Do You Love Me (novel) Zhang Baotong 2016.8.9

9. Get back to your old business

In the second half of 1937, an economic crisis broke out in the United States, which quickly spread to Britain and France. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This crisis has had a huge impact on the United States. As a result, the normal cycle of production, which had just stabilized, was disrupted, a large number of workers lost their jobs, social contradictions were extremely acute, and the crisis soon spread to industry, agriculture, foreign trade, and so on.

Leon's candy store business is barely afloat. By this time, his son, Peter, was seven or eight years old and was starting school. Because business is not good, Leon has already quit his nanny, Jenny. He was a father and a mother alone. Not only does he have to run the candy store, but he also has to take care of Peter. Life is very hard. Then, war broke out in Europe, and Luxembourg was occupied by the Germans, but Luxembourg was not strategically important and surrendered on the day of the German attack, so the losses in the war were not large. But since there was no reply to the letter sent, Leon was still very worried, wondering if the letter sent had not been received.

It wasn't long before the United States entered the war, and the machinery in the U.S. was running around the clock to deliver weapons and materials to the war, causing a sudden and dramatic change in the economic situation. Leon's candy shop business is also starting to pick up. For this reason, Leon called Jenny back again. At this time, Jenny was in her early 30s, and Leon was 42 years old. And Leon's son Peter is also 14 years old. Because he had always wanted to go back to his hometown to visit, Leon worked hard to earn money so that he could return to his hometown as soon as the war was over.

That day, Leon was in front of the shop and saw his son Peter chasing a tricycle that sold ice cream. Peter kept shouting, "Stop, stop." However, the tricycle rider did not hear Peter's shout, crossed the road on the tricycle, and went away. Seeing Peter's very disappointed look, Leon said to his son, "Don't be sad, son, I'll make you ice cream in the evening, it will definitely be better than what he sells." ”

Peter didn't believe he could make ice cream, and shook his head in disappointment.

In the evening, Leon bought some ingredients and started making ice cream for his son. However, as soon as he made the ice cream, he felt as if he had returned to his time in the royal kitchen of Luxembourg. Moreover, he was making ice cream for Bazaar, not for his son Peter. Yes, he thought that if the chocolate letters on the ice cream he made for Bazaar hadn't melted, maybe he and Bazaar wouldn't have had the same fate as they do now.

So, he remade the ice cream he had made for Bazaar and held it in front of Peter. Peter was very happy when he saw the ice cream his father made for him, because he didn't expect his father to make ice cream, and there were some chocolate letters on it. He didn't seem to have seen the letters, so he asked, "Daddy, what does the DOVE on this ice cream mean?"

Leon was stunned for a moment, then said, "That's the name of this ice cream." ”

Peter ate the ice cream and said, "This is the best ice cream I've ever had." And then he said, "Why don't you make some ice cream and sell it in our own shop? ”

"Yes," Leon had already thought so, but he had already sworn to himself that he would only make ice cream for Basha in this life. Bazaar didn't know where it was yet, so he didn't want to make ice cream, afraid that it would make him feel sad and emotional. However, he had changed his mind now, and he had a wish, which was to have the letters of chocolate clearly and firmly frozen on the ice cream.

SO, HE BEGAN TO MAKE ICE CREAM DAY AND NIGHT, TRYING TO GET DOVE TO FREEZE ON THE ICE CREAM. Although he tried all kinds of ways without success, his ice cream sold very well, and it was simply in short supply. So, he recruited a few people to help him. Not only do we sell it ourselves, but we also sell it wholesale. However, even this is not enough to meet the needs of all parties. So, he started a small ice cream food processing factory and began supplying it to stores in bulk. The brand of ice cream is called "DOVE".

One afternoon, Acania suddenly appears in Leon's candy store. Because she saw an advertisement for "DOVE" ice cream in the newspaper and wanted to come and visit her son and his factory. This was a surprise and surprise to Leon, as they hadn't seen each other in years. Although all these years have passed, Aikania does not look old, she is still so graceful, beautiful and lovely, like a very stylish Mrs. Kuo.

As soon as Aikania saw him, she asked, "Is there any news from Bazaar?"

Leon shook his head pessimistically and said, "No." And I wrote a letter to my cousin, but I didn't hear back from him. ”

"Now that the war is over, why don't you go back and see?" ”

Leon said, "You see I'm so busy, how can I have time to go back?" because he not only runs the store, but also manages the food factory.

Leon speaks as he makes ice cream for Aikania. Because he's never ever made her ice cream. When the ice cream was ready, he also used chocolate to write the letters "DOVE" on the ice cream. Although the chocolate had melted a little, Akania could still tell, as she had heard Leon tell her the story of him and Bazaar.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked at "DOVE" on the ice cream, and she asked Leon, "Why don't you come and beg me for forgiveness, if you beg my forgiveness, I will forgive you." Because I'm ready to forgive you. ”

Leon sat down in front of Aikania with his head bowed for a long time before he said, "I want to plead with you, but I'm afraid I'll hurt you again." However, after you left, my life was very hard. Later, I felt that I couldn't hold on anymore, so I wanted to ask for your forgiveness, but you were already married. ”

Aikania's tears flowed well, and she stroked the wrinkles on Leon's forehead with her hand, and said distressedly, "Poor Leon, you are much older. ”

Leon held back his tears and asked her, "Are you doing?"

Aikania smiled plausibly with tears in her eyes and asked, "What do you say?"

Leon said, "I think you should be living well, because you're still so young and pretty." ”

Ekania didn't answer, just sighed softly and began to taste the ice cream. As she ate, she said in amazement, "It's so delicious, no wonder Bazaar likes to eat the ice cream you make." ”

Leon said guiltily, "I don't know if you like to eat, or I'll cook it for you every day." ”

Ekania shook her head and said, "I'm not blessed like Bazaar. Then he sighed, "How nice it would be if I were Bazaar!"

But Leon said, "I don't want you to be Bazaar, she's actually very pitiful." ”