Chapter 11: Houses and Gifts

Sitting in a moving car, Anna? Brister's face was content and serene.

After being separated from her fiancé for so long, she finally saw John again? Huntelaar, looking at the young and energetic face beside her, Anna's heart was full of happiness.

This farewell is a year.

Although she has been correspondingly every month for a year, Anna has learned almost everything about John in New York, but after all, she can't ease the longing in her heart, so after receiving John's telegram, she firmly asks to come to the train station with her father to pick up people, and now she is even more eager to tie herself to her fiancé with a rope.

"Why don't you just come to Berlin?"

After quietly looking at John for a while, Anna pouted as if she had suddenly thought of something, and asked, "There is also a direct cruise ship to Hamburg in New York, why do you want to go to London first?" And you went to Paris, to Karlsruh and to Würzburg, Johan, don't you want to see me sooner? ”

"Uh......"

John was stunned by this question, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to come to Berlin directly, but I have very important things to do in the cities you mentioned. After doing everything like this, I can concentrate on staying with you in Berlin in the future......"

's fiancée, of course, is to be coaxed.

Like a little girl, Anna chattered about all kinds of questions, and at the same time chattered about how much she missed John and all the things that happened around her, as if she wanted to make up for what she had to say for the past year. And John didn't have the slightest hint of impatience, and happily chatted with Anna. After another long trip, there's nothing more blissful than chatting with your closest ones.

The car drove along Berlin's main road, and soon arrived at the Brister family's estate.

When you are slowly approaching the place you remember. Anna suddenly pulled John's arm, pointed out the window excitedly, and said, "John, look! Look at your estate! ”

"My manor?"

John was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted.

Hurriedly looked in the direction Anna had pointed out, and about three or four hundred meters ahead, a manor came into John's eyes. Because it's getting late. It was vaguely unclear, but John immediately remembered the piece of land that the old Huntelaar had bought before leaving, and the manor design that had been finalized at that time.

Huntelaar Manor, almost already formed.

A three-storey building, a straight road, and a large garden were the sights that John had seen faintly. But it was this vague sight that was enough to make John like it at once. John prefers this European manor-style home to the Huntelaar family that is being built in New York. It's just a pity that Manhattan is now at a premium, and it really can't realize this wish.

"Dad comes to see it every now and then."

Seeing John's focus and anticipation, Anna grinned and said, "He said that there will be three months at most, and the entire manor will be completed, and then you can live in your own house, aren't you happy?" ”

"My own house?"

The corners of John's mouth curved slightly, and he turned his head to look at Anna: "It won't be long before this is your house too." Aren't you happy? ”

"My house?"

Anna was slightly stunned, and then a flush instantly flew on her face.

In addition to the fact that there was always a correspondence between him and John. Old Huntelaar and Mr. Brister also maintained frequent exchanges, and naturally knew very well that John would come to Europe again this time, in addition to taking care of his own property, and more importantly, he would take Anna back to New York to get married! So strictly speaking, it won't be long before she becomes the mistress of this new house.

Come to think of it. Anna felt like a fawn scurrying around in her heart, and her whole face burned. The pretty face was originally as white as jade, but now it flew with a touch of redness like a ruby, which looked even more gorgeous, even John was stunned for a while......

……

When arriving at the Brister house. It was already seven o'clock in the evening.

It was already dark, but as the two Auroras rumbled towards the gate of the manor, a servant who had been waiting for a long time rushed back to the main house with a loud shout, and then the lights of the Brister house soon came on one by one, and within ten seconds they were brightly lit!

Surrounded by many servants, Mrs. Brister, who had remained at home, walked briskly to the gate with a smile on her face.

The two Auroras stopped at the door in turn.

After Mr. Brister, who was in the first car, got out, John and Anna soon walked out as well. Naturally, John went up to greet his mother-in-law first, and the servants helped Henry carry his luggage immediately after the salute - this time back in Europe, John had prepared thousands of dollars just for the salute, but most of them were delivered by freight and then arrived, and only the gifts for the Brister family were taken with him.

After a lot of fun, everyone walked into the house together.

