The servants had no choice but to leave. After a while, they brought in a charcoal stove and a copper pot.
He brought over several food boxes, which were full of vegetables and meat.
The servants brought out dishes one after another, and the table was full.
Xiao Shunan glanced in front of him and saw the boiling red soup in the copper pot with meat slices rolling in it. The aroma of the soup and the taste of the meat were so fragrant that he almost fainted.
He couldn't help swallowing, and knew that following these two kids would definitely be the right path!
"You... the young doctor and the prince haven't eaten yet, why are you picking up your chopsticks first? Do you understand the rules?" The servant next to him frowned and said dissatisfiedly when he saw him picking up the dishes on his own.
Xiao Shunan didn't even look at him. He picked up half a bowl of meat slices and stuffed them into his mouth without stopping. It was so hot that he stuck out his tongue, but he kept chewing.
"It's okay, let him eat." Ruanruan said to the servant beside her.
"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you." Ruanruan said after seeing him finish the whole plate of freshly blanched beef in just a few bites.
"What's the soup in this? Why does it smell so good? I've never tasted such delicious soup before." As he spoke, he scooped another bowl with a spoon, smelled it, and then lowered his head to take a sip. It had a mixture of the fragrance of tomatoes and meat.
“Ha, delicious!”
"Gulp gulp..." He blew on the soup to cool it down and drank it all in one breath.
Ruanruan saw him grabbing the spoon again and scooping into the soup, "Don't you eat vegetables? If you drink the soup, how will you eat the vegetables later?"
"Don't worry, I'm a big eater." Xiao Shunan drank two bowls of soup as if he hadn't eaten for several days, and then immediately picked up the vegetables in the copper pot with chopsticks.
"What kind of dish is this? How come I've never seen it before?" He looked at it carefully in the bowl for a few seconds, then opened his mouth wide and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Hmm~ Really good, the vegetables are crispy and tender, delicious." Xiao Shunan's face was full of amazement. The vegetables he ate on weekdays were all stewed in water and had no taste at all. At most, some salt was added in them, but the salt he ate always had a dry taste.
These vegetables were filled with the flavor of the soup and were dozens of times more delicious than any other vegetables he had ever eaten.
"Of course it's delicious. This green vegetable is called pea sprouts. We picked this kind of vegetable just now, and we picked the tenderest part." After saying this, Ruanruan lowered her head and took a chopstick of pea sprouts. Her little red lips moved quickly, and while chewing, she signaled Zhao Chengqian beside her to eat quickly.
Xiao Shunan asked curiously, "What is this pot called?"
"Copper pot." Ruanruan responded.
Xiao Shunan picked up slices of meat from the pot while talking to Ruanruan. "Oh, oh, when we were marching and fighting or on the road, we would ask people to carry a pot on their backs. When we were hungry, we would boil a pot of water, wait for the water to boil, and then put rice and various wild vegetables in it, but it didn't taste as good as this."
"Of course, the soup here contains more than one ingredient, and there are also seasonings." Ruanruan put down the chopsticks in her hand, rubbed her red nose, and spoke.
Seeing Xiao Shunan like this, she knew that he had not eaten much good food in his daily life, and he must have lived a very hard life like the people in Qingzhou.
This brother is fierce and a little stupid, but after getting along with him, Ranran feels that he is not a bad person.
"Little doctor, the barbecue is ready." The servant brought over a handful of skewered beef and placed it on a plate in front of Ruanruan.
"There's no chili powder in the barbecue."
"Yeah, thank you." Ruanruan nodded and thanked with a smile.
A hand reached out to the plate, and Xiao Shunan took a skewer of mutton. "Isn't this similar to the mutton we eat in the wild? We just catch a sheep and roast it. The skin is sizzling with oil, crispy and fragrant, and with a little salt, the taste is really amazing."
He sniffed the mutton skewer, opened his mouth and took a bite. The burnt aroma of the mutton filled the air. The taste of the salt was a little different, and the salty fragrance made the mutton skewer taste even better.
The servant saw Xiao Shunan's eyes light up after taking a bite of the mutton skewers, and couldn't help but curl his lips. This guy is so shameless!
He didn't consider himself an outsider at all. These skewers were obviously grilled by him for the little doctor, but he started eating them first.
Xiao Shunan noticed the gazes of the people in front of him, and instead became even more unbridled, eating the skewers in big mouthfuls. "What on earth is in this meat? It smells so good."
"Little doctor, I'll be out first." The servant glanced at him, bowed and said.
"Yeah." Ruanruan nodded and picked up a skewer of mutton.
She took a small bite and said, "Baji, Baji..."
"Brother Xiaogan, this grilled lamb kebab is really delicious, please eat it quickly." Ruanruan gestured to Zhao Chengqian.
"This mutton must have been braised beforehand, so it's very flavorful. You don't even need to sprinkle salt on it when grilling it."
Xiao Shunan finished one skewer and took another one to continue eating. "No wonder it tastes so good."
"Qingzhou not only has food, but also medicine. I think it's much better than outside."
The meal lasted for a full half hour. Ruanruan and Zhao Chengqian were already full and were playing Gobang. Only then did Xiao Shunan slowly finish the last skewer of mutton.
He touched his stomach and burped, glanced at the remaining soup in the copper pot, and glanced at the two children playing chess next to him.
If it weren't for his face, he really wanted to take the pot away now and continue eating in the evening.
It’s so refreshing!
He hadn't felt this full in a long, long time.
Xiao Shunan burped in his chair, sat for a while, then stood up to watch Ruanruan and the others play chess. "What are you guys playing? I don't understand anything at all."
"You adults play Go, and we kids play Gobang." Ruanruan explained.
"Oh oh oh, how do you play it?" Xiao Shunan bent down slightly and asked with his head down.
"As long as these five are the same color and they are connected in a line, it's very simple." The soft little hand pinched a chess piece, scratched his little head and placed the chess piece on the chessboard.
"I see, that's really simple."
"Don't play here, play here. Yes, yes, yes. Do you see? If you play here, his black chess pieces will definitely block your way." Xiao Shunan stood beside Ruanruan and acted as a military advisor.
"Oh oh oh, I get it." Ruanruan responded while thinking, holding a handful of chess pieces in her hand.
In the end, all the chess pieces in her hand were gone, and the entire chessboard was filled with chess pieces.
"This game is a draw, hehe!"
Ruanruan clapped her hands and said with a smile.
"It's quite interesting." Xiao Shunan stared at the entire chess board and pondered.
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