National Tide 1980.

Chapter 654
Finally stepped into the dream of Qishilin, 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, and that the hall of Qishilin was as warm as spring.

I searched for the stove with my eyes for a long time, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

There are only a few sofas against the wall in the foyer, on which are a few customers waiting to be seated.

There are foreigners as well as Chinese, but they are all fur coats or woolen coats, and they are dressed in rich and noble suits.

Take Kang Shude and the others in their long cotton robes and fur hats, if you compare them with these people.

Although it can't be said to look poor, it makes them ashamed.

But it was also clearly not in harmony with the atmosphere here, which inevitably made them feel a little cramped by comparison.

Let's put it this way, even though the three of them came from the home of the richest man in the capital, they are used to seeing the richness of the Ma's garden mansion.

But when I got here, I suddenly became a bumpkin.
After all, China and the West are very different.

Fortunately, they were not allowed to back off, so as soon as they came in and looked around, the waiter took the register and asked questions.

"Excuse me, what are the surnames of the gentlemen?"

As a guest host, Kang Shude answered on behalf of the three of them.

"Miangui, my surname is Kang, this one is Xiao, and that one is Li."

But after answering, I was also quite strange.

Why did you ask us our last names when we were eating?
Could it be that, like Lao Yang, who carried water in Wei Jia's alley, he thought that Pan Renmei had harmed the whole family of Yang's family, and refused to serve the client surnamed Pan.

Some surnames are taboo here, so they are not accepted?
The waiter looked at the registration book for a long time, and then asked again.

"Have any of you made an appointment?"

None of the three hairy boys knew what an appointment was, and they stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

The waiter told them again, "It's just that the table was booked in advance."

Kang Shude shook his head and said no.

Li Li didn't want to have another accident, so he interrupted anxiously.

"We came from the capital city, hundreds of miles away, and we came here specially, do we still need to make an appointment?"

However, the signboard of the capital is useless here.

The waiter remained calm and said calmly, "If you don't have an appointment, you have to sit on the sofa first and wait for a while. I will invite you when there are vacant seats."

Li Li was a little reconciled, and wanted to say a few words.

Xiao Zhong hurriedly pulled him aside.

"He's very polite, and he didn't say no to eating, so just sit down. Don't make trouble."

After speaking, he took the lead in sitting down on his buttocks, but he didn't expect his buttocks to sink, and he flicked a guy and leaned back on his back.

This startled Xiao Zhong.

"Oops", he quickly stood up.

When Kang Shude saw it, he hurriedly spoke out to comfort him.

"It's okay, the sofa is like this. There are springs inside, so it's comfortable to sit on. The sofa in Mr. Song's east room is also like this."

But Xiao Zhong didn't dare to sit down anymore, he was afraid that the sofa would collapse by himself.

Li Li made fun of him for not being able to enjoy life, so he took his place, sat on it, and trembled a few times.

Hehe smiled.

However, his complacency soon disappeared, and he even blushed.

Because he found a young and beautiful white Russian woman sitting across from him, staring at him intently.

The foreign woman has golden hair and blue eyes.

She was wrapped in a furry mink coat, with only her snow-white neck exposed.

She was wearing a skirt underneath, revealing a pair of smooth calves.

Glass silk socks and high-heeled leather shoes were worn on her slender feet.

This outfit was in stark contrast to the old man's big cotton nest under Li Li's own heavy cotton robe.

He couldn't help sitting up straight, and shrank his clumsy feet under the sofa.

His embarrassment quickly made the woman laugh, and her eyes turned bluer when she saw him.

As for Kang Shude and Xiao Zhong, no one paid much attention to the abnormal and subtle changes in Li Li.

Because the two of them have already focused their attention on the restaurant.

A small table, covered with a clean white tablecloth, with flowers in vases.

A rattan chair with a thick velvet cushion.

There are foreign paintings hanging on the wall, and a fine-looking woman is lying on the flannelette.

The floor is covered with carpet, which is thick and soft when stepped on.

Those who eat are very civilized, talking in low voices, and some are reading books and newspapers.

Almost all seats are full.

There are no bird cages, no grasshoppers chirping, and no one punching loudly here.

There was only elegant music and waiters in black dresses walking around carrying trays.

The little crotch gave and gave away, looking light and graceful.

The dishes served here are all "entrusted", not "served" like the waiters in the Chinese restaurant they are familiar with.

The behavior is different, the impression is different, and the people here have a novel elegance and breeding in them...

After a while like this, when the three of them felt hot.

His head, neck, and back were all sweating, and he was just about to take off his hat and scarf.

