With a net profit of more than 800,000 dollars, Zhou Qiao rearranged the clinic inside and out.

The hard decoration has not been changed, mainly because if the hard decoration is used, the project will be relatively large, which will delay the business of the clinic, that is, the soft decoration layout.

For example, the nurse's desk and the computers in the three consultation rooms have all been replaced, with large screens, higher configurations, and smoother.

Another example is the lounge area, which has new curtains, carpets, sofas, tables and chairs, and new coffee and tea bar machines and greenery.

The wards are also warmly furnished.

The laundry of bed sheets, quilt covers, carpets, etc., was also contracted to Ariel's laundry.

I have to say that after spending money to pick up, the whole clinic has a new look.

Murphy kept a pot of prickly cacti in the surgical office, Rachel placed a pot of tiger tail orchids in the internal medicine office, and Zhou Qiao placed a pot of pink phalaenopsis in the general medicine office.

It's not that he likes such sassy flowers, but that Elena helped him put them!

Zhou Qiao didn't have much requirements for placing green plants, since Elena was happy, he would follow her.

Phalaenopsis orchids were placed on the windowsill, and when Zhou Qiao went over to look at the scenery, he glanced at it by the way, and found that the flower pot was engraved with small Chinese characters! The place of origin is also indicated! Foshan, Guangdong.

This is imported from China!

Zhou Qiao was instantly moved, Elena had a heart! Although he is not from Guangdong!

The natural flowering period of phalaenopsis is usually from March to May, but now it is cultivated in captivity and can be controlled at will, especially around holidays. Because holidays are the peak period for the consumption of flowers.

For example, China's National Day, New Year's Day, Spring Festival, etc., while in the United States, it is on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, and so on.

That's right, the annual Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

This is a fairly important holiday in the United States. Arguably the most authentic and American-style holiday in the United States, it is most closely related to the history of the United States!

Thanksgiving does not have a fixed date at the beginning, and is determined by the states of the United States on an ad hoc basis. It wasn't until 1863, after the independence of the United States, that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. In 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as "Thanksgiving Day" every year. The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

This is a unique holiday for the American people, and it is also a day for Americans to gather together as a family. Just like the Chinese New Year, be sure to spend it with your family.

If I can't go back, I will also make long-distance phone calls to talk to my parents and family members and share some things I am grateful for.

At first, it was about thanking God and thanking the Indians for their help and celebrating the harvest, but now it has many other meanings. Thanks to the nurturing grace of parents, thanks to the well-behaved and sensible children, and thanks to the pioneering spirit of the ancestors......

Zhou Qiao also gave the clinic three days off, because Rachel and Murphy had to go home to spend time with their families and prepare Thanksgiving treats!

The patients in the ward, such as the child with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and Zhang Mengjing later, have all been discharged. During the holidays, unless there is a particularly urgent condition, basically no one will come to come for health check-ups, weight loss consultations, etc.

Even the testing center outside has already given most of the employees a holiday! Only a small number of staff members have been retained to deal with some urgent inspection and inspection needs.

Elena and Ava are a little unhappy because their only relative, Anna, has passed away, and now only Zhou Qiao is left.

Zhou Qiao comforted them and said that we would also celebrate a festival with great fanfare!

The second daughter immediately smiled, originally, they thought that Zhou Qiao was not a resident of the United States and had no sense of this festival.

Zhou Qiao is naturally insensitive, but who made the twin sisters American? Celebrate them!

On Thanksgiving, the traditional main dish of turkey is indispensable. In fact, although the turkey is big and has a lot of meat, it is firewood and not delicious, but this dish must be there, even if it is ready and put on the table!

Just like the Chinese New Year, there is fish every year, which is a must-have hard dish!

The turkey is not only the protagonist of the feast, but also a symbol of Thanksgiving. Every year before Thanksgiving, the National Turkey League sends a turkey to the White House to be released by the President of the United States.

Just roasting this huge turkey, Zhou Qiao tossed for four hours, waited until the chicken skin was roasted to a dark brown, and then stuffed some mixed food in his stomach, such as broken bread and the like, let's not talk about whether it is delicious or not, this appearance is definitely okay!

Elena concocted a fragrant meat sauce with a sweet cranberry jam to serve as a turkey seasoning.

Ava prepared grilled steak, grilled pumpkin, corn, sweet potato, vegetable salad and a pillow bun that she baked herself.

The third floor of the clinic is the living area, with a special kitchen, which has a lot of kitchen utensils, including three electric ovens, microwave ovens, electric cookers, electric steamers, electric pressure cookers, electric hot pots, air fryers, soybean milk machines, wall breakers, induction cookers, and some other Chinese and Western kitchenware and tableware.

The range hood is also equipped with one, many American families do not have a range hood, but Aunt Zhou Qiao is Chinese, how can she not install one? Although she actually rarely cooked during her lifetime.

There are a lot of kitchen utensils, but there are very few dishes, or even basically no cooking, which is a bit of "poor stationery".

Nothing else, I just like to buy and collect, and the main thing is the freshness of the first time.

The meal is ready, and in the restaurant on the third floor, the table is full of fruits and vegetables, and a large pumpkin is specially placed in the middle, and apples, corn, and nuts are piled up around it, symbolizing a good harvest. Zhou Qiao still likes to eat pecans inside.

Then the prepared food was also put on the table, candles were lit, and two bottles of red wine were opened, and they were poured into the decanter to wake up first. Candlelight dinner is ready!

