Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 353 The Taste of Meat
After half an hour.

Liu Qingsong bought the vegetables he needed.

Seeing that it was still early, he immediately drove his sidecar to Tao Yu's office in Dayu City.

Surprisingly, Tao Yu was not there.

After asking the young man on duty in the office, I learned that Tao Yu had gone to the Dongfanghong Farmers' Market to inspect work.

Liu Qingsong had no choice but to drive his sidecar to the Dongfanghong Farmers’ Market again.

At the gate, he finally met Tao Yu and other leaders of Dayu City.

Tao Yu was accompanied by Liu Lijuan, Wang Qing, Yang Yida and other managers of the Dongfanghong Farmers Market.

When they saw Liu Qingsong appearing in a sidecar with Xiao Nuomi, Xiao Taoqi and Yaomei sitting on the passenger seat, they couldn't help laughing.

After Liu Lijuan finished laughing, she went up to him and said, "Qingsong, why are you here today?"

"I have something important to discuss with Director Tao." Liu Qingsong replied.

"Hello, second sister!" The youngest sister waved to Liu Lijuan.

"Aunt, I...I need to go to the toilet. Please take me there quickly." Little Nuomi also said, holding his stomach.

"Okay!" Liu Lijuan had no choice but to take Xiao Nuomi to the Dongfanghong Farmers' Market.

Liu Qingsong watched them disappear before walking towards Tao Yu.

He came closer, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then expressed his intention.

Tao Yu listened quietly. After he understood, he was shocked: "You said that the whole Dayu City is about to be hit by a locust plague, so why didn't I see a single locust?"

"I didn't see it either." Wang Qing agreed.

"I didn't see it..." Liu Qingsong was about to explain when a buzzing sound suddenly came from the sky above his head and the ground under his feet suddenly became dark.

"What's going on?" Tao Yu looked up at the sky.

Others were also curious.

When they saw that the buzzing noise above their heads was caused by the overwhelming locusts, their faces all changed. The timid ones even couldn't help swallowing.

After all, in the past.

There are not so many locusts.

This scene made them realize that what Liu Qingsong said about the locust plague that was about to break out was not a joke, but a fact.

"Qingsong, do you have a solution to the locust plague?" Tao Yu asked in a low voice after he came to his senses.

"There is a plan, but it's a bit expensive." Liu Qingsong replied.

"I'm not afraid of spending money. Today's Dayu City is no longer the Dayu City of the past. As long as we can deal with the locust plague, we should be able to come up with three or five hundred thousand." Tao Yu walked back and forth with his hands behind his back: "I'm just afraid that money can't solve the locust plague, then it will be troublesome."

He encountered a locust plague when he was a child.

He still remembers the scene vividly.

That's why he was worried that money couldn't solve the locust plague.

"Then give me one hundred thousand, and I will do my best to help you solve the locust plague." Liu Qingsong suddenly proposed with a serious look on his face.

"That won't work. You have to at least tell me whether your plan is feasible." Tao Yu said with a wry smile.

After all, the money in Dayu City is not his. If he takes out 100,000 yuan without any reason, not only will Liu Qingsong be in trouble, but he will also be called in for a talk by his leader.

"My plan is..." Liu Qingsong whispered in Tao Yu's ear.

Tao Yu listened quietly, and after he understood, his eyes lit up: "Qingsong, your plan is good, but I think it is not suitable for an individual to implement it. It would be better to let the officials of the entire Dayu City come forward."

"Because if something goes wrong, someone will cover it in the end."

"As for you personally..."

Speaking of which.

Tao Yu smiled and said nothing more.

Liu Qingsong understood what Tao Yu meant and said, "Then let the Dayu City government handle it, but don't write a blank check for the money to buy the locusts. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"Don't worry about this. I will supervise it personally." Tao Yu assured.

"That's good." Liu Qingsong nodded.

Seeing Liu Lijuan taking Xiao Nuomi out of the toilet, she said something to Tao Yu, then took Xiao Nuomi to the tricycle and went home.

……

back home.

It's already twelve o'clock noon.

After asking Xiao Nuomi, Yaomei and Xiaotao to go play with Wang Ba and the others, Liu Qingsong walked into the kitchen carrying the purchased vegetables.

In the kitchen, Liu Lijuan, who was washing rice, saw that Liu Qingsong actually bought a whole pork chop. She couldn't help but frowned: "Why did you buy this? Don't you know that it is not only wasteful of oil but also not delicious?"