The first thing he did when he returned home was, of course, a good wash, and then John, who was already hungry, was taken to the dining room by the servants. Mrs. Brister had already cooked for herself, and prepared a sumptuous dinner, which made John's mouth water, and his appetite was immediately aroused.

A meal is enjoyed by the guests and the hosts.

After enjoying a supper, everyone sat down in the hall, and John took out the gifts he had brought to the people one by one. The gifts he had prepared weren't particularly expensive, and the ones he had given to the Bristers were the usual things that old Huntelaar had suggested, but Anna had put a lot of thought into it—a bottle about the size of a wine bottle!

"What is this?"

Anna took John's gift, blinking in surprise with big eyes.

Mr. and Mrs. Brister also looked at it with some puzzlement. If you look at it from the outside, this is a simple bottle, definitely not an antique, and there is nothing special about the shape, which can hold four or five hundred milliliters of liquid by visual inspection, but this is extremely puzzling. As Anna's fiancé, giving her a gift is undoubtedly the most important thing, and according to what they know about John, this kid shouldn't use a bottle to fool his daughter?

Under the surprised gaze of the three people, John smiled slightly and asked, "Anna, what do you usually use to wash your hair?" ”

"Wash your hair?"

Anna was slightly stunned after hearing this, and subconsciously touched her hair with her hand and said, "Soap, and an oil...... I don't know what her name is. ”

"And how do you feel after washing?"

Shaking his eyebrows, John asked.

"This ......"

Blinking a pair of big eyes again, Anna tilted her little head and said, "Of course, the soap will be drier after washing, and it will be very uncomfortable to touch, and it hurts a little to comb with a comb, but after using that oil...... Hey? You can't give me a gift to wash my hair, right? ”

By the end of the day, Anna had already reacted.

Mr. and Mrs. Brister also widened their eyes at this time, looking at the bottle in their daughter's hand, and an extremely strange feeling surged in their hearts: they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and they came back and gave a bottle of shampoo, this John really made people cry and laugh.

"That's right, it's a shampoo!"

Facing Anna's inquiring gaze, John shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "To be precise, it is a shampoo I specially made based on your hair type, and the main ingredients in it are also invented by me." ”

John couldn't help but blush a little when he said this.

In recent years, his reflexive blush has become a habit, and every time he "invents" something, he will be red, and he doesn't know when or how many things he "invents" before he will become red......

"Invented based on my hair?"

After hearing this, Anna's expression finally changed.

As one of John's closest people, Anna certainly knows how capable her fiancé is, from bicycles and Legos a few years ago, to cars, surgical instruments, stainless steel and sulfonamides, it can be said that he is like a magician, throwing amazing things out one by one.

This bottle of shampoo is certainly not ordinary!

How to keep hair clean and soft has always been one of the most painful things for women. Women in the 19th century didn't have short hair, they all had long hair, which was quite laborious to care for. Although Germany's chemical industry is developed, it is mainly concentrated in the dye industry because of the pursuit of profits, after all, the textile industry is one of the most important industries in various countries.

Professional shampoos haven't come to show up yet.

Therefore, for hair that can show a woman's charm, the poor can only use soap, and the rich can only add an expensive oil to solve the problem of drying hair after washing with soap.

In this helpless era, Anna is naturally often troubled by her hair.

Her hair itself is of a neutral type, which looks dry after washing with soap, and is always greasy and uncomfortable when used with oil, and needs to be rinsed many times before it can be endured. So once after complaining to his fiancé about it, John quietly wrote it down. Although he is not a chemist and has not studied the so-called daily chemical industry, it is relatively easy to find the formula of a concentrated shampoo in his head because of the crossing welfare.

So after a lot of effort, there was such a bottle of things.

John saw the change in Anna's expression, and said with a smile: "Anna, you can try it first and see how the shampoo I invented is different from what you usually use......"

"Yes, okay."

Although she thought it was rather weird, Anna knew that John was not the kind of person who liked to joke, so after a brief moment of surprise, she quickly beckoned a maid: "Doris, help me prepare hot water later, I want to wash my hair ......" (to be continued......