"Wait for two minutes, I also invited a special guest." The old man asked Du Lin to freshen up. When he came back, he told Du Lin that there was another guest who would be dining with him. Regarding the old man's unauthorized invitation to Du Lin, Not really concerned.
First of all, this is the old man's place. He has the right to invite guests to dine. Secondly, Du Lin also has some expectations. Will it be another big shot like the Speaker? The more people involved, the more confident he will be about the next actions. grasp. The door of the strongest castle is always opened from the inside. If the strength of one person is not enough, then more people are needed. This is a good thing.
But obviously Dulin will be disappointed because the old man invited a girl.
"My youngest granddaughter will be here in a while..." The old man looked at the instant shock on Du Lin's face and couldn't help laughing loudly, "Yes, you are not wrong, I am using a very despicable trick. I hope you can fall in love with my granddaughter, so that we may have more opportunities to cooperate in the future." The old man said with some emotion, "There is nothing more reliable than blood relationship. I believe you are with the empire. It’s much clearer than what you can feel here!”
The old man is right. Marriage is always the most reliable "contract" for cooperation between two forces. Many middle- and lower-class people think that marriage is nothing more than a marriage contract. Even Du Lin once thought so, but as he began to rise to the upper class Society, and as time went by and he came into contact with more and more people, he finally understood why marriages that were considered meaningless by the middle and lower classes of society and by most people were widespread among the upper classes. People still believed in marriages. .
Because the basis of all interests is not the essence of "marriage", or marriage is not a real marriage. What the two parties of the marriage need is not the marriage of the younger generations of the two families, which has no value. What they need is The offspring of these two people, or a mixture of two bloodlines, a hybrid child with the blood of two families flowing in his body. All interests will be based on the existence of this mixed-race child, who is definitely a lucky one, but may also be an unlucky one.
It is said that he is a lucky person, because before he is born, there will be many properties in his name, and he or she will also have two huge paternal and maternal families as backers. This is a very big thing. Horrible things. Even if he doesn't need to do anything after he is born, he can enjoy wealth and power that ordinary people may not be able to accumulate for decades. Perhaps from the moment he is born, the purpose of his existence is to squander money and time. ,Life!
He is said to be an unlucky child because if one of the two families lags behind significantly in future development and becomes more and more distant from each other, then this will become a necessary "failure" in the process of family development and growth, because he has He has an impure bloodline, so even if he is rich and powerful, he is still an idle member of the family who will never have power. Of course, although he does not have much power because he is not taken seriously, it also leaves him with the basis of envy, jealousy and hatred from others. If he has outstanding abilities, he will still have a bright future.
The nobles introduced by Maggs to Dulin were willing to marry Dulin, but they did not place their bets on Dulin, but on Dulin's next generation. They will strongly support Du Lin to develop, explore, and seize interests and power. These things will only be left to his children in the end. At that time, without a strong paternal line to rely on, the child will eventually return to the nobility. embrace.
As long as he marries a cousin and the child takes the mother's surname, everything Dulin owns becomes aristocratic. This is what Dulin resists the most.
What he fought for can be given to anyone, even if it is donated to the country when he is dying, he does not care, but he will never accept such calculations. Not bowing down or compromising on issues of principle is his bottom line!
When he heard that the old man said that he wanted to use his granddaughter to seduce him, and that he said it so blatantly, Du Lin was not angry. Instead, he laughed with the old man. A successful person, a wise person, always knows when to lie and when to be sincere. If he didn't say anything, Du Lin might be disgusted, but when he said it, Du Lin found it very interesting. The old man was very interesting, and he even had a glimmer of expectation. How outstanding was his granddaughter that she actually wanted to Fall in love with her yourself
This glimmer of expectation is the old man's "conspiracy". He doesn't guarantee that Du Lin will do what he wants, but why not give it a try? There is still a possibility of success if you give it a try, even if it is very slim, but if you don't try, you can only accept doomed failure.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the girl appeared in Du Lin's sight. She was wearing a light green solid color dress and a light blue sunhat with a white rim. She looked about seventeen or eighty-nine years old, and her delicate facial features were indeed very... It looks good, and the youthful vitality is ready to come out under the crystal clear skin.
