Chapter 11 She thrives in Kyoto (XI)
When a few people walked towards the Western restaurant together, even though it was not lunch time, there were many cars parked on both sides of the road, which was enough to show the enthusiasm of those who had a little money in this era for Western food.
In fact, it is better to say that they enjoy the sense of superiority that they think they have rather than liking to eat. They feel superior when they meet up with three or five rich friends to have a cup of coffee and a steak.
"Rou Rou, don't be nervous. It's just a meal. I'm here for you."
Feeling Wenrou's nervousness and helplessness, Hu Xiaomeng held her hand and comforted her quietly.
Only when I saw the decoration inside did I understand what the so-called Western food meant. Isn’t it just the food that those blue-eyed, high-nosed, blond-haired foreigners like to eat? It’s just a different food culture.
When the six people walked in together, they still attracted a lot of attention. After all, the four women and two men were all good-looking and each had their own highlights.
After curiously flipping through the menu, Hu Xiaomeng saw that a steak cost twenty-two yuan and smiled sweetly at Wang Yuan:
"Beautiful sister, I only ate beef when I was in the countryside. I don't know what steak is. Can you give me one so I can see it?"
'Do we ever eat beef at home?'
Wenrou looked at her sister doubtfully, and glanced secretly at those people cutting things with knives and forks, feeling a little uneasy, worried that her sister would not know how to use these tools and would be laughed at.
"Of course, I'll have a steak, six cups of coffee, and warm it up. How well done do you want your steak?"
Although Wang Yuan felt sorry for the twenty yuan, she happily agreed because she thought that she could gain Jiang Lei's favor and take the opportunity to laugh at his cousin's jokes, and it could also be considered as venting the anger of Zhou Linlin and Li Feifei.
"I want it well-done."
As soon as Hu Xiaomeng finished speaking, some people who were eating laughed contemptuously, even the waiter laughed. Who comes here to eat well-done steak?
Jiang Lei and his friends had only eaten it once. They originally wanted to explain to their cousin that steaks can be cooked to different degrees, but they didn't expect that she already knew that well-done steak could be chosen.
"My fellow countrymen who are laughing, I want to ask you what you are laughing at. Isn't it my freedom to eat my food as cooked as I want? I just can't eat anything raw.
You think you are superior to others just because you eat the medium-rare or medium-well steak on your plate, right?
And comrade, is the medium-rare steak on your plate, still dripping with blood, really delicious? You just ate it while frowning.
This is ridiculous. The rarer the steak is, the more superior you feel, right?
Waiter, go to the kitchen and bring the steak I ordered. No need to fry it. Whoever can eat this raw steak will be called Grandpa.
Hearing the sneering sounds around her, Hu Xiaomeng pointed at those who laughed at her one by one. She had long been tired of this kind of thing when she traveled around the world in the previous world.
Those people didn't expect that the young girl could tell how well the steaks on their plates were cooked just by looking at them. When they heard her say that she would take out the raw steaks, they all lowered their heads. Who would have the courage to eat them raw?
The waiter was also standing there awkwardly, not knowing how to deal with the situation. The restaurant manager had no choice but to come up and smooth things over, and finally gave him a free baguette as an apology.
After this little incident, those who were having dinner no longer dared to look down on Hu Xiaomeng. She was beautiful and had her own opinions. Wang Yuan was very depressed that she didn't see her funny side.
Soon the coffee was served, and Hu Xiaomeng asked the waiter for sugar because she was worried that Wenrou couldn't stand the bitter taste.
"Rou Rou, adding more sugar won't make it so bitter. It's just a matter of personal taste.
Life is bitter enough, we need to make it sweet ourselves.”
As Hu Xiaomeng spoke, she added sugar to Wenrou's cup and stirred it for her. After stirring, she asked her to taste it and add more if it was not enough.
"Sister, this is quite delicious, fragrant and sweet."
After taking a bite, Wenrou gave her sister a sweet smile.
Those who drink bitter coffee suddenly find the coffee in their mouths hard to swallow. In fact, they don’t like the bitter taste in the first place, but they endure it because they will be laughed at if they drink coffee with sugar.
"Nuannuan, honestly, among your peers, you are the first person that Sun Ning truly respects.
No one around me can be as dignified and humble as you are, not servile, not trying to please others and just being yourself.
Jiang Le, your Jiang family is so lucky to have found such a treasure."
Sun Ning followed suit and added some sugar to his coffee. He admired Hu Xiaomeng from the bottom of his heart and envied her confident beauty.
"Of course my cousin is the best girl in the world."
Jiang Le raised the corner of his mouth proudly, and looked so proud that Sun Ning couldn't help but kick him enviously.
Later, after returning to the Sun family, she asked the elders one by one whether it was possible that there was a cousin who had been lost for many years and had not been found. Sun Mao was so angry that he almost stood up from his wheelchair and beat her.
Of course, these are things that happened later, so let’s not talk about them for now.
After the steak came, Hu Xiaomeng skillfully cut it into small pieces for everyone to taste together.
Wang Yuan didn't eat any of it out of pride, so the five of them shared it with relish, one piece at a time.
“I used to think steak was worse than beef, but maybe because we all ate it together today, I thought it tasted especially good.
Nuannuan, you are so skilled at cutting steak that I almost thought you eat this often."
Sun Ning, who felt that the steak tasted good for the first time, stopped eating and asked Hu Xiaomeng curiously. Other people actually had the same doubt.
"Cutting something is a piece of cake for medical students like us, right? Just keep slicing with a scalpel and you'll become proficient."
Fortunately, the original owner was studying medicine, and Hu Xiaomeng came up with this excuse in a hurry, and everyone else agreed with it.
After tasting the steak, it was almost lunch time, so everyone decided to go eat roast duck together and symbolically invited Wang Yuan.
After hearing that she was not going, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief and happily went together to eat roast duck.
Seeing the backs of Jiang Lei and his companions walking away, Wang Yuan stood on the side of the road and stomped her feet angrily. So why did she take the initiative to be the scapegoat today?
Jiang Lei didn't talk to her alone the whole time, and let his cousin steal the show.
If she had known earlier that Jiang Lei would pay the bill, she would have let him pay. She lost several hundred yuan in vain, which was her pocket money for half a year.
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