Far away in Moscow

Chapter 254
"What? Marriage? We haven't discussed it yet. Are you thinking too far?" Hu Yi felt a little embarrassed: "Well... let's talk about it after I find a suitable job."

"Yes, you are right to think about it." The father smiled gratifiedly: "You have just returned to China, so take a good rest first. Take Natasha out for a few days, and then hurry up and implement the work."

"Okay, got it." Hu Yi felt guilty about finding a job, got up and walked out of the room.

The mother was showing Natasha Hu Yi's previous photos in the living room. Although the two women could not communicate, one was full of the old demeanor of a precious son in his heart, and the other was full of the heroic appearance of the man he loved. Both eyes were shining brightly. , in good spirits, and can understand the meaning of the other party even by gesticulating and humming, everything is spoken without saying anything.

Hu Yi sat down next to Natasha, told her about the accommodation arrangement, and finally explained: "My hometown is relatively conservative, and so are my parents. Natasha, please understand."

"It's nothing, we didn't live in the same room in Moscow before, did we?" Natasha held Hu Yi's hand tenderly, with a slightly embarrassed expression: "However, I think I should sleep in the living room On the sofa, after all, I am a guest."

"That won't work. I'll sleep on the sofa and you on the bed. There's no need to discuss this matter." Hu Yi ended the topic and leaned forward to look at the photo in her hand: "How about it? Have I changed a lot? Am I more handsome than before? ?”

"Well, how should I put it, there are some changes." Natasha smiled slightly: "You were very thin before, but now you are a little fatter."

"Haha!" Hu Yi picked up a photo album and flipped through a few pages: "Mom, Natasha said I was fat."

"Yeah, it's better to be fatter, as skinny as before and unhealthy." The mother looked at her son carefully: "If you want me to say, he is not only fat, but also more mature than before. He looks like a man at first glance, no No more children."

"Really? I'm old." Hu Yi smiled and touched the stubble on his chin and cheeks, and glanced at Natasha pulling out a photo from the album: "Ah! It's you - Feifei, and you That friend... Lee?"

"That's right, it's the guy who missed the plane yesterday." Hu Yi reached out to take the photo, remembering that it was taken when they took the train to Moscow together six years ago.

International trains need to replace the chassis when crossing the border to adapt to the width of the rails in different countries. This photo was taken when they were waiting for the chassis to be replaced section by section in the Sino-Russian border town of Zobaikal.When I returned to China in the first year, I left it at home with a full photo album, and I have never taken it out since then.

A few years have passed in a hurry, and now looking at the three of them in the photo, their faces are full of youthful ignorance.Li Baoqing's eyes are full of enthusiasm and simplicity, Yu Feifei's smile is gentle and restrained, but Hu Yi's expression is cold and surly, which is very different from today.

"Wow, Anton, you seemed very upset. Did someone piss you off?"

"No, I used to have this virtue."

"Really! It's a good thing I didn't know you at the time." Natasha smiled and picked up the photo to compare with Hu Yi beside her: "Not only have you gained weight, but there are also some things on your face."

"What's extra? A beard?"

"No, it's hard to describe." Natasha hesitated: "Maybe it's a little bit of vicissitudes brought about by the years."

In the next week or so, Hu Yi took Natasha to visit the relatives of both parents.He is a junior in the family, from grandparents to seven aunts and eight aunts love him very much, and he even favors the dignified and generous Natasha.

The parents and seniors not only rushed to take them out of the restaurant to welcome them warmly, but also prepared a valuable meeting gift for Hu Yi, a prospective foreign daughter-in-law. If there was no gift available, they would stuff a thick red envelope.

"Should I accept it?" Natasha hesitated every time: "We just met for the first time, and these gifts seem too expensive."

"Accept! Accept all!" Hu Yiman didn't care: "This is the wish of the family, and it is also the custom of us Chinese."

Finally, he visited relatives of Quan Quan’s family and took a stroll around the scenic spots inside and outside the urban area. Probably because he felt that the mountains and rivers in his hometown were more than beautiful but not magnificent enough, Hu Yi took Natasha to Mount Tai again.

Moscow is located in the center of the Eastern European Plain, a huge city with almost no ups and downs, and the terrain is flat.This is even more so in Minsk. It is said that the highest mountain in Belarus is only more than 300 meters above sea level, and it can be regarded as a big mound at best.

So Natasha has never climbed any decent mountains since she was a child. This time, she followed Hu Yi all the way from the red gate at the foot of the mountain to the top of the Jade Emperor. She was panting from exhaustion, but she was full of interest and happy like a child.

"Anton! Look!" She stood cautiously on the big rock on the edge of the cliff and shouted: "My God! It's too high! Clouds! Look! We are above the clouds! We are in the sky! Just It's like seeing it on a plane!"

"Yes! You have gone to heaven again!" Hu Yi shouted with a smile: "Be careful not to fall!"

"The city below is so small! This cloud is so big! You can't see the end at a glance!" Natasha stared blankly at the sky: "Anton, does it look like the sea in front of you?"

"Yes, this is called the sea of ​​clouds, the sea of ​​clouds." Hu Yi stretched out his hand worriedly and pulled her back: "Natasha, have you ever been to the seaside?"

"Never." Natasha looked forward to it: "I only saw it on TV."

"Want to go?" Hu Yi hugged her and pointed to the east: "I'll take you to see the sea!"

The two went down the mountain to rest overnight, and arrived in Qingdao leisurely by car early the next morning.

It is the peak tourist season at this time, and the seaside is crowded with people and it is very lively.Natasha was so excited that she almost spent three days in a row besides eating and sleeping at the beach, as if she wanted to make up for the regret of not seeing the sea for more than 20 years.

The two of them stayed in a star-rated hotel and had a feast of seafood. All kinds of seafood that seemed strange to Natasha would often turn her pale in fright, but after trying it bravely, she couldn't stop, and soon she would be able to get used to it with ease. Peel the shell and take the meat, and eat happily with Hu Yi.

On the evening of the third day, the two of them were exhausted from playing in the water, and they leaned side by side on the beach to enjoy the sea breeze.Natasha turned her head to look at the setting sun, and said softly, "Anton, we should go."

"Okay, let's go. What do you want for dinner?"

"No, I mean, it's time to go home."

"Go home? Don't want to continue playing?"

"Of course I want to, but let's come again when I have a chance." Natasha smiled slightly: "I had a great time these few days, but the accommodation and meals here are very expensive, so let's go home tomorrow, okay? "

"That's good, you're all sunburned. And there are people everywhere here, so it's annoying." Hu Yi lazily got up and patted the sand on his body, crossed his waist in the afterglow of the setting sun and let out a long sigh of relief: "Go back! I'm going to start looking for a job too."

(End of this chapter)