Chapter 263 Lord Ji has a big appetite, so Xiao Jingchen starts to kick people out.
"Burp!" Only when his stomach was so full that he couldn't eat anymore did Lord Ji reluctantly put down his chopsticks.
He then realized that everyone's eyes were on him, and he chuckled awkwardly.
"Lord Ji, I noticed you seemed to have a poor appetite just now. Why are you suddenly craving food again?" Lord Su was deliberately exposing Lord Ji's shortcomings, clearly showing his disdain for the country people's food.
Now that he knows the Lin family's cooking is the best, he ate like a starving ghost, leaving him still hungry.
Not only does Lord Su harbor resentment, but Xiao Jingchen and Lin Jize also have their own grievances.
They finally managed to have a meal at the Lin family's house openly, but because Lord Ji ate too much, they were left hungry.
I was just thinking about whether to eat at Ji Feng's table when I saw that the food on Ji Feng's table was being consumed even faster than what we were eating.
They also saw Ji Feng looking at Lord Ji and his subordinates with a resentful expression, which made everyone feel better.
“Lord Ji, it’s getting late. You’ve come all this way. Take advantage of the daylight and hurry on your journey so you can get back to Pingliang before dark.”
Not having eaten enough, Xiao Jingchen is now very resentful and finds Lord Ji extremely displeasing, and has started helping the Lin family to drive people away.
Unfortunately, Lord Ji didn't realize that Xiao Jingchen was concerned about him and thanked Xiao Jingchen with a grateful expression.
Those who understood the implication that Xiao Jingchen was trying to get rid of them, and seeing Lord Ji acting like a fool while thanking Xiao Jingchen, were all incredibly frustrated.
Finally, considering the long journey ahead, Lord Ji left with his subordinates.
"There are such fools. I don't know how he got the position of prefect." Standing outside the Lin family's residence, watching Lord Ji leave, Lin Jize finally couldn't help but speak his mind.
"My uncle is wise in his foolishness." As his nephew, Ji Feng naturally had to speak up for his uncle, even though he also thought that Lord Ji was incredibly simple-minded.
"Hmm!" Since his nephew was there, it wasn't appropriate to make too many jokes, so everyone stopped while they were ahead.
"What should I do? I'm not full yet." Xiao Jingchen clutched his half-full stomach, looking miserable.
"That's easy. You just need to give them living expenses and they'll make sure you're well-fed. But if you want to eat well, it depends on how much you're willing to pay," Lin Jize said, speaking up for the Lin family.
He brought Xiao Jingchen to Wutong Village, which already caused Lin Luoxi to get injured once. He couldn't expect the Lin family to provide free services to such a large group of people as Xiao Jingchen!
"Considering that the Lin family are descendants of General Lin, how about giving them ten thousand taels a month for living expenses?" With the Lin family's culinary skills comparable to those of the imperial chefs, Xiao Jingchen wondered if that was too low a price.
“Your Highness, our food expenses in the Prince’s mansion are less than ten thousand taels a month.” Ji Feng couldn’t help but speak up when he heard Xiao Jingchen’s price.
"What? Are you sure your prince doesn't need ten thousand taels a month? Just that shark fin soup alone costs eight hundred taels a meal. Are you sure?"
"Of course, there are cheap ways to eat and expensive ways to eat. Since you are so reluctant to spend money, let's go with the cheap way. Ten thousand taels should indeed be enough for your food for a month."
"Does the ten thousand taels only cover the Prince's meals, or does it cover all of your meals?"
He's stingy, fine, but he says he'll do it because he's a descendant of the prince. All the nice things are said by the prince.
When Lin Jize thought about how the prince spent 100,000 taels a month on food alone at his residence, but now he was only willing to spend 10,000 taels at Luo Xi's house and even cover the food for so many people, he couldn't help but want to curse.
But then he seemed to realize something, and a sinister smile crept across his face. It seemed the prince was definitely thinking of eating nothing but vegetables and porridge every day.
I've already made up my mind. From now on, I'll just have Lin Dayou deliver plain porridge and pickled vegetables to the prince and the others.
When Xiao Jingchen saw Lin Jize initially puffing up his cheeks, wanting to talk to them all night, but in the end, a playful smile appeared on his lips, Xiao Jingchen felt a chill run down his spine.
"Since General Lin thinks ten thousand taels of silver is too little, how much should we give him?" To avoid future stomach problems, Xiao Jingchen relented.
"I don't think any amount of money is appropriate. How about we price it according to the daily menu? If you think it's too expensive or reasonable, then you can order it. What do you think?"
Hearing Xiao Jingchen and Lin Jize talking in the courtyard from inside the room, Lin Luoxi couldn't help but interrupt.
This is similar to food delivery; the price depends on your personal preference, and there's no forced buying or selling.
“Miss Lin’s suggestion is good. It’s similar to going to a restaurant for a meal. Let’s do it the way Miss Lin suggested.” Xiao Jingchen also thought Lin Luoxi’s idea was good.
“Okay, let’s start from the bottom.” Lin Luoxi readily agreed.
Originally, Lin Luoxi was delivering food to everyone next door for free because of Lin Jize.
But since Lin Jize had secured this benefit for their family, how could Lin Luoxi possibly miss such a great opportunity?
Lin Jize looked at Lin Luoxi with admiration. This girl's intelligence was always on point; she knew exactly what he was going to say as soon as he opened his mouth.
Lin Luoxi gave Lin Jize a grateful smile, thanking him for giving her parents the opportunity to earn money from home.
"Girl, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" After Xiao Jingchen and the others left, Lin Dayou approached them with a troubled expression.
Deep down, he felt that it was already a great honor for the prince to eat the food they cooked, so how could he possibly accept money from the prince?
“What’s wrong with that? Wang Ye is a human being too. He needs to eat. Even if he goes to a restaurant, it will cost him hundreds or thousands of taels of silver. So why can’t we charge him for our food?”
“They always have so many people eating, and they eat so much. If this were in the past, our family would have been bankrupted by now.”
Besides, you need so much time to prepare their meals every day, and you also have to ask those aunties to come and help, all of which costs money.
"They'll probably be staying here for a long time, and they can't just freeload off us ordinary folks, so charging them makes them feel more at ease..."
"The prince offered to give us money because he felt bad about eating our food for free every day. If my parents don't accept it, wouldn't they be looking down on the Ninth Prince?"
Seeing her parents' cautious demeanor, Lin Luoxi launched into a barrage of twisted logic, leaving Lin Dayou and Lin Wangshi completely bewildered and unable to refuse.
The problem is that if they don't accept the money, as Lin Luoxi said, the Ninth Prince might hold a grudge against them, which would be bad.
Xiao Jingchen, who lived in the next courtyard, overheard Lin Luoxi's lies to her parents and nearly vomited blood.
What do you mean he didn't pay? You'd feel bad about it, but he wouldn't, okay?
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