Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1005 Vasily's Family

He had no idea how the Russians had negotiated with Jiang Yan and the others. He found Andrei early in the morning and asked them to provide him with a car. Today he wanted to go and see his former uncle Vasily. Jiang Yan had lived in his house for a long time when he was studying abroad.

The gifts he brought were specially bought from a special supply store. In Moscow today, the special supply store probably has the most complete range of goods. Of course, there are also things in Jiang Yan's space, but it might not be a good choice to take them out rashly now, so after much deliberation, he decided to buy local things.

The US dollar was still quite strong in this era, so Jiang Yan used the US dollar to buy a large amount of food, with vodka being the top priority. He bought five boxes of this alone.

Uncle Vasily lives in the Tver district of Moscow, where most of the people living are industrial workers.

At that time, Uncle Vasily was a sixth-level fitter and a team leader, and Aunt Anna was a fourth-level childcare worker. The family was relatively well-off, and the house they were allocated was a relatively beautiful Russian-style building.

However, when Jiang Yan and his friends drove to the vicinity of Uncle Vasily's house, Jiang Yan discovered that the community that looked quite gorgeous before now seemed a little shabby. The colors of the houses were no longer so bright, and the garbage on the street looked like it had not been cleaned up for a long time. When a gust of wind blew past, there was actually a bleak feeling.

"Knock knock knock." Relying on his memory, Jiang Yan came to Uncle Vasily's door and knocked hard.

"Who are you? Why are you standing at my door?" A questioning voice came from behind.

Hearing the voice behind him, Jiang Yan turned around and saw a burly man with a beard pulling a sled full of chopped firewood and looking at us warily.

"Your family?" Jiang Yan looked up in confusion and took a closer look at the Slavic man in front of him who looked wary.

There is still a hint of familiarity between these eyebrows.

"Little Victor?" Jiang Yan called out tentatively.

"Who are you and how do you know me?" Victor asked a little confused.

"Victor, I'm your Brat Jiang, do you still remember me?" Jiang Yan said a little excitedly.

"You're Jiang." Victor said a little confused.

"Of course, you forgot that when you were a kid, you put chili peppers in your father's pipe. If I hadn't stopped your father, you would have been beaten up."

Seeing that Victor was a little confused, Jiang Yan directly told him an embarrassing thing that happened in his childhood.

As for why Victor didn't recognize him, it's because in the eyes of Westerners, all Orientals look the same.

"Plat, you are my Prat." After hearing Jiang Yan's words, Keduo hugged Jiang Yan excitedly.

"Be careful. I can't lift you up like this. You are as strong as a bear now." Jiang Yan broke free from Victor's arms and spoke.

Comparing people to bears is not a derogatory term for the Russians, but a serious compliment.

"My mother and Zhuo Ya will be very happy to hear that you are here. They have been thinking about you a lot over the years." Victor smiled and invited Jiang Yan and others to his home.

The furnishings in the room seemed to have not changed over time. They were almost exactly the same as when Jiang Yan left.

After entering the house, Victor first lit the fireplace. I have to say that although it is only October, the weather in Moscow is really cold.

When I was in the hotel before, I didn't notice that there was a heater in the room, but I was outside for a while just now and it was a bit cold. When the fireplace was lit, Jiang Yan felt warm. "Where are Aunt Anna and the others?" Jiang Yan asked when he saw that no one was in the room.

"My mother and my wife went shopping together. There is a shortage of supplies everywhere. We have to queue up to buy things. Sometimes we can't even buy anything."

"My dad must have gone to see Uncle Will. Uncle Will got a batch of cheap wine from somewhere. Dad goes there once a day."

"Zhuoya, I have been married for many years. My husband is a small leader named Walker in the supply and marketing cooperative. I have two children named Vic and Xiao Zhuoerya. I can get some scarce products, and my life is quite good. I also take care of my family when I have time."

Victor introduced some of the situation at home so that Jiang Yan could have some understanding.

"What about you! How many children do you have?" Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"My wife Lilia gave birth to a pair of lovely elves. I named them Zoe and Joey. They are both ten years old this year." Victor said proudly.

"Da Mao, go and bring all our things here in the summer." After Jiang Yan remembered the things he had brought, he asked Xu Damao and the others to move them in.

Victor was stunned when he saw Xu Damao and his companions moving things one by one. Soon, a large pile of things appeared in the living room.

When Victor saw the things Jiang Yan and the others moved in, he subconsciously swallowed.

This is too rich. Just now Victor saw that there were several boxes of wine alone, as well as sausages and beef that he hadn't seen for a long time, several roasted black breads, caviar and some flour. The family would not buy so many of these things when the situation was good, let alone now.

"This, this is too much." Victor said.

"It's not much, just eat it without worry. With your Prat here, you will never be short of these things in the future." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"I'll go call Zhuoya and Dad." Victor ran out and called them.

Seeing Victor hurried out, Jiang Yan shook his head slightly, went to the kitchen to get a kettle and added water, then started boiling water on the fire. He originally wanted to make black tea, but when he saw the clean tea can, he could only pour a glass of boiled water for everyone.

"Boss, their house is nice, but people who can live in such a house should not lack food!" Xu Damao looked around the house and asked with some confusion.

"The situation in Mao Xiong is different from ours. Mao Xiong has a vast territory and abundant resources. It is not a problem to live in a big house here, as long as you have a little ability. However, Mao Xiong's vast territory looks big, but there is less arable land."

"Because they have long focused on the development of heavy industry and military industry, their light industry has been lagging behind and daily necessities have been in long-term shortage. People often get up at five o'clock every morning to queue up to buy some daily necessities. The long queues are a unique landscape, which reflects the extreme lack of food and daily necessities supply capacity for residents."

"You have seen what has happened in the past two days, so living in a big house here doesn't really mean anything."

In fact, what Jiang Yan said was not accurate. Generally speaking, the food production of the Russian bear is fully able to meet the living needs of the people. It is just that with the upgrading of consumption and life, there is a certain shortage of food, so it is necessary to import some food from abroad to fill the gap. Generally speaking, this method of domestic production plus a small amount of imports is not a big problem.

But the Soviets were ambitious and always wanted to compete with the United States for hegemony. They frantically developed heavy industry and military power, which led to the neglect of domestic agricultural production and a continuous decrease in grain output, thus creating an artificial food shortage.

In order to solve this problem, the Soviets wanted to take a quick solution and made a lot of trouble in the country, calling on the people across the country to grow corn and setting up collective farms. As a result, not only did grain production fail to increase, but it caused an agricultural crisis.

(End of this chapter)