Chapter 280: Christmas Eve in the United States
Lai Xiaohu never wanted to be as open as Ivanka, so when there were more people watching him and Ivanka, Lai Xiaohu immediately fled, sitting in the car where Ivanka came to pick him up, Lai Xiaohu asked happily, "How about it, I'm not late, right?" ”
"No, dear." Ivanka, who was driving the car, directly turned her head and kissed Lai Xiaohu's face next to her, with a sweet face, "I knew you wouldn't forget me." ”
"Although you didn't come a few days in advance, it's just right to be here today, because tonight is Christmas Eve, and we can have a good night together." Speaking of this, Ivanka seemed very excited.
"It's Christmas Eve, huh?" As soon as Ivanka said this, Lai Xiaohu took out his mobile phone and turned it on, and what was displayed on his mobile phone was only the 23rd of December. At this time, Christmas Eve would have been tomorrow.
That's what Lai Xiaohu thought before Ivanka said this, but now that he thinks about it, Lai Xiaohu's heart is very clear, fortunately, he received a call from Ivanka and rushed as early as possible, if he really followed the time on his mobile phone, maybe he would be late.
The time on Lai Xiaohu's mobile phone is correct, but Lai Xiaohu has forgotten one thing, that is, the time in China and the time in the United States are different. The two countries belong to two hemispheres, and the time difference is also very large. After the arrival of Christmas Eve in China time, it is estimated that Christmas Eve in the United States has ended.
came in advance, did not let Lai Xiaohu miss Christmas Eve, and directly avoided any conflicts between Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka because of these things.
Now the United States has long been on holiday, the most important holiday for Chinese is the Spring Festival, and the most important holiday for them Americans is indeed Christmas Eve, even if they have New Year's Day here is not as important as Christmas. And Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas Eve, is a favorite night for many Americans, because it is on this night. They can party with their families in the open, even until dawn.
Donald also came, and when Lai Xiaohu followed Ivanka back, Donald also came out to greet Lai Xiaohu, and now Donald has already fully accepted Lai Xiaohu. For a man like Donald, who has been through the ups and downs of the mall and stands at the top of the pyramid, all the equality and the set are all deceptive. Strength, real strength is the foundation of a person based on this world. If it weren't for the billions of family assets behind Donald, if it weren't for the powerful real estate group behind Donald, would he have the fame he has now? Will he be able to have as much power and influence as he does now?
Although the combination of Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka is not the only one, because in addition to Ivanka. Lai Xiaohu has other women, but Donald can accept them. Because Lai Xiaohu is rich, because Lai Xiaohu has countless money, he may become the richest person in the world in the future, in Donald's opinion. Lai Xiaohu's transcendent target is not the world's richest people like Bill Gates, but the invisible rich people who are really hidden in this world.
No one knows how much money the Rockefellers have. No one knows how much money the Morgan family has. Similarly, no one will know how much money Lai Xiaohu has in the future.
The future Lai Xiaohu has an unlimited future, under the premise that his daughter willingly followed Lai Xiaohu, Donald has long been unable to find any reason to reject Lai Xiaohu, since he can't refuse, then why not accept it wholeheartedly?
"Little Tiger. You're finally here, and if you don't come today, Ivanka will fly straight to China tomorrow to find you. Seeing Lai Xiaohu, Donald said jokingly. For a while, his daughter Ivanka has been nagging about Lai Xiaohu in front of him. said all day long that he missed Lai Xiaohu, and said why he didn't come to see him. Every time Donald hears something like this, he says, since you miss him, why don't you go and see him? But Ivanka always said I wanted him to come and see me.
Donald also knows his daughter's temper very well, every time the two end the conversation, Donald will laugh, don't look at what Ivanka says, but if Lai Xiaohu doesn't come, she may really have to fly to China to find Lai Xiaohu.
When he got inside, Lai Xiaohu greeted Donald, and then brought some Chinese specialties that he brought from Jincheng, although the quantity was not much, but the key was to let the two of them try it.
After sitting down, Donald asked Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka, "Tonight is Christmas Eve, have you figured out how we spent the night?" ”
"What do you think we're going to do at night?" Donald asked this, and Ivanka also asked Lai Xiaohu for advice.
"Me?" Lai Xiaohu pointed to himself, "I haven't had Christmas Eve before, and those friends around me basically spend Christmas Eve just eating a few apples, you don't spend it like this here, right?" ”
To say that in recent years, with the progress of globalization and the popularization of the Internet, the impact of Western culture on China has indeed become greater and greater, and many cultural customs that were not accepted by the Chinese when the West forcibly opened the door to China have now all been learned by the Chinese themselves.
