Chapter Thirty-One: Gathering of Stars

  Xiao Yue Shifu was in the kitchen, circling around the kitchen, looking at the prepared ingredients and then glancing at his own hand that had just been cut. He muttered to Zhang Shifu: "Zhang Shifu, have Beckham and the others arrived? When can they get here? I'm dying of anxiety!"

  "Can you calm down a bit? Stop circling around the kitchen, it's making me dizzy!" Zhang said to Xiao Yue, who was pacing back and forth. Putting down his knife on the chopping board, he leaned against the counter, watching Xiao Yue with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. Sighing softly, he whispered, "I've already made arrangements with Security Officer Smith. As soon as Beckham and the others arrive, I'll get a text message! If there's any news, I'll let you know!"

  He picked up a bundle of emperor crabs and put them on Master Xiao Yue's chopping board. He sneered: "Come, calm down! You change the knife for the emperor crab. Can't even remember how to work!"

  Just as they were talking, Master Cao, the head chef, walked in, followed by Zhao, the pastry chef.

  Upper (what Za Ni Er Sheng): The master in the kitchen steaming dishes, steaming various fish, shark fins and other tasks are all completed by the upper what masters.

  "Master Cao said casually, "Master Zhang, today's guests are very important! Are the ingredients for the main dish and side dishes all ready?" Master Zhang hurriedly replied, "Everything is ready, only waiting for the east wind..."

  The restaurant of Huaxia Private Kitchen is very luxurious, with a gate inside the door. From the main entrance, another gate comes into view, with dense brackets under the eaves. After entering the gate, the interior and exterior beams are mainly in Huaxia red. The lintel is decorated with He Xi's colorful paintings. The upper part of the doors and windows is embedded with diamond-shaped patterns, and the lower part has a relief carving of cloud dragons. At the joint, there are engraved dragon patterns on the gilded copper leaves. The floor of each private room is paved with golden bricks, with 225 large golden bricks covering an area of two feet square. Of course, the golden bricks are not made of gold, but are specially made in Suzhou. Its surface is light black, oily and bright, not rough or slippery. The soil quality in Suzhou is good, the firing process is precise, and after firing, it reaches the level of "having a sound when tapped, no holes when broken". It needs to be naturally cooled and dried for a year before it can be used. Each private room has 20 sets of chicken wing wood short seat tables and chairs, arranged in two rows. The four corners are decorated with: treasure elephant, corner terminal, immortal crane, and fragrance pavilion. Representing the meaning of Huaxia's national peace and stability, and the eternal solidity of the mountains and rivers.

  The luxurious decoration of the royal family can be seen that the boss of Huaxia Private House has worked hard on the decoration!

  Only in the private room, two tall and good-looking Chinese girls were surrounding Bayshell Ham, asking for autographs...

  Unlike the Beckham on the field, today he wore a light black suit, a light blue tie, and cufflinks that shone brightly on his cuffs, making Beckham look even more elegant!

  Thomas chuckled and looked at Shell Ham, who was sandwiched in the middle, and said: "Haha, David! You're so popular with girls wherever you go!" Shell Ham signed autographs for two Asian girls while saying: "Hehe, this problem has always been troubling me!"

  "Hahaha, I don't know how lucky I am! Are you satisfied with the place I arranged?" Thomas said with a smile.

  Beckham comforted the two Chinese girls and said, "Well, I'm really satisfied! It feels like a palace in China, and each person has their own table. It's amazing! Great, Thomas!"

  Thomas nodded: "Actually, Huaxia has been serving separate dishes since ancient times, and our way of eating is the same. I don't know when they started gathering together, many people grabbing food from one plate! Did they abandon their ancestors' tradition?"

  Beckham shrugged his shoulders, just about to say something, when suddenly the phone rang! Beckham hurriedly answered the call. All he heard was a playful voice on the other end asking: "Hey! David, we're at the back door of Hua Xia Private Kitchen. Are you there?"

  "Beckham hurriedly said: 'I and Thomas will go to pick you up, wait a moment Casillas.' After hanging up the phone, he rushed to Thomas and said: 'My buddies have all arrived, let's hurry up and welcome them.'"

  Thomas nodded hastily and followed Beckham through the secure passage to the back door, where he found Casillas, Roberto Carlos, Raul, Zidane, Ronaldo and Italian Cannavaro chatting and laughing together.

  Thomas hurried up to greet them and laughed at the few people: "Oh, Laul! Zidane! You guys are really slow!"

