A meter-high Christmas tree is placed in the center of the living room. When it was originally brought in, it took a lot of effort just to get in, but the decorations costing hundreds of dollars can only be used once for Christmas.
A feast featuring roasted turkey has been placed on the entire dining table. The heating in the room has been turned on long ago. With the colorful decorations and soft lights all over the room, the whole room is filled with hot and cooked meat. Fragrant, with the sweet smell of cake and biscuits.
The baked bacon and eggplant pancakes are buried in egg liquid and fragrant and soft cheese. When you pick up the thin and crispy outer skin, you can smell a sweet aroma mixed with the salty aroma of bacon and the fragrance of eggplant. Come.
The turkey is golden and plump, and its bulging belly is filled with various stuffings, such as mushrooms, nuts, vegetables, etc. Just looking at it makes people feel eager and satisfied.
The brown gingerbread minifigures are baked to a crispy and delicious texture. The slightly spicy ginger and the sweetness of honey are perfectly blended together. The outlines of clothes and facial features are carefully drawn on the body with cream. Each one is cute and attractive, and they are piled high. Big plate…
Antonis tidied up the room and tidied himself up as well, took a shower and changed clothes before coming out of the room. At this time, the sky outside had already darkened. Han Chu brought his computer with the gingerbread man in his mouth. He was now looking at a page of densely packed information, while Ye Shuang was beside him with great interest. There was a palm-sized gift box opened... Antonis had never seen this before. It was probably a gift prepared by Han Chu for the agent.
Han Chu's eyebrows are clean and beautiful, and the clothes on his body are always neat and tidy. Ye Shuang's appearance is exquisite. Although she only wears simple home clothes, it feels just right in such quiet and soft light. Plus a delicious meal filling the table and a warm, inviting smell floating in the air…
Antonis was stunned for a moment. He originally just wanted to make an embarrassing request as a prank, but he didn't expect that he would actually get a perfect Christmas Eve beyond his imagination. As long as he didn't leave the room, he even felt as if he was really in the United States. It's like attending someone's family gathering.
"It looks really good." He walked over and tentatively took a gingerbread man and stuffed it into his mouth. Antonis made a "click" sound and like Han Chu, bit off the head first, ate it in a few bites and then licked it. The finger was a little surprised: "Xiaoshuang, have you ever lived in the United States?"
"No, no money." Ye Shuang replied smoothly while finishing opening the gift, and surprisingly took out a car key: "Brother Han, this is for me?!" Are you sure the gift is not packed in the wrong box? !
Han Chu raised his head: "The car is still in my name, and I still have a copy of the key here, but you can drive it in Shanlin City. I won't live here forever anyway." Just like the house, this belongs to Han Chu every time. When he comes to a place for a short stay, he will prepare all the necessary equipment. Even if it is not Ye Shuang, he will give the spare key to Yao Zhixing or Antonis when he is not around. Anyway, the car will sit there and get rusty when not running.
"It's fine if you can open it." Ye Shuang smiled happily. Although it wasn't his own thing, it was enough that he could use it casually.
"Where is my gift?" Antonis puffed up his cheeks and then asked with a big cute smile: "Han, you must have prepared a gift for me, right?"
"..." Han Chu ate biscuits silently and pretended not to hear.
Get ready! He prepared a gift. Who knew that when he came to Antonis, he would see Ye Shuang being the cook? ! He originally prepared a gift for the agent, but the problem was a pair of diamond earrings. He only planned to go to the store to get them back the next day... So let's just do it. The bad guy will confiscate the gift, and he can still get the earrings later. Go home and see off relatives.
"Han, you are too partial!" Antonis waited for a while but did not receive the gift. Suddenly his whole person's background darkened, and he was as depressed as a large golden retriever abandoned by its owner.
Ye Shuang couldn't bear it but she quickly put away the key and handed over a piece of gingerbread to try to hide the fact that she was the biggest winner tonight: "Here, a gift."
Who cares about such a cheap gift! Antonis took the gingerbread angrily and took a bite out of it as if to vent his anger.
Han Chu pretended that he didn't see anything, removed his notebook, raised his knife, cut off the turkey and put it on his plate. Antonis quickly cut a bigger piece not willing to be forgotten, and not long after, something unexpectedly delicious came on the table. The Christmas dinner quickly attracted everyone's attention, and they spent this year's Christmas Eve in a lively and joyful manner while scrambling to enjoy the food.
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After Han Chu took a shower before going to bed, when he came out of the room to pour water, he accidentally discovered that Ye Shuang, who lived next door, hadn't returned yet.
The table had been cleared, and there was almost half a turkey left, which was wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator. Of course, the pasta and mashed potatoes were eaten cleanly, and the plate was thrown directly into it by Ye Shuang. I went into the sink and waited for the housekeeper to clean it the next day.
