1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 124 The Arrival of a New Family Member

Only half a month after receiving Carol’s letter, Carol arrived in New York on the “Atlantic Pearl” with his fiancée and the masters. Because Carol was returning with his fiancée, even the old Josephs and Scrooge came to New York to greet them.

At 11 o’clock in the morning, the “Atlantic Pearl” slowly approached the pier. A few minutes later, the long gangway was erected, and the first-class passengers began to disembark. Old Joseph was waiting at the pier a long time ago. Since the news of the arrival of the “Pearl of the Atlantic” passenger ship, he could no longer stay quietly in the VIP lounge of New York Harbor and waited, but ran directly outside. From the balcony, he watched the ship docking in the port eagerly. Although Scrooge told him that the process would take almost an hour, the old Joseph still refused to go back and insisted on watching the ship dock in the port.

Like Old Joseph, Scrooge’s mother Laura could not go back to the lounge and wait patiently. She also stood with Old Joseph, staring at the boat eagerly, and would say to Old Joseph from time to time. : “Old man, it’s so close, why isn’t that boat approaching?”

Anna thoughtfully had two chairs moved out and let the old Josephs sit down. Then he stood on the side obediently, answering the tossing questions of the old Josephs, such as “How long will the boat take to shore?” and “What are the crews rubbing against?”

“I don’t know how the Catherine Miss is.” Laura said with a smile, looking at Anna. “It would be nice if she could be as gentle and considerate as you. I really don’t know who will be so lucky in the future to marry us. Anna.”

“Old lady, I’m embarrassed if you said it.” Anna lowered her head. “Catherine Miss is a highly educated noble Miss. She must be very educated. How can she be comparable to an ordinary person like me? Woolen cloth.”

“Hey, let’s talk about it, this is what I worry about most.” Laura said, “Our family has been cobblers for generations. Suddenly we married an aristocrat, Miss, and this is really amazing, so amazing… …” For a while, Laura couldn’t find any language to express her complicated feelings.

Anna knew that the McDonald family developed too fast. It took only a few years to start from the middle of society, and it became a large consortium with considerable influence in the entire United States and even the entire world. Changes, not all people can quickly accept, and correspondingly change their attitudes. The old Josephs are like this. Although they are a member of this super upstart family, they have not yet become accustomed to the changes in their status. Deep down, the old Josephs still felt that they were just craftsmen who drove a small shoe shop on the streets of Cleveland.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing, at least, this mentality makes the old Josephs seem particularly accessible. And people like Anna are more likely to be loved by them. Although, their love is not enough to make Anna become Scrooge’s wife (Anna herself knows that this is impossible. Scrooge once talked about Carol through Carol’s marriage. The reason why she chose Catherine. Anna understands that Scrooge’s analysis is also for herself. Catherine Miss’s conditions meet the needs of the Macdonald family, but the own conditions do not meet these requirements. .) She could only be Scrooge’s secretary and mistress. But at least, a female secretary who can make Scrooge’s mother like, a well-rounded, useful and capable mistress, is always less likely to be abandoned, right?

While Anna was thinking about her own thoughts, Laura stood up all of a sudden: “Old man, look, is that our Carol?”

Anna raised her head and looked over there. Sure enough, a group of people had already started walking down the gangway. In the forefront are Carol and a tall Miss.

“Ah, is that Catherine Miss?” Anna thought so and looked at it seriously. The Miss wore a white sand hat and a lavender dress, which looked dignified and elegant.

“Let’s go, Dad, let’s meet them,” Scrooge said.

“Okay.” Old Joseph stood up and walked over there with Scrooge. Anna helped Laura to follow.

After the meeting, the old Joseph gave Kroll a big hug, and then Scrooge stepped forward and said to Kroll: “Welcome back, Kroll! Well, you should introduce Catherine Miss to your family. Bar?”

Kroll smiled naively, and then began to introduce Catherine to his parents.

“This is Catherine Miss, my fiancee. Catherine.” Kroll reached out and took Catherine’s hand. “This is your father-in-law, my father Joseph Macdonald, the best shoemaker in Cleveland. This It’s my mother, Laura, who knows how to make burrito. This is my brother Scrooge. Well, he doesn’t need me to introduce you to it.”

