sbdcsierra Chapter 648: Xiao Ruxue Curious About The West
Chapter 648: Xiao Ruxue Curious About The West
Xiao Ruxue hugged her head, her eyes dodged: "No! You talk nonsense!"
The little girl's dark eyes turned like a revolving lantern, and she could tell at a glance that some terrible plan was brewing. This little girl still refused to admit it, it was really helpless.
Xu Qing looked at the little girl and finally asked, "Really?"
The little girl pouted and said, "No way!"
Xu Qing said: "If you really don't have one, eat well."
The little girl muttered again for a while, and took a sneak peek at Xu Qing before continuing to eat with chopsticks.
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, 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 the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale you told me last time, those small western countries eat with a special kind of knife and a small fork. Is it true? ?"
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 own mouths while eating? You have to be careful when eating, are they delicious?"
Xu Qing said: "We don't care whether the food is delicious or not. The danger is quite dangerous. Even if we hold chopsticks, even if we quarrel at the dinner table, it's just a word of mouth, because the tableware has no front. Just think about their knives." , in case you get excited after a 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 will die in a year?"
Xiao Ruxue couldn't help but think otherwise. The most important thing for the royal family is safety. Before entering the palace, the emperor invited all sharp objects to be emptied and put in the safe at the gate of the palace before entering the palace. The purpose is to prevent assassination .
How easy is it for an assassin to succeed in the western world?
All kinds of knives for court banquets, table knives, ham knives, butter knives, bread knives... Due to their meticulous division of labor, they have an almost harsh pursuit of refinement, and they can't wait to assign a knife to every food.
If Jing Ke was born in the west, why would he play with a poor dagger?
It can be taken locally.
On their side in the Central Plains, the assassins tried every means to bring weapons in, such as hiding them in belts, boots, and maps.
What about the other side? Bringing weapons is unnecessary, because the weapons available on the scene are simply inexhaustible...
Xu Qing hadn't noticed it before, but after Xiao Ruxue's reminder, she really broke out in a cold sweat. The kings of the western countries have really big hearts!
Dare to put so many knives at the banquet.
Thinking of this, Xu Qing couldn't help feeling a deep admiration for those kings who often hold banquets. All kings who dare to hold palace banquets are all ruthless!
Xu Qing looked into the little girl's puzzled eyes and said, "Cultures are different between countries and regions. Let's not laugh at them...unless we can't help it..."
But obviously, Xiao Ruxue is the one who can't help it: "Hehe...the emperors of their country are so brave, it's okay, you said, there are many emperors over there, and they can't die...hehe...but , why don't they make a cutlery that can be used with one hand? It has to take up two hands."
Xu Qing nodded when he heard Xiao Ruxue's question: "Well, that's a good question, I don't know, after you shoot down that side some other day, you can ask them yourself."
When Xiao Ruxue heard these words, the brilliance in his eyes glowed again.
The more Xu Qing told her about Western fairy tales, the more she became curious about the West, and these curiosity were almost based on this kind of basis that was contrary to her cognition since she was a child.
A pile of knives at a palace banquet is one of them.
In Xiao Ruxue's opinion, isn't this a proper act or a behavior with a brain problem?
One knife is too much and you still put so many...
However, Xu Qing has seen the big world after all. There is no need to laugh at the differences in customs, cultural beliefs, and differences between ethnic groups.
We have our shortcomings, and others also have their advantages.
Even though their kings are indeed ruthless...
But while it's wrong to laugh at others, it's okay to show off and show off.
For example, when a foreigner is still busy eating with a knife and fork, we can calmly eat with chopsticks while taking out our mobile phone and swiping Douyin to relieve boredom...
Just when Xu Qing hadn't 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, the chopsticks are seven inches and four cents long, which represent the seven emotions and six desires of a person. Secondly, because the people in the Sitianjian think that the sky is round and the earth is round, so the circle represents the sky, and the square represents the earth. Chopsticks are used by people. Composed of 'heaven, earth and man', the art of war also emphasizes the right time, place and man, 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 on top? Isn't the heaven and the earth upside down?"
Xu Qing said: "Because food is the most important thing for the people."
Xiao Ruxue nodded half-understanding and said, "Is it really a round sky?"
Xu Qing just took a mouthful of noodles, and the chopsticks in his hand almost fell to the ground when he heard this sentence.
What did the little girl say?
Is it really a round sky?
Looking at the little girl's cute face with a little baby fat, Xu Qing couldn't help feeling a little excited.
Xu Qing looked at the little girl uncertainly and asked, "Xueer...what did you just say?"
The little girl said, "I just want to ask if the sky is really round?"
Xu Qing asked: "Why do you ask such a question?"
The little girl said: "Because I saw that the sun and the moon are round, why are we square? Don't Chang'e and Jade Rabbit feel unbalanced?"
Xu Qing: "Just because of this?"
The little girl continued: "Also, I went to play on the mountain with my father very early. When I stood on the top of the mountain and looked around, I felt that the ground was more and more curved as the distance went... I asked my father curiously. and Master, but they don’t know, they only know the roundness of the sky.”
Xu Qing asked: "Do you think your wife is also wrong?"
Xiao Ruxue shook her head and said, "I don't know, can you tell me? I believe you."