Far away in Moscow

Chapter 57 Zhou Dali's New Home
"The old nonsense is right." Li Baoqing persuaded with a face that couldn't get rid of it: "You also said just now that they are all worthless things, and it doesn't cost much to buy them yourself, so why bother to eat from the store? ? It’s disgraceful to use the word “steal” in everything, and it also discredits us Chinese, doesn’t it?”

"Steal what? What is stealing? Isn't it just eating a carrot?" Lao Wei felt aggrieved: "Do you know how rich the owner of this restaurant is? The proprietress goes abroad by plane every week to buy clothes, either to Milan or Going to Paris, can people care about this thing? The back kitchen weighs hundreds of catties, so why do you feel bad about eating his cucumber and carrot? What kind of heart do you guys have?"

"Yes, yes." Hu Yi said with a sneer: "I'm not worried about the boss, I just said it casually, don't do it because of the evil."

"You are still young, what do you understand? I have old and young in China, my parents are old, my wife has no job, and my child will go to junior high school next year. The whole family is counting on me alone! I left my family and ran out to work, I have to rent a house to live, and I have to save money to support the whole family and pay for the children’s education. Is it easy for me?” Old Wei turned his head away indignantly: “Besides, look at this back kitchen! The head chef’s salary is nearly three thousand, and the other masters It’s all around 1000, and I’m in charge of Shuncai and stir-fries, and it’s only over [-] a month! What’s wrong with eating a cucumber? What’s wrong?!”

"How much?!" Hu Yi was stunned for a while, and Li Baoqing blurted out: "What?! What are you talking about? Nearly three thousand?! About two thousand? 'Only' more than 1000? Are you talking about US dollars?"

"Nonsense! What is it if it's not a dollar? Is it a ruble?"

Hu and Li were stunned in place, as surprised as they had just learned that Wei was a distant relative of Bill Gates and Li Ka-shing's sworn brother.

When they were growing up, newspaper news often used the term "ten thousand yuan household" to describe people with huge wealth.Although this standard has been gradually eliminated, it is still extremely rare in their hometown to have a monthly salary of tens of thousands.It was really hard for the two of them to imagine that cooks who were looked down upon in China could easily earn more than [-] yuan when they came to Moscow.

Hu Yi took a long breath: "We are exhausted, all of us are exhausted, and we only get two hundred dollars a month, and they can earn two or three thousand?!"

Old Wei snorted: "So you don't understand anything. This is called money oppressing slaves, art oppressing pedestrians, understand? If someone has that ability, of course he can earn that money. The two of you are apprentices at best. I don’t even know how to cut vegetables, so two hundred a month will be a lot.”

Li Baoqing slapped his thigh: "Damn it! If I knew this, I might as well learn to be a chef in China to earn money! What kind of school did you learn!"

The two of you spoke to each other, deeply moved.Old Wei gasped angrily for a while, then turned and walked back to the kitchen.

Li Baoqing stared blankly at Old Wei's back: "Huh? Is he angry?"

Hu Yi fell silent, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have started the conversation just now.Just when he didn't know what to do, he saw Lao Wei pushing the door open again with a smile, holding a cucumber in each hand and handing it to the two of them: "How about it, how about one?"

Hu Yi laughed dumbfounded, shook his head and put his hand in his pocket.Seeing that Old Wei's face was full of anticipation, Li Baoqing stretched out his hand and grabbed a cucumber: "Damn! Eat one with you!"

After three months of work, Hu Yi and Li Baoqing quit their jobs at the Yellow Sea Hotel and studied for the exam with peace of mind.The two of them put very little energy into their homework these days. Fortunately, the difficulty of the preparatory exam was not too high. Hu Yi had a solid foundation in the previous semester, and he was relatively eloquent. The teachers had a good impression of him, so it didn't cost too much The strength has achieved very good results.

Li Baoqing's situation was somewhat unsatisfactory, and his grade book was full of three points, but he finally passed the general examination without any risk.Zhou Dali also graduated successfully, and the repeating trio joined hands to successfully enter higher education. A big stone that had been pressing in his heart for a long time finally fell to the ground.

After relaxing for a few days, Hu Yi and Li Baoqing planned to find another job to earn some money during the summer vacation, while Zhou Dali started planning to move out of the dormitory and rent a room.

Although Hu and Li feel a little bit reluctant, they can fully understand his decision: they have always had lingering fears about the theft, and every time they go out together in the past six months, they are afraid of being patronized by the thief again.Moreover, it is really inconvenient to live in a dormitory without a private bathroom. Although you can choose to live in a high-rise student apartment with an en-suite bathroom after you officially enter the department, the facilities and environment are relatively poor after all. If economic conditions permit, it is more comfortable to rent a room.

Renting an apartment in Moscow is easy, but finding a place that is ideal in every way is not.Zhou Dali searched various Chinese newspapers and periodicals for a few days but couldn't find any clue. In the end, a friend helped him find a single room in a high-rise apartment not far away.Zhou Dali was very satisfied after going to see it, paid the rent on the spot, packed his bags and bags when he came back, and moved to the new residence early the next morning with the help of Hu Yi and Li Baoqing.

The apartment is very close to the dormitory of Youda University. The straight-line distance is just over one kilometer. It takes only a few minutes by taxi and no more than 15 minutes on foot.

