Chapter 287: Christmas in a Small Mountain Village
"Nelson, hand me the scissors in your hand."
"Prestige, are gifts from the four children ready?"
"Fight back, you go and see why Rodney hasn't come back yet."
The Prince of Wales gave orders to the others as he decorated the small tree he had carried back from the woods in front of him.
It has been more than a month since they arrived in the village.
God did not bless them during this time, and the snow did not stop sparsely until the first two days, and today it is even more rare for the sun to come out.
Early in the morning, the Prince of Wales arranged for Rodney to go and ask Uncle Liu, who was driving the car, about the road conditions.
And the issue of children's gifts was entrusted to her by the trusted maid chief prestige.
"I've got a gift ready here." Prestige replied with a smile and a salute.
"Rodney has just entered the door, and it seems that he has something important to report." Fighting back, Rodney, who was hurrying in, said to the Prince of Wales.
"Huh?"
The Prince of Wales turned his head to spot Rodney, who was flapping the snowflakes on his shoes.
"Good news! Uncle said that if it doesn't snow today and tomorrow, then he will be able to send us to the county seat the day after tomorrow! ”
Rodney didn't have time to sit down after he came in, so he directly told everyone the information he had obtained.
"Oooh! I thought I wouldn't be able to leave until February! When Nelson heard the good news, he immediately hugged his sister and shouted.
The children in the back room also ran out to check on the situation after hearing the movement outside.
After getting the news from the adults that they were finally able to leave, they also laughed happily one by one.
Of course, the purple quartz was once again lightly knocked on the head by the black-backed jackal who was silent and smiling.
"Hoo ......"
The Prince of Wales finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, they were all ready to leave in February, but they didn't expect the surprise to come inadvertently.
"It's a shame that there may not be a white Christmas this year, but for the first time on Christmas Eve, I'm hoping that there will be no snow tomorrow's Christmas." Nelson said with a self-deprecation as he calmed down.
Rodney patted his sister on the shoulder and comforted, "We all have the same thoughts, I hope it doesn't snow for the next two days, otherwise we really won't be able to go out until spring." ”
The Prince of Wales nodded, "Anyway, let's get ready to go, if it doesn't snow when I wake up the next morning, I'll go and say goodbye to the village chief, and we'll leave after this Christmas." ”
"Originally, I planned to ask the Governor's Mansion to advance money and go back by boat after arriving at Bincheng Port, but it seems that it is too late in time, so we will go directly to advance resources and sail all the way back!" The Prince of Wales said categorically.
The Soviet Union nodded, "I agree, it will take at least half a month by boat, and it will be enough for us to sail at high speed for less than a week, as long as we prepare enough resources in advance, it will be much faster than by boat." ”
The others, including the Javelins and other destroyers, voted in favor, and they also hoped to meet the Admiral as soon as possible, a trip that had been delayed long enough due to an accident.
It didn't snow that night, as they had prayed.
Javelin, the Queen of Heaven, the Black-backed Jackal, and the Purple Quartz went to sleep early in anticipation of the gifts.
"It's really thanks to prestige that you can prepare a gift in this situation, otherwise we'd be sorry for the children."
The Prince of Wales looked at the prestige in the back room, put the gifts into the red socks at the children's bedside and sighed and thanked the prestige.
These socks are also specially sewn from old clothes that the villagers don't want from the village.
Although it looked ridiculous due to the inconsistent color, everyone present knew that it was not easy to make socks under such conditions.
"Where, the children have been looking forward to the holiday all year long and can't give up because of the conditions, and I am very sorry that I didn't let them have a good Christmas last year." Prestige shook his head and said as he walked out lightly.
At the end of December last year, when Javelin and Blackback Jackal were found, the two little ones were with London and Kent, but their lives were very poor.
Purple Quartz and the Queen of Heaven spent a few months in the care of a single elderly woman in Frankie.
Naturally, they didn't have a good Christmas, which is a serious thing for Westerners.
"I'm sorry, it's all useless...... White Elephant Kent said to himself after hearing Prestige's words.
London also looked at Javelin and Blackback Jackal with an apologetic expression, after all, it was the two of them who failed to take care of their two children.
Nelson patted the two heavy patrols on the head and said, "Well, the prestige doesn't blame you, and if it weren't for you, I'm afraid the two of them would have been even more sleepy." ”
Rodney gently hugged the two, "If you feel guilty, why don't you love them more in the future, so you can make up for your mistakes, right?" ”
The Soviet Union and Kirov looked at the sisterhood of the girls of the E ship, glanced at each other, and began to miss their sisters.
"I wonder where Tashkent and Engels are now?" Kirov said with a somewhat worried sigh.