Just like those Western holidays such as Christmas and even Christmas Eve and Valentine's Day, there were no people in China before, but in recent years, it has become more and more popular in China. Although Lai Xiaohu himself is not too much of these Western festivals, he can't prevent these festivals from becoming popular in the circle of friends around Lai Xiaohu.
Lai Xiaohu is not one of those people who blindly wants to Westernize China, nor is he the kind of person who resists all Western things, although Lai Xiaohu used to be only one of these Western festivals, but he has no objection to these festivals.
The Chinese nation is a nation that is constantly integrating and becoming more and more tolerant, and none of the traditional festivals in China have slowly evolved from scratch in the long river of history. And in the process of evolution, the influence of those foreign cultures is also everywhere.
The Chinese nation is a nation that is constantly integrated, and constantly absorbing foreign cultures is also a way to enhance national competitiveness. As for whether China's own traditional culture will disappear completely, Lai Xiaohu has never believed in these rumors.
Christmas and Christmas Eve are religious celebrations in the West, but although these festivals have become more and more influential in China over the years, they have spread in China at the same time. These festivals have gradually become a festival for pure young couples to confess, play and promote business in China. In Lai Xiaohu's view, the rich culture of the Chinese nation will always continue to assimilate those foreign cultures.
Of course, these are some of the things that Lai Xiaohu thought about when he was fine. And Lai Xiaohu, who used to be only Christmas Eve and Christmas, now has to use his brain about how to spend Christmas Eve.
"How can that work?" After listening to Lai Xiaohu's suggestion, Ivanka directly refused, "Is it that you eat apples on Christmas Eve in China?" ”
"That's not all." Lai Xiaohu thought for a while and said, "In fact, eating apples is just a formality, and the real use is that those young people often confess to their beloved girls by giving apples." And those couples who have already confessed can take advantage of this evening to do something pleasant together. ”
"Huh?" After listening, Ivanka was stunned, "I didn't expect you Chinese to spend Christmas Eve like this." "Ivanka has learned a lot today. For them, Christmas Eve is actually a very official holiday. Although it is technically a prelude to Christmas, many Americans are actually looking forward to Christmas Eve as much as Christmas is.
This evening is the most important day for family reunion in Americans, in addition to eating and having fun together as a family, it is also a good day for young people to call their friends to finish together. To put it simply, this night is a bit like Chinese New Year's Eve in the minds of Chinese. You can imagine the day when Chinese New Year's Eve in China also becomes the scene after the couple's confession day.
And it's different from China. In addition to the above-mentioned family reunions and gatherings played, for those religious groups. This evening is also particularly important. On this night, many Christian and similar religions hold a variety of religious activities.
Of course. This has nothing to do with Lai Xiaohu, he came here to accompany Ivanka, as for those religious activities, Lai Xiaohu will definitely not be interested, not to mention that Lai Xiaohu does not believe in religion, even if he believes in religion, it is estimated that Lai Xiaohu believes in Taoism in China or Buddhism with a long history in China.
"Christmas Eve is one of the most fun nights of the year. It's also the most intimate night of the year for us to reunite as a family. So we've got to plan well tonight. After introducing Lai Xiaohu to the status of Christmas Eve in the minds of their Americans, Ivanka mobilized Lai Xiaohu to think with her about how to spend tonight.
First of all, family reunion is certainly indispensable, just as Chinese New Year's Eve in China also needs family reunion. In the evening, Ivanka, Lai Xiaohu and Donald will get together to talk, and then have a reunion dinner together.
After eating, it is time for everyone to have fun together in the evening, and the reunion at the beginning of the evening can make everyone feel a kind of warmth, and the subsequent parties and other activities can make everyone feel more enjoyable than ever.
After asking Lai Xiaohu's permission, Ivanka decided to invite a few of her good friends to come and have a party together tonight. When the time comes, everyone is young, and they can have a good night together.
And the young people are definitely not interested in Donald's party, and it is not easy to participate in it directly, so after Ivanka finished speaking, Donald said, "Since you are going to have a party, then I will call a few friends to come over and talk in the evening." ”
After spending some time discussing the details of the evening, Donald and Ivanka began to take out their respective phones to call the people they wanted to invite that night.
Donald said very well, he didn't plan to invite a few people, four or five people would do, where is the identity, since he has sent out invitations, those who have been invited are embarrassed not to come. And the few people Donald invited tonight are all people who want to cooperate with Lai Xiaohu in the future, and when Donald specifically mentioned Lai Xiaohu's name, several people happily agreed to come at night.
