Chapter 588: The Life of Ordinary People in Huaxia

"Other than that, there are some other things, but given Baifeng's character, he probably won't talk about them. Even if he does, we'll have to pay some price for it. So, we must observe and learn with our own hearts; we'll learn as much as we can. Do you understand?"

The few of them nodded repeatedly. They each had their own areas of expertise. Like Qingyun and Jinyun, although they mainly focused on observing the weather, they couldn't possibly stare at the moon and stars all day long; they certainly still had to do other things. Architecture was their true strength.

Leizu, on the other hand, wanted to find a way to figure out the secret of Huaxia Silk. She was very puzzled by the fact that Huaxia had silkworms. Because of Huaxia, she was even forced to change the name of the Heavenly Worm to silkworm; it was mainly because it was indeed much smoother to say.

Afterwards, everyone talked about some of the special things they had felt today, such as the toilets. The Xuanyuan Tribe had already built many toilets, but the tribesmen's acceptance was not very high. There were not many people willing to go to the toilets to defecate or urinate; the main reason was that they still had to queue, and plus, the time the Xuanyuan Tribe had been implementing it was still too short, so they hadn't felt any special changes yet.

But once they compared it, they could immediately see the difference. The entire Huaxia City was clean and tidy, with no unusual odors. They also hardly saw many toilets. They had been puzzled before, but now they realized that every household's courtyard had a toilet for their own use, which even looked very clean and tidy.

Take their own courtyard for example; the toilet was built more sturdily than the houses of their Xuanyuan Tribe. The inside was cleaned very thoroughly, and there was a small table next to it with leaves and wooden chips on it. According to the Slave, this was used to wipe their bottoms.

Of course, not all of Huaxia was like this. Like Baifeng's family, they all used paper to wipe their bottoms. Huaxia's paper production was very high, and there were papers of different qualities. High-quality paper was used for writing, while paper made from bamboo was used for wiping bottoms. However, not everyone could use it; because of the cost, grass paper was still restricted to the upper-middle class.

As for why they didn't provide paper when hosting guests, it was because Baifeng had to maintain the value of paper. After all, the connection was not that deep yet, so the value of paper had to be maintained to prevent the Xuanyuan Tribe from triggering a cultural explosion.

Even in the future, the price of writing paper would not be much lower. Grass paper could be low-priced because it couldn't be written on, but it was still impossible to spread it on a large scale in the Xuanyuan Tribe.

Besides the toilets, another thing that shocked them was the water. By pulling out the plug of the bamboo pipe, water would flow out automatically. Xuanyuan once asked where this water came from, but the Slave could not say anything other than that the water came from the river.

Xuanyuan truly felt the convenience of the lives of the Huaxia people. He urgently wanted the people of his own tribe to live such a life, but now he felt that the gap was truly too large; it could not be built in a day or two. He didn't know how long it would take to catch up with Huaxia. And the only advantages they had when facing Huaxia were their larger population and territory size. Therefore, Xuanyuan decided that he could only build a good relationship with Huaxia first and must never resort to force.

After discussing for a long time, Xuanyuan felt there were no loopholes, so he let everyone return to their rooms to rest. At this moment, when he looked at the Oil Lamp again, he found that there was still plenty of oil, which showed the durability of this oil.

Early the next morning, the Slaves knocked on their doors one by one to wake them up, then guided them to wash with water. They even prepared things for brushing teeth: willow branches with the ends smashed into fibers, and tooth powder made from a mixture of salt and fine charcoal. It was even processed and scented with peppermint, which left the members of the Xuanyuan Tribe at a loss for a moment.

Under the introduction of the Slave, it was said that this kind of tooth powder could keep teeth clean, and even when one got old, it could ensure that their teeth would not be too bad.

Xuanyuan tentatively asked how this tooth powder was made. The Slave did not evade it and said straight out that it was salt and charcoal powder, which was not difficult to make. Because the tooth powder for these Slaves was basically made by themselves, it was something with no cost; only those with fragrance had value.

Xuanyuan tried using it. After rinsing his mouth with water, he indeed found that the sticky feeling in his mouth was gone, and it was much more refreshing. Only then did he feel that he had obtained another good thing on this trip, which could be promoted in the Xuanyuan Tribe in the future. They had their own salt mines and were not short of salt.

Afterwards, the Slaves invited them to dine in the living room. This courtyard had no dining room; only the living room was the largest and suitable for group dining.

Breakfast was white porridge with boiled eggs. Huaxia was not short of eggs; every household raised chickens, and there was also a large-scale chicken farm, which was enough to supply eggs. Although the chickens now took several days, or even more than ten days, to lay an egg, and it was still a long way from one egg a day, the egg production capacity was still surprisingly large.

Xuanyuan saw the boiled eggs but was not shocked. In their eyes, they were just bird eggs. Every day when they went out hunting, they could always find many. However, being able to boil them for them to eat showed that they were still valued.

Plus, the food given to them last night was roasted meat, so even though they were given a bowl of white porridge in the morning, Xuanyuan did not feel slighted.

The Slave also explained: "Our King said that in the morning one should eat light, at noon one should eat until full, and in the evening one should eat well. So all of us in Huaxia basically have white porridge with eggs in the morning. It is not that we look down on you all; the food at noon and in the evening is still very sumptuous."

Xuanyuan drank the porridge with a wooden spoon and did not pay much attention to it, just gave a soft "hmm" in response. After all, these people's status was that of a Slave, and a Slave of Huaxia was still a Slave. He didn't need to show any respect; not beating or scolding them was enough. After all, he had to give face to Baifeng, the master.

However, Zhishou, who was slowly drinking his porridge, heard the Slave's words, put down his spoon, and asked in a slightly surprised tone: "All of you in Huaxia eat this every morning?"

The Slave didn't feel anything was wrong, but still added: "It's the ordinary people. Slaves like us and the poor naturally cannot eat it. We can only eat porridge made of mixed grains."

This was not the point Zhishou was concerned about. He continued to ask: "Do the ordinary people also include this bird egg for breakfast?"

The Slave answered truthfully: "Yes, this is a chicken egg, an egg laid by a kind of large bird we raise here."

Zhishou was suddenly lost in thought. Xuanyuan and the others also seemed to have heard something incredible; the speed of their hands suddenly slowed down, or they were staring at the egg they were peeling, or they were distracted by the eggshells on the table.

The Slave did not think there was anything inappropriate about his words. They had been trained and knew what could be said and what could not. Everything about food could be said, so they did not understand why the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe had such a reaction, and completely forgot about the life they had lived before. In the year or so they had been in Huaxia, they had already come to take these things for granted.