It's Christmas again, and because of the return of Jerusalem, this year's Christmas is particularly lively, and the whole of Austria is immersed in laughter.

Merchants also took the opportunity to hold activities, and the streets were full of signs with discounts and promotions. In order to attract popularity, some stores also distribute candy and melon seeds for free.

Franz, who was standing on the top of the building, picked up the binoculars and looked at the bustling street, revealing a trace of fascination.

The joy of ordinary people shopping, Franz did not have the opportunity to feel. The life of an ordinary person is not suitable for the emperor, this is the price of high position.

Sneaking out is a sign of irresponsibility. The emperor represents not only the individual, but also the country.

If something goes wrong, Austria will soon be turned upside down. Regardless of the fact that Austria seems to be very stable now, Franz is well aware that there are many hidden dangers in this empire, which are only hidden by the superficial prosperity.

It is not terrible that there are hidden dangers in a country, just solve them; The terrible thing is that if you know that there is a hidden danger, you still turn a blind eye and run to die, then the consequences will be serious.

Franz knew that there were many people in the country who were dissatisfied with the government, losers in the struggle for power, and those who lost their interests in reform......

He can understand that these people have grievances in their hearts. Understanding is understanding, and what should be suppressed is still suppressed.

No matter how dissatisfied they were, since these people did not rebel, then time could dilute everything, and Franz did not kill them all.

There is a precondition for this, and that is that they cannot be given a chance. The rest only needs to stay up for time, relying on firewood, rice, oil and salt to slowly wear off the fighting spirit.

Just like the Hungarian independence organization back then, when everyone experienced social beatings and matured, the original hot-blooded revolutionaries were defeated by reality.

In the depths of his heart, Franz has been reminding himself not to wave, not to wave, and after ten or twenty years, he will train his son and pass the throne down, and he will be free.

"What's so nice to see, on such a cold day, you still have to come on this?"

A familiar prestige came, Franz put down the telescope in his hand, looked back at the people, and showed a smile: "It's not Christmas, I'll also see how the people celebrate the holidays." ”

The seemingly relaxed and comfortable answer is actually full of helplessness. People always miss after they have lost.

Empress Helen took the telescope from Franz and looked in the direction he had been looking, then frowned.

"Well, there are a lot of people on the street, but Santa Claus is too ugly to have any artistic taste."

Franz couldn't help but sneer. "Artistic taste" is such a lofty thing, he, the emperor, is half-understood, not to mention those ordinary people who have to run for firewood, rice, oil and salt every day?

The laughter angered Queen Helen, who glared at Franz fiercely: "You're laughing at me, aren't you?" ”

Although the question was bland, the eyes already told Franz: you had better give a reasonable explanation, or else you won't be able to think about Christmas this year.

Franz came up with a reason: "No, it's just funny to remember Santa Claus outside."

If you look closely, there are no missing arms and short legs. If Santa Claus looks like this, and he has to send blessings everywhere, it will be too embarrassing for him. ”

Seeing that Empress Helen continued to look through the binoculars, Franz hurriedly changed the topic and said, "By the way, what are you doing here?" Don't tell me you're idle, I remember you were busy every Christmas. ”

It's true, the royal family also has to celebrate Christmas, and the queen is responsible for these things. It was also the work of the queen to prepare Christmas gifts for relatives and friends, and to invite guests to a banquet.

As if remembering something, Queen Helen's face changed: "Oops, I still have a lot of things to do." Take your time and see for yourself, I'll go first. ”

After speaking, he handed the telescope to Franz, turned around and was about to leave, when Empress Helen added: "Frederick is almost 20 years old, and you, the father, don't care about his life's affairs.

Don't forget, we have many sons, and there are only a few suitable princesses of the same age in Europe. If you don't settle down in advance, you'll have to worry about it later! ”

After this little episode, Franz did not have the desire to continue watching the hilariousness. He really didn't pay attention, and the European royal family also appeared more men and fewer women.

This is the sequelae of the butterfly effect, the birth rate of male children in the Habsburg family is somewhat high, especially Franz has four sons, which directly breaks the balance of men and women in the European royal family.

