Looking at the three young people in front of her and Wu Xin, who was sitting next to her, each tasting the soup in her bowl, the woman suddenly thought of something.

"You know, we in country C have a shared food system", the woman said slowly, "To put it simply, it is one for each person, and everyone eats their own." ”

For example, making a mushroom soup for five people in a pot and then serving it in five beautiful bowls is both delicate and hygienic, a way of eating that has evolved, eventually formed, solidified and passed down, and is a hallmark of modern humanity. Wu Xin disagreed, and took a sip of the seafood soup in front of her, "The seafood soup recommended by Sister Xiao tastes really good! Today, why is Sister Xiao so interested in food culture?"

"Probably when people are old, they like to talk about these things to show that they know more about history and culture than young people. The woman laughed to herself.

Faced with the woman's sudden self-deprecation, the guests suddenly didn't know how to respond, Wu Xin wanted to say "You are not old", but when the words came to her mouth, she felt that it was even more inappropriate to say it, Zhang Yi and Sun Yi were naturally the same, although it was only a moment of silence, the atmosphere was already embarrassing.

"Actually, the food sharing system is not unique to modern times", Mo Yuan slowly spoke, trying to make the silence more natural.

The best way to respond to other people's self-deprecation is not to convince him, but to participate in the topics he is interested in, become a part of it, communicate with each other, and if they can achieve mutual recognition, it will be better, especially in the face of an experienced and cold woman like Xiao Feng.

"The history of the food sharing system can be traced back to ancient times. In primitive clan societies, due to low productivity, mainly natural gathering or hunting, people had limited access to food and could only follow the guidelines of equal distribution of common possession of property. At that time, the food in the clan was communal, and after the food was cooked, it was divided equally among the people of the patriarch, and one portion per person. This is the most primitive system of dividing food. Mo Yuan said while recalling, "Therefore, human beings started with a split food system, because of the lack of food, if it is a joint food system, well...... Wang Fatzi ate too much alone, and everyone else had to starve to death. ”

"Hahaha", ridiculing an absent person is always the most ingenious.

"Well, I didn't expect that the little brother knows a lot", the woman seemed to praise, "Please continue." ”

"Good. Mo Yuan continued, "After that, the development began to be complicated, the earth is like a testing ground full of variables, we simply divide it into two: East and West. Let's take China as an example, even though the food began to be abundant, the food sharing system was still maintained for a long time, for two reasons: First, the number of rites. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they implemented a strict 'food sharing system', which was determined by the 'Zhou Rites'. ”

"What is 'Zhou Li'?" asked Sun Yi curiously.

You can simply understand it as a etiquette norm, in which dietary norms are stipulated, such as people with different statuses have different dietary treatments, and even tableware specifications are different, so it is natural to need to divide the food system; The Chinese ancestors were accustomed to sitting on the ground, eating on the ground, or eating on the case, one case for one person, one for each person. ”

"Isn't it like we have a big dining table like we do now?" asked Sun Yi.

"Yes, you can understand that everyone has a small low table in front of them. ”

"Well, that's a perfect meal. Sun Yi said.

"Yes. Moreover, the material conditions at that time also reached a certain level, and there was enough space to accommodate so many tables for large banquets, and to provide so many tableware. Speaking of which, we can talk about the Western world in which we live in country C, in the Middle Ages, taking France as an example, due to the limited material conditions, there were not so many tableware to use, and there were not so many furniture to be divided, so there was only one table, and everyone sat around together. There is only one soup vessel, everyone gathers around a big basin, you pick up and take a sip, and when you finish drinking, I put it down, and I take another sip and take turns drinking with each other, not even using a spoon. ”

"It turns out that we in the West started the food system earlier. Sun Yi sighed.

"Oh, yes. Mo Yuan continued, "Later, equivalent to the Yuan Dynasty in China, the food sharing system was introduced to France, and the self-named 'Sun King' was the one who opened the era of the food sharing system. Some people say that the main reason is the change in lifestyle - the introduction and popularization of high tables and high chairs, from sitting on the floor to sitting on the feet, which is now a common sitting posture, making it very convenient for people to sit around the table together. I have always been skeptical about this reason, one person, one case, sitting on the floor, although it is more natural to use the food sharing system, but it does not mean that everyone sits around the table together, it is time to adopt the food system, like we are now sitting around a table, but we still use the food sharing system, so there should be another reason for China's transformation to the food system. Perhaps because China's food market is very prosperous, and the number of famous dishes is increasing, the way of eating one serving per person is less and less suitable for people's needs to eat the flavor of multiple dishes, after all, it is unrealistic to divide so many dishes into portions according to each person. ”

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"Could there be another reason for our repeated failures?" asked Wang Cheng as he reconfirmed the results of the experiments.

"Teacher, what other reason could be? The decryption algorithm, after so many optimizations and improvements, should be fine. Qiao Shan said.

"Could it be that the feng shui here is not good?" Wang Cheng half-jokingly.

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"It's ridiculous to think about it, the West has changed from the joint food system to the food sharing system, and the East has changed from the food sharing system to the food sharing system, from the perspective of their respective history, they should all be regarded as progress, but from the perspective of the entire human history, the development direction chosen by the West - the food sharing system has been abandoned by the East, and similarly, the development direction chosen by the East - the food system has been abandoned by the West. The woman scoffed, "The history of mankind is really upside down, and sometimes, human beings themselves don't know what they want. Perhaps, the right direction has already appeared in the history of mankind, but it has been abandoned by ignorant human beings themselves. Perhaps, there was once a more advanced way, but in the end, it was forgotten and disappeared in the long river of human history. ”

"The seniors summed it up so profoundly. Zhang Yi said flatteringly, "There are only predecessors who can go deep into human history from food culture." ”

Mo Yuan talked eloquently before, but at this time he was silent. The young woman in front of her, with this mocking tone and cold tone, seemed to be an old man who had experienced a lot, inadvertently expressing her feelings. And this feeling, at this moment, can resonate with himself, a person who has not yet experienced it, is really incredible. Is there something in the subconscious that has a connection with what the woman just said, but she has not yet discovered it? Is it true that everyone has multiple "selves", and now it is the subconscious self that resonates with the woman's point of view, and the earthly self is not yet aware of it.