Chapter Seventy-Five: The Rose Queen
"Uncle, uncle, that's my aunt......"
Seeing the two horses pulling the float slowly over, Lily in Zhou Nan's arms pointed to Audrey on the cart and shouted happily.
But she was so happy and sad that the ice cream in her hand accidentally fell off. She paused for a moment, looked at Zhou Nan's smiling face, pursed her mouth, and tears quickly condensed in her eyes.
Zhou Nan hurriedly comforted her and said, "It's okay, uncle will buy it for you later." ”
Ice cream in this era was a luxury item, and it was not sold in Germany at all, and even in Switzerland, there were many popsicles, but there were very few ice creams.
After Lily ate it once, she became obsessed with this chocolate ice cream, and Zhou Nan also spoiled her, as long as her stomach didn't hurt, she would eat enough.
Her mouth deflated a few times, she twisted her head, and pointed at Claudio, who was reading the joke. Claudio still has half a box of ice cream in his hand, and he is digging a little at a time with small pieces of wood, and tastes it comfortably.
Zhou Nan understood what she meant, and while Claudio's eyes were staring at the float, he snatched the ice cream and handed it to Lily, who immediately burst into tears and laughed.
Claudio grimaced at Lily as soon as he saw the ice cream in Lily's hand, snorted, and turned his eyes back to the float.
In the car, there were a total of five local women from Weggis, and at this time, they all sent flying kisses to the crowd of onlookers, which attracted bursts of cheers from the crowd.
The float stopped at the main venue, a small square near the church, which had been vacated by a road that was quickly blocked by the surging crowd.
Although the two horses had been trained, they were also a little impatient at this time. Beaumont, the most skilled groom in town, immediately stepped forward to comfort the two horses, took out the prepared blindfolds and put them on, then removed the reins and pulled them into a secluded corner.
Audrey wore a retro dress with a rose pattern today, as if she had returned to the Middle Ages. The only difference from the ancients is that she now has short hair and lacks the cumbersome headdress of the ancients.
However, it is precisely because of this freshness that makes her more alternative and attractive among the five people.
In fact, several other women also know that this year's Queen of Roses has no chance with them, whether it is in terms of fame or appearance, they are not as good as Audrey.
But they're just enjoying the festive season.
Two strong men in their fifties played the Swiss trombone, which is like a big suona, more than three meters long, and ordinary people don't have a little lung capacity, so they can't play it at all.
The old man Entlebuch himself went to the carriage, helped the five women down, and led them to a stage built in the venue.
In front of each of them, there was an open bamboo basket. The townspeople will step forward in turn and throw the roses in their hands into the bamboo basket in front of their favorite person.
Zhou Nan did not rush forward to express his affection, but hugged Lily and followed the crowd behind. From time to time, he chatted with the townspeople around him, and at this time, he was just an ordinary townsman.
There are less than 3,000 people in the town, and today is the second day of the festival, and many people are busy entertaining outsiders, so at most half of the people participate in the vote.
On the contrary, there are far more people from other places than locals, and there are at least tens of thousands of people in the town today.
Just throw the roses into the basket and vote fast. When it was Zhou Nan's turn, many people in front of him laughed, and in the midst of the noise, Zhou Nan saw Bridges and laughed: "Rustu, your wife is on it, and you actually gave flowers to Audrey, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go to bed at night?" ”
Rustu laughed and said: "My mother-in-law is here to be a foil today, with Audrey here, she can't be the queen of roses." ”
Her wife Kirsteen is actually very beautiful, unlike Audrey's otherworldliness, she is a woman full of life and has a plump figure.
Hearing Bridge's teasing, she laughed and said loudly, "Bridge, I'm already jealous, I'll kick Rustu out of the house at night and leave the window for you." ”
Bridges hurriedly said, "No, no, you're not Juliet, and I don't want to be Romeo." Rustu will just take a shotgun against me! ”
When everyone heard this, there was another burst of laughter, and they all joked about the relationship between men and women.
Audrey was a little unaccustomed to this kind of joke, smiled shyly, found Zhou Nan in the crowd, and gave him a sweet smile.
Zhou Nan came to Audrey and was about to throw the flowers into the basket, Lily quickly twisted her body and said, "I lost it, I lost ......"
Zhou Nan looked at Audrey's smiling face and handed the flower to Lily, she happily took the flower and threw it into the half-filled basket in front of Audrey.
"Aunt is so beautiful......
Zhou Nan beckoned to Audrey and left the stage with Lily in his arms. "Lily will be beautiful when she grows up......"
"Really?"
"Really!"
