Siheyuan: After being robbed of marriage, the traveling frog returns

"Mr. Chen, have you ever eaten steak?" Cai Jian began to chatter.

When Cai Yan heard her father's words, she knew what he was going to do.

She just gave him a helpless look and didn't speak.

Because she knew that Chen Fen was not an ordinary person, and her father's showing off would only make her deflated.

Just let him have a long memory.

Chen Fen nodded, "I've eaten it a few times."

"Oh?" Cai Jian laughed, "I didn't expect to eat steak in the mainland!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Wang Xiaoling, as if he felt that Chen Fen was slapping his swollen face to pretend to be fat.

Wang Xiaoling also laughed, but covered her face with a feather fan.

"That's right!" Chen Fen nodded, "Actually, there are quite a few western restaurants in the mainland, but no one wants to eat them, not to mention expensive, and the taste is not satisfactory."

Whether it is later generations or now, there are indeed many western restaurants in the mainland.

These western restaurants are all opened by foreign chefs, and the cooking is quite authentic.

It's just that this group of chefs are a little stubborn, and they don't want to synthesize the taste for the sake of Chinese people.

Keep the original taste, and the things made will naturally not be loved by the Chinese people.

Compared with the steaks made by those western restaurants in the mainland, the steak in front of me looks a lot more localized.

Cai Jian picked up the knife and fork, and calmly began to cut the steak on the plate.

"Mr. Chen, it's the first time to use a knife and fork. Remember to fork with your left hand and use a knife with your right. Let Cai Yan teach you."

Even on the tableware, Cai Jian wanted to find some sense of superiority.

Otherwise, it would seem like a joke that he tried so hard to fit into the life of Western society if he didn't show it off to other people.

"Dad..." Cai Yan was quite dissatisfied, "Chen Fen will use it."

As soon as the words fell, Chen Fen had already picked up the knife and fork, skillfully cutting the steak on the plate.

This made Cai Jian a little surprised. He didn't expect Chen Fen to really use a knife and fork.

You must know that it took them several months to adapt to eating from using chopsticks to eating with a knife and fork.

When he was surprised that Chen Fen could use a knife and fork, he was also thinking about how to show off his knowledge of Sireng to Chen Fen.

Unexpectedly, Chen Fen took the lead, "Does Mr. Cai know how we Chinese use chopsticks?"

"How do you use it?"

Although Cai Jian is one of the top ten richest people on Hong Kong Island, it is only luck that made him rich.

He is a native of Hong Kong Island, but when he was young, he was just a punk who wandered around the streets.

When he was a little older, he became the dog leg of a foreigner, and with the help of the foreigner, he started a small business.

It has to be said that while he was lucky, he also had a business acumen, which allowed him to start the huge business empire he is today.

Rich is rich, but the level of education is too low.

Not to mention how Chinese people use chopsticks, he even has a half-knowledge of what is going on in the Western society that he highly admires.

Now being asked by Chen Fen, he was also taken aback.

Immediately Chen Fen told him about the history, "Historical Records, there is a record of Xiangzhu in the family of Weizi, which means that China began to use chopsticks in the period of King Zhou, and chopsticks were called chopsticks in the pre-Qin period. Hey, the Qin and Han Dynasties were called famous, so we have a history of using chopsticks for more than 3000 years in China.”

"So that's how it is." Cai Jian didn't take it seriously after hearing this, thinking what does this have to do with him?
"But does Mr. Cai know the history of Chinese people using knives and forks?"

"Using knives and forks?" Cai Jianda was shocked. "Chinese people still have a history of using knives and forks? Isn't this a Western thing?"

"Huh!" Chen Fen smiled contemptuously, "As early as 5000 years ago, Chinese people began to eat with knives and forks, and in the Hemudu period more than 7000 years ago, there were exquisite bone table knives, and even in the Song and Yuan dynasties, There are also bamboo sheaths for knives and forks, and there are even tableware with knives, forks and spoons, which are similar to the current Western tableware."

Naturally, Cai Yan would not know about this period of history.

To say that he is illiterate is not to belittle him, as expected he looked at the knife and fork in his hand and didn't know what he was thinking.

Cai Yan on the side also listened fascinated, "Then why are Westerners eating with knives and forks, while we use chopsticks?"

"The ancestors of Westerners were all peoples on horseback. As nomads, their staple food was some large pieces of meat. Coupled with the limitations of cooking techniques, a large piece of meat is generally roasted on the fire or in a pot. It is naturally inconvenient to eat such a large piece of meat after it is cooked, so they use a knife. The knife is mainly used to separate large pieces of meat, making it more convenient for them to eat these meats, but basically they still use their hands. Pick up the meat and eat it directly, and later people may feel that it is not elegant to eat food with hands, so there is a fork.”

"So that's how it is." Cai Yan suddenly realized, "Speaking of it, the limitation of cooking technology prevents them from cooking ingredients like us. We can cut these foods into small pieces and cook them, but they are not so good at it."

"Basically, that's right. We have adopted a more civilized way of eating and no longer eat large pieces of meat, so we have such convenient tableware as chopsticks."

The discussion between the two made Cai Jian and Wang Xiaoling feel that they were out of place. It seems that eating with a knife and fork has turned them into primitive people.

But Chen Fen quickly added, "Of course, knives and forks have become the characteristics of Westerners, and we should respect their tableware."

"You're right, but we must not underestimate the way of eating passed down by our ancestors." Cai Yan looked at her father, and she was speaking to him.

Cai Jian was a little ashamed, it was a big loss of face today.

I wanted to show my superiority in front of this kid from the mainland, but I didn't expect to become a clown instead.

The steak in front of him also made him lose his appetite, and the knife and fork in his hand was either picked up or put down.

"Is this Merlot wine made in Chile?" Chen Fen took a sip of the red wine in his glass and immediately told him where it was produced.

Hearing this, Cai Jianli immediately picked up the wine at hand.

I looked at the origin of the wine, and it turned out to be Chilean.

This made Cai Jian look at Chen Fen as if looking at a fairy, "You... how do you know that this bottle of wine is from Chile?"

Chen Fen smiled, "It's very simple. The grapes of Merlot wine are mainly planted in several areas, such as Bordeaux, Tuscany, California, South Australia, Chile, and Argentina. Due to geographical reasons, water and The taste of the grapes grown is different with the time of daylight, and Chile is located at the western foot of the Andes Mountains, adjacent to Argentina, so it stands to reason that the taste of the grapes in the two places should be similar, but there are still differences."