With a net profit of more than $800,000, Zhou Qiao reorganized the clinic inside and out.
The hard decoration has not been changed, mainly because the hard decoration would be a larger project and would delay the clinic's business, that is, the soft decoration layout.
For example, the computers at the nurse's desk and the three clinic rooms have all been replaced with new ones, with larger screens, higher configurations, and smoother operation.
Another example is the rest area, which has been replaced with new curtains, carpets, sofas, tables and chairs, and new coffee machines, tea bar machines and green plants have been added.
The ward is also decorated more warmly.
The cleaning of sheets, quilts, carpets, etc. was also outsourced to Ariel's laundry.
I have to say that after spending some money to clean it up, the entire clinic has a completely new look.
Murphy kept a pot of prickly prickly pear cactus in the surgical clinic, Rachel placed a pot of sansevieria in the internal medicine clinic, and Zhou Qiao placed a pot of pink phalaenopsis in the general clinic.
It's not that he likes such naughty flowers, but that Elena arranged them for him!
Zhou Qiao didn't have many requirements for placing green plants. Since Elena was happy, just let her do it.
Phalaenopsis was placed on the windowsill. Zhou Qiao took a look at it when he went to look at the scenery, and was surprised to find that the flowerpot was actually engraved with small Chinese characters! The place of origin is also marked! Foshan, Guangdong.
This is imported from China!
Zhou Qiao was instantly moved, Elena was interested! Although he is not from Cantonese!
The natural flowering period of Phalaenopsis is usually from March to May, but now it is cultivated artificially and can be adjusted at will. In particular, it will bloom around holidays. Because holidays are the peak consumption period for flowers.
For example, China's National Day, New Year's Day, Spring Festival, etc., while in the United States, it is Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, etc.
That’s right, the annual Thanksgiving is almost here!
This is a very important holiday in the United States. It can be said to be the most authentic and American holiday among the American national holidays, because it is most closely related to the history of the United States!
In the beginning, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving, which was temporarily decided by each state in the United States. It was not until 1863, after American independence, that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. In 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as "Thanksgiving." The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
This is a festival unique to the American people and a day for American families to get together. Just like the Chinese Spring Festival, you must spend it with your family.
If I can't go back, I will make long-distance calls to talk to my parents and family and share some things I am grateful for.
At first it was to thank God, thank the Indians for their help, and celebrate the harvest, but now it has many other meanings. I would like to thank my parents for their upbringing, my children for being well-behaved and sensible, and my ancestors for their pioneering spirit...
Zhou Qiao also gave the clinic three days off because Rachel and Murphy had to go home to spend time with their families and prepare Thanksgiving food!
The patients in the ward, such as the previous child with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and later Zhang Mengjing, have all been discharged. During the holidays, unless there is a particularly urgent medical condition, basically no one will come for a physical examination or weight loss consultation.
Even the testing centers outside have given most employees holidays! Only a small number of staff are left to deal with some urgent inspection and inspection needs.
Elena and Ava are a little unhappy because their only relative, Anna, has passed away, and now only Zhou Qiao is left.
Zhou Qiao comforted them and said that we should also celebrate a festival with great fanfare!
The two girls suddenly smiled. Originally, they thought that Zhou Qiao was not a native American and had no interest in this holiday.
Zhou Qiao is naturally indifferent, but who makes the twin girls Americans? Just think of it as celebrating for them!
Thanksgiving, of course, is the traditional main dish of turkey. In fact, although turkey is big and has a lot of meat, it is woody and unpalatable, but this dish is a must, even if it is ready and put on the table!
Just like fish is served every year during the Chinese New Year, it is a must-have dish!
Turkey is not only the star of the meal, but also a symbol of Thanksgiving. Every year before Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation sends a turkey to the White House to be released by the President of the United States.
Zhou Qiao spent four hours just roasting this huge turkey. After the chicken skin was roasted to a dark brown color, he stuffed some mixed food into his belly, such as crumbed bread. Let’s not talk about whether it tastes good or not. This presentation is definitely possible!
Elena prepared a fragrant meat sauce, accompanied by sweet cranberry jam, as a condiment when eating turkey.
Ava prepared grilled steak, roasted pumpkin, corn, sweet potatoes, vegetable salad and baked pillow bags.
The third floor of the clinic is the living area. There is a dedicated kitchen with many kitchen utensils, including three electric ovens, a microwave, an electric stew pot, an electric steamer, an electric pressure cooker, an electric hot pot, an air fryer, a soymilk machine, and a wall-breaking machine. machine, induction cooker, and some other Chinese and Western kitchenware and tableware.
A range hood is also equipped. Many American families do not have a range hood, but Aunt Zhou Qiao is Chinese, so how can she not install one? Although she rarely cooked during her lifetime.
There are a lot of kitchen utensils, but very little or no cooking is done, which is a bit like "a poor student with too much stationery".
Nothing else, I just like buying and collecting. The main thing is the freshness of the first time.
The feast is ready. In the restaurant on the third floor, the table is filled with fruits and vegetables. A large pumpkin is specially placed in the middle, surrounded by apples, corn, and nuts, symbolizing a good harvest. Zhou Qiao still likes to eat the pecans inside.
Then put the prepared food on the table, light the candles, open two bottles of red wine, pour it into the decanter and let it sober up first. Candlelight dinner is ready!
