Frankly speaking, Zhou Chong was not the kind of person who acted in anger, but the feeling of humiliation was very strong at that time. Not to mention Zhou Chong, a person who had not been given charity in his life, would feel very uncomfortable even if he was in his situation. If he didn't have this feeling, it would only mean that his self-esteem was a bit lacking.

After all, hunger is a real existence. Although it can be diluted for a while, it cannot be diluted for a long time. Without going far, the stomach was rumbling, and Zhou Chong felt a sense of regret in his heart. He shouldn't be impulsive and did not eat anything in anger.

Regret, he didn't think of going back to eat, because he came to the wild, and he believed that there was a way to deal with it. In the wild, Zhou Chong knew about the things like tree bark and grass roots, which were hungry, and it was difficult to swallow. No matter what, there were always wild fruits. If you pick a few, you wouldn't dare to think about it when you have enough, but you were hungry.

There are two manifestations in a desperate situation. One is that people think worse, everything is gray, as if the end of the world has come. The other is that people who are optimistic and strong will think about the better, always thinking about things that can be solved and difficulties can be overcome. Zhou Chong happens to belong to the latter.

Unfortunately, the facts were not satisfactory. After running around the boss, the wild fruit didn't look for it, but instead she was tired and sweating.

No matter how optimistic and strong a person is, he has to face the reality when he feels like this. Zhou Chong has to accept the fact that the situation is very cruel, and wants to take a breath and make plans. He leans on a tree as thick as a sea bowl and gasps heavily. Inadvertently, he sees a low thatched hut in the valley, and he can't help but feel energetic, stand up and walk towards the hut.

The distance was not far away, and I walked there in a while. An old lady and an old man were sitting on the stone pier in front of the hut. He was as white as frost, with wrinkled skin and knotty, and looked old. Generally speaking, the elderly would be inferior in terms of tidyness due to physical problems, and perhaps unclean, but the two old men in front of me were clean and comfortable to see.

Zhou Chong felt a sense of goodwill for no reason and stepped forward and sang a promise: "Grandmaster and wife, please."

The two old men were not energetic and were dozing off with their eyes closed. They woke up with their words. They rubbed their eyes and saw clearly that there was a handsome young man standing in front of them. They were quite strange. They stood up and the old man asked, "Young man, are you in trouble?"

"I am thirsty and want to ask the old man and his wife for a bowl of water." Zhou Chong said in a conscience. In fact, he wanted to give me some food. The first time in his life, he asked someone for food, but he couldn't say it, so he changed his words and asked for water to drink.

In the pre-Qin period, the people were simple and a sip of water was not a big deal. Not to mention a sip of water, even a bowl of rice would not be a problem. For example, Wu Yuan fled and the woman in the washing clothes gave him food. When Han Xin was poor and destitute, his mother often gave him food, which inspired him to work hard and finally became a major military strategist in history. These stories well show that the customs of the ancient people were far better than those of later generations. "The world is getting worse" and "the world is in a cold state", and there are many people, for example, Su Qin's experience is a good negative example, at least Zhou Chong did not meet it.

"Young man, wait a moment, I'll get you water." The old lady agreed to Zhou Chong's request very readily, turned her head and said to the old man, "Old man, please greet me." She entered the house with a trembling trembling.

The old man pointed to the stone pier and said, "Young man, sit, sit."

Perhaps it was because he had no children and was particularly kind to young people, and his words were naturally filled with a kind of affectionate care, which made Zhou Chong, who was in another world and place, feel warm and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, grandpa." He sat down.

As soon as she sat down, the old lady came out with a clay pot and handed it to Zhou Chong and said, "Young man, come on, you drink water."

In the pre-Qin period, the porcelain bowls we use now are not used in large quantities, but they have not been popular in the world, especially in the Qin State. Friends of Qin must know that the pots are mainly clay pots. The urns and urns in the "knocking the urns and urns" are utensils. (Note: Friends who hit the urns and urns are well-known, but don't think that urns and urns can be used as musical instruments, and they cannot be understood as entertainment tools for the Qin people, which is a derogatory tool for the Qin people. If you don't say anything else, friends just think about it, it is very impolite to knock on the rice bowl, and you will understand it if you don't enter the elegant hall.)

Zhou Chong was so hungry that he even forgot to thank him. He almost snatched it from the old lady's hand and drank the water in a few sips. The wine became even more worried when he was in sorrow, and the water became even more hungry when he was in the hungry intestines. Zhou Chong did not get the hallucination of full water. Instead, the hunger fire kept rushing up like a cat scratching, blurting out: "So hungry."

"Young man, have you not eaten yet?" the old couple asked in unison, and said at the same time: "You enter the house and I'll do it for you."

The old couple's words were full of care. This was the care and love of an elder for his younger generation. Zhou Chong felt warm. The last psychological defense line was diluted by this kind of family affection-like care. The distance was shortened. He happily accepted the two old people's proposals, but he also nagged: "I'm very hungry, what's the bottom?" It's not that Zhou Chong was close to the point, but he was really hungry.

Since Shang Yang's reform, the Qin State implemented a conscription system. Men have to go to the battlefield, and the old man is no exception. He often can't eat on the battlefield and has experienced many things about fighting on hungry stomachs. He understands Zhou Chong's feelings very well and said, "Yes, yes."

"There is still a bowl of leftover rice." The old lady walked to the stove, uncovered the lid of the pot, brought a clay pot, walked to Zhou Chong who was sitting down for the old man, put the clay pot on the old table, and said, "Young man, you eat it first, I'll make it for you."

Zhou Chong looked at the food in the clay pot and took a breath. The clay pot was not filled with the rice I had imagined, but a bowl of beans. By modern people's standards, this was fed to animals, but it was so unexpected. Fortunately, Zhou Chong's reaction was fast enough. He remembered that he saw those guests eating beans and wheat in Niu Dayan's restaurant, and he felt relieved. (Note: The ancients in movies and TV had wine and meat, which was a home of powerful and wealthy people. "Meat Eaters" and so on, not the real life of the common people.)

Zhou Chong, who was hungry and unable to control his fire, didn't care about anything else, picked up the chopsticks and ate it. But he knew that the taste of beans was really hard to say when they entered his mouth. Needless to say, the beans were cooked very soft and very slurry, which had something to do with the old couple's teeth. In addition, it was very smooth and felt pretty good, and it was straightened into the mouth. What made Zhou Chong unable to swallow was an unbearable smell of beans. What was more serious was that there was no salt and no oil. This was a real torture. If Zhou Chong had not closed his mouth and swallowed hard, he would have vomited out. (Note: There were many ways to cut the fish, pepper and ginger had this effect. If the beans were not salt or oil, they could eat them after cooking, it was really hard to say. I have experienced it myself.)

After all, the old couple had a lot of life experience, and they understood the reason. The old lady hurriedly said, "Young man, it tastes bad. Please wait a moment, I'll add some salt to you."

The old man went further and said, "Put some oil and it will taste much better."

Our modern food requires good taste. In addition to good cooking technology, oil and salt are essential products. I won’t talk about oil, salt is necessary to explain it. Salt is a very common thing in our daily life and can be ignored. However, in ancient times, salt was an extraordinary thing. It was a must-have for people’s lives and an important source of national fiscal revenue. In addition, the technology level at that time was low and the output was not high, which led to the high price of salt, many times higher than that now. In ancient times, salt once mentioned strategic heights, which was unimaginable.

For poor people, it is a very happy thing to eat salt several times a year. In the 1980s, there was a family in my hometown who did not put salt in their usual dishes. If a customer came, they would put salt. It was so bitter!
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