"The food is broad and profound, since the ancient Suiren clan drilled wood to make fire, the ancients began to roast food, cooked food has a fragrant atmosphere, so it is called fragrant, and then there is a pottery stone kettle, then collect food and cook it, so it gets the five flavors of sweet and sour, bitter, spicy and salty, called the taste, after Shennong's taste of the herbs and get the five grains, the dishes are cooked in the valley beam and divided into colors, called the color, so the color and flavor are three, it is the most basic entry to cooking food......"

Chen Xu scooped up a spoonful of ice powder and said: "You see this ice powder, it used to be just a transparent texture like ice crystals, if you don't add fruit honey vinegar juice, it will be indifferent and tasteless, the fragrance is none, only its color, beautiful but not delicious, just like a lot of good-looking but tasteless wild fruits, it is not a qualified food, but we add fruit vinegar and honey juice, it will give it both sweet and sour taste, so this ice powder is considered to have the prototype of food, but it is still fragrant, today add some fruit to increase its fruity aroma, this ice powder can barely be regarded as an introductory delicacy!" ”

"Husband doesn't say it's gentle, I don't think it's true, but I just said that it's really reasonable, I also think that today's ice powder with the flesh is full of color, flavor, and taste, eat a bite and chew slowly, there is coolness, lubrication, sweet and sour, and fruity aroma!" Shui nodded softly while looking at Chen Xu, and said with respect in his eyes, "But I don't know what kind of delicacy is a real delicacy?" ”

"Real food, in addition to the color and fragrance, also has three very important judgment conditions."

"The so-called meaning, is creativity, or the artistic conception contained in the dish, everything is prosperous but the road is simple, a delicious food, need to be able to taste a kind of soul to feel the different artistic conception, such as eating a food, you will naturally think of one thing, a person or even a place, evoke the resonance of the soul, this is called meaning, meaning is a realm, is a kind of sublimation, a delicious entrance, can make people feel that the scene is blended, virtual and real life, only to reach this realm of food, It can be regarded as the highest level of gastronomy. ”

"The so-called shape is the shape, but this shape is not the shape seen in the eye, but the shape created by the meaning for the soul, such as a dish, eat it to make you feel that there is a phoenix bird to the instrument, so it is necessary to take this artistic conception as the soul, and make the food into the shape of the phoenix to the instrument, named the phoenix to the instrument, the diners naturally empathize with the heart and understand the harmony and unity of meaning and shape."

"The so-called nourishment, is nutrition, both nutrients, just like plants and trees need soil and water and sunlight to thrive, people have to eat every day and need a variety of ingredients to match in order to provide the body needs of nutrition, yin and yang and the five elements of harmony, will be healthy and peaceful, so no matter what kind of food, only can well supplement the body's nutrients, can well nourish the body, but the disease and strong body can be regarded as the realm of food."

"Color and fragrance is just the way of food, and the shape of the nourishment is the avenue of food, only the color and flavor of the shape of the nourishment together, in order to make a really delicious food, now we eat food, most of the food is just the beginning, the color and flavor are not complete, so they are not food, at most just occupy a delicious, such as barbecue, such as snails, such as lo-mei, delicious, but not necessarily good for the body, so eat less on weekdays......"

Anyway, there was nothing to do, Chen Xu took out all the messy theories about food in later generations while eating.

These things are not nonsense, but as a former takeaway brother, he often can't help but learn some food information, and he still remembers a lot more or less after more than a year.

After eating the ice powder, the fifth princess and Meng Wan made an appointment to come to Qinghe Villa again tomorrow to play, and Chen Xu took the family to send the two out of the gate of the courtyard.

At this time, it is already unitary time, the sun is setting, and there is a red sunset on the horizon.

The surrounding fields are full of fields, crops have begun to ripen, flocks of birds have returned to their nests and flown to the mountains and forests, and farmers in the fields and fiefs are working.

"The morning glow doesn't go out, the sunset travels thousands of miles, it's been sunny for half a month, is it really going to be a big drought after autumn?" Chen Xu looked at the sunset that stained half of the sky, and his face was slightly worried.

"Engong, this year's weather is indeed a bit abnormal, in fact, from last year's cold winter, heavy snow one after another, I heard that this kind of cold winter Xianyang has not appeared for decades, now this is about to enter the autumn after the drought again, if this weather continues for half a month, I am afraid that the autumn grain production will be reduced a lot!" Yu Wuya stood beside him with an iron sword and said.

"Dongjun and Qi County have encountered floods that have not been encountered for decades, and Xianyang has suffered a major drought, if the grain production is reduced again, I am afraid that the people's will be unstable next year, so we should think of a way!" Chen Xu sighed.

"Husband must not work too hard, natural disasters are celestial phenomena, not human can be stopped, floods and droughts have been insurmountable since ancient times, disaster relief has been done very well, not to mention that it is not autumn yet, today the princess and Wan Niang came, so that the husband is also hot for a few hours, and now it is just time to go to the pool to play in the water to cool off!" Shui gently and gently took Chen Xu's arm and comforted him.

