Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 38 [Long-lost white rice] Please collect, recommend

In the Prefect's Mansion (to be called [General's Mansion] in the future), after Lu Bu visited Diao Chan, it was already lunch time.

Walking out of the room, he saw Lu Lingqi and Xiao Tao fighting in the small courtyard, and Lu Bu called out: "Lingqi, Xiao Tao went to eat with me, aren't you hungry?"

"Ah, have you had lunch? Father, Lingqi has been hungry for a long time. What are you going to eat today? I really didn't eat well in the barracks." Lu Lingqi pouted, holding Lu Bu's hand and complaining.

Lu Bu fondled Lingqi's small head, regardless of whether the head was tall or not, "Don't worry, my father ordered the kitchen to prepare delicious food, I guarantee you haven't eaten it."

"Great, father is the best, let's go, I'm hungry." After all, she was only a ten-year-old girl, and she would act like a baby when she saw her father.

"Okay, let's go." Lu Bu was dragged away by Lu Lingqi, and within a few steps, Lu Lingqi looked back and stood still, urging: "Sister Xiaotao, let's go, it's time to eat."

"I" Xiaotao glanced at Lu Bu, then lowered her head in low self-esteem, her status made her dare not eat with Lu Bu.Although usually Lu Bu is not around, she eats with Lu Lingqi, but Lu Lingqi is just a child after all.

Another reason is that Xiaotao's admiration for Lu Bu made her not dare to get too close to Lu Bu, because she was afraid that if she got close, she would lose her.She would rather stay by Lu Bu's side, watching and guarding silently.

Xiaotao is only fifteen years old, although his appearance is outstanding, he can't compare with Diao Chan, and his body has not yet developed.But Meng Dong's heart had already started beating when he saw Lu Bu.It's just that Lu Bu didn't mean anything to her, so she had no choice but to bury this disturbed heart deeply, and let it out when no one was around.
Seeing Xiao Tao's troubled and entangled look, the clever Lu Lingqi turned her head to look at Lu Bu, and begged pitifully, "Father, let sister Xiao Tao eat with us, okay?"

Lu Bu looked at the girlish Xiaotao. Although Xiaotao is a servant of Lu Bu's mansion, her food, clothing, housing and transportation should be the best in the mansion. Lu Bu said, "Didn't I ask you two to have dinner together just now?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Lingqi was overjoyed, she immediately threw away Lu Bu's hand, ran over to hold Xiao Tao's hand, and said kindly, "Sister Xiao Tao, let's go."

"The maidservant is still not going." I wanted to go, but I was afraid to go. How should I face it?Xiaotao was very confused.

Lu Bu shook his head helplessly, thinking: Why are women in this era so restrained?
Lu Bu walked over, took Xiaotao by the hand, and said, "This is an order. Also, don't call yourself a slave in the future. There are no slaves in the general's house."

Originally Xiaotao was happy to hear this, her little face flushed slightly.

But Lu Bu said again: "You have worked so hard to take care of Diao Chan and Ling Qi, how can I treat you as a human being, you will be a family from now on. How about you be my younger sister?"

"Ah..." Xiaotao broke away from Lu Bu's hand as if struck by lightning, stepped back a few steps, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "I don't dare."

What she wants in her heart is not to be Lu Bu's younger sister, but to be Lu Bu's younger sister.
Seeing Xiaotao's embarrassment, Lu Bu sighed and said, "Okay, I won't force you. Anyway, don't treat yourself as an outsider in the future. Now, let's go eat."

As he spoke, he said to Lu Lingqi in an orderly tone: "Lu Lingqi obeys orders."

Lu Lingqi was taken aback for a moment, but she reacted quickly, she immediately stood up straight, and said, "General please give me instructions."

"Well, that's right. Now, this general orders you to take Xiaotao away, and let's go have dinner together." Lu Bu said solemnly.

"No!" Lu Lingqi was also stern, and then pulled Xiaotao and said, "A military order is inevitable, sister Xiaotao, please go with Lingqi, let's go to eat. I'm really hungry, please."

Puchi Xiaotao couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, feeling that the father and daughter were really funny.

So, Xiao Tao was half-pushed, and followed Lu Bu and Lu Lingqi to the dining room.

However, there is only one large desk in the room, and three cushions are placed beside the desk.Originally, it was logical that they should have meals separately, but Lu Bu felt that eating like that was too boring, so they simply sat at the same table, since there were no outsiders anyway.

There are vegetables and soup on the table, which is very rich.

Now most of the servants in the General's Mansion are low-level servants and servants from the former Taishou's Mansion. Lu Bu followed the village, so he didn't change many people, and he was not afraid of someone plotting against him.

Neither he nor the [Shen Bing Battalion] are jealous, not to mention there are many guards in the general's mansion.

"Ah, it smells so good." As soon as she entered the door, Lu Lingqi smelled the aroma of rice and coriander. She ran over quickly, and immediately sat down beside the table, staring at the dishes on the table, almost drooling, and urged: " Father, sister Xiaotao, hurry up."

If Lu Bu and Xiao Tao didn't serve the food first, Lu Lingqi would not dare to do so, this is the etiquette her mother entrusted to her.

Lu Bu smiled helplessly, and Xiao Tao followed behind, squirming, her palms sweating, and feeling uneasy.But he still followed Lu Bu and sat down beside the table, but kept his head buried, not daring to look up or speak.

Lu Lingqi looked at it for a long time, and suddenly found that one key thing was missing. There were vegetables and soup, but... "Father, why don't you have food? How can you eat without food?"

Lu Bu was dumbfounded by the question, and immediately pointed to the three bowls of white rice on the table, and said, "Isn't it? You are naughty when you eat."

Not only Lu Lingqi, even Xiaotao was puzzled when he heard what Lu Bu said.Lu Lingqi pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "Father is lying, this is not rice, the rice we eat is not like this, the color is not right! Although it smells good."

Lu Bu was puzzled, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered that it was the first time he ate white rice when he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty. What he ate before was either noodle cakes or corn rice.

Corn is the northern millet, yellow and yellow, and rice is basically grown in the south now.In the past, it was planted in the north, but the yield was very low and it could not be promoted.Coupled with famines and wars in various places at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, rice was basically invisible in the north, and only some states near the south would have some rice, but it was exclusively for the nobles.

Wang Yun is very down and out, there has been no trace of rice in the house for several years, so Xiaotao has never seen rice.

Lu Bu didn't explain, pretending to be mysterious, and said to Lu Lingqi and Xiaotao, "This is rice, but it's just a staple food in the south. It's very fragrant. You can try it and you'll know."

The white rice that Lu Bu and the others eat now is not much in the south. White rice is reserved for the gentry, nobles, and officials.The average person can only eat brown rice. Scientifically speaking, brown rice is more nutritious than white rice, but the taste is much worse and it is difficult to swallow.

The so-called brown rice is the caryopsis after removing the outer protective cortex of rice, and the rice grains with intact inner protective cortex (carp, seed coat, nucellus layer). The texture is dense and time-consuming to cook, but its slimming effect is remarkable.Compared with ordinary refined white rice, brown rice is richer in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, and is regarded as a green and healthy food.

Today's rice is made by pounding and grinding, which is very laborious. I don't want to have rice threshers in modern times.In the Han Dynasty, in addition to the stone grinding and pounding rice driven by manpower and stored power, water reels also appeared, using water power to pound rice.

Although the water reel is efficient, it is inconvenient to choose a site for construction, and the cost is not low. Ordinary people cannot own the water reel alone.

Therefore, in this era, a bowl of white rice is hard-won, and it is a relatively luxurious thing.

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