Chapter 69: On the Question of Eating
Just as Zhou Xin was analyzing the authenticity of this period of history narrated by Aina, he heard a familiar voice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
He stopped what he was thinking about and focused his attention on the place where the voice came from, only to see that the little girl in front of him was looking at him with a flushed face.
At this time, Zhou Xin heard the voice again, and this time he heard it clearly, the voice came from the belly of the little girl in front of him. And by this time, Aina had already lowered her head embarrassedly. Hearing this voice again, Zhou Xin suddenly felt hungry as well, so he glanced down at the time.
"Is it already noon? Time flies so fast. Looking at the time displayed on the communicator, Zhou Xin felt a little surprised, and then he said to a few people around him, "You are all hungry, let's go, let's eat." β
Hearing Zhou Xin's words, a smile suddenly appeared on the face of Blue, who was originally frowning slightly and covering his stomach, he nodded again and again with a smile, and shouted happily in his mouth, "Eat, eat, eat." β
"Blue!" Hearing her brother's voice, Aina screamed, with a hint of sternness in her voice. Hearing his sister's cry, the little boy fell silent all of a sudden, but he still raised his head and looked at Zhou Xin with expectant eyes. After scolding her younger brother, the little girl turned her head and said to Zhou Xin in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, my brother is still not very sensible." There is no need to eat, we have already eaten just now. β
"Who says you can't eat it again after you've eaten it?" Zhou Xin motioned for them to follow, then turned around and walked towards the door, explaining as he went, "I don't know how many meals you used to eat every day, but on this ship, you eat three meals a day. After walking a few steps, he noticed that only Christy and Blue were following behind him, so he turned to Aina, who was still standing in place, and urged, "You don't want to eat, come along, if it's too late, the canteen will be robbed of food by those beasts." β
Hearing Zhou Xin's urging, Aina, who was originally very hesitant, raised her heels and asked with a puzzled tone as she walked, "Are you really eating three meals here?" It wasn't specially prepared for us. β
"Why did you want to prepare it for you?" Zhou Xin asked rhetorically, "It's really just three meals, you can just look at it with me, how many meals did you eat a day before?" β
"I can't say a few." The little girl shook her head, "For me, it's a quota of one pack of food every day, no matter when you eat it, as long as you finish eating, the food for the day will be gone." Generally speaking, I usually eat in the morning and evening, but sometimes if I am very hungry, I may eat a little at noon. β
"Is that one packet of food enough a day? Not hungry? Zhou Xin had seen the size of a packet of food in the video, and he asked curiously.
"What can I do if I'm hungry?" Aina sighed inadvertently, "It's impossible to ask Mom and Dad for it, they only have two packets of food a day, and if they give me a little, they will eat even less." What's moreβ" she glanced at the little boy who was walking in front, "in order to feed Blue, Mom and Dad will have to give him a little every day, and if I ask them again, they won't have the strength to work during the day." At this, the little girl sighed, "If only I could be an adult now, then I would also receive two portions of food." β
After listening to Aina's words, Zhou Xin felt very incomprehensible, he could hardly imagine that this was the life of a family who had said before that "our family's income is very high", and on the earth, this kind of life may not even be comparable to a poor family, at least they can afford to eat three meals a day. Remembering that Spred had mentioned the speculation that this civilization's light industry might be extremely backward, Zhou Xin asked casually: "Your science and technology are already so developed, why haven't you even solved the problem of eating?" β
"It's improved a lot." Unexpectedly, the little girl's answer surprised Zhou Xin again, "I heard from my parents that when they were young, they ate less than us, and even adults only had one bag of food a day." β
While chatting, they walked to the door of the cafeteria, and as expected, the cafeteria was already crowded with people. Seeing Zhou Xin and Christie, they greeted the two of them one after another, and at the same time, everyone was a little curious about the two sisters and brothers with different faces followed by Zhou Xin, and after greeting Zhou Xin and Christie, they also greeted the two sisters and brothers. At this time, you can see the difference in the personalities of the two people, for the greetings of strangers, Aina seems a little restrained, basically with a voice that only she can hear in response to those who say hello, and Blue is different, he is not afraid of strangers at all, for everyone who greets him, he can always respond with a smile, very likable.
While greeting everyone, Zhou Xin took a few boxes from the side and distributed them to the three people behind him. After getting the empty box, Aina looked at Zhou Xin with a puzzled look, while her brother played with the empty box.
Zhou Xin didn't explain much, just motioned for the sister and brother to follow behind him. Although she was puzzled as to why she needed to hold an empty box, Aina honestly followed Zhou Xin, and pulled Bru, who was still playing with the plate, by the way. In the middle of the line, Zhou Xin saw a person who had not been seen for the past few days.
"Ralph, you're coming to dinner too." Zhou Xin asked with a smile.
"Yes, Uncle Captain, I haven't seen you for a few days." Ralph replied, and then she greeted Christy as well, and then she looked at Aina and Blue behind them. At this time, the two siblings were also looking at Ralph, who was about the same height as themselves, with curious eyes.
"Hello, I heard my father mention you, you are from this planet." Ralph opened his mouth and asked, "My name is Ralph, and it's a pleasure to meet you." She held out her right hand.
Seeing Ralph's movements, Aina knew what to do this time, and she also stretched out her right hand. Moreover, when she saw a person who was about the same height as herself, she seemed less reserved, "My name is Aina, and this is my brother, Blue." β
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Ralph said hello, and then said to the crowd in a hurry, "Let's not talk about it for now, I'm starving, I'll go to the line to get food first, and I'll talk to you later." As she spoke, she took a box and lined up at the back of the line.
