Chapter 529: Family dinner (Part 2) _1
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After the discussion, Zhao Hai and the others came out of the Lintao residence. They were going to find gan and give the snacks to her for dinner.
Gan Zheng was busy in the kitchen. He was really busy today because there was a family dinner that night. Everyone in the dark Soldier fortress had to attend, even the servants. Therefore, food and drinks had to be prepared in advance.
Zhao Hai looked at gan, who was bossing him around, and immediately smiled.”Grandpa gan, you’re busy.”
When gan Yi heard Zhao Hai’s voice, he turned around and smiled at him. &Quot; “It’s you, kid? Why? Are you here to drink with me again? I can’t do it today, I have too many things to do today. Maybe another day.”
“Grandpa gan, do you really think I’m a drunkard? drinking every day?” Zhao Hai laughed. “It’s a good thing that I came to find you today. You don’t have to make so many dishes. When we went out today, melgen took us to the food street. There are all kinds of snacks from Carson City. I bought a lot of them, so I’ll keep them for dinner.” As he spoke, he took out a large pile of snacks.
Gan Yi’s eyes lit up when he saw the snacks. The specialty snacks of Carson City weren’t common food. There were many things that were famous on the continent, and gan liked them very much. These things couldn’t go well with wine.
Gan immediately said to Zhao Hai, ” &Quot; alright, don’t take it out. These snacks aren’t for eating. Keep it and take it out when the banquet starts tonight. &Quot;
When Zhao Zhang heard gan’s words, he did not object. He nodded and put away the snacks. He said goodbye to gan and led melgen and the others away.
Time passed by quickly. When the sky turned dark, Smith called Zhao Hai and they walked slowly to the castle Square.
Usually, everyone lived separately and was busy with their own work, so it was not obvious. Now that they were gathered together, they could see that there were actually a few thousand people living in the dark Soldier fortress. This was not a small number.
The moment Smith and the others arrived, the servants and Warriors who had gathered in the square immediately came up to greet Smith. Many of them bowed in greeting. Smith also greeted them very politely or chatted with them. What surprised Zhao Hai was that Smith could call out many of the People’s names. This made Zhao Hai very impressed.
Zhao Hai knew that if you could call out a person’s name immediately, it would leave a good impression on them, especially for someone like Smith. For a master to remember a servant’s name, it would make it easier for the servant to have a good impression of him and win his heart.
Zhao Hai, Chris, and Nordiya followed Smith, while Laura, melgen, and the others followed the madam outside to greet the women.
There were many servants in the castle who had not seen Zhao Hai before. Now that they saw Zhao Hai, they were a little disappointed. Zhao Hai’s looks were too ordinary. In their eyes, Zhao Hai was not worthy of melgen.
Melgen was not only liked by the immediate relatives of the kalchi family like Smith. Many servants in the castle also liked melgen very much because melgen was kind. She never put on the airs of a young lady and was very kind to the servants. All the servants in the castle liked melgen very much.
However, Zhao Hai didn’t mind. When Smith introduced him to the servants, he smiled and bowed to them. Although the servants bowed in a hurry, their impression of Zhao Hai improved.
Getting along with others was actually that simple. If you respect others, you can naturally win their respect. Except for a few people who didn’t know what respect was, most people would have a good impression of you, especially these servants. Zhao Hai’s current status was half a master. Although the servants didn’t say anything, they were quite touched when they saw Zhao Hai bow to them.
After a while, people from each house in the castle had also arrived. More and more people were gathering in the square. Now, there were more than a dozen bonfires in the square, which lit up the whole square. The cold air in the cold night was also driven away by the bonfires.
Beside each bonfire, there was a large table. Each table could seat more than a dozen people. Gan Zheng was arranging seats for them.
After a short while, almost all the people were seated. After all, the carci family held a family banquet every year. This day was the liveliest day in the dark Soldier fortress. Everyone was experienced, so they were soon seated. Then, servants started to serve the dishes.
After the dishes were served, the servants would immediately find a table and sit down. Then Randolf would speak and suddenly start eating. This was the entire process of the kalchi family’s banquet.
After the dishes were served, Randolf stood up and looked at the people in the square. He said loudly, ” “It’s a bumper year for our Karche clan. Our income is very stable. The main thing is that those guys of Church of Light suffered a great loss in our hands. Our Karche clan finally got rid of our resentment!”
When Randolf said this, the entire square was filled with thunderous applause. These servants were all children of the carci family. Their honor and disgrace were closely related to the carci family. Previously, the carci family was suppressed by the Church of Light quite miserably, so of course, they were also embarrassed. Today, they had fought a beautiful turnaround and swept away the power of the Church of Light in the Rosen Empire. This was definitely great news.
