Volume 1: The Winter of Halma Chapter 109: Tonali's Banquet
"I'm at home today and I don't have anything to do. â
Elizabeth thought for a moment and said casually.
"It's not a problem that you don't go out all the time. Andu ate the white bread and said casually, "Didn't Yanichia come to you lately?"
"What, do you miss her? I'll have someone invite her to my house for afternoon tea?"
"No need! you can come as happy as you want!"
Elizabeth looked at him in disappointment, and although she didn't say anything, she read in this simple look the meaning of disdain, contempt, contempt, and so on.
Alas, what a failed brother-sister relationship...... Andu sighed deeply.
"Carl, is Robert awake?"
Karl, who was in charge of serving on the side, bowed his head and said, "Not yet, but I have already gone to see him in the morning, and his complexion is much better." â
Andu nodded, the news that Pete would leave on Sunday was no secret, everyone basically knew about it.
With Pete's departure, the housekeeper's job is naturally vacant, so now many things have been handed over to Carl in advance.
In any case, the position of butler needs to be filled by someone, but he is not very happy to let him hire one in the market.
After thinking about it, he simply let Carl go on top, no one is born to know everything, is he?
Fortunately, Carl's personality is very good, and he was born in an orphanage, not only does he not have that stock market, but he is also very generous and cautious in doing things.
"You go and prepare the carriage, and you're going to Tulip Avenue in a moment. â
As he commanded, he began to speed up the elimination of breakfast.
"He invited you to go at night, what are you doing early in the morning?"
Elizabeth wondered.
"What is it that makes Tonali, who always sleeps until noon, send someone over early in the morning to send an invitation?"
Elizabeth was stunned for a moment when asked, and after thinking for a long time, she shook her head and said, "Impossible, he must have arranged it last night." â
Seemingly unhappy with such an expression, she added: "There is absolutely no way he can get up so early, especially during this time of vacation!"
Andu smiled: "I thought so too, but I was still curious, so I decided to ask him early in the morning." â
Anyway, I don't have anything to do today, and I'm reading at home...... Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is also a good choice to harass that guy in the morning?
Elizabeth agreed: "Go ahead, I bet he must have arranged it yesterday!"
Andu smiled: "Then I'll bet on him, today the true god appeared and made him get up early!"
Elizabeth pinched her chin, and after thinking for a long time, she frowned, "Then what are we betting on?"
Andu looked at the breakfast on the table and couldn't help but smile.
"The loser, get up early tomorrow to make breakfast!"
Elizabeth's face darkened, she didn't get up so early every day......
"What, afraid of losing?"
"Bet on it!"
"Okay, Carl, you're here to witness...... Huh, Carl!?"
"He's out to prepare the car!"
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The Champs-ÃsÊs, lined with neat roads, is lined with a large number of ornate buildings.
Carl, who came to this famous street for the first time, looked around from time to time, but he was afraid that he would be seen that he had no knowledge, and his movements were very strange.
"If you want to see it, you can see it, and there is no shame. â
Andu couldn't help but quip.
"Ah, I'm sorry, young master...... I'm here for the first time. â
Carl's green face was slightly red, and the shyness unique to the young man made people laugh.
"It's okay, it's my first time, it's more exaggerated than you. â
Andu said to himself: "Look there, a restaurant as high as a five-story building, I never thought that Halma would have such a gorgeous restaurant!"
Carl looked at the situation and saw Gvorster's Western restaurant at a glance, and his eyes lit up.
"The first time I went there, it was Tonali who took me, and now I can go myself. â
Andu talked about the events of last month, but it seemed to be telling the past of his previous life.
"So there's nothing to be ashamed of, I'm sure in the future you can go to the most exclusive restaurants too, you're still young, Carl. â
Karl looked at Andu in a daze, lowered his head and whispered, "Is it really possible?"
Andu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, revealing a big smile.
"You can!"
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Tulip Avenue, a luxurious and extravagant villa.
The green artificial turf courtyard is several hundred square meters long, and a cobblestone road leads to the interior of the villa, flanked by a large number of busy servants.
Tonali, dressed in a formal dress and holding a cane, was busy directing the servants to their work.
"This table moved there, yes, a little bit more!"
"You move lightly, this grill can't stand your toss!"
"The drinks should be ranked by degree, not by price, that would be too vulgar......
"Put this and this, and make it easy for the ladies to get it!"
The old butler Jill was on the sidelines, but he didn't do anything, just quietly watched Tonali, who was busy.
"Jill, can't you help? Anyway, my father is not here, you still have to follow me in the future!"