"Who said pork chops are not delicious?" Liu Qingsong smiled when he heard this: "Big sister, just watch me today. I will make some delicious dishes with pork chops. I guarantee that you will want to eat more after you eat them."

As he said this, he placed the ribs and other dishes on the stove, then took a knife and started to cut up the ribs.

Liu Lijuan wanted to help, but when she saw the pork ribs among the vegetables she bought, she immediately got angry and asked, "Did you buy this too?"

"No, it was a gift." Liu Qingsong replied, "I'm going to give it to Xiao Hei Kui to eat."

"It's pretty good." Liu Lijuan breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm telling you, you're not allowed to buy pork chops anymore. You have to buy pork belly instead."

"Okay! Okay!" In order to prevent his elder sister from getting angry, Liu Qingsong agreed perfunctorily, and then started cooking with pork ribs and pork shanks.

He used a large iron pot to make soup with the pork shanks, and after adding the onions, ginger, garlic and other condiments, he didn't bother with anything else.

As for the ribs, he chopped them all into pieces. In addition to preparing to braise the ribs, he also planned to use the ribs to stew corn.

His family doesn’t grow corn, they buy all of it at the market, so it’s very fresh!
When the spareribs and other dishes were ready, the aroma of meat from stewing bones wafted out of the big pot.

This made the children playing outside, including Xiao Nuomi, Xiao Taoqi, Yaomei, Wang Ba, Ye Qubing, Pangdun and others, all rush over.

In just a few seconds, the kitchen door was blocked.

Little Nuomi tilted his head and asked, "Uncle...what are you cooking? Why does it smell so good?"

"Yeah, it tastes like meat." The little rascal agreed.

"It smells so good." The youngest sister started drooling.

"Brother, can I eat it?" Wang Ba couldn't help but ask.

"You can't eat it, because this bone soup is for Xiao Hei Kui." Liu Qingsong joked sarcastically.

"That... that's such a waste." Liu Chunhua hesitated for a moment: "Let me taste it and see how it tastes."

"Don't taste it, this is for dogs." Liu Qingsong reminded.

"What's there to be afraid of if it's food for dogs?" Liu Chunhua rolled up her sleeves, found a ladle in front of the children, scooped a large steaming pork bone into the first bowl, and then scooped some soup.

After it cools down a bit.

She couldn't wait to grab the bone and take a bite of the meat.

"Mom, is it okay to eat?" Little Nuomi swallowed his saliva.

Yaomei, Xiaotaoqi, Wangba, Jin Yutou, and Pangdun also looked at Liu Chunhua intently.

"It tastes good, but it's for dogs, so you shouldn't eat it." Liu Chunhua replied, then picked up the bone marrow soup and took a sip.

Seeing the delicious and fragrant bone marrow soup, his eyes lit up.

"Hmph! Mom, you are a bad person who eats alone." After stomping her little feet, little Nuomi quickly ran to the cupboard to get the dishes and chopsticks.

The youngest sister, Wang Ba, and Xiao Taoqi also followed behind.

Liu Qingsong was afraid that the pork bone soup would burn them, so he quickly picked up the pot and spoon to help.

In just a few minutes, all the pork ribs in the big iron pot were gone, and most of the soup was gone.

Liu Qingsong smiled as he watched. Just as he was about to scoop out the remaining marrow bone soup, Liu Chunhua at the side spoke up: "Qingsong, bring back more marrow bones when you buy vegetables next time. They are delicious to chew."

"Well, well, now I finally understand why Xiao Heikui likes to eat bones so much. It turns out it feels better this way." Xiao Nuomi followed.

"Really?" Liu Qingsong laughed. "Bone marrow soup is delicious, but I tell you, the dishes made from these ribs are even more delicious."

"Really?" Liu Chunhua was a little expectant.

"Of course it's true." Liu Qingsong glanced at the sky and said, "How about this, sister, you take the children to set the table, and I'll cook the braised spare ribs, spare ribs stewed with corn and other dishes."

"Okay." Liu Chunhua nodded and took the children to set the table.

……

Half an hour later, more than a dozen delicious dishes such as braised spare ribs, spare ribs stewed with corn, and braised pork were all served on the eight-immortal table. Seeing that Liu Qingsong had cooked so many dishes for her, Ye Xiaoxiao was so happy: "Brother, whoever marries you in the future will definitely be blessed, your cooking skills are simply amazing."