After everyone calmed down, Randolf continued, ” &Quot; this year is also the year that our little princess melgen of the kalchi family is engaged to the patriarch of the Buda family, Zhao Hai. Our little princess has grown up and is about to get married. &Quot;
After Randolf finished his words, the square became even more boisterous. Many people cheered loudly. There was a rule in the carci family that servants could ignore those rules on this day. Therefore, those people dared to be so presumptuous.
Melgen did not expect that Randolf would mention this during the family dinner. She could not help but blush, but she still stood up. When Zhao Hai saw melgen standing up, he quickly stood up as well. The two of them bowed to the crowd in the square and sat down.
Randolf was quite satisfied with Zhao Hai’s performance. He nodded and said, ” &Quot; in short, this year is a good year for our Karche family. Well, I won’t be long-winded anymore. Let’s eat! &Quot; After saying that, he sat down.
Seeing that everyone was about to start eating, Zhao Hai immediately stood up and walked to Randolf’s table with a glass of wine. Randolf’s table was full of influential people, including the real senior of the kalchi family, Smith. Zhao Hai’s table was almost full of the Smith family, plus Zhao Hai and Laura.
Zhao Hai walked to Randolf’s table with a glass of wine and bowed to Randolf and the others. &Quot; &Quot; Grandpa Randolf, elders, today is the first time I’m attending the kalchi family’s family dinner, so I didn’t prepare much. When I went out today, I bought some snacks with melgen at the snack Street. I wanted Grandpa gan to serve it to me, but Grandpa gan asked me to bring it out. I’m happy tonight, so I’m here to join the fun and add two side dishes to your party. I wonder if Grandpa Randolf will agree? ”
&Quot; what’s there to disagree with? ” Randolf laughed. &Quot; our Carson city’s snacks are famous throughout the entire continent. I’ve wanted to eat them for a long time. Alright, bring them up. &Quot;
Zhao Hai smiled. With a flip of his hand, two large plates appeared in his hands. On the plates were a few snacks. There were not many of them, but there were quite a few.
Zhao Hai placed the plate on the table and said to everyone, ” “Grandpa Randolf, please enjoy. I’m going to deliver some to the other tables.”
“Go,” said Randolf,”and give some to everyone.” &Quot; yes, ” Zhao Hai replied and turned to leave.
Zhao Hai then placed some inedible dishes on the table. Although there wasn’t much, it was what he meant, especially the servants. Zhao Hai even chatted with them for a while, which made the servants have a better impression of Zhao Hai. They felt that Zhao Hai was more pleasing to the eye than before.
After delivering the items to everyone, Zhao Hai almost knew the names of all the servants, including the names of the members of the kalci family.
Zhao Hai’s memory wasn’t as good as Smith’s, but he had the interspace. The interspace had a recording function. Zhao Hai couldn’t remember, but the interspace could. The interspace could record a map as big as the continent, let alone these few names.
Zhao Hai had only thought of this when he saw Smith’s actions. After all, Zhao Hai was a shut-in in the past. He could not compare to these people who had received an aristocratic education from a young age, so he had a lot of things to learn.
After sending everything out, Zhao Hai returned to his table. The madam looked at Zhao Hai and smiled, ” “Little hai, you’re so thoughtful. Alright, sit down and eat. You’re the busiest tonight.”
“Didn’t I go to sell some snacks during the day?” Zhao Hai laughed. I’ll give some to everyone so that everyone can have some fun. Hehe, come, let’s eat.”
Since this table was filled with family members, everyone didn’t stand on ceremony. They chatted and laughed as they ate. The atmosphere in the square was getting more and more lively.
The family banquet went on until midnight, and everyone then went to enjoy themselves. This night, many people drank too much, so the square was not cleaned up. It would be cleaned up tomorrow. This was also the rule of the kalci family’s family banquet.
Zhao Hai and the others drank a lot today. He didn’t expect that some of the servants would come over to honor him with wine. Randolf’s table had even more people. On this day, Randolf and the others really put down their master’s status and ate and drank with the servants. They drank all the wine that the servants had given them. Randolf was the first to get drunk, and the others weren’t any better.
Zhao Hai also realized that Randolf and the others were not pretending to be drunk. They were really drunk. This surprised Zhao Hai. Under normal circumstances, experienced officials like Randolf and the others would not drink too much. They would only pretend to be drunk when it was about time. However, this time, he really did not pretend. It seemed that they treated different people with different attitudes.