Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 126 Simple Becomes Complicated II
Listening to what Manager Larimov had to say hadn't been written off and he didn't care at all.

"Since this is the case, why did you send us a business certificate?" Yao Qiming asked.

Larimov spread his hands and said, "Issuing you a business certificate is also an order from the superior!"

"Where do you mean the superior?" Yao Qiming asked.

"It may be the city, or it may be the border region," Larimov replied.

What kind of answer was this? Both Wang Weidong and Yao Qiming were dumbfounded.

"Then what is the purpose of you asking us to come today?" Yao Qiming asked.

"You are Chinese guests from afar, friends and comrades! On behalf of the fish company, I would like to extend my warm welcome and comradely respect to you!" Larimov said.

His face lit up, and he stretched out his arms as if he wanted to embrace two people across the wide desk.

"In order to express our welcome to you, at noon today, on behalf of the company, I invite the two comrades to have a light meal." Larimov said.

Counting Adelov, the four of them came to a restaurant named Arnia on Svetlana Street.

Orders include vegetable salad, roast beef patties, the indispensable vegetable soup, and Russian dumplings.

Everyone sitting at the dining table had smiles on their faces, but the faces of Wang Weidong and Yao Qiming were a little bit bitter.By bartering, Ou Xiaoyang had already shipped the bean cakes to this country. It stands to reason that the cod should be shipped to Fenhe City immediately, but it was only today that he realized that things were far from that simple.

Simple things become complicated. This is the ability that only humans on this earth can have.

Wang Weidong turned to Yao Qiming and said, "Mr. Yao, why don't they have wine?"

"Didn't we already know when we were studying that there is a strict no-drinking system here?" Yao Qiming said to Wang Weidong in surprise.

"You must listen to my leadership for this operation! I asked you to ask, so you can ask for me!" Wang Weidong said resolutely.

Yao Qiming had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask this question that he already knew.

Sure enough, upon hearing Yao Qiming's question, Larimov immediately shook his head and said, "We are serious about solving this serious problem! Since the implementation of this policy, work efficiency has been greatly improved, and the number of fish companies being late has decreased by 50.00% %, the result is very good!"

After Yao Qiming translated Larimov's words to Wang Weidong, Wang Weidong said, "Ask him again, I'm an alcoholic, and I haven't had a drink for two or three days. Get me a bottle of wine?"

"Weidong, what are you going to do? Don't you know that you are making a mistake?" Yao Qiming said.

"There is no way, or we may return empty-handed. You ask now!" Wang Weidong said.

Yao Qiming watched Wang Weidong without moving his eyes for a long time, and Wang Weidong looked at him without flinching.

"Teacher Yao, you have to ask!" Wang Weidong said with emphasis.

Larimov and Adlov also noticed something unusual, and they stared closely at Wang Weidong and Yao Qiming.

Yao Qiming slowly turned his head and said a few words in Russian to the two of them.Wang Weidong cooperated very well, and he made a look of being very uncomfortable beside him.

After listening to Yao Qiming's words, Larimov stared at Wang Weidong seriously, his eyes seemed to pierce Wang Weidong's heart.Wang Weidong looked at him and forced a smile.

The ice and snow on Larimov's face slowly began to melt, revealing a bright smile, his body trembling as he laughed.Adlov laughed too.

In China in the 80s, it was difficult to see people with double chins, but such people abound here. Both Larimov and Adelov have double chins, and both chins trembled when they laughed.

Larimov whispered a few words to Adeloff, who left the table and walked to the restaurant service counter.After a while he returned with a bottle of vodka.

Larimov seriously raised a finger to Wang Weidong, meaning that he could only drink one bottle.

Wang Weidong said to Yao Qiming: "Tell them both that it is very rude not to drink with guests in China."

"Weidong, you are making a serious mistake!" Yao Qiming said.

"The big deal is to go back to China. If we can't do something, we will go back to China and return empty-handed!" Wang Weidong said.

He drank up the juice in the glass, opened the bottle and poured about two taels into his own glass. This bottle of vodka has [-]ml, which looks larger than the Chinese wine bottle.

Hearing Yao Qiming's report, Larimov and Adlov laughed heartily again, and they also drank the juice in the glass like Wang Weidong.

Wang Weidong poured a little into Yao Qiming's cup, and poured the rest into the cups of Larimov and Adlov.

Wang Weidong picked up his wine glass and said, "Cheers to friendship! Ula!"

The other three raised their glasses, and Larimov and Adlov said Ulla at the same time!
A bottle of vodka with a temperature of more than 40 degrees is not a big deal for four people to drink, but it acts as a lubricant, and the atmosphere is much better immediately. Larimov is no longer business-like, talking and laughing.

When he walked out of the restaurant, Larimov put his arms around Wang Weidong's shoulders. Although Wang Weidong couldn't speak Russian, he found this Chinese comrade more interesting and social.

Larimov asked Adlov to send the Chinese guests back to the club, and when they said goodbye, Larimov and Wang Weidong hugged tightly.

Back in the room where the club lived, Wang Weidong and Yao Qiming sat in front of the window and looked at the scenery outside. The street outside the window was very old, and most of the buildings on both sides of the street had a history of more than 80 to [-] years.

"Weidong, not only did you make a mistake today, but you also caused two foreign comrades to make a mistake. Adlov told me that a bottle of vodka now costs 25 rubles, which is equivalent to eighth of the average salary of a person here. One-tenth!" Yao Qiming said.

Even if it is so expensive, you may not be able to buy it, so you have to buy it quietly.

"The two of them can say that there is no way to go back today. Why not drink with the Chinese guests? Who told the Chinese guests to be alcoholics? And we didn't drink much. The four of them drank a bottle of liquor." Wang Weidong said.

"You are, you are knowingly committing a crime!" Yao Qiming said.

Wang Weidong stopped talking, he looked out the window at several workers working on the side of the road.Several workers seem to be repairing a house on the street. A cement mixer keeps turning, and then pours the cement mortar into the trolley and pulls it into the building on the street.

Several workers worked slowly, stopping to smoke and rest from time to time.

Wang Weidong saw a worker press a button, the mixer stopped, and several workers put the tools where they were, packed up their belongings, and left.

He looked at his watch. It was past four o'clock in the afternoon in China, and it was almost time to get off work here.

Wang Weidong watched for another half an hour, but the workers did not come back.

"Why did these workers leave like this? The cement mortar in the mixer has not been poured out yet. Will it be solidified when they come back tomorrow morning?" Wang Weidong asked wonderingly.

Yao Qiming also kept looking out the window, and he also woke up when he heard Wang Weidong say that.

"Yeah, how could this be?" Yao Qiming murmured.

(End of this chapter)