I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 9 Eating to the point of oblivion
Snake meat is not something everyone likes or dares to eat.

Even though the Meng family had a large population, in the end they only got a small portion, and the rest was piled up in aluminum basins.

When Meng Jiu said it was okay to sell, Meng Zichen took his phone and called the hotel owner in the city where he worked.

This guy has a talent for cooking, but he's lazy. He only works sporadically and doesn't go to work much. If it weren't for the fact that he has a few signature dishes, the boss would have fired him long ago.

Just then, I received a call from him saying he had wild python meat. I thought to myself, "I have some important guests to entertain at the restaurant in a couple of days. Ordinary poultry wouldn't be presentable, but if I served a wild dragon and phoenix soup..."
"Okay, bring them over. I'll take as many as you have."

The boss didn't mention the price, but Meng Zichen knew he wouldn't rip him off, so he readily agreed, planning to take the snake meat back to the city that evening.

He turned and went back into the courtyard, saying to Meng Jiu, "Grandpa Jiu, we've already spoken to our boss; he wants them all. Do we need them weighed?"

"No need, just take it."

Meng Jiu never haggles over such matters; he doesn't care how much he sells or how much money he gets paid.

“Go back and tell your great-grandfather that I’ll bring him some Dragon and Phoenix Soup later.”

"Okay, I'm off then."

Meng Zichen's great-grandfather was Meng Jiu's older brother, twenty years his senior. When he was born, his brother's son was already two years old. A few years later, his parents passed away one after the other, and he was raised by his older brother and sister-in-law.

Besides his eldest brother, he has six older brothers and one older sister.

Everyone doted on and protected this youngest brother. In addition, there were many brothers in the family, so when Meng Jiu was young, he could practically do whatever he wanted in Yunmeng Village.

She looks almost exactly like Meng Qi now, and even dogs avoid her from afar.

No wonder the old men of the Meng family dote on Meng Qi. In Yunmeng Village, if anyone dares to say a bad word about Meng Qi, these old guys can tear their house down.

But this is precisely what makes Lin Qingquan even more worried.

You can't spoil children like this, or they'll become spoiled rotten.

Next year, Xiao Qi will be six years old, which is the perfect age to start school. So, Grandpa should agree to take her back to Qingzhou to study, right?
And Shulan
I haven't seen her since I got back, and I'm feeling really uncertain.

Just then, a strange fragrance wafted out from the kitchen, startling Lin Qingquan.

"Sir, it smells so good."

Meng Jiu never expected that adding snake meat to chicken soup would make it taste so delicious.

He had eaten snake before, but neither roasted snake meat nor soup could compare to this.

That's strange, what kind of snake is that?

"Xiao Qi, wait a moment, let me taste it first to see if it's poisoned."

Having changed her clothes, Meng Qi sat on the stool in front of the stove, eagerly watching her grandfather "taste the poison" first. Seeing the snake meat enter her grandfather's mouth, she couldn't help but swallow and ask, "How is it?"

Meng Jiu smacked his lips, feeling the smooth meat slide down his throat as soon as it entered his mouth, so tender that he couldn't taste it.

"I can't taste it, I'll take another bite."

When her grandfather took his fifth bite, Mengqi couldn't resist any longer, so she grabbed the spoon, scooped up a piece, and put it in her bowl.

"You're too young to eat too much, so I'll save the chicken leg for you."

Meng Ziyang liked to eat braised snake meat, just like braised eel, so he brought some home and asked his mother to braise it for him. Now only Meng Jiu, Meng Qi, and Lin Qingquan were left in the yard, but the grandmother and granddaughter were so engrossed in eating in the kitchen that they didn't even remember that there was someone in the yard who hadn't eaten yet.

Kyoto, the Xiao family.

After ending his call with Lin Qingquan, Xiao Jingguang stood by the window for a while, frowning.

He then turned to look for Xiao Yuehua, but when he opened the door, he found his son standing at the door.

He was taken aback for a moment, then asked with concern, "Yinuo, why are you up? Didn't I tell you to rest in your room?"

The boy was thin and pale, with a faint sadness in his eyes.

He looked up at his father and said softly, "Dad, was that Uncle Lin who called just now? He said Auntie wants to harm his wife and daughter, right?"

"Yinuo, don't meddle in adults' affairs."

“Uncle Lin saved me, and he even lost an arm because of me. Now he's probably better off protecting himself than others. And all of this is because of me, so his business is my business, and I have to take care of it.”

Xiao Yinuo's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unusual firmness.

Xiao Jingguang was very pleased that his son was grateful, but he explained, "Your Uncle Lin only suspects that the snake demon may not be related to your aunt."

"Even if not, Aunt harbored ill will towards Uncle's wife and daughter. Five years ago, you and Second Master were not here, but I was. When Uncle came to question Aunt, I could sense that she was guilty. Later, if it weren't for the need to find you and Master, Uncle definitely wouldn't have let it go."

"Dad, you see, because of Aunt, Uncle will definitely cut ties with our Xiao family completely in the future."

Xiao Jingguang's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again. Ten years ago, his father and his uncle had arranged a marriage between his junior brother Lin and his sister without his consent. However, his junior brother did not like his sister and had no romantic feelings for her at all.

To protest the marriage, he left Kyoto and began traveling around. Not long after, he met his current wife in Seishu and they got married without a word.

The younger sister, always proud, could not bear such an insult and immediately wanted to go to Qingzhou to question her junior brother.

To resolve this matter, he, his father, and his martial uncle also went to Qingzhou.

They met their junior brother's wife, Meng Shulan.

Her beauty goes without saying, but her delicate and fragile appearance disgusted her father and uncle.

Therefore, she went from having some complaints about her junior brother to having a lot of opinions about him. She was unwilling to accept her fellow female disciples and wanted to find someone from outside the sect. But shouldn't you at least find someone decent?

A talented disciple of Longshan chose such an ordinary person; he was trying to cut off his own escape route.

But since things had come to this, there was nothing they could say.

To compensate his sister, the uncle even gave her half of his private stash.

Everyone thought the matter was over, but later, he and his uncle, in order to investigate the origin of the monster, followed a fox demon into the Grand Canyon. Unexpectedly, the demon's strength was unfathomable; the uncle and nephew fought desperately but could not escape and were forced to hide deeper underground.
“Let’s go, aren’t you looking for your aunt? I’ll go with you.”

Xiao Yinuo interrupted Xiao Jingguang's reminiscence, turned around and walked outside first, saying as she went, "When I grow up, don't arrange any marriage for me without my permission. If we don't get married in the end, we might even become enemies. What's the point?"

The thirteen-year-old boy already understood a lot. His voice was calm, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed. "Grandpa is stubborn and overconfident. He always thinks that his daughter is the most outstanding person in the world, and that few people are good enough for her. Anyone he sets his sights on is considered an honor. If someone disagrees, they are considered ungrateful. Does he think he is an emperor? Or that his daughter is a princess?"

"Yinuo!" Xiao Jingguang glanced at his son with displeasure. "Don't talk to your grandfather like that."

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