"Senior sister is right, the way of heaven is natural, non-human can stop it, let's go, I'll accompany Engong to take a bath!" Yu Wuya shrugged and turned around.

Chen Xu thought about it for a while and figured it out, it seemed that it was useless to worry about the reduction of grain production caused by drought, he was not a real immortal, and he had no way to call for wind and rain, and he was short of food...... It seems that he also happened to make the matter of streamlining the army a little more convincing.

The next morning, Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan were really invited to come as promised.

And Ying Shiyan not only came by herself, but also brought two princesses, who were about the same age as Meng Wan, one was called Ying Liyan, named Princess Huaping, and the other was called Ying Huiyan, named Princess Huafang, both of whom were little girls who had not yet reached the age of marriage.

After the two little princesses came, they hurriedly said hello, and they couldn't wait to see the swimming pool, Xing'er and Yu Ji, the two little girls, also ran away with the two little princesses like crazy, and a large group of palace maids could only follow to the backyard.

"The two sisters are waiting for me, Master Hou, Wan Niang is also gone!" Meng Wan hurriedly blessed and ran away with her skirt after the ceremony!

Soon there were a few screams of surprised girls in the backyard, and then the sound of poofing came out in the midst of giggling.

Hee-hee-ha-ha, there must be a few princesses and a group of girls such as Meng Wan who are changing clothes and playing, and puff must not be said, it is definitely Xing'er and Yu Ji, two crazy girls, who jumped into the water.

Alas! As soon as he thought of Xing'er and Yu Ji, Chen Xu had a headache.

Xing'er is a wild girl in the countryside, and a group of babies in Xiaohe Village are crazy every day, although they seem to be sensible and well-behaved, but in fact they are very wild, especially after arriving in Xianyang, they have nothing to do all day long, a large group of maids and servants are spoiled like babies, and the water is gentle and also dotes on this sister-in-law, so Chen Jiang's family can't control it, only Chen Xu's words are listened.

As for Yu Ji, she was very well-behaved and cute when she was picked up by Yu Wuya, and her temperament was still a little timid, very quiet and obedient, but after a few months of mixing with Xing'er, she completely changed, she was full of curiosity and liked to play, but the only good thing was that she was not as wild as Xing'er.

For the education of the two girls, Chen Xu felt that he was a failure.

Although Shui Qingrou taught them to read and write every day, and also taught some poetry and music, Shui Qingrou herself was only eighteen years old after all, and she did not have any experience in educating children, and Chen Xu was still very busy most of the time, and the affairs of the Academy of Sciences and factories were reported almost every day, not to mention that there were more and more messy things such as newspapers, history writing museums, bookstores, printing houses, and bridge repair pharmaceuticals, and the two girls grew up and became more and more difficult to manage.

For a girl, it's better to be gentle.

For example, the fifth princess, such as Shui Qingrou, such as Meng Wan, although she was not born in the royal family or in the princess businessman, she has not lacked food and clothing since she was a child, and she was born with brocade clothes and jade food, but she did not develop an arrogant and domineering character, on the contrary, she is very gentle and polite, at least for him, as for others, Chen Xu thinks about Wang Qingsleeve, and then thinks about Jiang Chuyue, it seems that the politeness of these aristocratic girls is also divided, and it is not necessarily as gentle as what you see.

Especially Jiang Chuyue, who is also the daughter of a noble family...... Well, that's a special case.

And Chen Xu is also very strange, the Jiang family believes in Confucianism, why didn't they teach a daughter well, it seems that it is not a good thing to be too pampered, Xing'er and Yu Ji's education must be changed, otherwise he will go out and lose his face as a marquis in the future.

In order to entertain the two new little princesses, Chen Xu could only work tirelessly to continue to make pulp ice powder.

While working, he is also thinking about the education of Xing'er and Yu Ji.

The situation in this era was very different from that after the rise of Confucianism in later generations.

In general, whether it is from law or politics or people's livelihood or class status, Chinese civilization is moving closer from a very chaotic state to a unified aspect, but it has not yet found a correct direction, nor has it yet formed a unified cognition.

And the current Confucianism is not as pedantic as the Confucianism of later generations, on the contrary, it is full of combat effectiveness, stresses loyalty and filial piety, stresses respect and humility, and preaches the inner and outer kings, never distinguishes between the rich and the poor, and has never put forward any constraints on women, but more of a political appeal, with thoughts and actions to educate the people.

That is to say, the people of this era do not discriminate against women, but the principle of male supremacy handed down by the patrilineal clan leads to women in a subordinate position, rather than suppressing women with a thought and doctrine, Qin Shi Huang toured the southeast, and left an inscription that distinguishes the relationship between men and women in the family after Mount Tai Feng Zen, it is because of today's Great Qin, the subordination between men and women in the family is not clear, Qin Shi Huang wants to promote this theory, so that women and men can perform their duties in the social division of labor, At the same time, it can also reduce the excessive contact between women and other men to commit fornication, which may have originated from Qin Shi Huang's disgust and anger at the harem of his mother Zhao Ji.