"Oh, the high-level view is good." Hu Yi stood by the window and looked into the distance: "Hey, you can see our dormitory, is that Building 10? Yes, it should be Building 11 next to it."

Li Baoqing walked around the room and said in admiration: "This room is really nice, spacious and clean, and the kitchen and bathroom are big enough.

Hu Yi stared at Zhou Dali and smirked: "It's so lonely staying here by myself, find a girl to live with you."

"I dare not. If my father finds out, he will hang me up and beat me." Zhou Dali shook his head like a rattle: "Tomorrow I will go buy some property and buy a TV. You can watch the Chinese team play the World Cup."

"Look at the Chinese team, they have already lost two games in a row and were eliminated!" Hu Yi looked around: "Can this house be connected to the Internet?"

"Yes, there is a network cable port." Zhou Dali patted his thigh: "Yes, old Hu, don't you know a lot about computers? Come with me to configure a machine some other day!"

"No problem, isn't that a piece of cake?" Hu Yi didn't touch the computer for a long time, and just felt a little itchy in his heart, so he couldn't wait to say: "Why change the day? Anyway, we're fine, let's go now!"

As soon as they said they would leave, the three of them headed straight to the computer market after lunch.Hu Yi bought monitors with Yan Zhiwen before, and he is familiar with the layout here, and there is no need to pick and choose too much when installing a computer, as long as you choose the brand and model of accessories in the appropriate price range.Zhou Dali has ample budget, so he buys whatever Hu Yi recommends, and he quickly assembled a computer with decent configuration.

They went to school to find a classmate to bring a Chinese Windows system disk, and borrowed a hard disk full of film and television dramas by the way. The three rushed back to Zhou Dali's house to install the computer system, drinking drinks and smoking in front of the screen, Watched the TV series with relish.

During their days in Russia, they rarely had the opportunity to come into contact with Chinese film and television works. The borrowed 40G hard drive was filled with various films. The three of them were like rain after a long drought, and they watched "Lu Bu and Diao Chan" with gusto.

After watching five episodes in a row, the room was already filled with smoke. Zhou Dali opened the doors and windows to ventilate the room. As soon as he came back and sat down, he saw a dark middle-aged man standing at the door and looking inside.Probably because he heard the Chinese dialogue in the TV series, the man greeted with a smile: "Huh? Are you new here?"

"Yes, I just came here today." Zhou Dali smiled.

"Are you students? I'm here to do business, so I live next door." Hei Dahan is an acquaintance, and when he saw the computer on the table, he walked into the room: "Hey! This computer was brought from China. ?”

"No." Zhou Dali shook his head: "I just bought it today."

"Oh, that's great, it's so convenient to watch TV." The big black man stared enviously at the bulky monitor with a big butt and repeatedly praised: "Where can I buy it? How much is it?"

"Just in the computer market, these cost about $1000-plus in total."

The big black man nodded, stood by with his hands behind his back and watched a TV series with them for a while, then took out a cigarette and distributed it to the three of them, and said with a smile: "Our house has always wanted to set up two sets, can you help me?" help?"

Zhou Dali blinked: "I don't understand, he made it for me." He pointed at Hu Yi.

Hu Yi stared at the screen intently, and casually agreed: "Okay, I'll make a list for you." Then he took out a pen and paper, listed the accessories and models of Zhou Dali's computer, and handed them to the big black man: "You press Just buy this configuration, it’s the same as his.”

The big black man took the list and glanced at it, frowned and scratched his head: "What... what is written here? I can't understand it at all. Could you please accompany us?"

Hu Yi hesitated for a moment, but said nothing.The big black man said with a smile: "We don't know the place, and we don't speak Russian very well. We are afraid of being fooled, so we can rest assured that our compatriots will go with us. Neighbors, neighbors, can you help me?"

Seeing that Hu Yi was still silent, Zhou Dali said to the big black man, "He doesn't live here, he's here to help me configure the computer, and he'll leave in a while."

"Oh! Hey, I misunderstood." The big black man looked at Hu Yi with a look of sudden realization, and looked at Hu Yi cheerfully: "You specialize in this? That's no problem, just pay what is due, why charge? "

Li Baoqing knew that he had made a mistake, and was just about to explain, but Hu Yi raised his head and said, "It costs one thousand rubles to install one computer, two. You can give one thousand and five! One-stop service, including according to your List a variety of suggested configurations for your needs, accompany you to the computer market to purchase all accessories, and come back to assemble the machine, install the operating system, debug the equipment, and help you connect multiple computers to the same LAN if necessary.”

The big black man really didn't know anything about computers, and what Hu Yi said seemed to be very professional, so he smiled and agreed: "Okay, when shall we go?"

Hu Yi raised his wrist to check the time: "Not today, the market is off work, and we have to go home for dinner. I'll come to you tomorrow, how about it?"

The black man nodded repeatedly, set a time with Hu Yi, turned around and left, Hu Yi and Li Baoqing also said goodbye to Zhou Dali and prepared to go home.After going out into the elevator, Li Baoqing smacked his lips in a muffled voice.Hu Yi saw that his face was full of unhappiness, hesitant to speak, and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"

(End of this chapter)