Megan's lake is a wealthy area, but there are still many civilian families in the town and on the small ranches on the west side of the town. The town is about ten square kilometers and has less than three thousand inhabitants.

The neighborhood near the lake is called the Strass community, which is also a wealthy area in the popular sense, with a large area and the smallest population, with about 50 families and a population of more than 370 people. However, only about 320 people still live here, and the rest have fled to the Americas for refuge.

And these rich people who fled in the crisis may not be able to become residents of this place again, because the town has decided to drive them away.

Zhou Nan Whether they can stay here or not, the key is to look at the opinions of these fifty-one families, if there are more than five families who oppose them staying here, then they can only move out.

Since there are not many people here now, and the government will consider diverting more people here at its discretion, it is not difficult to stay here.

Although Zhou Nan is an Oriental, his identity as an artist has added a lot to him, and the neighbors who visited him during this time are full of praise for his flute art.

The innocent Audrey is also very popular with children, several children like to come to play with her every day, and their family also has a good impression of Zhou Nan and his family.

However, Yannick suggested early on that Zhou Nan hold a reception to entertain the neighbors and make a deeper impression on them.

Although their house is not big, the area of the yard is not small. From the main building to the lawn by the lake, there are almost 3,000 square meters, not to mention entertaining 300 people, even 1,000 people are no problem.

Zhou Nan also took his advice and began to prepare for the reception.

The environment of the house is very good, although some time ago it was negligent and there were a lot of wildflowers and weeds in the yard, but a simple cleaning can be done to entertain people outside. And those wildflowers can also become decorations to decorate the scene.

The key is food shortage, which is difficult to solve.

Most of the food in Switzerland is imported from Italy, and Yannick had his own connections in this regard when he was a military supply merchant, so he contacted the supplier in Italy and provided two more tons of flour and sugar and cream in the wagons that supplied flour to Germany.

The Italian supplier quickly arranged this, and a week later, more than two tons of flour and other supplies were unloaded at Brunnen station, which is across the hill from Meghan.

Brunnen station is a small railway station, but it is a military supply terminal in central Switzerland, and on the other side of the lake in Brunnen is the Swiss air command center, and two small airports have been built between the mountains.

There were few cars in Switzerland, but there was no shortage of horse-drawn carriages, so Zhou Nan and Yannick cut the grass in the yard and gave it to the neighbors in the back mountain, borrowed their four-wheeled carriage, and went to the railway station to transport the flour back.

Yannick paid a price of only a favor, and he didn't even pay a penny for the goods.

With these preparations in place, Yannick would not attend the reception they were going to take, but would return to Germany. Now that Germany and Switzerland are in conflict, his stay here will only affect other people's perception of Zhou Nan.

It was already the end of August, and the Allied invasion of Italy was about to begin, and when Italy succumbed and fought back, the supply line between Germany and Italy would be cut off immediately.

Switzerland, caught in the middle, will completely close its borders until the end of the war. Therefore, Yannick will not see each other for at least two years.

Don't talk about Zhou Nan, even Audrey regards Yannick as the pillar of the family, and she is very reluctant when he is leaving.

Zhou Nan wanted Yannick to bring the rest of the money back to Germany, bringing 300,000 marks, more than 400,000 Swiss francs, and now it is less than 100,000, and most of it is left.

But it was rejected by Yannick, and since Germany was going to be defeated, then the mark would definitely depreciate sharply in the future. What's more, it is more difficult to exchange a franc for a franc, and it is also difficult to exchange a franc for a mark.

August 28, the day is Saturday. Yannick went to Engelberg, invited Father Bvanrenner, hosted him at a banquet in his new home, and asked him to take care of Zhou Nan.

This year, Father Baffrenner readily agreed. Although Zhou Nan believed in Taoism, Taoism, which was not aggressive, was also highly regarded by Father Baffrenner, especially regarding the philosophical development of Taoism, which far surpassed other religions.

Even in the Vatican, almost every priest has a copy of the Tao Te Ching and Zhou Yi's translation, and as long as there is no conflict of beliefs, Taoism is not too much ostracized.

Father Baffrenner stayed in his new home for one night to prepare for the reception the next day, and also to support Zhou Nan and them. But Yannick had already bought a ticket to return to Germany early the next morning.

Early the next morning, Zhou Nan rode a bicycle, carrying Yannick, and Audrey rode an empty car, but John squatted behind the car, and went to the station to see Yannick away.

