First of all, the first way, in ancient times, people who could afford pubs and restaurants were basically wealthy people. In this family, the most important thing is the servant. Therefore, when the owner of a house wants to eat food outside, Ding Can is used as a megaphone to transmit information. The owner can eat whatever he wants in that hotel. He just needs to tell Ding to order at the hotel, and then the hotel waiter will deliver the food.
The second kind is that the second waiter sent by the hotel restaurant asks questions in the courtyard where the guests live, or sells them in the areas where some rich people live. If someone wants to buy it, he will ask the second waiter to order. After the guest orders, the bartender returns to the restaurant to report the guest's order to the chef, who will deliver it to the guest's home.
In addition to these ordering methods, food delivery tools have always been curious. The tools for transporting grain and keeping warm in Song Dynasty were called food boxes, which were commonly used in ancient times. We can often see some food boxes in TV dramas. The food box is made of bamboo, and a ceramic plate is added in the middle to keep the food warm.
Now the social take-away industry is developed, but what people never expected was that there was also a food delivery service in the Song Dynasty. This little detail found in Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival does not make people feel how meticulous Zhang Zeduan, the author of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, observed the folk life in Song Dynasty, which provided great help for future generations to study the social climate at that time.