Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 2128 Flower Controversy (36)
Nick bought clothes worn by Chinese scholars on the street, put them on, and put on a hat to cover his blond hair. As long as he didn't speak, he looked very much like a Manchu with Sogdian ancestry. people.

No matter how poor the old Juren was, he still wore a robe, not the "short brown" like the civilians, which was easy to move around.

Many people who are not "scholars" can also wear robes, and they don't have to worry about patrolling soldiers stopping him for questioning.Many sailors from Europe would gather in Pig Alley near the small square of Thirteen Rows, and drink in the shack-like taverns of "Good Tom" and "Good Jimmy".Not only do they drink and make trouble, they sometimes encounter liars.The imperial court issued a decree prohibiting civilians from carrying weapons, but these sailors basically carried guns and gunpowder, especially the British sailors. The shoes they wore were thick soles, one finger high, with blades hidden inside. Hmong women will also do that as a self-defense tool.

Port cities tend to be chaotic, but Guangzhou fares better than other Southeast Asian port cities, with no signs of unrest being felt, at least two blocks away.

There are no street lights in Guangzhou, only the lanterns at the door of the rich people’s houses provide lighting. The owner’s surname is written on the red paper.

When passing by a house, there was a noise from the open door. Nick couldn't help but stop and look around, and found that a banquet was being held inside.

Just like the admiral held family sacrifices and farewell banquets in his own house, this family was also offering sacrifices to Mazu's birthday, and also held birthday wine for the children. There were more than a dozen tables in the front yard, and the men punched while drinking.

Nick was about to leave when someone stopped him suddenly. That person was Hao Guan from Jardine Bank.

He'd been watching Nick for a while, but couldn't be sure because it was dark and Nick had disguised himself, until he saw Nick's boots and knew he hadn't mistaken anyone.

Like the owners of those small taverns, he actively and enthusiastically pulled Nick into the banquet, and it was not the front yard, but the banquet hall of the owner's house. After passing through a moon door, there was a very luxurious rectangular banquet hall.There is a porcelain vase on both sides of the moon gate, with gorgeous flowers in the vase, and fan-shaped feathers are inserted behind the flowers. There are two tables of Surat Eight Immortals on both sides of the aisle, and the fifth table of eight immortals is in the innermost. There is a small stage where a young woman holding a pipa and an old man are performing.

He looked like her father, and he played the shamisen accompaniment to the young women.This is a Pingtan that is often heard on the Grand Canal, but it is relatively rare in Guangzhou, mainly because the owner's wife was specially invited from Suzhou.

The master sat at the farthest position from the door. Behind him was a table with a marble top. On it was a clock imported from Europe, and beside it were so many silver ingots and silver dollars wrapped in red cloth that two silver candlesticks could not be seen. Instead of placing it in the corner, other floor lamps are placed in the banquet hall, so the whole place is brightly lit.

The host was very puzzled, he did not entertain Nick, at this time Haoguan made an introduction, then the host bowed his hands to Nick, and said "literate your name", which translates into English as "I have heard about your fragrant name for a long time", and then Nick is sitting at a birthday party for a kid he's never met.

After a while the servants brought up trays of cold dishes, all on gilt plates carved with delicate figures, most of which Renick had never seen before.

Haoguan politely introduced several dishes to him, including flying fish, which was dried and cut into shreds, and eaten with vinegar; The color is very white and the taste is very delicious, much like fried Greenwich whitebait; there are deer tendons made into meat sauce; cut into round slices, a dish similar to meat skin, called Japanese skin, which needs to be soaked in water It takes a long time to chew; there is also a kind of sugarcane worm that is fried and sprinkled with smoke. Yes, it is the worm that grows in sugarcane. Crispy with wine.

There were also several bowls of fruit on the table, all on silver plates, some Nick had seen before, such as peaches, pears, and satsumas, and lychees, longans, and loquats, which ripened in March and were called three. The moon is red, the lychee shell is not hard, and the ripe lychee is like a bunch of strawberries.

All the fruits and cold dishes filled the whole table, but the central place was vacated for hot dishes, but they were quickly removed, just like Sancho, the servant of Don Quixote, was the governor of the island. It was astonishing to see.

Haoguan continued to pick up food for Nick, which was mainly to express friendship and enthusiasm, not like Wanning in the admiral's family picked up vegetables for her father. The admiral stood still, and everyone could stand up to pick up vegetables.

Nick wanted to reject Haoguan’s enthusiasm several times, such as rich shark’s fin balls, roasted duck feet, stewed sparrows, roasted porcupines, and roasted frogs were all acceptable to Nick, but earthworms, really earthworms, Nick almost threw The rice bowl was thrown away.

It was treated like vermicelli, and Nick almost ate it. It was the owner who reminded Nick in Cantonese, "Do you also eat earthworms in your country?"

Nick asked what an earth dragon was, and the host explained it. After trying to keep calm, Nick talked about the Burgundy snail, and the guests present equated it with the snail.

Next, [-] to [-] bowls of soup were served. The soup contained mandarin duck meat, pheasant meat, sea cucumbers from Malaysia, and pigeon eggs. Nick drank the soup with a spoon after carefully checking that there were no food ingredients he didn’t know. .

If you don't think that bird's nest is the secretion of swiftlet's mouth, and forget its slippery, sticky texture, its taste is actually tasteless, and the same is true for shark's fin. The reason why cooking these two dishes is two Reasons: First, because these two ingredients are extremely expensive, it can make the hosts of these two dishes appear rich and powerful, just like the roasted peacock that no one will move at the palace banquet.The second is because it is said that this type of food has special effects. For example, in the West, those Don Juan who are not romantic can eat truffles.

Bonaparte laughed again.

"What's so funny?" Georgiana asked.

"Do you know what he means?" asked Bonaparte.

Georgiana did not answer.

He deliberately leaned close to her ear, and she tried her best to control herself so that she didn't hit the rascal.

Everyone focused on the dishes, and no one listened to the female entertainer playing and singing, but she was still performing.

After the "sugar water" is finished, dessert and jam are served, and those dishes that have not been eaten are finally thrown away.

This is the same in France, there will be a lot of food waste, but in China, food will be used to feed livestock such as pigs.

Nick once again thought of Zhang Si who fought with other beggars because he missed half a bun. ?
The four hexagrams are Guimei hexagrams, which means that there must be a place to return to when you move forward. Marriage is the righteousness of heaven and earth.

No matter where you travel as a teenager, you always have a destination in your heart. This is the difference between the settled farming life and the nomadic life.

Nomads will live in yurts, where the yurts are, where the home is, and they live chasing aquatic plants.

Whether it is going forward or returning, if you get lost, it is a bad omen, and it is a great omen.

Nick couldn't help but took out the mirror he had just bought, and took a look at his face with it, trying to see if there were any dark things.

"Oh, come here, what gift do you bring?"

Then Haoguan put the peach-patterned bronze mirror he just bought in the silver ingot pile next to the clock.

(End of this chapter)