Yan Shihao, upon getting to this point, swore to the heavens, "Master, rest assured, no matter what, we would never dare to kill and eat a human. That's why that day, we boiled them a pot of old duck. They live deep in the wilderness and had never tasted duck before."
However, the ducks were really too small. After plucking, cleaning, and removing the head, feet, and wings, even boiling three whole ducks along with a large winter melon wasn't enough to match the portion size they had requested for the chubby child.
"That bear might not be smart, but it had a rough idea of how much meat a chubby child would have. So, I hoodwinked them by saying that every part of a human tastes different. Today we'd have it in clear broth, tomorrow some braised, and the day after that, some sweet and sour..."
