British 1986

Coupled with the other party's noble status

pity

At the end of the letter, the Excellency said that the situation in the outside world is a bit chaotic now, and he doesn't really want to come to the United States, so he had to use this letter to talk to her, Ivana, first.

Tsk.

Ivana took off the mask on her face and looked at the letter in her hand happily.

How can we compare to chatting through letters than in person?

How many words can I write in how many days?

Isn't this a delay?

In addition, his husband Donald is a businessman. What do businessmen pay most attention to?

efficiency!

The two have been married for so many years, and under his influence, Ivana also pays attention to efficiency.

Now that your Excellency is worried about being unsafe and doesn't want to come over, you can come over by yourself!

Anyway, my husband is busy with business now and doesn't go home for several days, and the children are also taken care of by servants.

Think of it as a trip to Wales.

I heard that Wales has great scenery, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and many castles. Compared to New York, where she lives now, where there are only high-rise buildings, she doesn't know how much better it is!

Ivana just likes that kind of castle hidden in the depths of the jungle and beside the stream amidst the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. That is the place where a master should stay!

Instead of being on the top floor of a hotel in a busy city and being laughed at as a nouveau riche.

Thinking of Allen who I saw on TV, that look

I don’t know what we can talk about when we meet with this Excellency?

Do old European aristocrats eat donuts at home?

"Ask Butler Cooper to book a ticket for me to Wales!"

Ivana moved her legs and signaled the servant who was doing her foot care to call the housekeeper.

But before the servant could go out, Ivana thought for a while and called the servant who was about to go out.

"Wait a minute! Don't worry about the flight ticket. Make an appointment with Ms. Ritz for me first. I'm going to do some body care. The flight ticket will wait a moment."

Ivana, who was still a little impatient and wanted to fly to Wales as soon as possible, suddenly thought about how long it had been since she had a full set of nursing care.

Wouldn't it be rude to go to see the earl so rashly?

These facial masks and treatments that I usually make at home are all just for daily use.

If you really want beauty, you have to go to a professional beauty shop for a full set of care from head to toe, from the inside out.

No, no, no

Ivana suddenly thought again, after nursing, should she also change her clothes, accessories, etc.?

How can you wear the old clothes at home to meet the nobles?

If you were laughed at as a country bumpkin, wouldn't it damage your image?

The whole set needs to be bought new!

"Go and ask Butler Kubo to come and prepare the car. I'm going to buy something."

Ivana stood up in a panic, instructing the servant to call someone, and quickly help her change clothes. She was going to do a thorough sweep of the goods today.

You need to be fully prepared before you go to your appointment.

Tetbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England, close to the Welsh border.

A small country town, not far from the town is the location of Boss Cha's favorite manor, Highgrove Manor.

You can see from here how annoying he is.

In fact, it can't be said that he hates it. He just doesn't like it anyway. He doesn't like Wales.

As long as there is nothing wrong, he will not go to Wales.

Although we are also one of the four handsome guys who make up the United Kingdom.

But the national identity of Wales is just a Grand Duchy, while England next to it is a kingdom, and Scotland to the north is also a kingdom.

On a formal occasion, if Boss Cha comes to Wales, it is called a visit, not an inspection.

Although this place is his territory in name, it still has to be called a visit.

When William grows up in the future, if he wants to come to Wales to visit Alan, as long as he comes, then ask His Royal Highness the Prince to visit Wales and visit the Earl of Carmarthen.

It sounds very foreign and strange, but this is the rule.

Today is the day when Hu Te made an appointment with Butler Capel. Boss Cha went on a business trip to Scotland to attend an event. Capel had time today. The two made an appointment in the town of Tetbury, not far from Highgrove Manor. of teahouse.

Old Jack’s Tea Restaurant!

This is a time-honored tea restaurant in the town. It is said that it has been open for nearly two hundred years. Several generations of the family have been running this tea restaurant. The shop is small and provides the most authentic British afternoon tea.

For them, stewards, and stewards with titles.

It no longer matters where you drink tea or the size of the teahouse.

No matter how good a teahouse is, can it be as good as the restaurant in the crown prince's home?

