Chapter 170: Doing as the Locals Approach
Seeing that El was full of juice in his mouth, his face was frightened and he protected his portion of medicinal food in his arms, chewing slowly on the side, showing his true ladylike nature, and couldn't help laughing anymore.
"Ah Zi, just like him, said that he was from France. In my opinion, it's almost as if it was a starving ghost reincarnated. Laughing.
Habitually touching his nose, in a coquettish smile, Wei Zi pursed his lips and said, "I remember that when someone first ate the medicinal food I made, it seemed to be similar to a starving ghost. β
As soon as Wei Zi said this, he watched Er Jiao laugh non-stop, his face turned slightly red, and he unconsciously recalled the embarrassing scene when he took the medicinal diet for the first time.
"You also said that I am always thinking about the medicinal food you made. You say, what should I do if I can't eat the medicinal food you made in the future? "Angry.
Ga!
Hearing this, Wei Zi was suddenly depressed. What do you call this? The reason why I used the incomparably precious biological energy in the system to cook medicinal food was because my physical fitness was too poor at that time. I never thought about it, but now it has become my own reason. Look at that, it's clear to say: Miss Ben has relied on you for this life.
Habitually touching his nose, Wei Zi's face was depressed, and he was even more wronged than Dou E, who made the snow fly in June.
As for this, when he said this, he didn't have any ideas, he didn't mean anything, he was just arguing with Wei Zi. No, after seeing the embarrassed and ambiguous expression on Wei Zi's face, he was shocked by what he had just said. It's so humiliating.
"Well, you eat first!" His eyes wandered, his face was hot, and he didn't dare to look directly at Wei Zi, so he said with great embarrassment.
Looking at the shyness when he left, Wei Zi touched his nose by himself, and showed helplessness about the ambiguous relationship between himself and him. It's just that. At present, it is impossible to break this ambiguity.
"Forget it! Let's take it one step at a time! Maybe. When I saw someone better than me that day, my attention was not here! Wei Zi sighed in his heart.
El sat on the side, greedily chewing on the medicinal food in his bowl. While looking at Wei Zi and the two of them like a curious baby. After leaving, when Wei Zi sat down again, Er said to Wei Zi in an astonishing voice: "Wei, you also said that Miss and you are just ordinary friends, from her eyes, I can see that she must love you very much." β
Ga!
Wei Zi, who had just sat down, had not yet sat down with his buttocks, and heard El say this. I was shocked, my feet were unstable, and I sat on the ground with my ass.
"El, what are you talking nonsense? What to love and not to love? Love, can it be said casually? It's just you Frenchmen. It's okay to talk about love all day long. Do you know what love is? Standing up from the ground, Wei Zi severely criticized El, a French friend, with a stern expression.
Regarding Wei Zi's harsh criticism, Er tilted his head to the side in disagreement, and muttered in a low voice: "I really don't understand you Chinese people, obviously I love it very much." But he didn't admit it, it's a pity that the young lady has a deep affection. β
El muttered in a low voice, Wei Zi could naturally hear it; The love in his eyes, Wei Zi could naturally feel it. However, there are some things that can only be summed up in a classic sentence: that is, fate is not participatory.
Thinking of the resentful eyes when he left, Wei Zi sighed in his heart, and suddenly involuntarily turned his gaze to Er beside him.
"It's all you, gringo, nothing to mention love, love! It's really nothing to look for! Wei Zi muttered to himself in his heart. β¦,
Er, who does bad things with good intentions, how can he know the pain in Wei Zi's heart. After publishing his opinion, El's attention turned back to the medicinal food in his hand. Probably because he was afraid that Wei Zi would really come to snatch the medicinal food in his hand, at this moment, Er used the only eating utensils and spoon in his hand that he was familiar with after all, and stuffed the little medicinal food left in the bowl, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, into his mouth.
After all the medicinal food went into his belly, Er had been on high vigilance in his heart at this moment, and then let it go.
As the master, it is said that at this time, Wei Zi should get up, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and clean up the battlefield. If you follow the French habit, Wei Zi should also serve something like dessert at this time.
What Wei Zi didn't expect was that when he got up and was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Er, who had just filled his stomach and leaned on the sofa to close his eyes and recuperate, jumped up all of a sudden as if he had been stepped on his tail.
