"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, it's so much fun skiing tonight, we're sitting on the sleigh..."
The long-awaited Christmas has finally arrived.
Elena and Ava are dressed in Santa Claus costumes and Santa hats. They are slender, with skin as good as snow, bright eyes, white teeth, and blond hair. They are like two beautiful elves busying around decorating. The entire clinic is decorated with Christmas decorations!
During Christmas and New Year, unless there is an emergency, basically no one will come to see a doctor or get health consultation. However, this clinic is also their home, so it is still open.
It’s just that Rachel, Murphy, Park Soo-joo and Park Yoona have all gone home!
They also have to decorate their own little homes!
Christmas is undoubtedly a very grand holiday in the United States. Basically, as soon as Thanksgiving is over, everyone begins to prepare and look forward to Christmas and New Year.
Even government departments will take one or two days off at this time!
The statutory holidays are the afternoon of December 24th and the whole day of December 25th. However, since Christmas is followed by New Year, these two holidays are always put together.
In folk terms, most people's holiday starts on December 22 and ends on January 5 of the New Year.
If you add in annual leave, some people can even take a month off!
Iris Clinic also started opening on December 22nd.
Although the clinic is still open, there are no patients, so it is just for fun.
Zhou Qiao bought two fir trees, one big and one small. Well, it’s not fake, it’s a real European fir, a traditional Christmas tree that was just cut down and has a light natural fragrance!
The reason why fir has become the most popular Christmas tree species is not only because of its pleasant color and smell, but also because its leaves do not fall off easily even after they are cut and dried.
The big one is three meters high and fixed at the door of the clinic. The smaller one is placed in the living area on the third floor. It is privately used by Zhou Qiao to hang gifts for the twin girls!
At this moment, Elena and Ava each took a pole and hung various shiny decorations on it.
The plant at the door is a facade, and the gifts hanging there are all cheap little things. The one on the third floor is small, but the things hanging there are relatively expensive!
In addition, there are lanterns, colorful and colorful.
Every household is like this!
At night, the lights are turned on, which is brilliant and refreshing.
At the laundry shop next door, Ariel is also preparing. Although the laundry shop is also on holiday, there is no shortage of front-facing work! This is a sense of ritual, just like Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters must be pasted during the Chinese New Year!
In addition to Christmas trees and Christmas gifts, Zhou Qiao also took his twin girls to buy a lot of food, including beef, seafood, fruits, vegetables, snacks, chocolate, nuts, drinks, wine... Two large refrigerators and a refrigerator in the living area on the third floor The big storage shelves are filled to the brim!
As for the Big Apple, not many people here buy this specifically for Christmas Eve. Because "Christmas Eve" and the word "平" in "Apple" are homophonic in Chinese, it was speculated by merchants in China. Can it be considered "as the Romans do when in Rome" on Christmas Eve? Adapt measures to local conditions?
The clinic has received many greeting cards in the past few days. Most of them are sent by patients and family members. Some are sent. For example, Christie took Taylor and Felipe to New York for vacation together, so they sent it to Iris. Clinic email address.
Christie was finally moved by Felipe's true love, and the two got together and were probably about to talk about marriage! Zhou Qiao is sincerely happy for them!
The happiest person is Taylor. He has been looking forward to his daughter-in-law for a long time, and now he finally has a daughter-in-law. I just don’t know how long it will take to have my grandson and granddaughter.
Because Christie and Felipe are still on the fat side and have many minor ailments, they probably won't have a baby until they have completely corrected them.
Zhou Qiao also received greeting cards from Mayor Kevin and his wife Tracy McKenna from far away Houston and Austin Gourmet Hot Sauce, a specialty of Texas.
This hot sauce is made by mixing chili powder, oregano, red pepper, cumin, and horn pepper, plus seasonings, ground beef, tomato sauce, garlic and other seasonings. It is packaged in a vacuum bag and is enough for a meal. big box.
Elena likes spicy food. She opened a pack and took a bite. She was hooked.
Kevin Nix is no longer the mayor because he sold the town to Loya.
Kevin now took the money, bought a house in Houston, and then opened a coffee shop. His wife Tracy is a writer. She usually dresses beautifully, holds a laptop, and writes in the corner of the coffee shop, acting as Cafe atmosphere set.
Some coffee shops even hire people to serve as atmosphere teams. Kevin has his wife here, so this money is saved!
The child was placed in a stroller nearby and spent most of the time quietly. It was really noisy, so I took him for a walk outside.
The couple is living a good life now, and their daughter is gradually growing up. Now she weighs more than 7 pounds. After several examinations, the doctor said that her daughter is developing well.
Zhou Qiao was also quite happy to hear their good news. Recalling the danger of the hurricane that night, even Zhou Qiao still felt lingering fear.
Most of the greeting cards were brought over by nearby residents when they were walking by, such as Mr. and Mrs. Westin, Cathy and little Danielle, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. De La Torre, Isobel and others.
It has to be said that as a doctor, Zhou Qiao is quite happy to receive greeting cards from former patients on such a holiday.
Zhou Qiao also prepared many small gifts as a return gift.
He also sent gifts to Grandma Loya who was far away in Texas. As for Loya, her whereabouts were elusive and he sometimes couldn't contact her.
Small gifts were also sent to Murphy and Ling Qingqing.
Ling Qingqing did not go home. After all, the vacation was too short. Her friend Liu Wen had not fully recovered, so she had to stay at the school to take care of her.
After receiving Zhou Qiao's gift, Ling Qingqing smiled like a flower and called Zhou Qiao. The two chatted a lot.
