145. Chapter 145
Alan's uncle, Lieutenant General Rolf, looked the same as usual, but his aunt, Madame Leonie, had a smile on her face.
When Alan came to greet her uncle's family, Madame Leonie seemed to be in a hurry to say something to Alan, but looked at her husband, General Rolf, and held back.
Because he officially moved into the Serentu Palace after getting married, he didn't have many opportunities to return to Adrington Manor every year, and Alan hadn't seen the brother and sister Patway and Elena who were still in class at the academy for two months.
At this time, seeing a taller and taller cousin and a more and more beautiful cousin, Alan was naturally in a good mood.
After meeting with Beckwell the Great and Prince Salvin, and seeing the little prince "Andrei", General Rolf spoke to Prince Salvin.
Seeing this, Madame Leonie hurriedly hurried up and whispered to her nephew: "We, Adrington, are going to marry Howard!" ”
Alan was taken aback when he heard this, he unconsciously glanced sideways at his cousin Elena, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that his sister, who had always been dignified, was a little shy, his eyes looked down slightly, and he didn't pay attention to what his mother and cousin said - Alan was shocked to realize that what Madame Leonie said was true!
After the full moon feast, Alan and Kyle return to the dormitory, and the husband and wife talk about it.
"The reason is the previous Seven Schools Combined Championship," Allen explained, "At that time, my uncle was a major general of the Third Legion, and in order to arrange a substitute place for us in the Seven Schools United Championship, he found a classmate from the Second Legion. ”
At that time, Alan and the others were still freshmen, and there was no way to become full members under normal circumstances, so in order to allow them to grow in advance, Uncle Rolf found some connections and helped their brother and sister win a place on the bench.
Alan naturally joined the team of His Royal Highness Kyle because of his relationship with the royal family, and Patway and the siblings Elena went to Bernie Howard's team.
Bernie Howard was born as one of the top nobles of the five major families of the Samuel Empire, and his father's Second Legion was strictly disciplined, because Howard had a strict family style and his children were generally promising.
The Bernie senior was ranked third in the mecha department of Samuel Academy at the time, behind Arthur in the fifth year and His Royal Highness Kyle, who was in the same class as him.
Later, although he was defeated by the team led by Chen Xu from the Federation, although he was defeated, even His Royal Highness Kyle praised Bernie's strength at that time.
As a substitute, Patvy should have been able to watch most of the time, but Bernie was strict and let each substitute train with the regular players, so Elena met Bernie a few times.
However, it was even more coincidental that Elena's other roommate was Bernie's sister, so the two families had a relationship, and Bernie and Elena began to know and get acquainted with each other.
Later, Senior Bernie graduated, and because they had a good impression of each other, the two kept in touch, and until now, they have negotiated the marriage.
"Auntie wants to ask the Empress Dowager Kwan Delin to give her a marriage to make Elena's marriage more decent, and I plan to go to the Rhineham Palace this weekend to get the consent of the Empress Dowager." Alan told His Highness Kyle his intentions.
Now it is a new era, the so-called "marriage" is only nominal, not the blind marriage and dumb marriage hundreds of years ago, it is all the nobles and the two sides have already negotiated, and then invite the elders of the royal family to give marriage, which can be regarded as a long face for the newlyweds.
Madame Leonie did not tell Lieutenant General Rolf about this, lest he would disagree with him, so she simply bypassed her husband and consulted directly with the prince and nephew, who always wanted the best for her children.
"Bernie's grandfather is the Duke of the Second Star District, and you Aderington are a great nobleman, and there is a prince, so you are the right person, and the two are in free love, which is very suitable." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "I'll go with you on the weekend." ”
His Royal Highness Kyle knows that Alan must be interested in Elena's affairs, but if he is married, he must be a witness, and he can't ignore the marriage he "matched" in the future, and he has to pay attention to it from time to time before it makes sense - the Queen Mother Kwan Delin, who has been indifferent for many years, is now bent on teasing her grandson, and may not agree to it.
Now there is the crown prince and the prince going together, and the Queen Mother Guan Delin looks at their faces, and there is a good chance that she will agree to give marriage.
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Ever since they saw their little nephew Andre, Vincent and Haiqiu would go over to "play" with him every day.
Alan watched from the side, it looked like the little golden retriever Dundun had just arrived at home, but Vincent's staring object changed from Dundun to little Andre.