I saw him, picked up the bowl he used to hold medicinal food, and in Wei Zi's stunned gaze, he stretched out his tongue, and he didn't care about his usual elegant image, and added the little soup left in the bowl clean.
"Good guy, this is too ruthless!" Wei Zi said secretly.
Wei Zi, who hadn't seen this action for a long time, looked at El with a look of surprise, until he put down the bowl in his hand with satisfaction, Wei Zi said: "Ear, after watching your eating action just now, I really doubt that you are a member of the Givenchy family." β
In Wei Zi's heart, Er, who quickly rose to become a foodie, changed his usual elegant image, and even took out a toothpick from the dining table by himself, and said to Wei Zi very professionally while picking his teeth: "Wei, this is your mistake." You can't doubt my identity because of what I eat. You know, we French people are food lovers, just like you Chinese. Besides, who made your medicinal diet so delicious? I am also the ...... of your temptation."
Hearing Er say this, Wei Zi's face, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but tremble.
"What do you mean by my fault? What do you mean I make so delicious? What do you call me tempted? Is it wrong to make it delicious? It's really crooked, crooked. β
couldn't help but glance at Er, who was making excuses for what he had just done, Wei Zi said: "Er, you are also from a big family, and your French cuisine is also one of the three famous dishes in the world, with your identity." What kind of delicacies have you never eaten, and if you want to say that my medicinal diet is well done, you don't need to do it! It's too detrimental to your identity. β
Er, who was immersed in the delicious medicinal food, picked his teeth gracefully, not realizing that his actions were inappropriate, and he didn't listen to Wei Zi's words, so he realized that he was not only looking at this Erlang's legs in front of Wei Zi. I didn't even wipe a mouthful of soup.
Thinking of this, El looked violently, as if he had thought of something. Suddenly, he sat up straight with a nervous expression. I saw Er look at Wei Zi with his brown eyes and a very strange expression, and muttered, "It's all because of this mouth." It's all to blame for this mouth! β
Seeing that Er, who was still very happy just now, was like this at this moment, Wei Zi couldn't help but ask curiously: "Er, what are you doing here?" β
Hearing Wei Zi shouting to himself, his expression instantly changed to embarrassment and uneasiness, and he looked at Wei Zi, and then said, "Wei, do you know that kind of person I look down on in my heart?" β
Wei Zi's words just now were actually just casual, not deliberate. There is more of a taste of ridicule among them. Unexpectedly, after listening to his words, El suddenly became focused, and then Wei Zi asked, "What kind of person?" β
"In my mind, the thing I look down on the most is that kind of rudeness. A person who is very unelegant and ungentlemanly in public. El said. β¦,
I thought that El would say things like: I despise the little white face who lives on women, or the opportunists who have no real skills and can only speculate. Unexpectedly, the person he looked down on the most in Er's heart was a person who behaved rudely, behaved very ungracefully, and was very unromantic.
Still, this kind of person. Not to mention El, I'm afraid that in the whole of France, there should be no one who can afford it. After all, the French are witty, romantic by nature, eloquent and talkative.
Think of how terrible it would be for a person who behaves rudely and doesn't know what romance is to suddenly appear at a banquet full of laughter, or in an elegant restaurant.
"Well, I hate people like that, too." Wei Zi nodded, and responded without thinking about it.
Wei Zi's response can be described as decent. After all, this kind of person is annoying to anyone.
However, after listening to Wei Zi's words, a trace of embarrassment flashed in his focused eyes. I only heard him say very regretfully: "But Wei, I didn't control my appetite just now, I showed great strength, and my actions were too rude." I γγγ that I actually becameγγγ became the kind of person I looked down on the most in my heart. β
Karma!
Hearing Er say this, Wei Zi was stunned on the spot. Speaking of which, El was actually haunted by the fact that he had just licked the plate.
It's just, is this called a thing? Lick the plate, just lick the plate! Who hasn't done this! Why bother?
"El, actually, don't put this matter on you. In the eyes of our Chinese people, this move of yours is called taking the lead, not rudeness. Actually, I'm glad that you can eat the medicinal food I made cleanly. Wei Zi laughed and comforted.
"However, I am not from you Chinese, I am French. We French people are proud of ourselves, and I am deeply ashamed of my rude behavior just now. "Eldau.
Obviously, although Wei Zi's explanation is very reasonable and reasonable. But, as El said, the French have their own pride, their own persistence, and as a Frenchman, El should defend this pride, this persistence.
