Chapter 57 Which is better? (Thanks to book friend xianzhea10000 Ocean!)
The waiters only speak a little bit of Chinese, and the guests who come here to dine can only speak Russian or English.
Xu Siqi snapped his fingers, and a waiter walked over and asked in English: "Do you want to order now?"
"Ladies first." Xu Siqi motioned to the waiter to ask Gu Qingcheng.
The waiter said in a respectful tone: "Miss, please allow me to recommend to you, our restaurant's couple's set meal, including fried foie gras, fried steak, fruit salad, blintzes, and borscht, plus free caviar and pickles.
One of each……"
Although they both studied in a missionary school, in terms of academic performance, there was a huge gap between Gu Linglong and Gu Qingcheng. One was on the roof and the other was on the basement.
Gu Linglong has an introverted personality and is able to calm down and study. Her grades in various subjects have always been among the best, especially her English proficiency.
Gu Qingcheng has a lively and active personality, and is usually too playful. Except for his sports performance, he has always been so-so in other subjects.
So, I listened to the waiter talk a lot, except for a few commonly used words, the rest of the content was basically based on imagination.
Gu Qingcheng coughed lightly and said in a serious tone: "Mr. Xu Siqi, I have a small question that I would like to ask."
"Please tell me." Xu Siqi said as if he was all ears.
"Isn't it the most basic courtesy to ask guests about their taste habits when inviting them to dinner?"
"certainly."
"What if the customer disagrees?"
"Try to be satisfied."
"The guest said that Russian food is salty, oily and spicy. She doesn't like it and wants to find another restaurant. Can this request be met?"
"Of course. What do the guests want to eat?"
The two exchanged serious questions. Gu Qingcheng finally couldn't stand it any longer. He covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't kid you, but to be honest, Russian food is really terrible. There is a Sichuan restaurant next door, and it tastes very good.
Great, do you want to give it a try?"
Xu Siqi looked at her for a while, smiled and said, "Are you sure you want to eat Sichuan food?"
"Sure!"
"Okay, let's go."
The two put on their coats and left Lucia's restaurant one after another.
The Sichuan restaurant is not large and can only be regarded as an average-grade small restaurant. The guests are laughing, laughing and drinking, presenting a dining environment that is completely different from that of a Western restaurant.
Gu Qingcheng was familiar with the roads and walked quickly to a table by the window. She turned around and said to Xu Siqi: "How about sitting here?"
"Okay." Xu Siqi pulled out his chair and sat down.
The young boy came over and asked diligently: "What do you two want to eat?"
Gu Qingcheng said: "I'll order Kung Pao Chicken. Siqi, it's your turn."
Xu Siqi thought for a while and said to the waiter: "Can you make cold pot fish?"
The waiter said with a smile: "You are joking, if you can't make cold pot fish, what's the point of calling it a Sichuan restaurant? You might as well close it."
Xu Siqi said: "Then let's have a cold pot fish, and then another one..."
Gu Qingcheng quickly stopped: "That's enough, that's enough, the two of us can't eat that much."
Looking at the chattering guests around him, Gu Qingcheng looked happy and said to himself: "Is this the right thing? It's so lively and lively... Why are you looking at me like this?"
The last words she said were to Xu Siqi.
Xu Siqi pondered and said: "Why do I feel that you are different from before?"
"What's different?" Gu Qingcheng touched her face unconfidently.
"temperament."
"..."
"The Gu Linglong in the past gave me the impression that she was elegant yet humorous, noble yet not arrogant. Moreover, she was a person who paid great attention to the quality of life. It is hard to imagine that she would patronize such a place."
"what about now?"
"Now, she is like a little sister next door. She is lively, cheerful and approachable. Even at a street food stall, she can sit down and have a good meal."
Gu Qingcheng hesitated for a while, and finally summoned up the courage to ask: "Which one do you think is better?"
"Each one has its own merits. It's hard to distinguish between them. It's hard to evaluate which one is better." Xu Siqi shook his head gently.
"Kung pao chicken and cold pot fish are here. The dishes are ready. You two can eat and enjoy." The boy held the tray and placed the steaming meals on the table.
Gu Qingcheng was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Brother, give us a bottle of wine!"
The boy asked: "What kind of wine do you want?"
"Do you have that, Huiquan rice wine?"
"some."
“A bottle of Huiquan rice wine!”
Among the two sisters of the Gu family, Gu Linglong can occasionally drink a glass of wine, but Gu Qingcheng never drinks alcohol. She only remembers that her father often drank this brand of rice wine.
Xu Siqi did not say anything to stop it. The alcohol content of rice wine is very low, so as long as it is consumed in moderation, there is generally no problem.
Soon, Xu Siqi discovered that he was wrong.
People usually drink rice wine in a seven-cent cup. Gu Qingcheng thought the cup was too small, so he poured the wine into a small bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Rice wine has a very strong stamina. If you drink it one glass after another, a person who has never drank alcohol will definitely not be able to bear it.
Gu Qingcheng filled the second bowl of wine, then looked at Xu Siqi and said, "Did you already know this?"
"No. When we were at Lucia's restaurant, you said you didn't like Russian food. Only then did I realize that you might not be Gu Linglong." Xu Siqi told the truth. He did see a problem at Lucia's restaurant.
"If I say I don't like Russian food, can you guess that I'm not Linglong?"
"Last time, when Linglong and I had dinner at Dezhou University, she told me that she had fallen in love with Russian food recently. I also said at that time that I would treat her to Russian food next time, and she agreed."
"No wonder you invited me to Lucia for dinner..." Gu Qingcheng murmured.
When things got to this point, Xu Siqi basically guessed that this girl who was exactly the same as Gu Linglong must be sisters from the same mother, otherwise they wouldn't be so similar.
"I am Linglong's sister, Gu Qingcheng. I came for an appointment today. I planned to tell you the truth. It's good that you guessed it." Gu Qingcheng picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.
Xu Siqi picked up the wine glass and took a sip, waiting for Gu Qingcheng to continue.
"The matter is very simple. Linglong wants to know more about you. She is not in Shanghai now. No one else can help with this kind of thing, so I can only help her." Gu Qingcheng said lightly.
"Where did Linglong go?"
"Hangzhou."
"Since when did you become not her?"
"you guess."
Even now, Xu Siqi is still not sure which one of the many contacts with him is Linglong and which one is Qingcheng.
They didn't eat much of the food, and the bottle of rice wine was empty. Xu Siqi only drank a bowl of wine, and Gu Qingcheng drank the rest.
After coming out of the restaurant, Gu Qingcheng stretched out his hand: "Xu Siqi, goodbye!"
Xu Siqi said: "You drank too much, I will take you back."
"I didn't drink too much." Gu Qingcheng swayed a bit.