The Brandetts were a large family, with five sons and six daughters. What is admirable is that after giving birth to so many children, Mrs. Brandett's body is still very healthy, and she can lift more than a hundred pounds of straw bales to the car at once.

Originally, they also had a pasture in the north of the town, in the current railway station, and there was a house there that belonged to her eldest son and second son's family. But because of the construction of the railway station, the ranch house was requisitioned, so the whole family now lives here.

But although there were many people in their family, there were more houses in the family, and there was a house on the hill, and on the west side of the hill, near the railway, there was also a house that was large enough for their family to live in.

Now they have three sons and four daughters in the family who are married, and the daughters are not mentioned when they get married, and the three sons have each given birth to children, so everyone in their family needs a long table to eat.

Don't think that foreigners will live separately from their parents when they grow up, that is to be deceived by TV. Because this is only the habit of the Anglo-Americans, or rather, the Young Glo-Saxons, and this is not the case with most of the people except them.

The French, the Germans, the Spaniards, the Italians, there is not a country that does not pay attention to family relationships, and it is said that between the elders and the younger generations, that is, between the same generation, for example, brothers and sisters, and often have dinner together on the weekends.

Of course, those who leave their parents to go out to develop are a different story.

Like Audrey, although she rarely mentions it herself, Zhou Nan also knows that her father has brought her a lot of psychological trauma. It is because his father is a Lar Saxon and has a relatively weak concept of family, so he will abandon his wife and daughter.

And she grew up in Belgium, living in the Netherlands, and longing for the integrity of the family, so she will feel pain. Later, in order to have a child, she also gave up many opportunities to participate in movies, and for the integrity of her family, she even quit the film industry directly.

Seventy percent of the people in Switzerland are of German descent, and Germans also attach great importance to family relationships, as long as it is not because of the separation of career development, the Henuo family is a big family, and only when the parents die, the brothers and sisters will be separated.

Mrs. Brandett likes Kelly, who is more than a decade younger than her, probably because she sympathizes with Kelly's tragic fate, likes it because of sympathy, and even likes Zhou Nan, who wants to treat Kelly as a mother.

Her three daughters-in-law also came to help today, they are all very healthy German women, all of them are extremely strong, and they are far better than Zhou Nan who has half a bottle of water.

Their children followed their aunt and uncle to play by the lake, and the group of children were noisy and noisy.

Zhou Nan parked the bicycle, untied the rope and asked, "Kelly, where do you put all this cream?" ”

Kelly wiped her hands, took the cream bucket and said, "Just give it to me, I've been running all morning, are you tired?" ”

"Not tired...... What about Father Bvanrenner? ”

"We went to church in the morning, and he stayed at the church in town, saying he had come back from lunch."

The priest is still relatively respected in Europe, not to mention that his rank is not low, and he is not afraid of running out of food wherever he goes.

Seeing the greens and mushrooms they had washed, Zhou Nan looked at the time again. "I'll be the chef at noon today, and I'll make you a special braised pork and mushroom soup. Mrs. Brandett, please don't let me lose an opportunity to show off. ”

Mrs. Brandett came to help today, and brought her three daughters-in-law, so she didn't want to go home for dinner. After listening to Zhou Nan's words, she said with a smile: "Then, the bread we received today can also be saved." Children don't cry out in the middle of the night that they're hungry. ”

They have many families, and the food allocated is just barely enough to fill their stomachs. There are also two sons and a daughter who are not married, and in order to lay a foundation for them, they are reluctant to spend money on other food. You can save two meals of bread and eat it with an open stomach in about a week.

Most Chinese also have a misunderstanding, that is, they think that most foreigners only eat beef and mutton, not pork, but in fact, they are not.

Because China is an agrarian society, it attaches great importance to cultivating cattle, and there are many people and little land, and there are no large pastures to raise cattle, so beef has rarely been used as the main meat since ancient times.

However, although beef is consumed far more abroad than at home, pork is still the world's largest edible meat.

Like Germany, they mainly eat pork, and the famous German sausages are also made of pork. In some countries, pig offal is not eaten much and is used to process cooked food, but in Germany, there is almost no place where pigs are not eaten.

Flour, rice, and oats are in short supply in Switzerland, but as a large breeding country, the supply of pork, beef and mutton, milk, and cheese are still keeping up, but the price is higher than in peacetime.

If the family is not short of money, you can buy meat as a staple food. So for this reception, in addition to buying a lot of barbecued beef and mutton, Zhou Nan also bought some pork.

In China, because there is less oil and water, people like to eat fatty meat. But almost no one eats fatty meat abroad, and the pork belly, which is very popular in China, is a slow-moving product in Switzerland, and now Zhou Nan is cheap.

