Chapter 654: Kaiyangxun
Finally stepped into the cheese forest that I dreamed of, and there are two worlds inside and outside the door.
No matter who they were, Xiao Zhong, Li Li, and Kang Shude, they never expected that it would be so cold and windy outside, but the entrance hall of Qi Shilin would be as warm as spring.
I searched for the stove for a long time, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.
There are only a few sofas against the wall in the foyer, with a few customers waiting to be seated on them.
There are foreigners and Chinese, but they all wear fur cloaks or woolen coats on the outside and suits on the inside.
If compared with these people, Kang Shude and the others were dressed in long cotton robes and leather hats.
Although it cannot be said that they look poor, which makes them ashamed.
But it is also obviously incompatible with the atmosphere here, which inevitably makes them feel a little cramped.
Let's put it this way, even though the three of them came from the home of the richest man in the capital, they were used to the wealth and affluence at the gate of the Majia Garden mansion.
But when I got here, I suddenly became a country bumpkin.
After all, China and the West are very different.
Fortunately, they didn't allow them to retreat. As soon as they came in and took a few glances, the waiter took the registration book and asked questions.
"Excuse me, what are your surnames, gentlemen?"
As the host, Kang Shude answered on behalf of the three of them.
"Excuse me, my surname is Kang, this one's surname is Xiao, and that one's surname is Li."
But after answering, I felt quite strange.
Why do you ask us for our last names during dinner?
Could it be that Cheng Cheng was like Lao Yang who carried water in Wei Jia Hutong, thinking that Pan Renmei had harmed the Yang family and refused to serve the patron named Pan.
Some surnames are taboo here and we won’t accept them?
The waiter looked at the register for a long time and then asked another question.
“Have any of you made an appointment?”
None of the three young boys knew what an appointment was, and they looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
The waiter told them again, "We just booked a table in advance."
Kang Shude shook his head and said no.
Li Li was unwilling to have another incident, so he interrupted anxiously.
"We have come from the capital, hundreds of miles away. Do we need to make an appointment to come here specifically?"
However, the sign of the capital is of no use here.
The waiter remained calm and said calmly, "If you don't have a reservation, you guys have to sit on the sofa first and wait for a while. I'll invite you when there are empty seats."
Li Li was a little unwilling and wanted to say a few words.
Xiao Zhong quickly pulled him aside.
"I'm very polite, and I didn't say I wasn't allowed to eat, so just sit down. Don't make trouble."
After saying that, I sat down first, but my butt just sank. , fooling a guy, leaning back on his back.
This shocked Xiao Zhong.
"Oops", he quickly stood up.
Kang Shude saw it and quickly offered words of comfort.
"It's okay, the sofa is just like this. There are springs inside, making it comfortable to sit on. The sofa in our Mr. Song's east room is also like this."
But Xiao Zhong dared not sit on it again. , he was afraid that the sofa would collapse if he sat on it.
Li Li teased him for not being able to enjoy happiness, so he took his place and sat on it, trembling a few times.
Hehehe smiled.
However, his pride soon disappeared and he even blushed.
Because he found a young and beautiful White Russian woman sitting opposite him, looking at him intently.
The foreign woman has golden hair and blue eyes.
A furry mink coat wrapped her up, leaving only her snow-white neck exposed.
Wearing a skirt underneath, a pair of smooth calves are exposed in the skirt.
The slender feet were wearing glass silk stockings and high-heeled leather shoes.
This outfit is in sharp contrast to the old man's big cotton nest under Li Li's own thick cotton robe.
He couldn't help but sit up straight and put his clumsy feet under the sofa.
His embarrassment quickly made the woman laugh, and her eyes turned bluer when she looked at him.
As for Kang Shude and Xiao Zhong, no one paid much attention to the abnormal and subtle changes in Li Li.
Because both of their attention was already focused on the restaurant.
The small table is covered with a white tablecloth and has flowers in bottles.
Cane chairs with thick velvet cushions.
There are foreign paintings hanging on the wall, and a naked woman is lying on the velvet.
The floor is covered with carpet, which is thick and soft when you step on it.
The people eating were very civilized, talking quietly, and some were reading books or newspapers.
Almost all seats are full.
There are no bird cages, no chirping of grasshoppers, and no one punching loudly here.
There was only elegant music and waiters in black dresses walking around holding plates.
The little crotch moves forward and backward, making it look light and graceful.
The food served here is all "entrusted", unlike the waiters in the Chinese restaurants they are familiar with.
The behavior is different, and the impression given to people is also different. The people here have a novel elegance and education...
After a while, when the three of them They all felt hot.
My head, neck, and back were all covered in hot sweat, and I was about to take off my hat and scarf.
Unconsciously, all the customers in front of them have entered.
Finally it was the waiter's turn to usher them to their seats.
As a result, there was a misunderstanding just as they were seated, which foreshadowed that they must have an unusual meal.
