Chapter 299 Authenticity
“I find you are really annoying, elbow.” Chi Xueli looked at Zhou Zhi angrily: “Where did you know this stuff?”
Now Zhou Zhi tells these things as jokes, making Chi Xueli and Jiang Shuyi laugh. It made Chi Xueli even want to find fault with him.
The food came quickly. Chi Xueli deliberately didn't take the knife and fork first, just to see Zhou Zhi's joke.
As a result, Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi put on their napkins, and Zhou Zhi picked up the knife and fork: "Sister Chi is stingy, so I will be the master of this meal. I will pay the bill later, please."
Chi Xueliang was very angry: "You...how can you do this?"
"Is this really the case?" Because he knew the relationship between Chi Xueliang and Zhou Zhi, and knew that the siblings liked to prank each other, Jiang Shu Yi's impression of Chi Xueli was not as sensitive as that of her brother and sister-in-law, and she kindly reminded: "Not only can Zhou Zhi eat, he can even cook Western food. Sister Chi, be careful with him... he pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger."
"Really?" Chi Xueli was shocked: "Who did Shuyi learn this from?"
"I don't know." Jiang Shuyi reported honestly: "But he made us sandwiches, and then Teach us to eat fried eggs with a knife and fork.”
At this time, Zhou Zhi had already picked up a wooden bottle on the table, turned it upside down and rotated it above the steak, sprinkling some black and white fine powder from it.
"What is this?" Chi Xueli felt like she was about to become a country bumpkin at this time, because she had been here several times and always thought it was a weird jewelry.
"Pepper and salt shaker." Zhou Zhi said lightly: "It contains black peppercorns and coarse salt granules. Foreigners are not as meticulous in eating as us."
After speaking, he smiled at Jiang Shuyi : "MayI?"
Jiang Shuyi held a knife and fork His little hand retreated slightly, and he smiled at Zhou Zhi: "Thanks for all your trouble today, Sir."
"Then I want it too." Chi Xueli said: "I said, why do you know how to play this?"
"Xinhua Bookstore has a tutorial, "Western Etiquette."" Zhou Zhi said, "But I find it strange that Xinhua Bookstore doesn't have a book called "Oriental Etiquette.""
"Don't make trouble, "Western Etiquette" There is no mention of pepper in the Etiquette book. Bottle."
"But there are them in the movie, they are all the same."
"Why are you interested in these?" "I'm not interested, I just watched them in passing. ”
Chi Xueli felt that Zhou Zhi was pretending again, and twitched her little nose: "I don't believe it." Chinese people are pretending to be experts in etiquette, but there is no need for it at all. Everyone can just do as they please." Zhou Zhi scoffed at this set of rules.
“Isn’t China a country of etiquette? Why do you say that again?”
“It’s simple, because this is just a casual meal. If you eat a casual meal with Western formal etiquette, It's like we use New Year's etiquette to spend a weekend. It's too cumbersome, too formal, and brings discomfort to the guests. In fact, it is a kind of disrespect. ”
“Let me give you an example casually. A Western-style dinner should at least include appetizers, main dishes and desserts. The appetizers will be paired with champagne, and champagne is also used in the toast before the meal; the main dishes are usually divided into White meat and red meat, white meat will be paired with white wine, and red meat will be paired with red wine. Correspondingly, the knives, forks and spoons that accompany these dishes are different. ”
"There are even various requirements such as clothing, sitting posture, and use of napkins. Each table will be assigned a waiter who will be responsible for refilling the wine and cleaning the table before each dish."
"But Sister Chi , look at our table, first of all there is no wine, and secondly the corresponding tableware is not provided, and our ordering is relatively simple, and there is no dedicated waiter to serve."
"So this is simple. Eat a steak, a simple meal for foreigners, quite So we went to Qingshiqiao and ordered a bowl of rice rolls and a pot helmet to make up for the meal. How could there be so many etiquette?”
Chi Xueli was amused: “Is that so? Several times, I watched foreigners eating Food is different from what the teacher who trained us said."
"That's right." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Unless you are going to see the queen, there will naturally be someone responsible for teaching you. You can eat as you please. OK.”
"For example, we have a lot of rules for Chinese food, but who has ever followed them when gathering with friends or in daily life? The principles are the same everywhere."
"Many people who seem to be polite, In fact, etiquette is regarded as a symbol of superiority and self-esteem, and is used as a manifestation of distinguishing oneself from others and being superior to others. "
"What is this called? "Yao Code" As mentioned in the book, this is called "quiet words but disrespectful behavior", which means speaking skillfully but acting erratically, appearing to be respectful, but in fact being disrespectful, speaking duplicitously and doing evil, hiding evil. "
" Do they really understand etiquette? After the Song Dynasty, people made the serious mistake of upgrading etiquette to etiquette and ignoring the true nature of etiquette. This is precisely the worst sign of ignorance of etiquette."
(End of this chapter)