"Really? Then eat more." Liu Qingsong said with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah!" Ye Xiaoxiao nodded.

"Qingsong." Liu Chunhua, who was picking up a piece of braised pork ribs, suddenly lowered her voice and said, "You've cooked so many delicious dishes today. I think we should call Grandpa Jiang, Old Nie and the others to come over to eat."

"Grandpa Jiang would definitely be very happy if he tasted the bone meat that uncle made today." Little Nuomi said with his mouth full of oil.

"Then go call Grandpa Jiang!" Liu Qingsong reminded.

"Yeah, yeah." Little Nuomi put down his chopsticks and climbed down the bench, then he took his short legs and ran with his little sister and little Taoqi towards the temporary tent where Old Jiang lived.

After a while, Jiang Lao and Nie Bingquan were called over.

Surprisingly, Chen Liping and Chen Zhaolong were following behind him.

Chen Zhaolong came over with the help of Chen Liping. Although his face was still pale, his voice was full of energy: "Qingsong, thank you! You saved my life yesterday and you invited me to dinner today. I really don't know what to say."

"If you don't know what to say, then don't say anything. Come! Come! Eat." Liu Qingsong made way and walked to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks.

Liu Chunhua followed behind.

Seeing that no one followed, he couldn't help but lower his voice and ask Liu Qingsong: "What's wrong with Xiao Nuomi? Why did she invite two strangers to eat? I didn't even cook so much food today."

It's not that she is stingy, but if the guests are not fed well, then word will get out and people will gossip about them. In that case, it would be better not to invite them.

"It's okay. There are enough dishes on the table. Just bring two bottles of good wine. Grandpa Jiang and Old Man Nie don't eat much." Liu Qingsong was actually a little surprised, but now that it had come to this, what else could he do? He could only adapt to the situation and take it one step at a time.

"Okay!" Liu Lijuan had no choice but to do as she was told.

Then he walked out of the kitchen with Liu Qingsong.

……

At the Banxian table, Chen Liping's eyes lit up after tasting the braised spareribs made by Liu Qingsong: "Dad, this dish is delicious, you should eat more."

"Good! Good!" Chen Zhaolong nodded repeatedly. After taking a bite of the ribs, he looked at Liu Qingsong who was sitting opposite him and said, "Your cooking skills are really great. If you open a restaurant, you will definitely make a lot of money."

"Don't say that." Liu Qingsong replied with a smile: "My cooking skills are extraordinary today. I can't usually make such delicious dishes."

"Brother, don't be so modest. The dishes you cook are also very delicious." Ye Xiaoxiao said.

"Yes, brother! You just can't notice it." Xiao Taoqi agreed, then stood on the bench and picked up some braised pork ribs for Liu Qingsong.

Seeing this, Xiao Nuomi, Yaomei, Wang Ba, and Jin Yutou also picked up some ribs for Liu Qingsong.

Seeing that the ribs in the big bowl were almost gone, Liu Qingsong hurriedly stopped them, saying, "Okay, okay! Can't I pick up the food myself? You guys picked all of them for me, so what are Grandpa Jiang and the other guests going to eat?"

"Grandpa Jiang said he doesn't eat meat." Little Nuomi replied seriously.

"Yes." The youngest sister agreed.

"When did I say that?" Old Jiang laughed bitterly. "I said I don't eat fatty meat, but I didn't say I can't eat ribs. You two girls, if you don't want me to eat ribs, just tell me earlier!"

"No way! Grandpa Jiang." Upon hearing this, Little Nuomi picked up some ribs for Grandpa Jiang.

The youngest sister also picked up several pieces for Mr. Jiang.

Now, the ribs in the bowl are completely gone.

This made Chen Liping, who wanted to eat, unhappy, but she didn't dare to say anything more. Instead, she asked Ye Xiaoxiao casually: "Where are you going to play after the high school entrance examination?"

"I don't know." Ye Xiaoxiao shook her head.

"How about going to Hengshan for a trip?" Chen Liping asked.

"This..." Ye Xiaoxiao looked at Mr. Jiang excitedly.

"The weather is so hot, you should study hard at home!" Mr. Jiang pondered for a moment and replied tactfully.

It’s not that he doesn’t want Ye Xiaoxiao to go out and play, but he’s really worried about her going out with Chen Liping.

