Chapter 130: Winter Replenishment
On Sunday, the business of Pace West Restaurant was booming, and Li Guolou came in with two fake foreign girls, which immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. He saw Yelia Wood sitting by the window drinking tea, and hurriedly raised his top hat.
"Mike!" "Uncle Mac!" There was someone next to him called Li Guolou.
Du Xianyu took the whole family to dinner, the big and small wife, the little wife is an English woman, named Rowling. Li Guolou knew that Rowling was a low-level poor British woman who was born as a maid, and the staple food in the past was only bread, and butter was also an inferior workshop product. His father was an Arsenal miner, and his daughter Rowling was a Du, and the whole family lived in a bungalow in London, England, and became city dwellers. Now Rowling is following Du to pretend to be a noblewoman, also a Christian without a marriage contract.
and Du Yingying, Du Yingying, a twelve-year-old daughter, was also calling Li Guolou, and stretched out her little hand to let Li Guolou kiss her.
Li Guolou can't refuse, etiquette still has to be talked about. He said hello to Du Xianyu and the whole family, and said with a thief: "Big guy Du, the good news will tell you later, I have a fire in my backyard now, and I am going to put out the fire." I'll come to you later, and a few other brothers who are playing here, tell them to come together, and Master Bao is willing to get on the boat. After speaking, he blinked his eyes and told Du Xianyu that good things were coming.
Du Xianyu shouted: "Mike, don't lie to my daughter, what do you wink at her, isn't it enough for two?" How many do you want? He was a little dissatisfied, his daughter was a person who stretched out her hand to kiss her, and her little hands were expensive. How to let Li Guolou take advantage, he wants his daughter to find a purebred British son-in-law.
Li Guolou smiled awkwardly and said, "Goodbye Yingying!" Come to Baozhi Room for dinner during the Spring Festival. โ
Du Yingying's voice did not change, and said sweetly: "Uncle Mack, your two girlfriends are so strange, can't they walk?" โ
Li Guolou was confused, shook his head and said: "I know don't tell you, they are turtles and rarely wear leather shoes." โ
Du Xianyu's family showed a sneering look, they are noble Britons, and Li Guolou is not on the same level as them.
Yelia Wood came up and gave Li Guolou a problem, she was filthy and despicable and deliberately made things difficult for Li Guolou, choosing a table that was not a round table, but a row of four-seaters by the window, two pairs of high-backed sofa seats sitting opposite each other. How did Li Guolou sit down?
Li Guolou hesitated a little and took a few steps to sit next to Yelia, and said hurriedly: "Xiaofang, second grandmother, you can sit." Let me introduce you to ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท first."
After the ceremony, Yelia took out two beautifully packaged small boxes, smiled and said in Chinese with a big tongue: "Two ladies, this is my meeting gift, please accept it if you don't pay respect." โ
Li Guolou hurriedly said: "Xiaofang, you can't open it here, it's very rude." โ
I lamented in my heart, the turtle is the turtle, and the two grandmothers ran to the foreigner's Western restaurant to lose face, it was a shame for him.
Xie Xiuzhu has seen a big scene, from the discomfort of entering the door, she recovered after a while, and she can talk to Yelia about the scene, what kind of weather, the dirty and messy streets, the clothes are so beautiful, and the skin is so white.
Li Guolou ordered food for the two grandmothers in a gentlemanly manner, this burden could not be picked by themselves, he knew what the two grandmothers liked to eat, and there should be no problem in eating Western food.
Yelia Wood read the recipe and ordered her own food, with a haughty look mixed with a few words of French, so that the waiter would know that she was a superior class, and that she drank only French wine.
Li Guolou solemnly told Yelia that Chen Xiangfang opposite was the heir of the court dishes of the Qing Empire, many times more advanced than the dishes here. As for Xie Xiuzhu, she is even more proficient, a first-class courtesan, and she is a woman who sells her art but not her body.
