Into Unscientific

By the well.

Seeing all the poured well water flow quickly along the pipes inside the stone pillar, the expression on Xu Yun's face became more serious.

As a man of science and technology, how could he not know what this phenomenon represented?

It is clear.

There must be some link in the middle or the other end of the pipeline that is generating suction.

However, considering that Yue Lian, a maid supervisor, was present at the scene, Xu Yun could only temporarily put aside the many thoughts in his mind, and followed Zhang San to start pouring water.

The East Wing of Su Mansion is a guest room, and there is no occupant now.

Therefore, the tasks of the two should be relatively leisurely, as long as the main room and the west wing room are filled with water.

After about a quarter of an hour.

Twenty barrels of water were poured back.

Yue Lian put the cover on the stone pillar again, locked it after confirming it was secure, and said to Xiao San'er and Xu Yun:

"Okay, third brother, Wang Lin, you can go eat your breakfast."

"Great!"

Xiao San'er clapped her hands happily, and said to Xu Yun:

"Wang Mazi, hurry up, let's go eat!"

Seeing this, Xu Yun had no choice but to follow.

Then, led by Xiao San'er, the two passed through several courtyard walls and arrived at a small shed on the left side of the south chamber.

This small shed has an area of ​​about two hundred square meters. There are a few wooden tables and chairs inside, and the roof has some measures to prevent rain and wind.

When Xu Yun and the two arrived at the scene, there were already many servants in the shed eating their morning food.

Morning food, also known as morning food.

That is what later generations call breakfast.

well known.

From the Shang Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, most of the ancients only ate two meals a day:

One meal is a 'big meal' from 7 to 9 am, and the other meal is a 'snack' from 3 to 5 am.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties—especially after the Song Dynasty, the habit of three meals a day gradually began to appear.

Part of the reason is related to the economy, and part of it is because the curfew was lifted in the Song Dynasty and the night market culture became popular.

Nowadays, in a large courtyard like the Su Mansion, the breakfast of the members of the main family is usually finished products purchased by the servants from the restaurant - like before Xu Yun appeared yesterday, the old Duguan was allocating the purchases for today's breakfast.

Family members who like to open blind boxes will go shopping in the street. Nowadays, there are so many vendors on the streets of Bianjing, which can be seen in "A Picture of Shanghe During the Qingming Festival".

Only servants like Xiao San'er, Yong Zhu, and Xu Yun who lived in the South Chamber would open fire in the kitchen in the courtyard early in the morning to make some food for breakfast to fill their stomachs.

In Xu Yun's impression, servant is actually a very restrictive word.

When it comes to the word servant, it is basically inseparable from attributives such as numbness, life force, and hopelessness.

Strictly speaking, it may even be linked to human rights.

The owner beat and scolded at will, and if he was killed, he would spend some money to clean it up, or even send it to a random graveyard outside the city at night without spending any money.

A human life just disappeared in the long river of history silently.

But in this shed, the servants Xu Yun saw, whether male or female, were full of happiness, at least not with empty eyes or frowning.

The overall mental outlook has a positive and spontaneous atmosphere.

This kind of spirit is not a forced smile, but a joy from the heart.

Then Xu Yun followed Zhang San to the other side of the shed, where there was a food table made up of several tables.

The staple food is steamed buns—at this time they are called steamed cakes, steamed buns, cooking cakes, rice porridge, etc.

The side dishes include pickles, minced chicken, salty meat, jujube taro and so on.

At the same time, Xu Yunhai was surprised to find that, no matter in the rice porridge or the side dishes, there were obviously many pieces of meat.

Seeing that he couldn't move his eyes from the food, Zhang San on the side added:

"Wang Mazi, the servants in the mansion are divided into four categories: Qing, Dai, Li, and Yi. The monthly salary and meals of each category of servants are completely different.

For example, I am a valet, and I can order three main dishes and two side dishes for breakfast.

