"There are a few castrated pigs at the villa that are ready for market. My mother had one slaughtered and prepared a whole pig feast. Please come over and eat."

Yi Shuihan replied.

Since Xiao Qingyin transmigrated to Da Xi, she hasn't eaten the meat of castrated pigs and has almost forgotten what pork tasted like in her previous life.

Upon hearing his suggestion, I immediately agreed.

"Okay, I'm actually hungry."

She carried a bag of homemade dried tofu and went to the Marquis's residence with Yi Shuihan.

As soon as Princess Zhaoyang saw her, she ordered the dishes to be served.

"Several of these dishes are recipes you gave me. You should eat more later, you seem to have lost a lot of weight."

Xiao Qingyin did not notice any change in her weight. Perhaps all elders are the same; they always say that young people are thin.

She laughed and said, "Yes, yes, it's rare to eat castrated pig, I'll definitely eat my fill."

"After you finish eating, you should head back immediately."

Princess Zhaoyang said generously.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

The two chatted and laughed as they arrived at the banquet hall, where Marquis Yong'an and Yi Shuihan were already waiting.

More than twenty dishes were laid out on the large round table.

There are cumin-roasted pork ribs, braised pork belly, crystal pork knuckle, braised pig tail, dry-fried pork intestines, boiled pork liver...

Every dish is mouthwatering.

"Sit down and eat quickly," Princess Zhaoyang urged, "otherwise it will get cold."

Xiao Qingyin glanced around the banquet hall and asked in surprise, "Just the four of us?"

"Otherwise what?"

Princess Zhaoyang asked with a smile.

"This is a family banquet, not a palace banquet. Did you expect there to be hundreds or thousands of people?"

“No, that’s not it,” Xiao Qingyin said, sitting down to her right. “It’s just that there are so many dishes that the four of us can’t finish them all.”

Princess Zhaoyang smiled reproachfully.

"I didn't tell you that you had to finish it. Come on, try this roasted rib. It's roasted whole, according to your recipe."

"Uh-huh."

Xiao Qingyin washed her hands and picked up a spare rib to gnaw on.

The same applies to Princess Zhaoyang.

The Marquis of Yong'an's eye twitched.

When he saw this plate of ribs, he thought that the servants would cut the meat for him to eat, but he didn't expect it to be eaten in such a hearty way.

Ning'er usually eats in small bites; she has never eaten large mouthfuls of meat before.

But she did it so naturally, as if it wasn't the first time she'd eaten like that.

He felt a little heartbroken.

He couldn't help but wonder if Ning'er often sneaked out of bed to grill meat while he was asleep.

"The texture and taste of castrated pork are indeed different."

Princess Zhaoyang finished gnawing on a rib and exclaimed in admiration.

"It's fragrant and tender, so delicious."

Xiao Qingyin nodded.

"The chef's skills are also quite good."

These roasted ribs tasted very similar to what she ate in her previous life; they even tasted like home.

As soon as the Marquis of Yong'an saw Princess Zhaoyang put down the bone, he took a hot handkerchief and wiped her hands.

Yi Shuihan glanced at Xiao Qingyin's hands, hesitating whether to hand her a handkerchief, when he saw that she had picked up a spare rib.

"..."

Never mind, it won't affect this person's ability to eat meat.

Every dish was delicious, and Xiao Qingyin ate two pieces of each before feeling a bit full.

I just wish my stomach were bigger.

Princess Zhaoyang put down her chopsticks at the same time as her and said with a smile, "This castrated pork is really good. If it could be promoted to the common people, they would be able to eat delicious meat."

Xiao Qingyin nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, pigs grow faster than cattle and sheep and have more meat. If more people raise pigs, meat will not be so expensive."

Marquis Yong'an smiled.

"Meat prices probably won't come down so easily. A sow only gives birth once a year, and each litter has three or four piglets. Less than half of them survive, and after a year they only weigh a few dozen kilograms."

Xiao Qingyin was taken aback.

Are pigs really that infertile?

There's a saying that goes, "High-yielding sows are as productive as sows."

She thought about it for a moment and quickly understood the reason.

"You're raising purebred domestic pigs, right?"

"ah?"

Princess Zhaoyang was stunned.

"Do pigs have the concept of being purebred or not?"

“Yes.” Xiao Qingyin nodded. “Purebred pigs are bred from the same breed, while hybrid pigs are bred from different breeds.”

"Hybrid pigs can combine the advantages of both sides, and their vitality, reproductive capacity, growth rate, meat yield and meat quality will all be further improved."

"If there is only one breed of domestic pig at present, we can try crossbreeding with wild boars."

"Sows that have been crossbred can give birth at eight months old and can have two litters a year, with four to twelve piglets in each litter."

"A high-quality hybrid pig can weigh over 400 kilograms."

Princess Zhaoyang slammed her hand on the table after hearing this and exclaimed excitedly, "Isn't this just like raising horses?"

"No wonder my uncle said that catching wild horses and breeding them would produce stronger horses. It turns out that crossbreeding has advantages."

"It's the same for any species."

Once Xiao Qingyin started talking, she couldn't stop.

"Including humans, mating between different races can produce stronger offspring. If they are closely related, such as through consanguineous marriage, the opposite is true, and offspring with defects will be born."

Princess Zhaoyang was stunned.

"Then wouldn't it be best for cousins ​​not to get married?"

"Yes."

"No wonder..."

Princess Zhaoyang murmured to herself.

"Families that have intermarried for generations are particularly prone to producing children with intellectual disabilities."

She looked at Yi Shuihan: "Fortunately, I didn't agree to His Majesty's request to let you marry the Third Princess back then."

Yi Shuihan: "!!!"

He looked exasperated: "How come I didn't know about this?"

“You were both so young back then,” Princess Zhaoyang laughed. “The Third Princess always loved to follow you around, so His Majesty joked with me, saying he would bestow a marriage upon you two.”

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