Of course, this can be seen from the fact that France rejected the English language and maintained its national identity.
Seeing Er like this, while feeling funny, Wei Zi couldn't help but admire Er, and admired the good people behind Er who has an area of about 550,000 square kilometers and a population of only 63.8 million, but as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, he has veto power in the United Nations Security Council.
Different from the snatching of food just now, regardless of his image, Elle's expression was very embarrassed and painful at this moment, and it was obvious that he was proud of his rude behavior in the aftermath and deeply regretted his rude behavior just now.
"Er, we have such a story in Huaxia, called following the local customs, I don't know if you have heard of it?" Looking at Er who secretly confessed and refused to forgive himself, Wei Zi put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, sat on the sofa, and said to El.
Like most French romances, Eyre, who behaved rudely because he did not control his appetite, temporarily let go of his inner insecurity, embarrassment and remorse. Hearing that Wei Zi was going to tell a story, he put away his rather miserable expression at the moment and asked, "Follow the customs?" What's the way the locals do it? β
"Doing as the people do is, which means that when you come to a place (or a place else), you should follow the customs of that place. Of course, following the local customs can also be understood as adapting to the environment. Wei Zi explained.
After explaining the literal meaning of following the local customs. Wei Zi continued: "This allusion to following the customs of the locals comes from an ancient book in our Chinese country, which is called "The Six Degrees of Collection". The story is that once upon a time. There is a place where people are naked. ββ¦,
"What bare this body? People there don't all have a habit of nudity! "Curious baby El, who instantly entered the story. Hearing that there was such a place, he hurriedly asked curiously.
"Where do you people have this fetish? I think that when I started human civilization in China, you Gallic roosters didn't know where to drink blood? Wei Zi couldn't help but say in his heart.
Although Wei Zi thought so in his heart, he said: "Listen to the story, listen to the story, where do you have so many words?" If you want to interject again, I won't talk about it. β
As curious as Baby El is curious about such a place where his body is exposed all day, it's clear that he's looking forward to the story below. No, listen to what Wei Zi said. El hurriedly said that he would no longer interject and only listen to the story.
After having El's assurance, Wei Zi continued: "Such a place is called "Naked Township". Once, two brothers went to the naked country to do business. The younger brother said, "Those who are very good have enough food and clothing; And the little one with ford. There is a shortage of food and clothing. Today we came to the naked township, where there is no etiquette, and the people here do not know etiquette, and it is a relatively backward place. It's definitely going to be difficult for us to communicate with them when we go here. So, we should follow the local customs. Follow each other's rules when advancing and retreating. When dealing with them, be soft in your mind and humble in your language. Only by hiding the foolish can this trip be in vain. But his brother said, "Etiquette is indispensable." How can I renounce our rituals just because they are naked? β
At this point in the story, Wei Zi glanced at Er and asked, "Do you think you should follow your brother's plan?" Or do you come according to your brother? β
"Of course it's my brother's!" El didn't think about it, and directly gave his own answer.
Regarding El's answer, Wei Zi was not surprised at all. After all, for hundreds of years, Western countries like France have been like this, imposing everything on others according to their own liking, completely ignoring whether others like it or not. Even now, these Western countries still refuse to give up and try to impose their own values, world view, and democratic outlook on others. Not to mention how sinister their intentions are, the mere fact that they don't consider others is debatable.
Therefore, after listening to Er's answer, Wei Zi just smiled and did not judge, but continued to speak: "This younger brother said: We don't care about them, we don't demand them with our etiquette, this doesn't destroy our etiquette and morality." Even though they are naked, as long as we are right in our hearts, there is nothing. It's like gold coated with a layer of copper. Besides, our aim is to pick up left with them, so these are only our expedient measures. You better go in with me! β
Er, who obviously entered the story, subconsciously asked, "What did my brother say?" Will he go in with his brother? β
This time, Wei Zi didn't say anything about Er's interjection, but continued to speak: "My brother said to my younger brother: You should go first and take a look, and then come back and tell me the specific situation." There was no way, so the younger brother had to promise his brother and went to this place called Naked Township alone. Ten days later, the younger brother returned and told him that in order to stay in this place, he had to follow the local customs. β
At this point in the story, Wei Zi said to Er again: "What do you think my brother will do? β
"What to do? These are uncivilized barbarians, of course, who have been educated with their own rites! After all, so naked, it's almost the same as a savage. El replied directly.
