Chapter 255: Three Knocks
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Not a friend, don't do it!
Zhang Lao tasted the tea, but his vicissitudes of life but not cloudy eyes, stared at Li Qingming for a long time.
Then, he took out another teapot, poured tea, and poured a cup in front of Li Qingming.
"Please!" said Mr. Zhang.
Li Qingming was slightly stunned, and then understood.
"Please!" Li Qingming held the teacup in his right hand, put his left index finger on the tea seat, and gently knocked three times.
Zhang Lao's eyes flashed, and he picked up the teacup with a smile.
"Please!"
"Please!"
The two of them drank it all...
"Then Brother Li, I don't know when, I can eat your whole chicken feast?" asked Zhang Lao with a smile.
Li Qingming smiled.
"I'm waiting for Boss Zhang to come here in Jiangcheng! anytime, anywhere!" Li Qingming arched his hand, "The reason why I want to be in Jiangcheng instead of here is very simple, I can't make an authentic whole chicken banquet here, I can only make a defective product at most, and for a gourmet, a defective dish is undoubtedly the worst." So, I have my insistence!"
Li Qingming explained his previous insistence by the way.
"Okay, I'll go to Jiangcheng again in a week! By the way, I'll also see your food ambassador!" Zhang Lao said with a smile.
"Then I'm waiting for Brother Zhang's arrival!" Li Qingming got up.
"Mr. Qin, let's go!Brother Zhang, goodbye!" Li Qingming pulled up Qin Heluo.
"Elder Zhang, farewell!" Qin Heluo hurriedly said goodbye and left.
Zhang Lao nodded slightly and motioned for the housekeeper to send the two away.
Looking at the back of the two of them leaving, Zhang Lao's eyes were deep, and he recalled a lot of past events in his mind.
"Huh, thank you for today!" returned to the flying saucer, Qin Heluo thanked.
"Mr. Qin, I am the one who wants to say thank you and apologize. It's not because of me, and I won't cause these things to Mr. Qin!" Li Qingming said.
Qin Heluo let out a long breath.
"By the way, why do you insist so much on not making a whole chicken feast?" Qin Heluo raised his eyebrows slightly, "Don't say it, you won't do it!"
Li Qingming raised his hands.
"I really don't know how to do it!" Li Qingming smiled helplessly, "Although this is what I researched, this recipe was also written by me, and I also know the detailed process, I can even create another chef and let him learn how to feast on chicken in one day." But I won't!"
Qin Heluo looked incredulous.
"Quite simply, there are a few dishes, such as potato omelettes, that require a certain amount of skill. Otherwise, it can't be made, or rather, it's not delicious. And I lack the skills in this area, or knife skills!" Li Qingming said, "including the spoon, there are also skills." I'm rusty in this regard!"
Qin Heluo looked strange and thought for a long time.
"You can actually learn! Otherwise, you, an international chef, will be easily punctured!" Qin Heluo reminded.
"So, I'm now a food evangelist, not a chef. Li Qingming smiled, "I love food, but I really hate cooking." Before, it was to survive, so I had to do it. Now it's not for survival, so if I can't do it, why should I do it!"
Qin Heluo couldn't understand this line of thought. Isn't this the ability to eat? If you want to be exposed, then it will be troublesome. Suddenly, Qin Heluo understood why Li Qingming had to push Son Zhengyi to the forefront.
As long as Son does not defect, then Li Qingming will never need to show any cooking skills in front of people. Even if it's like today, he can stick to it. After all, his identity is here, he doesn't do it, and no one persecutes him.
However, this does not match normal logic. How can there be such a thing.
"I just want to be lazy. And, for me, researching food is far more rewarding than making one. Do you think it's important to have one more chef or one more food evangelist?" asked Li Qingming.
Qin Heluo thought about it for a long time, and reasoned to tell her that Li Qingming's words were right, but emotionally told her that this guy was purely cheating. But in the end, ideals triumph over sensibility.
"I see what you mean!Food Preacher, this is really good!" Qin Heluo nodded.
This guy is lazy and lazy for a reason.
"But don't mess around with the food ambassador this time. Since Elder Zhang is here, if he fools people, it will be really troublesome!" Qin Heluo reminded.
"I understand! Zhang Lao must have his intention in choosing such a time to come. So, let's just do our own thing!" Li Qingming nodded.
No matter what Zhang Lao wants to do, for Li Qingming, all he has to do is one thing, that is, to be himself. As for the food ambassador, Li Qingming really didn't fool people casually.
This, everything has its purpose. Regarding his identity as a food evangelist, Li Qingming did not bring it up in a hurry. During this time, Li Qingming has been thinking about what to do.
Eventually, I thought about being a food evangelist, and a food ambassador.
"By the way, when you just drank tea, what did it mean to knock a few times on the fingers of your left hand?" Qin Heluo asked.
Li Qingming smiled.
"There's an allusion to this!" Li Qingming said.
"According to legend, a long time ago, it is said that when Qianlong Weifu was on his southern tour, he went to a teahouse to drink tea, and the local prefect accidentally knew about this situation, and he had to escort him even if he tried his best, otherwise if something happened, be careful to eat. The prefect also served a little bit to prevent the future from happening. When I arrived at the teahouse, I sat down on the last seat opposite the emperor, and the emperor knew it, and he didn't expose it. The emperor is the lord, so he can't lift the teapot to pour tea for the prefect, the prefect is sincerely frightened, but it is not good to kneel on the ground immediately to thank the lord Longen, so he had an idea, bent his index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and knocked three times on the table, and the right to perform three kneels and nine knocks. It is human nature to drink tea and tea, and how do you know that you are the emperor of microservice, anyway, you respect me for tea, I knock so many times, and it doesn't take much effort, saving endless troubles. So this custom has been passed down. For the sake of simplicity, use the index finger to knock a few times to show respect for the owner. Li Qingming explained.
"As for Qianlong, he was an emperor who was known as the perfect old man in ancient times. Anyway, it's a very powerful person. Li Qingming added.
Qin Heluo nodded.
In this, there is also a bit of homophony. For example, "hand" is used instead of "head", and the two are homophonic, so that "kowtow" is replaced by "kowtow", and the three fingers are bent to mean "three kneels", and the fingers are lightly knocked nine times, which means "nine kowtows". Therefore, in China, there are still many places and Hong Kong (Macao) regions to perform this ceremony, whenever the host invites sugar to pour tea, the guests will kowtow to express their gratitude.
This is etiquette!
Those who always say that Huaxia is not as polite as Westerners can only say that they are lonely and uneducated! In fact, Huaxia has always been the most polite person in the world!