The etiquette of eating Western food Chen Xiangfang will know, Xie Xiuzhu will learn it, and it will not make Li Guolou ugly. Everyone whispered softly, on the surface, it was like a gathering between friends, but it was very conspicuous that there was only one man and three women in the entire restaurant, Li Guolou.
Finally recognized Li Guolou and Yelia as the prom prince and princess of the British Guild Hall, some foreigners took the initiative to come forward to say hello, and some foreigners proposed to toast to the prom prince and princess, and then the foreigners in the entire Western restaurant raised their glasses and blessed them both loudly, "Chase Chess!" โ
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Two grandmothers, I didn't lie to you, Yelia will fight for me to save face, and I will take you two to dance in the future." โ
Xie Xiuzhu smiled and nodded, agreeing to dance a Western pas de deux in the future. Chen Xiangfang shook her head and refused, unless she was killed, she would never dance with foreign devils for the rest of her life.
The friendly and peaceful atmosphere continued, with three ladies toasting. Li Guolou translated Chinese for a while, English for a while, and his thigh was touched a few times by Yelia, and he twisted a few black green pieces. However, judging from his expression, he smiled as always, which did not make the two grandmothers feel that they were ruthlessly abandoned.
Du Xianyu came to toast Li Guolou with a goblet, Li Guolou hurriedly stood up, wanting to introduce Yelia, but he didn't expect the two of them to know each other, so he came to an intimate veneer ceremony in public. Du Xianyu also spoke French to Yelia and left Li Guolou aside.
The other four fake foreign devil friends of Li Guolou saw the opportunity, and hurriedly held a wine glass to meet the French beauty, and a veneer salute made Li Guolou stare dryly, and the two grandmothers smiled.
Du Xianyu patted Li Guolou on the shoulder before leaving, and said: "The future is terrifying, I will tell all the old stories later, and I am not allowed to hide my secrets." โ
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Mr. Du, the long-sleeved dance is an example for me to learn, please come to the Baozhi room for next week's activities, it is rare to listen to oriental music." โ
Du Xianyu said: "Give you face, then go and invite the singer of Jiaofeng Lou to help the fun, I want to see the foreign language of Oiran Sai Jinhua." โ
Li Guolou smiled sneakily and said, "Mr. Du, if you don't go to the hall of elegance, you will be shocked." โ
Du Xianyu squeezed his eyes and said, "Mike, is it rare to understand?" Is Sai Jinhua introduced? โ
Li Guolou nodded affirmatively and gave Du Xianyu a reassurance.
Li Guolou sat down again, and Xie Xiuzhu sighed and said, "Sister Xiaofang, I now know why Master Bao took Xiaolou to the British Guild Hall." โ
Chen Xiangfang is wondering how to make puff biscuits? casually said, "Why?" โ
Xie Xiuzhu ignored Li Guolou's pleading look and said, "Xiaolou is the role of pimping, can't you see it?" He only talks about his heroic side, and the other side for you to discover for yourself. โ
Yelia snorted out laughing and said, "Little by little, the foreshadowing errand was well done. โ
Chen Xiangfang took a piece of puff biscuit and said with a smile: "A little cream is more flavorful, Xiaolou can be literate and martial, so the three of us can enjoy it together." Mrs. Yelia, you have to save some use, Xiaolou is languishing today, and even laughing is so ugly. โ
Yelia understood and said, "Don't worry, two ladies, I'll bring Mike back flawlessly." Today I have seen your shop, I only looked outside at the Bao Zhi Room, and I also bought a set of dishes and gave them away. They returned the gift and gave me three boxes of ginseng, and I gave you two combinations just now. High-end goods fifty taels of silver a piece of Korean old ginseng, rarely seen outside. This box of deer antler velvet was asked for me to give it to Mike in person. โ
After speaking, Yelia picked up a bag from the side of her feet and handed it to Li Guolou, the meaning was a little ambiguous, everyone made up for the body together, made up for the body in winter, and went up the mountain to fight the tiger.