Wei Zi was noncommittal about Eyre's answer, but continued with a smile: "This elder brother was furious after listening to his younger brother's words, and scolded: Beast! This is still like a human being! You have to follow their customs, which I don't do. So the younger brother returned to the naked country, where he followed the customs and mingled with the locals. The king there was very fond of him, and the people respected him very much. The king bought his goods at a high price. And my brother also came to the naked country by car. But he insisted on adhering to etiquette and religion, accusing the locals of being wrong here, not working there, and going against the will of the people. The king was very angry, and the people hated him very much. Someone also robbed him of his goods and drove her out of the naked country. ββ¦,
At this point in the story, Wei Zi's words changed. looked at Er, who was still immersed in the story and was a little unconscious, and said, "You say, why do the two brothers have two different endings?" β
Wei Zi asked. No matter how stupid El is, from the story told by Wei Zi, he can hear a little bit of meaning.
But. It's one thing to know, it's another thing to change. As a French Ren, France's pride and persistence still make El feel a little uncomfortable.
Wei Zi saw this clearly, and only heard him say at the moment: "Er, in fact, you don't need to feel embarrassed and upset about your behavior just now. It seems to me that your behavior just now was not rude, but just a normal reaction because you liked my medicinal food too much. Why? Just because. At the moment you are not in France, but in China, in my home. Then, you should follow our Chinese etiquette and follow our Chinese customs. As the story goes. Only by following our Chinese etiquette can you integrate into our Chinese culture. This is the same when you have a meal, and the same is true when you start a company in the future. β
Seeing that Er was still silent, Wei Zi continued: "To give a very simple example, this is like us Huaxia people. I went to your French restaurant and couldn't talk loudly. If you make a loud noise, it will be considered very rude. β
Seeing Wei Zi say this, Er nodded subconsciously.
Seeing Er nodding, Wei Zi continued: "Actually, in our Huaxia, when eating, talking loudly and laughing heartily will not be considered rude, but everyone will think that it is a sign of happiness. So why can't we do that when we go to your French restaurant? The reason is simple, each has its own customs. β
At this point, it can't be more thorough. No, Er, who looked embarrassed, secretly glanced at Wei Zi. When he didn't find the slightest fake expression on Wei Zi's face, he let out a long breath. At the same time, the embarrassment, uneasiness, and remorse on El's face were slightly reduced.
"Wei, I'm not rude when I say that." Elle paused and asked cautiously.
"Hehe, El, how can this be called a faux pas? To tell you the truth, I once went to visit my fellow students, and I ate all the food they had prepared. Wei Zi recalled with a smile.
"What? Eaten up? Hearing Wei Zi say this, Elton's eyes widened. You know, it's very, very rude to be a guest in France.
"Yes! Eat it up! That's it, I haven't eaten yet. Later, my classmate's mother ordered me a little noodles so that I could eat enough. You say, how ashamed I am! But in the eyes of my classmates and his mother, they wouldn't think I was rude like that. Wei Zi smiled and told the embarrassing things about how he had been a guest at Hou Bing's house.
To be honest, at this moment, listening to Wei Zi say this, Er is a little envious of Wei Zi in his heart, envious that Wei Zi can act recklessly, and there is no need to be bound by those so-called etiquette. You know, in France, when eating, there are many special things, when to serve that dish, what kind of wine to drink, and how much to drink, there are all restrictions.
"How? Are you still feeling uneasy and embarrassed by what you just did? Wei Zi looked at Er with a sincere face and said with a smile.
When Wei Zi said this, the uneasiness, embarrassment and regret in Er's heart were suddenly eliminated a little. However, as the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, it is indeed difficult for El to change his concept overnight.
With an embarrassed face, like a child who had done something wrong, he touched his head with his right hand, smiled innocently, and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a surge of air between his two strands.
This air current, coming quickly and quickly, is quite uncontrollable, and has a tendency to break through the floodgates. At that moment, El felt another wave of embarrassment in his heart, and was about to walk towards the bathroom. But who knows, it doesn't matter if he moves, the double muscles that have been clamped tightly just now loosened, but only a "porphyry" sound was heard, and an extremely loud fart sounded.
"Oh God! Why fart at this time? El exclaimed in his heart. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )