I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1066 Happy Time

Today is the first day of the zoo's opening, and it is also a "sports watching day" when the zoo is closed, so tens of thousands of Parisians gathered here.

However, tickets were limited, and one-third of the people were unable to buy tickets, so they could only wait anxiously outside - fortunately, the zoo manager just said that an additional batch of tickets might be sold at 4 pm.

Joseph and Alexandra, dressed in casual clothes, squeezed to the front of the gate with difficulty. Ksode handed a handful of tickets to the ticket inspector, and the group walked into the gate under the envious gaze of countless citizens who could not buy tickets.

The Russian princess, who had been well-behaved since childhood, was pulled by Joseph through the bustling crowd, and she felt a freedom she had never experienced before.

This is why Joseph did not come here as the crown prince. What is the difference between that and watching animals in the gardens of Versailles? And the guards will definitely cause confusion among tourists.

A little further out, Joseph bought two tornado potato towers - the largest ones - from a roadside stall, and then handed one to Alexandra.

The little girl looked at the people around her and said hesitantly, "You mean, eat here? This doesn't seem to be in accordance with etiquette..."

Joseph blew on the freshly fried potato tower and took a big bite to give her a sample.

The Crown Princess smiled knowingly, took a bite, nodded and uttered an ambiguous sound: "Mm, it's delicious!"

The two walked past the cage of squeaking long-tailed monkeys. Alexandra looked back again and asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why are there only small animals? I mean, where are the cages for lions and leopards?"

Joseph pointed to the hills ahead. "There they are, but they are not in cages."

"Ah?" The little girl was a little surprised. "Could it be that the trainer is taking them to show them on the roadside?"

Joseph shook his head mysteriously: "There is no animal trainer either."

Alexandra's eyes suddenly lit up. "Great! This is really exciting... Well, should I get a pistol?"

Outside the gate of Sasha Zoo.

Naseri picked up his crying little son and turned to his wife and complained, "We should have gone to the game today. Although the match between the Sabres and St. Anthony's is not suspenseful."

Mrs. Nasseri, who was holding her daughter's hand, looked at the endless queue in front of the ticket window and sighed: "It seems that it is unlikely that we can buy the additional tickets for the afternoon..."

The little boy in his father's arms cried even harder when he heard this.

A boy of about fourteen or fifteen came over, winked at Nasseri, and whispered, "Sir, do you need a ticket?"

If Joseph were here, he would definitely find this boy familiar - he was the boy who begged in the alley behind the Angel store in Paris.

Naseri was surprised and said: "Of course! I want two adult tickets and two children's tickets."

The boy fished out four tickets from his pocket and handed them over: "That's 4 francs and 5 sous, sir."

"So expensive!" Mrs. Nasseri exclaimed, "I asked, adult tickets are 6 sous, children's tickets are only 2..."

"Ma'am, you see, I came here to line up at two in the morning, and it was hard to buy a few tickets." The boy put on a pitiful look, "I didn't sleep the whole night just to buy some bread for my sister. Please be kind."

Mrs. Nasseri shook her head, but Nasseri pinched the banknotes in his pocket and gritted his teeth: "4 francs, I want it."

"Four francs and five sous, the lowest price."

"Okay." Nasseri gritted his teeth and took out the money.

He was not a rich man, but just an ordinary porter at Antoine Copperware Factory. If it were two years ago, he would never have spent so much money just to take his whole family on a trip.

However, the factory has been profitable in recent years, and the workers' wages have increased twice. He now earns 32 francs a month. With his wife doing laundry from time to time, the family's monthly income exceeds 45 francs.

Since the end of last year, doctors have been providing free medical services to people in various districts of Paris, which has reduced his family's expenses by a large amount.

After a few years, he and his wife not only paid off their previous debts, but also saved more than 50 francs.

This time, the children had been looking forward to visiting the zoo half a month ago, and he didn't want to disappoint them.

4 francs and 5 sous, he could still afford it.

Mrs. Nasseri tried to stop him, but the boy had already put away the money, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

The two children clapped and cheered.

"Let's go. It's a rare opportunity for us to go out and have fun." Nasseri said to his wife, "At worst, we can just buy the wardrobe a few months later."

Mrs. Nasseri saw a small wardrobe in the "Easy Living" furniture store. It was made of synthetic board, with a beautiful and exquisite design, and the price was only 65 francs.

You know, last year the same style cost hundreds of francs.

Mrs. Nasseri curled her lips and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

The family squeezed to the front door, checked their tickets, and finally were able to enter this novel zoo.

The two children immediately lay on the quagga's cage, staring with wide eyes and exclaiming: "Mom, what kind of animal is this?"

"Is it a horse in costume?"

Before Mrs. Nasseri could answer, the donkey sprayed saliva all over the little guy's face and he screamed and jumped into her arms.

After walking a little further, Naseri heard his daughter excitedly shouting, "What cute ponies... no, they should be lambs. God, we can even feed them!"

Nasseri walked over and looked at the sign on the cage: "Anna, this thing is an alpaca. As for feeding..."

He turned his head and glanced at the zoo employee who was smiling at him with a few handfuls of grass, and muttered, "Three sous! Damn it! I help them feed the animals, and I have to pay for it?"

But he immediately saw his daughter's pleading eyes and shook his head helplessly: "God, you can't waste money like this."

He exchanged three bills for a handful of grass and handed it to Anna.

The little girl immediately smiled, turned around and made a "bleating" sound to attract the alpacas, handed the grass to the alpacas, and touched their fur comfortably.

Half an hour later, Nasseri's two children, each holding a glass of soda, ran towards the cage containing the kangaroo, laughing.

Soon, Mrs. Nasseri frowned and shook her head at the two little ones, saying, "No! Absolutely not!

"I asked, and the so-called 'adoption' does not mean you can take them home and raise them. It just means you can give them a name and touch them in the cage. This is definitely not worth 5 francs!"

Under their mother's firm attitude, the two children could only watch with envy as a young nobleman adopted a kangaroo and named it "Hussar".

However, when the young noble touched it, he was kicked hard, which made Anna and her brother secretly thankful that they did not adopt such a rude animal.

(End of this chapter)