Chapter 19: The Food of Mengliang Fortress (Part II)
The next day, Wang Junqing dragged on until more than ten o'clock in the morning before he reluctantly came to the pavilion. The demon princess Sophia had already gotten up and was walking around the courtyard of the pavilion.
Seeing Wang Junqing walking in listlessly, Princess Sophia said angrily: "Hey, Wang Gongzi, am I just so annoying to you? Why is it more embarrassing to ask you to receive me than to ask you to go to the battlefield!"
"Your Highness Princess, how was your rest here last night? Wang Junqing bowed slightly to Princess Sophia and said with a cold attitude.
Princess Sophia's eyes rolled: "I have never been to your Human Empire, and it is the first time I have entered your Mengliang Fortress, and I am full of curiosity about this place. Why don't you take me around the fortress with me and open my eyes. β
"This ...... The military commander didn't tell me to accompany you to go shopping, I'm afraid this won't work. Wang Junqing immediately rejected the request of the demon princess.
"And you said that you will try your best to meet my needs! Even such a trivial matter as accompanying me to go shopping has to prevaricate, this is your job assigned to you from above! What you human beings say is too discredited, how can I trust you? I'm going to go to you Niu Military Commander Theory!"
As soon as he heard Princess Sophia mention Niu Ziru, Wang Junqing was immediately deflated and muttered: "Your Royal Highness Princess, don't you use the military chief to pressure me at every turn, can't I accompany you? But do you really want to go shopping? Aren't you afraid that people will recognize you as a demon and cause you trouble?"
"That's why I want you to go out with me! With you by my side, of course I'm not afraid of trouble." Princess Sophia said with a smile.
In order to avoid causing trouble, Wang Junqing still asked Princess Sophia to dress up in disguise before taking her out.
Walking on the streets of Mengliang Fortress, not many people will pay attention to this young man and woman. Everybody comes and goes, busy for life, and who cares about those who don't want to do it? The man is tall and mighty, and the woman is enchanting and charming, and it is naturally unrealistic to want to not attract the attention of others at all.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Mengliang Fortress is so big, where do you want to go?" Wang Junqing looked at the endless street in front of him, and had to remind Princess Sophia that he didn't want to wander around Mengliang Fortress with the princess of the demon clan aimlessly.
"There's something interesting here, take me around. "Princess Sophia doesn't know much about Mengliang Fortress, and she doesn't really want to go anywhere at all, but when she sees Wang Junqing ignoring her, she is angry, and deliberately asks him to go out shopping with her, and now when she asks Wang Junqing, she can only say this.
Listening to Princess Sophia's words, Wang Junqing couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I said, Your Royal Highness Princess, have you forgotten what kind of place this is? This is Mengliang Fortress, a military fortress to defend against the enemy's invasion of our Dragon Empire. The most of the people here are the military, and most of the residents are also serving the army, so where will there be any fun in such a fortress!"
"Can you stop the words 'Her Royal Highness Princess' on your lips all the time?Do you want everyone to know that I am the princess of the Demon God Empire?" glaring at Wang Junqing fiercely, Sophia continued, "I don't know much about your fortress, how would I know that there is no fun here?"
"If I don't call you Her Royal Highness Princess, then what should I call you?" Wang Junqing said embarrassedly.
"Just call me Sophia, so it's not a big deal if someone hears me. Princess Sophia thought for a moment and said.
"That's not good, I'll call you Sophia, others will know that you are a demon as soon as they hear it, and there is no one with this name in our empire. Wang Junqing immediately shook his head and rejected Princess Sophia's proposal.
"My name is Sophia, Sophia, Fey, Soer, these are not good. Why don't you just call me Fei'er, there should be a lot of names in your empire, right?"
"This one isn't good. β
"Why?"
"This ......" Wang Junqing's face turned slightly red, and he didn't immediately answer Princess Sophia's question.
"What is such a big man doing, just say anything, are you afraid that I will eat you?" Princess Sophia said unhappily.
"In our empire, only people who are very close to each other will call a girl like this. So if I call you that, it's easy to misunderstand. Seeing that Princess Sophia was a little unhappy, Wang Junqing had to explain with a red face.
"You mean it's a couple's name?"
"Hmm" Wang Junqing's face became more and more red.
"Then it's decided, you call me Fei'er, and I call you Junqing. I don't care about a girl, you are a big man, what is there to be afraid of! It's just a title, and I haven't made you responsible for me, what are you afraid of!" Princess Sophia said without scruples.
