Chapter 19: Bai Yurou's Invitation
Bai Yurou looked at Li Ruoyu with a smile and said coquettishly: "Ruoyu, I really owe it to you today, otherwise my sister would have suffered a big loss." So, you must not be polite, you can order whatever you want. Of course, you haven't been to a Western restaurant yet, right? Today, I will learn from my sister how to eat this Western food. ”
Li Ruoyu thought that it would not be bad to have such a rich sister, after all, he was an only son at home, with neither brothers nor sisters, and only one cousin was not bad to him. Now there is another godsister, who seems to have money and status, and maybe she can use her strength in the future, but I don't know what the situation is in this sister's family.
So Li Ruoyu also let go: "Sister, don't be too expensive." The things here are expensive, I'm afraid that this meal will cost at least 1,000 yuan, which is equivalent to half a month's salary! ”
Bai Yurou said in surprise: "Ah, brother, your salary is not low!" Two thousand dollars a month is not something that can be obtained by ordinary work. You still say you're just a little technician, don't you? ”
Li Ruoyu smiled and said: "Sister, I am really a little technician, and I have only worked for less than a year. However, our unit efficiency is very good, so the income is relatively high. ”
Bai Yurou stared at Li Ruoyu without blinking and said, "Hey, Ruoyu, I remember that your co-workers said that you work in a construction company, right?" As far as I know, the salary in the construction company is higher than that of ordinary people, but it is not so high, your salary is higher than that of your brother-in-law. It's true to say, although your brother-in-law is a big cadre, he is not as high as the salary of a young man who has just worked as you! ”
This godsister is already married? Li Ruoyu was a little puzzled, because from the outside, this godsister seems to be only twenty-five or sixteen years old, although this may be younger than her actual age, but she is not dressed as a married woman now, the most important thing is that Li Ruoyu can see that this godsister seems to have a hint of girlish shyness, because he has found several times that the godsister blushes unconsciously when she looks at herself, this is definitely not the situation that a married woman should have, you must know that Li Ruoyu's soul is a middle-aged man who has been sophisticated, Naturally, I won't look away at these.
Li Ruoyu said suspiciously: "Sister, it turns out that you are already married!" I thought you were single! I think you're twenty-five years old at most, why did you get married? ”
Bai Yurou blushed again, because Li Ruoyu suddenly poked at her secret, and absolutely no one knew about that matter, including her family. But when she heard her godbrother say that she looked young, her confidence returned: "Hehe, how can my sister be as young as you say, my sister is now 28 years old, and she has long become a yellow-faced woman." Your brother-in-law is a government official, a few years older than me, and you will know when you see him later. ”
While they were talking, the waiter brought all the dishes Bai Yurou had ordered, as well as a bottle of red wine that seemed to be expensive. After the waiter put these dishes away, he said to the two of them with a professional smile: "Mr. and Miss, please use it slowly!" Please call me if you need anything! With that, the waiter withdrew.
Bai Yurou said softly to Li Ruoyu: "Brother, you haven't eaten Western food yet, watch your sister show you, you can learn to draw a scoop with a gourd." ”
After speaking, Bai Yurou skillfully picked up the knife and fork on the plate, held the knife in one hand and the fork in the other, and elegantly cut a small piece of beef on the medium-rare steak with a knife, and then gently forked it with a fork, and then gently put it to her mouth, and ate the small piece of beef gently in her mouth.
Bai Yurou said while eating: "Ruoyu, follow my sister's example." ”
Li Ruoyu actually ate a lot of Western food in his previous life, but now he can only pretend to be clumsy, otherwise it would be bad for Bai Yurou to see something. I saw that he picked up the knife and fork on the plate, but he cut a large piece of beef on the steak, and then put it in his mouth and chewed it, making a chewing sound.
When Bai Yurou saw Li Ruoyu like this, she couldn't hold back any longer, and covered her mouth and laughed.