Before they knew it, the guests in front of them had already entered.

Finally it was the waiter's turn to guide them to their seats.

As a result, there was a misunderstanding when they were seated, which foreshadowed that they must have had an extraordinary meal.

After the affectionate 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 for storage.

But none of the three of them let go, for fear of losing it, and in the end they were the only waiters.

However, they didn't know where to put them. It seemed inappropriate to put them anywhere, so they put them all under their own feet in the end.

Only put the pair of coral bonsai wrapped in bundles on the extra chair.

The waiter didn't look sideways, as if he didn't see it.

He only concentrated on pouring a glass of ice water and hot towel rolls in front of each of them.

Kang Shude, Xiao Zhong, and Li Li didn't know what the ice-filled liquid in the glass was, so they all picked it up and took a sip.

The reactions were similar, they all closed their eyes, bared their teeth and put them on the table.

Especially Li Li, who didn't have any hot food in his stomach, even gave him a slap.

"Hey, it's really cool! Why do foreigners like to drink this? This is not a burning knife, but an ice knife!"

But the hot towel was hot enough for them to enjoy and wipe it comfortably.

Xiao Zhong expressed his inner feelings on behalf of them.

"Oh, I didn't expect foreigners to learn the rules of our theater and bathhouse. This is not bad."

It's still Li Li, who doesn't know what to say when enough is enough, that's a great virtue.

After wiping his face and neck, he wiped his head and nose vigorously, not even pulling off the roots of his ears.

It was like going into a theater and a bathhouse. When he finished wiping and put down the towel, the white towel had turned gray.

At this moment, the waiter placed another exquisite hardcover book on the table.

"This is the MENU, what do you guys want to see?"

However, the three of them were dumbfounded when they opened it. They were all in foreign languages.

They looked at it for a long time and couldn't see why, they could only look at each other in blank dismay.

Kang Shuode, who was entertaining the guests, felt that something was wrong, so he bit the bullet and asked the waiter.

"We can't understand these foreign characters? You don't have a Chinese menu?"

Unexpectedly, there was one, and the waiter quickly brought one.

But I also said, "This menu is old, and the new one has not been made yet. The dishes are not complete, and the prices are somewhat different from now."

This is not to be afraid of, the key is to be able to understand it.

Kang Shude, Xiao Zhong and Li Li finally felt relieved.

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 am still dizzy and confused, so I still can't order a dish for a long time.

The waiter waited patiently, which made Xiao Zhong feel inappropriate.

He couldn't help blurting it out. "You don't sell rotten meat noodles here, do you?"

The waiter replied immediately.

"We have spaghetti bolognese, would you like that?"

Xiao Zhong didn't expect that he really had a face, so he nodded in agreement without stuttering.

Then lean back in the chair with a sense of relief.

As a result, Kang Shude also found a way to order food, so he simply followed suit and asked the waiter directly.

"Do you have hot dishes with soup here? The kind that can warm the stomach?"

The waiter nodded and said yes, and stretched out his hand to turn a page of the Chinese menu on the table.

"all these are."

Kang Shude looked at the two large characters on the page, which said "Su Po".

He stretched out his hand and clicked on one at random.

Finally, it was Li Li's turn. He didn't want to ask the waiter, but pretended to be an expert.

And this kid is still very greedy, a bit disgusted that the Chinese menu is too thin and the dishes are not complete.

He actually picked up the menu in foreign characters and was stunned.

When I turned a page, I pointed to the top two things.

"It's him, I want these two".

The waiter immediately closed the book.

"Everyone, please wait a moment, the food will be here soon."

However, Li Li just remembered something again, and stopped the waiter who was about to leave.

"Wait, let me ask, do you have 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 bring you another wine list..."

Li Lizheng happily wanted to agree, but it might as well make Xiao Zhong a little angry with his actions.

"Why? You want everything! Xiaokang treats you, you really don't feel bad! The problem is that we still have to work? What kind of wine do you drink?"

This made Li Lideng lose the desire to be selective, 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 his head and apologized to Xiao Zhong and Kang Shude.

"I'll just have a drink, a glass of the head office, right? Please, I've seen Young Master Sun drinking those red, green and green foreign wines, and I've long wanted to taste it. A glass won't be a waste of time, right?"

Faced with his playful and smiling face, Xiao Zhong was helpless.

Kang Shude laughed it off.

But how do you say that?

Smart is mistaken by smart.

Sometimes, even the gods don't like to play tricks to take advantage.

As soon as the food they ordered was on the table, it was time for Li Li to regret it.

(End of this chapter)