"Junqing, there's nothing fun here, there should always be a place to eat, right? I'm a little hungry, what's the best snack you have here?" Let's go have some snacks together!"
Glancing at the demon princess who was full of anticipation, Wang Junqing said helplessly: "I'm afraid that you won't be used to eating the snacks here, and they are unhygienic, they are all things that ordinary people will eat. β
"Ordinary people can eat it, why can't I eat it, you person, it's just that the concept of hierarchy is too strong! Everyone is the same person, where are there so many rules, don't you think it's annoying?" Princess Sophia grabbed Wang Junqing's arm and dragged him forward, "You don't know, when I was in the Demon God Empire, I often sneaked out of the palace to eat." Don't think those snacks are not a big deal, but the food is even better than the meals made by the royal chefs in the palace. Let's go, you'll know when you've eaten there. β
"Okay, you let go of your hand first. You don't know where to go, how can I take you there if you drag me like this!" Wang Junqing was completely speechless, pulling and pulling on the street like this, what does it look like, are the women of the demon clan so open?
Wang Junqing took Princess Sophia around the Mengliang Fortress, and finally came to a small alley near the south gate of the fortress.
"Here it is. Wang Junqing took Princess Sophia and stopped at the door of a family in the depths of the alley.
"Here?" asked Princess Sophia, looking up at the two-story building with only one faΓ§ade.
"This is it, let's get inside. After speaking, Wang Junqing pushed open the door and led Princess Sophia in.
The room was dimly lit, and Princess Sophia couldn't see anything clearly as soon as she came in from outside. It took a while for her to get used to it. The inside of the room was much smaller than from the outside, and there was a small door on the opposite side that was supposed to lead to the upper floor. There were only four small wooden tables in the room, and there were four chairs next to each table, so that only four people could sit, and nothing else. The surface of the table and chair was jet black and shiny, covered in grease stains, and it was clear that no one had cleaned them in a long time.
On two of the tables were two people lying on their stomachs, who seemed to be still sleeping, and there were several plates and chopsticks on the table, and there were some leftovers in them, and several empty wine bottles were lying on the table, and the little wine left in them was also spilled on the table, and the room was filled with the smell of inferior alcohol.
Frowning, Princess Sophia covered her nose and said dissatisfiedly: "The smell here is too bad, the tables and chairs are so dirty, let's go to another house!"
"What else do you say that everyone is the same, and you can't stand the smell of it, I think you're just saying it. β
"You ......" stomped on the ground in hatred, and Princess Sophia sat down on a chair next to an empty table in a huff, "Who said I can't stand it! I'm hungry, hurry up and ask the boss to get something delicious. β
Looking at Princess Sophia's angry appearance, Wang Junqing felt a little funny, and there was also a little bit of cuteness and innocence. It's not like a noble and elegant demon princess, but more like a little girl next door, and the sophisticated and sleek performance in Niu Ziru's mansion is simply like two people.
Wang Junqing took out a chair cushion out of nowhere and put it on another chair, patted it on it, and said with a smile: "Princess Fei'er, you should still sit on it." The chair is dirty and hard, and you won't get used to it. β
"Don't worry about it, I'm very comfortable sitting on it, you better hurry up and order something to eat." β
"Whatever you want, you can rest for a while, and I'll clean up here. After speaking, Wang Junqing rolled up his sleeves and wiped the table where Princess Sophia was sitting first, and then cleaned up the other three tables. After doing all this, Wang Junqing pushed open the small door and walked in, and after a while came out of it, holding a lot of things in his hands.
Putting the things in his hand on the table, Wang Junqing said embarrassedly: "Princess Fei'er, I've kept you waiting, it's still noon, and there is less food to eat, so you can just take a look." In the evening, there will be more good food. β
Princess Sophia looked at Wang Junqing curiously: "Doesn't this restaurant have a chef? Why do you want us to do it ourselves?"
Sighing, Wang Junqing smiled reluctantly: "Don't you still believe me?" This must be the best snack in Mengliang Fortress, you will know in a while." β
Skillfully put the small brass stove filled with water on the table, set the charcoal at the bottom of the stove, and then lit the charcoal with flint, and then Wang Junqing sat down and waited quietly. It didn't take long for the water in the small stove to boil. Quickly pour a bowl of sauce into the small stove, stir well with a spoon, and then take out some dried leaves, dried fruit shells, sun-dried plant rhizomes and other things from the bottles and jars on the table, and put them into the small stove.
Wang Junqing scooped out a small mouthful of soup in the small stove with a spoon, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, Princess Fei'er, you can open the shabu now." (To be continued.) )