As for Ivanka's invitation, there will inevitably be rejections, and now it will be Christmas Eve for more than half a day, and many people have basically booked things for the evening, and they have already planned to meet others. That can only give up.
Of course, there are many people who haven't decided on a plan yet, so after listening to Ivanka's invitation, those who feel okay should agree. And in the same way, some people who had plans also readily agreed to come after receiving Ivanka's invitation.
Ivanka came out, and although one or two people may refuse, basically everyone else agreed. The United States is a very realistic society, Ivanka's party, there must be no shortage of rich people, not everyone will refuse to participate in such a party, of course, unless you are a person born in a wealthy family, and you have a bad relationship with Ivanka, that's another story.
Ivanka invited more than a dozen girlfriends with good relationships to come. If Lai Xiaohu hadn't stopped her from continuing to fight, it is estimated that she would have been able to call more people to attend her party.
"Alright, now that we've decided on the participants, let's hurry up and get some things for the evening party." With so many people coming in the evening, everyone must have to eat and drink at that time. That little bit of stuff at home is definitely not enough.
"Alright then, let's go to the big purchase." Put down the phone. Ivanka happily pulled Lai Xiaohu and walked outside.
Considering that buying something may be a bit much. So when they went out, the two of them drove a car respectively, although Lai Xiaohu didn't have a car, but in Ivanka's house, the last thing that was missing was all kinds of luxury cars.
However, when the two of them made a big purchase at the supermarket, they still found that there were too many things to buy. Even two cars could not fit. Lai Xiaohu calculated that at least more than 20 people would come to the party at night, and there might even be more than 30 people coming to the party. Although Ivanka invited her best friends, those women were generally in their twenties. In the United States, there are not many people who are young and unmarried, and Ivanka called someone at the evening party, and it is estimated that there will be two people when she comes. As for the few people invited by Donald, there is no guarantee that he will not bring other people to come, such as bringing the young juniors of his own family to greet Lai Xiaohu.
In this way, it is possible that thirty people are not the most, so when buying things, Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka have to buy as much as they can, and they can't be the hosts so that everyone will run out of food when they reach ten o'clock.
At night, everyone eats, drinks, and even plays with various props, and after such a set of purchases, the two cars really can't be stuffed.
Seeing that there were still mountain-like items outside after the two cars were stuffed, Lai Xiaohu had to sigh, "More people are more use." ”
There was no way, Ivanka could only call her father Donald quickly, and after about twenty minutes, Donald, who had received help from his daughter, came in a small van in a menacing manner.
"Loading." Directly parked the truck in front of the two of them, and Donald got out of the car and helped the two of them load it. With Donald's pickup truck that I don't know where to go, it looked like there were still a lot of things that were completely loaded in one cart.
After the loading. Donald drove the truck in front, while Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka followed behind, and the three of them returned home in a grand way.
By the time the three of them returned, it was already evening, and as the sun began to set, Christmas Eve was slowly approaching. After going back, Ivanka and Donald hurried to prepare something to eat for the night.
In the past, Lai Xiaohu and Ivanka usually lived in a house in the center of the city, while Donald mostly lived in a villa close to the countryside. Donald had a servant here, too, but he went back yesterday. Christmas Eve is not only a family reunion for Donald and Ivanka, but also for the family servants. And Donald is not a domineering person, so he will naturally not refuse this request from the servant. Therefore, the preparation of food for the evening can only be done by the father and daughter. But that's fine, just cooking for yourself adds a lot of fun.
And Lai Xiaohu needs to slowly move the goods down the car, there is no way, who makes Lai Xiaohu have great strength and good physical strength. Although there are still many goods, they are not sinking, so Lai Xiaohu quickly finished transporting them.
By the time he got it ready, Donald and Ivanka hadn't prepared their dinner yet, so they washed their hands, and Lai Xiaohu went in directly to help. For most of the foods that Westerners love to eat, Lai Xiaohu has never seen them, and he is not very good at cooking, but fortunately, the Western food is simple, and after watching it a few times, Xiaohu can also help the two chefs on the side.
After another twenty minutes, the dinner of the three was finally ready, and if it was in China, it was estimated that the firecrackers would start at this time. Here, there is no such thing at all.
But now that we have Lai Xiaohu, it's different, you can't always spread your Western festivals to China, and you can't help but let our Chinese customs spread to you in the United States.
So before eating, Lai Xiaohu deliberately took out the fire whip he had bought in the store before, lit it, and went around the courtyard in front of the villa.
With the sound of crackling firecrackers, although the New Year has not come, Christmas Eve has already arrived. (To be continued......)