Tonali looked at the old butler sitting majestically with a complaining face, and his heart ached.
"The master said, these things should be tried by yourself. â
There was not a hint of thought on Old Jill's wrinkled old face, and the smile was sincere and polite, and he couldn't find the slightest fault.
"But he didn't say he wouldn't let you help me!"
He said. â
"When?how do I not know??"
"When I sent him out yesterday, I told me alone. â
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Tonali had an angry expression on his face, and was about to continue his attack on Old Jill when a manservant ran over.
"Young Master, Mr. Andu has arrived. â
"So early?" Tonali was startled for a moment, then said happily,
"Let him in!"
Andu walked into the villa with Carl slowly, and when he came here after half a month, his identity was completely different.
At that time, he was just a little henchman of Tonali in the eyes of everyone, but now he is a well-known figure in Halma.
"Hahaha, why are you so early, I thought you would be busy until the evening to come!"
Tonali hurried up to him and gave him a heavy hug.
"Elizabeth also said you won't get up so early, Carl, you can see clearly, he really got up!"
Carl looked at the two in front of him and nodded his head.
Tonali wondered, "What early rising?"
Andu smiled and said, "It's nothing, why are you going to hold a banquet?"
"Don't say it, it's not my father's arrangement. Tonali said helplessly.
Andu looked at old Jill standing in the distance, silent, and fell into thought.
"Who are you going to feast?"
Tonali nodded bitterly.
"Probably my future wife. â
"What!?" Andu looked at his friend in front of him in surprise, with some unreal illusions.
"Have you really figured it out to get engaged so early?"
At the age of Tonali, who was only seventeen years old, it would definitely take two years to get married, but the engagement was different.
In aristocratic circles, it is all too common to get engaged ten or eight years in advance.
"To be exact, this is the first time I've seen each other......" Tonali spread his hands weakly.
"If it weren't for my father assuring me that there was no problem with the other party's looks and personality, I would have collapsed!"
Andu nodded, Tonali's interest in women was far less direct than his enthusiasm for gambling money and red wine.
"Then you have to think of Chu, anyway, I only saw it for the first time today, and it's too late to regret it. â
Out of concern for his friend's next fifty years, he still forced the shining smile of old Jill and said stubbornly.
Tonali hastened to give him a look, as if not doing so would not be enough to show the undercover identity of old Jill.
Needless to say, the matter will reach the ears of Viscount Ulysses tomorrow morning at most...... Wouldn't I be too direct?
Forget it, it wasn't a good relationship...... Andu thought easily in his heart.
"This is your wife, not mine, you just have to think about it yourself. â
Andu took a cup of black tea casually and said while drinking it.
Tonali's sad face was full of distress, he had always been a loner, and the thought that he would always have one more person by his side in the future made his heart uncomfortable.
"You can do it first, I still have a lot of things to do, and some guests will arrive at noon. â
Tonali let out a long sigh and set up Andu, and then threw himself back into the banquet setup.
Andu couldn't help but laugh out loud as he looked at Tonali after his busy work.
"Carl. â
"What's the matter, young master?" Karl asked, puzzled, leaning closer.
"You go back first and tell Elizabeth the outcome of the game. â
After speaking, he hurriedly added: "By the way, tell her that I will eat pine nut sauce, braised foie gras, clam soup, and mille-feuille fish cakes tomorrow morning!"
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"What?
An hour later, Antia district, unit six, inside the twenty-one.
Elizabeth's shock resounded through the villa, and the servants couldn't help but stop what they were doing.
"Yes, Mademoiselle, Mr. Tonali was already setting up the venue when we went, and it seems that he has been busy for a while. â
Elizabeth grimaced, a look of reluctance.
Damn, then I won't be able to sleep tomorrow morning!
"By the way, Miss......"
Karl looked at Elizabeth with some hesitation, resisted the discomfort in his heart, and squeezed a sentence out between his teeth.
"Young Master...... He's already thinking about the menu for tomorrow's breakfast......"
"What do you say!!"
â...... He said he wanted pine nut sauce, braised foie gras, clam soup and mille-feuille fish cakes......"
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At ten o'clock in the morning, it is the time when most of the nobles rest, the ladies are busy enjoying the quiet time before the meal, and the nobles can take advantage of this time to enjoy the wonderful experience brought by cigars.
Cigars were not allowed on the table of the aristocracy, which would be extremely rude, impolite, vulgar, and low-class.
Andu looked at the smoking room through a glass window, five or six nobles who were either bald or pot-bellied, and sighed.
"I knew earlier, I better read at home......