  Zidane and others rushed to greet Thomas, Ronaldo continued: "We came after training and taking a bath! Unlike Beckham, he left early! We can't compare with him."

  Everyone chattered and laughed as they made their way to the private room of Huaxia Private Cuisine, where Thomas hastily welcomed them.

  Ronaldo's expression froze as soon as he entered the private room, and Raul, who followed closely behind, whistled and said, "I didn't expect Madrid to have such a great private restaurant. It's simply awesome!"

  Everyone then expressed that the restaurant felt very good. Thomas hurriedly invited everyone to take a seat. The people who were relatively familiar with each other sat down casually. Zida looked at the two girls in the private room who seemed a bit dazed and asked: "Thomas, their clothes are really beautiful. Is this traditional Huaxia clothing?"

  Thomas chuckled and said, "This is the Hanfu of Huaxia, their national costume. I don't know much about it specifically! However, I'm full of curiosity about the mysterious continent of Huaxia, always wanting to take a look. Hehe, unfortunately, I never had the time!"

  Zidane suddenly asked, "Oh, Thomas! Why haven't the people from Barca arrived yet?" Thomas looked at his watch and said, "I guess they'll be here soon, I've already made an appointment with Puyol. He'll call me when he arrives!"

  The crowd chatted in twos and threes for a while. Then, they heard the sound of knocking at the door, and the maid hurried to open it. Her eyes sparkled with golden stars again!

  Thomas looked up at the approaching figure and hastily stood up to greet him. With a hearty smile, he said: "Puyol! Why didn't you call me before coming over directly? We were just worried that you wouldn't be able to find the place! Haha..."

  Only saw Valdes and Puyol walking in casually. Ronaldinho, who was following behind, saw Ronaldo standing by the table. He quickly walked over, and the two hugged each other. Only then did Ronaldinho say: "Big Brother Ro, we haven't seen each other since the World Cup! Today we must drink well!"

  Most people know each other, some are old teammates, some are old friends, after all, they are all big-name stars. They always have a lot of connections with each other.

  Standing on the periphery, Messi saw so many of his idols in his mind, and his heart was like fifteen buckets, moving back and forth restlessly. Looking at Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Carlos, he couldn't help but feel dazzled.

  "Oh my god! Is that, is that Zidane? Oh Raúl! Ah! And Cannavaro too?" Messi was so shocked he almost stopped breathing!

  Thomas looked at the little guy standing by the door and frowned. He asked Puyol: "Hey! Puyol, who is this little friend at the door?" Puyol hurriedly pulled Messi's hand and said: "Oh Thomas! I forgot to introduce him to everyone. This is our new star from Barcelona! Maybe next season or next year he'll be transferred to our first team!"

  Cassilas looked at Messi walking in front of him, patted Messi's shoulder with his hand and said: "This is the Argentine Messi, haha! I've watched your two teams' matches. You left a deep impression on me!" It wasn't that Cassilas intentionally wanted to pat Messi's shoulder, it was just that Messi was indeed too short compared to Cassilas! Shaking hands was a bit inconvenient!

  Messi was lightly patted on the shoulder by Casillas. He felt half of his body go numb! Shaking, he thanked him.

  Ronaldo, Cannavaro, Zidane and others came up to make friends. Let little Messi be pampered! Messi secretly grabbed a handful of Real Madrid's team uniform in his bag. He gritted his teeth, feeling too embarrassed to take it out, and then asked Beckham for an autograph again!

  After everyone sat down, Kanavarro picked up the wine bottle on the table and asked strangely: "What a strange ashtray! It's actually three-legged, feels quite heavy, why put an ashtray on the table?"

  Zhidane smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, this is a wine cup for Huaxia people. Thomas? What's it called?"

  Thomas looked and said, "This thing called a wine jug is used to hold wine, drinking wine is the wine cup on the table! He casually picked up a wine cup from the table to show everyone."

  Having finished speaking, he turned to the maid and said: "Please serve the dishes!"

  The kitchen suddenly rang with the phone, and Zhang Shifu shouted loudly: "Serve the dishes!" The kitchen immediately became busy. Xiao Yu Shifu, who had been waiting for an opportunity to speak out, stomped his foot and said in a loud and unhappy tone: "Zhang Shifu! Didn't you say that you had contacted Smith? How come they've already started eating?! Your text message didn't even vibrate once?"

  "Alas! The information just came, Beckham entered from the back door! Puyol and Ronaldinho entered from the front door. But Smith has been waiting for Beckham..."

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