"Andrey, what are you looking at!" Vincent held a basket and diligently showed it to the small hairball on the sofa cushion.
Xiao Maotuan was pushing the cylindrical building blocks in front of him to play, looking very focused, and he didn't pay attention to what Vincent was saying for a while.
Vincent didn't mind that his little nephew didn't pay attention to him, but turned the basket upside down with more enthusiasm, and all kinds of balls in it rolled out at once, rolling everywhere.
One of the small leather balls rolled in front of Andre and touched the small hairy block, which immediately pressed the block that was almost knocked away with its small claws, and glanced at the "culprit" - the round little leather ball.
Vincent himself is a fan of balls, but now that he has grown up, he still has a soft spot for ball-shaped toys.
If you don't really like your little nephew, where would you be willing to take your treasured balls over for little Andre to play.
It's a pity that Xiao Maotuan looked at it twice, although he was attracted by the colorful ball for a few seconds, but soon began to push the cylindrical volume wood in front of him again - it seems that this one in front of him is the favorite in this life!
Vincent saw that Andre didn't care too much about the balls he sent, he was a little frustrated on the one hand, and a little aggrieved on the other, he threw himself into Allen's arms, and didn't make a sound, just motionless, looking so unmotivated.
Alan gently touched the little guy's little head, comforted and enlightened the little guy, "Vincent can share his toys with Andre, it's so good and sensible!" Now that Andre has a favorite building block, Vincent can put these balls away first, and then when Andre wants a new toy, let's give it to him, okay? ”
Vincent looked up and seemed to ask Allen - when would Andre want a new toy?
I'm afraid Alan won't be able to answer this question, after all, he got the news from Prince Salvin that His Royal Highness Kyle played with a cylindrical block when he was a child, and he could play with it for three or four months!
However, in order to make Vincent happy, Alan still said, "We can also find some toys that Andre might like, so that it will take care of us." ”
Vincent's beautiful amber eyes immediately brightened: "What kind of toys does Andre like?" I have a lot of money, and I use it to buy toys for Andrei! ”
The little guy is deeply loved by the elders, and he gets a lot of gifts every year for his birthday during the holidays, and he also accumulates the "long age money" in Samuel's traditional customs, which is similar to the New Year's money given by the direct elders on his birthday, and he has to give it until the child reaches the age of sixteen.
Vincent said that he had a lot of money, but it was not an exaggeration at all, but the little guy had no worries about food and clothing, and there was nothing to spend money on, plus Haiqiu's "long-term money" and gifts, all of which were given to Vincent, so more and more and more, more and more......
Alan picked up Vincent, let him sit on his lap, and watched with him as Andre turned the blocks over and over - obviously he was playing, but his face was calm, such a serious little appearance, which made people love it!
"Andre, shall we come over and play with my uncle?" Alan called out softly to his son.
Andre was particularly sensitive to Alan's voice, and almost immediately felt it, he put his little paw on the toy, tilted his little head to watch Alan speak, and glanced at Uncle Vincent on Alan's lap.
"Whew!" Andre hesitated for a moment, and finally obediently pushed the cylindrical building block in front of him to Vincent, Vincent was so happy to see that Xiao Maotuan finally interacted with him, and he and Haiqiu began to play a game of back and forth with Xiao Maotuan.
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A month later, Elena's marriage was finally settled.
His Royal Highness Kyle and Allen went to Rhineham Palace together, and the Queen Mother Kwan Delin was willing to give and certify the marriage of the young couple, and the wedding will be held in the coming year, which will be very lively.
And Allen is on the research institute's side, after such a long period of hard work, he signed a cooperation agreement with the church's research institute and shared the research results with each other.
With the support of a large number of extensive data, Allen's team's research project has progressed very smoothly, and has achieved phased results, and has developed a "multi-sourced" approach for some specific medicinal plants.
This kind of "multi-party utilization" is very different from the traditional use of medicinal plants.
In the past, the primary processing of medicinal plants obtained from the place of origin was generally carried out nearby, while further extractions, especially synthetics, were carried out in specialized pharmaceutical factories and operated by professional pharmacists.
What Allen hopes is that in the new "multi-party utilization" system, the process of primary processing can be further deepened, so that many junior pharmacists in the place of origin, and even ordinary workers, can obtain a certain amount of medicinal plant additives and create a certain value.
This saves costs and provides employment opportunities, which is very helpful for the local economy.