I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 125 Thanksgiving

With a net profit of more than 80 knives, Zhou Qiao rearranged the clinic inside and out.

The hard decoration has not been changed, mainly because the hard decoration would be a larger project and would delay the clinic's business, that is, the soft decoration layout.

For example, the computers at the nurse's desk and the three consulting rooms were all replaced with new ones, with large screens, higher configuration, and smoother operation.

Another example is the rest area, which has replaced brand new curtains, carpets, sofas, tables and chairs, and added new coffee machines, tea bar machines and green plants.

The ward is also decorated more warmly.

The cleaning of sheets, quilts, carpets, etc. is also contracted to Ariel's laundry.

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

Murphy kept a pot of prickly prickly prickly pear in the surgery clinic, Rachel put a pot of sansevieria in the internal medicine clinic, and Zhou Qiao put a pot of pink Phalaenopsis in the general practice clinic.

It's not that he likes such flamboyant flowers, but that Elena arranged them for him!

Zhou Qiao didn't have too many requirements for the placement of green plants. Since Elena is happy, let her do it.

Phalaenopsis was placed on the windowsill. Zhou Qiao took a look at it when he went to look at the scenery, and was surprised to find that the flowerpot was actually engraved with small Chinese characters!The place of origin is also marked!Foshan, Guangdong.

This is imported from China!
Zhou Qiao was instantly moved, and Elena had a heart!Although he is not Cantonese!

The natural flowering period of Phalaenopsis is usually from March to May, but now it is cultivated artificially and can be adjusted at will. In particular, it will bloom around holidays.Because holidays are the peak consumption period for flowers.

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

That’s right, the annual Thanksgiving is almost here!

This is a very important holiday in the United States.It is arguably the most authentic and American of the national holidays in the United States because it is most closely related to the history of the United States!
At the beginning, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving, which was temporarily determined by each state in the United States.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".The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

This is a holiday created by the American people, and it is also a day for American families to get together.Just like the Chinese New Year, it must be spent with family members.

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

At first it was thanking God, thanking the Indians for their help, celebrating a good harvest, but now it has many other meanings.Thanks to parents for their upbringing, to their children for their cleverness and understanding, to their ancestors for their pioneering spirit...

Zhou Qiao also gave the clinic three days off, because Rachel and Murphy are going home to be with their families and prepare Thanksgiving food!

The patients in the ward, such as the child with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and Zhang Mengjing later, have all been discharged from the hospital.During the holidays, unless there is a particularly urgent illness, basically no one will come for health checkups, weight loss consultations and so on.

Even the testing center outside has given most of the employees a holiday!Only a small number of staff were left to deal with some urgent inspection and inspection needs.

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

Zhou Qiao comforted them, saying that we will also celebrate a festival with great fanfare!
The second daughter immediately smiled. Originally, they thought that Zhou Qiao was not a native American resident, so they had no feeling for this festival.

Zhou Qiao is naturally indifferent, but who made the twin girls American?Just think of it as celebrating for them!
Thanksgiving, the traditional main dish of turkey is naturally indispensable.In fact, although the turkey is big and has a lot of meat, it is not tasty, but this dish must be had, even if it is ready and put on the table!
Just like the Chinese New Year, there is fish every year, it is a must-have hard dish!
Turkey is not only the protagonist of the feast, but also a symbol of Thanksgiving.Every year before Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation will send a turkey to the White House, and the President of the United States will release it himself.

Just roasting this huge turkey took Zhou Qiao tossing around for four hours, until the skin of the chicken was roasted to a dark brown color, and then stuffed some mixed food into the stomach, such as crumbled bread. This sale is definitely possible!

Elena prepared a rich meat sauce, accompanied by sweet cranberry jam, as a seasoning for eating turkey.

Ava prepared grilled steak, roasted pumpkin, corn, sweet potato, green salad and pillow buns that she baked herself.

The third floor of the clinic is the living area. There is a special kitchen with a lot of kitchen utensils, including three electric ovens, microwave ovens, electric saucepans, electric steamers, electric pressure cookers, electric hot pots, air fryers, soybean milk machines, broken walls machine, induction cooker, and some other Chinese and Western kitchen utensils and tableware.

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

There are a lot of kitchen utensils, but there is little or no cooking, which is a bit like "poor students have a lot of stationery".

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

The feast is ready. In the restaurant on the third floor, the table is filled with fruits and vegetables. A large pumpkin is specially placed in the middle, surrounded by apples, corn, and nuts, symbolizing a good harvest.Zhou Qiao still likes to eat the pecans inside.

