1855 United States Tycoon

In the end, Scrooge successfully signed a contract with the gang of southerners. According to this contract, these southerners took the full development rights of their land within 60 years and established a 50% share with Scrooge. Of the joint venture company. Although he did not obtain a simple majority of the controlling rights, in fact, because the Southerners themselves could not be completely monolithic, Scrooge believed that his control of the company was very reliable.

After dealing with this issue, it was the end of the summer of 1865, and Dorothea's manor was being rebuilt, but this kind of thing was no longer in charge of Scrooge and Dorothea himself. Moreover, in the north, there are far more important things to deal with. First of all, it's been more than two months since Carol's wife gave birth to twins. As Uncle's Scrooge, why should he go back and have a look.

Moreover, Scrooge's fiancée also needs to get in touch with other members of the family. So Scrooge took Dorothea, sailed north along the Mississippi River, and then transferred back to Cleveland by train.

"Scrooge, you are welcome back." When he returned home, it was Carol who came out to greet him first. "This is Dorothea Miss, right?"

"Yes, Dorothea, this is my brother Carol. You can also call him Carol directly." Scrooge said to Dorothea.

When the carriage was about to approach Scrooge's villa, Dorothea was very nervous, lowering her head and rubbing the corners of her clothes along the way. But at this time she calmed down instead, and she curtseyed generously to Carol: "Hello, Carol!"

"Hello, Dorothea Miss. Welcome!" Carol also welcomed Dorothea. Then Carol led Scrooge and Dorothea into the living room.

The old Josephs, Catherine, and Anna were all waiting inside. Seeing Scrooge and Dorothea walking in, they all stood up and greeted them. Scrooge always introduced Dorothea to his own family, first the old Josephs, then Catherine, and finally Anna.

"Dorothea, this is Anna, our housekeeper." Scrooge said.

Anna took the initiative to lower her head and curtseyed to Dorothea, "It's nice to meet you, Dorothea Miss." Dorothea took her hand and said, "I am also very happy to meet you, Ms. Anna. "Dorothea felt Anna's hand trembling slightly.

"Ah, Carol, I haven't seen your twins yet." Scrooge said.

"Ah, they are here." Catherine said, "You come with me."

Scrooge took Dorothea and followed. Entering a nursery room, two little babies are lying in a crib, sucking their own fingers intently. At the same time, he opened his eyes and looked around curiously.

"This is Donald, this is Dena."

"Can I hug them?" Scrooge said.

"Yes, but you have to be careful." Catherine said aside.

Scrooge carefully hugged Donald up, and then kissed the little guy on the cheek. The little guy twisted his body and giggled.

"He likes you very much, Scrooge. Catherine Miss, can you give me a hug?" Dorothea said.

"Ah, yes," Scrooge said, and at the same time handed Donald to Dorothea.

Dorothea took the child clumsily and held him in her arms. At this time, the child burst into tears, so Dorothea immediately panicked, "Scrooge, what happened to him...I..."

Anna walked over, took the child from Dorothea, and after a little coaxing, Donald giggled again.

"Why do I hold him..." Dorothea looked at Scrooge with wide innocent eyes.

"Ah, Dorothea Miss." Catherine smiled and said, "Your posture for holding the child is wrong. Look at Anna, hold it like her, and the child will feel comfortable."

"Ah, that's it," Dorothea said. "Aren't they twins? Why don't they look alike at all?"

"Ah, Dorothea, if the twins are of the same gender, then the probability that they look alike is quite high, but if the genders are different, then their appearance will be significantly different. And, even if it’s the gender. If they are the same, there is a certain chance that the appearance is different."

Dorothea nodded and said, "Scrooge, you know so much." She looked at the two children carefully, then at Catherine and Carol, and said, "Little Dena looks a lot like Catherine Miss, especially her nose. Well, Donald’s mouth is a bit like Carol, but... I think he looks more like Scrooge, Scrooge, what do you think?"

Scrooge:...

Carol said, "It's also common for children to look like Uncle. Oh, Scrooge, there is one thing you may not know, your duck castle is basically completed, and only a little interior decoration is left. ."

"It's Swan Castle!" Scrooge retorted.

"Anyway, our whole family, except you, call it Duck Castle." Carol didn't care.