This kind of festival evokes emotions. Before starting to eat, Zhou Qiao went to the small room where the aunt's spiritual tablet was placed to worship, lit incense and candles, replaced new tributes, and kowtowed three times to thank the aunt for her gift!
According to traditional customs, spiritual tablets need to be placed at home for three years. The pace of modern times has accelerated. Some people put them away after a hundred or seventy-nine days, but Zhou Qiao feels that he must put them away for three years, or even longer.
It also means observing filial piety for three years.
My aunt has no heirs, so it is only right that he should do these things!
Elena and Ava also knelt down and kowtowed, expressing their remembrance in Chinese etiquette and thanking Anna for her upbringing.
Then, return to the table.
Zhou Qiao personally cut the fragrant turkey slices into thin slices and distributed them to Elena and Ava.
Turkey meat is relatively thick, and if it is sliced thickly, it will not taste good.
Zhou Qiao's knife skills are of course nothing to say, sometimes the blades are as good as paper. It won't work if it's any thinner, because the meat is very sticky and will fall apart if it's too thin.
Coupled with the sauce, it can barely be called delicious.
Although turkey is unpalatable, it is high in protein and low in fat, making it a good food for fitness experts.
This turkey will probably last several days! Fortunately, I have a big refrigerator at home, so storing food is not a problem.
Compared with turkey, Zhou Qiao still feels that steak is more delicious, tender and tender!
At the same time, Murphy, his mother, and grandparents also celebrated this festival together, and there was also a big table full of delicious food.
The Westin couple and their son Brian drove back from Silicon Valley to reunite with them.
The Clarks and their daughter Jessica took a flight back from New York to spend Thanksgiving with her parents!
Taylor and Felipe were busy working and tidying up at home together. Felipe is now much stronger and can help with many housework.
Although Christie has a bad relationship with her family, her body has not fully recovered yet, and she is still weak, but for such a grand festival, she still goes to her parents' place to help her mother prepare delicious food.
In previous years, Cathy spent Thanksgiving alone, miserable, but this year, she was busy and accompanied little Danielle, and they had a rich holiday together. Although little Danielle can't eat staple food yet, Cathy also thinks it's fun to play some games to entertain her.
Although nuts and Q candies were also prepared at home, she learned from her experience and checked Danielle's little world again and again to make sure that no bits and pieces fell inside.
On the streets, San Francisco is full of festive atmosphere, especially in major restaurants, where private rooms and parking spaces are already hard to come by. Many people don’t want to cook at home, so they go out to have dinner in restaurants!
Even the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are full of guests, mostly foreigners. Because relatively few Chinese people celebrate Thanksgiving.
These Chinese restaurants, adapting to the needs of foreigners, also offer roasted turkey. The modified Chinese version of roast turkey has a unique taste.
At the University of California, San Francisco, in-state students and some out-of-state students have gone home to reunite with their families, but some out-of-state students who are far away from home and international students like Ling Qingqing have nowhere to go. They review in the library and prepare for the upcoming final exam, and some meet up with friends for a short trip to the surrounding areas.
The school also prepared a sumptuous dinner of turkey, pie, cornbread, etc., as well as some interesting games such as "Turkey Trot" for the students who stayed in school!
This event involves participants running a race around campus, which is about 3 miles in total. Some friends even wear funny turkey decorations to participate! Naturally, there are also awards.
Instead of participating in the Turkey Trot, Ling Qingqing went on a self-driving trip with three friends along California Highway 1!
This highway, also called the Pacific Coast Highway, connects San Francisco and Los Angeles from north to south with sea views along the way. It is known as the most beautiful self-driving scenic highway in the world. The total length is 276 miles, with winding mountain roads, endless green mountains on one side, steep cliffs and crashing waves on the other side.
Grandma Loya's family, uncle, aunt, and cousins all gathered in Grandma Loya's country house in Texas to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
Grandma Luo Ya put on the evening dress bought by her precious granddaughter, put on light makeup and jewelry, and she immediately became graceful and luxurious. Now she is also the grandmother of the mayor and the grandmother of the police inspector!
Luo Ya's aunt became extremely filial and didn't let the old lady do anything during the whole process. The huge dinner was hosted by her aunt alone!
However, they did not cook turkey, because many native Americans actually found turkey unpalatable.
Maybe a few hundred years ago, when Europeans first came to the American continent and there was a shortage of food, large turkeys were delicious and filling. But now they are extremely rich in food, ranking first in the world, and there is no need for turkeys. So much interest. It's more of a symbolic meaning.
Aunt Loya cooks roast goose!
The goose that Garnett brought!
Because his family's geese suffered a lot of casualties, he gave a few to each of his neighbors.
Grandma Loya was at home alone and couldn't eat that much, so she processed it and marinated it. It was just in time to take it out to celebrate Thanksgiving.
What was used was not an electric oven, but a large stone oven. Two large geese were roasted. The roasted geese were charred on the outside and tender on the inside. They were many times more delicious than turkeys!
Loya made an international long-distance call from East Africa. She was in an armored fighting vehicle and was about to go to the front line to direct a large-scale battle, but she still took the time to call her grandmother and uncle.
As for Zhou Qiao, Luo Ya shook her head and smiled. She had two little sheep at home and didn't know what she was doing. How could she have time to listen to her calls.
In fact, she misunderstood. If she called, Zhou Qiao would still be willing to talk on the phone with her, but Luo Ya was not that hypocritical.
Thanks to "Brave Little Fatty" for the reward.
(End of chapter)