Looking at Ralph's back, Aina asked Zhou Xin curiously, "Looking at her appearance, why is she a little different from you." β
"Of course, Christy and I are both earthlings, and Ralph is a thundern." Zhou Xin replied casually, "Oh, by the way, although Christy and I are both earthlings, the two of us belong to two civilizations of different eras. β
Hearing Zhou Xin's answer, Aina was very surprised, "Different planets! Are there still people from different planets?! β
"You'll get used to it after you've been here for a long time." Christy said, "I was like you when I first came here, but it's not surprising that I've seen a lot. β
After chatting about the things on the ship for a while, it was the turn of Zhou Xin and a few of them. Holding the plate, Zhou Xin demonstrated to the sisters and brothers behind him, "The cafeteria uses a self-service ordering system, in other words, you can order what you want to eat." Look here, the name of each dish is written on this panel, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it, there is a picture of each dish under the name, if you like which dish, just click this button. As he spoke, he said, "Look, as long as you finish ordering, what you ordered will come out of this exit in a while." He pointed to a drawer-sized opening with a lid next to the panel, and within a few seconds, the lid was flipped, and the dish that Zhou Xin had just ordered appeared inside. Put the things he ordered in the box, and Zhou Xin stood aside with it, "Okay, now it's your turn." β
Standing next to Zhou Xin and watching him operate before, Aina felt that this was very fresh, but now that it was her turn, she was a little at a loss. She stood there for a moment before she walked over to the food dispenser at Christy's prompting. When she stood in front of her, the panel that Zhou Xin had operated before actually began to move downward, and after a while, the panel was adjusted to a height suitable for the little girl.
Amazed at the fact that the control panel slowly moved to the height of her chest, Aina began to stare at the screen on the panel, and after a moment of curiosity, she finally reached out her hand. But her outstretched hand just roamed over the screen, and Christy, who was standing behind her, spoke up to instruct her, and in a few moments the little girl learned how to operate the food dispenser. After learning this, Aina began to constantly flip through the menu, every time she saw a new dish, she would always stare twice, and then continue to turn to the next page, more than three minutes passed, she still kept flipping, did not make a choice, looking at her current appearance, it seemed to be immersed in the sea of food.
"Why don't you choose it yet?" Seeing that Aina was slow to make a decision, Zhou Xin finally asked, "Don't you like what you saw before?" β
Hearing Zhou Xin's words, the little girl finally came back to her senses, and then, she was a little embarrassed, "No, no, no, those dishes look delicious." ButγButγBut there are so many types, people don't know how to choose. By the end, her voice was getting lower and lower.
"Just pick a few things you like, and the rest will be eaten next time." Zhou Xin said, "It's not just this meal, it doesn't matter how many times you want to come here to eat." β
"Really?" It was not Aina who asked the question, but Blue, who had been watching behind her sister for a long time, his eyes were shining, and he looked at Zhou Xin with an expectant look. Hearing her brother's words, the little girl immediately showed a helpless look.
"Of course it's true." Zhou Xin patted Blue's head with a smile, and then reminded, "But there is one thing, you must finish what you ordered, if you don't finish it, there will be a punishment." β
"Uh-huh." Zhou Xin only said the first half of the sentence, and the little boy's face was full of smiles, and he nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Alright." Zhou Xin turned his head to Aina, "Hurry up and choose, there are still many people waiting behind you." As he spoke, he pointed to the back of the group.
Under Zhou Xin's reminder, the little girl remembered. She glanced at the team of dozens of people lined up behind her, and her face turned red instantly, but everyone in the team knew that it was her first time operating, so no one showed impatient looks, and some even waved at Aina, who was watching them. Zhou Xin saw that the little girl stuck out her tongue cutely at the crowd, and then turned her head and began to choose on the panel. This time, she moved very fast, turning a few pages forward to finish the selection, and after a few seconds, three bags of different sizes fell from the food outlet, took out these bags and put them in the box, and she carried the box to Zhou Xin's side.
Then it was Bru's turn, and he seemed to have learned how to operate it when he was standing next to Aina, and he had been watching carefully when the little girl was flipping through the menu, so the little boy was doing it very quickly, and after a while, he clicked several times on the panel.
After a while, nearly ten bags fell out of the food exit, and those at the front of the line had surprised expressions on their faces when they saw so many bags falling out at once.
"Blue!" Aina shouted angrily.
The little boy seemed startled by his sister's cry, and he turned his head and looked at his sister aggrievedly.
Zhou Xin was not as angry as Aina, and helped Blue to receive all the bags into the box, and Zhou Xin asked him softly, "Can you eat all of these things?" β
Looking at Zhou Xin timidly, the little boy nodded lightly.
"Then it doesn't matter." Zhou Xin handed the full box to Blue's hand, "As long as you can finish eating, it doesn't matter how much you take." β
Hearing Zhou Xin's words, the little boy, who was originally a little aggrieved, smiled and raised the box in his hand at his sister, and Blue walked to Aina's side with it.
Seeing the worry in the little girl's eyes, Zhou Xin seemed to know what she was thinking, and he opened his mouth to comfort: "Okay, don't worry about your brother every time, the rules on the spaceship are not as many as you think." At this time, Christy also chose what she wanted to eat and walked towards the three of them.
"Let's go, find a place, let's eat." As he spoke, Zhou Xin led the three of them to the seats not far away......