Chapter 470: Can’t help but test.

"Even with money, what they could eat was still very limited. That day there was only a bowl of meat and some pickles on the table."

Ning Muqing couldn't help but ask, "How many years ago did this happen?"

"Twelve years ago."

Ning Muqing immediately understood that this was when Chu Lixuan was young and the Zhou Kingdom was in turmoil, and he went out to fight.

At that time, the emperor had just taken office and his foundation was not stable, and the Chen Kingdom took advantage of the chaos and invaded the Zhou Kingdom, causing war.

Chu Lixuan was ordered to go to the battlefield as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

That war lasted for several years.

Ning Muqing murmured, "Were you only sixteen years old when that war happened?"

Chu Lixuan was a natural general. He knew Sun Tzu's art of war well at the age of three. He began training in the military camp at the age of eight, and became the commander-in-chief of the Zhou Kingdom at the age of sixteen.

"This is not important." Chu Lixuan said lightly.

Ning Muqing was a little confused now. She asked, "It's not important, why are you telling me this?"

"When I was sitting at the same table with them to eat, the old man kept putting meat on his wife, while he was eating pickles in silence." Chu Lixuan's eyes stayed on Ning Muqing's bowl, He said calmly, "They all eat such a mixture of fat and lean meat, but the aunt is reluctant to eat it. The two couples let each other pass, and no one is willing to speak."

Ning Muqing couldn't help but sneered, "For poor people, fat meat is softer and more delicious than lean meat. Only a well-dressed prince like you and a naughty person like me can Only then do you think fat meat is not delicious.”

"Huh? Why?" Chu Lixuan was stunned for a moment.

Ning Muqing picked up a large piece of meat with chopsticks and looked up. The candlelight penetrated the crystal clear meat, which looked extremely delicious.

"Because fat meat is where animals store energy. If people don't have fat, they will look sallow and thin, and they won't have the strength to work. Fat meat can also be refined into lard, so in ordinary people's homes, fat meat is the only It’s something even more precious, especially this kind of fat and lean meat, which only the head of the family can eat.”

Ning Muqing put the pork belly into Chu Lixuan's bowl with a smile and said, "This is why I gave it to you, the head of the family, eat it!"

Chu Lixuan, "..."

This woman is really eloquent and can't be refuted.

There is really no way to argue with Ning Muqing's point of view, because lard was a very precious thing in ancient times.

Vegetable oil was invented in modern times. Before that, people could only get oil from animals, and fat meat was more scarce than lean meat.

Anyone who can eat two pieces of fat can be considered a well-off family.

But for people like Chu Lixuan who grew up in fine clothing and fine food, fat meat is really not a precious thing. They have been lacking in nutrients since childhood, so they will be more picky about the taste of food.

This world sometimes seems like a giant opposite life form.

Chu Lixuan is a typical picky person among the nobles.

As for Ning Muqing, she also has her own reasons, because she is a modern person and she lives in an era when food is abundant, so she doesn't like to eat fat.

"I guess, when you lived in someone else's house, you didn't know what one hundred taels of silver meant to ordinary people like them. It is precisely because this one hundred taels of silver is very, very precious.

That's why they are willing to buy the most expensive pork belly early in the morning. This is a very warm hospitality. It's not because of the lack of resources as you think, but because they think pork belly is already very precious. "

Ning Muqing smiled and joked, "It's just that they may not have thought that you are a prince who is extremely well-dressed and well-fed. You don't understand the sufferings of the people at all, and you still think this thing is shabby."

"Your Highness Prince Ning, is it because you had such a shabby meal that you remembered this matter for so long?"

Ning Muqing smiled.

Chu Lixuan, "..."

This woman is really good at making malicious assumptions about people.

Chu Lixuan's handsome face instantly darkened, and he said angrily, "Do you think this king is such a stingy person?" "Of course." Ning Muqing said with certainty, "Don't you know how petty you are?"

Chu Lixuan, "..."

He had to clench his back molars all the time to restrain his urge to jump up and fight with this woman at any time.

"Would you like to say it again?"

Chu Lixuan threatened.

Ning Muqing was very sensible and knew that Chu Lixuan would be furious if she continued like this. She smiled and said, "Keep talking, keep talking."

Then Ning Muqing repeated it in her heart, "If you are petty, you will be petty, and if you are stingy, you will be stingy. Don't let anyone tell you." 】

Ugh.

If only all men in the world were so superficial and naive.

Then the best destination for a woman is not to get married. How happy it is to spend her life alone.

Chu Lixuan seemed to know that Ning Muqing was silently scolding her in his heart, so he glared at Ning Muqing and said, "That was the first time I saw growing old together, helping each other, and the way two normal couples get along."

"Ah?" Ning Muqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded, "You mean that before this, your father and mother were..."

The royal couple are not normal couples, and the concubines in the harem are not comparable to ordinary people.

What's more, Concubine Su is not the emperor's real wife.

Therefore, Chu Lixuan's identity was destined to prevent him from growing up in a normal family.

The royal family and ordinary people are always different.

After Ning Muqing realized this, she couldn't help but become interested in this topic. She asked, "What do you think after seeing their way of getting along?"

"At that time, I just didn't understand and was very confused."

"What don't you understand?"

"Then it's not like the aunt doesn't have hands herself. Why does she need a man to help her eat vegetables? Don't you know how?" Chu Lixuan said in a leisurely tone.

Ning Muqing, "..."

"You...you are really..." Ning Muqing was very angry, and the expression on her face was hard to describe.

She doesn't even know how to complain now.

Chu Lixuan asked confidently, "What did I say wrong?"

"Yes, yes! Everything you said is right! How could you be wrong?" Ning Muqing rubbed her temples and said with a headache.

It’s not like I don’t have long hands. I know how to pick up whatever I want to eat. I have to ask my husband to pick it up. Isn’t that just asking for trouble?

It is very normal for people like Chu Lixuan not to understand.

After all, Chu Lixuan is a straight man, and he has no idea of ​​romance in his mind.

He doesn't deserve an extra brain.

Ning Muqing's mouth twitched slightly, and she even felt that she couldn't blame herself for not wanting to stay in Prince Ning's Mansion.

"Chu Lixuan, can I ask you something?" Ning Muqing couldn't help but probe.

(End of this chapter)

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