Children aged four or five are easy to coax.
When Chen Kan handed him a big roasted golden carp.
He forgot that when he was beaten to the point of crying by Zhu Yuelan, he had vowed to deal with this hateful aunt when he grew up.
Looking at the expectant look in the big-eyed cute girl's eyes, Chen Kan couldn't help but sigh. He was obviously a foodie.
But, I simply can’t refuse.
So Chen Kan willingly worked as a toolman for an afternoon, constantly poking fish from the lake and grilling fish.
The carp in the Qinhuai River are not only fat in size, but also very delicious. You only need to sprinkle a little salt and grill the whole fish until it is brown, and it tastes crunchy and delicious.
At first, Chen Kan was serving two small diners, and soon it turned into two small diners staring at Chen Kan and eating.
I spit out the fish bone and broken bones into the river and touched my round belly. It was time to walk to eat.
Chen Kan stood up, looked at the two satisfied people and said, "Your Highnesses, are you going back to the palace for dinner later, or are you going to have it outside?"
"That goes without saying, of course it's outside. The food in the palace is so unpalatable that my majestic eldest grandson can only eat leftovers from a group of eunuchs. It's so hateful!"
Zhu Zhanji resented the food in the palace very much.
It's not that the food in the palace is really unpalatable, on the contrary, the best ingredients and the most powerful cooks in the entire Ming Dynasty are all in the palace.
The key lies in what Xiaopangdun said. He can only eat other people's leftovers for every meal.
In the palace, a dish was sent from the imperial kitchen to each palace, and had to go through at least four or five tasting procedures along the way. By the time the dish was brought to Zhu Zhanji's table, it was already cold.
Summer is okay, but once winter comes, it will really be cold food. The key point is that Zhu Di also asked the harem and the princes and princesses to be frugal and never have leftovers.
Chen Kan looked at Zhu Yuelan. The cute girl with big eyes puffed out her cheeks and nodded like a squirrel.
Apparently, she also hated the food in the palace.
"Okay, then go to my house to eat. It just so happens that I still have some local specialties I brought back from Jinyang last time, so I also want to show you the door to your two highnesses."
Chen Kan said the same thing and got two smiling faces.
After checking the Princess Mansion and confirming that no craftsman was lazy, the three of them left the Princess Mansion with satisfaction and walked deeper along the alley.
The three of them walked slowly, and Chen Kan had already ordered Zhang San to rush back to the mansion to explain to Yuncheng.
This is the first time I have brought my daughter-in-law home, and I cannot afford to lose face in front of my daughter-in-law and nephew.
The Princess Mansion is not far from the Chen Mansion. In less than half an hour, the three of them were already standing in front of the Chen Mansion. Zhu Zhanji looked at the wide open middle door with a hint of disgust in his eyes.
"This is your home. It doesn't look very wealthy."
Chen Kan's face darkened, and he said in a strange tone: "Of course it is incomparable to the palace where His Highness lives. The only saving grace is that I don't have to be restrained at home and can go out to play whenever I want."
Sure enough, as soon as he heard this, the fat face of the little chubby guy suddenly fell down.
Thinking about it, what Chen Kan said makes sense.
He lived in the palace, which was magnificent and solemn, but... for a wild child like him, the palace was like a huge prison, trapping him inside and unable to move.
Zhu Yuelan secretly patted the back of Chen Kan's hand and said angrily: "You are such an adult, why should you be angry with a child?"
Chen Kan couldn't help but rolled his eyes at her, as if she wasn't the one who beat the little chubby boy to tears by the lake just now.
"The common people pay homage to Her Royal Highness Princess Chang Ning, Her Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson..."
Yuncheng led the people to kneel on the ground in cheers.
"Everyone...get up!"
Zhu Yuelan was a little shy and came to her fiancé's house before she got married. She might be the only one in the Ming Dynasty.
Little Fatty walked into the mansion with his hands behind his back, taking a look here and doing something there. He had no sense of being a guest in other people's homes, and he did not hide his dislike for Chen's mansion at all.
Chen Kan led the two of them to the backyard dining room, comforted them to sit down, and the maids brought up the food from Chen's house.
The steaming hot stir-fries immediately whetted the appetites of the two diners, one large and one small.
There is no meal-sharing system in the Chen Mansion, so the three of them just ate around a big table, and the two of them were amazed again.
Zhu Zhanji looked at a plate of dark dried meat and asked suspiciously, "What is this?"
Chen Kan was not in the habit of waiting for others to eat. He picked up a piece of dried meat and put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.
Then he said to the two of them: "It's a good thing, Your Highness might as well try it."
Little Fatty dubiously picked up a piece and put it into his mouth. After chewing it a few times, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Then I couldn’t stop using my chopsticks.
Zhu Yuelan took a bite out of curiosity, and a look of surprise instantly appeared on her face.
"Young disciple, how dare you..."
"Hmm~"
Chen Kan covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I told you it was a local product brought back from Taiyuan. It was given by others, so feel free to eat it."
These days, beef is a rare commodity. It is illegal for ordinary people to slaughter cattle without permission. It is even less likely that the royal family will take the lead in eating beef. Therefore, the number of times Zhu Yuelan has eaten beef has been very limited since he was a child.
There was something to eat at the moment, and even though it was dried meat, it still captured the hearts of the two diners right away.
Chen Kan was not idle either, and soon joined the army of food grabbers.
The main reason is that Chen’s house doesn’t have much left of this dried meat.
"And this, this is game from the Taihang Mountains, stewed with wild mushrooms from the Taihang Mountains. We don't have these things in Jiangnan."
While eating, Chen Kan introduced the origin of each dish to the two of them.
Many mountain treasures were given to Chen Kan by Zhu Jihuang.
A large table of dishes is not about exquisiteness, the main thing is to serve the meal together.
After each person dug down two large bowls of rice, the dining room suddenly heard the sound of belching.
Chen Kan leaned lazily on his chair, holding a cup of sour plum soup for digestion in his hand. Zhu Yuelan and Zhu Zhanji were similar. The three of them were not like kings, and their ministers were not like ministers.
"Yes, your food is better than the palace's."
Little Fatty picked his teeth while showing a satisfied look on his face.
"Your Highness, if you want to eat in the future, you are welcome to come to my home for food at any time."
After getting to know Xiaopangdun well, Chen Kan spoke much more casually.
Zhu Yuelan discovered that she had also been infected by Chen Kan, and she unknowingly threw her image out of the sky.
She looked at the sky outside the door and asked worriedly: "Smelly Zhanji, should we go back to the palace?"
"What's the hurry? I finally came out to play for a day, but I don't want to go back so early."
