The two women gave Liu Haojia a Western-style salute, and Liu Haojia returned the salute. At this time, I only heard Lady Shania say, "My dear, the meal is ready, and you can invite the guests to their seats!" ”

Santos said, "Mr. Liu, you have heard it, would you like to start our lunch now?" ”

Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Naturally, the guest is casual!" ”

Then the group came to the restaurant and saw that the table was full of dishes! Liu Haojia recognized at a glance the dishes placed in the two huge porcelain basins in the middle of the table, one is the traditional stew of Portugal, which is known as the king of stew by Westerners, and can be said to be second only to the Northeast stew!

The toppings of this stew include a variety of meats such as chicken, pork, beef! There are also various derivatives of pork, such as sausages, ham, bacon! There is also a smorgasbord of vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, potatoes, beans, and more! If you choose to eat this dish at lunch, you can skip dinner!

The other dish is also a traditional Portuguese dish, Boullean Pato-style boiled clams! The dish is basically cooked with clams with coriander, garlic, olive oil, white wine, pepper, etc. The light soup brings out the fresh aroma of the clams, which is a masterpiece of Portuguese seafood.

The dish was not well known, but it was only at the end of the 19th century that the famous Portuguese writer Bourlean Pato kept mentioning it in his writings, and it was only then that it was carried forward! Therefore, the cooking method of this clam is named after this writer, which is a bit like our Chinese "Dongpo meat"!

In modern times, Liu Haojia has been to Portugal, tasted the food there, and was deeply impressed by this dish! So he subconsciously called out the names of these two dishes! This surprised everyone present!

Santos also said in surprise: "Mr. Liu is really knowledgeable, you even know our traditional Portuguese cuisine!" ”

Liu Haojia nodded politely and said, "I've always heard of some, these dishes smell very good, I can't wait!" ”

Santos happily invited Liu Haojia to sit down and said: "Dear Mr. Liu, I know that Chinese customs do not allow women to eat at the table, but we are Portuguese, and we are more accustomed to sitting at the same table as a family to eat, I hope you can understand!" ”

Liu Haojia said: "No problem at all, I can understand your customs and habits!" ”

Santes laughed when he heard this, and said, "Very good, Mr. Liu! In fact, in my opinion, the way you Chinese treat your wives is very uncivilized! As a wife, she is also our family and is fully qualified to eat at the table! ”

Liu Haojia was a little angry when he heard this, but after all, he was a modern person, and he was used to men and women sharing the same table, so he still explained: "Mr. Santos, it seems that you don't understand our customs. In fact, in private, we also eat with our wives. It's just that when there are guests, in order to show respect for the guests, we let people who can represent the rights of the family accompany the guests, which is oriental etiquette! So you can't measure the civilization of other peoples by your civilization! You know, if you do this, China is more qualified than you, because China is at least 5,000 years old, and you Portugal can only go back a long time? ”

Santos didn't know Liu Haojia's identity, although he had a vague guess, but he was now in a state of ignorance and fearlessness, so he didn't dare to show weakness and said: "But what about China's concubine system?" Don't you think it's uncivilized? It is a great disrespect to women that a man can possess so many women, and this should be uncivilized, right? ”

Liu Haojia laughed and said: "I seem to have heard that you Westerners are very fond of finding lovers, even after getting married, and even do not shy away from making it public, and even compare it aggressively, isn't this also disrespectful to women?" And to add the betrayal of marriage! And in some ways, at least we Chinese are more open-minded in our habits, not like you Westerners! By the way, Mr. Santos, you know what it means to cover your ears and steal the bell, right? ”

Santos's face turned red all at once! His attempts to gain some superiority in front of Liu Haojia all failed! He was just about to say something, when he heard his wife take his hand and say, "Honey, if you don't eat again, the food will be cold!" ”

Santos struggled to breathe out and said, "Okay, let's have dinner!" ”

Lady Senia did a good job of fulfilling the duties of a hostess and allocating food to all. After the people here tasted the delicious food, the embarrassment just now gradually disappeared.

And Liu Haojia sighed in his heart that at this time, the self-confidence of Westerners has been cultivated with the expansion of colonization! They have now begun to despise other civilizations, so if they really want to avoid this, they can only hurt them, and they will face up to the Eastern civilization!

At this time, Santos's eldest son, Todd, said: "Mr. Liu, you are from the north of China, is there any difference between the north of China and the south?" ”

So the two sides opened up the topic. Liu Haojia introduced some Chinese history and customs, as well as scenic spots in various places. The Santos family, on the other hand, told them about Europe. At the same time, he also learned that the Santos family was really the descendants of the first batch of immigrants!

The first to arrive here were Santos' grandfather and his father. They then worked in the shipyard. Because of his grandfather's good skills, he opened his own small shipyard after almost ten years of work, starting with repairing boats and running it until now.

It's just that now the operation of the shipyard is getting more and more difficult! The main reason is that there are too many shipyards in Macau, and wood is getting more and more expensive! But even so, Santos did not give up the idea, but adhered to his grandfather's ideals and wanted to open the largest shipyard in Asia!

And now the stagnation of the development of his shipyard made him very annoyed, so when he heard Liu Dahai say that a noble man from the Ming Kingdom came here and wanted to hire shipbuilders, he felt that the opportunity had come! Because he knows one thing very well, if he wants to make his shipyard bigger, the only hope is to get in touch with the government! Just like those big shipyards in Lisbon, for official shipbuilding, the shipyard can get bigger and bigger!

After lunch, Liu Haojia also learned what he wanted to know, which gave him an idea. But before he could speak, Santos took the lead in getting up and said, "Mr. Liu, let's go to the living room to have tea together, let the woman clean up these things." ”