"Te-Teacher! You... you just said that what we... what we ate was all... all...?"
Bleurgh...!
Before Li Chengqian could finish his trembling question, Cheng Chumo, Zhangsun Chong, Qin Huaidao, and the others beside him instantly wore expressions of nausea, on the verge of vomiting!
"Look at the state you're in!"
"The pork you ate just now wasn't raised using the methods of this era!"
"Didn't you notice that the pork you just ate was fragrant, without the slightest hint of that gamey, rank smell?"
Hearing this, all the younger men froze, their expressions suddenly going blank!
"That's right! National Preceptor! It was especially delicious when we ate it just now, and it really didn't have any of that gamey smell!"
"Of course it didn't have any gamey smell!"
Hearing Cheng Chumo's words, Qing Mo immediately shot him a sidelong glance, then picked up his teacup and took a light sip!
"National Preceptor! I heard my father say that back when they were fighting wars and ran short of rations, they were forced to eat pig meat. They said it smelled foul and tasted gamey, and the meat was especially unpleasant!"
"But how could the pork you brought out this time be so delicious? Compared with mutton, it was no less impressive!"
After taking several deep breaths, Zhangsun Chong recalled what his father had told him, as well as the pig meat he had just swallowed!
The difference between the two could only be described as heaven and earth!
"The pork I brought out tastes good because the feeding methods are different—and because those pigs have all been castrated!"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Li Chengqian and the sons of officials present instantly widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief!
Pigs could be castrated?
That was truly unheard of!
"Teacher!