Liu Qingsong also felt that Ye Xiaoxiao was not suitable to go out with Chen Liping, so after filling the glasses in front of Jiang Lao and Nie Bingquan with white wine, he said, "Xiaoxiao, if you want to go out and play, I'll take you to the Medicine Market one day. It's much more fun there than Hengshan."

"Really?" Ye Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up.

"It's true." Old Jiang confirmed.

He felt relieved knowing that Liu Qingsong was accompanying him.

"Then can you take me there?" Chen Liping asked.

"No." Liu Qingsong replied directly, leaving Chen Liping no room for imagination.

"Why?" Chen Liping was anxious.

"Because I'm not familiar with you!" Liu Qingsong replied.

The implicit meaning of these words is a rejection, and any smart person can hear it.

But Chen Liping couldn't hear it, and she got angry: "How am I not familiar with you..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Zhaolong frowned and interrupted him: "Don't you understand what I'm saying? This book is really a dog's stomach."

"Qingsong, I'm sorry. I spoiled my daughter Liping since she was young. Please don't mind it." After a pause, Chen Zhaolong said to Liu Qingsong again.

"It's okay, it's okay! Let's eat and not talk about this unhappy topic." Liu Qingsong replied with a smile.

What he didn't expect was.

Chen Liping actually left angrily: "Humph! If you don't take me to the medicine market, I will go alone. I don't believe that I can't go without you."

Chen Zhaolong: “…”

Liu Qingsong shook his head.

To him, this weirdo Chen Liping is probably beyond help.

……

Finished lunch.

Chen Zhaolong hurriedly took people to find Chen Liping.

Old Jiang and Nie Bingquan did not bother to interfere, but instead talked to Liu Qingsong about Fatty Zhao and the Heishi Reservoir.

After the chat, the two old men were about to leave when Wang Yaoqing showed up excitedly with a dozen villagers: "Qingsong, have you heard? The major supply and marketing cooperatives in Dayu City are now buying grasshoppers at high prices. Many people have made money by catching grasshoppers."

"I've heard about this, and I've also confirmed it with Director Tao." Liu Qingsong replied softly.

"Really?" Wang Yaoqing became excited: "Then what do you think? Can we go catch grasshoppers for money?"

Liu Qingsong smiled and replied, "Of course, this is a good opportunity for us to make money, because the restaurant may only need grasshoppers to cook for one or two months."

"But be careful when catching grasshoppers! Don't fall down."

"Of course I know that." Wang Yaoqing rubbed his hands, then looked at the dozen villagers behind him and said, "Did you hear that? The supply and marketing cooperative is really collecting grasshoppers for money. Everyone, hurry back and catch grasshoppers. They're eight cents a pound. There's never been such a good thing before."

"Who will watch over the water in my rice fields if I catch grasshoppers?" A villager expressed his concerns.

"Are you a fool? Can't you let your wife watch the water, or let your wife and son catch grasshoppers? You ask me such a simple thing." Wang Yaoqing retorted angrily.

"Hahaha..." The other villagers couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and then they all dispersed and ran towards their doorsteps.

Wang Yaoqing didn't stay in Liu Qingsong's house for long. He said something and took the fat girl Li to catch grasshoppers.

Seeing this, Xiao Nuomi and Yaomei were eager to try: "Uncle, can I...can I go catch grasshoppers and sell them for money?"

"Of course." Liu Qingsong replied.

"Oh! Let's catch grasshoppers!" Little Nuomi cheered and took his youngest sister, Little Peach, Golden Taro, Wang Ba, Ye Qubing and Ye Xiaoxiao to find sacks and net bags.

Liu Qingsong shook his head as he watched this scene.

Old Jiang, however, looked puzzled.

Wait until the children run away.

He couldn't help but ask Liu Qingsong: "Qingsong, the supply and marketing cooperative's purchase of grasshoppers was initiated by you and Tao Yu, right?"

"Yeah." Liu Qingsong nodded.

"You'll get into big trouble if you do this." Old Jiang warned in a low voice: "Do you know how many grasshoppers there are in the entire Dayu City? Especially when the locust plague is rampant, at eight cents a pound, I tell you, this can bankrupt you and Tao Yu."

"That's right." Nie Bingquan agreed.

"No, because this is a game of passing the parcel, and Director Tao and I will always have the initiative." Liu Qingsong replied confidently.

"What did you say? Is this a game of passing the flower?" Old Jiang frowned. "Tell me in detail how it works?"

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(End of this chapter)