Expedition to Europe

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The mass is coming to an end.

When Qin Zhiyuan came out, he saw Pierre and Julie selling chocolates in front of the church.

Each of them was holding a box with some chocolates in it, which were sold at a price of one franc each. This is a traditional program of the church. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the church, just like the "merit box" in the temple.

Seeing chocolate, Qin Zhiyuan thought of the peace fruit that was once very popular in China.

In another time and space, I don’t know when it started, the foreign festivals shined brightly and became another support for promoting consumption. The most obvious representatives are roses on Valentine’s Day and peace fruits on Christmas Eve.

Giving roses on Valentine’s Day is still reasonable, but giving peace fruits on Christmas Eve is purely far-fetched. The "Anpingguo" is a thing created out of thin air by Chinese profiteers. It was originally meant to use the homophony of "ping" to symbolize Christmas Eve. Some people even say that this is a foreign custom. This is really laughable. Apple and English have nothing to do with the English word "ping" at all, from pronunciation to word composition, there is no relationship.

Qin Zhiyuan is a local tyrant. Pierre immediately came to ask for help when he saw Qin Zhiyuan: "Qin, buy some chocolates, which will keep you and your family safe."

Pierre didn't know Qin Zhiyuan's family situation. It seems that Anne is still very kind. Even if she knew Qin Zhiyuan's family situation, she didn't talk about it everywhere. Of course, this may also be related to Pierre's absence all day long.

"You are such a fool!" Julie came over and scolded her brother.

As the youngest daughter in the family, Julie's attitude towards Pierre is not much better than her attitude towards Napoleon.

"What have I done wrong? In this icy weather, who would buy these expensive and unpalatable chocolates? If we can't sell them quickly, when can we go back for dinner? I'm starving!" Pierre cried out.

Pierre has become accustomed to Julie's "rebellious behavior". It seems that he must have been bullied by Julie during his growth. Perhaps, every brother with a sister is like this.

Qin Zhiyuan asked about the situation and then generously offered: "Okay, I'll buy them all."

"Great, I knew you were a generous person." Pierre smiled.

"Can you finish it?" Julie was curious.

"Why should I eat it? Someone needs these things more." Qin Zhiyuan handed the dog leash in his hand to Pierre, picked up Pierre's box and walked across the street.

The church where the Foch family came seemed to have a relatively high status. Only some bigwigs with status could come here. Few ordinary civilians came here. Just across the street, a few ragged children were looking at this side with curious and eager eyes. Now is an extraordinary period. The chocolates in the boxes in Qin Zhiyuan and Julie's arms may not be worth mentioning in Qin Zhiyuan and Julie's eyes, but for those children, this is enough for them to have a happy Christmas, even if they just look at it...

All beings are equal before God?

Don't lie!

Seeing Qin Zhiyuan coming, the children fled in all directions. Qin Zhiyuan called out: "Little guys, don't run, come here!"

There was a little girl who ran slower and accidentally fell and cried loudly. She was wearing too bloated clothes. The cotton coat on her body was modified from old clothes. It looked a bit big, maybe it was worn by her brothers. The shoes on her feet were opened. Although they were tied together with a rope, you could still feel the air leaking, and it looked very cold. It was snowing all the time, but this poor child didn't even have a hat, only a headscarf covered with frost. There was frostbite on the dirty little face, and there were wounds on the black and thin hands, which were black and red and deep enough to see the bones.

"Oh my God!" Julie just squatted down, and she covered her mouth and cried out in surprise, and crystal tears immediately burst out.

"Sir, we don't mean to offend." The children didn't run far. They wanted to come back to help the little girl, but they didn't dare to go in, but they couldn't abandon their companions, so they could only stand not far away and shout.

"Come here, I don't mean to blame you." Qin Zhiyuan took out a chocolate and stuffed it into the little girl's hand.

The little girl's crying stopped abruptly, and her eyes looking at Qin Zhiyuan were full of curiosity and intimacy. There were still tears on her face, but her happy and innocent smile bloomed uncontrollably. The little girl looked at the chocolate in her hand, put it to her mouth and licked it with her pink little tongue, suddenly let out a cheerful cheer, struggled to stand up and stumbled towards her friends.

"Sweet!"

This childish tenderness and almost surprising happiness made Julie's heart ache.

"Qin..." Julie's love overflowed instantly.

"I'll take care of everything!" Qin Zhiyuan patted Julie's hand and answered with a firm and steady voice.

The little girl ran to the children, broke the chocolate in her hand into several pieces, and then distributed them to the children.

"Is this chocolate?"

"It's really sweet!"

"I've eaten it, I know the taste!"

The children talked about it.

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"Little guys, there are more here." Qin Zhiyuan picked up the box and gestured.

The children looked over here with eager and expectant eyes, wanting to come over but not daring.

The little girl may have had dealings with Qin Zhiyuan before, so she came over tentatively.

"Here, dear, what's your name?" Julie squatted down, took out a piece of chocolate and handed it to the little girl, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the little girl's dirty face.

"My name is... Geraldine." Geraldine hesitated a little, but under Qin Zhiyuan's encouraging eyes, she still mustered up the courage.

Geraldine is a German name, meaning a strong spear. Considering the ongoing war, it is not difficult to guess what happened to the little guy.

"Sir, please forgive me, Geraldine did not mean to offend." A boy who looked a little taller came over.

To say he was taller was just taller. The child was extremely thin, with deep eye sockets, dry and yellow hair, cracked lips, and large patches of frostbite on his cheeks. The clothes he wore were all adult clothes, and the sleeves and trouser legs were tied up with ropes, which made him look bloated and almost ridiculous. Although the child was in tattered clothes, he tried his best to straighten his spine. His fear could be heard from his trembling voice, but he still stood firmly in front of Qin Zhiyuan, trying to maintain his almost collapsed emotions.

"What's your name, young man?" Qin Zhiyuan squatted down, put his eyes at the same height as the little boy, and tried to make his voice thick and gentle.

"Hyman Herbert." Although Heyman's hands were hanging at his sides, his fingers were unconsciously pinching the corners of his clothes, showing his extremely uneasy mood.

The name Heyman comes from Hebrew, which is the language of the Jews.

Herbert means a famous warrior in German.

Another innocent victim in the war!