Chapter 62: Santa Claus, do you think I'm stupid?
Mix the minced beef and butter and knead them into patties, sprinkle with crushed black pepper for seasoning, put oil in a frying pan and fry the onions until they turn caramelized. Ye Wan spread a thick layer of breadcrumbs on each beef patty and then handed it to Youan.
Golden waves appeared in the oil pan. Youan threw the beef patties covered with breadcrumbs into the pan. With a "sizzle", many fine bubbles immediately emerged from the pan. When the surface of the croquettes was fried crispy and shiny, Youan picked up the long chopsticks and picked up the croquettes one by one to drain the oil.
Ye Wan cut the cabbage into large pieces of thin strips and piled them on the plate, then put the croquettes on the plate as well.
The whole kitchen was filled with the tempting aroma of food. On the food cabinet were steaming butter bread just out of the oven, brown sugar gingerbread men sprinkled with icing sugar, baked prawns with cheese, a sausage and potato platter, and two glasses of lime sparkling wine.
Ye Wan is now cooking applesauce to use as a marinade for roast chicken.
Muffin stared at the multi-flavored candies in the glass jar with a vigilant look on his face. He showed great interest in a candy that looked very much like chocolate, but it was obvious that it probably tasted like cow snot.
The snow outside had stopped, and it was already dusk, an orange-hued evening. The afterglow of the setting sun shone down, reflecting on the icicles on the eaves, emitting colorful light.
After wiping the dinner plate and silver knife, You An walked to the window. He looked up at the sky and then waved at Ye Wan: "Ye Wan, come here."
She was busy brushing a layer of honey on a roast chicken, her hands were covered in honey. Upon hearing this, she wiped her hands and ran over: "What's wrong?"
He pointed out the window.
The sky was a honey-soaked orange, the edges of the clouds rimmed with a tinsel-like rim. Amidst the warm clouds, the bells of twelve reindeer tinkled gently. Santa Claus, clad in a red robe, smiled down at the crowd below, his white beard fluttering slightly. He waved one hand at the cheering crowd below, the other clutching the reins. Behind him, a bag bulged with presents.
"Oh, it's Santa Claus!" Ye Wan waved excitedly towards the sky. "I heard Justin talk about it, but I didn't expect him to pass by Honey Lane. Do you think he'd put some silver coins in my wool socks?"
"Maybe..." said Euan.
The reindeer were not flying fast, their hooves kicked up some snow, and they were strolling unsteadily in the twilight where orange and blue mixed together, and then they gradually disappeared into the night.
Ye Wan stood by the window until Santa Claus disappeared, then he returned to the room and said as he walked, "What a wonderful world! This is the first time I've seen a living Santa Claus."
Euan also looked happy. In fact, the Santa Claus parade is also one of the traditional Christmas programs. The reindeer are ordinary reindeer with magic, and the sleigh is equipped with a flying device similar to a flying broom. During the flight, the exhaust pipe will spew out a lot of green smoke.
Not to mention Santa Claus, he is an old actor of the Royal Opera House.
The planned route of the parade was originally just to circle the main urban area. This year, I don’t know from which direction the city hall received the order, but they even planned to include civilian areas such as District C in the flight route.
Youan didn't look up at Santa Claus in the sky. He leaned against the window and looked at Ye Wan intently.
The latter's face was as red as a ripe red apple because of excitement and happiness.
"That's really cute," he thought.
The warm light from the pub spread, filling the entire living room with a fluffy halo. They began to hang Christmas ornaments on the balsam fir tree. Ye Wan stood on tiptoe on a wooden box, insisting on hanging the star ornament at the highest point of the tree herself. Youan stood behind her, holding her waist with a slightly nervous look.
Reindeer pendants and angel pendants are hung on the branches one by one, and finally the strings of colorful lights are hung between the branches.
She turned around and tried to plug in the socket for the string of colorful lights, but the wooden box tilted over. Ye Wan felt her feet go empty and her body fell forward uncontrollably.
Ye Wan felt something was wrong and only had time to close his eyes.
The expected bumps and pain did not come, and she fell into an embrace with the cold scent of cedar.
You Anben was protecting her from behind. When he saw her fall, he immediately held her firmly and put his palm on her thick sweater.
Ye Wan rubbed her cheek against his chest and grabbed his collar awkwardly. She didn't dare to look up, but just stared at the herding deer on his chest.
She could feel the other person's chin resting on her head and the warm breath coming from him.
"What should I say or do at a time like this?" she thought.
The atmosphere was as stagnant as the cranberry jelly on the table. Just as she was about to speak, Muffin jumped off the table and turned on the switch of the colorful light string with a "click".
Colorful lights meandered among the branches of the trees and lit up one after another, and warm light spread out.
You An spoke first: "Are you hurt?"
"No...no." She whispered, rarely, and then ran away from his arms like a cat.
The golden bells on the Christmas tree swayed gently, making crisp sounds, and snowflakes were gently falling from the shining glass balls. She put the Christmas gifts under the tree. The gift bags were bulging, and the small gift boxes were wrapped in shiny colored paper, which was very beautiful.
