Chapter 264 Xiao Jingchen Pays for Every Meal He Eats; He Provides Living Expenses to the Lin Family

"General Lin, look at what your granddaughter is saying! What do you mean by feeling bad? I feel terrible!"

It's all Lord Ji's fault for eating half of all that delicious food. If he hadn't eaten his fill, this whole thing wouldn't have happened.

If General Lin hadn't brought it up in front of so many people, he could have pretended to be stupid and ate until the day he returned to the capital.

"Your Highness, you must be having second thoughts, right?" Lin Jize asked fearlessly, seeing Xiao Jingchen's ever-changing expression.

"Really? Your Highness, you have millions in assets, would you care about such a small amount of food expenses?"

"Besides, you, a prince, can't expect to freeload off an ordinary person every day."

"Besides, the food at the Lin family's place is so good, you won't lose out by paying for it."

"Let me emphasize one last thing: what my granddaughter said is also true. When the prince goes to a restaurant to eat, he has to pay. Moreover, the food at the restaurant doesn't taste as good as the food cooked at my granddaughter's house."

Seeing Xiao Jingchen's face growing increasingly dark, Lin Jize, unafraid of death, continued speaking.

But in his heart he thought: The prince is getting stingier and stingier. He has so much wealth, yet he cares about such a small amount of food.

"Alright, alright, I only said one thing, and you have ten things to say in return. I didn't say I wasn't willing to give it. Do I look like such a stingy person?"

Xiao Jingchen's head was buzzing from Lin Jize's nagging, and he had no choice but to surrender.

"Hehe, I knew Your Highness wasn't the kind of person to be petty." Seeing that Xiao Jingchen had nothing to say, Lin Jize turned his back and walked into the house.

"Ji Feng, look at this! General Lin actually conspired with his granddaughter's family to trick me. This is outrageous!" Xiao Jingchen said angrily, snarling at Lin Jize's smug expression.

"Master, this isn't exactly a conspiracy to rip you off. Eating anywhere costs money, but compared to that, eating at Miss Lin's place is more cost-effective."

Since this was General Lin's territory, Ji Feng dared not say anything detrimental to Lin Luoxi's family, for fear he would go hungry later.

“Master, I also think Ji Feng is right, the Lin family’s food is indeed very delicious.”

"I've noticed that you've been eating the food the Lin family has prepared these past few days, and you haven't shown any symptoms of coughing or fatigue." Old Man Lin also told Xiao Jingchen about his observations over the past few days.

The main reason was that he also noticed that after eating the food prepared by the Lin family, his minor ailments, including hand tremors, had disappeared.

If he had to choose, he would naturally prefer to eat the Lin family's food, which is good for both his body and mind.

"Yes, that's why I'm willing to give Lin Luoxi face and pay for them to cook for us..." Old Man Li's words struck a chord with Xiao Jingchen, who readily agreed.

When everyone saw that their master had changed his tune, they all secretly pursed their lips. They couldn't let Miss Lin hear this, or she wouldn't get any dinner that night.

In the afternoon, Lin Luoxi took the paper with the recipe she had written to the neighboring courtyard to ask the Ninth Prince if there were any changes needed, or if there were any foods she should avoid.

"Stir-fried chicken, Mapo tofu, braised pork ribs... We've been here for so many days, how come we've never seen these before?"

"And what about spicy diced chicken that costs a hundred taels of silver, with silver hidden inside?"

"Mapo tofu costs fifty-seven taels? What kind of tofu is so expensive? Did they put a mapo (a type of poultry) in it...?"

When Xiao Jingchen saw the menu Lin Luoxi had listed, his eyes widened in surprise, suspecting that Lin Luoxi was taking this opportunity to extort money from him.

"I'm telling you, as a prince, can't you speak more politely? Since you're a distinguished guest, I've used the best ingredients and the portions are generous."

"There are over twenty of you eating, and I think this little bit of compensation is too little? Or should His Highness have instructed us to prepare it just for you?"

"If it's only for you, I'll change the price..."

"If it's okay, try it first. If you don't like it, you don't have to order it tomorrow."

Damn it, there are over twenty people to eat, more than a dozen dishes, and so much food to prepare. This prince is still complaining that she's charging too much. I really don't want to serve him.

The thought of her parents having to prepare so much food made her really unhappy that Xiao Jingchen was being so picky.

"Of course..." Xiao Jingchen saw the menu and wanted to answer that it was just for him.

"Your Highness, look, I've followed you for decades. Even if I haven't done anything great, I've certainly put in a lot of hard work. You can't let us go hungry!" Lin Luoxi's words instantly brought out the old man Li and the others who had been hiding.

Monsoon, Thunder, Lightning, Storm, and the others all looked at Xiao Jingchen with pitiful eyes.

"Your Highness..."

"Alright, I didn't say I wouldn't prepare meals for you..." Xiao Jingchen saw his subordinates and quickly surrendered, as if they were afraid he wouldn't provide them with meals.

"Miss Lin, just make the dishes according to the menu you just ordered." Xiao Jingchen handed the menu to Lin Luoxi.

"Hmph!" Lin Luoxi took the menu, turned around and left, not wanting to linger with anyone.

"Look at this girl, she's so temperamental." Xiao Jingchen felt that Lin Luoxi wasn't afraid of him, a prince, at all. She would still argue if she wanted to, and she didn't give him any face.

"Hehe, Miss Lin, that's called having a unique personality." Good heavens, Master, if you want to criticize Miss Lin, could you please not come to them?

As you said, she's not afraid of you, so she's even less afraid of them. They are afraid, terrified that if Miss Lin gets upset, she'll cut off their food.

After eating the food prepared by Miss Lin, they all found it difficult to eat the food prepared by their own chef and genuinely couldn't stomach it.

"Daughter, do you really need to prepare so much?" Lin Dayou was truly stumped when he saw the long list of menus that Lin Luoxi had compiled.

"Girl, I don't recognize any of the words on this!" Although he and Lin Wenqian knew a few words, he didn't know many. There were many words on the menu that he didn't recognize.

"Dad, just tell me if you want to earn this money?" Lin Luoxi asked directly when she saw Lin Dayou scratching his head.

"It would be foolish not to make money when you can, of course I want to make money." He was so tempted by the price his daughter was discussing with the prince, how could he possibly let go of such a rare opportunity?

“Since our daughter asked us to do it, she must have a way, right, daughter?” Madam Lin felt that Lin Dayou was a bit timid and couldn’t stand it.

"If you want to make money, then listen to me. You may not understand it, but I do. I'll tell you what to do, how about that?"

Ever since the family started providing meals for Master Zhao and his team, as well as lunch for the villagers and in case of unexpected guests, the family has prepared extra ingredients, so there's no worry about not having enough.

As for the chicken, considering that the other party was a prince and had offered a high price, Lin Luoxi took it out from her spatial storage and specially prepared it to make stir-fried chicken cubes for Xiao Jingchen and the others.

In order to prepare the meal for Xiao Jingchen and the others as soon as possible, Lin Luoxi called Lin Yangshi and several other aunts who were on good terms with the Lin family to help.