Dinner has been around since ancient times, and now, it has been given more meaning.

Chinese people pay the most attention to their meals, which no country in the world can match. From the arrangement of seats to the order of serving, from who moves the first chopsticks to when they can leave the table, there are clear regulations, which vividly interpret the concept of "state of etiquette".

In the Chinese dinner, the position in the middle of the inside should be given to the most distinguished people to sit, and the dishes are served in the order of cold first and then hot, first simple and then complex. When eating, you must wait for the person sitting in the middle to move the first chopstick, and then everyone can follow suit.

And Huaxia has always been no banquet without wine, and persuasion of wine is the most distinctive part of Chinese dinners. At the beginning of the meal, the host often has to say a few words, and then begins to persuade the wine. The host first drinks the wine in the cup, and the guests usually finish it too. In order to make the other party drink more, the toaster will find various reasons why he must drink, and if the toaster cannot find a reason to refute it, he must drink. Penalty is a unique way to toast, and there are various reasons for punishing wine, the most common of which may be to punish latecomers with three glasses.

After eating, people don't disperse right away, and often have to talk for a while to strengthen the relationship. After the person sitting in the middle revealed that he wanted to leave, the crowd could disperse.

In other countries, such as Japan, meals are usually held in the evening, and they are used to going to restaurants in groups after work. The atmosphere at the Japanese dinner is relatively casual and relaxed. They all pour each other drinks before eating, and their favorite drinks are beer, sake, whiskey, table wine, and shochu. After the first drink together, everyone can eat as much as they want. But guests can't eat with their bellies open, because the number of dishes is minimal.

Russians don't pay much attention to the quality and quantity of the food, as long as there is alcohol to drink. A sip of wine, a bite of bread, and a sip of cheese makes for a great meal. In some Russian restaurants, it is also common to see groups of people drinking around the table, which is the poor of Russia who set up a meal and have no money to buy food, and after taking a sip of wine, they put their greasy cuffs close to their noses and smell them, and they are entitled to eat food. Despite this, the atmosphere of the dinner was still warm and cheerful under the influence of alcohol.

As for other countries, it's different.

And today's dinner, in Li Lei's view, is a typical Chinese-style dinner.

Mu Wanqing and the old president of Ninghai University, as the two people with the highest status present, sat in the middle of the banquet, Li Lei and Tang Xin, as the juniors brought by Mu Wanqing, sat next to Mu Wanqing, as for the others, they could only accompany the last seat.

"Wanqing, who are these two children?" The old principal's hair is gray, as the treasure of Ninghai University, the old man's qualifications and seniority are there, even if the high-ranking officials in the province come, they must also respectfully call the old principal.

Mu Wanqing smiled slightly: "This is my daughter Tang Xin, that, her boyfriend." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Li Lei and Tang Xin: "Xinxin, Xiao Li, this is Grandpa Dong, and he is a person that your grandfather admires very much." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the old senior has an overreputation for me, too much reputation. Principal Dong hurriedly said.

It can be seen that he has great respect for Mu Wanqing's father, that is, Tang Xin's mysterious grandfather.

Tang Xin stood up obediently: "Hello Grandpa Dong." ”

"Good, good. The old man was obviously in a good mood, and looked at Tang Xin and smiled at Mu Wanqing: "This child, like your mother, is a beautiful embryo with your grandmother." ”

Obviously, he has a deep friendship with Mu Wanqing's family.

"Uncle Dong, you're really right, my dad said that Xinxin is very much like my mother when she was young. Mu Wanqing said with a smile.

Principal Dong's eyes looked at Tang Xin, looked at him carefully, nodded slightly, and lost his mind slightly, as if he was recalling something.

When he came back to his senses, he beckoned to Tang Xin: "Come, sit beside me." ”

As soon as the old man said this, a vice principal who was originally sitting next to him hurriedly gave Tang Xin a place, Tang Xin hesitated, looked at his mother, Mu Wanqing smiled: "Go, sit next to Grandpa Dong." ”

Tang Xin nodded, walked over to Principal Dong and sat down.

"Back then, your mother was a flower in our school, and many of us had a crush on her at that time, but she didn't mince words about all of us, and I even ran downstairs to read love poems. At the age of Old Man Dong, it was naturally time to speak unscrupulously, and he smiled at Mu Wanqing and recalled the events of the year: "As a result, when it was time to graduate, we learned that she had already gotten along with her seniors, hey, you don't know, how many people were sad and sad at that time, and they wanted to find the old seniors desperately......"