This question was quickly put aside by Franz.

Except for the eldest son, who considers political needs and must be in charge of the family, the other sons are not suitable, so they can marry low, or wait a few more years.

In Franz's view, this is not a matter at all. As long as the birth standard is lowered by one notch, the candidate can increase by at least double digits.

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God seems to want to add to the festive atmosphere, and as night falls, snowflakes creep in.

The cold wind did not dispel the festive spirit, and every house was hung with garlands, snowmen were built, and Christmas trees were placed inside.

After a busy day, Wren returned to his small bedroom, picked up the prepared materials, and began to make his own Christmas tree.

It's too late to start preparing, but who made Wren poor?

Wren is not a local, he only came to Vienna this summer to work hard, he does not have much savings in his pocket, this small bedroom of less than 10 square meters, he still gritted his teeth and rented.

There is no way, although Vienna claims to have the highest per capita income in the world. But the problem lies in the per capita, as the lowest level of society, Wren is undoubtedly the object of average.

Working hard in Vienna, in addition to engaging in finance, scientific research, education, medical ...... In addition to these high-income sectors, there are also poor people in the service sector.

According to the law, Christmas is a mandatory holiday, with the exception of the service industry. If the businesses don't open at Christmas, how can everyone celebrate the holidays?

For the sake of overtime wages, Wren decisively chose overtime. He knows that this kind of holiday, even the most sinister boss will give an employee who works overtime a Christmas gift.

Luckily for Wren, the grocery store owner he followed, a devout religious believer, returned to Jerusalem this year, and when he was in a good mood, he gave him a bag of flour, packed in fifty pounds.

It was the best Christmas present he'd ever received when he's grown up. With this bag of flour, next month's ration is in place, far more practical than candy melon seeds.

With a good mood, Wren completed the Christmas tree in the shortest possible time. Ugly is a little ugly, but it doesn't hinder his pursuit of a better life.

The choir in the church had gone door to door to sing Christmas carols in unison, and Wren was very excited.

He had never experienced this kind of treatment, although there was a church in his hometown, but there was only one priest, a choir, which is only available in a cathedral.

After watching the choir leave, Wren fell silent. Working alone in a strange city, without relatives and friends by his side, he didn't know how to spend the rest of his time.

Looking at the prepared Christmas presents, Wren smiled bitterly. The city is different from the hometown, everyone is very vigilant, and many people put a layer of camouflage on themselves.

When he first moved in, Wren tried to reach out to his neighbors. However, the tenants who live here are all at the bottom of society, and they have to run for a living every day, so they simply don't have the energy to receive more people and things.

To put it mildly, that tone of rejection from thousands of miles away still made Wren give up his plans to make further friends, and he didn't have time to make friends.

Vienna never sleeps, so the people working in the service industry are very fortunate. Although the Austrian Labour Protection Act provides for a working hours, this exists only in theory.

You may be able to survive in Vienna, but if you want to save money, you should work overtime!

Like most service industries, Mr. Wren's grocery store works in two shifts and is open 24 hours a day, except for Christmas night, when it closes.

Combined with the last shift of the day, the busy hours are as high as 14 hours a day. Fourteen hours is still an ideal number, and the grocery store refills every three days.

In this case, the boss will not hire additional people, they must add 3~5 hours of work. For the sake of overtime pay, Wren decisively chose to add.

Take two days off every month, don't think about anything, get ready to catch up on sleep! This is the daily life of an ordinary waiter in Vienna.

Wren has not complained that the situation at most factories will be worse. Maybe the working hours may not be so long, but the working environment is completely incomparable.

There is also hope that you can gain a lot of knowledge by being exposed to different people and things every day, and if you try to observe carefully, you can learn a lot.

If you want to enter a factory, then hurry up and learn the technology! If you can't cross this hurdle, then your life will be like that.

Holding back the tears, Wren took out half of the roast goose he bought on the road, heated it by the fire, and turned over the ripe potatoes, which was his extravagant Christmas dinner.

It's late at night, and the Christmas bells are ringing.

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