We made an appointment here today just to keep quiet and let the servants tell the boss that the entire tea restaurant will be closed to the public today.

Old Jack, the eighty-year-old shop owner, personally moved out the complete silver tea set that had not been used for a long time at home, and prepared the snacks himself.

Old Jack didn't know Huth, but he knew Capel, who was the crown prince's butler, and the identity of the person who could sit with him and have afternoon tea was obvious.

For British-style afternoon tea, black tea is definitely the standard, and dim sum is the standard three-layer set of dim sum.

The small snack rack is divided into three layers, with snacks placed on each layer.

When eating, eat from bottom to top.

The bottom layer is salty, the middle layer is the famous scone, and the top layer is sweet.

Sitting on the big red velvet sofa, after Old Jack poured the tea, bowed and left, the two of them did not speak first, but enjoyed afternoon tea first.

When Huth picked up the scones on the second layer, Capel on the opposite side moved his hands and watched Huth's movements with his peripheral vision.

Scones are the most famous British snack.

It's neither dessert nor salty, so it's placed on the middle shelf of the snack rack.

There are many ways to make it, and there are many different shapes, but the most authentic one is to make it look like a round small stone.

Others include fillings with fillings, raisins, and nuts inside.

Hu Te picked up the knife, first spread a layer of jam on the scone, and then continued to apply a layer of butter. He took a small bite and said with a smile: "The scones here are very authentic and have a delicate taste." .”

Capel looked at Huth's actions, especially his action of applying jam first, and nodded slightly.

Hu Te seemed to have discovered Capel's doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "My young master once taught me that when eating scones, you must spread the jam first, because His Majesty likes to spread the jam first, and the Hill family is His Majesty's most important family. Loyal ministers must always follow His Majesty’s footsteps, but they must also apply jam first.”

Talking about this kind of thing makes you look very fucked up.

But don't think this is a trivial matter, but most British people are very hypocritical, and they just accept this.

For example, this scone is an indispensable item in afternoon tea.

Of course, let’s not talk about the poor who can’t afford afternoon tea.

Whenever you eat scones, you have to put something on them.

This thing tastes like a mooncake without fillings, a solid mooncake.

The most authentic one has only a slight sweetness and is a bit dry.

Spread butter and jam on top.

But this order is important. Speaking of which, which thing is applied first will have a slightly different taste.

When we were discussing this issue, everyone was divided into the butter pie and the jam pie first. The argument was so fierce that they almost started fighting.

It's a bit like tofu pudding or rice dumplings, whether you want to eat them salty or sweet.

Whoever says it is right.

But the old lady likes to spread the jam first.

In this way, those with advanced ideas must learn to apply jam first.

This can be regarded as an inadvertent but very detailed British political correctness in aristocratic circles.

Like Capel, he will definitely spread the jam first. If Huth is in front of him, when eating scones today, he will spread the butter first.

Although the quarrel was not serious, the relationship between the two of them was definitely on the decline. There is no reason, just because you put on the butter first!

That’s how fucked up it is.

But now that Hu Te deliberately said what was here, it seemed very upright, and he also specifically pointed out that this was what Allen taught him. The meaning of these words was different.

Capel smiled at Huth with an appreciative look, and the two chatted while eating.

From some chores at home, we talked about the situation in the outside world.

Recently, the coalition forces have been established, and the British side will also mobilize troops to gather in Saudi Arabia first. Then a group of bandits will go to work, but we will see how the war will turn out. It is said that the arrogant United States Dude, get ready for a live broadcast.

Speaking of Americans, Capel snorted with disdain, then seemed to remember something, and said: "Next year, the Americans will promote the Internet. You will send someone here to follow. Let’s go to America to study together.”

"Going to study in the United States? What do you want to learn about Jazz?"

Hu Te doesn't quite understand what the Internet is, Campus Network Pro version?

"Let's learn. It is said that when the time comes, there will be no restrictions on what websites you can register and send emails online, and there will be no need for a network that can only be used between schools like in previous years. That's probably what it means. Everywhere can be connected.”