The gingerbread man was baked twice. With the capacity of Han Chu's built-in oven that can even handle a turkey, the amount of biscuits in the two ovens was naturally considerable. In addition to what the three of them ate that day, the rest It can probably be packed into about a dozen small bags, with each bag containing more than ten pieces... Half of them were put into the refrigerator by Ye Shuang as snacks for Han and Chu, while the other half was packed by her and ready to be taken back. Give it away.
Antonis has gone back to his room long ago. It's not sure whether he is sleeping or looking for friends online, but it means he has rested anyway. Han Chu originally thought that Ye Shuang should go back, but when he came out, he found that he was sitting cross-legged by the bay window in the corner of the room, with a thick plush carpet under him, and a small blanket covering his legs, lowering his head. Flying needle shuttle.
"...wearing a woolen hat?!" Han Chu watched carefully for three minutes before he could figure out what the other party was doing.
"Hmm." Ye Shuang said casually without raising her head: "Tony doesn't want a Christmas gift? It doesn't take much time anyway, so I'll just type it up..." An exploded diagram showing how to tie a woolen hat was pulled up on the laptop next to him. , Ye Shuang will be able to do it just by looking at it. Anyway, it doesn’t require many acupuncture techniques. That is to say, most people’s finger coordination is not as good as hers, so it takes more time.
Han Chu was also speechless. There are young girls who can wear scarves these days, but those who can wear hats can be said to have become extinct. If you look closely, you can see that the knitting needle in the other person's hand seems to have been prepared by Ke Nan. It seems to have the texture of his pair of long noodles and long chopsticks.
It's amazing. What did she use to split those chopsticks and polish them so smooth in just a short while
Han Chu was watching silently. Ye Shuang thought of something and said sheepishly: "I'm sorry, Brother Han. I went home to unwrap the scarf that a little girl gave to my brother, so I don't have any extra for the time being. What's your gift?" I’ll replenish it for you tomorrow.”
"..." Han Chu lit some candles for the little girl and Brother Ye: "It doesn't matter, I don't care about this."
After saying that, he went into the kitchen and poured water out. After a while, he had knitted a hat with a finger width and height. After thinking about it, he simply sat down and said, "How long will this take? If it's too late, forget it. Tony wants a gift." In fact, it’s just noisy for fun.”
"About an hour or so." Ye Shuang said smoothly and smiled: "It can be seen that Tony is not short of money, but gifts are just for the sake of meaning... For example, our domestic elders give out lucky money to their children, and foreigners probably don't care about Christmas gifts either. It’s very important.”
The warm breath of ginger candy seemed to linger in the air. Han Chu took a sip of warm water, looked sideways out the window, and said casually: "Tony is more willful and prone to whims. It does take a lot of money to take care of him. Strength... You have worked hard today, except for you, probably no one has thought of giving him a hat with your own hands."
"Well, foreigners probably don't like this kind of handiwork." Ye Shuang expressed understanding.
"Hand-knitted sweaters actually emerged in Europe, and it was only after the Opium War that it spread to our country." Han Chu shook his head: "Tony is from Northern Ireland, and there are many elders there who knit sweaters for younger generations... But he was born at the age of five. I was thrown into an orphanage, so I’m afraid I have no experience of receiving such a gift.”
The needle almost went askew, Ye Shuang raised his head and was surprised: "Orphan?!"
I can't believe that the golden retriever has such a background. Are orphans so awesome now? !
"Actually, he should have a mother. After all, he started to remember things when he was 5 years old, but later he didn't want to check it himself." Han Chu slowly turned the cup in his hand: "So the only holiday he can celebrate is Christmas. Besides that, I don’t even remember my own birthday.”
Ye Shuang thought about it and felt strange: "I remember that he seemed to have filled in his birthday on the file?!"
"... Didn't you notice that the birthday is exactly the same as mine?!" Han Chu scoffed with a sullen face.
Which friend would be so shameless as his friend? ! Since they met, Han Chu has been robbed of his parents and even his birthday. He uses his baby face to compete for favor in front of his elders all day long. Han Chu is almost compared to a rebellious son at home.
Ye Shuang coughed, she knew nothing! Han Chu's information would not be stored in the database, so where could she find out the other person's birthday
Han Chu is used to spending Christmas with Antonis every year, but at home he can only accompany him to eat out, and abroad he can attend other people's family dinners.
A Christmas like this that belongs entirely to Antonis, with turkey, gingerbread and all the traditional holiday stuff, and finally a hand-knitted hat as a holiday gift, but it is still the first time that it has ever happened .
So while Han Chu was happy for his friend, he also clearly realized a fact...
This bastard will stay in China for a damn longer time! ! ! (To be continued)