Every time Kroll introduced someone, Catherine would lift the skirt corners with both hands, curtsey gracefully to wait for the other person, and greet the other person politely. When Kroll finished the introduction, she took Kroll’s arm and asked with a smile: “Kroll, and this Miss, you haven’t introduced me yet.”

“Ah.” Kroll looked at Anna standing next to Laura, smiled and said, “This is Scrooge’s secretary Anna Miss. Well, Anna Miss is a very enthusiastic person. What do you want? You can ask her for help. Well, it works better than asking me or Scrooge.”

“Catherine Miss, this is Anna, Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s secretary.” Anna also saluted Catherine first.

“Ah, Kroll, Catherine Miss, please allow me to be unaccompanied. I’m going over there and say hello to Mr. Maxwell.” Scrooge said while looking to the other side.

“It’s okay, do it yourself.” Kroll said.

“Kroll and Catherine Miss are taken care of by us. It’s okay. Go ahead and busy with you.” Laura said, and then she turned around and said to Anna: “You should also go and see if Scrooge has anything to do. I need to help.” So Laura nodded to everyone, and then followed Scrooge over there.

“Mr. Maxwell, I’m so happy to see you here!” Scrooge held Maxwell’s hand tightly. The posture was like the old war movie Scrooge had seen in his previous life, insisting The guerrilla fighters finally waited for the large unit, then rushed over, held the opponent’s hand tightly, and shouted, “Comrades, I finally waited for you.”

“Ah, Mr. MacDonald, I am also very happy to see you.” Maxwell said, “Mr. Carroll told me that the first stage of the large laboratory has been completed. Is this true? What do we do? Time to start working?”

“Mr. Maxwell, the first phase of the Big Lab has been completed.” Scrooge said, “Tomorrow morning, we will take the train back to Cleveland, twenty-five hours later, we will arrive, and then we will arrange for you to take a rest. In the evening, we can see the big laboratory.”

“Oh my God, it’s going to be so long!” Maxwell said, “Why don’t you just get on the train now? Then when you arrive in Cleveland, you don’t have to rest anymore and go directly to the big laboratory. Seeing the big laboratory is the best rest. ”

“Mr. Maxwell, today’s most luxurious train has left. The remaining trains are in poor conditions and will affect your rest.” Anna said, and then she turned to Mrs. Maxwell, “Madam, your face is not so good. Okay, is it recently…”

“Ah, Catherine is a bit seasick recently. The storm has suddenly become a bit bigger these two days.” Maxwell explained.

“Ah, then I should take a good rest.” Scrooge said, “Anna, have you booked the hotel for everyone?”

“Yes, Mr. MacDonald, the horse racing team is also ready. How about we all go to the hotel to rest first, I think many gentlemen and ladies are tired.” Why did Anna replied.

“Well then, let’s go to the hotel first.” Scrooge said to Maxwell.

“Okay, besides, Mr. MacDonald, I just finished a paper, some of my recent new ideas, just published in the UK, I guess the United States may not be able to see it now. I brought it here , You see if there is any problem.” Maxwell said.

“Okay, no problem.” Scrooge said, “When we get to the hotel and everyone is settled, I will definitely read it carefully.”

Arranged everyone, it is already more than three o’clock in the afternoon. Originally Maxwell wanted to talk to Scrooge about his new achievements, but Mrs. Maxwell stopped him.

“Don’t look at how tired Mr. MacDonald is after his busy schedule, and he has to disturb others. This is too much!”

When Mrs. Maxwell said that, Maxwell realized that the own practice seemed to be wrong, so he smiled and stayed in the own room without going out to trouble Scrooge.

“Carol, who is that Anna Miss?” Catherine asked Carol when there was no one.

“Scrooge’s secretary. What’s the matter?” Carol asked strangely.

“Nothing.” Catherine said, “She is very capable. Where did your brother find this girl? Such a capable female secretary is not easy to find. And she is so loyal to your brother.”

“How do you know?” Carol asked.

“Because I am a woman, I can understand the way she looks at your brother… Only an elm head like you can’t understand anything. But your brother is indeed very attractive and attractive to girls. ”