Before eating, Zhou Qiao first went to the small room where the aunt's spiritual seat was placed to worship, lit incense and candles, replaced the new tribute, and kowtowed three times by the way, thanking the aunt for the gift!

According to traditional customs, the spirit card needs to be placed at home for three years, and the modern pace has accelerated, and some people put it away after a hundred days or seven seven forty-nine days, but Zhou Qiao felt that he must put it for three years, or even longer.

It also means three years of filial piety.

My aunt has no heirs, so it is right for him to do these things!

Elena and Ava also knelt down and kowtowed, expressing their remembrance in Chinese etiquette and thanking Anna for her nurturing grace.

Then, return to the table.

Zhou Qiao personally took the knife and divided the fragrant turkey slices into thin slices and distributed them to Elena and Ava.

Turkey meat is more chai, and if the slices are thick, the taste will not be good.

Zhou Qiao's knife skills naturally don't have to be said, sometimes the film is like paper. If it's thin, it won't work, because the meat is very woody, and if it's too thin, it will fall apart.

Paired with sauces, it's barely delicious.

Although turkey is unpalatable, it is high in protein and low in fat, making it a good ingredient for fitness enthusiasts.

This turkey is estimated to be eaten for several days! Fortunately, there is a large refrigerator at home, so storing food is not a problem.

Compared with turkey, Zhou Qiao still thinks that the steak is more fragrant and tender!

At the same time, Murphy, his mother, and grandparents also celebrated the holiday together, and it was also a big table full of food.

The Westins and their son, Brian, drove back from Silicon Valley to reunite with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark's family, daughter Jessica, returned from New York on a flight to spend Thanksgiving with their parents!

Together with Felipe, Taylor was busy at home, cleaning up. Felipe is now much better and can help with many household chores.

Although Christie has a bad relationship with her family, her body has not fully recovered for the time being, and she is still weak, she still goes to her parents to help her mother prepare food for this grand festival.

In previous years, Cathy spent Thanksgiving alone, which was miserable and miserable, but this year, she was busy and accompanied little Danielle to have a hearty holiday together. Although little Danielle can't eat staple food yet, Cathy also finds it interesting to play some games to tease her.

Although there are nuts and Q candy at home, she learns her lesson and checks and checks Danielle's little world to make sure no bits and pieces are left inside.

On the street, San Francisco is full of festive atmosphere, especially in major restaurants, and private rooms and parking spaces have long been hard to find. There are many people who don't want to cook it at home, so they just come out to eat in a restaurant!

Even the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are full of friends, and they are basically foreigners. Because there are fewer Chinese who have gone through Thanksgiving.

These Chinese restaurants, adapted to the needs of foreigners, have also launched roast turkey. A Chinese version of the roast turkey has a special taste.

At the University of California, San Francisco, in-state students and some out-of-state students have gone home to reunite with their families, but some out-of-state students who are far away from home and international students like Ling Qingqing have nowhere to go, some are studying in the library to prepare for the upcoming final exams, and some are meeting up with friends for a short-term trip to the surrounding area.

The school also prepared a sumptuous dinner for the remaining students, such as turkey, pies, cornbread, and more, as well as some fun games such as "Turkey Run"!

This event involves participants running around the campus for about 3 miles, and some of the participants will also wear funny turkey decorations! Naturally, there are also awards.

Instead of participating in the Turkey Run, Ling Qingqing and three friends drove on a road trip along California Highway 1!

This highway, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, connects San Francisco and Los Angeles from north to south with a sea view, and is known as the most beautiful self-driving scenic highway in the world. Measuring 276 miles in length, the trail winds its way through lush mountains and steep cliffs on the other.

Luo Ya's grandmother's family, uncle, aunt, and cousin in Texas all gathered in Luo Ya's grandmother's old country house to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

Luoya's grandmother put on the evening dress bought by her precious granddaughter, put on light makeup, and put on jewelry, and the whole person immediately became graceful and luxurious. Now it's also the mayor's grandmother and the police inspector's grandmother!

Luo Ya's aunt became extremely filial, and she didn't let the old lady do it all the time, and the huge dinner was all handled by her aunt alone!

It's just that they don't make turkeys, because many of them Native Americans actually find turkeys unpalatable.

Perhaps hundreds of years ago, when Europeans first came to the American continent and lacked food, the huge turkey was delicious and full, but now it is extremely rich in material and can be called the first in the world, so there is not so much interest in turkey. It's more symbolic.

Aunt Loya made a roast goose!

The goose that Garnett brought!

Because his family's geese were affected by the disaster and there were many dead and injured, he gave a few to each of the neighbors.

Grandma Luoya was home alone and couldn't eat so much, so she processed it and pickled it, and it was just right to take it out to celebrate Thanksgiving.

The use of an electric oven is not an electric oven, but a large stone oven, which is full of two large ones, and the roasted goose is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, which is many times more delicious than the turkey!

Loya was on an international call from East Africa, and she was in an armored fighting vehicle and was about to go to the front line to command a major battle, but she still found time to call her grandmother and uncle.

As for Zhou Qiao, Luo Ya shook her head and smiled, there are two little sheep at home, and she doesn't know what she is doing, where is she free to listen to her calls.

In fact, she misunderstood, if she called, Zhou Qiao would still be willing to talk to her on the phone, but Luo Ya is not so hypocritical.

Thanks to the "brave little fat" for the tip.

(End of chapter)