"I believe in them, our comrades in country S have an iron will for the revolution, and they will be fine." The USSR replied firmly.
The next morning, as soon as he had finished washing up, the Prince of Wales heard the cheers of the children.
"It's a glove! Thank you sisters, we will cherish it! ”
The purple quartz who usually has the second middle school can't wait to put the leather gloves on his hands, and he is rare and well-behaved to express his gratitude to the sisters in the outside world.
The Javelin, the Queen of Heaven and the Black-backed Jackal also received leather gloves of slightly different colors.
"Thank you, sisters!"
"Thank you so much, I'll make good use of them."
"Thanks!"
The three of them also expressed their gratitude to the adult ship girls.
"Don't thank us, it's thanks to your Prince of Wales sister who went into the mountains to hunt and the prestige sister who sewed it by hand!" Nelson smiled and stroked the hair of the black-backed jackals and said to them.
The Prince of Wales shook his head and touched the javelin's pink hair, "Don't be so polite, you deserve it." ”
As she spoke, she looked out the window at the bright moonlight.
"It doesn't look like it will snow today, so let's go back to the town guard after this Christmas, hoping to catch up with this deep-sea invasion."
"Oh!"
On that day, the group of shipwives simply spent this holiday without Christmas hats and Christmas cards under the carefully trimmed Christmas tree.
Although this festival is not very lively, but the thought of returning to the town guard mansion soon, the ship girls have no complaints.
After coaxing the children to sleep at night, who were afraid of the snow and too afraid to sleep, the two sisters of Prestige and Counterattack came to the living room and sat down with the Prince of Wales and them.
"Let's all go to bed, if it really snows, we can't stop it, it's up to God." The Prince of Wales looked at the crowd and looked like he was sitting quietly waiting for dawn, shook his head helplessly, and said to them.
The Soviets, Nelson and the others all burst out laughing after looking at each other.
"Okay, go to bed, as the Prince of Wales said, if it really snows, we can't help it, it's better to be honest and recuperate and start tomorrow!"
Nelson patted his leg and stood up and walked towards the back room.
After seeing Nelson, who was free and easy, took the lead in answering the call, the other ship girls also got up and walked towards their respective beds.
The Prince of Wales looked at the starry sky and prayed silently in his heart.
'May my Lord bless tomorrow as a sunny day. ’
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I wonder if the Prince of Wales' prayer worked.
When the shipwrecks woke up in the morning, they found that it was still starry outside, and even the thick snow on the ground began to melt gradually.
In order to let the four children sleep a little longer, these adult ship girls lightly packed their luggage and waited for the little ones to get up in the living room.
The Prince of Wales went to say goodbye to the village chief early and thanked him for his help over time.
"Hmm...... What about the Prince's sister? ”
When the purple quartz rubbed his eyes and walked out, the sky was gradually starting to lighten.
The girl finally didn't wear the blindfold when she slept, revealing her beautiful eyes like rubies.
Behind her, the diva, the black-backed jackal, and the javelin also woke up and walked out of the back room.
Looking at the luggage that her sisters had already packed, the queen who regarded herself as a little lady smiled embarrassedly.
"I'm really sorry, it's all because we were too snooze, so I made my sisters wait for a long time, right?"
Kirov shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry, your prince sister went to the village chief to say goodbye, and she should be back later." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a steady female voice from outside the door, "I'm back, have you already cleaned up?" ”
The girls looked up to see the Prince of Wales waiting outside the door with a bearded man in his 50s, with a flatbed carriage parked next to him.
"Little girls, get ready and we're going, I don't know when we miss this opportunity." The uncle looked at the shipwrecks in the house and greeted them with a smile.
Javelin stuck out his tongue and immediately took the three friends to wash up in a hurry, while Nelson was carrying his luggage to the car while greeting Uncle Liu.
"Uncle Liu, you got up really early, it can't be that we bothered you, right?"
"Hi...... If anything, I usually wake up so early, and I've been used to it for so many years. Uncle Liu waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Are you really going to continue your journey in such cold weather? It's not going to be a good time outside, is it? ”
The Prince of Wales said firmly: "We are very satisfied to be able to buy old cotton clothes from the villagers, we have delayed too much time this time, and we can't wait any longer!" ”
"Hey...... Now that you've decided, I won't say more, and the little girls are here, so let's get in the car. ”
Uncle Liu sighed at the expression of the Prince of Wales, and beckoned everyone to get into the car after seeing the four javelins running out.
Listening to Uncle Liu singing loud mountain songs along the bumpy mountain road all the way, the faces of the ship's ladies were filled with the anticipation of the upcoming reunion with the Admiral.
'Admiral, wait for us!' ’