Chapter 1128 Overtime at the Luncheon

Zhang Manyu was very unhappy at first that Han Li did not let her accompany him to the banquet today, thinking that the staff member had stolen her away.

But when she saw Han Li's expression that would not tolerate rejection, she agreed with a pitiful look.

Zhang Manyu had been sitting in the room feeling uncomfortable after Han Li left, but soon the sound from outside stopped her tears from falling.

It turned out that Joseph, who always claimed to be of English royal descent, was very strict with himself and his family.

Every move in their daily life was copied from the rules and actions of the royal family, and even when entertaining guests, they were very deliberate and old-fashioned.

If the guests made any slightly impolite moves, Joseph would give them a cold look, and if they were seriously impolite, he would just put down the tableware and end the banquet.

The banquet had just started at noon today, and the female companion of a member who came to attend the seminar made a loud noise when she moved her chair when she sat down.

This voice immediately changed the faces of Joseph and his wife. Everyone scolded the butler, saying that he did not take good care of the guests and let the guests make such a rude sound when they started to fight.

Joseph and his wife seemed to be scolding the butler, but everyone present could see the meaning of their words. They were talking about the faults of the female companion, which made the atmosphere on the scene cold for a while.

Han Li saw this situation and remembered that when he was receiving training at Jing* Hotel, the teacher Zhou Zikai taught them some of the habits and taboos of the English royal family when dining.

At this time, Han Li had the answer in his heart why the fifteen mentors did not come to this seminar.

It is true that the people of England yearn for the royal life, but not everyone can accept so many old-fashioned rules.

Han Li and his mentors must know the situation of Joseph Richardson's family. If they come, if they are rude during the meal, Joseph and his wife will definitely make them lose face. If they bring students with them, the situation will be even worse.

Moreover, some proposals about Gland and Kent came from the Upper House. Joseph only got an opportunity to host the event. His role should only be responsible for paying the money, and he himself had no right to decide the direction of things.

Combining the above two situations, this is why the mentors are unwilling to hold this seminar in Joseph's manor, which talks about royal blood and royal rules.

At this time, the students led by the mentors played a role, so Han Li and his friends participated in this seminar without a mentor.

What happened in the banquet next made Han Li more certain of his guess. This banquet was very luxurious and grand, from tableware to ingredients.

From the taste and presentation of the food, it can be seen that the chef in the main kitchen today is not the original group. It should be brought by Joseph today, but it is not known whether it is their family's dedicated chef.

However, if anyone behaves impolitely at this banquet, Joseph and his wife will immediately be dissatisfied with the indirect attack.

For example: when dining, the back of the chair is leaned back, the knife and fork make a scraping sound, the wine glass makes a collision sound with other tableware, and the knife and fork are still in hand when speaking, chewing and drinking soup make a sound, etc.

These are nothing. The rules of the British royal family and aristocrats are that the first dish is wine for appetizers, and the appetizers, soup, main dishes, and many other dishes will be served on the table one by one with champagne.

When the desserts and sweet wine after the meal are served, I realized that the banquet is almost over. The banquet takes about two hours.

However, all guests are not allowed to leave without permission before the host puts down the tableware and announces the end of the banquet.

What? You want to go to the toilet?

If you didn't take care of it before sitting down, then hold it in, anyway, it's only about two hours.

Moreover, you can talk about the weather and friends at the banquet, but you must not talk about money, work, health, politics and other topics.

In addition, at the banquet, you should occasionally praise the dishes arranged by the hostess, praise the deliciousness and exquisiteness of these dishes, and the luxury and exquisiteness of the tableware, etc.

(Praising the tableware is related to the face of the aristocratic system, and praising the dishes is to compliment the hostess.)

This is just a general situation, but today's situation is a bit unusual.

Maybe Joseph Richardson drank a little too much today, or maybe it was because he talked about his royal bloodline but not the royal rules. Usually, few people were willing to contact him, and he rarely spoke freely like today.

There may be other reasons. Anyway, today's banquet lasted for nearly three hours.

And Han Li and his people, whether they were willing or not, had to stay here to deal with Joseph and his wife.

Because they represented their respective mentors. If they didn't deal well, it would be a small matter for the mentor to lose face, but it would be a big matter for them to be deducted credits.

