Chapter 927 The First Day of the Training Course

Not long after Lan Youhua left, Zhou Zikai, who was responsible for leading everyone to eat foreign food and teaching them what to pay attention to when eating, came in. At this time, Han Li looked at his watch and found that it was almost twelve o'clock.

Everyone followed Zhou Zikai to the dining area next door with great expectations, but when the food was served, everyone, including Han Li, was dumbfounded.

Because in front of each person was a piece of salted fish, a bowl of green paste made of something with a very high viscosity, and a few large brown breads. If anyone wanted to eat, they could cut as much as they wanted. The only thing that made everyone feel relieved was that there was a can in front of everyone.

Zhou Zikai briefly talked about the use of knives, forks and spoons, and directly asked everyone to start eating.

The first person who tried the green paste wrinkled his face and covered his mouth with his hands to prevent himself from spitting it out.

Fortunately, everyone has come from hard times over the years and has a very deep understanding of the preciousness of food. They don't believe that the teachers in the training class will harm them, and finally force themselves to swallow it.

At this time, someone started to eat the only canned food on the table that looked relatively high-end. However, when he dug it out with a spoon, he found that it was a canned food made of fish, similar to jelly, soft and bouncy, and looked very delicious.

After taking a bite, this person's face wrinkled. His expression was much better than that of the person who drank the green porridge. After eating it, he cursed.

"Although I don't know what kind of fish it is, isn't it a waste of food for those foreigners to cook like this? Aunt Lihua, who cooks the worst food in our village, can cook better than this."

Then those who ate salted fish, bread, and porridge all made their own complaints.

"Which foreign country is this food from?"

"Isn't it steak and red wine?"

"I heard that Lao Mo's country has borscht and cream of mushroom soup, what is this green goo?"

"And this salted fish? The ones made by the girls over there with their feet are better than this."

"This bread is good, but why is it more sore than the steamed bread with corn cobs?"

Zhou Zikai and others had almost finished complaining, so they put down their knives and forks and talked about the origins of the food on the table.

The unpalatable green goo is the food of ordinary people in E country, and its name is pottage.

Barley is ground into coarse grains, put into a pot and boiled with water, and a wild grass called Cardamine hirsuta is added during the process. If the season is right, some dandelion flowers will be added. When it is almost ready to be served, some chopped leeks will be added, and finally some nettles can be added and served.

"This"

"Isn't this just a random stew?"

"What random stew? This is just a mess."

Then Zhou Zikai talked about salted fish, bread, and the most high-end fish jelly on the table. These things are all foods that the most ordinary people in E country eat without exception.

Zhou Zikai not only introduced the food, but also talked about their history, origin, and the role they once played in E country, as well as the food commonly used by people at all levels in E country.

People in E country with slightly better conditions generally eat foods such as mashed potatoes and ale, while high-income people mainly eat foods such as white bread, fried fish, French fries, and wine.

As for the royal family at the top of E country, Zhou Zikai showed a sarcastic smile on his face when he said this, but he didn't say anything more.

Zhou Zikai's words are very rich in knowledge, just like a professor who specializes in studying the folk customs of E country.

So after he started talking for a while, everyone at the scene didn't care about complaining about the bad taste, and all took out pens and notebooks to record them attentively.

Although everyone's stomachs suffered in this class, they gained a lot, especially Han Li, who felt that his graduate thesis was filled by this meal.

Also, this teacher Zhou Zikai said when he left.

"In the next few days, I will take you to eat from ancient times to the present, from the poor people of E country to the life of the earl, but every time before changing the menu, there will be an exam, and those who fail can only watch us eat."

His words made those who didn't take notes well immediately wail, and there were all kinds of people looking for people to borrow their notes.

Everyone hasn't voted for whose notes are the most complete, and the teacher Qi Xing who is responsible for teaching everyone about foreign sports is here.

"Haha. The meal that Teacher Zhou took you to eat was good, right? But now is not the time for you to reminisce. Everyone follow me, don't talk, and get on the car in the yard in an orderly manner."

There was a Jiefang truck parked in the yard. Qi Xing waved his hand and sat directly in the co-pilot seat. Everyone helped each other get into the truck bed.

It was completely dark when the car returned to the Jing* Hotel. The afternoon class was actually fancy horse riding, which sounded simple.

But except for Han Li, all the other 35 people were in a mess. Some of them even tore their new clothes, and some kept rubbing the injured parts.

After returning, before everyone could catch their breath, they had a meal of mutton soup and sesame cakes arranged by the relevant personnel. Some people couldn't help but complain while eating.

"This is what people eat. What we ate at noon was called a crap."

"Hahaha"

After dinner, everyone lazily leaned on the chairs to rest. Now everyone thought that today's class was over, but unexpectedly, teacher Wang Huan, who was responsible for teaching them dance-related knowledge, came.

Under the leadership of teacher Wang Huan, everyone came to the Friendship Hall in the morning again, but at this time, all the tables and chairs in the hall were gone, and the room seemed particularly empty.

Teacher Wang Huan went to the stage to adjust the microphone and first told everyone some knowledge about dance, such as ballroom dancing, which is still popular abroad.

At that time, ballroom dancing was called social dancing. Later, General Manager Chen said that socializing was a word used by Z. This word was not good, so social dancing became social dancing.

Ballroom dancing was introduced to my country in the 1920s, and the first place it appeared was Shanghai.

In the 1920s and 1930s, ballroom dancing became the most popular social way for dignitaries and celebrities in the political, military, and business circles of the Republic of China. Every major event invited celebrities from all walks of life to hold a dance party. Holding private dances was a symbol of power and status at the time. For example, Zhang Xue* and Zhao Yi* met through ballroom dancing.

At that time, there was no way to attract customers in the dance halls in Shanghai without ballroom dancing.

So the most famous dance halls in Shanghai at that time, such as Paramount, Lido, Ciro's, and Metropolitan, all built dance floors, installed various lights, and trained a group of professional dancers to attract customers.

Until the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we had to learn from the Russians.

Many, many units also specially organized "dance illiteracy elimination" courses, and the trade unions of various units were organizing young people to learn ballroom dancing.

However, although ballroom dancing is performed in China, the rules are very strict.

Face to face, hugging waist, and cross-legged like the Russians are absolutely not allowed.

At that time, there were certain requirements for the distance between male and female dance partners. If this distance was exceeded, the other party (both parties) would likely be reprimanded by relevant leaders.

Teacher Wang Huan introduced the situation of ballroom dancing in detail. His knowledge in this area was no worse than that of Teacher Zhou Zikai, who taught them how to eat foreign food. However, everyone couldn't take notes at this time, so they could only remember it in their minds.

After Teacher Wang Huan finished speaking, he tapped the microphone, and the door of the Friendship Hall was pushed open by a group of people.

These people were all women. Han Li found a familiar person among them. Before he could think about it, Teacher Wang Huan's voice came again

"I can't teach so many of you by myself. In order to let you learn some related dances as soon as possible, I borrowed some professional dancers from the *** Comrades Song and Dance Troupe."

(Guessed big brother's message.)