sold them all.

Then when she goes home, she will bring some fruits for her family. She can't just sell fruits every day and not let her family eat fruits!

Hua Qingmei and Hua Si Nian are still helping their mother with work at home. They don't have to travel far or bask in the sun. They can earn money at home. Naturally, they don't think about going out. Besides, they have never been out before and really don't know how to live outside!
Hua Xiali still remembers the letter he wrote to her decades later, saying that he would stop Hua Qingmei from marrying Wang Liang and stop Hua Si Nian from marrying Zhang Qiang. Now, there is only a year before Hua Qingmei marries Wang Liang, and it is time to take action. Hua Si Nian is still young, only fifteen years old, and her family will not let her get married now.

Hua Qingmei just happened to tell Hua Xiali that it was summer vacation now, and the river bay was very lively with many people swimming there every day. Hua Xiali had something to say to Hua Qingmei, so he went with her.

Two seventeen-year-old girls, wearing straw hats, walked arm in arm towards the river bend.

Before they reached the river bend, they heard the sound of splashing and everyone cheering. Hua Xiali didn't pay attention to this, but said to Hua Qingmei, "Hua Qingmei, standing at the door of your house, you can see the front door of Wang Liang's house in Wangzhuang, right?"

Hua Qingmei nodded, "Yes, if I remember correctly, Wang Liang seemed to be your eldest sister's elementary school classmate, but his grades were not good, so he only got a junior high school diploma and didn't continue his studies." (End of this chapter)