Chapter 182 The History of RiceSeeing the confused expressions on Chief Butler Wu and the students around him, Kagawa felt helpless and didn't know where to start. She now really wants to have a Doraemon time machine so that she can travel back to the time when she first started entering agricultural data and ask who it was who did not record the correct way to eat grains? However, it is true that Kagawa wronged the scholars of the time. The organization responsible for entering various books and documents into the cloud network at that time believed that cooking would never disappear from the DNA of people all over the world, otherwise the most popular historical relics unearthed would not be the grains and utensils eaten by the ancient humans at that time. But they never expected a dark virus crisis, a disaster comparable to the great floods in myths of various countries, which caused mankind to lose almost all historical data. During the Dark Virus Crisis, in order to isolate themselves from the virus, people basically lived in air-raid shelters or basements, and ate solid and liquid foods for a long time. At that time, human life expectancy had not reached its current level, so generation after generation died while avoiding the virus. As newborns grow, the first things they chew are solid and liquid foods. When the crisis was over and people began to rebuild their damaged fleets, they had already forgotten how to cook the ingredients. Therefore, the scholars of that time really shouldn’t be blamed for this. Xiangchuan scratched his head and asked another question: "Don't we usually say meals, breakfast, dinner, etc.? Have you ever thought about the original meaning of the word 'rice'?"
After hearing these words, Manager Wu and some of the other students' eyes brightened instantly: There really is a story behind this! Kagawa wanted to pick up her water cup and take a sip of the fruit milk, but it was empty. She then remembered that her water cup and the vacuum-packed fruit milk were sent to their residence along with the luggage, so she had to pick up the soup bowl and take a sip of the delicious mushroom chicken soup to moisten her throat. "According to ancient documents, the history of mankind is the history of eating grains. When ancient archaeologists were investigating ancient civilizations, the first thing they found was fossilized grains and utensils that survived with the grains. The word 'rice' in ancient times meant cooked food made from grains, and usually 'rice' refers to rice. However, not only rice, but wheat can also be made into barley rice through the same process, and it has a different flavor from rice." "Rice is a high-yield crop and a fine grain that is easily digestible, so it is very popular in populous countries. Other grains, such as wheat and corn, are widely used as staple foods in other continents because they are durable and easy to process. In our current metaphor, continents are other fleets, right?" "Rice itself has a light taste, but because it is a fine grain, it is easily affected by other dishes and seasonings after being steamed. In addition, it is a carbohydrate that can fill the stomach, so most of the time people choose it as their first choice to fill the stomach. At the same time, because of this characteristic of rice, ancient people would more or less consider whether other dishes can be paired with rice when cooking..." "What are you guys doing here?" Aino's voice interrupted Kagawa's endless rice speech. When she turned around, she saw Ino holding a lunch box in each hand. Her eyes lit up instantly and she forgot what she had just said. He is not active in doing things and has problems with his thinking. Ino chose the right moment to put the lunch box in front of her, and then felt a series of piercing gazes. As soon as he looked up, he saw Chief Butler Wu and the employee of the staple crops department who had been "hanging out" around their dining table for a long time staring at him with murderous eyes. What happened? Ino looked at Ouyang Yating and Nancy in confusion. Ouyang Yating raised her eyebrows, Nancy shrugged, and the two smiled in tacit understanding without saying anything. Kagawa had just introduced the history of staple food in the ancient world, and she had also mentioned a crop that was not listed as a staple food: corn. This meant that Kagawa's remarks were very likely to change the distribution pattern of staple food crops in the future. Ino had "just in time" brought her food and interrupted her. Not only was the Agriculture Bureau and the Staple Food Crop Department beating their chests and stamping their feet, but the History Research Institute was also probably having trouble sleeping. Fortunately, even someone as slow as Xiangchuan noticed the resentful look that Wu was giving Eno, and naturally understood what he was resentful about. He smiled and said, "That's roughly all the theoretical knowledge I know, and the rest is just the simple cooking methods of rice and corn. I'll sort out the records I can collect and send them to you. I can't understand those complicated things, but I think they will be of some use to Wu and everyone in the staple crops department." As soon as these words came out, Ino felt like needles pricking his body and the sight instantly disappeared. Chief Butler Wu and members of the staple crops department were all smiling like Sichuan opera face-changing, saying one after another, "Kagawa-san, just give it as you think fit," and "How can this be so embarrassing," while operating their personal terminals to exchange contact information without any pause, for fear of being interrupted again. The commotion lasted for five minutes before the area around Kagawa's table finally returned to (superficial) calm. Xiangchuan looked around and found that Liang Gong was missing, so he asked, "Aino, where is Liang Gong? Didn't he eat with you?" Ai Nuo pointed with chopsticks to the dining area of the animal husbandry department not far away and said, "When he came back, he was called over by his mother. I guess his lunch box is being divided up now." So miserable! Everyone couldn't help but light a candle for Liang Gong.
"Why don't we ask their leader to copy the kitchen AI data here to the kitchen AIs of other departments' cafeterias tonight? That kid is still growing, how pitiful..." Kagawa frowned and shook his head, then ate a large piece of eggplant with heartache. Foodie Qiu Manman rolled her eyes and asked, "Xiangchuan, are we still eating this tonight?" at night? Kagawa blinked his eyes and thought while chewing his food. It was not easy to get to eat this white rice. Even if she ate the same thing every night, no one would refuse it, whether she was the leader of "getting bored with the old and liking the new" or the modern people who had lived the same way for hundreds of years. But after Qiu Manman said this, Xiangchuan had some new ideas in his mind. "That's right, Manman. Now that we're here, we must make something different." Xiangchuan snorted, "Hey, rice is not the only way to eat it!" As soon as Xiangchuan finished speaking, she felt that her thoughts were broadened instantly. If she hadn't been reluctant to give up the rice that she had finally eaten, she would have planned to rush out of the cafeteria to discuss something with the butler Wu who had just left. At this time, Kagawa was very glad that he had just been semi-forced by Chief Wu to exchange contact information. The others at the table exchanged glances: tonight's dinner was settled.