When they broke up, thinking of Yannick's fate in his dream, Zhou Nan couldn't help but redden, hugged him and said: "When I go back to Germany, don't go out at will, try to stay at home, and don't let me never see you again after the war is over." ”

"Of course, I also have to watch you grow up and see the Hoffmanns become the leading families in Germany."

The train slowly drove out of the station, and Zhou Nan stood on the platform, unable to calm down for a long time. Yannick's departure meant that, at least for the short term, he would have to rely entirely on himself, which made him a little scared about the future.

Yannick was the backbone of the family, and that never changed.

Audrey looked at Zhou Nan, who was a little sad, comforted him, and took his hand, shaking it gently. "Jonas, don't worry about Daddy Yannick, he'll be fine."

"It's okay, just like you separated from your mother the other day, I'm just a little sad. Give me five minutes and I'll get it right. ”

Indeed, Zhou Nan didn't have much time to grieve for the Spring and Autumn Period. Far from it, it is not an easy task to entertain hundreds of neighbors at once just today.

In Lucerne's cake shop, Zhou Nan took a large vat of cream processed here, a large cream refining machine that could have provided processing services for the residents, but after the war, such business was rare, because all resources were distributed by the state.

Like dairy farmers, they originally sold milk and then made their own cheese or processed cream, which was nothing more than a little sugar, salt and oil.

But now, all the milk is expropriated by the state, and the farmers can only keep a little milk for themselves at most, and then the state will give the farmers monetary compensation according to the market price.

The same is true for those growers, who can only keep enough food for themselves, and the rest of the food will be forcibly purchased. The Swiss government sets standards based on average production, and it's hard to keep a little more.

There was no shortage of other commodities on the market, and the advent of the war greatly reduced the consumption of the citizens, and only food was strictly controlled. That's why Yannick bought this batch of flour from Italy.

After buying the cream, Zhou Nan and Audrey passed by the weekend market by the Royce River. Because it is a weekend, except for the regular soldiers, the workers in the factories and fields will have a day off, and Lucerne today is very lively.

Zhou Nan bought Audrey a hairpin with a bow and asked her to look in the mirror for a long time. On the way back, riding a bicycle on the undulating road, she didn't shout that she was tired, and she was obviously in a happy mood.

Back in the town, Zhou Nan also nodded with all the people who walked by, in this relatively peaceful town, people are very close to each other.

Many children were obviously very curious when they saw Zhou Nan, a foreigner, running behind his bicycle.

When they came to the largest bakery in the town, which was also the place where Zhou Nan and his family usually came to receive food, Zhou Nan parked his bicycle at the door and gave a candy to each of the children, which immediately made them smile. A little kid liked John very much and teased him, but unfortunately he didn't give any face.

The toffee is made by Kelly with cream and sugar sent from Italy, and honey. Although the appearance is not good, but the taste is very good, every time Zhou Nan goes out, he always uses a handkerchief to wrap a big bag in front of the bicycle.

Hearing the noise of the children outside, Vogt, the manager of the bakery, came out wearing an apron and drove the children away. "Let's all go somewhere else, you stay here, I can't send you the bread directly. Hello Jonas. ”

Most of the residents in the town have a relatively cold attitude towards Zhou Nan, which is also the reason why Zhou Nan has just moved here and is not familiar with them. But in some functional departments, such as bakeries, such as milk and egg distribution points, Zhou Nan is also familiar with these people.

"Uncle Fogt, I have just returned from Lucerne, and I have come to see the preparations on your side."

"Don't worry, I'm going to serve a thousand people a day, and you're less than five hundred, so there's no pressure on me at all."

"That's good. In that case, I'll come back at four o'clock in the afternoon. ”

"No, you don't have to come here, I'll send it to you in a carriage when the bread is all baked."

After leaving the bakery, Zhou Nan and Audrey rode home again. This section of the road is Audrey's favourite part of the road because it is all downhill and you can slide your bike all the way home without pedaling.

Of course, when you come out of the house, it is not easy to go uphill all the way.

Inside, Kelly and Mrs. Brandt, the hostess of the family behind them, were busy cleaning tables, chairs, and dishes they had borrowed from the town's service society.

The town's service office rents out everything from dishes, tables and chairs for banquets to large tractors and horse-drawn carriages.

Seeing Zhou Nan and them coming back, Mrs. Brandett laughed loudly: "Audrey, what a beautiful bow, Fiona is playing in the water by the lake, waiting for you to be impatient." ”

Audrey hurriedly parked her bicycle and couldn't wait to say, "I'll go show Fiona my new hairpin......"

Several young women burst into a chuckle.