Li Guolou is holding this box of deer antlers, his hands are hot, his face is feverish, he has become a thief who collects stolen goods, how can he catch thieves in the future? Now that the thieves are guaranteed to be transferred, will Yesenia's theft gang leave Jingshi? Where will this theft gang be prepared for so long? Jumbo Xuan escaped, who will be the next unlucky ghost? All kinds of doubts made Li Guolou unpleasant to eat, and felt that Bordeaux red wine had a bitter taste. The cycle of cause and effect repeats, and all the evil consequences will one day be tasted by him.
Xie Xiuzhu said: "Hey, it seems that Xiaolou is still very popular, and there are no alternates for Mrs. Yelia to post it." The French are so generous that even the substitutes are willing to give them to their lovers. โ
Elijah let out a long sigh, her eyes moistened, and she began to cry and cry that she no longer had the image of a noblewoman. This made Li Guolou who was next to him embarrassed, he said well, he ate well, he was just joking with each other, why did Yelia ignore his image and act in front of so many people, where did he put him.
Li Guolou could only take out a handkerchief to wipe Yelia's tears, and his hand was patting Yelia's back, so that she had something to say and not to lose his face.
As friends, the two grandmothers can only take advantage of the situation to persuade Yelia, everything is easy to discuss, to get together and disperse, aren't French women very open? What is there to cry about? The past is over, and it refuses to become yesterday's calendar, only three catches and one walk to share a road.
Yelia said angrily, "Mike, you're a cat crying mouse and fake compassion, it's not because of you. At noon Robinson came, and I turned my face with him, and he spoke unpleasantly, and I threw back the key to the bungalow in a moment of anger, and now I and the two servants had to make our home here, do you say that this kind of place is inhabited by people? After speaking, Yelia looked at Xie Xiuzhu with a pleading look, she knew that Li Guolou was living in Xie Xiuzhu's house, and if Xie Xiuzhu spoke, she could move in to the Wei Mansion early.
Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "Lady Yelia, are you in too much of a hurry, we just met." Besides, I don't have a flush toilet at home, you won't get used to it. โ
Yelia said, "Oh, that's a new question, I didn't think of it. But the second grandmother, you are good, you are willing to take in the eldest grandmother, and you can also accept me as a junior. I'll go back and make tea for your two grandmothers. โ
Xie Xiuzhu asked, "Lady Yelia, can't you live without Mike?" โ
Yelia glanced at her and said, "Two grandmothers, aren't you all the same, can't you wait?" Ugly daughters-in-law inevitably see in-laws, I am a Frenchman and I also want to try the life of the Qing people. โ
The meaning is obvious, that is, there is an essential difference between her and the two grandmothers, she has the right to choose, she can come and go as she wants, and the junior is just a name. It won't be long before Li Guolou can't be sexually interested, so as soon as he carries his suitcase and gets into the carriage, he will go back to France to find a new love.
Chen Xiangfang said: "Mrs. Yelia, it's very troublesome to pack up your luggage, let's wait for Xiaolou to come back from Tianjin and then discuss." โ
Yelia smiled: "Thank you grandma for your concern, I don't have any trouble at all, the luggage is in the carriage and has not been unloaded yet." Second grandma, I only stayed for one night, and it's hard to say whether I will come back or not. โ
Xie Xiuzhu took a sip of red wine from her wine glass, and squinted: "Lady Yelia, everyone knows that your enterprising spirit is so strong, will you not come back?" I haven't tasted enough of the fresh stuff, and I can see how big your appetite is. โ
Yelia smiled, raised her glass, and said, "Then let's have a toast for Mike's body." Shredded! โ
Li Guolou watched the three ladies use him as a bargaining chip in the negotiation, feeling funny and proud, the hero must have talent. He squandered his capital and was a boy chicken for 20 years, and now he is like Changshan Zhao Zilong, with a white dragon horse under his crotch, wielding a bright silver spear, and killing a seven-in-seven-out among thousands of troops.