"Dorothea, you will definitely come to my side, won't you?" Scrooge asked.

"Well, I have to consider whether it should be consistent with most people." Dorothea said deliberately, blinking her big playful eyes. "And, Scrooge, I don't have much confidence in your artistic vision. "

"You'll know when you see it!" Scrooge pretended to be bulging.

Anna stood quietly beside her, coaxing Donald while watching other people joking, and she couldn't help feeling sad.

It was late at night, Anna fed the baby again, and then returned to the own room. Anna sat down in front of the mirror, looked at herself in the mirror carefully, and then sighed a long sigh. Then she extinguished the candle and was ready to go to bed. At this time, there was a light from the door of the room. Percussion.

"Who?" Anna asked in a low voice.

"It's me, Anna. Open the door." The man outside the door whispered.

Anna did not open the door, but said with a pity: "Mr. Scrooge, you can go back."

But Scrooge did not leave, but continued to lower his voice and said, "Anna, I miss you. Open the door and let me come in and see you."

"Mr. MacDonald, what do you think of me? When I gave birth to you here, where were you? When all the people in this family looked at me with special eyes, where were you? Go back, Mr. MacDonald! Go back!" Anna whispered sadly.

"Okay, I'm leaving. Take a good rest on your own." Scrooge's voice came from outside the door.

After a while, Anna heard that there was no sound outside. She seemed to relax a little, but she was rather disappointed, so she quietly opened the door latch, ready to see the situation outside.

However, at the moment the door opened, a person suddenly squeezed in. Anna was taken aback, and when she fixed her eyes, it was Scrooge. So she tried very hard to push Scrooge out, but how can a woman's strength compare to a man? So Scrooge finally came in.

"Anna." Scrooge locked the door easily, then hugged Anna, "Anna, listen to me..."

The next day, the energetic Scrooge took Dorothea out to visit the University of Cleveland early in the morning. Anna still took care of the children at home, but everyone found that Anna's spirit seemed to be much better. .

After staying at home for a few days, Scrooge left Cleveland again and took Dorothea to New York to see the soon-to-be-completed Swan Castle.

Like Neuschwanstein Castle, the object of Scrooge’s cottage, Duck Castle is also located on a small hill in the suburbs of New York. The difference is that it is very close to the coast. From the castle, you can easily enjoy the sunrise on the sea. Beautiful view.

It was the time of sunrise. Although the ground was still dark, the sky in the east had begun to turn white, and then gradually turned to deep purple.

"The sun is coming out." Dorothea yawned and said, "Scrooge, come here so early, you said there is a wonder to show me, that is to watch the sunrise on the sea? I used to be on a boat. I have seen it."

"Are you sleepy?" Scrooge walked over and said, "I'll let you see the miracle right away." Then he stretched out his hand and blindfolded Dorothea. "Follow me and go around a few times." Scrooge whispered in her ear, and Dorothea's earlobes tickled with the breath from his mouth.

Dorothea obediently followed Scrooge a few times, and then Scrooge's voice came from her ear: "You can open your eyes." At the same time, he also felt the hands covering her eyes move away. NS.

"Wow!" Dorothea couldn't help but exclaimed. In front of her, a snow-white castle with a red and black roof appeared less than 500 meters away from her. The castle was raised. The sun shines exceptionally bright, and under the back (river crab) scene of the surrounding black canopy, it seems that he is shining brightly. At this time, the sunlight was not able to illuminate the castle because of the obstruction of the sea level, so the gleaming castle seemed to be suspended in the night sky.

"It's so beautiful, is this the castle we will live in in the future?" Dorothea felt like she was dreaming.

"Yes." Scrooge stood behind Dorothea, stretched his arms around her, and said softly in her ear: "This is our home, the beautiful Swan Castle."

"Looking at it, it suddenly reminded me of the fairy tales my father told me when I was young, Snow White, Hai's daughter... I didn't expect to see such a castle with my own eyes today."

"I designed this, how about it?" Scrooge showed off shamelessly.

"Scrooge, you are awesome, this castle is so beautiful." Dorothea praised.

At this time, the higher the sun rises, the sun gradually illuminates the surroundings. Scrooge said to Dorothea, "Dorothea, would you like to see it inside?"

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