The two old guys didn't know much about these emerging high-tech gadgets, but they were the first people to have access to the Internet. In the early stages of this thing, people needed to be sent to the United States to learn about it.

Hu Te frowned. He was not interested in the Internet. He just liked taking care of the servants at home, but...

Xiao Shitou should graduate from the Butler Academy next year. Xiao Shitou is young and is the young master's attendant. Let young people like Xiao Shitou study. When he gets old, he will stop joining in the fun.

"Haha, okay, thank you Sir for the invitation. I will send someone when the time comes. Besides, Sir, I am here today for..."

As Hu Te spoke, his voice became lower and he began to talk about the main purpose of coming today.

In early October, Karl Lao returned to Wales in a very low-key manner, bringing an assistant with him.

He got into the car sent by the manor to pick him up and looked at the scenery on the roadside along the way.

He didn't know how many times he had walked this road in Wales from Cardiff to Carmarthen.

Every time I come back, although the scenery on both sides of the road remains the same, the seasons are different every time I come back.

The feeling it brings to him is also different.

Years passed like this, and I remembered that when I was a child in London, there was a lot of chaos around me, and the city was about to be blown up by Germans.

Later he went to Carmarthen, and after he finished his studies, he was sent to Swansea to pretend to be the owner of a garage.

The head of the Hill family has changed again and again. The family is now different, and he has also changed from a little beggar living on the streets of London to the respectable Sir Carl.

Half my life has passed in a daze, and I don’t know how long I can continue on this road.

In fact, Karl Lao himself doesn't like staying in Los Angeles. He feels that the pace of life there is too fast, chaotic and impetuous.

It was far less clean than the one in Wales, but Allen needed him to stay there and do things for him, and Old Carl had absolutely no complaints.

After looking at the driver, Old Karl said, "How are you doing at home recently?"

"all good!"

The driver answered briefly and concisely, and didn't say much else.

Old Carl's fierce old face pulled out an ugly smile. These bodyguards don't talk much and can say anything. This is already good.

"You're back?! Let's rest at home for a while and wait until Christmas is over before leaving."

Allen was quite happy when he saw old Carl who had just returned in the study.

He pointed to the chair and asked Old Karl to sit down first, while he continued to read the letter in his hand.

This is a letter sent back from America.

Lady Ivana's reply to him.

It probably meant that she didn't dare to trouble Allen to go to her in person to understand the situation at risk, but she had some free time recently and wanted to come to Wales for a sightseeing trip and interview Allen by the way.

This is very spiritual to use by the way.

Don't ask why you have to write letters, which is a very time-sensitive method, when you can make phone calls.

Asking means writing a letter is a must-do!

When I report something to my boss, I also write to the Queen!

He never calls her, that's how he behaves.

Just like Allen, when he needs to tell Boss Cha something, he writes a letter. Unless it's something extremely urgent, he has to write a letter at other times when he can.

After smiling and putting down the reply letter, Allen picked up the letter paper and organized his language before replying to the other party.

He took the initiative this time, and everything he said in the letter was very precise.

If you can't go up and flirt, that's too low-end.

He starts from an artistic point of view, first brings up a topic, arouses the other party's interest, and then inadvertently praises the other party between the lines, and then

Express regret.

It's like half-talking, very seductive.

A decent person, pure and innocent, will definitely not take the bait, but what if his appearance is also included?

Do you think the cards in the British aristocracy are joking with you?

Just like this Ivana, although she also expressed it very implicitly in her reply, even using words like "by the way".

But you replied so quickly. It has already been exposed. If you pretend to be pretentious in the letter, it will be meaningless.

Allen saw through this little routine at a glance.

But he replied in a leisurely manner, and even advised Ivana to wait. Now that the outside world is not safe, Allen fully considered Ivana and suggested that she stay well in the United States and not take risks.

A hint of green tea comes to mind.

But at the end of the letter, Allen left a private phone number, saying that if Ivana had any questions, she could call him at this number.

As for whether she should make a call in the United States or wait until she arrives in Wales, Ivana needs to figure it out herself.

PS: Am I cold? As soon as the weekend comes, I am instinctively afraid and have a psychological shadow.