Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 15 The Wisdom of the Ancients

While the two were chatting, they heard someone calling for dinner outside.

"Let's go, let's go eat." Zeng Chuan stood up and said.

After Zeng Chuan greeted Li An, he called out the other people in the dormitory. Previously, there were only four people in the dormitory including Li An. While they were talking, two more people came back, and a group of six people walked to the cafeteria.

When I came to the canteen, there were not many people in the canteen.

There are less than eighty students in the academy. Most of their homes are relatively close to the academy. They don't live in the academy, so naturally they don't eat in the academy.

"The food in the academy is average. Those who can afford it will eat outside." Zeng Chuan whispered.

"We can still go out normally?" Li An asked in surprise.

The food in the cafeteria was not bad compared to the food at his home. He saw a few people getting meals, including two vegetarian dishes and a vegetable soup. The staple food was rice and steamed buns. There was no limit, as long as there was no waste, you could eat as much as you wanted. Of course, you can't take it away.

Some people may say that the academy will lose money in this way.

In fact, this is not the case. The college requires students who eat in the cafeteria to pay one pound of food every day for the lower class, one and a half pounds for the middle class, and two pounds for the upper class.

If Li An remembered correctly, a kilogram in the Song Dynasty was about 600 grams. Even if there was no oil or water, few people at his age could eat so much.

"You can go out. It gets dark very late now. It's almost an hour before it gets dark after school ends in the afternoon. All you have to do is come back before dark," Zeng Chuan said.

Li An nodded. He originally wanted to find an excuse for you to go back while Xiu Mu was away, and then go around the city to see if the method he thought of to make money would work.

Now it seems that there is no need to be so troublesome.

Soon it was their turn, and the cook served Li An with a dinner plate that was somewhat similar to that of later generations.

As for the staple food and soup, you need to make it yourself.

What I ate at night was boiled wild rice and boiled carrots. You could see a touch of oil and water in the soup.

"Not bad, at least it's more oil than the oil I keep at home."

Li An smiled, went to get rice and a bowl of soup, and then found a seat to sit down.

"Why do you pack so much food?"

When Zeng Chuan came over with the rice, he saw that Li An's plate was piled full of rice, and the dishes were all covered. He said, "Didn't I tell you that the food in the cafeteria cannot be wasted, otherwise you will be fined for a day." No eating allowed.”

"I've finished eating." Li An smiled.

Since starting to practice martial arts with Shi Lin, Li An's appetite has become much larger than before.

Zeng Chuan didn't believe it, but when Li An started eating, he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

I saw Li An wolfing down the rice. He chewed the rice twice and then swallowed it. After a while, a piece of rice was missing from the plate.

"Why don't you eat? Even if it doesn't suit your appetite, you have to eat a little, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable when you are hungry at night."

Li An felt a little choked. He took a sip of the soup and realized that Zeng Chuan had not moved his chopsticks.

"Oh." Zeng Chuan came to his senses, lowered his head and started eating.

Li An finished his meal and went to get two more steamed buns. After finishing the steamed buns, he felt about seventy to eighty percent full before he stopped.

Seeing how delicious Li An was eating, Zeng Chuan's appetite improved and he added a steamed bun to his meal.

When walking out of the cafeteria, Zeng Chuan rubbed his belly and said, "How can you eat so well?"

"If you are like me and can only have a full meal during the Chinese New Year, you can eat too." Li An said with a smile.

In his memory, except during the Chinese New Year, he had never had enough to eat.

Zeng Chuan: "..."

……

It was getting dark after dinner. After washing up, it was getting dark too, so I went to bed.

Li An feels that the only thing that ancient people were better than modern people is sleeping.

Various entertainment activities in later generations, even in rural areas, people will not go to bed as soon as it gets dark.

In ancient times, there was no such thing. Rich people could still listen to music or drink wine in a brothel. Ordinary people are reluctant to pay for lamp oil, so they can only sleep when it gets dark.

Of course, after getting married, you can still do sports and so on.

When Ang Lee first traveled through time, he was often poisoned by his parents.

There was no other way. The adobe house at home only had a door curtain and not even a door. The sound insulation effect was obvious.

Li An’s desire to study may not be without this reason.

In his wild thoughts, he didn't know how long it had passed, but the sound of even breathing could be heard in the dormitory, and Li An fell asleep unconsciously.

It was slightly brighter the next day, and Li An woke up.

He put on his clothes lightly, walked out of the door, came to the open space in front of the school, and started practicing according to Shi Lin's instructions.

Before coming to the academy, he went to see Shi Lin. Shi Lin specifically told him that practicing martial arts requires perseverance and told him to practice every day and not be lazy.

Although Li An never thought about how high his achievements in martial arts would be, he wanted to have a good body, so he was very conscious about it.

After all, there were three wives and four concubines in ancient times. How could they live without a good body?

After practicing for more than half an hour, it was already dark. Li An waited for the others to wake up soon, so he went to the toilet, washed up, and returned to the dormitory.

When he came back, Zeng Chuan and the others were getting dressed. When they saw Li An coming in, Mao Xian, who was closest to the door, was surprised and said, "Li An, why did you get up so early?"

"If I couldn't sleep, I got up and went to a hut."

Seeing that the little fat man was still sleeping, Li An kicked his bed when he passed by and said, "Get up, I'm going to eat soon."

He really couldn't understand how the ancients could sleep so well.

When he went to bed last night, it was only around seven o'clock at most. Even if he fell asleep at eight o'clock, it was probably seven o'clock now, and he still didn't wake up after eleven hours of sleep.

……

In the morning, we eat steamed buns and porridge in the cafeteria, with pickles, which is very healthy.

Li An felt that it was too early to take care of his health at his age. Even if he wanted to take care of his health, he still needed an egg.

"When will we eat meat in our academy?" Li An took a bite of steamed buns, drank a sip of porridge, swallowed it, and asked Zeng Chuan across from him.

"What are you thinking? In our academy, only the top three in the monthly quiz can eat meat. When you first come here, you can't even think about eating meat in the academy. If you have money, you can eat outside." Zeng Chuan said.

Li An: "..."

It seemed that he had to hurry up and make money. Although he had twenty-two taels of silver on hand, he did not dare to spend it randomly and had to keep it for business.

After eating, Li An followed Zeng Chuan to the school.

The classroom in the lower house is on the far left, with four rows of low tables inside.

"There happens to be no one behind me, so just sit behind me." Zeng Chuan said.

Zeng Chuan's seat was at the end of the innermost row. Counting him, there were six people in the row.

Anyway, I must be sitting at the very back. Zeng Chuan's row is also close to the window. Although what I see outside the window is the dormitory, there is no beautiful scenery or anything.

But it's May now, and the weather is about to get hotter. The position by the window is a little windy, which is not bad.

"Is this for calligraphy practice?"

Li An saw a square wooden box made of wood on the table without a lid. There was only a layer of fine yarn inside, and he was a little unsure.

"How do you know... By the way, your cousin is also in the academy. Yes, this is for practicing calligraphy. After all, paper is so expensive. We usually practice calligraphy on it," Zeng Chuan said.

Li An smiled and did not explain, but he admired the wisdom of the ancients in his heart.

Because the table had been empty, there was a light layer of dust on it. Li An found a rag and wiped the table clean.

As soon as I put the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones away, there was a banging sound outside.

"Master is coming, sit down quickly." Zeng Chuan reminded.

(End of this chapter)