This period of overtime became Joseph's story about the hard struggle of his family, and he also talked about the many situations of the second sons who were in a similar situation to their family, and some of them were even completely extinct.

At that time, after the division of the family in England, the second sons were driven out of the family's castles and manors.

Although these people who were driven out were the children of nobles, they would not get any property unless they had a very good relationship with the eldest branch.

They had the status of nobles, and those relief houses and churches that accepted civilians and poor people would not accept them.

Moreover, they grew up in noble families and knew that those places were places where people were eaten without spitting out bones, so they would not go there.

In this case, if the nobles who were driven out did not seek a position outside before the division of the family, or marry a rich wife, and did not have any skills or skills.

Those who were driven out could only gather around the manor and rely on a little charity from the eldest branch living in the manor to survive.

Even this treatment was not something that the civilians and poor people could enjoy.

(So, if you have the opportunity to travel back to that era, don’t be surprised to see a large group of beggars around the noble castles and manors who have not been expelled, because these people are relatives of the nobles living in the castles.)

After Joseph said it to his heart’s content, he finally put down the tableware and ended this unbearable banquet.

After seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and thanked the host for his hospitality.

Han Li and his friends had endured so many rules and regulations for more than three hours, and they were almost depressed. During this period, many people were ridiculed by Joseph and his wife in a roundabout way for some trivial matters.

The men were better at holding their urine, but during the banquet, two female companions couldn't hold it. They didn't care about being rude or offending others. They found an excuse and hurriedly left here with their thighs twisted.

After the banquet, when everyone walked out of the restaurant, several people didn't care about saying hello to others, and rushed to the bathroom with fast and broken steps.

These few people led the rest of the people. At this time, everyone also wanted to go in to control, shake, and shake a few times, which made the bathroom the most anticipated place in an instant.

When Han Li returned to the room, Zhang Manyu had already heard about the stereotypes of Joseph and his wife and what happened at the banquet from other female companions.

Zhang Manyu certainly couldn't do what no one else could do. She could imagine the scene of being clumsy and being ridiculed.

So, at this time, Zhang Manyu no longer felt depressed because Han Li didn't let her go to the banquet. All that was left in her heart was gratitude for Han Li's care and concern for her and his unwillingness to let her suffer any grievances.

So, the moment Han Li stepped into the room, Zhang Manyu smiled and came up to him, gently helping him change out of his very formal clothes.

When Han Li was about to change into comfortable clothes, Zhang Manyu reached out and grabbed him.

Han Li certainly wouldn't be polite to Zhang Manyu's provocation, so the unique chirping of the robin soon came from the room.——

However, Han Li didn't have much fun, because at about four o'clock, the service staff of the manor came to invite them to the afternoon tea later on the orders of Joseph and his wife.

Han Li asked Zhang Manyu to go to the afternoon tea, but she didn't go. First of all, she was sore all over because she had just been taught a lesson and didn't want to move at all.

Secondly, the rules of afternoon tea in England are more numerous than at many banquets, and Zhang Manyu doesn't want to go there and be ridiculed by others.

So, Han Li went to afternoon tea alone after changing his clothes.

However, after Han Li followed the staff here, he found that few of his female companions who came to attend the seminar with him came. They were all scared by the situation at the banquet.

Afternoon tea in England is more complicated, has more rules, and has more varieties of snacks than that in Hong Kong.

There are not too many rules for men. Everyone just changed clothes and changed the environment and then listened to Joseph bragging about his hard-earned history and his determination to take back his title and the name of the long lineage.

But it's not the same for women. When they drink tea, in addition to paying attention to what kind of tea to go with what snacks, how much milk and sugar to put.

When drinking tea, you can only use your index finger and thumb to gently pinch the ring on the handle of the teacup, and when stirring, you can only stir the spoon back and forth at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock, etc.

Mrs. Joseph also said a famous saying that has been circulated among the powerful in England for a long time.

"Only if you drink afternoon tea properly will your soul have its own fragrance."

After the experience at the luncheon, Han Li now regarded afternoon tea as a place to listen to storytelling, drinking tea in small sips while listening to Joseph's endless stories beside him.

Afternoon tea was nothing special, just the norm, but what Han Li didn't expect was the experience after the dinner.