N-M Chapter 405 Sudden Invitation
Chapter 405 Sudden Invitation
Chapter 405 Sudden Invitation
"What are you doing?" Just when Liang En came out of the studio to make lunch, he found that Joan of Arc was dragging a small tree and stepping on the snow from outside the yard, so he opened the window and asked .
"Next Wednesday will be Christmas, less than a week from now, so I think I should make some preparations." Joan of Arc dragged the tree under the window, then raised her face and said. "Let's say I just bought a Christmas tree from the tree farm in town."
"It's Christmas, I don't feel like I've been back for half a month, it seems that people are not sensitive to time when they are busy." Liang En showed a wry smile, then shook his head.
Only at this time did I realize that I have been busy since I came back and have not stopped until now. I have hardly left this small building except to go shopping with my parents and the town.
Of course, he does not believe in Christianity, but growing up in this environment will always be influenced by the local area. After all, Ireland’s religious scope is relatively strong, and sometimes you will seem a little out of place when you are different from everyone else.
So their family will also hang lanterns, arrange Christmas trees, and give each other Christmas gifts at Christmas like other people, but they don’t go to church. Of course, the influence of this culture is not unilateral.
For example, there is only their Chinese family in Baojian Town now, but under their continuous influence, there are also many people here who will hang a Chinese knot at the door during the Chinese Youth Spring Festival, and send festive blessings to Liang En and the others.
Fortunately, Liang En has almost dealt with the things at hand, so he simply reduced his workload, and then accompanied Joan to purchase various holiday items and make preparations for the holiday.
Preparations belong to preparations, but many things are still the same, such as the live broadcast about cooking, and even because there are fewer things recently, Liang En has more time to spend on cooking.
Interestingly, it may be because there are more people who have free time during the festival. At the peak of watching the video of Liang En’s cooking live broadcast, there were more than 10 people. It is also because of this reason that he began to select some dishes from the recipes that are suitable for the festival. demo.
This is also related to Liang En's more free time recently. You must know that these big meals may not be very precious in terms of the choice of ingredients, but they are often time-consuming. Most people usually don't have the energy to make this stuff.
Maybe because a Chinese-American historian makes authentic wood-grain cakes, gingerbread men and even Christmas puddings, which few people in China even know. is rising rapidly.
In particular, many people commented that some of Liang En's cooking methods were only done by grandma, even if their parents rarely used this ancient method for cooking.
Liang En can fully understand this point. Take today's live broadcast dish, the famous Christmas pudding as an example. The ingredients of this thing are purely mixed by hand, which is a heavy manual labor. Traditionally, the whole family will gather together and take turns stirring the pile of mixture.
This kind of work is definitely not easy. Liang En and Joan of Arc thought that the mixer was a very great invention after mixing by hand. After all, people with super physical strength like them felt sore after mixing.
But then again, even though it takes a lot of effort to make a Christmas pudding, food that tastes good gives people a good feeling, and sometimes the things they make are almost unacceptable to Liang En.
The thing mentioned here is the famous German spice wine, which is an alcoholic beverage that uses red wine as a base wine, adds various spices and heats it on a pot.
Unfortunately, the early 20th century recipe on the Orient Express was a bit weird from various angles, especially after adding cinnamon and star anise, Liang En felt like he was drinking cooking wine.
Because Liang En cooks according to the amount on the dining car, it is impossible for the two of them and Liang En's parents to finish the food. Fortunately, the food can be handed over to the church in the town and given to those in need people.
"Thank you for your generosity. Your kindness made 15 children feel the joy of Christmas." After receiving the packaged food, the priest said seriously to Liang En and the others.
The child the priest mentioned was a small orphanage for orphans in a neighboring town. It was jointly organized by several surrounding towns, but there were only three or four orphans there, and the rest were temporary residents sent by the police or the Immigration Bureau. children.
As for the funding of the orphanage, it comes from a small amount of official funding and donations from residents in the surrounding towns. For example, Liang En and the others will donate part of the milk and eggs.
After chatting with the priest for a few more words, Liang En and the others returned to their home, but to their surprise, when the two of them reached the door of the house, they found a car parked in front of their house.
"Good afternoon, Officer Burke." Liang En quickly recognized the identity of this middle-aged man. He was the senior police officer who had dealt with him because of the loss of items from the National Museum of Ireland. "What's the matter?"
"There are indeed some things that need to trouble you." Police Officer Burke showed an embarrassed expression on his face. After all, calling people out before Christmas did cause trouble for others.
Soon, the police officer revealed the reason for looking for Liang En. It turned out that they had recently intercepted a batch of ancient cultural relics from the Middle East and North Africa at the customs, so now they need to identify all these things in a short time.
It is a pity that Ireland is a small country after all, so it is not too many to find sufficient and reliable manpower in this area in a short period of time, which is why Officer Burke made a special trip.
Anyway, Liang En can be regarded as a famous historian now. Although he is a relatively easy-to-talk person from his previous experience, it is better to ask him to go to the city for help at this time, so it is better to find someone to come over for an interview , instead of calling.
After thinking for a while, Liang En quickly agreed to the other party's request, then said goodbye to Joan of Arc, got in a car and went straight to the customs near the Dublin port.
For him, whether it was Officer Burke who came to invite him in person at this time or the amount of subsidies offered, he felt a kind of respect. In addition, he really had nothing to do now, so it was okay to make a special trip.
Half an hour later, Liang En saw something that he needed to appraise, and he finally understood why he had to make a special trip to the suburbs to call him here.
Because what is placed in front of him now are two full containers of cultural relics, no matter from which angle.It will take a long time to identify this amount of things.
But the problem is that for the police, they need to figure out the situation of these things in a short period of time, and then restore everything to the original state without the receiver realizing that the situation is wrong. , and then apply for a warrant to arrest the other party.
Realizing that time was running out, Liang En immediately got into work, but soon he discovered that most of the items in the box were just modern imitations, and even the real ones were just broken stones or pieces of wood.
Obviously, there must be a problem here, otherwise Officer Burke would not have braved the snow to ask Liang En for help at this time.
(End of this chapter)