Put more than three catties of pork belly in the pot for a while, take it out and put it under the cold water to cool down, then cut it into small pieces, and then blanch it in a pot of boiling water.

Add the oil, heat the spices and pour the pieces of meat into the pan. When the skin of the meat is slightly yellow, add the sugar. Since there is no soy sauce, oyster sauce can only be used instead, and the amount added is small, and it does not have much effect on the taste.

When the sugar is exposed to high temperatures, it produces a Maillard reaction, and after a while, each piece of meat turns brownish, which looks very attractive.

At this time, add half a pot of water, soak all the meat in the soup, and start simmering. After the heat is boiling, put a little ginger slices to remove the smell, skim out the soup foam, and start to simmer over low heat.

It is a pity for Zhou Nan that there are no red dates, otherwise, this soup will be even fresher. Yannick and the others like to use this soup to soak rice and eat it, and they can eat several large bowls of vegetables.

This braised pork was really well received by everyone, and Fiona, the youngest daughter of the brandet family, was very disgusted with the fat meat at first and said that she would not eat it, but she ate a piece and immediately began to grab it.

As for their youngest son, Joseph, he was even more fascinated by braised pork, and after snatching everything in the pot, he also snatched the meat from the bowl of his nephew and niece. As a result, several of the little ones cried loudly, and it was not lively for a while.

During a meal, Zhou Nan pulled the hearts of several neighbors over, and everyone praised his cooking skills. They also praised Audrey for her luck and found a man with outstanding cooking skills as a husband, and Audrey also followed behind.

Summer days in Switzerland are long, dawning at four or five in the morning and then not getting dark until ten in the evening. They usually eat lunch at one o'clock at noon, and then they don't have dinner at any time, and they eat at six or seven o'clock in the morning, and they don't eat until after eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Nan and his family began to prepare for this reception more than ten days ago, and visited every household in the entire community in advance and sent invitations.

In addition to them, some people who knew in the town, Zhou Nan also sent invitations, whether they came or not, at least they did their best.

Most of them happily accepted the invitation, and a foreigner moved in from the community, and they also wanted to see for themselves whether Zhou Nan was a good person.

At four o'clock, guests began to come to the door, and all of them were out with the whole family. They also brought small gifts, or ornaments of little value, or bottles of wine, and some of them were in poor condition, so they simply brought a well-assembled bouquet of flowers.

Flowers here are not expensive, in the Swiss countryside, every household grows flowers, and some small towns even have a mandatory rule that does not allow windows without flowers. That is, as long as your house has windows, then there must be flowers on the windowsill.

Zhou Nan and they prepared honey water for the children, freshly baked biscuits. This biscuit is not a dry biscuit, but a popular snack in Europe, which is softer than ordinary biscuits and harder than cakes. And it can be made into sweet, salty, vegetable, and meat filling, and both men and women of all ages have a favorite taste.

Adults drink a wider variety of beverages, and black and clear tea from India dominate almost all of the European market, and because it is a necessity of life, tea has become the second most important supply after flour and salt.

At about four o'clock, Vogt brought the baked bread, and the wagon was piled high, and two carts were pulled.

Except for the humble place, where everyone could only gather on the lawn, this reception was very well received by everyone. First of all, at this time of material shortage, it is not easy to supply so much food, and it is enough to show Zhou Nan's sincerity.

Secondly, Zhou Nan's population is simple, he looks relatively gentle, and he always has an indifferent smile on his face. Audrey is innocent and pure, and people can't bear to hurt her when they look at her.

As for Kylie, she is very popular with everyone, she looks kind, and her fat body also increases her affinity. Those women who knew about her tragic experience were even more sympathetic and had a better impression of Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan is the most relaxed of all, because Kelly not only has to be busy socializing, but also has to pay attention to the lack of various foods from time to time. Audrey has made a lot of friends of the same age, although the language communication is a little difficult, but it does not affect the little girl's simple emotions at all.

The reason why Zhou Nan is relaxed is because at least half of the male owners in the family did not appear, and they all entered the military camp to serve.

And these men are chatting together, Zhou Nan can rarely get in, and he is not in a hurry to integrate into this small circle, it has not passed the test of time, the more he does, the more wrong he will be.

After everyone arrived, Zhou Nan played a few flute songs for everyone, and also won everyone's applause, and today's goal was achieved.

At the end of the reception, Zhou Nan and the others also felt exhausted one by one. Looking at the devastation in the yard, Zhou Nan persuaded Kelly, who was still cleaning up. "I'm tired today, don't clean up yet, you go to the shower and clean up first, and I'll go to sleep after closing the door."

"And these things ......"

"I'll clean it up tomorrow."