Far away in Moscow

Chapter 99
"Really?" Sergey smiled and said, "All ears."

"The character 'Yi' means 'simple' and 'easy' in Chinese, but it also represents the most complicated thing in Chinese history and culture."

"Oh? Your surname is both Chinese and foreign; your first name is both simple and complicated?" The old professor tilted his head with relish: "Interesting."

"Yes, please take a look." Hu Yi wrote a big "Yi" on the paper again: "This character, on the top is 'day', but below, although the shape has changed, it is actually a 'month' .The day and month represent masculine and feminine respectively."

"Oh? So what is used to represent neutral?"

"Neutral?" Hu Yi scratched his head: "There is a concept of neutrality in Russian, but in Chinese culture, yin and yang are everything, and everything in the world is neither yin nor yang."

"Understood, please continue."

"There is a very, very famous book in ancient China, named after 'Yi', we call it... call it...'Book of Yi'." Hu Yi recalled his understanding of "Book of Changes" scratching his stomach: " This book is very, very early, and it is from China...well...I think about it. It can be said to be one of the sources of Chinese culture."

"Oh!" Sergey was slightly shocked: "Really? China has a very long history. You said this book can be called the source of its culture?"

"Yes. As far as I know, this book should...should be much earlier than ancient Greece."

"Oh! It's amazing." Sergey said in awe: "What is the main content of this book?"

"The content... covers everything, I can't say clearly, but the emperors and thinkers in ancient China would learn from it." Hu Yi raised his head and thought hard: "Probably has something related to astronomy and divination."

"Mysterious divination in ancient times?" Sergey said with a smile on his face, "I see—you mean, your name 'Yi' is taken from this book?"

"It can be said that it is the same word as the name of this book." Hu Yi finally turned back to the topic: "So, you see my name - ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, heaven and earth, sun and moon, yin and yang everything - according to Chinese Cultural understanding, what a, what... what a powerful name!"

"Yes. According to your explanation, it is indeed a very good name."

"Isn't it?" Hu Yi said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I used to be very proud of my name. But I didn't expect such a good name to be a dirty word in Russian. Dear Professor Sergey, I have been in Moscow for three years, and I have never been able to show my real name to foreigners, can you understand my pain?"

Although it's just improvisation for the exam, but the fake is the real and the fake.Thinking that many foreign friends still only think his name is Anton, Hu Yi couldn't help feeling a little sad and helpless.

"Well, regarding this matter... I am sincerely sorry." Sergey stretched his eyelids: "But to be honest, you are really good at talking."

Hu Yi was taken aback, seeing the smile on Sergey's face, he didn't seem to blame him, so he also smiled slyly: "I forgot to tell you just now, but my last name actually has another meaning, nonsense, nonsense, In short, it means to be able to talk.”

Sergey laughed a few times, which was rare, before lowering his head and muttering: "How should I put it, what you said is not very relevant to my class content, but it sounds good, and it also let me know some Chinese language Culture. Although I don't know whether your words are completely true, but because you are so good at talking, I will give you 4 points this time."

"Okay." Hu Yi was overjoyed, and hurriedly suppressed the excitement in his heart and smiled, "Thank you."

With a swipe of his pen, Sergey handed the grade book back to Hu Yi: "Although you often talk nonsense in class, I still hope that you can come to my class as much as possible in the future."

"I will." Hu Yi bowed slightly to Sergey, turned around and went out and looked at Wu Ga with a smile: "Please, it's your turn."

Although Hu Yi had a way to talk about the old professor, Sergey's exam was not that easy, and Wuga and several others in the same class failed.

As for the journalism major in the same department, Zhou Dali also struggled and got 3 points only because of his good attendance rate, while Li Baoqing failed to pass as expected.

To make matters worse, due to a large number of long-term absences, Li Baoqing's other subjects were also popular.Most of the minor subjects he failed last semester were minor subjects, but this time he failed even the main subjects such as Russian.

Hu Yi successfully completed all the freshman exams, bought the air ticket in advance, and can go back to China to spend the summer after receiving the round-trip visa.

Since I came to Youda the year before last, this is the first time I have returned to China.Hu Yi recalled all the ups and downs in the past two years, and couldn't help feeling agitated.

But all the experiences are meaningful, at least they have allowed me to grow, and I have actually made a lot of money.Hu Yi concluded for himself contentedly, went to the bathroom to wash a lot of clothes, and planned to go out later to buy some gifts for relatives and friends in China.

Just as he was about to dry his clothes, Li Baoqing opened the door and walked in. He stood at the door of the bathroom with his head drooping: "Old Hu."

"Yo?" Hu Yi looked at Li Baoqing, who was in a state of despair, and smiled crookedly, "Look at you, you're listless, what's wrong? Someone boiled it?"

Li Baoqing swung the one-shoulder schoolbag in his hand behind his shoulder: "The school...expelled me."

"What? What did you say?!" Hu Yi straightened up in a daze. He forgot to wring out the clothes he was holding in his hands, and the drops of water fell to the ground.

"Fired." Li Baoqing stepped into the bedroom, pulled a chair and sat down, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

Hu Yi threw his clothes back into the bathtub, wiped his hands on his body and followed him into the room: "Why? You failed the exam? Didn't you make up the exam?"

"No." Li Baoqing stared at the rising smoke and said blankly: "The department said that I missed too many classes, so I won't give you a chance to make up the exam."

"real?!"

"Why would I lie to you about this?"

Hu Yizu was stunned for ten seconds, then suddenly glared at him and yelled angrily: "Did I tell you to study hard in class! At least let the teacher see you sitting in the classroom! You idiot just don't listen! This is the end of it!" Right?!"

"No, it's over." Li Baoqing looked away slightly, and said in a low voice, "It's useless to say anything."

"What should we do now?" Hu Yi wanted to scold him, but seeing his dejected face, he knew that no amount of scolding would solve the problem, so he decided to save his energy.

"I don't know." Li Baoqing's eyes were dull.

The two stood and sat, staring blankly for a long time. Hu Yi reached out and took out his mobile phone: "Ask Wang Shen, he is familiar with those people in the school, and he is also your journalism major."

(End of this chapter)