Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue's malicious eyes at the dinner table, stretched out his hand and hit her on the head: "If you don't eat well, what are you thinking about here?"
Xiao Ruxue held her head and evaded her eyes: "No! You are talking nonsense!"
The little girl's dark eyes were spinning like a revolving lantern, and it was obvious at a glance that she was brewing some terrible plan. This little girl still refused to admit it, which was really helpless.
Xu Qing looked at the little girl and finally asked: "Really not?"
The little girl pouted and said, "No!"
Xu Qing said: "If you really don't have any, just eat well."
The little girl murmured for a while, secretly glanced at Xu Qing before continuing to pick up her chopsticks and eat.
At this moment, the little girl suddenly asked: "By the way, Xu Qing, the fairy tale of Antu Village you told me last time..."
"Ahem..." Xu Qing couldn't help coughing when he heard the little girl's words. He looked at the little girl helplessly and said, "That's Andersen's fairy tale..."
"Oh." The little girl agreed casually and continued to ask; "Then in Andersen's fairy tale you told me last time, those small Western countries all used a special knife and a small fork to eat. Is it true?
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Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yeah, what's the matter?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Those barbarians eat with such rude things, aren't they afraid of accidentally pricking their mouths while eating? They have to be careful when eating. Do they eat well?"
Xu Qing said: "We don't care whether the food is delicious or not. The danger is quite dangerous. Even if we quarrel at the dinner table with chopsticks, it is just a mouthful, because the tableware has no edge. Just think about their knives."
, what if you get excited after the quarrel...tsk tsk, this kind of scene is not new."
Xiao Ruxue was surprised when she heard this: "Then isn't their emperor very dangerous? How many people must die in a year?"
There is no reason why Xiao Ruxue doesn't think so. The most important thing for the royal family is safety. Before entering the palace when the emperor invites a banquet, all sharp objects must be removed from the body and placed in a safekeeping place at the entrance of the palace before entering the palace. This is to prevent assassination.
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How easy is it for assassins to succeed in the Western world?
Various knives for palace banquets, table knives, ham knives, butter knives, bread knives... Because they have a meticulous division of labor and an almost demanding pursuit of sophistication, they all want to assign a knife to every food.
If Jing Ke had been born in the West, why would he want to meet with a poor dagger?
You can definitely use local materials.
Here in the Central Plains, assassins try their best to bring weapons in, such as hiding them in belts, boots, and maps.
What about the other side? It’s superfluous to bring weapons, because there are simply not enough weapons available on site...
Xu Qing hadn't noticed it before, but after Xiao Ruxue's reminder, he broke out in a cold sweat. Those kings in Western countries are so big-hearted!
How dare you place so many knives at the banquet.
Thinking of this, Xu Qing couldn't help but have a deep admiration for the kings who often held banquets. All kings who dared to hold palace banquets were ruthless!
Xu Qing looked at the little girl's confused eyes and said: "Cultures are different between countries and regions. We shouldn't laugh at others... unless we can't help it..."
But obviously, Xiao Ruxue was the one who couldn't help it: "Hehe... the emperors of their country are so brave, it's okay. You said that there are many emperors over there, and there are endless deaths... Hehe... But...
, why don’t they make a tableware that can be used with one hand? It has to take up two hands.”
Xu Qing nodded when he heard Xiao Ruxue's question and said, "Well, that's a good question. I don't know. You can ask them yourself after we defeat that side another day."
When Xiao Ruxue heard this, her eyes glowed again.
The more Xu Qing told her Western fairy tales, the more she became curious about the West. Most of these curiosities were based on the knowledge that was contrary to her childhood.
Putting a bunch of knives at palace banquets is one of them.
In Xiao Ruxue's opinion, isn't this just a stupid act?
Even one knife is too many and you keep so many...
But after all, Xu Qing has seen the big world. The customs and habits and cultural beliefs of different ethnic groups are incompatible. There is no need to laugh at them if they seek common ground while reserving differences.
We have our shortcomings, and others also have their strengths.
Although all their kings are indeed ruthless...
But while it's wrong to laugh at others, it's still okay to show off.
For example, when foreigners are busy eating with knives and forks, we can calmly eat with chopsticks while taking out our mobile phones and scrolling through TikTok to relieve our boredom...
Just before Xu Qing had eaten two mouthfuls of noodles, Xiao Ruxue asked the question again: "Then why do the chopsticks we use have to be square at the top and round at the bottom? Why not just make them square and round?
Wouldn’t it be easier to make it this way?”
Xu Qing said: "First of all, chopsticks are seven inches and four minutes long, which represents the seven emotions and six desires of human beings. Secondly, because people in Si Tianjian believe that the sky is round and the square is square, the round represents the sky and the square represents the earth. Chopsticks are used by people. This is why the chopsticks are used by people."
It constitutes 'Heaven, Earth and Humanity', and the art of war also emphasizes the right time, place, people and harmony, which is great wisdom, right?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Then why is the circle representing the sky facing the food below, but the square representing the earth is above? Isn't this the heaven and earth upside down?"
Xu Qing said: "Because food is the most important thing for people."
Xiao Ruxue nodded as if she understood something: "Is the sky really round and the earth really round?"
Xu Qing had just taken a bite of noodles and almost dropped the chopsticks in his hand when he heard these words.
What did the little girl say?
Is the sky really round and the earth is round?
Xu Qing looked at the little girl's cute face with a hint of baby fat, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart.
Xu Qing looked at the little girl and asked with some uncertainty: "Xueer... what did you just say?"
The little girl said: "I just want to ask if the sky is really round and the earth is round?"
Xu Qing asked: "Why do you ask that?"
The little girl said: "Because I saw that the sun and the moon are both round, why are we square? Aren't Chang'e and Jade Rabbit unbalanced?"
Xu Qing: "Is it because of this?"
The little girl continued: "Also, my father and I went to play in the mountains very early. When I stood on the top of the mountain and looked around, I felt that the farther away I went, the more the ground curved downwards... I asked my father out of curiosity
Master, but they don’t know, they only know that the sky is round and the earth is round.”
Xu Qing asked: "Do you think your husband is also wrong?"
Xiao Ruxue shook her head and said, "I don't know, can you tell me? I believe you."