Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1169 Before the Dance Begins
Even though Christmas Eve is tomorrow night, there are already many children running around on the streets wearing paper Santa hats.

There are more young people on the streets. They gather in groups of three or five. They don't care that it is snowing or cold. They talk and laugh loudly together.

However, what they meant in their words were mostly about how to play tomorrow, where to go, what time to go home without getting scolded, etc.

After dinner tonight, Han Li just strolled around the street. He did not go to any bar or nightclub for entertainment and returned to the hotel.

After coming back, Han Li made himself a cup of tea as usual, then sat in front of the fireplace with the cup in hand and continued to sort out relevant information about the Scottish Highlands, preparing for a trip there in a few days.

Traveling? What about Han Li's research mission? What about his thesis?
Han Li had already made up his mind. After Christmas, he would visit several shelters and orphanages near Edinburgh, and also visit the city of Glasgow on the way to the Scottish Highlands.

The next day, Han Li was still awakened early by his body's biological clock.

Get up, practice Xingyiquan. Boxing posture, practice Spring Breeze and Rain Technique, wash up, Han Li can complete this fixed sequence every day with his eyes closed.

Han Li made himself a cup of tea, read a book for a while, looked at the time on his watch, picked up the phone in the room and called home.

电话等待接通的时候韩立还在想，大、小明这两个儿子去年11月25日出生，今天是80年12月24日。

The two brothers are now one year and one month old. Not only can they simply call mom and grandma, but they can also walk a short distance in their cotton pants. It's a pity that I was not there to see all this.

Also, He Mi confirmed her pregnancy on the sixth day of the second lunar month and the twenty-second day of the third lunar month this year.

Although He Mi did not experience any pregnancy reactions before Han Li went abroad, Han Li had not been with her for the past few months, and that life must have been uncomfortable.

Moreover, this month is very close to the due date, which means she may give birth to her son at any time.

In this situation, Han Li felt that he shouldn't rush to go abroad.
While Han Li was daydreaming, the phone was connected and He Mi's lazy voice came from the receiver.

"Hey"

"The little rice is me"

Han Li talked to He Mi for a long time this time, and then talked to his mother next to him for a while before hanging up the phone.

This phone call let Han Li know He Mi's due date, some family situations, recent events in Sijiu City, and the fact that Hao Hongmin had already arrived in Hong Kong. Of course, he also learned about the recent situation of his two sons, Da and Xiao Ming.

After Han Li hung up the phone, he first called Guan Zhilin at his Repulse Bay Villa. The two of them chatted for a while, and then Han Li hung up the phone again.

Next, Han Li looked at the phone in front of him and thought for a long time, and decided not to call Jing Shujuan, Hao Hongmin and the others this time.

At this time, the streets outside had become very lively, and many people came out to shop and play.

The hotel where Han Li stayed was on the Royal Mile, which was the most prosperous place in the entire Edinburgh and also the most visited place.

Although Han Li did not celebrate foreign festivals and did not like shopping, he felt a little uncomfortable as he stood at the window and looked at the people who were out having fun below.

Han Li looked at today's date and thought about the fact that he had left home on May 28th. He missed his two sons' first calls and first walks, and now he would miss the birth of his third son. This made him feel once again that he was a little too anxious to go abroad.

But it was too late to say anything now. Han Li shook his head vigorously, turned around, put on his clothes and went to the street to watch the excitement.

When Han Li came out of his room today, he found Santa Claus dolls hanging on every door, and Christmas-related pictures were posted in the corridors and elevators. When Han Li walked to the lobby on the first floor, many waiters were holding ribbons, colored lights, and colorful socks to decorate the pine tree that was delivered early this morning.

There is a very long table on one side of the hall, on which waiters are placing packed boxes of various colors. The boxes contain gifts that the hotel will give to employees and guests tomorrow morning.

At this time, there were basically few shops open on the street. Han Li walked out of the hotel and followed the crowd blindly forward.

We walked to the nearest cathedral. There were a lot of people gathered here today, but most of them looked like they had lived a very poor life. There were very few people wearing bright clothes. It was the exact opposite of usual.

Han Li didn't understand what was going on at first, but when he listened to the people around him talking, he realized why this happened.

Although today is Christmas Eve, those families with relatively good living conditions and those who are very devout to the Lord usually come here to pray between nine and ten o'clock in the evening.

After 10 o'clock in the evening, the church will hold a high mass, and usually only people inside the church will attend.

This high mass will end at midnight, which happens to be the first bell of Christmas and New Year. Legend has it that this bell represents the Lord's forgiveness to the world and his blessing to the people of the world.

However, those who can hardly make ends meet will come to the church on this day to eat and drink.

There are many countries in Europe and America, and each country has different Christmas traditions.

For example: in Italy, Mexico, Great Bolivia and other countries, they are not allowed to eat any meat or fish at the beginning of Christmas Eve, which is considered a sin.

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But they would prepare these foods in advance, and only after the midnight bell rang at the end of the high mass would they eat the blessed food with their mouths wide open.

Christmas Eve in France is celebrated in a different way. They bring brandy and hold various large and small dances with singing, drinking and dancing.

After that, the people at the dance party either passed out drunk on the spot or did something they thought was more romantic. In any case, few people waited foolishly until dawn.

Back to the topic, although Han Li took a stroll outside the church today, he did not taste a single bite of the food distributed by the church.

(I won’t go into the specific reasons, you guys can figure it out for yourself.)
When Han Li returned to the hotel, the lobby had changed into a different place.

In the middle is a decorated Christmas tree, twinkling and shining brightly.

On one side of the hall there are baked apples, gingerbread, various pastries, desserts, and drinks. The pastry chef is currently working on a giant fruit cake.

On the other side of the hall, the hotel chef was preparing pork, roast turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas mince pies and other foods, as well as beer, wine, champagne, whiskey and other alcoholic beverages.

All the desserts, drinks, food and alcohol in the hall are available to hotel customers.

Of course, there are some guests in the hall choosing their favorite food.

Han Li had never seen such a situation before. After entering the door, he asked the waiter to pour him a glass of champagne. Then he took the glass and walked back and forth to watch the excitement.

There was nothing interesting to see in other places, so Han Li finally stopped in front of a giant fruit cake that was being made. As he was watching the pastry chef busy at work, he suddenly heard a greeting beside him.

"Are you alone, sir?"

(End of this chapter)