"Let's eat first, and then we can open the presents."
The muffin sat on its own little chair and was given a piece of orange pumpkin pie filled with cream. It happily stuffed a large piece of it, and the sweet aroma of the soft and glutinous pumpkin filled the air.
Ye Wan used a silver knife to slice the roasted chicken into thin slices. The chicken skin was covered with charred fat and the surface had a honey-colored sheen.
The chicken skin is very crispy, and the chicken is marinated with black pepper, which makes it tender and fragrant. A little bit of the sweet and sour Thai sweet and spicy sauce can neutralize the heavy fat very well.
They drank lime and soda.
"Merry Christmas Eve."
Muffin finally got a big bag full of nuts as he wished. One time, Ye Wan and You An went out without it on purpose and spent an entire afternoon picking them in the woods.
It rolled happily in the pile of nuts.
Ye Wan gave Youan a scarf. She bought the wool about a month in advance and rented a book called "Grandma Anna Teaches You 100 Knitting Methods" from the library. After the pub closed at night, she knitted the scarf in the bedroom. Muffin sat at the foot of the bed and used his paws to help her sort out the wool. The scarf was dark green with a silver border on it, which suited his pale and handsome face very well.
She had deft hands and a quick mind, and she was able to knit after trying a few times. However, she was not very good at closing the stitches, and the bottom side of the scarf was still a little crooked.
The main reason was that she didn't have much money, and Youan didn't even have a scarf. In such cold weather he only wore a cashmere cape over his shirt.
Youan stared at the scarf in her hand for a moment.
The Christmas tree flickered behind her.
Ye Wan was a little embarrassed: "Maybe the weaving is not very good."
The next second, he took the scarf and wrapped it around his neck. The soft scarf covered his slender neck: "Very warm."
He looked Ye Wan in the eye seriously and said softly, "I like it very much."
Before Ye Wan could say anything, he pulled out a box carefully wrapped in red and green colored paper from his pocket. A necklace lay quietly in the black velvet. It was a silver chain that shone with a subtle light, with a huge blue diamond in the middle.
Ye Wan felt that the diamond was like the Heart of the Ocean in "Titanic", as deep and mysteriously blue as the sea. Ye Wan took it in his hand and found the gem heavy and solid.
It looks very expensive.
She looked at Youan with some suspicion, and the latter coughed pretentiously: "I bought it at the market, it's not expensive, only 20 silver coins."
"Really? I don't believe it," she said.
The latter took the necklace from her hand, raised his hand to lift her long hair, and the chain was wrapped around her neck. The gems were slightly cool against her skin.
His cool fingers brushed the side of her neck. "It's not a valuable item. I just thought it would suit you."
Ye Wan looked down at the necklace: "It's really beautiful."
The warm winter light of Christmas Eve seems to last longer than every day before...
When Ye Wan crawled out of the warm bed on Christmas Day the next day, she touched her neck in disbelief. The slightly cool gem became warm as it was touched by her body temperature.
"This is really..." She could feel the preciousness of the gem, but it was obvious that Youan had no intention of telling her the origin of the gem.
However, although Youan is a bit arrogant and sharp-tongued, there is nothing wrong with his character. It is impossible that he is going to rob a bank.
Thinking of this, Ye Wan got up and went to change her clothes. Besides her sweater, there was also a red wool sock on the hanger. She hung it there to receive a gift from Santa Claus, although Santa Claus certainly would not really climb the chimney of the tavern to deliver the gift.
She went to take off her woolen socks and was shocked by their heavy weight. She hurriedly grabbed the sock opening and shook it. With a "clatter", a metal collision sound was heard, and the socks were filled with gold coins.
Ye Wan didn't even have time to put on her shoes before running downstairs with her woolen socks in her hand. You An had already gotten up and was standing at the counter making coffee.
"Something terrible has happened. The wool socks at the head of my bed are full of gold coins! They're gold coins!" Ye Wan said in disbelief.
Seeing that Youan didn't look surprised at all, she asked suspiciously, "You stuffed it in there, didn't you? Did you rob a bank?"
Youan choked on a mouthful of coffee. He seemed a little speechless: "Isn't it stuffed in a wool sock? It must have been put in by Santa Claus."
Ye Wan carefully took out the gold coins from her wool socks one by one and counted them carefully. There were 100 in total, which could be exchanged for 879 silver coins at that day's exchange rate. She saved 1,240 silver coins herself. This not only allowed her to pay off her debts quickly, but also brought in extra income, allowing the tavern to continue operating easily and without pressure.
This is equivalent to when you are struggling to defeat the big boss, suddenly a cheat appears from the sky and kills the boss in one go.
There was a small note hidden in the gold coin, which said "Christmas gift, just pay the gold coin back before next Christmas."
The signature is Santa Claus.
Ye Wan looked at You An suspiciously: "Is this really from Santa Claus?"
He shrugged: "Otherwise."
The tavern was quiet, with only the crackling of the fruit logs burning in the fireplace.
Ye Wan stared at him for a while, then slowly spoke:
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
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