Ling Qingqing also sent two small gifts, but they were two steps, not expensive, but quite unique, for Elena and Ava.
On Christmas Eve, Elena and Ava took Zhou Qiao to the church for mass, and watched the bright Christmas light show along the way for a while. At almost eight o'clock, they returned home, closed the door, and had Christmas dinner together!
A simple pan-fried steak, fruit and vegetable salad and red wine.
It is worth mentioning that during this process, Elena and Ava changed into another Christmas outfit that used less materials and was very cool and economical!
The one she wore during the day, she was wrapped up tightly, and now this one... Zhou Qiao's eyes were bright and dizzy!
Although I have had many in-depth exchanges with my twin girls at a distance, I still have a feeling of amazement and surprise!
Zhou Qiao thought that maybe Elena and Ava were better at creating atmosphere!
When the twin girls got up the next morning, they came out and saw two pairs of pure white stockings hanging on the Christmas tree. They quickly went over to open them and saw that each contained a beautifully packaged small box.
Opening it with excitement, the twin beauties exclaimed: "What a beautiful necklace!"
"Thank you, Joe, I love it!"
"I would also like!"
These two necklaces have exactly the same style. The twin girls once took a look at them when they were shopping. Each necklace costs about $50,000!
Zhou Qiao is so willing!
For this reason, they felt that following Zhou Qiao would not be a loss! This is a kind of intention. Although sometimes it is said that "the gift is light but the affection is heavy", but if "the gift is valuable", then the affection must also be heavy!
The two of them were hanging on Zhou Qiao's body, one on the left and the other on the right. Fortunately, Zhou Qiao's physical fitness had greatly improved, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hold her!
"Put it on for me!"
"Put it on for me too!"
Zhou Qiao was in a hurry.
The only fly in the ointment is that it rarely snows in San Francisco, and historically it has snowed only a handful of times.
There is no snow at Christmas, it’s like something is missing.
So, Elena and Ava suggested that everyone go skiing in Lake Tahoe and do some team building.
Zhou Qiao then called and invited Rachel, Murphy, Park Xiuzhu's mother and daughter, and Ariel from the laundry. So they can bring their families.
Calling Ariel along was mainly for safety reasons.
In addition, Ariel has been serving as the clinic's safety messenger for free, which is worthy of reward.
But Rachel said that the whole family was going to Florida to visit her aunt and her family, so she decided not to go.
Murphy said that her grandpa has been unwell recently and her mother has to stay to take care of her grandpa and grandma, so she can only come alone!
Originally, Murphy wanted to stay, but Murphy's mother felt that at such a young age, Murphy should go out and play more, which would also be good for his autism.
Murphy agreed. Deep down in her heart, she also wanted to go out with Zhou Qiao and the others.
As for Park Soo-joo and her daughter, they were both orphans and widowers, and they were bored at home. When they heard about skiing, Park Yoon-ah jumped up and down with excitement, clamoring to come, so Park Soo-joo naturally rushed over with her.
During the last operation, Murphy performed it very well and it was protected by the cannula. Park Yoona's stomach, digestive tract and mouth were not damaged, but she felt nauseated and had poor appetite for the next few days. After these days of recovery, she has already recovered. Lively and vigorous.
Then after several psychological counseling sessions from Zhou Qiao, she basically came out of the shadow of eating hair!
But the fundamental reason was that Park Soo-joo relieved her of academic pressure.
After this incident, Park Soo-joo also figured out that nothing is more important than her daughter's health! Getting ahead is also based on having good physical conditions!
In addition, Park Yoon-ah is just a girl. Many men can't make achievements and live a mediocre life. Why should we be so strict with a girl?
Park Soo-joo is the kind of parent who finally accepts her own mediocrity, but cannot accept the mediocrity of her daughter.
Ariel brought her little cousin, fifteen-year-old Billie.
This team building will last for two days, starting in the morning of December 26th and returning in the evening of December 27th. Ava drove a car with her sister, Murphy and Zhou Qiao; Park Soo-joo drove a car with her daughter Park Yoona.
Ariel drives a black off-road vehicle, which is the property of the Violent Queen organization. It is modified with armor and bulletproof glass. It is quite stylish and cool. Her cousin Billie sits in the back seat.
There was a P90 on the front passenger seat, and a pistol hidden in her waist. Ariel was not used to not carrying a gun.
Billie is very curious about guns, and Ariel tells her not to move around. If possible, she hopes that Billie will never touch a gun in her life.
Although the P90 is a little ugly, it has strong firepower, and Ariel is used to it. If she changes the gun, it will affect her performance in battle.
Since it was a team building project initiated by Zhou Qiao, Zhou Qiao said that food, accommodation, gas expenses, etc. could all be reimbursed!
Otherwise, Park Soo-joo would be at a disadvantage if it were so far to go to Lake Tahoe! She and her daughter had just undergone surgeries, which cost a lot of money. An orphan and a widowed mother had to spend money on everything, and the expenses were huge.
Park Xiuzhu secretly gave Zhou Qiao a thumbs up, saying to herself that this boss is so generous! Unlike the previous Korean boss who was stingy! I am even more loyal to Zhou Qiao in my heart!
If possible, she hopes to stay here until retirement!
Of course, it would be better if the clinic can develop and expand, maybe, she will have some promotion opportunities!
Park Xiuzhu decided to perform well in the future and establish a good relationship with Zhou Qiao in advance, which is very important for future promotion!
(End of chapter)
