novelraw Chapter 1110 - 1210
Chapter 1110 - 1210
"Oh, thank you, thank you, Auntie. I have quite an appetite," Jianguo felt his stomach was empty and just wanted to keep eating.
"Child, why are you being so polite with me? Eat, eat as much as you want!"
Jianguo remembered Grandma Jing. When he was a child, this aunt was often with his own mom. Now back at the Jing family, with Grandma Jing around, he truly felt like he was home! So, he just ate freely.
However, Grandma Jing’s benevolence has its limits.
Having Jing Shu, such a big eater, is enough for the family. Grandma Jing never expected to have Jianguo, another big eater, as well. Clearly, only one head was left, so where did all the food they ate go?
So, at first, Grandma Jing kept serving dishes, but as the food on the table was mostly consumed by these two, the corner of her mouth twitched, and her enthusiasm cooled down.
"This child doesn’t seem too pitiable," Grandma Jing thought. After all, he could eat so much with such a good appetite. The key was that when he ate, there were dozens of chopsticks feeding meat into his mouth... his hair seemed as nimble as thousands of hands.
Jing Shu was amused by her own grandma, who was still stingy!
Mr. Jing smacked his lips and mumbled, "I originally thought there would be some leftovers for the next meal or tomorrow morning, so I wouldn’t have to eat the workplace’s mashed potato with Insect Cake."
But now, nothing’s left.
The few of them cleaned up the table, even the plates were mopped with bun pieces to the point where there wasn’t a single trace of oil left, reflecting light. Luckily, after cooking, Grandma Jing had already removed spices like star anise in advance.
After all, even though the Jing family has prospered, they still maintained the good tradition of being thrifty. These spices could be reused.
"Well, even the chicken broth is finished today."
It’s the first time in many years that the Jing family has cleaned up the plate like this.
However, Jianguo certainly couldn’t eat for free at his aunt’s house. After the meal, Jianguo directly took out a large chunk of pure black energy from his body,
"Auntie, I just got here and didn’t bring anything, so I’ll give this to your family. Use it to create whatever you need."
Seeing a large lump of black sticky substance, Grandma Jing’s mouth twitched, and she waved her hand, "Thank you, child, but this thing, well, just forget it."
What would she do with this black stuff? Did this kid’s brain go bad?
Jing Shu pursed her lips and laughed, remembering Grandma Jing’s expression.
Five minutes later, when Jianguo demonstrated to Grandma Jing how to use energy to replicate items and, in front of the whole family, turned several barrels of oil into dozens of barrels, and bags of flour into piles of flour...
Grandma Jing’s face blossomed into a smile.
"Look at the mess you’ve caused. Such a big lad, he surely wasn’t full, eh, Xiao Xie, you wait here, and I’ll fry some sweet dumplings for you to eat!"
Jianguo originally wanted to say no, but smacked his lips. Having stayed in a dark, hopeless place for years, his taste was all bland. He was truly curious about what fried sweet dumplings tasted like, so he shyly nodded, "Thanks, Auntie."
Grandma Jing bustled around again to make Jianguo a table of snacks, like fried sweet dumplings, fried meatballs, fried hairtail, fried chicken fillets... so fragrant.
Mr. Jing and Mrs. Jing’s eyes were also filled with fiery enthusiasm as they looked at Jing Shu: "You little rascal, still haven’t introduced what this New Energy is. How is it so powerful?"
Mr. Jing exclaimed, "It seems like this New Energy can replicate various things. I saw Xiao Xie just use it to replicate these things. The sticky substance just decreased a bit." His eyes lit up immediately, "So, it can also replicate my tobacco?"
Mr. Jing had planted much less tobacco in the yard this year, partly due to chickens and ducks messing it up. It was, of course, thanks to his wife’s Dinosaur Chicken. He was worried about it since he had promised to give some to Old Zhang and Old Li, and now he couldn’t bear to part with it. Well, it’s all good now!
Mr. Jing clapped his hands, pacing in the living room: "This is good, this is good, ah. If it can replicate, can’t we even replicate chickens, ducks, cows, and pigs? According to the law of energy conservation, bigger things would surely consume more, but we don’t need to replicate those old things, they don’t live long. Just replicate the newborns, like piglets, calves, and some newly introduced livestock, and our livestock industry will develop well in the future!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit by Mr. Jing with a pocket slap, "Who are you calling old things with short life spans? You troublemaker!"
Mr. Jing was left... feeling wronged and hid behind his wife.
Mrs. Jing was also excited, looking at Jing Shu: "Jing Shu, is this what you discovered this time? What I’m more concerned about is when it will be implemented in the units and distributed to each unit? Our Ministry of Agriculture also needs this thing very much. If we have it, plants on the verge of extinction, and even other plants and animals with low production can all be mass-produced! Let me sign up in advance, can you allocate more to our unit?"
Jing Shu gave her mom a thumbs up: "Mom, you hit the nail on the head." Unlike dad, he just daydreams.
Jing Shu then explained in detail, as there was no confidentiality agreement needed for this stuff: "This is the New Energy we discovered under the Heavenly Mountain Range in Wu City, and the quantity is large. However, the state likely has plans, considering everything can be replicated, but replicating energy has the highest cost-effectiveness. So, I estimate this Dark Energy New Energy will mainly be used for developing electricity, oil, and such.
As for other fields, unless it is something on the verge of extinction or high-value items, it will not be heavily invested in.
However, since the exploitation rights are in Wu City here, the energy inclination will definitely still be on our side. Quickly, within a week, perhaps a month at most, it can be put into initial use. As for how to use it and how to allocate it, it depends on the higher-ups."
Mrs. Jing was a bit excited, but also a little disappointed, sighing: "Regardless of the national situation, the food problem in Wu City is now solved, so our Ministry of Agriculture might be out of luck."
Jing Shu patted her mother: "I’ll apply for some quotas for you when the time comes anyway."
"Oh! Thank you, my good daughter!" Mrs. Jing’s eyes lit up again. Others rely on their fathers or mothers, but in their family’s peculiar case, her status as the head of Wu City’s agriculture in just five years all relied on her daughter.
"Ahem... that..."