Although you have no salary, you can only be regarded as a young servant. As usual, you can only take two staple foods and one side dish, understand? "

Xu Yun glanced at several staple foods, and found that the staple foods were not small in size, and two biscuits were enough to fill his appetite:

"clear."

Zhang San nodded, picked up a small bamboo basket skillfully, and ordered the dishes:

"Ms. Lin, bring me a pancake, a steamed pancake, and a bowl of rice with water, as well as pickles. And the fish bag."

Aunt Lin, who is in charge of cooking, is a woman in her fifties, not tall, with a dark face and an apron wrapped around her waist.

She ordered a basket of food one by one according to Zhang San's request, and then looked at Xu Yun:

"You're new here, aren't you? What do you want?"

Xu Yun then picked up a basket and said:

"A steamed pancake and a bowl of rice porridge, and a pile of minced chicken."

Aunt Lin quickly prepared the meal, and her eyes stayed on Xu Yun for a while.

A few seconds later, his eyes suddenly brightened, he shook his head, and added another bun to Xu Yun's basket.

Xu Yun: "."

Then he sighed resignedly, and under Zhang San's guidance, he chose a seat by the side and sat down.

Just got seated.

Zhang San was reincarnated like a starved ghost, picked up the pancake and took a bite, his mouth was stuffed:

"It's delicious!"

Xu Yun picked up water for half an hour earlier, and his stomach was somewhat empty, so he also picked up the bun and took a bite.

Huh?

It's still meat?

He chewed a few more bites, um, pork.

The Song Dynasty was a time when there was no meat, but in this period, the mainstream meat eaten by the middle and upper classes was mutton.

During Song Zhenzong's reign, the imperial chef slaughtered 350 sheep every day, during Renzong's reign, 280 sheep were slaughtered every day, and during Shenzong's reign, the imperial chef consumed "434,463 catties and 4 taels of mutton" a year.

According to the records of "Tokyo Menghualu", the population of Bianjing City at its peak was close to one million including the ten outer chambers, and at most it consumed more than 3,000 sheep every day. (The most popular statement on the Internet is more than 20,000 a day, but I can't find the source, and more than 20,000 personally feel unreasonable)

As for the source of these mutton is very simple:

Since the "Tanyuan Alliance" was signed, the amount of mutton consumed in the Song Dynasty reached a terrifying amount every year.

However, due to the price, it is difficult for the common people to eat mutton.

It is not difficult for a servant like Zhang San to cut some mutton during festivals, but he wants to eat food made of mutton every day.

Do you really think that Su Song is the Virgin Mary on the Internet?

Therefore, the meat that servants could eat for meals in this era was generally pork.

These days, because pork is not castrated, it tastes foul.

In addition, the growth environment is generally harsh, so it is regarded as cheap meat.

However, no matter how cheap pork is, there is still no shortage of it in the market.

For example, in "Water Margin" written by Shi Naian, Zhen Guanxi, who was beaten to death by Lu Tixia with three punches, was a standard pork butcher.

However, it is one thing to eat pork, but it is another matter whether it is good or not. Although Su Song is also surnamed Su, the cook in his house obviously does not have the cooking skills of Su Shi, a big boss.

The meat stuffing in the meat bun was extremely smelly and the fat was knotted into knots. Xu Yun could hardly swallow it with his eyes closed.

So in desperation, he could only apologize to himself, and took the chopsticks to sweep the meat out of the bun.

Seeing this, Zhang San on the opposite side couldn't help being surprised and said:

"Wang Mazi, why don't you eat pig meat?"

Xu Yun shook his head slightly:

"Abdominal pain and discomfort, I can't eat pork belly."

"stomach ache?"

Zhang San was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately thought of something:

"That's the stomach, right? Indeed, the intestines of a person like you are prone to problems."

Xu Yun: "?????"

Then before he could speak, Zhang San couldn't help but licked his tongue, his eyes lit up and said:

"Wang Mazi, if you don't eat pig meat, how about I exchange half a pancake with you?"