Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 298
"Elbow, I found that you are really annoying." Chi Xueli looked at Zhou Zhi angrily: "Where did you know this stuff?"

Now Zhou Zhi told these as a joke, making Chi Xueli and Jiang Shuyi laugh straight away.It made Chi Xueli unable to pick him up.

The food came out quickly, and Chi Xueli deliberately didn't take the knife and fork first, just to see Zhou Zhi's jokes.

As a result, Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi put on the napkins by themselves, 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 Xueli was very angry: "You... how can you do this?"

"Really?" Knowing the relationship between Chi Xueli and Zhou Zhi, and knowing that the siblings like to play tricks on each other, Jiang Shuyi's perception of Chi Xueli is not as sensitive as that of her brother and sister-in-law, so she kindly reminded: "Not only can Zhou Zhi know how to eat, he can even cook western food. Sister Chi, be careful of him...pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger."

"Really?" Chi Xueli was taken aback: "Who did Shu Yi learn from?"

"I don't know." Jiang Shuyi reported honestly: "But he made us sandwiches, and then taught 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 placed it over the steak, and spun some black and white fine powder from it.

"What is this?" Chi Xueli felt like she was about to become a bumpkin at this time, because she had been here a few times and always thought it was a weird accessory.

"Pepper and salt shaker." Zhou Zhi said flatly, "There are black pepper and coarse salt in it. Foreigners don't eat as carefully as we do."

After speaking, he smiled at Jiang Shuyi: "May I?"

Jiang Shuyi withdrew her small hand holding the knife and fork slightly, and smiled at Zhou Zhi: "Thanks for all your trouble today, Sir."

"Then I want it too." Chi Xueli said, "Tell me, elbow, how can you 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 worry, the book "Western Etiquette" doesn't talk about pepper shakers."

"But there are in the movie, they are all interlinked."

"Why are you interested in these things?"

"Not interested, just looking around."

Chi Xueli felt that Zhou Zhi was pretending again, and raised her little nose: "I don't believe it."

"Just like what I said just now that the steak is cooked, talking about Western etiquette here is completely ignorant of Western etiquette. Chinese people are pretending to be experts. In fact, it is not necessary at all. Everyone can do whatever they want." Zhou Zhi sneered at this set of rules.

"Isn't China a country of etiquette? Why do you say that again?"

"It's very simple, because this is a casual meal. If you eat a casual meal with formal Western etiquette, it's like we spend a weekend with New Year's etiquette. It's too cumbersome, too formal, and it brings a kind of discomfort to the guests. A faux pas."

"Let me just give an example. A Western-style meal should at least include an appetizer, a main course and a dessert. The appetizer will be served with champagne, and the champagne is also used in the speech before the meal; the main course is generally divided into white meat and red meat. It will be paired with white wine, and red meat will be paired with red wine, and correspondingly, the knives, forks and spoons that go with 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 the table will be cleaned before each dish is served."

"But Sister Chi, look at our table. First, there is no wine, and second, the corresponding tableware is not complete, and our order is relatively simple, and there is no waiter to serve."

"So this is simply eating a steak, a simple meal for foreigners, which is equivalent to going to Qingshiqiao, ordering a bowl of fat rice rolls and a pot helmet to make up for it. How can there be so much courtesy?"

Chi Xueli was happy: "So that's the case? I said that I have been here several times, watching foreigners eat, and it is different from what the teacher who trained us said."

"That's right." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Unless you are going to meet the queen, there will naturally be someone in charge of teaching you. You can eat as you please."

"For example, do we have a lot of rules in Chinese food, but who ever abides by them in real friends' gatherings and daily life? The principles are the same in the world."

"Many people who seem to be polite, actually regard etiquette as a symbol of superiority and self-promotion, and regard it as a manifestation of distinguishing themselves from others and being superior to others."

"What is this called? Thousands of years ago, it was said in the "Shang Shu·Yao Dian" that it is called 'Quiet words are indiscriminate, but respectful and respectful'. Do wrong, hide rape and hide evil."

"Do they really understand etiquette? After the Song Dynasty, they made a serious mistake of upgrading etiquette to etiquette, ignoring the essence of etiquette. And doing so is precisely the most ignorant of etiquette."

(End of this chapter)