It's late at night,
Time for a night snack.
The Fan Mansion's kitchen is never empty, running two complete teams in rotation to ensure the esteemed guests in the mansion can eat whatever they desire at any time.
But tonight, Zheng Fan's night snack is not from the Fan Mansion.
It was made by He Chunlai, the man who knows how to make sugar-coated haws, and he cooked up a good hodgepodge.
Indeed, it was a hodgepodge, and the ingredients were freshly taken.
Eight green-backed turtles, one tricolor osmanthus chicken, a handful of little koi fish, all stewed in a temporarily built earthen stove pit into a big pot.
These things were "pets" from the Fan Mansion's garden, all very precious, but now, they turned into "gifts from nature."
After the dish was prepared, Zheng Fan was invited to join the feast, right in the gazebo, enjoying the picturesque lake and mountain scenery;