After the waiter took the three of them to a seat by the window, according to the rules, they had to take away their hats and scarves and store them on their behalf.
But none of the three of them let go, for fear of losing it, so in the end they were the only waiters. However, they didn't know where to put it, and it didn't seem to be suitable anywhere. In the end, they made do with it, and it was all left to their own devices.
Only the pair of wrapped coral bonsais were placed on the extra chair.
The waiter did not squint his eyes and pretended not to see anything.
I just concentrated on pouring a glass of ice water and a hot towel roll in front of each of them.
Kang Shude, Xiao Zhong and Li Li didn't know what the ice-soaked liquid in the glass was, so they all picked it up and took a sip.
The reactions were all similar. They all closed their eyes, bared their teeth and put it on the table.
Especially Li Li, who didn't have any hot food in his stomach, even gave him a beating.
"Oh, it's so cold! Why do foreigners like to drink this? This is not a burning knife, but an ice knife!"
On the other hand, the hot hand towel was hot enough, which made them enjoy it very much. Very comfortable to wipe.
Xiao Zhong expressed his inner feelings on behalf of them.
“Oh, I didn’t expect foreigners to have learned the rules of our theaters and bathhouses. That’s not bad.”
It's still Li Li who doesn't know what is enough, which is too great a virtue.
After wiping his face and neck, he wiped his head and nose vigorously, not even touching his ears.
It was the same as in the theater and the bathhouse. When he finished wiping and put down the handle of the hand towel, the white hand towel had turned into dust.
The waiter then placed an exquisite hard-cover book on the table.
“This is MENU, what do you guys want to see?”
However, when the three of them opened it, they were stunned again. It was all in foreign languages.
They looked at each other for a long time but couldn't figure out why. They could only look at each other in confusion.
Kang Shude, who was treating guests, felt that it was no longer a problem, so he bit the bullet and asked the waiter.
“We can’t understand these foreign characters? Don’t you have a Chinese menu?”
I didn’t expect that there was one, and the waiter quickly brought one.
But he also said, "This menu is old, and the new one hasn't been made yet. The dishes are not complete, and the prices are a little different from now."
Don't be afraid of this, the key is to be able to understand it.
Kang Shude, Xiao Zhong and Li Li finally felt at ease.
But I never expected that when I opened the Chinese menu and looked again, it was clearly a Chinese character, and they all knew it.
I was still confused and confused, so for a long time I still couldn't order a single dish.
The waiter waited patiently, which made Xiao Zhong feel uncomfortable.
He couldn't help blurting out. "You don't sell rotten meat noodles here, do you?"
The waiter replied immediately.
“We have spaghetti bolognese, do you think that’s okay?”
Xiao Zhong didn’t expect that there would actually be spaghetti, so he nodded in agreement without stumbling.
Then I leaned back in the chair with a sense of relief.
Now, Kang Shude also found a way to order food. He simply followed his example and asked the waiter directly.
"Do you have any hot dishes with soup? The kind that can warm the stomach?"
The waiter nodded and said yes, reached out and turned the Chinese menu on the table to a page.
"These are all."
Kang Shude looked at the two big characters on the page, which said "Su Po".
He stretched out his finger and clicked on one at random.
Finally it was Li Li's turn. He was unwilling to ask the waiter and had to pretend to be an expert.
And this guy is very greedy. He dislikes the Chinese menu which is too thin and lacks all the dishes.
I picked up the menu with foreign characters and was confused.
I turned to a page and pointed to the two things at the top.
"It's him, I want these two".
The waiter immediately closed the book.
"Please wait a moment, the food will be here soon."
However, Li Li happened to think of something again and stopped the waiter who was about to leave.
"Wait, let me ask, do you have any foreign wine here?"
The waiter had to stop and respond.
"Yes, we have red and white wine, champagne, liqueur, brandy, whiskey, and vodka. Let me get you another wine list..."
Li Li Zheng happily wanted to agree, but his move made Xiao Zhong a little angry.
"What are you doing? You want me to do my best! You really don't feel bad about Xiaokang's treat! The problem is that we still have to do things? What are you drinking?"
This made Li Lideng lose his heart to be careful and quickly sent the waiter away.
"Ah, don't look at it. The cheapest one, just give me a glass of the cheapest foreign wine!"
Then he turned around and apologized to Xiao Zhong and Kang Shude.
"I'll just have one drink, one from the head office? Please, I've seen Mr. Sun drink those red and green foreign wines, and I've long wanted to have a taste. One drink won't hurt anything, right?"< br>
Faced with his playful and smiling character, Xiao Zhong was helpless.
Kang Shude even laughed it off.
But how do you say that?
Cleverness is misled by cleverness.
Sometimes, even God hates to see clever people taking advantage.
As soon as the food they ordered was served, it was time for Li Li to regret it.
(End of this chapter)