Chapter 153: The Year-End Dinner Begins (Part 2)

Gozevin led Gail and Ilsa to the center of the venue.

In the center of the venue for the year-end party, there is a large open space dedicated to dancers and musicians.

After Ge Zewen came to the open space in the center of the venue, he stopped, looked around at the surrounding guests with a smile on his face, and then said loudly:

"Thank you for being able to come to the venue of this year-end dinner!"

"I hope everyone here can enjoy tonight!"

"Okay, I don't like to talk empty nonsense, so let's stop here for the opening remarks!"

As soon as Ge Zewen's words fell, there were bursts of light laughter in the venue.

Even Su Cheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Gozevin is notoriously averse to empty, tedious opening lines.

Therefore, whenever there is an important occasion, when Ge Zewen needs to go up to give a speech or give an opening remark, Ge Zewen will only speak a sentence or two and finish.

It has to be said that there are still many people who like Ge Zewen's preferences. For example, Su Cheng likes Ge Zewen's preferences very much. After all, no one would like to listen to such long and empty opening remarks.

After speaking a short opening remark, Gozevin waved to Gail who was on the side, and then Gale handed Gozevin a glass of wine that he didn't know where he was handed over.

After taking the wine glass from Gail, Ge Zewen raised the glass of wine high so that everyone in the venue could see the glass of wine.

After Ge Zewen held up the glass of wine in his hand for a few seconds, he handed it back to his lips and drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking the wine in the glass in his hand, Gozevin returned the glass to Gale, and then took a deep breath——

"I declare—the year-end dinner in the 289th year of the imperial calendar has officially begun!!"

After Gozevin shouted this sentence, thunderous applause broke out in the venue immediately.

"When the emperor came to the meeting place, after finishing his opening remarks, he drank a glass of wine, and then shouted 'I announce that the year-end dinner in 289 of the imperial calendar has officially begun'"—the standard procedure of this year-end dinner, so far is the final It's over.

What Ge Zewen said just now was like a signal. After shouting loudly, a row of attendants filed in from outside the venue.

—they are the ones who are going to bring the dishes for tonight's dinner.

Each of the rows of attendants held a plate of dishes in their hands.

These attendants are all attendants who are responsible for taking care of the palace and serving the royal family. The dexterity of their hands and feet is simply admirable.

Soon, the long tables in the venue, which were originally empty and only had appetizers, fruit juices and drinks, were filled with a variety of sumptuous dishes.

When these attendants came in with the dishes, the venue was immediately filled with a tangy aroma.

It is already 19:30, and Su Cheng always eats dinner around 18:00.

That is to say, Su Cheng's usual time for dinner has already passed, and his stomach has been growling since just now.

Now smelling the aroma of food filling the venue, Su Cheng felt the saliva in his mouth secreting crazily.

After swallowing the speechless saliva in his mouth, Su Cheng turned his head and chatted to Alisa who was aside:

"I'm so hungry, I can finally eat."

"Yes." Alisa nodded deeply, "I always thought that the person who set the start time of the year-end dinner at 19:30 must have a problem with his head. Doesn't he know that there are many people's dinners?" Is it early?"

"Yes, I also think that people who set the banquet at 19:30 may have problems with their heads. Are you hungry, Alisa?"

"Hmph, I joined the army at the age of 15, and it has been 4 years now. I have long been used to this feeling of eating irregularly, so I am not very hungry now. Even if the food is served later, I can still..."

cuckoo~~

A voice that every human being might be very familiar with sounded from Alisa's stomach.

After this voice sounded,

Alisa's face turned red immediately, and then subconsciously raised her hand to cover her stomach.

But Su Cheng quickly bit his lower lip to prevent himself from laughing out loud.

Alisa, with flushed cheeks, said helplessly:

"This, this is just an ordinary stomach growl! I, I admit that I am a little hungry now, but I am not really hungry! Even if the food is served later, I can stand it!"

Su Cheng, who managed to suppress his laughter, wanted to tease Alisha with words.

But after thinking about it for a while, Su Cheng gave up this idea.

——Because Alisa is a person with high self-esteem and good face, if you tease her with such a shameful thing, she may "explode".

Su Cheng took two plates and two sets of knives and forks, and then handed one of the plates and a pair of knives and forks to Alisa, with a faint smile on his face, and said:

"Alyssa, let's eat quickly."

"snort……"

Alisa, who was still embarrassed up to now, lowered her head slightly and took the tableware handed over by Su Cheng because her stomach made a sound in a timely manner.

