Soon, the wife of the villager Liu Gou'er also brought some food. These things are the same as what Chen Fei ate in that township, which is the so-called "steamed cake". This kind of steamed cake is also steamed bread, and the Tang Dynasty mainly ate "cakes". Steamed bread is called steamed cake, boiled wonton dumpling noodles are called soup cake, and most other staple foods are also called what cake. The staple food in the north of the Tang Dynasty was mainly pasta, from the emperor's family to the common people. Of course, it's time at the junction of wheat and corn, so both foods are eaten. As for corn, it is yellow millet, but this yellow millet has been gradually replaced by wheat. Chen Fei did not dislike steamed buns, because steamed buns were often eaten when he was a soldier in later generations. And in the barracks of the left prison guard, he also eats steamed buns with meat filling.

"Dog, let's eat some together!" Chen Fei said.

In order to show his closeness to the people, Chen Fei also ate this steamed bun with this Liu Gou'er. Soon Liu Gou'er's wife brought a pot of vegetable soup, apparently made with some vegetables.

"Cabbage?" Chen Fei saw this vegetable, and then immediately said the name of this dish.

"Yes, Chen County Order, this is also cabbage. Some of the things we grow in our own homes are not respectful! We people eat cabbage, and there is nothing else to eat. Liu Gou'er said.

Chen Fei knew that ancient times were different from later generations, and that agriculture in ancient times actually carried out a lot of division of labor, and there were a group of people in later generations who specialized in growing vegetables. However, in ancient times, many people were self-sufficient and did not need to buy vegetables, and many vegetables were grown by themselves. And if you really want to buy it, the price is not too expensive, and the price is about the same as that of later generations.

Chen Fei knew why it was planted on a large scale in later generations, and the price was actually about the same as in ancient times. Because the people in ancient times were self-sufficient, vegetables were no exception, and there were not too many vegetable sellers to increase the price in the middle, so although the production of vegetables in ancient times was small, the price was similar to that of later generations. However, there was also a problem in ancient times, that is, the types of vegetables were very small, and the vegetables that the people could afford to eat were only two or three. If you want to use the saying in a TV series to describe it, that is, stir-fried radish with cabbage, stir-fried cabbage with radish, it is good to be able to make do with two dishes. Of course, it's not easy to be able to eat stir-fried food. Because the Tang Dynasty had not yet invented the technology of stir-frying, it was not possible to stir-fry until one or two hundred years later. Nowadays, most of them are stewed, and not everyone can eat stewed dishes, and it is generally good to be able to cook them with boiled water.

"Wanrou, let's eat!" Chen Fei pulled Li Wanrou and said.

"No oil!" Li Wanrou seemed to be a little uncomfortable,

Chen Fei actually saw that although salt was added to this cabbage soup, there was no oil. Generally speaking, cooking vegetable soup also requires oil, and there is no oil in this bowl of vegetable soup, so everyone eats it a little lightly.

"Miss, where can we afford oil here! Nowadays, the oil is squeezed from flax, and flax is very valuable, and we ordinary people can't afford to eat it! Liu Gou'er said.

Chen Fei thought for a while, and then remembered that there was a sentence mentioned in the middle school history textbook that sesame seeds were passed from the Western Regions, so it was called flax. And the later sesame cake was called flax cake in ancient times. As for foreign countries, ancient China liked to add a Hu character, and the same was true for carrots later. There are many similar things, such as tomatoes, which are also called tomatoes. And the "fan" of tomato is the meaning of foreign, which means that this thing is a foreign eggplant.

However, Chen Fei didn't expect that in ancient times, oil extraction was actually made from sesame seeds. Even in the 21st century, sesame oil is a high-end seasoning and is rarely used for direct cooking. But in ancient times, sesame oil was used all of them, and the price of sesame seeds in ancient times was even more expensive, so ordinary people could not afford to eat sesame oil. Sesame oil is too expensive, so only high-ranking officials can afford it. Chen Fei was in the left prison guard barracks before, and he ate all the standard meals of officers, all of which were meat-stuffed steamed buns, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. But when it really reached the bottom of the Tang society, all this proves that the people are much worse than later generations. All these are factors of productivity, because productivity is not good, which causes the people's lives to be so "unhappy". The so-called unhappiness is also aimed at Chen Fei, a later generation, and it must have been very happy for the ancient people.

"Why not use soybeans to extract oil? Even if you don't have peanuts, soybeans should be fine! Chen Fei asked.

"What are peanuts? What is Soybean? ”

"You don't have to think much about peanuts, and soybeans are small yellow particles, the kind that can sprout." Chen Fei said.

"Oh? That kind of thing, we call it soybean here, I didn't think there is also a name called soybean? Liu Gou'er was a little surprised.

Chen Fei's face blushed for a while, because he didn't know that soybeans were actually called soybeans in ancient times. However, Chen Fei knew that peanuts were a plant in South America, and before the Great Voyage to the West, China would not want to have peanuts, and naturally it would be impossible to make peanut oil. So Chen Fei retreated to the next best thing and wanted soybean oil.

"Can you extract oil? We haven't heard of that! However, in the past, it was a food, but now it has not been used as a staple food for hundreds of years. The villager next to him said.

"You don't even know how to use soybeans to extract oil?" Chen Fei also immediately realized something.

"Then why not use lard?" Li Wanrou asked.

Because since you can't afford to use sesame oil from plants, you can use lard! Although lard is not so delicious, it should be a lot cheaper!

And Liu Gou'er immediately said: "The cheapest of all meat is pork, and the cheapest pork costs more than 250 yuan a catty, we can't afford to eat it!" ”

"What an expensive pork!" Chen Fei was amazed again.

I heard that the cheapest pork actually cost 250 yuan, which is simply too high. The 250 yuan in the Tang Dynasty cost more than 100 yuan in later generations. With more than 100 pieces of meat, Chen Fei doubted whether this was pork or Tang monk meat.

And Li Wanrou was speechless again, and she once again exposed her "shallow" side. Chen Fei stroked Li Wanrou's head, which was regarded as appeasing Li Wanrou. After all, she was originally the lord of the county, and it was impossible for her to know the price of ordinary folk property.

"It seems that the people's food basket is still too small. The price is too high, everything has to start with the food basket! Chen Fei said.