Expedition to Europe

With the return of Qin Zhiyuan, the Black Swan Castle instantly became lively.

Mary has arrived at the Black Swan Castle and now lives in the podium next to it. With Mary, there are forty or fifty French women, all of whom are members of the Capi Military Service Society. They are all military widows and currently have fixed partners in the First Brigade.

The members of the Capi Military Service Society are not all military widows. Some of them have family ties, with old and young parents, and they really can't travel far. Therefore, when the First Brigade moved to Paris, some people did not follow. However, those women who did not choose to follow the army also received generous rewards, not only some cash, but also enough food for their families for a while.

Since they chose to go their separate ways, Qin Zhiyuan could not take care of them for a lifetime. Everyone has their own destiny.

Mary has been following Chen Kangjian wholeheartedly. In Mary's words, even if Chen Kangjian has three wives and four concubines in the future, Mary will not leave Chen Kangjian. Married women have seen through the ways of the world, and Mary's mind is different from Julie and Misha.

After Qin Zhiyuan came back, he called Mary to help.

Misha and Julie were both unmarried women after all, and they were definitely not as good at taking care of children as Mary, who had given birth to two children.

Just as Mary, Misha, and Julie were taking the children to the bathroom, Qin Zhiyuan came to the kitchen.

"Old Wang, make some chicken soup... No, let's make millet porridge. The stomachs of those little guys are probably very weak. They can't eat too greasy things. Let's nourish them with millet porridge first." Qin Zhiyuan was thoughtful.

"It's stewed. I prepared some eggs. Beat a few poached eggs for them, and add some brown sugar. This is the most suitable for nourishing the body." Chef Wang has experience.

The traditional Chinese tonic method is to boil eggs with brown sugar. This treatment is only available to pregnant women. Later studies have shown that boiled eggs with brown sugar have a good effect of nourishing. Brown sugar has the effects of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and warming the stomach, and eggs can supplement nutrition. These two things are combined for conditioning and nourishing. It is simply seamless.

"Okay, let's get something to eat. Although we are not foreigners, it's Christmas Eve, but we have Julie and Misha, so we still have to take care of them." Qin Zhiyuan follows the local customs.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know if you will come back, but I bought a few turkeys and prepared them. They are already roasted, and the tree root bread is also roasted. We can have dinner soon." Chef Wang is also thoughtful.

"Thank you for your hard work." Qin Zhiyuan praised.

"Well, it's all part of my job. It's not hard or not. It's just that this turkey is really unpalatable, far inferior to our old hen." Chef Wang was quite regretful.

"One is roasted, and the other is stewed. They are two different things." Qin Zhiyuan respects European customs.

If I take an old hen to roast, I wonder what it tastes like?

While talking, Foch and Anne came together, followed by Pierre with a lot of bags and a miserable face.

"Welcome, welcome." Qin Zhiyuan said sincerely.

"You kidnapped Lily, so there's no point for us to stay at home. Let's just come together." Pierre was full of resentment. He had to pick up another sister later. It was really a restless Christmas Eve.

According to French customs, Christmas dinner should be held at the home of the oldest married brother or sister, but unfortunately, Foch's eldest son had died in battle, and the husband of the eldest daughter had also died in battle. Therefore, this rule was no longer followed to avoid reminding everyone of their sad memories.

"I'm very sorry to disrupt your Christmas plans." Qin Zhiyuan was grateful.

Qin Zhiyuan stepped forward to help pick up things and let everyone into the living room.

"It doesn't matter, you did the right thing. No matter what time it is, the weak need sympathy." Anne praised.

"Anne, why are you here?" Julie appeared at the railing on the second floor with a look of surprise.

"I came to find my daughter. She ran away from home on Christmas Eve, leaving me and the poor old man behind." Anne was annoyed.

"Anne, I was just planning to let Qin pick you up." Julie lied with her eyes wide open.

"Hmm, what smells so good?" Poor old man Foch smelled the chicken soup.

"Chicken soup! A delicacy from the Far East, I'll invite you to taste it later." Qin Zhiyuan introduced.

"Chicken stewed with mushrooms? This tastes good!" France also has chicken stewed with mushrooms, and Foch is knowledgeable.

Foch was just about to discuss the difference between chicken stewed with mushrooms in the Far East and chicken stewed with mushrooms in France, when Julie led Geraldine, who had taken a bath and changed clothes, down from the second floor.

The clean Geraldine was very cute. She had lush and dazzling golden hair, and her big blue eyes were as deep as the sea, looking as fascinating as the starry sky. Geraldine wore a white shirt of Micha on her upper body, with the hem tied in a knot in front of her lower abdomen and the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Girardine's pants are jeans, which became popular with the gold rush in the middle of the last century. Allen brought them back from the United States. Qin Zhiyuan designed several pairs of pants and gave one to Misha, which was tight. Misha was embarrassed to wear it outside, so he gave it to Girardine. Except for being a little fat, it can be worn. Girardine's shoes are also Misha's, fluffy bear slippers. Although they look a little funny, they are extremely cute.

This set of clothes is very common in the 21st century in another time and space, but it is really unconventional in this era, the kind of personality that makes people shine.

It's a pity that Geraldine's hands were frozen. Now that they were smeared with medicine and bandaged, Geraldine looked like a broken-winged angel, pitiful and cautious.

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The Black Swan Castle was fully heated, and Geraldine didn't feel cold wearing this dress. In fact, Geraldine still felt like she was in a dream. She couldn't believe that all this was true. Maybe it was just a gift from Santa Claus, and it would disappear at dawn tomorrow.

"What a lovely child, come to grandma, let me see you." Anne liked children and opened her arms to Geraldine.

Geraldine came over carefully, and Napoleon greeted her first.

"Napoleon, don't scare her." Anne was a little worried.

Animals are very kind to children. Napoleon walked to Geraldine and stretched his nose to smell the smell on Geraldine's body.

Geraldine seemed to have experience dealing with pets. She could feel Napoleon's kindness and gently stroked Napoleon's head with her bandaged hand. Napoleon didn't like the taste of the potion very much and turned back to Foch's feet.

"What a pitiful little thing. Tell grandma, how old are you?" Anne hugged Geraldine, helped Geraldine to tidy up her hair, pinned the messy hair behind her ears, revealing the crystal clear earlobes, and asked softly with love.

"I am nine years old this year." Geraldine obediently nestled beside Anne's legs. She wanted to nestle in Anne's arms, but she didn't dare to get close.

"What a pitiful little thing!" Anne took the initiative to hug Geraldine and let her feel warm.

Nine years old, this is an age close to a teenager, but it is estimated to be only a little over one meter tall.

War...

This is war!