This year-end dinner is quite a bit like a banquet in the west of the earth. All the food is placed on a long table, and you can pick it up when you eat. This not only saves space, but also allows guests to move around and talk freely.

Su Cheng still likes this kind of banquet, because it is very free.

Eat, drink, and talk, you can let yourself choose, regardless of location, you can get what you want to eat, and talk to whoever you want to talk to.

Su Cheng and Alyssa came to a nearby long table with tableware, and saw the long table full of dishes.

On this table, there seemed to be mainly meat. At a glance, there were not many green vegetables on the long table.

Although the era background and architectural style of this different world are very similar to the Middle Ages in the west of the earth.

However, the productivity, food level, and medical level of this different world are obviously much higher than those in the Middle Ages in the west of the earth, and even in the east of the earth in the same period.

The most common peasant family in this different world can eat meat 2 or 3 times a week on average.

This alone is enough to make the earth in the age of cold weapons beyond reach. For the earth in the age of cold weapons, whether in the East or the West, it is unimaginable that an ordinary farmer can eat meat 2 or 3 times a week. .

Because of the unusually high productivity and dietary standards in this different world, it is not so rare to be able to eat meat. If you randomly recruit a farmer in the countryside, he can eat meat several times a week.

Even ordinary farmers can eat meat several times a week, let alone rich people and nobles like Su Cheng and Alyssa.

Su Cheng doesn't know what a nobleman like Alisa's daily food is like, but Su Cheng is sure that a nobleman like Alisa must be able to eat meat every meal. After all, Su Cheng is just an ordinary person with a little money, and he can basically eat meat for every meal, let alone a nobleman like Alisa.

Therefore, he basically eats meat every meal, so Su Cheng has long been used to the taste and aroma of meat.

However, even Su Cheng, who has long been accustomed to the taste and aroma of meat, can't help but twitch his index finger when he sees the plates of meat on the long table and smells the aroma of the plates of meat. .

Feeling that his saliva was about to drip, Su Cheng grabbed the public fork, forked a thin slice of meat, put it on his plate, then impatiently picked up his own fork, and stuffed the slice of meat into his mouth .

The moment the piece of meat entered his mouth, Su Cheng's eyes burst out with astonishment and surprise.

The moment his tongue touched the piece of meat, Su Cheng tasted that the piece of meat was pork. After swallowing the piece of pork, Su Cheng said in a joyful tone:

“This pork slice is delicious!”

Carol's father is a very good chef, and he learned from her father, Carol, so he naturally has a very high level of cooking skills.

Ever since Su Cheng got used to the food cooked by Kai Luoer, his taste has been spoiled, and it has been a long time since he experienced the feeling of "deliciousness" from the food made by others.

Su Cheng couldn't help sighing in his heart:

I have heard of the food for the year-end dinner, so delicious that you may never forget it in your life, but I didn’t expect it to be so delicious!

Just being messed around by those aristocratic girls made Su Cheng no longer interested in or looking forward to this year-end dinner, but now that Su Cheng ate this piece of pork slices, his enthusiasm for this year-end dinner was rekindled. interests and expectations.

After hearing Su Cheng's praise for this plate of pork slices, Alyssa raised her eyebrows, said "Let me try it too", and forked a piece of this pork slice into her mouth .

After putting the piece of meat into her mouth, Alisa's expression was exactly the same as that of Su Cheng just now, full of astonishment and surprise.

After swallowing the piece of meat, Alisa licked her cherry lips, and said:

"Although I came to the year-end dinner last year and ate the food here once, even if I tasted the food here once last year and prepared myself, I was still surprised by the delicious food here."

After that, Alisa picked up the public fork again, wanting to taste another piece of this pork slice.

However, just as Alisa picked up the public fork, Su Cheng patted Alisa and said:

"Alyssa, there's a lot of food here, let's just eat it one by one, try every plate of food, so don't eat this pork slice, save more stomach to try other food."

After listening to Su Cheng's words, Alisa blinked, thought for a while, then nodded, and put down the public fork in her hand.

"That's true." Alisa said, "In this kind of banquet with a lot of delicious food, the most stupid behavior is to eat too much of the same dish, which makes you lose your appetite for other more delicious food."

As soon as Alisa's words fell, Su Cheng raised the tableware in his hand, with a slight smile on his face, and said:

"Then, let's go, Alisa, let's 'sweep' all the delicacies here."