Far away in Moscow

Chapter 4 Not Talking about the Future
The hard sleeper box is very small. Two bunk beds and a small table by the window occupy most of the space. After departing from BJ, everyone can only stuff their luggage under the bed, between the two beds, or even put it bed.It wasn't until another passenger in the same box got off the bus in Manzhouli that the three were able to pile all the boxes on Yu Feifei's upper berth, and they could barely live a normal life.

Yu Feifei continued to eat her own bread on the bed, and Li Baoqing was sitting next to her holding instant noodles, and the two were talking and laughing while eating and chatting.Hu Yi packed up his toiletries, took out a can of eight-treasure porridge from the plastic bag next to his suitcase, and took out three ham sausages, and handed one to each of them.

"Thank you." Yu Feifei smiled shyly, cut off the metal buckle on the top with a fruit knife in a gentle manner, and peeled it off carefully.

"You're welcome." Hu Yi stuffed the metal buckle of the ham sausage into his mouth and bit it hard, then tore off the wrapper, and listened to the two of them chatting expressionlessly while eating.

The three are all recent high school graduates, from the same city, and went to study in the same university through the same study abroad agency.Long before applying for visas, they had participated in a short-term Russian language training course organized by an intermediary.

The Russian introductory training taught very superficial content. Hu Yi listened sloppily to a few lessons, and except for some local customs, he only memorized some English-like letters and a few commonly used words.

Of course, he memorized even these simple words by rote through homonyms of Chinese characters: for example, "Russia" means "diarrhea"; "where to go" means "big pants"; ", and so on, it can be considered a bit of fun to memorize.

Unlike him, Yu Feifei has mastered more vocabulary through self-study in her spare time, and now she can communicate with Russian train crews in simple terms.It's no wonder that although they all went abroad to study at their own expense, the situations of the three people are different.

For Hu Yi, a scumbag, taking the college entrance examination was nothing more than an experience.With a score of less than [-] points, he had no choice at all, and studying abroad at his own expense was really helpless.

Yu Feifei studied very hard since she was a child, and her grades have always been good. It's just that she didn't perform well in the exams, and she took chances when filling out the application, which led to her not being admitted by her ideal first choice, so she made up her mind to go to Moscow.

Li Baoqing was between the two. He was not very smart, but he studied hard among many sports students. In the end, he was admitted to a not-so-famous college by relying on his sports expertise.Knowing that his future is bleak, he chose to go abroad to study under the arrangement of his parents.

Although everyone's situation is different, but now they go to a distant and strange country together, there is a little bit of inexplicable tacit understanding between them.

At that time, although a large number of Chinese people went overseas to work and live, overseas travel was far from popular for most ordinary families, and the trend of high school students going abroad for college was just emerging.The three of them didn't feel much when BJ boarded the train. It wasn't until they saw the train slowly heading for the country on the Sino-Russian border that they realized that they were going to be in a foreign country soon, and their mood was stirred up.

I always heard "going abroad" on TV. I thought it was just a saying, but I didn't expect that there was really a tall gate on the border.Passing through the country gate, the three young people who were born in different places suddenly felt that the distance between each other had been shortened a lot, and they soon became acquainted.

"Hey? Isn't the school dormitory mixed with men and women? Will the three of us be in the same dormitory?" Li Baoqing smirked while holding instant noodles.

"You think it's really beautiful." Hu Yi felt that Li Baoqing was a little silly when he saw him for the first time, and he glanced at him indifferently: "Mixed living is just that boys and girls live in the same building, why? Maybe in a dormitory? What about taking a shower? What about going to the toilet?"

Li Baoqing nodded with a silly face: "That's right, that's right. But it's not bad to be in the same building, it's more convenient to get closer."

"The distance is secondary. Do you know what is the most important thing when you are away from home?" Hu Yi leaned on the head of the bed with his legs crossed: "The most important thing is that everyone should unite as one and take care of each other."

"Yes, yes, we are all Chinese. Compatriots should help each other, um... make progress together." Li Baoqing drank up the instant noodle soup, smacked his lips and said, "Feifei, you study well, and help us more often both."

Hu Yi smiled at Yu Feifei with the corner of his mouth slanted: "That's right, it's up to you to take the exam in the future, let us copy more."

Yu Feifei smiled at Li Baoqing and nodded at Hu Yi cautiously.In her opinion, although Li Baoqing had a clumsy mouth and a bit of a fierce appearance, he was actually quite talkative, diligent, good-natured, and warm-hearted.

But Hu Yi is just the opposite. Don't look at his handsome face and neatly combed hair, but he has a gloomy face all day long. He likes to speak colloquially, and occasionally laughs in a ruffian way. He feels perverse and not very good. Easy to get along with.

Li Baoqing diligently packed the three people's breakfast garbage into a large plastic bag under the small table, then climbed to the upper bunk, took the "University Russian" by the bed and put it in front of him, and stared at it after turning a few pages. I froze outside the window.After a while, he leaned down and asked, "You two, what are your plans after graduation?"

"After graduation? Hmm..." Yu Feifei pursed her lips and thought for a while, "Maybe I will go back to China to find a job as a translator, or... go to school to be a Russian teacher? I haven't thought that far yet."

"Returning to be a teacher in China? How boring." Li Baoqing squinted his eyes and shook his head: "I want to stay in Russia in the future, and it would be best to work in the embassy. I heard that we Chinese often encounter various troubles outside, so we go to the embassy. Work can help as many compatriots as possible.”

Yu Feifei smiled sweetly: "I didn't see it, but your awareness is quite high."

"Of course. My dad always said that you have to rely on yourself to live in this world, but you should help others when you can." Li Baoqing stretched out his hand and patted the edge of the bed: "Hu Yi, what are you going to do in the future?" ?”

Hu Yi lazily replied: "The future will be discussed later. One year of language preparatory course, four years of undergraduate course, and five years before graduation. What's the rush?"

He spoke calmly, but Hu Yi was actually a little flustered.Russian universities implement an education system of wide entry and strict exit. Although you can come to school by paying money, can you graduate smoothly?He has never had a bottom in his heart.

"Sleep." Hu Yi rolled over and lay down, not wanting to continue this topic.

"Sleeping again?" Li Baoqing wondered, "Didn't you just wake up?"

Hu Yi yawned: "It's still a few days away, why don't you sleep?"

(End of this chapter)