A vegetable soup made by cutting carrots and potatoes into strips, stir-frying them in butter until soft, and then adding sausages, tomatoes, and pickled cabbage to the soup. Salmon, sea bass, red fish, etc., boiled with potatoes, carrots, spices, and finally sprinkled with fennel to make a fish broth; charcoal-grilled lamb kebabs; Kiev patties with crispy crust and tender and delicious meat filling; Pigs, cattle and sheep are simmered with different ingredients to make a fragrant stew that melts in the mouth; caviar made from sturgeon eggs; Smoked sausages made by filling the casing with minced meat and various spices and heat-treating or fermenting them; Bollinger bread made by baking a batter made from flour, milk, eggs, and butter; A dough made from rye flour, water and salt, fermented with yeast and baked brown bread......

Just by seeing this menu, I knew that Zhang Xu had gone to the woolly bear to spend this year's Christmas holiday.

Leningrad, a name that anyone familiar with the history of World War II will memorize.

From September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944, the Germans besieged the city for 872 days. The Battle of Leningrad was ultimately won, preventing the possibility of the mustache outflanking Moscow from the north and advancing into Arkhangelsk.

Two years ago, the city's name was changed back to St. Petersburg, marking the rounding of the grave of the red furry bear that once made the world tremble.

With the fall of the red woolly bear, the bear people, who were once full of hope for a good life, suddenly find that winter is coming.

Zhang Xu, who was walking on the streets of St. Petersburg, was stopped.

Stopping in front of Zhang Xu was an old man wearing an old-fashioned Red Bear Army uniform.

The old man's originally sharp and resolute eyes have been worn out by the embarrassing life, and the old man, who was shivering in the biting cold wind, raised his already rickety hands, and among the several medals he held in his hands, the Medal for the Defense of Leningrad was impressively among them.

Zhang Xu secretly used the Regent Mind on the old man, and learned that the old man's home had been cut off, and now he could only take the glory that he exchanged for his life when he was young, and used it in exchange for bread for a satisfying stomach.

Zhang Xu took out his wallet and bought the medal in the old man's hand at a price twice as high as the old man's offer.

Zhang Xu uses the US dollar, which at this time is a more popular hard currency than the ruble, which can provide better help to the elderly.

For a veteran who had fought for the anti-fascist cause, Zhang Xu could only help him so much.

At the Baltic Shipyard, Zhang Xu stood on the roof of an office building next to the dock, quietly looking at the aircraft carrier Kiev being renovated in the dock.

After the Kiev was officially decommissioned on June 30, 1993, Zhang Xu proposed a "three-step" plan to the state to purchase an aircraft carrier.

By August, the state had approved the plan with great efficiency.

Then, after a month of negotiations, the contract for the purchase and transformation of the Kiev was signed in the bewildered faces of the bears who thought that the other side was going to buy the Kiev back as a warship, so they set up a series of harsh conditions such as the dismantling of the weapon system and the power system, as well as in countless empty bottles of vodka and Erguotou.

Zhang Xu, as the proposer of the plan, the navy ...... Well, it should be a sea hotel entertainment company that invited him to visit St. Petersburg when he has free time, and by the way, he would like to give comments and suggestions.

"I don't know when the aircraft carrier we built ourselves will be launched." A middle-aged man in a suit beside Zhang Xu sighed and said.

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry, you will definitely be able to see it before you retire with the rank of major general." Zhang Xu said.

Talking to Zhang Xu is an associate researcher who works at the Naval Equipment Demonstration Research Center and enjoys special allowances from the national government.

In order to prevent the presence of servicemen at the transformation site of the Kiev to stimulate the nerves of the hairy bear, none of the soldiers present wore suits.

Standing on the other side of Zhang Xu is the general manager of a sea hotel entertainment company.

"Xiao Zhang, many products now have image spokespersons, and I think our hotel will also find one in the future. What do you say about Gong Li? ”

"Mr. Pan, I don't think it's better to draw one yourself without a real person?"

"Uh...... Draw it yourself? ”

"Wait a minute, I'll give you someone's contact information, and when you go back to Beijing, go to him, tell him your requirements and my opinions, and he will handle it."

"Is that a mascot like Panpan? Do you want to have another name then? ”

"Almost. But the name doesn't need to be called another one, it's called Kyiv, the ship's mother Kyiv. ”

After the three of them chatted for a while, Zhang Xu ran to the deck of the Kiev and walked around before leaving.

Originally, Zhang Xu planned to take this opportunity to invite Fleur to come to St. Petersburg for a vacation, but two days before the start of the holiday, Gabrielle was defeated by a cold, and Fleur had to stay at home to take care of her.

So Zhang Xu, who was alone, planned to leave early after a walk around St. Petersburg and go to France to visit Gabrielle.

Leaving the Baltic Shipyard, Zhang Xu wandered the streets of St. Petersburg alone, thinking about where to go for dinner tonight. In St. Petersburg today, the lives of ordinary citizens have fallen into a trough, but Zhang Xu, who has a lot of rubles and dollars on him, can be rich and capricious.

Zhang Xu, who was walking on the street, suddenly felt a wave of magic coming from the side of the road, turned his head, and saw a small shop appearing between the shops on the side of the road.

Zhang Xu found that this was a store for wizards like the Leaky Cauldron Bar, and there were a lot of magical items in the windows on both sides of the door, so he walked to the store to see what good things were inside.

Zhang Xu likes to visit such a magic item store, not that he wants to find something hidden in the old grandfather or something, this wizarding world only dark wizards do this, except for Harry Potter's glasses. Touching that kind of thing might be like using Voldemort's Horcrux diary, and doing something strange after being unknowingly controlled.

He likes to visit such shops because sometimes the idea of making some magical items can inspire him to a greater or lesser extent.

Walking into the store, Zhang Xu found that the temperature inside was not low, and he was wearing a thick winter coat and sweat beads after a while, so he could only take off his bearskin jacket and hold it in his hand.

At this time, a greeting in Russian came from the store.

Zhang Xu looked at the counter and saw a waiter who looked to be about sixteen years old standing behind the counter.

When Zhang Xu just wanted to ask if the other party could speak English, the waiter said to him in Chinese, which was not very fluent: "You trench, you are a Chinese shrimp?" ”

"Yes, hello." Zhang Xu replied.

Maybe she hadn't spoken Chinese for too long, but after a while, she found her senses and became much more fluent in Chinese.

"Welcome, what would you like to buy?" The waiter asked.

"I came in by accident, I'll take a casual look first." Zhang Xu said.

"Okay, there are all kinds of magic items on the shelves in front, all of which are not dangerous. Inside the shelves are a variety of books. The waiter explained to Zhang Xu.