Li Ruoyu looked at Bai Yurou suspiciously: "Sister, what are you laughing at?" Am I doing something wrong? ”
Bai Yurou smiled up and down, the flowers and branches trembled, and her stomach hurt from laughter, she had to hold her stomach down and laugh at the same time: "Ruoyu, this Western food is not eaten like this!" Eating Western food pays special attention to the atmosphere and movements, for example, you should hold the knife and fork gently, the action should be elegant, you can think of it as an artistic performance, and then when eating, you can't cut a large piece like you, you have to cut it one by one, you can't make a sound when eating, and at the same time you have to smile. That's what a gentleman should be, but you can't blame it, you'll learn it a few more times. ”
Bai Yurou's smile was even more beautiful, and Li Ruoyu was dazzled for a while, but fortunately, Bai Yurou didn't notice it. So Li Ruoyu cut a small piece of steak according to Bai Yurou's appearance just now, put it in his mouth and ate it. Bai Yurou nodded and said, "Yes, that's it!" But the movements should be as elegant as possible! ”
Bai Yurou opened the bottle of 1986 Bordeaux red wine again, then gently poured two goblets, and said to Li Ruoyu as she poured: "I always feel sorry for eating Western food without drinking a glass of red wine, tasting red wine without chewing some meat--either I have failed the deliciousness, or I have neglected the wine." Red wine with Western food is the best pairing, both in terms of form and taste. In the West, wine tasting was seen as an elegant and delicate taste, and the appreciation of red wine was even more elegant for the aristocracy. Wine tasting can be divided into 5 basic steps: looking, shaking, smelling, tasting and aftertaste. Ruoyu, you should learn all of this. ”
Li Ruoyu scratched his cheeks and said, "Sister, is there so much attention to drinking red wine?" It's really different from us Chinese drinking liquor. We all eat meat and drink wine in big bowls, and when we enter this Western restaurant, we know exactly how to start. ”
Bai Yurou put a glass of poured red wine in front of Li Ruoyu, and then said with a smile: "Wine tasting starts with the eyes, because the appearance of red wine is an important indicator of its health, quality characteristics and brewing process. You see how I do it, and then I follow along. Holding the base of the glass, shake the wine in the glass so that the wine hangs on the wall of the glass. Shaking will release the esters, ethers and acetaldehyde in the wine, so that the oxygen can fully integrate with the red wine, and the unique aroma of the red wine will be released to the greatest extent, so that the taster can judge the quality and characteristics of the wine according to the aroma of the wine. Shake the glass horizontally from the side of the glass to see how fast the wine flows evenly down the wall. The thicker the wine, the slower it flows, and the better the quality of the wine. ”
Bai Yurou said while shaking the red wine in the goblet.
Li Ruoyu had to follow Bai Yurou's elegant movements, but his movements were not so beautiful, and Bai Yurou was also amused.
When the wine was almost shaking, Bai Yurou smiled and said, "Ruoyu, the next thing is to smell the wine." It is best to take a breath of fresh air before smelling wine, then hold the foot of the glass, tilt the glass 45 degrees, and dip the tip of your nose into the glass to smell the original smell of the wine. Sniff it a few times, not long and deep breaths. Remember that you are an elegant gentleman, understand? ”
Li Ruoyu nodded and said, "Okay, I'm a gentleman!" However, Li Ruoyu's movements don't look like a gentleman, he is wearing a coarse cloth tunic for a few yuan, and his hairstyle is also an ordinary parted head, and he has no gentlemanly temperament at all.
Bai Yurou said again: "Don't eat sweet food before tasting red wine, otherwise it will have a sour, bitter, and astringent feeling." Wine tasting is something that is done with the taste buds. Remember, spread the wine all around your mouth, on the sides of your tongue, on the back of your tongue, on the tip of your tongue, and down to the base of your throat. At this moment, you can quietly experience the wonderful aroma, taste and characteristics of the wine, harmonious, mellow, sweet, delicate, full, continuous and pure...... Really good wine is mellow and flawless, and it is very memorable. Well, this 1986 Bordeaux wine is quite authentic! Ruoyu, take a good taste! ”
Although the price of this red wine is expensive, Li Ruoyu still prefers Chinese baijiu, such as Wuliangye and Moutai, and in his previous life he only went to Western restaurants to drink some red wine when he was social.
Both of them took a sip of red wine one after another, and Li Ruoyu said curiously: "Sister, what do you do?" How do you know so much Western food etiquette? ”
Bai Yurou said with a smile: "Ruoyu, my sister opened a foreign trade company and did some import and export business, so there are more opportunities to deal with foreigners, if you don't learn this, how to do foreigners' business?" ”
Li Ruoyu nodded and said, "No wonder! My sister even eats Western food very elegantly, it turns out that she is the boss of a big business! ”
Bai Yurou gently held her cheeks with one hand, stared at Li Ruoyu without blinking a pair of beautiful eyes, and said, "Ruoyu, why don't you quit your job and come to help your sister?" Although your job is good, you also have a salary of 2,000 yuan a month, which can be regarded as the highest salary in Shanghai. However, if you come to my sister, I will give you double the guaranteed salary, plus commissions and dividends, and 100,200,000 yuan will not be a problem in a year. What do you think? ”
If you change to ordinary people, you will definitely be excited, after all, earning 100,000 200,000 a year is something that ordinary people can't think of in the early nineties. But Li Ruoyu still wants to start his own business and make a career in the field where he used to work, if he is now invested in Bai Yurou's company, it will be inconvenient. As for the capital for starting a business, he obtained it from the stock market, and he knew very well which stocks would rise sharply, and as long as the historical development of this world did not change significantly, it would be easy for him to increase the amount of money invested in the stock market many times.