People always like to reminisce about the past when they are old, which may be the habit of every elderly person.

After recalling his youth for a long time, Old Man Dong noticed Li Lei and smiled: "Little guy, are you Tang Xin's boyfriend?"

Li Lei nodded honestly: "Hello principal." ”

"Which college?"

"Computers. ”

"Oh, not bad professional. How did you meet Shin Shin?"

"The two of us were classmates in high school, and we were in the same class in college. ”

"What a coincidence?"

It was like the old man next door, an old man and a young man, who started chatting there.

Mu Wanqing glanced at Li Lei in surprise, and the impression of Li Lei should be a young man full of sharpness, but in the face of Old Man Dong's nagging topic, this kid was able to chat with him patiently, which was a little unexpected.

"Hmm, Li Lei, this name is a little familiar. At this time, a vice principal muttered to himself.

"Really?"

The people around him asked strangely, "Why, have you heard of this student?"

The vice principal tilted his head and thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up: "I know who he is." ”

This sentence was a little louder, interrupting the conversation between the old principal and Li Lei, and the old man frowned: "Xiao Xu, what's the matter?"

The vice principal was nearly fifty years old, but he still wanted to be called Xiao Xu by the old man, but he was not satisfied at all, but said honestly and respectfully: "Principal, I remember where I heard Xiao Li's name." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and pointed at Li Lei: "Do you know him?"

Vice President Xu nodded: "If Xiao Li is a freshman in the School of Computer Science, I think I should know who he is." ”

"Really?"

"It's the tech company I told you last time that recruits interns within our school, and a few first-year students started their own businesses and started their own businesses. Vice President Xu was afraid that the old man wouldn't be able to remember, so he hurriedly said in more detail.

This time it was Mu Wanqing's turn to be surprised, when she heard Li Lei talk about entrepreneurship before, she actually didn't believe it in private, but Li Lei was very confident, in her eyes, maybe Li Lei's career was very successful, but it definitely didn't reach the point where she was surprised.

But looking at it now, it seems that Li Lei's career is doing quite well.

Old Man Dong was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and turned his head to look at Li Lei: "That Meituan takeaway, did you figure it out?"

Li Lei nodded: "It's just that when I was in the dormitory, I felt that it was inconvenient to eat, and then I thought about it for a while......"

"Hahahaha, what a cranky idea. The old man laughed: "You are cranky, but you have solved the troubles of many people, and also made many people have jobs." ”

For an old man of his age, sometimes it is very difficult to go downstairs to buy groceries and food, although there is a nanny, but after all, it is impossible to cover everything, and the launch of Meituan really makes the old man find that he has saved a lot of things.

Later, when he learned that it was the entrepreneurial idea of a student in his school, the old man was secretly happy for a long time, but he didn't expect to see Li Lei here today.

"By the way, why did you sell Meituan?" the old man asked Li Lei.

Li Lei honestly said his thoughts, and finally said: "I think that the future will definitely be the era of the Internet economy, so the company's development direction is still defined on the Internet." ”

The old man listened to his words, didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly asked Li Lei: "Do you think e-commerce is very promising?"

Li Lei nodded honestly: "In my opinion, the functions of mobile phones and computers will gradually be integrated, and perhaps one day, we will only look at the mobile phones in our hands more often, instead of sitting in front of the computer all day." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and everyone didn't expect that he would make such a bold guess.

Principal Dong laughed: "I hope that the day you said will come." ”

"Why?"

Li Lei was a little strange.

"Because if that day, you, a student from Ninghai University, can occupy your place in that era, at least, I can proudly say that you are trained by our school. The old headmaster laughed.

"Today I am proud of Ningda, and tomorrow Ningda will be proud of me. Tang Xinfu suddenly interjected on the side.

Everyone at the dinner table laughed, and I have to say that what she said was really appropriate.

With such an episode, the atmosphere at the dinner table was a lot more relaxed, and many school leaders took the initiative to ask Li Lei about the technology company, and even a few professors from Pearl Normal University chatted with Li Lei.

Anyway, since Mu Wanqing brought Li Lei and Tang Xin over, it must not only be for the children to have a meal with everyone, even if they are familiar, it will be much more convenient to deal with them in the future.

Huaxia is a society of personal affection, the so-called friendship is that you help me, I help you, this truth, Li Lei is very clear, and he is secretly grateful to Mu Wanqing in his heart.