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

This kind of festival evokes emotions. Before starting to eat, Zhou Qiao went to the small room where the aunt's spiritual tablet was placed to worship, lit incense and candles, replaced new tributes, and kowtowed three times to thank the aunt for her gift!
According to traditional customs, spiritual tablets need to be placed at home for three years. In modern times, the pace is accelerating. Some people put them away after a hundred days or seventy-nine days, but Zhou Qiao feels that he must keep them for three years, or even longer. .

It also means observing filial piety for three years.

My aunt has no heirs, so it is only 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 upbringing.

Then, return to the table.

Zhou Qiao used the knife to slice the delicious turkey into thin slices and distributed them to Elena and Ava.

Turkey meat is more woody. If the slices are thick, the taste will not be good.

Of course, Zhou Qiao's knife skills are nothing to say, sometimes the pieces are as good as paper.No matter how thin it is, it will not work, because the meat is very thick, and it will fall apart if it is too thin.

Coupled with the sauce, it can barely be called delicious.

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

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 steak is more delicious and tender!
At the same time, Murphy, his mother, grandparents, and grandparents also celebrated this festival together, and there was a big table full of delicious food.

The Westins and their son Brian drove back from Silicon Valley to join them.

The Clarks and their daughter Jessica took a flight back from New York to spend Thanksgiving with her parents!
Together with Felipe, Taylor was busy at home, cleaning up.Felipe's physical strength is much better now, and he can already help with a lot of housework.

Although Christie has a bad relationship with her family, her body has not fully recovered yet, and she is still weak, but for such a grand festival, she still goes to her parents' place to help her mother prepare food.

In previous years, Cathy spent Thanksgiving alone, miserable and miserable, but this year, she spent a sumptuous holiday with little Danielle after busy schedule.Although little Danielle can't eat staple food yet, Cathy also thinks it's interesting to play some games to tease her.

Although nuts and Q candies were also prepared at home, she learned from her experience and checked Danielle's little world again and again to make sure that no bits and pieces fell inside.

On the streets, San Francisco is full of festive atmosphere, especially in major restaurants, where private rooms and parking spaces are already hard to come by.There are many people who don’t want to cook at home, but go out to have dinner in restaurants!
Even the Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are full of guests, basically foreigners.Because there are relatively few Chinese who go through Thanksgiving.

These Chinese-style restaurants have also introduced roast turkeys to meet the needs of foreigners.The improved Chinese version of the roast turkey has a special taste.

At UCSF, the in-state students and some out-of-state students went home to reunite with their families, but some out-of-state students and international students like Ling Qingqing had nowhere to go. Reviewing in the library, preparing for the upcoming final exam, and meeting with friends for a short-term trip around.

The school also prepares a lavish dinner of turkey, pie, cornbread, etc., as well as some fun games, such as "Turkey Run" for the remaining students!
This event is for participants to race around the campus, the whole journey is about 3 miles, and some friends will wear funny turkey decorations to participate!Naturally, there are also awards.

Instead of participating in the Turkey Trot, Ling Qingqing went on a self-driving trip with three friends along California Highway [-]!
This highway, also called the Pacific Coast Highway, connects San Francisco and Los Angeles from north to south with sea views along the way. It is known as the most beautiful self-driving scenic highway in the world.The total length is 276 miles, with winding mountain roads, endless green mountains on one side, steep cliffs and crashing waves on the other side.

Grandma Loya's family far away in Texas, uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​all gathered at Grandma Loya's country house to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

Grandma Luo Ya put on the evening dress bought by her precious granddaughter, put on light makeup and jewelry, and she immediately became graceful and luxurious.Now she is also the grandmother of the mayor and the grandmother of the police inspector!

Luo Ya's aunt became extremely filial and didn't let the old lady do anything during the whole process. The huge dinner was hosted by her aunt alone!

It's just that they didn't cook turkey, because many Native Americans actually find turkey unpalatable.

Maybe a few hundred years ago, when Europeans first came to the American continent and there was a shortage of food, huge turkeys were delicious and filling. But now they are extremely rich in food, ranking first in the world, and there is no need for turkeys. So much interest.It's more of a symbolic meaning.

Aunt Loya cooks roast goose!

The big goose brought by Garnett!

Because the big geese in his family were hit by the disaster and there were many casualties, he distributed several geese to each of the surrounding neighbors.

Grandma Loya was at home alone and couldn't eat that much, so she processed it and marinated it. It was just in time to take it out to celebrate Thanksgiving.

The oven used was not an electric oven, but a large stone oven. Two large geese were roasted. The roasted geese were charred on the outside and tender on the inside. They were many times more delicious than turkeys!
Loya made an international long-distance call from East Africa. She was in an armored combat vehicle and was about to go to the front to command a large-scale 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 they don't know what they are doing. How can they listen to her calls when they are free?

In fact, she misunderstood, if she called, Zhou Qiao would still be willing to have a phone conversation with her, but Luo Ya is not so hypocritical.

　Thanks to "Brave Little Fatty" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)