The old man looked at Du Lin, Du Lin looked at the girl, and the girl looked at the old man, and they all laughed at the same time.
"Okay, go clean yourself up, we will start dinner soon.", the old man ordered, and then invited Dulin to sit at the dining table, "The cooking methods here in the Federation are very different from those in the Empire. If You haven’t tasted it before, I think this is the most suitable opportunity!”
Soon the girl changed into a set of home clothes and appeared next to the dining table, because this was a "family banquet". Whether it is a federation or an empire, a family banquet has a special meaning. It can be said that the guests are accepted into a family and become friends or even family members. In terms of the performance of "one's own people", the dishes may not be so grand, but they are of great significance.
The girl sits on the side like a very standard vase, always with a very sweet smile on her face. She has two dimples, which gives people a very interesting and cute feeling when she smiles. But neither the old man nor herself took the initiative to introduce her information. If Du Lin was interested, Du Lin would take the initiative to ask. If they took the initiative to introduce, they would obviously be too obsessed with the superficial, and there were no girls at the beginning of the meal. , she was just a joiner midway.
As many dishes were placed on the table one by one, Dulin was surprised to find that the fish was not there. The fish was a very interesting ingredient, very common, but not so common.
At the end, the cook finally brought the fish to the table.
In the Empire, fish may be cooked in other ways besides deep-sea fish. Most freshwater fish and shallow-sea fish are minced and made into fish steaks. After they are cooked, they are placed on a dinner plate and served like steaks. in front of guests. This is because there are some tiny spines in the meat of freshwater fish and shallow sea fish, more or less, which is inconsistent with everyone’s eating habits of eating meat in large quantities. No one will patiently eat meat bit by bit. Be careful of the spines inside the fish, so the most traditional method is to puree the meat with the spines and then fry them.
There are more ways to cook deep-sea fish, because deep-sea fish has fewer fish bones, so you can eat meat in large mouthfuls without worrying about getting stuck in the fish bones. There are often some methods like barbecue and smoking.
But the dish in front of Du Lin was obviously different from the one in the empire, because it was raw.
Under the chef's exquisite skills, a fish less than a foot long is plated on the dinner plate like a delicate peacock. Its meat is cut into almost transparent fillets, which are beautifully arranged like the feathers of a peacock after opening its tail. . What’s even more interesting is that there is something equally paper-thin red sandwiched between each piece of fish. According to the chef, it is five-year-old refined raw ham, which is worth as much as gold! There are also some condiments and dipping sauces around the plate, which makes the visual effect very good.
The old man used his knife and fork together, dipped some of the sauce into his mouth, and nodded with satisfaction, "You can try it, it's very delicious!"
Du Lin took some and tasted it but did not touch the dish. This made the old man very curious. He had received many people from other countries and they all liked this dish very much, including the young Mags. Everyone has tried this dish at Kaile Restaurant and rated it highly! Only Du Lin ate it once and didn't touch it a second time. Was it because he didn't like eating, or was he not used to eating raw food
This made the old man very curious, and he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it different from your dining habits?"
Du Lin shook his head, "The taste of ham is too strong, completely covering up the deliciousness of the fish. I only taste the taste of ham, but I can't find the taste of fish!" He smiled, "If I can, I You can give me a ham when you leave, I will be happier!"
There are two types of ham. One is beef ham. This kind of ham is more common in the empire, but it doesn't taste good and tastes bad. There is also one made of hao meat - hao is more like the pigs in Dulin's dream world. There is no large-scale breeding in the empire. The main reason is that the empire's hao breed is very poor. It has not been domesticated and optimized for many generations, and the taste is still bad. Not as good as beef. On the contrary, the Federation has introduced some excellent varieties from other places. They have completely got rid of the image of long thorns on the body, and the meat is more tender and plump. They are most suitable for making ham.
A good ham requires at least three years of curing and fermentation. It is sealed and stored in a very strict environment and can be eaten raw. With good curing materials, careful management, and a strictly controlled environment, a five-year-old ham may even be more expensive than the same weight of gold!
After hearing this, the old man did not refute, and took some more bags into his mouth. He tasted them carefully with his few taste buds, and then nodded in agreement, "You are right, this dish looks like it needs to be changed!"
He smiled meaningfully and said, "Just like this country!"
(End of chapter)