电视剧《红楼梦》有这么一个情节:在大观园里,凤姐拿鸽子蛋当做“小鸡蛋”哄骗刘姥姥,取笑说:“快吃吧!一两银子一个呢!”要知道,在清朝乾隆年间,一两银子可以买到100斤优质大米呢,一个小小的鸡蛋会有那么昂贵吗?仿佛纯粹是贵族奶奶拿穷人开心取乐。可是你知道吗?在作者曹雪芹写书的年代,居然还真有这样的事呢! The drama “Dream of Red Mansions” has such a plot: In the Grand View Garden, Xifeng take pigeon eggs as a “little egg” to deceive Liu grandmother, making fun of: “Eat it! One or two silver one!” "You know, Qianlong years, one or two silver can buy 100 pounds of high quality rice, a small egg will be so expensive? As if pure noble grandmother to take pleasure for the poor. But you know? In the author Cao Xueqin age of writing books, actually there really such a thing!