The voting was over quickly, and there was no need to count the flowers at all, the basket in front of Ali was full, but there was only a small number of sympathy votes in the basket in front of the others.
The old man put a ribbon diagonally over Audrey's shoulder, and put a wreath on her made of dethorned roses.
That's all the rewards, no bonuses, no trophies, Audrey is the town's elected queen of roses this year, and will be in charge of the promotion of Weggis Town for the next year.
In previous years, the Queen of the Rose would only be interviewed by a few local tabloids in Lucerne, but this year coincided with the opening of the festival, and there were many journalists from all over the world.
It is conceivable that tomorrow, Audrey's photo of her head wearing a crown of roses will appear in newspapers everywhere.
The reporters followed Audrey to the lake to take pictures, and there were many fewer people in the square. Melissa teased Lily with a small wreath. "Call Auntie, call Auntie."
But Lily, the snack girl, was not interested in anything other than giving in to eating, and twisted her head and ignored her.
Melissa immediately said: "I'm going to buy ice cream, who wants ......"
As soon as she heard the ice cream, Lily quickly turned around, opened her hand to Melissa, and shouted, "Auntie......"
Caroline and Kelly couldn't help but laugh at this scene, Leon covered his forehead with his hand, and sighed: "I really can't let Lily stay with Claudio anymore in the future, she has become a snack after her." ”
Claudio said dissatisfiedly: "I'm your sister, don't you even need an honorific title?" ”
Compared to sons and daughters, Caroline is of course a rare son. She teased little Erwin in her arms and said, "What do you say you look like a sister?" When Erwin is weaned, you will hurry back to Cologne. ”
Claudio pouted, but she didn't dare to pout, now Caroline still helped her take care of the children, and if the children didn't take care of her, she would be dumbfounded.
Lily pestered Melissa to buy ice cream, there were too many people here, but Melissa was followed by a nanny and two bodyguards, and Zhou Nan was not worried about their safety.
Only Leon, worried that Melissa would not take good care of Lily, followed suit.
By the time Audrey was done, it was not too early, and at this time, the daytime concert was over, and there were still two hours left until the evening concert, so the people who came to the town of Weggis blocked the road from the town to Jonas Farm.
The road from the town to Jonas Farm is more than two kilometres, and at intervals there are observation decks built by the town to enjoy the lake and mountains, each with rows of chairs and parasols, as well as various temporary stalls.
Audrey was in a very happy mood when she won the Queen of Roses, stopping and stopping along the way, and when she saw something she hadn't eaten, she wanted to go up and taste it.
When they returned to Jonas Farm, they were all well fed.
Back at home, Zhou Nan soaked everyone in a cup of hawthorn water and let them drink it, for fear that their stomachs would not be able to stand it. Melissa and Lily, in particular, ate a whole lot of cool, hot, sweet, and salty ones today.
Jean Nord also finished the concert and returned to the farm. His body doesn't allow him to eat anything outside casually, even Chinese food, because he doesn't dare to eat it casually because it's greasy.
His nutrition expert specially made him a nutritious but light nutritious meal, and he ate slowly in the restaurant alone.
Seeing Melissa teasing Lily while playing with Leon without saying anything, his heart moved.
Leon is sixteen years old, and Melissa is also ten years old this year, and the difference between the two is six years. Leon is the only son of the Hoffman family, and the Hoffman family has Jonas in their care, and it is certain that if the two families can marry, this is a good choice.
In addition to his family background, Leon is also handsome and extraordinary,...... He looked at his daughter, Melissa had inherited the excellent genes of himself and her mother, although she was still young, she was also a little beauty, and she did not disgrace him with Leon.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, his body could last for five or six years, and if he could see them get married before he died, then he would be more relieved.
However, he could only discuss this matter with Jonas first, and the two of them would guide their relationship development.
Thinking of this, he couldn't eat anymore.
When he came to the small living room, he sat next to Zhou Nan, looked at Caroline and said, "Mrs. Hoffman, Jonas is going to Italy in a few days, I don't know if you have any plans to go together?" ”
Leon and Claudio were very impressed and looked at their mothers. Caroline shook her head and said: "We are now holding an old German passport, and if we want to come to Switzerland, we still rely on Jonas's relationship, and it will be more troublesome to go to Italy." ”
"It may be a problem for others, but it's not a problem for us," Jean Nord said. Even if you don't have to show up for Jonas, I'll be able to help you get through the formalities. I also have several properties in Italy, whether it's Milan, Rome, or Tuscany, one of Italy's most beautiful villages, I can make you feel at home. It's summer, we can go to Rabbit Beach to enjoy the warm waters of the Mediterranean, or we can take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea on my yacht......"