Chapter 33: The Grand Banquet - Qida's Little Secret

  When Messi was said to be injured, Puyol, who had seven parts of intoxication, suddenly woke up three parts. He anxiously asked: "Messi is injured? What happened?" Casillas hurriedly said: "Just now Messi drank too much and set off firecrackers outside. Later, he used a cigarette to light the firecracker, put the firecracker in his mouth, and threw away the cigarette..."

  Three hours ago, in the large private room of Huaxia Private Kitchen...

  Thomas saw everyone taking their seats and said with a smile: "Today, we're having Chinese food, why not have some Chinese wine too!"

  Only then did Beishell Ham say first: "I remember the best wine in Huaxia, it's their Moutai." Then he said to everyone: "Everyone come and try some!"

  Since everyone had no objection, Thomas said to the two maids in Hanfu, "Serve the dishes." The service staff outside the door immediately pushed in a Western-style food cart. On it, there were several small Qinghua porcelain dishes with exquisite delicacies. One of the maids served each guest one by one, while the other held a wine jug and poured wine for everyone to fill their cups.

  The food placed in Qinghuaxiaodie is exquisite. Three large scallops, paired with two stalks of asparagus, simple yet delicate.

  Macy sat at the lowest position, and on the table were not only chopsticks but also knives, forks, and spoons. Macy watched as the first dish was brought up. Nobody moved, and naturally, nobody dared to start eating.

  I'm secretly puzzled: this is obviously a fruit! The dishes in Huaxia are really strange, we usually have cold dishes as appetizers, but the Huaxia dish is actually a fruit!

  Just as they were muttering to themselves, the two maidservants chimed in unison: "Gentlemen, please take your time. The first dish is served - French cherry foie gras!"

  One of them said: "We use American thick-skinned cherries, hollowed out and filled with French foie gras, seasoned and configured. Everyone can try it."

  Having said that, Thomas cut a slice with his dinner knife and saw that the cherry only had one layer of flesh left. Inside was all foie gras, and he felt secretly amazed. He tasted it casually and found the flavor to be truly delicious, nodding his head and saying: "Everyone try some!"

  Messi waited until everyone else started eating before carefully taking a bite of the cold dish on his own plate.

  The two maids saw that everyone had almost finished eating. They hurriedly took away the plates and brought out the second dish from the dining cart pushed out of the kitchen for everyone.

  The skill of serving dishes, Thomas poured some wine from the wine bottle and said to everyone: "Huaxia has a saying called 'full drink this cup!' It means drinking it all in one breath! For our gathering this time! Come on, let's all have a full drink!"

  Baldy nodded his big bald head and hastily added: "Drink up this cup!" He then poured the whole cup of wine into Mao Tai's mouth!

  Messi watched Valdes drink a mouthful of wine and hurriedly followed the crowd to raise their glasses, also drinking a mouthful. The reactions of the people were different. The strongest reaction was from Ronaldinho, who suddenly spat it out with one breath, sticking out his long tongue that could lick his own nose, panting heavily.

  Thomas smiled and said, "This is a high-proof liquor of Huaxia's soy sauce type. Help yourselves." Macy shook her head, feeling like she had just drunk a mouthful of mineral water. There was no reaction at all.

  The second dish was a deep-fried goose from Guangdong and Guangxi. One person ate a few bites and then took it away.

  Two maids were just about to serve the third dish. Thomas looked at the menu in his hand and suddenly said, "Please wait a minute!" Then he turned to everyone and said, "I'll tell you all a Chinese fairy tale related to our third course. See who can guess what it is..."

  Macy covered her rumbling stomach, silently scolding herself. Eating is just eating, why make such a fuss and even guess riddles! But seeing everyone's respect for Thomas, Macy naturally knew that Thomas was the chief actuary of William Hill. These big-name soccer stars all pointed to William Hill's advertising sponsorship, raising transfer prices.

  I'm just a second-tier player, if it weren't for Puyol bringing me here today, I wouldn't even have the qualifications to sit in this room. Although I'm starving, it's worth keeping silent.

  Just then, Thomas said: "I'll tell you, listen. Think back to the past..." Beckham sat under Thomas and hurriedly cooperated: "Drink. Is this still a thing of the past?" Thomas nodded and continued: "The Milky Way was cut off, the world was flooded, people fled in all directions, some nobles abandoned their gold and silver treasures and rushed to escape, fleeing to foreign lands. The toad hurriedly ran to tell something that it was now a good opportunity to get rich, and they quickly set out for the lower realm, to the mortal world to make a fortune." This thing was just what he wanted, so he set off with the toad together.

  They first came to a large lake in Huaxia and found a water buffalo, inviting him to go together to rob gold and silver treasures. The water buffalo said: "I won't take ill-gotten wealth."

  "This thing said: 'You are really a big fool!' After that, the two guys took off. This thing showed off its skills, rampaging everywhere, and the toad was being mischievous everywhere. The two guys stole a lot of valuables and were very pleased with themselves."

  The water buffalo continued to work diligently, although it was hungry and ate dry hay. However, on this day, it walked into the vegetable field, saw a patch of green and tender vegetables, which were very tempting, so it lowered its head to taste them, wow! It was too delicious! Much better than dry hay, so it started eating.

  For a long time, the farmers saw that the water buffalo was not working in the field and were very anxious. Later, they found that the footprints of the water buffalo were pointing outward, so they knew that the water buffalo must have run away and went to look for it everywhere. At this moment, the toad ran to the edge of the big lake and said to the object: "The water buffalo is eating green vegetables in the vegetable field, hurry up and tell the farmers!" It immediately ran to inform the farmers.

  The farmer went over to take a look and indeed it was true, he got very angry, so he thought of punishing the water buffalo by building a simple cowshed for it to move into. The water buffalo had no choice but to move into the cowshed from then on. However, it couldn't figure out why the farmer would discover its occasional eating of green vegetables. Suddenly,

  That day, when it walked into the vegetable field, it had met him on the edge of the field. It must have been this guy who told the secret, and he couldn't help but settle accounts with him! So the water buffalo stormed to the lakeside and shouted loudly: "Son! Come out for me!" As soon as the object heard the cow's anger was so great, it didn't dare not come out. Before it even dared to speak, the cow lifted its hoof and trampled down hard, instantly trampling out a cow hoof print. The cow's mouth still said fiercely: "I'll let you tell secrets again! I won't let you speak again!"

  It became mute from then on and couldn't speak anymore. Moreover, a cow's footprint was forever left on its back."

  "Alright, alright, a big mouthful of nonsense! Look at Thomas, he's as red as ever! He's got the gift of the gab!" Ronaldo said with a clap. Messi looked around and saw everyone clapping, so he joined in and gave Thomas a round of applause too.

  Thomas saw that everyone was giving him face, so he was very pleased and nodded his head to say: "What I said this thing, does anyone know what it is?"

  Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, but no one knew what Thomas was saying. No impression at all. They all expressed that they didn't know. Thomas smiled and said to the two maids: "Serve the dishes!"

  The maid brought out a large hairy crab for each of them.

  Everyone was stunned. Few people in Europe eat hairy crabs, but everyone knows about it. Thomas held up the back shell of the hairy crab and said, "Look, there are cow footprints on the back shell of the hairy crab." Everyone exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help but pick them up to admire them repeatedly. Later, under the guidance of the maid, they all started eating!

  Thomas raised his glass again and said: "Everyone is a brave warrior on the green field of Haomen. For our warriors, cheers!" Then he drank another glass!

  Everyone has gained experience now. According to their own abilities, those who can drink have drunk a bit more, and those who cannot drink naturally followed suit!

  Thomas put down his wine glass and said, "The next dish is a famous Chinese dish! I heard an introduction last time I came to eat, but let me say it again, I really can't say it very well! In a moment, everyone will listen carefully to the story told by these two Chinese girls!"

  While they were speaking, two maids placed a container in front of each person. Maisie looked at the container and wondered how to describe it, but it was like a small saucepan from her own home. However, upon closer inspection, it was made of Chinese porcelain. On the indigo-blue plate, there was a bowl with a lid on top. Everyone else hadn't opened theirs either, nor did they dare to touch it, unsure what was inside.

  Messi made up his mind secretly and stared closely at Puyol. When Puyol makes a move, he will make a move too.

  At this time, the girls sang loudly: "Fu jumps on the wall ~" Next, one of the girls introduced: "Before everyone tastes it, let's introduce the origin of this dish. It is said that this dish originated in Huaxia Qing during the Guangxu period, with a history of over 100 years, and is a famous dish in Huaxia.

  It was originally made by a Fuzhou silver official at home to entertain the Fuzhou inspector Zhou Lian, with main ingredients of chicken, duck and meat, and about 10 kinds of raw materials were used. It was carefully simmered in Shaoxing wine pot to make it.

  Zhou Lian tasted it and couldn't stop praising, asking the name of the dish. The official said that the dish was named "Fu Shou Quan" with the meaning of "auspicious as one wishes, blessings and longevity together". After research and improvement, the main ingredients were increased to include shark fin, abalone, scallops, fish maw, and cooked in high-quality beef bone chicken broth. The golden yellow thick soup was paired with top-grade ingredients.

  The improved "Fú Shòu Quán" was extremely delicious, and the literati improvised a poem: "The fragrance of the dish wafts to the neighbors, the Buddha hears it and jumps over the wall." At the same time, in Fuzhou dialect, "Fú Shòu Quán" and "Buddha Jumps Over The Wall" are homophones. From then on, people quoted the poem's meaning and generally referred to this dish as "Buddha Jumps Over The Wall".

  Messi saw that everyone had opened the lid, so he quickly opened it and took a look. Suddenly, he felt a strong aroma of meat or seafood wafting up, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. Anyway, he just felt an overwhelming urge to eat, swallowed hard, snuck a peek, and saw that everyone had started devouring their food with big bites. He then quickly joined in!

  Thomas, while chewing on a abalone, said: "Don't be too formal, everyone. After we finish this dish, who's going to tell us a story or something fun? Let's get everyone excited!"

  Everyone looks at me, I look at you. Puyol looked at Eto'o. Eto'o shook his head and thought: "My English is not good, what are you looking at? Are you watching me make a fool of myself?"

  While eating, I look at you and you look at me. Only to hear Zidane say: "I'd like to share a little secret with everyone." Beckham looks at Zidane and hastily says: "Great! I wonder what secrets Zidane can share with me?"

  Zidane mysteriously said, "I basically don't poop at home every time! I always poop in the training ground of Bernabeu! Because this way, pooping takes up our training time. Assuming everyone spends 10 minutes pooping each day, we will have 40 hours of paid pooping time per year, equivalent to 5 days of annual leave. I call such pooping behavior 'paid pooping'!"

  Messi looks at the yellow Fu jumping wall in the jar... Vomit~~